Everyday Courage & Solving the right problem
EVERYDAY COURAGE & SOLVING THE RIGHT PROBLEM — for more creativity & confidence in your art
When we have a LACK of SELF-trust — we put all our power AND TRUST into other people and “experts” and “surely they know better and can tell me what to do”
This is Resistance’s way to hide the truth from you.
Pretending that the problem is your “plan” when actually, the REAL problem to solve is:
How do I get out of my own way to DO, BE & BELIEVE in myself enough to make what I desire happen?
How do I take back the power I gave away? (To those “experts”)
How do I trust myself more?
How can I take small “everyday” courageous steps to build that self-trust?
(vs a big courageous step that feels like burning down of bridges and requires facing BIG & overwhelming fears.)
The goal of “everyday courage” is small easier ways to push our comfort zones a little.
To stretch it a little and face our fears in small doses
AND to show ourselves that we survived that, so we can trust ourselves to try again next time.
Some ways to do that?
+ Ask the hard question (what is the true fear beneath the need for perfection?) & journal those answers. Keep digging through the feels.
This helps you to remove the veils of lies & discover the truth.
Which is how you stretch your comfort zone beyond the fears.
+ Ask that person you admire a question (specific and simple please!) to connect AND also tell them how much their work has transformed you
Give the love you hope to receive AND this helps you bridge the gap that fear likes to build between you and “those other people who are better”
(I love to chat with my Muses in my DMs!)
+ Sign up for that course or workshop AND decide to treat it as a joyful experiment. Where the win is already DONE because you signed up.
Regardless of what happens & what you make. It makes creativity and choosing your art a pleasurable experience in your body
+ Delete, unfollow, mute that person you feel you SHOULD follow because they “know better” but actually makes you feel like a constant failure
You get to choose what you feed your mind. Choose the things that empowers and elevates you.
+ Take the day off from the guilt, the shoulds, the “I really wish...” and just enjoy the space & silence & the noticing of small pleasures.
It makes space for inspiration
+ Do something just for the joy of it despite the “inconvenience” or “impracticality” or “frivolous”
Joy is foundational to making art
+ Sit in the tension of discomfort, the awkward and the emotional — write that email, make that call, stand firm in your “no thanks”
or whatever it is you’ve been avoiding because you didn’t want to disappoint someone (or your perfectionist self)
What does this bring up for you?
What would an “everyday courageous” action look like for you?
For me, this process is part of my spiritual & creative practice.
My paintings require a little bit of a stretch to push myself to the next level.
To embrace the mess.
To face my inner critic.
To navigate the frustration of being both Artist and SAHM and not having a studio space to create
But whether I’m making art or doing the mama life thing — I get to choose to cultivate those courage AND creativity muscles.
It’s how I stay connected to my inner Muse
I want to share small ways you can do the same inside CREATIVITY CATALYST.
It’s a Trojan horse of small simple prompts (like journalling or quick art making!)…
but it’s actually a powerful mindset + lifestyle + personal growth transformation if you allow yourself to immerse into this process.
The exercises stack on each other in building strong foundational pillars for your creativity.