MUSE MAMA

= Rationing Screen time...for when you need screen time for work...while waiting to watch your hubby play cricket at a private event

= weaving work with play

= knowing that being the BEST mum you wish to be MEANS feeding you first and to find YOUR play

= feeding your soul AND your baby’s tummies

= stepping forward and claiming your title as Queen or Warrior or Empress or just as a leader of your life. You chose your position. You chose your boundaries. You chose whether you were going to stay a victim or be free to lead your life. 

You CAN NOW CHOOSE how you are treated today

💖💖
Being a Muse Mama is your life and your soul work.
💖💖

Being a Muse Mama is claiming your ambition to stand in both who you ARE as a mama and being all you can be in that AND who YOU are as you. In all your desires & creativity & inspiration & experience & personality. 

Being a Muse Mama is knowing you cannot be the best at one WITHOUT the other.

You’re NOT a shitty mum for drawing boundaries and taking the time and attention to do your own work. 
Whether that is creative work, self-care work, mindset work, spiritual health work, body work or just taking a damn nap. 

You ARE a shitty mum when you DON’T

You are NOT a shitty mum for wanting to do your own thing. For having something just for you. For wanting more beauty and creativity and to connect to that inner spark in you. 

You ARE a shitty mum when you try to curb those desires. You are a shitty mum for denying your family the very best of you - the fun & energetic & joyful & playful & relaxed & fulfilled version of you. 

The you that you think you can find AFTER everyone else is happy?
It’s not working yet right? You’re still waiting? 

You’re denying your family that version of you for not claiming what you need NOW to become that person. 

Being a Muse Mama is finding your way forward to weaving all of what YOU NEED so you can BE what you wish to be for your family. 

To be the glue & heart
To be the holder of space & sorrow
To be a light in the darkness
To be a partner for intentional living
To be a joy holder & cheerleader
To be a Mother (one who births creations into the world & cares for the heart and climate of the family
AND a Muse (someone who in inspired AND who also inspires)

And you also end up being a light & joy & Muse for the world too. 

Because the world needs more women who are alive & joyous and can model, especially for the future ladies of the world, that being a mama AND a muse can be possible and a joyous way of living. 

💖THAT is my daily practice💖

Moment to moment making the mindful mindset tweak to come back to:
Who do I want to be?
How do I want to live?
What am I modeling for my girls?
How can I be and live and do and create and mother and inspire the way I am called to?
What do I need to do all the above? 

And

Am I willing to do what I need to do?

> Ask for help
> Surrender perfection for progress
> Embrace imperfection
> Dare to take the next step
> Take the damn nap
> Work on my baggage and replace the “I’m a shitty mum when I miss perfection” mindset with “I’m the best mum and I do what I need to do to stay that way”

>> Are you willing?

Emoji below if you are willing to do what you need to be the Muse Mama you already are. 
and share what do you need TODAY to be a Muse?

- x Brenda -

p.s Also, know that part of the ‘help’ is more than babysitting or practicing & rebalancing my parenting partnership with hubby. 

It was also being connected to other creative Mamas. 

It was investing in coaching and courses and workshops that brought me back to myself. 

That made me reconnect to my anchors and those questions above. 

It was being intentional with forming the sisterhood I needed around me (Online is great to weave with little kids at home!) 
So that when I was too immersed in my own dark Forrest. 

I had anchors and lights to find my way through. 

💖If you need that. 

💖If you want to connect with me & my flavour of weaving my professional creative work WITH my mama & life creativity AND also still manage to do the laundry?

💖All with the intention to live a life of joyful purpose? 

Join me in the Muse Mama village.

I share all my creativity resources. 
Plus all my experience and my behind the scenes of living a professional artist life AND full time Mama life AND being the ambitious, spiritual & creative I am. 

💖💖AS A MUSE MAMA YOU GET ACCESS TO:

📚Creativity booklets on Resistance and Creativity 

🔥Original artwork wallpapers with Inspired Quotes to make your screens inspired spaces and reminders of your values
⚡️Your WORD OF THE YEAR artwork to be a beautiful reminder for an intentional year

💎Exclusive VIP specials on Brenda Mangalore original artwork that serves as beautiful anchors for your self-expression in your home.
💕A mini Welcome Consult when you first join to walk you through the resources & discover how to get personalise help!
#MuseMama Courses

💖Muse Mama Mini Masterclass to get from Dreaming to Doing

💖Deliberate Doodles Workshop to connect with your mindfulness & creative practice with just a pen and paper

💖Creativity Catalyst Club for a simple creativity immersion & harness your creative chaos into a daily habit of purposeful play & creative flow

💖ALL future Muse Mama workshops for FREE (Coming up: Muse Mojo, Creative Courage, How to make art with your kid Workshop, Resource Guides & more!)

💖First dibs to 1:1 spots on Brenda’s mentoring calendar

✨Daily prompts for creativity sparks

✨Weekly workshops for Q&As & deeper dives into the topic of the month 

✨Monthly masterclass to support & equip you on your walk towards your Big Dreams life. 

Join TODAY to claim the last handful of spots before the price doubles for the next round intake. 

IF YOU SIGN UP TODAY, YOU PAY $1

💖Oh the chaos and mess when you’re starting another masterpiece.

💖Oh the chaos and mess when you’re in the middle of one. Especially that messy middle where it’s almost a full time job to curb the temptation to BURN IT ALL

💖Oh the chaos and mess just as you about to give up AND THEN CHOSE TO KEEP GOING and it was just a tiny step forward over the line. 
The end is always closer than you feel and also so far away.

It’s never ending. It’s glorious. It’s relentless.

It’s an overflow of growth and choosing to keep going.

Or not. 

There is always more races to run. 

More gaps to close. 

More masterpieces calling to be made.

It’s also a joy and an adventure...
or an ordeal…

depending on your attitude

Embrace the chaos
Embrace the imperfection
Embrace the glorious mess

Welcome the beauty that is in it all

💥My word for this year is RELENTLESS

Yes, I totally feel the heaviness & the burden & misery of that word. 
The constant, never ending NEED & BEATING DOWN of it
Cos that was what I was feeling at the beginning of the year!
The not seeing what I wanted. It was so far away
The STILL STRIVING AND STRETCHING of it all

The lack of sleep thanks to a new born. 
The constant attention needed as a new mama of 2! 
The never-ending laundry!
But I also knew… I was feeling this resonance to this word because I will use it
I will use it as the core and heart of my striving and stretching

I will use it as an anchor

It’s called relentless for now, this work towards my goals. The building of a creative brand and business. The building of my dream life weaving my soul work with my mamahood soul work and living my calling & blessed life.

The relentlessly showing up — to the easel, to the socials, to the laptop typing my heart

The relentlessly offering my art — my paintings, my courses, my musings and expertise and experiences. Articulating it into words or colour

The relentlessly dusting myself off — from the crickets, from the rejection, from the failures to close the GAP

The relentlessly weaving of biz and baby — the forgiveness when I fail, the kindness when I fall, the compassion & gratitude that I have these kids in my life who push me further and pull me from going too far. 
It’s called relentless for now, until it’s part of my DNA and habits and identity and then it becomes flow. 
It becomes life

🎨Like my painting🎨

I had to be relentless in showing up. 
I had to be relentless in wiping away tears at the ugly shit that I was painting and the flat hollow shit and the who the f*ck made this shit that hurts my eyes. 
Relentless in my pursuit until the Muse WAS my b*tch but also showing her that I was hers and now?

Painting is my flow place. 

It’s still a b*tch sometimes but good friends and deep relationships needs a touch of drama to raise it up a level. 
*creative life shrug*
My goal is to make that heavy feeling of relentlessness into the anchor from which I can rise up & still be connected to this world

Steven Pressfield’s new book “The Artist’s Journey” talks about how an artist's journey is about venturing from this realm into the divine ‘other’ realm. 

And then find our way back with the gifts from divine to humanity. 

That's how I feel sometimes, with the masterpieces I see before me. I have no idea where it came from & always takes a second to remember that it came from me!?!

Relentless (for now) is my anchor back home.
My anchor to keep going. 
My anchor to regather my strength.

I wonder, what will my word be that will be added to my tool belt of anchors for next year?

What is your anchor?

Emoji me below the feeling you want for next year & even your word of the year if you have found it already!

- x Brenda -

p.s If you want help with finding your Word of the Year AND also get a personalised artwork of it you can print out and put up as a beautiful DAILY (relentless) reminder of your intentions ...

Muse Mamas will be hosting a Word of the Year workshop AND also receive their word as a beautiful piece of art for their vision boards / walls / screens... everywhere you need to keep you anchored to your intentions

Are you seeking a space to cultivate your confidence, creativity & your calling?

To finding YOUR flavour of weaving biz & babies, work & life?

💖MUSE MAMA is looking for creative mamas looking to inspire the world through their own inspired work.

And knowing that doing her soul work is how she brings ALL THE BEST OF HER back to her mamahood

Join TODAY to claim this round of membership spots before the price doubles for the next round intake. 
IF YOU SIGN UP TODAY, YOU PAY $1
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CLICK HERE TO CLAIM YOUR INNER MUSE MAMA

🎨“Ripples From Your Heart”🎨

This painting sat for over a year. Neglected & forgotten in the flurry and mayhem of my previous collections for this body of work

It needed that time I found, to percolate and unveil itself to me.

I needed that time to find my confidence again, to trust in my voice and make decisions without any distractions from doubt

Once again, it became a practice of surrendering to what is. Allowing the raw marks from its firs layers to stay. 
Being mindful and persistent with the little patterns of lines and circles to be drawn by hand.
One by one.

This meditative mark making always reflects to me the practice I have to keep up - to take one small step forward in trust & confidence of my creative voice.

To practice accepting the slow, baby steps.
One by one. 
The ripples of each step moves out beyond my vision but it does cause an impact.
Even if I only see one tiny, baby step forward.

Kinda like life
Kinda like mamahood
Always in our creative practice & journey
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Painting is from my November release of the LIKE FAMILY painting collection.

SOLD - See close up images & more details in my shop

Contact me for commission enquiries for 2019

Who do you want to be? How are you being? How do you make space & set those intentions?

💖Let’s LOWER our tolerance💖

(A love letter to you Muse Mamas...so also, really for me too)

Let’s lower our tolerance:
For rolling our eyes - either embrace it or say something. 
For perfection - choose progress instead
For not getting angry - sometimes your anger is the fuel you need to make the change 

Let’s lower our tolerance for holding back our voices, our desires, our calling
For feeling misery feeling tired feeling lonely
For rudeness
For inappropriate comments behind the excuse of ignorance
Behind the excuse of ‘it’s just the way it is’

Let’s lower our tolerance to anything that is based on “the way it was”
Not questioning the status quo

Let’s lower our tolerance for saying something for the sake of saying something
For avoiding & procrastinating because it’s hard and demands your growth. 

For awkward silences because you don’t dare

YOU CAN DARE TO:

Leave the laundry dirty
Forget the dusting & vacuuming
Not bath your kid today

Dare to:

Put yourself first
BE ANGRY
BE UPSET
Throw an adult tantrum
Throw a pity party
Wallow in regret & sorry & self pity

Dare to take those inklings seriously
Those wishes & dreams
Especially those big dreams

Dare to make a change
Dare to take a step forward
Even if they feel small & insignificant

Dare to stretch those comfort zones
Or blow them up completely

Dare to demand more respect
More kindness
More compassion
More forgiveness
More faith & trust
More belief in your capabilities 
Especially from yourself TO yourself

Let’s lower our tolerance for accepting what is & Dare to expect more.

Let’s lower our tolerance for what niggles at us & Dare to claim the full colour life we wish for. 

Let’s be both grateful for what is AND faithful in our expectations of what is next

Will you join me?

Will you DARE to take your Big Dreams seriously & take the next step today?

- x Brenda -

p.s Muse Mamas! Lots of fun & creative connection coming our way this month - get your creativity juju flowing and stretch those muscles! 
🔥Finding your Muse Mojo Spark🔥
🔥Free personalise Artwork for your 2019 Word of The Year

Not a Muse Mama yet? CLICK HERE for more info on how to access the village of ambitious, spiritual & AMAZING women finding our way forward towards the next chapter in connection to our creativity.

What if you haven't gone backwards? What if you’re actually in a Spiral?

Embrace the dark and the light
Embrace the joy and the sorrow
Embrace the stance to fight
Embrace hiding until tomorrow

Embrace the flaws and the flow
Embrace the fun and the tears
Embrace the need to stay & to go
Embrace your courage, despite the fears

Embrace the rituals and your quirks
Embrace when you wobble and your spine
Embrace when you’re a goddess and when you’re a jerk
Embrace all the ways you colour out of the line

Embrace your focus AND distractions 
Embrace your heart despite the pain
Embrace your need for rest AND for action
A life of joyful purpose is yours to gain

Embrace your demons and your muse
Embrace them both, for they are you
Embrace your calling, you can’t refuse
Failure is only failure if you don’t embrace all of you

Embrace who you are Muse Mama
You can DARE to weave it all in
Your creativity is at the heart of your Dharma
All facets of you, will feed your calling

- x Brenda -

Are you seeking a space to cultivate your confidence, creativity & your calling? 

To finding YOUR flavour of weaving biz & babies, work & life?

💖MUSE MAMA is looking for creative mamas looking to inspire the world through their own inspired work.

Join TODAY to claim this round of membership spots (2 more spots!) before the price doubles for the next round intake. 
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🎨Being a Muse Mama🎨

Sometimes being a Muse Mama is doing your creative work, painting in the studio...
Sometimes it’s being interrupted 10x a minute & finding ways to get back into flow

Sometimes doing creative work is designing marketing materials for a client
Sometimes it’s releasing old visions for your work & pivoting towards the new & therefore scary
Sometimes it’s finding ingredients for an impromptu cookie baking session that is kid friendly. 

Sometimes being a Muse Mama is being ready to face your battle with Resistance with a warrior spirit
Sometimes it’s using that fierce spirit to hold back the frustration because baby won’t nap. So your battle is still with Resistance, but involves cuddles on the stairs. 

Sometimes being a Muse Mama is weaving your creative work with your mama duties.

Holding both worlds, both demands for your full attention & giving your heart fully to both.

Sometimes being a Muse Mama is recognising you need to recover your own well. Embracing the ‘selfish’ desire to DO nothing and just BE. For no one else except for YOU.

So you can come back to your Muse Mama warrior self with an overflow of heart & energy tomorrow. 

Sometimes being a Muse Mama feels like the easiest, most fulfilling & empowering privilege you have been honoured to be called to do.

Sometimes being a Muse Mama feels like slavery & self-imposed prison which you have somehow been burdened and mistakenly taken on FOR LIFE

Sometimes being a Muse Mama is just one thing. Following your calling. Do the work, the creative work, the Mama work, the self work, the connection & cultivation & communication & courageous work of weaving it all in relationship with yourself & the divine. 

Sometimes being a Muse Mama is an overwhelming avalanche of demands, expectation & guilt. Leading to shame & old habits and beliefs about not being enough
Good enough
Worthy enough
Smart enough
Brace enough
Disciplined enough
Maternal enough
Loving enough

All are normal & common. You are not alone. 
All are part of this life you yearn for, being all that you are in ALL your roles. While also striving for your next chapter.

All are a practice. A constant, daily practice. 

A moment by moment, mindfully & intentional choice.

To choose to pick yourself up
To choose to celebrate all that you are
To choose to embrace all that you are longing to be
To choose to acknowledge your ambition & your practice
To choose to be grateful for what IS while also choosing to go after what is NEXT...and being grateful for the CALLING
To choose to see BOTH the gap between where you are now & where you hope to be
AND 
the gap between where you are now & where you were. No matter how small your inner critic thinks it is. 

To choose to pick up your warrior armour
To choose to drop that armour when you need support instead.

Being a Muse Mama is a choice
And also NOT a choice. It is who you ARE

Being mindful in your choosing, again and again to come back to your Muse Mama-ness

Embracing all the multi-facet parts of you

Acknowledging your ambition, your spirituality, your call to connect deeper with your creativity. 

Know you aren’t alone
Know you ARE capable
Know you ALREADY ARE a Muse as well as a Mama.
All the shadows and falls and valleys and dark, foggy, tunnel days are just the many dimensions of your Muse Mama-ness. 

Know you are doing AMAZING

Drop me your favourite heart emoji to celebrate all the Muse Mamas & #IamAMuseMama to claim who you are

- x Brenda -

p.s 💖ARE YOU A MUSE MAMA ?💖

Do you find yourself feeling this sense of DISatisfaction in your life? 

Don’t get me wrong, you totally are GRATEFUL and your life is totally FINE…. Yet there is this BUT….
There is this sense that something is missing

You LOVE your kids — but you’re finding that they don’t need you as much anymore. Whether leaving the nest, starting full time school or just finding yourself coming out of the fog of those early months.

You are tired of only having stories about your kids to share. Something THEY did, something THEY achieved or learnt or did that was horrifying. 
You had promised yourself that you weren’t going to be the mama that lives through their children!

That thing you’re missing? It’s the creative spark. It’s the spark of fulfilment that comes with feeling ON PURPOSE. It’s the spark of joy that gives life meaning.

You LOVE your kids — but they are NOT your identity (you want to find it or explore it more. Working out who you are in this new chapter)
You want to find YOU again

There is something MORE you are being called to do. You don’t need to be clear about what exactly that is…but you know that it’s there and you can’t ignore it anymore. 

You know that ignoring that call, ignoring that inner voice is actually affecting the way you show up in your mamahood. You give EVERYTHING to your kids — but you need help to give that same love to YOURSELF

And you know that creativity is the seed from which the blossom of your next beautiful chapter will bloom.

Then I want to invite you to join us as a Muse Mama!

Are you seeking a space to cultivate your confidence, creativity & your calling? 

To finding YOUR flavour of weaving biz & babies, work & life?

💖💖AS A MUSE MAMA YOU GET ACCESS TO:

📚Creativity booklets on Resistance and Creativity 

🔥Original artwork wallpapers with Inspired Quotes to make your screens inspired spaces and reminders of your values
⚡️Your WORD OF THE YEAR artwork to be a beautiful reminder for an intentional year

💎Exclusive VIP specials on Brenda Mangalore original artwork that serves as beautiful anchors for your self-expression in your home.
💕A mini Welcome Consult when you first join to walk you through the resources & discover how to get personalise help!

#MuseMama Courses

💖Muse Mama Mini Masterclass to get from Dreaming to Doing

💖Deliberate Doodles Workshop to connect with your mindfulness & creative practice with just a pen and paper

💖Creativity Catalyst Club for a simple creativity immersion & harness your creative chaos into a daily habit of purposeful play & creative flow

💖ALL future Muse Mama workshops for FREE (Coming up: Muse Mojo, Creative Courage, How to make art with your kid Workshop, Resource Guides & more!)

💖First dibs to 1:1 spots on Brenda’s mentoring calendar

✨Daily prompts for creativity sparks

✨Weekly workshops for Q&As & deeper dives into the topic of the month 

✨Monthly masterclass to support & equip you on your walk towards your Big Dreams life. 

Join TODAY to claim the last handful of spots before the price doubles for the next round intake. 

💖I have been facing failure💖
Failure to meet my goals
Failure to make any sales
Failure to connect with people I wish to work with
Failure to show up for my art, my audience, my soul
Failure to cross off my todo list
Failure to keep my promise to myself to go ALL IN despite the distractions of doubts & fears
Failure to BE the kind of mama/wife/woman/leader I wish to be

So I had the weekend to wallow in self-pity and whinging
A weekend to sob & wail & tantrum
A weekend of silent rage & numbing tv watching

AND

some intentional journalling
some intentional releasing of said rage/sadness/shame/humiliation/guilt/embarrassment
oh there was so much shame!

AND

asking the question
what do you want to DO next?
what do you wish to BE next?
how do you want to move forward? Or stay here?

🔥I DECIDED🔥

I DREW A BOUNDARY -- around my wallowing. around how far I go with the criticising and lamenting and berating of my self. around how cruel my words. around the numbing and reaching for past addictions to avoid painful feelings

I DECIDED to move forward
I DECIDED to try again
I DECIDED to ALSO focus on the good. however small and insignificant & CHOOSING that THAT is enough
I DECIDED to NOT go back. To allow myself some kindness. To allow myself some gentleness. To surrender to what IS, to embrace the painful feelings AND STILL stand up again

I DECIDED to create more art.
Despite the absence of accolades, or engagement or cheers or approval or encouragement.
To express what is within, despite the silence.

CHOOSE courage over old habits of fear following
CHOOSE creating over consuming to cover up the pain
CHOOSE your calling over the claps & cheers. Even if it means silence. Or isolation. Or sacrifice

CHOOSE you. CHOOSE your art. CHOOSE to keep going

- x Brenda -

p.s This was a post I initially wrote inside my Muse Mama village - it's where I share my heart & all the different ideas and art I am called to make. 

It was meant to be a quick connection post, but thanks to the creative juju of the community, it grew and expanded into this sharing.

If you are feeling lost, like you're missing something
If you are seeking a space where you can find your clarity for the next steps that you know you are being called to
If you are seeking courage to ACTUALLY take those next steps, to use those long-forgotten creative muscles

If you want a community to help you with this? To find your commitment, clarity, connection AND find your courage to take the next step? 
All with your creativity as the heart and soul of your next masterpiece? Your next chapter?

💖HEY MUSE MAMA!

Do you find yourself feeling this sense of DISatisfaction in your life? 
Don’t get me wrong, you totally are GRATEFUL and your life is totally FINE…. Yet there is this BUT….
There is this sense that something is missing

You LOVE your kids — but you’re finding that they don’t need you as much anymore. Whether leaving the nest, starting full time school or just finding yourself coming out of the fog of those early months.

You are tired of only having stories about your kids to share. Something THEY did, something THEY achieved or learnt or did that was horrifying. 
You had promised yourself that you weren’t going to be the mama that lives through their children!

That thing you’re missing? It’s the creative spark. It’s the spark of fulfilment that comes with feeling ON PURPOSE. It’s the spark of joy that gives life meaning.

You LOVE your kids — but they are NOT your identity (you want to find it or explore it more. Working out who you are in this new chapter)
You want to find YOU again

There is something MORE you are being called to do. You don’t need to be clear about what exactly that is…but you know that it’s there and you can’t ignore it anymore. 

You know that ignoring that call, ignoring that inner voice is actually affecting the way you show up in your mamahood. You give EVERYTHING to your kids — but you need help to give that same love to YOURSELF

And you know that creativity is the seed from which the blossom of your next beautiful chapter will bloom.

Then I want to invite you to join us as a Muse Mama

💖💖What is a Muse Mama?💖💖

⚡️Ambitious & spiritual mamas — creative mamas who want to do MORE than mamahood IN ORDER TO BE THE BEST MAMA they can be. 

✨A space to find support & inspiration from a village of Muse Mamas (Plus me! A professional artist!) on living a creative life & cultivating a creative practice. Because your creativity is the source of your joy, your fulfilment & the seed for the great work that is calling you. 

⚡️Where you will find accountability to DARE TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP. Because you’re tired of just dreaming and wishing. You want to start DOING, even in small tiny baby steps. 

✨A source of encouragement when Resistance & Sabotage shows up. Doing it alone doesn’t work! It takes a village to raise a kid - it also takes one to raise the kind of fulfilled woman you want to be. One that is living a life of joyful purpose!

💖 Muse Mama is for you to find customised support - Let us hold space for you in your journey with your creativity. When you LOVE your work & life BEYOND your babies, you THRIVE and so does your family. Whether it’s something you do in-between naps & feeds or something new just for you now your kids are grown or somewhere inbetween- it’s your chosen work!

💖Are you tired of feeling alone? Like you’re the odd one out? Muse Mama is for you to find your support circle with fellow Muse Mamas who understand your juggle to weave babies with biz and work and self-care and your calling. 

💖Are you sick of groups that are just full of questions about the latest nap schedules, or lunchbox ideas or yet another debate about how to discipline your babies? You want to talk about something else! 

Do you want to have a conscious connection with other ambitious women BEYOND mamahood?

Who inspire you and are inspired BY YOU with the world changing Big Dream you are being called to create

Whether that is planting a rose garden or ending poverty — you don’t have to do it alone!

💖As a Muse Mama — you gain access to a growing library of Creativity Catalyst resources (VALUE $497):
📚Unlimited Lifetime Access to Creativity booklets on Resistance and Creativity 
🔥Original artwork wallpapers with Inspired Quotes to make your screens inspired spaces and reminders of your values
💎Exclusive VIP specials on Brenda Mangalore original artwork that serves as beautiful anchors for your self-expression in your home. So you can be both connected to creativity within AND be surrounded by beauty & art in your spaces.
💕A mini Welcome Consult when you first join to walk you through the resources & discover how to get personalise help!

💖A village of support from creative Muse Mamas Just Like You

💖Unlimited Lifetime Access to the Muse Mama MiniMasterclass so you can finally start doing that thing you keep saying you want to do

💖FREE Access to current courses (like my signature Deliberate Doodles Workshop to connect with your mindfulness & creative practice with just a pen and paper. Creativity Catalyst Club for a simple creativity immersion & harness your creative chaos into a daily habit of purposeful play & creative flow) 

💖ALL future Muse Mama workshops for FREE so you can cultivate your creativity in an easy way for your everyday life.
Coming up in 2019: Muse Mojo, Creative Courage and How to make art with your kid Workshop, Resource guides and more!

Are you looking for a space to cultivate your confidence, creativity & your calling? 
To finding YOUR flavour of weaving biz & babies, work & life?

NO perfect people allowed - we move forward in our imperfection
NO set formula & magic bullet answers - only frameworks, tools & resources for you to find YOUR perfectly imperfect way
NO judgement - a safe space to explore, find clarity & connect with others just like you 

💖MUSE MAMA is for creative mamas looking to inspire the world through their own inspired work. 

Join TODAY to claim this round of membership at the current price before it doubles for the next round.

🎨Let me be your GPS🎨

Let me guide you on your way
through the unknown places & landmarks

Let me keep you focused on your destination

Let me keep you going forward, even with distractions of scary unknowns and foggy views ahead

Let me bring you back on path when the road throws a curveball. When there are roadworks & dead ends.

Let me remind you of your end goal, your destination even with detours and U-turns.

I can show you the way - the way I have been, the mistakes I’ve made, the wrong turns taken.

I can show you alternative routes & the ways others have gone.

I can show you the trouble spots or faster routes or scenic routes.

I can empower you to choose YOUR way forward and how you wish to experience it.

I can show you the way but YOU STILL HAVE TO DRIVE

or choose to stay still, distracted with the map and options and possibilities.

Or sit idle with the engine running & run out of battery that way.

⚡️⚡️
Clarity will come when you start that engine and actually press that pedal.
⚡️⚡️

Let me be a light
Let me be a guide
Let me be a reminder that YOU have the power to choose where you end up.

My paintings, my courses, my memberships are all waiting to work with you

All my art serves as mirrors, as maps, as guides to light your way towards the next chapter that is calling you.

To inspire you to live a life of joyful purpose, to fully express your art & connect to your Muse

⚡️⚡️INVITATION! ⚡️⚡️

💎Want help to bring your creativity to the world online & find your First 5 dream clients, customers or collectors?

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Laying the Foundations to finding your First 5 (dream!) clients, customers or collectors online.

Finding the FUN, FULFILMENT & FUNDS of your new creative work

✔️Finally stop talking about it & actually put yourself and your creative work out there

🔥Save yourself so much time & heartache researching - get the basics AND the next steps you need to take NOW.

🔥Stop getting stuck in overwhelm & doubt.

🔥Stop letting fear keep you wondering.

⚡️Take your fun hobby to something that also gives you both FUN & FUNDs

Actually know if you CAN and WANT TO do this thing you love and get paid for it

🔥Have the MINDSET to actually get started AND keep going, even when it feels hard

⚡️Know how to MAKE the art & MAKE THE MONEY as you start building your creative biz & brand

✔️Learn the must have MARKETING tips, habits & resources that suit YOU in your current stage
(you don't have to waste a ton of money on tools that you don't need yet! not to mention the wasted time!)

🔥Stop wasting time asking in random big groups hoping for the right answer 
(and getting a million answers & opinions!)
Get a shortcut to the answers that suit YOU from someone who has been where you are now

✔️More than just tech skills (which you can google anytime), connect to a MASTERMIND with a specific goal... 
laying the foundation to finding your first 5 clients, customers or collectors!

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO & SAY YES TO YOUR FIRST 5 CLIENTS!

Before you start offering your art
Before you start selling your creative service
Before you ask How do I make money for my creativity?

FIRST STEPS:
>> ASK this instead:

🔥WHO am I? Who is this creative, how did she get here? Why is she offering this art?

(speaking in third person may help you distance yourself from that voice that sniggers when it says: WHO ARE YOU to DARE?)

🔥WHO are you wishing to help? wishing to connect with? WHO is your art, your creativity, your offering for?
And no...it's not 'anyone' that isn't a real person.
Think personality
Think their experiences
Think the similarities & differences to you
Think how you would hang out together

ASK:

🔥WHAT is it I'm offering?
More than the object or service
More than "its a pretty painting" or
"its a book about my story with tips" or
"I make them a logo or help them start a business"

What is the offering BEHIND the offering? WITHIN? 
WHAT is the transformation you are giving?
Is it inspiration? beauty? Something to connect themselves with their own creativity?

Is it an experience to feel recognised AND to be encouraged that they TOO can do the thing you talk about in the book

Is it a helping hand to feel supported & save time and energy and their emotional health to get that business started TODAY?

ASK:

🔥WHY am I offering this?
As a creative, you are 'selling' more than art
There ARE heaps of other people doing what you're doing
Heaps of artist
Heaps of writers & creatives
Heaps of coaches & personal brands

WHY are you offering this art? It is usually because you're called. (even if you don't think of it that way)
Because you had an inkling. 
Because your mind saw a possibility, a slight opening and chance to try something exciting, something different yet familiar.
Because you were curious to explore this option....

Which are all hints at the deeper MESSAGE or MISSION you are being called to do

What will 'sell' is YOUR story. YOUR mission. YOUR message. YOUR heart. 
Created, communicated & channeled in the way only YOU can.

Knowing WHY also helps you connect to that inner fire, inner calling, inner message that your soul, your creativity, your Muse is asking to be brought life.

example: 🔥🔥My WHY is EXPRESSION. 🔥🔥

My paintings are more than just bits of paint on canvas.

I am called to inspire ambitious, spiritual & creative women to live a life of joyful purpose.

That requires permission & decision & claiming of desires AND TO EXPRESS THAT FULLY

My art -- all serves to help you express your heart, your values, your desires.

My paintings serves as mirrors for my collectors to see their own inner creativity, colours, beauty & heart. They are anchors in their homes, in their spaces for self-expression.

They are reminders of my dream collectors's desires & values to fully express themselves, to claim what they love AND to be continuously inspired both on the inside AND outside.

My courses & Muse Mama membership serves as resources. As the creativity juju soup to nourish your creativity when you're feeling stagnant -- that only community & connection can provide.

Tips & tricks yes! To help my clients & students to express their creativity.
To find your creative spark, 
To cultivate your creative practice, 
To step fully into being a 'PRO' creative - living a life of creativity and in relationship with your Muse.

BUT ALSO
To connect to your inner fire, to find encouragement when Resistance feels overwhelming.

To find clarity when the Fear Fog takes over.

To be reminded that you ARE creative, you ARE capable, you ARE enough & you ARE ready

So WHY are you offering this art? why this particular offering? Why this container or format or medium? This usually links back to your story, to your answers to the WHAT and WHO above

(I will be covering this deeper & going more indepth -- not to mention you will have the space & support to find your clarity for these questions inside my course 
>> FIRST 5: Laying the foundations to finding your FIRST 5 (dream) clients/customers/collectors online. 
Finding the FUN, FULFILMENT & FUNDs for your creativity - more info below

ASK:

🔥WHERE will I make these offerings? Where will you connect with your DREAM clients/customers/collectors? (we always want dreamy soulmate connections!)

The simple answer since you're here, and resonate with me is this: 
Online. To leverage this technology that allows you to #weavingbizandbaby. To reach MORE people while also still being home with your kids.

On Social Media. On the platforms I use daily & (here is the important bit) 
>> I COMMIT to being open-minded & CURIOUS <<

I commit to stepping forward & being willing to STRETCH MY COMFORT ZONES

I commit to ALSO ALLOW it to be easy. I will NOT BE DISTRACTED by the need for perfection, rules & fancy twists & systems.

ASK

🔥WHEN will I finally DARE to take a step forward? I hope your answer is an immediate NOW! TODAY!
When will I schedule in the time to take the next step, however small, forward TODAY?

When will I stop allowing my fears to be more important than my inner creative calling?

When will I stop hiding, stop just talking about it, stop pretending that little voice isn't still bugging me to do something about it?

Here is where you will have to DECIDE
Will you commit as per the previous question? Be COMMITTED & CURIOUS? 
I say curious, because curiosity has been the fastest way for me to curb my inner critic & pause Resistance long enough for me to step forward.

Curious means you are willing to be open to the new & differing (and uncomfortable!)

Curious means you are willing to see something different, try something different, be something different

Curious means you see beyond black & white but also all the nuances of grey AND colour

Curious means you will be nimble with changing your habits, stretching your comfort zones & exploring new perspectives + experiment with new ways

💖💖💖
Find your CLARITY with these questions first. THEN the answers for the "selling" the "marketing" the "make an offer to the world" part will be alot easier to find.

ALSO: I cannot stress enough --
Find your COMMITMENT to CURIOUSITY
This is both a one-time DECISION and a daily... OMG the relentlessness of DAILY practice.
Turn that relentlessness into fuel for your practice.

To explore, to dig deep, to step forward despite the fog.

To step forward even if the clarity isn't as clear as you would like. Know the general direction - means it's time for you to step forward.

The fun & flow & frustration (depending on how you view it) of this adventure is that sometimes (many times) the CLARITY will only be given to you in small doses. AND it only becomes clearer AFTER you take action.

Commit. Be Curious. Seek your own Clarity & Commit again to take the next step you are given...trusting that more clarity will come AFTER you take ACTION

You ARE ready
You ARE called
You ARE enough as you are
You ARE capable of stepping forward, despite the doubts, despite the fears, despite the fog.

I am here to help you too! You ARE NOT alone.

Dare to take that Big Dream seriously & take the next step TODAY!

- x Brenda -

Is your next step is to do something about actually offering your creativity to actual customers?

Actually taking that idea seriously & actually dip your toes into this online creative business & brand thing?

Is it time to join Brenda inside First 5?
>> so you get set up properly, lay the foundations you need to start your creative biz & brand?

💎💎Introducing FIRST 5💎💎
Laying the Foundations to finding your First 5 (dream!) clients, customers or collectors online.

Finding the FUN, FULFILMENT & FUNDS of your new creative work

✔️Finally stop talking about it & actually put yourself and your creative work out there

🔥Save yourself so much time & heartache researching - get the basics AND the next steps you need to take NOW.

🔥Stop getting stuck in overwhelm & doubt.

🔥Stop letting fear keep you wondering.

⚡️Take your fun hobby to something that also gives you both FUN & FUNDs

Actually know if you CAN and WANT TO do this thing you love and get paid for it

🔥Have the MINDSET to actually get started AND keep going, even when it feels hard

⚡️Know how to MAKE the art & MAKE THE MONEY as you start building your creative biz & brand

✔️Learn the must have MARKETING tips, habits & resources that suit YOU in your current stage
(you don't have to waste a ton of money on tools that you don't need yet! not to mention the wasted time!)

🔥Stop wasting time asking in random big groups hoping for the right answer (and getting a million answers & opinions!)
Get a shortcut to the answers that suit YOU from someone who has been where you are now

✔️More than just tech skills (which you can google anytime), connect to a MASTERMIND with a specific goal... laying the foundation to finding your first 5 clients, customers or collectors!

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⚡️The messy middle: ⚡️

The period where you look around and all you see is the mess, 
the Resistance & the foggy swirl of doubt & unknown. 
Where you fear you have failed, 
where you doubt your ability to move forward,
where you can’t seem to find the light & feel tempted to give up. 

🔥Don’t give up🔥
🔥Don’t start over🔥

You’re just in the middle of the story!

Don’t make it the end of the story!

Take a breather if you need
Regather your strength

So you can remember your faith

Your trust in yourself
Your faith in creativity
Your connection to the calling & that big picture you’re working on.

Know you WILL find your flow again

Know you WILL find the light

Know you ARE on the right path, 
this temporary darkness is a chance to practice faith & rest.

You may only be shown one tiny step forward - take that step.

You may only be shown a random side step (or even backwards) - take that step

Each awkward, weird, so-tiny-it-seems-insignificant step forward you take will bring you through this time.

On the other side of this messy middle is incredible flow, new insight & inspired creation waiting to be poured through you.

- x Brenda -

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Pursue presence
Pursue progress
Pursue connection
Not perfection

Dare to dream big
Dare to let go of doubts
Dare to claim what is already available and shine without a cover

Your work, your art is just a platform
A playground to shine
To create
To give to more people
More impact
More influence
More inspired actions

Inspired hearts and minds
Inspired transformation
Inspired lives of abundance

Lives of joy
Lives of giving AND receiving
Without guilt
Without burden
Without capping the possibilities of more

Shine
Rise
Expand

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p.s Art can serve as an anchor for self-expression in your home! 

Add to your art collection with a Limited Edition print from my Glimpse Collection (like the above image!) where I showcase a section of an original painting for a different perspective. 

Plus it's in affordable frame sizes if you're just starting your art collection!

CLICK HERE to Shop the Glimpse Collection & other painting prints here

Do you ever wonder when it was that you decided to follow some ‘rule’ that says you have to add MORE and be MORE and do MORE before you can be enough?

What if you already ARE enough and the MORE you add just for ‘enoughness’ actually makes it shit?

What if the simplicity and white space is actually HARDER and requires MORE skill/discipline/capability than the ‘more-ness’?

What if the simpler version, the first instinct/original one full of your intention is JUST PERFECT in all its IMPERFECTION?

At the very least it gets done. AND it gets released!

THOUGHTS?

Asking the right questions can change your thinking AND your ability to get from Stuck & Resistance to FLOW and FUN. All in my booklet! 
I am working on giving you as much value as I have AND still keep the white space you’ll need for transformation! 
That is MY intention! 

"COLLECT CULTIVATE CREATE— Connecting with the creative process in your work & life" The coupon code works again!
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As it's been the case the whole process of writing this booklet (COLLECT CULTIVATE CREATE - http://bit.ly/CCCbooklet - see code below for 50% off) 
I have been, or I got to, experience each stage of the cycle I was writing about on a deeper level. All the flow AND all the struggle with Resistance.#artistlife!

So I had previously talked about the two things to let go in order to allow flow to flow back in - You have to release Guilt & Perfection.

After you've already (FINALLY!) started, 
after you get into that first-brushstroke-on-the-canvas flow,
and then you’ve finally overcome Resistance that inevitably shows up after that first flush of flow…(by releasing Guilt & Perfection)

There are 2 things you need to allow the flow to continue flowing
 

trust &
patience. 

Trust in the creative process. 
Trust that you ARE capable and you DO KNOW what you’re doing. 
Trust that when you hold your good intentions in your heart and ask the question: What do I need to do next? — the answer you’re given is the ‘right’ one.

And Patience that the next step may not be THE last step. 
Patience that you may not see the final big picture until much later. 
Patience means keeping the faith that your trust in the process will inevitably lead you to the destination you’re aiming for.

Here is an excerpt sneak peek (still editing!) from the booklet that I felt called to share talking about this:

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Sometimes, you’ll have to surrender something you like in create space for something you’ll love. This is a scary and frustrating thing! Many times, I don’t know why I have to cover up a section of a painting that I had JUST previously been ‘instructed’ to work on! And annoyingly, I won’t see the ‘something I love’ until many many steps later. Again, this is where you have to trust. Trust the process and act on the answers you’re given.

The thing about trust is that it requires you to keep trusting all the way. The process doesn’t work if you take that next step forward, and then immediately question the ‘correctness’ of that step. Maybe something happens that looks ‘wrong’ or the picture doesn’t look like what you were hoping for. Or worse, the step you took made it look ‘worse’. 

What if there is no right or wrong step? — only A step that you take which will lead to the next one and the next one. Only by taking a step will the next one be revealed. Who knows — it was ONLY by taking what you thought was a ‘wrong’ step, that the next step COULD BE revealed which leads you to where you ACTUALLY WANT to go!

When you doubt your decision after you’ve ALREADY stepped forward, you just slow your progress. You end up stepping backwards again to ‘try again’ or to ‘try a different way’. That means you stay in the same spot, too scared to step forward. No way of going back. All you have is the messy, incomplete picture in front of you.

You block any progress or new insights that could only be gained from the next step’s perspective. 
Looking backwards in regret because the picture you see before you doesn’t look like what you’re working towards?

You need a little patience! 

Sometimes it doesn’t come together until the very very end. 

So you need to hold the faith and keep moving forward. Questioning your decisions, doubting the step forward you took means you also lose connection to that inner voice that was giving you the answers. 

Losing that connection means you also lose your flow. You lose the creative juice you’ll need to overcome the next hurdle, the next level of Resistance. You lose the ease and JOY to complete what you were working on and that big picture you’re working towards. Yes, you totally could finish the work. But without that flow and JOY? It will be reflected in the work. 

Plus, who wants to only create work that ONLY feels hard and forced and disconnected from yourself, your intentions & creativity?

So now you’re doing that dance - you’ll notice that it starts to slow down… you’re looking at the big picture for longer and longer. The answers to the next steps get smaller and smaller. Soon…you know the flow is slowing down because it’s time for the next stage. 

To listen for that small still voice…

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The next stage I'm working on is going to be a fun one. SABOTAGE & knowing when something is finished. 

So…PERFECT because that's what I'll be going through next. 
The finishing part I hope. 

Not the sabotage…

I'll be using (and sharing in the booklet) all the tools and tricks to support me during this time to minimise any self-sabotage that may come up and get the booklet finished!

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It's almost finished and when it's released it will go back to it's retail price $22

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i'm going to do all the things!

Is that what you said to yourself?

Be better. More disciplined

More adventurous
More brave
More focused
Shine your light more

Finish more projects - cross off that to do list
Eat more veggies.

Just generally BE MORE....

or maybe, like me, you WANT all those things but January is almost finished and the doubts are starting to creep back in.

Resistance is showing up AGAIN

The distraction and Netflix binge is happening more and more

The GUILT is the real killer...

Let's not. Let us embrace this time. Let's embrace both the ambition AND go with the flow that is this creative journey. Which, our lives IS a creative journey. And like any creative process, the Resistance and ALL THE HARD...it's part of that process.

Let's embrace it. Let's look at Resistance as a gift!

This year, I am as ambitious as ever.

My intentions are to shine my light MORE

To paint MORE

To show up & show myself MORE

To share and hold space for YOU to shine & show up and do MORE.

So that's where I'm at. 

For you that means... 

• More paintings to enjoy. More art to add to your collection or to finally get your hands on an original.

• More videos and trainings and fun VLOGS to enjoy!

My new art is VLOGS... and generally just showing more of me, my life as both artist & mama. Embracing my current season of life and my own story of mamahood, artist life & biz boss lady.

• More ways to work with me! New commission process for an intimate, personal experience of art and your current season of life.

So come join me! In sharing more of me my hope is that it will be valuable for YOU to see your creative journey, connect deeper to your creativity & learn new ways of working with the Muse in your work and life.

Plus creative mentoring -- if you need someone to be your sacred space holder for you before, during & to birth your creative projects. I'm gonna be your creative work/big dreams mid-wife!

SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL: Brenda TV -- Studio Diaries VLOGS --This is where I'll be sharing my Studio Diaries VLOGS -- a Behind the Scenes look at life as an artist & mama. 

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I share daily-ish writings, trainings and just general creativity chats to get you thinking of your art, work & life from your creative heart. 

My latest videos:
3 questions to ask when you hit the Messy Middle (aka. Resistance)

TIMELAPSE - I had been struggling with Resistance and then when I had worked through - I had a day of FLOW which resulted in a painting (AND I remembered to record it!)

Right now I'm writing COLLECT CULTIVATE CREATE (scroll down below for more info!). I'm working on the section about Resistance and Flow so my latest videos cover this topic. Though, to be honest, I think I'll be talking about that over and over!

Such a huge part of the creative process!

Don't forget,

You ARE worthy of your big dreams. Dare to take it seriously & take the next step now.

x Brenda

Collect Cultivate Create

Did you know the creative process is pretty much the same REGARDLESS of what you create?

Do you want to know how to work through each stage to finish creating your masterpiece?

Want to transform your mindset and change how you see your creative practice?

where your creativity is a habit not a skill

A habit & practice that nurtured both your work AND your life!

How do you stay creative & keep your creativity producing CONSISTENTLY?

Do you stop half way with your work and hit Resistance, not knowing how to move past it?

Want to learn the way an artist (me!) sees this part of the cycle as something to look forward to?
As something to embrace?

Want to learn how to move forward from that Messy Middle?

THIS DIGITAL BOOKLET SHARES HOW YOU CAN DO ALL THAT AND THE COMPLETE CREATIVE PROCESS I GO THROUGH EVERY TIME I CREATE MY ART.

It’s a cycle that has clear stages and every part has its own hurdles to cross. From how to start, the Messy Middle and how to release it.

It's not just MY cycle! I've learnt it's really a mirror for YOUR creativity. By seeing my story, you will get an insight and new perspective on how to see AND work with YOUR creativity and how you show up in your work and life.

Along with my creative practice in connecting with my creativity. 
I share how you can collect inspiration and never run out of ideas

How you can cultivate your creative garden - to create that habit remember?

And how you create your masterpiece that’s calling you to release for the world

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THE 2 THINGS TO LET GO TO GET TO FLOW when you’ve been stuck in Resistance

I’ve been getting annoyed at how little work I was getting done - half is mum life but honestly, it was mostly Resistance showing up in ways that I, of course, needed to experience again to learn deeper lessons so I can add to my booklet in richer ways.

(So I write this for you at 5am in the morning, but as always, it is a reminder and encouragement for me too!)

These aren’t new — more like rediscoveries. 

Like, of course! Why didn’t I think of this? I already know this!

You just had to remember this feeling, you needed to remember this feeling of stuck AND the joy of release into flow. That’s why. 

The two things to let go:

• • (1) GUILT

You’ve been resisting the Resistance and falling for its lies. Which are really lies you tell yourself. 
So you’ve tried to overcome it by resisting it and forcing your way through

Because you’re superwoman! You CAN when you WILL yourself and DO IT ALL

But remember... Resistance is a gift. And this time is for you to pause and look at the bigger picture. 

You have been trying to do both mum and work at the same time. 

As in literally at the same time. 

I know you multitask because...you’re a mum & it’s the only way to get it all done. 
I know you ARE both mum and biz/creative lady. 
But literally at the same time WHILE you’re stuck in Resistance?

You totally SUCK at both! (When in Resistance)

It’s worse when you know you’re actually pretty decent at both — you know? When you’re NOT in Resistance? 
When the flow is FLOWING?

But you fall for the lie that you should ‘catch up’ by force and doing MORE and then you suck so you feel guilty. 
Cos you suck. 
So you do more and MORE to catch up by force. 
And you suck even more. 

It’s a vicious cycle and no one wins. 

Except Resistance maybe. 

Except...if Resistance is a gift? 
It was here to tell you to pause and look at something. The something here is probably your GUILT. 

Let it go. 

Choose one and do that. It’s not forever. But do your work thing and ONLY have that hat on. 
Only have mum hat on when it’s mum time.

Yes, you may not have chosen that time and it was an interruption to your work time. But if you’re choosing to be interrupted and want to stop the work to go play with your minis?

Only have that ONE hat on. 

AND

do it GUILT FREE.

• • (2) PERFECTION: 

You’ve released the guilt and started back on the thing you’ve been avoiding. 
Been RESISTING.... but then it’s not flowing easily! It’s not quite the same feeling you remembered from last time?

Or worse, you get interrupted again! And you don’t want the resentment to build. The guilt to come back. 

That’s because you aren’t letting go of PERFECTION. That’s why, when a little flow comes to you and you think ‘this isn’t right!’ 

Or ‘it doesn’t feel easy’ 

you’re the one stopping the flow before it gets a chance to...well, FLOW! 

Sometimes it starts as a little dribble and takes a little while before it becomes a roaring river that engulfs you and you’re in that delicious state of creating furiously (like me writing this with the sunrise because it has to come out!)

Also, sometimes you intend to get back to your writing project
(COLLECT CULTIVATE CREATE is still available for preorder for limited time!)
But mum life and interruptions means, you can’t. But you CAN get back to your painting project. 

It’s not perfect this flow that came. 
You also know that if you allow the trickle, it will soon flow over the rest of your work and life and the writing will get done too. 

Because when the flow FLOWS, your inner superwoman can come out and DO ALL THE THINGS

Plus! Without the guilt, it just leaves room for joy  and you get to bring that joy for your other hats too. You know you’re a better mum when you do!

Remember, You CAN have your big dreams. Dare to take it seriously and take the next step!
 

THAT WRITING PROJECT?

“COLLECT CULTIVATE CREATE— Connecting with the creative process in your work & life” 
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I’m sharing more insights and learnings (including stuff about Resistance! Of course!) and my creative process to create my paintings. 

Which also applies to writing, making vlogs, running a biz. 

Anything that requires you to CREATE something. So almost everything in your work and life! 

I SEE YOU

🎨I KNOW YOU

Hey you
The creative one
The one just quietly sitting at the back

I see the work you’re creating
I see the heart and soul of it

The world may not label it as traditionally creative
But I see you swimming in that creativity juice.

I know you’re creative
I know YOU know you’re creative

You know it. 

well...On your good days

When you read this, you know
Talking to your biz /mindset/life coach, you know
When you hang in your favourite Facebook group with your biz besties, you know
When you’re typing out today’s message to send out & you feel it flow — you know

You feel it as you’re typing that product description for your latest offering
You feel it as you put the finishing touches on that new group coaching workshop
You feel it as you edit the latest interview for your podcast

But

On the bad days
The days you couldn’t quite get to do your journalling & intention setting
The days you feel just out of step, the rhythm just isn’t grooving as easily
The days you couldn’t get to your morning routine until 2pm

When your kids are randomly just shitty about everything
And you know they are reflecting your Resistance.

When you know you’re avoiding the very thing you were just saying how much you LOVE being able to do JUST YESTERDAY

You don’t FEEL it then.
BUT

You do know it… only deep down. Deep deep down a spark still flickers.

I see you
I know you

REMEMBER

YOU’RE NOT ALONE

Your intention is to shine bright
You intention to share love & hope
You know those intentions on your good days ARE GOOD.
Even if today, a bad day, your intentions feels more like a ‘I-hate-everyone-I-only-want-to-binge-watch-Netflix-forever’

When it takes ALL YOUR ENERGY to stop the dam from breaking within and you just YELL at everyone & vomit all the frustration, repressed rage & deep deep fears masked as ‘rational reasoning’. 
Especially at your kids. Whom, of course, are being little shits today.

I SEE YOU
I KNOW YOU

Remember that Resistance can be a gift

A reminder to reconnect to your spirituality. To yourself.
A reminder to keep shining your light
Keep connecting with your creativity
Keep doing the work you’re called to do

Keep the intentions from good days close
(write them on a sticky note for your bathroom mirror if necessary to help you remember them!)

Keep moving forward. One baby step at a time

Brushstroke by brushstroke, a painting is made
Letter by letter, a book is written
Moment by moment, a relationship is strengthened.

Just as every deep breath, helps you push through contraction by contraction,
To birth your baby
So it is for your big dreams.

i see you

✨i know you

I’m here cheering you on

p.s I wrote COLLECT CULTIVATE CREATE for you. Sharing my story and experience to help you connect with your creative process and use it for your work and life.

To collect the ideas and inspirations that’s calling to you

To cultivate a creative practice that nourishes you

To create the masterpieces that only YOU can bring to life

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