Innovation and Creativity Institute
Entrepreneurial coaching and programs designed to transform you from being invisible to your market to in-demand through inspired creativity.
When you do what matters most—instead of trying to do everything and beyond—we open ourselves to being energized and genuinely fulfilled. Of all the things that really and truly matter, Susie,getting more done is not among them.Chill,The Universe Do What Matters Most, Not Just “More” Have you ever had a day (week? month? year?) where…
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To shape your life—to have agency in it—you must start with what matters to you, with intention, and with compassion. And guess what lies underneath achieving agency? Making art.Any art, any medium. Good, bad, recognizable, unrecognizable, fancy, plain….The medium doesn’t matter. Your skill level doesn’t matter. The art form isirrelevant. You choose whatever calls to…
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Your mental, physical, and financial health all stand to benefit from creative expression—are you giving yourself a chance? Unused creativity is not benign. It metastisizes.It turns into grief, rage, judgment, sorrow, shame.~ Brené Brown Sarah was squirming in her chair. “I’m sorry. It’s my lower back,” she said. “I’m trying to find a way to sit…
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If you’re answering “What is jealousy showing you?”, you’re on the path to making jealousy work for you instead of burdening you. Envy is a con man, a tugger at your sleeve, a knocker at your door…The antidote to envy is one’s own work. Always one’s own work.Not the thinking about it. Not the assessing…
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Starting fresh is an art—treat your path into the unknown as a hero’s journey, knowing that your dreams and goals are an adventure to embrace. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by thelightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my…
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Staying connected to our elusive creativity is often a matter of finding creative inspiration in the midst of the noise and the mundane. I don’t know how I got to write those songs…I can do other things now, but I can’t do that.—Bob Dylan Bob Dylan, one of the greatest songwriters of all time, once…
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