The Creative Momentum Podcast

Join me this week as I share the BTS of deciding to take a pause on the pod (and what led me to know it was time).

I share: 

• The WHY behind the decision
• How I’m handling being in this unknown-inbetween stage
• What I’ve learned from being here before
• Why I wish other Creators would share when they’re ‘in it’, not just on the other side

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Join me this week as I share exactly HOW I create new habits from compassion and self-kindness. I share: 

• My exact four step process
• How to uncover WHY you want to have a specific habit, and what knowing WHY opens up for you
• How to make a habit so easy to do you’ll still do it on your busiest days
• The habit tracking process I’ve developed, tinkered with, and refined over the past 10 years

I walk you through step-by-step, tellin...

Join me this week as I share my top two HABIT TIPS, including:

• WHY - and why uncovering the deeper driver is imperative to building a sustainable habit 
• Three questions to uncover your deeper WHY 
• Two pieces of writing advice that are applicable to any habit (that I think about all the time)
• Exactly how to make a break a habit down into the smallest commitment (so you can do it even on your busiest days)
• Building a habit from self-k...

Join me this week as I share what’s REALLY happening when we’re doing something new and everything feels terrible. 

I promise it is not what you think!

• What the Great Reorganization means - and the exact cycle so you know what to expect
• What things are happening beneath what you can see
• How all of this relates to believing you ‘should be further along’ that you currently are

The absolute best thing you can take away is this: wh...

Join me this week as I share why we have hustle culture wrong. The most important takeaway is - whatever you do to get what you want, you have to keep doing to keep it. Knowing this, you can uncover what you’re really desiring, and use that to fuel what you create. 

Here’s what’s possible when you know the difference between creating from desire vs hustle:

• Why ‘doing whatever it takes’ to create what you want usually leads to bei...

Join me this week as I share about how to stop making decisions from external pressure, and begin making decisions and choices based on your nervous system (using your inner knowing). 

Sometimes we gain awareness around something and our nervous system truly needs time to integrate that information but society tells us to move fast, go go go. 

Here’s what’s possible when you move at the speed of your nervous system:

• Lear...

Join me this week as I share how I’ve changed my thinking about having a consistent practice - I no longer think it’s better than doing what actually feels in service (it changes day to day). 

I have been challenging and questioning what I’ve taken on as meditation student, and how it applies to any practice - creative, exercise, writing, etc.

In this episode, I share: 

• How to know if what you’ve learned still feels true...

Join me this week as I share my five favorite questions you can use to connect with yourself, with your partner, with a cherished friend, or with a new friend. 

These are some of my favorite questions to ask ever, and I want to share them with you. 

In this episode, I share: 

• Five thought provoking questions (+ one bonus question) that you can use to discover + connect with yourself, a loved one, or new friend/partner. 
• H...

Join me this week as I share the top two things I’ve learned about Creative Process + Creative Practice in the past year of podcasting.

I share: 

• How to know when you’re actually ready to start a project idea
• How I’ve developed a creative process that follows flow, intuition, curiosities, and what’s showing up in my life. 
• How a *consistent* practice (I talk about my relationship with consistency) changed the way I relate to my cre...

Join me this week as I share what it looks like to live an intuitive life, with real-life examples. 

I share: 

• The most compelling reason to pay attention to our intuition in our life choices 
• How living aligned with our intuition can lead us to create a life that is more than we think is possible (or available) to us
• The little ‘breadcrumbs’ that led to the intuitive ‘big rocks’ I share from my own life [What hunches was I having?...

Join me this week as I share a new concept I’ve been tinkering with: Mapping Your Intuition. 

I explain how to unravel the steps and actions taken to create something you want, and remind you of how important it is to take ownership of your role in the things you’ve created. 

In this episode, I share:

• The steps to follow to create an Intuition Map
• How to work backwards to identify actions that led to past creations
• Recognizing inner...

Join me this week as I share my three favorite practices to feel more intuitive:

• Writing daily-ish (and why I believe doing something every.single.day is not better)
• Mental rehearsal + how to do it (plus a free resource)
• Little nudges (and how to set up a day of following your intuition)

These three practices are simple and free, and build your intuition muscle. You’ll also learn that the goal is to befriend yourself in the pr...

Join me this week as I share a personal episode reflecting on 18 years of making decisions based on following my intuition. 

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• HOW to pursue what you want intuitively
• What it looks like to *not know* and follow your intuition
• How the best experiences in life are ones we don’t plan for
• How wishing for a clear plan for how to do each step actually limits your potential (and what you think is possible for y...

Join me this week as I share the importance of understanding your WHY in creating and sharing your art. It is an amazing tool that: 

• Provides mission clarity
• Helps in decision-making
• And you can filter decisions through (big and small). 

Exploring and defining your WHY, and understanding what drives you to create and share your work, ultimately creates a deep well of enthusiasm and energy in pursuing your creative passions. 

I ...

Join me this week as I share about the simple pleasures of being a beginner - and why we need to slow down and relish the present moment instead of rushing towards the next achievement. There’s an offer at the end of the show for listeners to get a unique process to tap into their intuition before starting any creative work.

In this episode, I share - 

• Why I think being a beginner is a beautiful experience, and how interesting it...

Join me this week as I share the difference between life feeling boring vs. stabilized, and what it feels like firsthand to be in the middle of a big (unknown) personal transformation. 

In this episode, I share:

• The difference between feeling bored with life vs. stability (hint: it often takes time for our brains + bodies to catch up)
• How we go through these growth cycles when we’re really living
• Why I’m sharing so transparently ab...

Join me this week as I share Part 2 of an audio diary I kept while I was on a process painting retreat at Esalen in Big Sur, California. 

In today’s episode, I share:

• How perfectionism led me to stop painting as a teenager
• The intention I set for the painting retreat (which surprised me)
• How it feels to make ‘not good enough’ work

This is the final installment (Part 2) of my Esalen Audio Diary. 

Show Notes

If you want to fee...

Join me this week as I (vulnerably!) share parts of an audio diary I kept while I was on a process painting retreat at Esalen in Big Sur, California. 

In today’s episode, I share:

• What I was thinking about on the first day of the retreat
• Realizations around achievement, performance, and attachment to certain results in creative work 
• Creating for expression (rather than for results/to create something that will be shared)
• My persona...

Join me this week as I share how and why to use precision in creative work over perfectionism. 

I share:

• My journey from perfectionism to precision using throwing pottery as a metaphor
• The problem with perfectionism, and how it stops creativity 
• How to define precision for yourself, and a practice to do this week

Want some support in getting quiet and tuning into what you’re thinking about, or what’s calling to you, today? Go t...