Creativity is for everyone.
It’s about engaging with the process. And it's about allowing yourself to play, explore and make beautiful, messy, imperfect work.
This blog is for those seeking more sustainable, creative, and compassionate ways to live and work, therapists and helping professionals, those in leadership, caring, or teaching roles, in life and at work.
Here I explore creativity as something that has always sustained communities through difficulty. I examine how creative practice can offer restoration, reflection, and meaning-making, and I challenge the narratives that keep helping professionals trapped in cycles of depletion.
This is about reconnecting with practices that sustain us, even when the systems around us don't.
Slowing Down Threatens the System. But That's Not the Only Reason We Should Do It.
Slowing down and embracing creative practices are acts of resistance. They help us remember that we are more than our productivity. They give us tools for imagining and creating the changes we want to see.
When the Inner Critic Shows Up: A Compassion-Focused Approach to Creativity
Creative practice, whether it’s painting, writing, sculpting, knitting, dancing, or singing, can be deeply transformative, so long as the inner critic doesn’t hijack the process.
On Keeping Psychology and Poetry Separate, and Why I Stopped
Recently, I had the pleasure of appearing on Dr. Hayley Quinn's "Welcome to Self®" podcast. We discussed how embracing creativity can transform our lives. Here are some of the key insights from our conversation.
“I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.”
― Sharon Olds