💖I’ve realised that the addictive part of being a creative isn’t just creating the art - but connecting with soulmate collectors who resonate with the work & understand your intentions intrinsically.
Instant Yes like instant friends.
Connection.
Resonance.
That’s my kind of addiction!
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While I’ve been in an art love bubble - my heart is broken for the heartache and tragedy, especially for the families in NZ and for all of us as one community. 💔
Thank you for allowing ongoing conversations with you - daily check ins, daily connection, daily rants.
Thank you for the connection & grace of your presence & attention
Thank you for the opportunity to have you as part of my everyday
Thank you for your love & gifts - it enriches my life.
You make my life fun & interesting. You allow me the chance to grow, rise up to be all I can be, to expand & experiment & explore.
Thank you for adding joy & the full experience of this life. Even the frustrations & overwhelming desire for more.
Thank you for your patience & kindness in my slowness or stubbornness.
Especially when it comes to changing or pivoting or needing perfection.
Thank you for allowing me to practice! That I can fall & fail and I get to try again
Thank you for allowing passion to flow in my life.
Thank you for you as you are - forcing me to change, to see differently, to be a mirror my flaws AND gifts. Also for inspiring me & making my life joyous!
Thank you for teaching & leading me. For being mischievous and holding the space for ME to teach and lead.
Thank you for choosing me, staying with me, coming back to me & allowing me to come to you.
I love you. I promise to try harder, learn faster & choose you too.
Love Brenda
—
I wrote the above to my Creativity and to my relationship with God.
and realised, I would want this for all my relationships with my loved ones
What if all that brings you joy, all of life is a relationship.
One you can choose for joy, even in allowing the pain of growth.
Or you can choose to ignore & allowing the pain of neglect and disconnection.
What would your love letter say?
Please say it to your loved ones
Please say it in prayer
Please say it to yourself
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Did you know what makes it easy to reconnect back to YOU & your relationship with the divine, family & creativity?
Having someone in your corner (or just a message away) to anchor you back to the brilliance of you and what you have access to
Doing it alone is simple but requires more time, more willpower & energy to battle your self-Sabotage, Resistance & inner gremlins.
I want to be that inner lighthouse for you! I want to remind you & be a connection for you to PURPOSE and PLAY and FLOW and FULFILMENT.
🌟Messenger Magic for Muses:🌟
Helping you through your Resistance & finding flow in your creative process — so you can make the thing you want to make & offer it to the world. While living YOUR creative life
You know you don’t want another year of wondering, wishing & knowing you want change.
Knowing you want more! Knowing you can’t keep going in this boredom & regret. I get it. I see you, I feel you.
🙌🏼More creative flow
🙌🏼More creativity & inspiration
🙌🏼More productivity and actually doing the work
🙌🏼More meaning & mindfulness
Some of what we can explore together
💖Meet your Muse
💖Muse Mama mapping
💖Mindset of a muse
💖Marketing for Biz Muses
💖Messages from Muse (like this love letter)
💖Mamahood weaving & productivity
What is your creative process?
What is your flavour of Resistance?
How to get out of your own way?
How to embrace Resistance and find flow?
How to release the work and not freak out?
Intro 45min strategy call
4 weeks Messenger access
Access to Muse Mama membership for 3 months
Then an ongoing monthly offer is available once we’ve had that first month of magic together!
http://bit.ly/MuseMessengerMagic
💖💖💖
Chase the chaos
Seek your soul
Find fulfilment by
Focusing on flow
Faithfully fall
Into the mess
There is beauty there
Despite the stress
Seek the sublime
Curiously wonder
You ARE being called
That isn’t a blunder
Take it seriously
Dare to dream
Do the next step you’re shown
No matter how irrelevant it seems
- x Brenda -
p.s Want to connect to your creativity & have me in your corner to find clarity, courage & connection to the creative life of your dreams?
Mentoring for Muses now available!
🌟Messenger Magic for Muses:🌟
Helping you through your Resistance & finding flow in your creative process — so you can make the thing you want to make & offer it to the world.
While living YOUR creative life
You know you don’t want another year of wondering, wishing & knowing you want change.
Knowing you want more! Knowing you can’t keep going in this boredom & regret
🙌🏼More creative flow
🙌🏼More creativity & inspiration
🙌🏼More productivity and actually doing the work that matters
🙌🏼More meaning & mindfulness
Some of what we can explore together
💖Meet your Muse: What is YOUR flavour of creative inspiration
💖Muse Mama mapping: Who, What Why of connecting with & Being a muse
💖Mindset of a muse: What you need to keep the flow
💖Marketing for Biz Muses: Clarity on your message, building your fan base & making sales with dream clients
💖Messages from Muse: Connecting with your creativity
💖Mamahood weaving & productivity: How to weave creativity with life
What is your creative process?
What is your flavour of Resistance?
How to get out of your own way?
How to embrace Resistance and find flow?
How to release the work and not freak out?
Intro 45min strategy call
4 weeks Messenger access
Access to Muse Mama membership for 3 months
Clarity, Connection & Creative Courage for less than a coffee a day
💖These chipped nails are beautiful because:
They mean I’ve been intentional with self care AND doing dishes
They mean I’ve been framing my art AND playing with colour for fun
They mean I’ve been practicing creative play for the sake of play — instead of waiting for a ‘better time’
They mean I’ve bothered to ‘make the effort’ despite no ‘special occasion for them’
💖Because feeling beautiful & living life IS my special occasion
Weaving it all is a practice AND a choice. It is done AND ongoing.
It is something you need to see & think differently about AND something you actually have to DO
Why only make the effort for ‘special occasions’?
Wear the dress
Use the special plates
Put on the lipstick
Strut those shoes
String on those pearls
Cancel the boring coffee for a special date with YOU
Get the blowwave
Pull out the recipe book
Book the spa day
Make the reservation at that place
Show up for you.
Choose your joy & pleasure AS the special occasion worthy of effort (you would for weddings or events - what if your joy could be your event?!)
When you do, it means you can give to others from the overflow of your cup.
It means fully expressing all of you & your creativity as well as your joy will expand exponentially.
Even if it’s just painting your nails
x B
p.s We are exploring your creativity & learning how to find your creative spark inside Muse Mama.
MUSE MAMA is that space for you to find your village of fellow mamas seeking Clarity, Courage & Creativity in their journey to living a FULL life of joy & fun AND fulfilment.
There is a mini masterclass in there just about moving from dreaming to doing!
Don’t you want to be in the energy of what you seek?
CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS
“Courageous Surrender” This painting went home to an instant YES - a lady who is warm & lovely & has a heart of gold.
This painting has also inspired me for a new month
If you need this for March - this is for you too.
May you find courage in your pursuit
May you surrender to your soul
May you find flow in your days
May you find all that is within you is gold.
Use the chaos
Use the mess
Use the heartache & pain
It’s not easy I confess
You WILL find beauty there
You WILL find connection
You WILL find all that you truly seek, when you Courageously Surrender to being all you can & are meant to be
Laying down the darks so that the brights can be brighter.
There really is no light without the darkness.
In art as in life!
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I’m seeing more and more that how I create, my creative process, is actually my process for all the work I do.
In business, in relationships, in spiritual & mental & physical health.
It is in the process of doing that you find the connections, you find the answers.
It’s the decision to make the mark, the courage to leave it there — reflecting our decisions for other actions in our life & the courage to stand by them.
It’s in the commitment to stand in the chaos & overwhelm of the messy middle stage (like this painting was at this stage)
Embrace BEING in the discomfort of NOT knowing what the next step is.
And choosing to keep going anyway.
Choosing to wait in FAITH that the answers will come.
Choosing that your commitment & intentions will light the way. That YOU ARE enough.
TRUSTING THE PROCESS
So how about you?
I wonder, if you look at your creative process...you may find the answers you seek.
Or find the trust & faith & capacity to sit in the discomfort you need
Or find the gap that you didn’t realise was there...
Tell me, what is your process? How does it parallel the way you approach other areas of your life?
- x B -
p.s Are you a Muse Mama?
Are you seeking a connection on the creative & inspiring side of you with the warrior Mama part of you?
MUSE MAMA is a village for ambitious, spiritual & creative mamas who know that it takes a village to raise a child AND a fulfilled mama living a life of joyful purpose.
MUSE MAMA is a village of resources for Mindset & Manifestation Magic for creative mamas.
This is a place for you to find support and encouragement to create a life in connection to your creativity and your calling.
For mamas, like you, who have big dreams and a desire and ambition to pursue them.
For mamas, like you, who know that it takes a village to raise a child AND a fulfilled life
For mamas, like you, who want to be more than 'just a mum’.
For mamas who KNOW that being ALL that she can BE, filling her own cup & doing the work she was called to do IS THE WAY to be the best mama she can be for her kids.
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!
Are you looking for a space to cultivate your confidence, creativity & your calling?
To finding YOUR flavour of weaving biz & babies, work & life?
💖Then I invite you to join me inside 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 me, a professional artist (& your fellow Muses!) 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 resources & support on the Mindset & Manifestation Magic you need as a creative mama?
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:
📚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!
✨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.
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
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🎨One of the best ways to find your style, your flavour of marks or message...
Is to EXPERIMENT.
That freedom to just try new things, new ways, alternative perspective. Without fear of failure, since an experiment is only seeking feedback.
And a sketchbook is where you can do that.
Confession: I hadn’t kept one in YEARS. I have a journal and I write all my mindset, morning pages and to do lists in there. But a sketch book, or a visual diary...I use to keep for art school.
But now I’m out of the habit.
Why? (See if this also feels familiar)
“Too busy...all art making is for my biz!”
“No time for playing. Have to make ‘ART’ “
“I don’t have the brain space for YET ANOTHER THING to work on”
But I’ve noticed a snag that keeps coming up.
Where is the fire Brenda?
Where is the joy? Where is the ‘I’m so inspired & creative’ feeling?
Where is the confidence to just make your mark?
Where is the next level of this conversation your work is heading?
I can’t find the answers when I’m inside the forest. I can’t think my way to the answers.
I know it’s the lack of play
I know it’s the lack of pushing boundaries & finding new layers of freedom.
So long story short, I’m restarting a new habit. Keeping a sketchbook next to me when I’m painting. With the intention to play & experiment & make messes in. (Basically push further than I have and find ‘failure’) And like all new habits, It’s clumsy & feels awkward. It’s clunky & uncomfortable.
Do me a favour? Share with me your new awkward habit? So I don’t feel so alone!
Something you’re setting the intention for but isn’t quite flowing yet? We can encourage each other this year!
Or comment with your favourite heart emoji to give me a boost on this new change!
- x B -
🎨I DIDN’T KNOW IT THEN...
I didn’t know it then, but after painting this at the beginning of the year (a few months after becoming a mama) I didn’t pick up a paintbrush for almost a year.
🎨“Hope for Another Day” Acrylic on Canvas (sold)
#fromthearchives #originalpainting
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Lack of sleep, PND, anxiety and the avalanche of new emotions, navigating new mamahood and just general dying of my old self — all contributed to the lack of soul connection to my art.
Sure, painting can be a deep source of therapy, but for me, I can only paint when my internal world is flowing (as evidenced in my outer world)
So I like looking back and seeing this as a reminder that my art is an amazing barometer for where I am at, and maybe even a hint of where I am going.
And that I have to be vigilant with my energy care, my mind and heart care and general self-love and self-care even if my inner critic calls it self-ish
💖>> my art AND my babies need it << 💖
For all the new mamas out there and those mama-to-be. I send you so much love.
May you love and care for yourself as much as you will for your baby. It may feel simple, it may feel obvious, it may feel cliché.
But, you at your best (even if it means time AWAY from your baby) is really the BEST THING YOU CAN
💖
DO for your child and your family.
Do it before you need to do it.
Do it even if it’s ‘inconvenient’
Do it even if you ‘feel fine’
Do it to make it a habit, a practice, a ritual & just part of who you are as the BEST MAMA you can BE.
💖
And cuddle your babies as much as possible because the other cliché about it flying past is also true.
And you don’t want to waste a minute stuck in a fog of stress, guilt, shame, zombie-lack-if-sleep and ‘busyness’
- x Brenda -
p.s If you’re ready for more...you’re out of the haze & overwhelm of kids
You’re ready for some focus on your own heart & soul
You may be a Muse Mama ready to step up
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
Do you want resources & support on the Mindset & Manifestation Magic you need as a creative mama?
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!
Are you looking for a space to cultivate your confidence, creativity & your calling?
To finding YOUR flavour of weaving biz & babies, work & life?
💖MUSE MAMA is currently open for new creative mamas looking to inspire the world through their own inspired work.
Join me TODAY! CLICK HERE FOR YOUR $1 trial
We have been setting intentions & looking at our daily connection to soul & creativity this month.
Coming up, we will be exploring how to find your Creative Spark even amongst the busyness of life. Even if your creativity feels non-existent.
💖YOU ALREADY HAVE IT WITHIN YOU (How to feel confident in yourself)
I’m sitting at my favourite coffee shop, drinking my favourite coffee & starting to feel guilty that I’m not DOING.
But I also knew that the sitting & journaling & talking to myself — is how I will be able to keep up the energy of DOING
It’s also how I peel back the doubts & layers of fears to find the confidence for my next steps.
I was stressing and asking HOW HOW HOW?!?
My inner wisdom keeps saying:
You already have it within you
That inspired idea
That amazing motivation to take action
That feeling of flow in your day
You already have that within you.
That creativity for ingenious solutions
That patience for your kids
That joy & playfulness despite the deadlines
You already have it within you
The only reason you may not be seeing it, living it, doing it?
You haven’t CONNECTED within.
Have you taken the time to say hello to your soul?
To embrace & acknowledge your creativity?
To pause and listen to your intuition? (Which is just a fancy word for your inner voice)
You may have forgotten your own rituals to pause & connect
You may have neglected that relationship for a while
Start now, start today.
Take a minute to meditate
Take a lunch break to journal
Commit to talking to your inner self all day today.
Rediscover yourself again
Rediscover the immense rivers of flow, inspiration & capacity you have within you to DO & BE the person you want to be.
Start with gratitude for another chance to reconnect
Commit to keep trying even when it’s hard or awkward or you forget
Trust in the process, you already have the wisdom within you & it will show up around you
AND make sure you acknowledge the inspired ideas & TAKE ACTION on it as soon as possible.
Treat it like a precious relationship (with yourself it is a SACRED connection!)
Like any relationship, it takes time but also attention & acknowledging that connection.
And if your inner self is giving you directions & suggestions, it wouldn’t help your relationship if you never followed it & keep feeling stuck.
You already have it all within you. The confidence will come when you connect within for the wisdom you need to take the next step.
How do you connect within? What are your personal practices to find self-confidence when you’re not sure what to do next?
Muse Mama Members & I are connecting to our daily devotions to connect to our creativity. Trust & faith in the process, your OWN process.
Are you seeking connection to your self, your creativity & would love a community to do that with?
Muse Mama village has the resources to spark & reconnect to your creativity & the YOU beyond what you are doing. Your next chapter, your next masterpiece, your next level self.
💖💖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.
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It isn’t something I want ALL the time but there is nothing like it to ensure I find my flow regardless of how “shitty” my situation or my lack of “feeling it”
Are you looking for flow? Maybe it’s time to set a deadline...or even better, sign up for something so it’s a true blue all caps DEADLINE
Painting for my exhibit in Sydney in March has forced me to just focus on my paintings. BUT I’m still being reminded outside the studio...
to do my job and not waste time & energy on what someone else is doing.
As in...my job is to do my best. My job is to PRODUCE the work. NOT POLICE the reactions of others to it.
What job are you doing?
You know that Wiggles song ‘do the dance’? Anyway...for me it’s always about the dance I do in my creative process. Of stepping forward for the intricate details. The close up and focus on tiny sections.
Then, stepping back for the big picture. Seeing the whole painting not just on its own but also as part of a collection.
Zooming in and out
Dancing between details and vision
Dancing between play and purpose
Dancing between chaos & structure
It’s the heart & joy of my art!
Over to you!
What have you been noticing?
💖
Will you be in Sydney in March?
Wanna come see the latest paintings I’ll be showing with the other 119 selected artists at The Other Art Fair.
Msg me to get the link & code for free tickets! I would love to hugs you for reals!
x B
(so far... this will always evolve and expand over time FOR SURE)
This photo explains my sore back! Posture also means how you hold yourself, how you are aware of this incredible machine that moves you from place to place and enables you to create.
The temple that holds your brain and enables soul to come from the divine to this physical reality.
Hold yourself strong, with mindfulness & intention. This applies to your mental posture too. It all affects your creativity which you need to do the amazing work you do.
Mindless chaos is easy. That’s what the world talks about. That’s what stress and overwhelm likes to drown you in.
Chaos that is intentionally harnessed so you can find the balance of ‘random’ but too WAY MORE EFFORT to create that balanced ‘randomness’- that’s where the art is!
Same for your life. Maybe on paper it’s crazy and ‘disorganised’ and you’ve tried all the ‘methods’ and strategies that gurus sell to you.
But I’ve found, YOUR FLAVOUR of crazy or chaos that works for you? That resonates even though you can’t articulate why?
That IS your art. That is YOUR voice. Find YOUR balance of intentional chaos and strategic random. Your crazy is totally allowed if it means flow, art & joyful purpose!
Sometimes it’s easy to get bogged down to the DOING of the meaty, juicy bit in the middle. Getting stuck into flow is intoxicating and believe or not...distracting.
If you’re feeling like something isn’t quite right? You may have forgotten about the edges.
Which means, those things on the edges of your peripheral vision. The neglected little details. The things behind closed doors that no one else is going to notice or give you likes or comments.
Things that had been niggling at you, but you got distracted with the big wins, the fire to put out, the loud voices about your BIG PURPOSE IN LIFE.
Or just scrolling and making the perfect post for a boost in your social engagement.
But if you want that satisfying feeling of wholeness...that comes when you finish your art.
Always check the edges, the little details no one else may notice consciously. Things that, ‘doesn’t really matter’ but matters TO YOU. Give it the attention and mindfulness you do to the things that are front and center to the public.
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Now I’m off to paint again. Unleashing the chaos, watching my posture & seeing ALL the details and ALL the whole vision of art that’s calling me.
What are you creating?
Are you connecting within? Feeling like your creativity is slowly fading?
Are you allowing your flavour of chaos and creativity to flow in your life?
Are you seeking a community to connect over weaving a life of art AND babies?
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
⚡️Do you want resources & support on the Mindset & Manifestation Magic you need as a creative mama?
⚡️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!
⚡️Are you looking for a space to cultivate your confidence, creativity & your calling?
To finding YOUR flavour of weaving biz & babies, work & life?
💖MUSE MAMA is open for new creative mamas looking to inspire the world through their own inspired work.
I love this village - this is the space I’m holding for myself and other Muses to unleash our musings and heart. Being a mama taught me the power of community in order to grow into the Mama I wish to be.
I love sharing my highs and my lows in here along with the creativity resources I’m creating. I know that I’m inspiring all the Muse Mamas but also gaining inspiration from our collective energies. I want that for you!
You ARE an inspiration and if you want a village to help you grow into the Muse AND Mama you wish to be...
Join us!
💖💖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.
Last night I’m sitting on the toilet and got a mental epiphany...as you do when you finally get some alone time
💖💖💖
“Everything you do is an act of worship (to your purpose, to God, to your art)
Or
it’s an act of rejection.”
💖💖💖
When you make the art, take the nap you need, eat food that helps you in flow...act of worship
When you actively learn and seek clarity on your vision and purpose...act of worship
When you do your mummy-ing when it’s mummy duty time. When you make art when it’s make art time. When you stay up all night to get that inspiration done. When you take the nap because your body needed it.
All...acts of worship
Or
When you get inspired and then say...nah too hard. Not for me. I’m not good enough....act of rejection
When you choose shadow work, close enough but not quite in alignment with your soul...act of rejection
When you talk toxic words to yourself, when you stay stuck or sabotage or allow Resistance to stop you...act of rejection
I’m still unraveling this new thought that feels familiar and obvious and ‘duh, haven’t we been saying this for ages?’
while also feeling completely profound and like a lightning bolt.
Like you KNOW when it’s one or the other.
you already KNOW if your next act is worship or rejection
And I know, I won’t find clarity from just thinking it through.
Talking it out, sharing it, doing work I’m called to in the light of this revelation.... that’s how this aha moment will weave its way into my life.
So as with all art and finding clarity of direction...let’s start with intention:
Writing it down here. Sharing my heart with you. Making my life my art. My art my life. I hope it’s an act of worship. Always.
Worship as in:
Full commitment to focus and learning more
Soul immersion
Seeing the wholeness & fullness of it
Surrender
Faith & Trust in the connection
That “HELL YES! This is IT!”
24/7 thinking, talking, dreaming about it
Cultivating connection
Communication & Communion
Conviction of your calling
Worship or Rejection?
- x Brenda -
p.s All this talk of creation, connection & cultivating a practice of communion with creativity and purpose? Plays out more fully inside my Muse Mama village.
Besides access to my digital workshops to ignite and explore your creativity & build a creative practice...
Besides access to my booklets of Resistance & my creative process (coming soon! On how to cultivate it for your art & life)
Besides access to exclusive discounts and coupon codes to my art & mentoring...
Muse Mama is for you to find a community of creative, ambitious mamas who want to create a life of joyful purpose with your creativity.
Your creative Spark is the seed where your next chapter will bloom
Your creative Voice is the heart of where the full expression of YOU will lead the way to the best Mama AND Muse you are called to be
Your creative Practice is the anchor you get to cultivate in the chaos of life & pursuing your art.
I want to invite you to join us as a MUSE MAMA
Do you want resources & support on the Mindset & Manifestation Magic you need as a creative mama?
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!
Are you looking for a space to cultivate your confidence, creativity & your calling?
To finding YOUR flavour of weaving biz & babies, work & life?
💖MUSE MAMA is currently open for new creative mamas looking to inspire the world through their own inspired work.
💖💖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.
> clear the tiniest space you need (photo of a little spot on my messy kitchen bench)
> “throw paint on the canvas” whatever that looks like for your medium or media
> embrace the imperfection...of your tools, your space, your ‘feelings’ or inspiration, your skills
> trust the call to make, trust you will find a way, trust you have what you need to start NOW and will get what you need as you KEEP GOING
> keep throwing paint on canvas until you find flow, or your ‘satisfaction point’ which for me is sometimes 10minutes
> walk away and commit to do it again tomorrow. And do it.
> repeat
🔥What you don’t need:🔥
X perfect anything. Tools, timing, skills, space, feelings
X exact idea of what you’re making.
Sometimes a vague direction is the perfect start
X exact skills you need for the vision, sometimes you will only learn them on the way to the vision
X feel in flow. Sometimes, especially when you have been out of practice, it takes a while to clear the gunk out. Before the tap can flow easily. Trust & be faithful in the process
X too much focus on the end goal. Doing it for the process is what makes the journey enjoyable, creates the best art and allows you to find accidental magic and a bigger vision than you originally intended.
X too much focus on the process, nitpicking and complaining about the lack of...perfection. Remember your job is to essentially ‘take dictation from soul’. Work with the muse. Your Muse is responsible for the grand magic and yours is to COMMIT to the partnership to bring it to life.
💖Now, what are you going to finally go work on today?
💖sending you love & creative flow!
Honestly, I have been avoiding my easel.🤦🏻♀️
Yes, school holidays has been chaos
Yes, we all have a persistent cough
Yes, we only just started getting full nights sleep again
Yes, I want these last days of snuggles before first day of big school & daycare! (More emotional than I realise)
BUT
I’m also allowing Resistance to talk me out of picking up the paint brush too easily.
So I wanted to remind myself — maybe it will help you too
🔥Resistance is a sign you’re on the right path.
🔥You ARE an artist. You have been called. You have a vision AND YOU AGREED to bring it to life.
🔥Claim your artistry. Claim your calling. Claim your partnership with Resistance.
🔥Embrace Resistance: it’s as clever as you, it’s trying to protect you, it will be the sign of your next step
For me:
Resistance has been whinging about...(& please know...Resistance & my inner critic also enjoys telling me the answers to the whinging too to give it that double whiny flavour. Yum!)
🔥I don’t have enough new canvases (so go order some Brenda! Duh! *roll eyes*)
🔥I’m too tired, I’m not in the mood, I don’t feel inspired (you are tired because you haven’t sat down & connect with Muse. AND you’re an artist. Artist create & sit their ass down regardless of ‘feelings’. Leave the feelings with the amateurs and let’s make the art!)
🔥I hate being interrupted and the kids are driving me nuts!
(Ok. I’ve been ‘inspiring’ you to take more baths and go to bed early. PLEASE GO DO THAT.
Also, there is no such thing as perfect time - remember when you had a full hour and all you did was dick around on Facebook? Yeah. So get your ass in front of the easel & put paint on Canvas.)
All this waiting for perfect time & lamenting the lack of tools. Waiting for the ‘inspiration’ or ‘feelings’ are my usual Resistance.
Cos Resistance can be pretty predictable and unimaginative like that. It tends to use what always works and repeat it over and over.
And honestly, all that Resistance and whinging is just a way to hide a deeper fear.
🔥The true fear is that I’m scared I’m not actually worthy of the art.
That I won’t make anything good enough to sell AND I’m a bad mum for taking away snuggle time.
Now that I've been doing this for a long minute & recognise my own flavour of Resistance... when I see it I KNOW it means it’s time to embrace imperfection and ‘throw paint on the canvas’
I also have to remember (& keep practicing!) my own
#MuseMamaMantra:
I’m a better mum WHEN I CREATE. I bring all that joy, release, inspiration, connection & magic back to my mamahood.
I'm more patient & compassionate, because I have connected with my calling.
I'm more kind & flexible, because I have unleashed the tension of creating
I'm more relaxed & open to new things, because I've just encountered flow & inspiration.
I want to be all those things when I connect with my babies.
Don't you?
Maybe you need to do that?
⚡️Ask what your Resistance is saying
⚡️Dig deeper to what the true fear is.
⚡️Then, how can you ‘throw’ paint on canvas?
💖p.s I’m starting with my painting on my kitchen bench again & my A Spiral Painting A day project. (Coming soon!)
💜“Digging for Diamonds”💜 (SOLD)
I feel like I have been easing into this year despite a desire to DO ALL THE THINGS!
It’s the third week already of the year...
but it’s also almost Chinese New Year so another chance to renew intentions...
But I find myself still digging for the diamonds of 2019
Still digging for clarity (though isn’t that just a constant practice as we evolve and grow?)
Still digging for deeper understanding (as I remember who I am, I will be & always WAS under all the layers of expectations, shame & guilt protection and baggage)
Still digging for courage (as the bigger vision keeps coming back to me asking to be brought to life.)
Still digging for compassion and kindness from within.
All this talk of self-love and self-care is really a reminder to be compassionate and kind isn’t it?
More massages & white space to daydream!
Less guilt & time spent on berating myself!
💖
What treasures are you digging for? (please note this requires trust and faith that those diamonds are ALREADY WITHIN YOU)
For productivity & fulfilment
This photo is #MuseMama life.
Ignoring the laundry to get some creative work done...even if it’s slowed down by itchy toddler fingers.
Because #BigWins like crossing off “Prep watercolour scans for uploading to redbubble shop” is more satisfying than a #smallwin like “fold laundry”
If these last couple weeks of school holiday mess, sleep regression toddler & a couple days of flu and colds have taught me
it's that this Muse Mama needs BOTH
A 'small' win like:
taking a shower! Cleared the kitchen bench! Ate breakfast while it was still warm! only reheated my coffee once!
and a 'Big' win... Which is usually something to do with my purpose work. My creativity, my 'work' or anything that helps me BE the kind of mama, creative, wife, warrior muse leader I am called to be.
Which sometimes look like design work, sometimes it's painting, sometimes it's admin for my business.
Sometimes it's sitting down and doing a solid 15minutes of journaling and writing out all the chaos in my brain.
Sometimes it's making the time, releasing the guilt to draw myself a bath. Or going to bed straight after putting the girls to bed and reading.
Or ignoring the laundry to cross off something that's been on my to do list (& mental burden) for months.
I understand that it's all relative & subjective what a 'small' or 'big' win is. All dependant on your season in life, your personality or your soul needs.
But try it! If you're feeling overwhelmed. If you're feeling like your every minute is filled up and STILL not feeling that sense of satisfaction.
You probably needed a bit more of one or the other.
💖A small win. Something that on the surface of it, doesn't seem like much... but makes you feel like a star & gives you the boost of confidence you need for the big win.
Doing too much of this usually means you're in Resistance about the big win & leaves you feeling unfulfilled.
Doing too little means
💖A big win. Something that fulfils you, that has been nagging at you, that you've been avoiding for 'next time' or 'perfect time'. Something that Resistance has be super happy about you NOT doing.
Doing only big win things usually means ignoring the little things that eventually become BIG messes & that sucks your energy from having joy in your purpose work.
Like having a tiny pebble in your shoe. Easy to ignore for a bit so you can focus on where you need to go. But eventually it will wear you down.
And your job is to tweak, adjust & learn your flavour of both.
How much you need to do of each.
What you need from each.
Which one tends to show up depending on life & moods.
Who you need to BE to reconnect back to the inner knowing of what you need to do next.
🔥What kind of win do you need to give yourself today?
Drop me an emoji below that represents what you Big win & Small win feels like!
Mine: 💖💖💖 (big win) ⚡️🔥⚡️ (small win)
- x Brenda -
p.s Want to chat more about weaving that sense of purpose & fun & creativity & flow with your mamahood?
Muse Mama is increasing in price soon as I revamp the resources & match the value that's inside the village.
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 me, a professional artist (& your fellow Muses!) 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 resources & support on the Mindset & Manifestation Magic you need as a creative mama?
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!
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 currently open for new creative mamas looking to inspire the world through their own inspired work.
Join TODAY at the current price before it doubles for the next round.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO & TO SIGN UP FOR $1
Don’t get me wrong! I love my kids, they are loves of my life. If you see behind closed doors the sacrifice & struggle -
that’s not even the question
But
It is not enough.
You are a creation. A masterpiece. Child of God. And you were made for a purpose. Feeling fulfilled, empowered & joyful means fulfilling that purpose.
Mine is more than being a mum
I’m a better mum when I leave them behind to get my work done
I’m a better mum when I miss out on play time & quality 1:1 time to journal and paint
I’m a better mum when I sleep in instead of going to the park.
I’m a better mum when I model a fulfilled, joyful & empowered woman instead of an exhausted & depleted one.
I come back with a full cup that is overflowing which helps me fill theirs.
It’s actually easier & more Joyful!
Instead of trying to catch up, running on fumes and guilt.
It isn’t fair to treat your kids like vessels for your fulfilment.
Mothering may be part of your purpose, yes absolutely. It’s a privilege & sacred role!
But the pressure put on them to give me a FULL-filled life?
That is MY job! To acknowledge when it isn’t enough.
NOT THAT THEY are not enough - they are plenty and overflowing with all they are meant to be
NOT THAT I’M NOT ENOUGH - because in my true heart where soul & spirit reside, I know I am.
But the ‘work’ of mothering, of child caring, is NOT enough
You want a fulfilled life? Where life is FULL & FILLED with purpose and joy?
KNOW when you’re trying to draw that fulfilment from the wrong thing
KNOW when you’re forgetting yourself - YOUR heart, YOUR needs, YOUR spirit and connection to your purpose.
See the FULL picture - it’s so easy when you’re in the trenches with little kids to forget the forrest you’re in.
When all you see is this one ginormous tree you’re trying to climb up.
With your hands. While holding your babies
Then you can release that pressure on them.
Or whatever else you’ve been trying to make your purpose... and it keeps coming up short.
Your job you find ok? But you know it’s fear & complacency that keeps you there
Your partner? ‘you complete me...’ can be so damaging
Your house? What do you think you will gain on the other side of making it clean & magazine worthy?
RELEASE IT & acknowledge that IT IS NOT ENOUGH
Focus on what you NEED
To claim your heart, your soul, your calling
AND FIND THAT PATH to your ENOUGH
It’s most likely a bigger, richer tapestry of all those things you ALREADY HAVE & that one small thing your inner voice is whispering to you.
Dare to take that seriously - and take one small baby step towards it TODAY
x
💖MUSE MAMA is OPEN TO NEW MEMBERS!
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 me, a professional artist (& your fellow Muses!) 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 resources & support on the Mindset & Manifestation Magic you need as a creative mama?
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
📚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 village of support from creative Muse Mamas Just Like You
💖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 Series of Masterclasses, Creative Courage, How to make art with your kid Workshop, Me Myself & the Muse, Resource guides on online branding & selling art and so much more!
✨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.
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 currently open for new creative mamas looking to inspire the world through their own inspired work.
Join TODAY for your trial price of $1
CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE VILLAGE OF MUSE MAMAS
You get to choose how to see it & how to move forward from here.
Dismiss yourself as a failure? Or Accept the gift of lessons from that feedback?
⚡️It’s not a Freak out… it’s the wrong Focus⚡️
Focus on the flow & what you want to receive or connect to.
💖Focus on the resources you DO have…
it may not be dressed the way you like & you’ve labeled it ‘not good enough’
It’s probably always been available to you while you got distracted with the fancy stuff.
💖Focus on the Fun…not the Fear
Yes! You do get to choose!
Focus on YOU & YOUR SOUL calling.
A simple way to Start? To keep going? To move Forward?
To finally Finish that creative work, that project or that masterpiece?
Think of these three:
✨CONFIDENCE✨
✨CONNECTION✨
✨COMMUNICATE✨
Your next steps will be towards one of these (probably all three but one of these will be the priority & will lead to the others)
>> SIDENOTE:
Here is where you get to practice tapping to your soul calling, practice recognising & discerning which voice is which.
Which is soul? Which is a ‘should’?
Which is soul? Which is a ‘society says everyone does it this way’?
Which is soul? Which is the scheming shrill of shame, guilt & fear?
—
OK..back to these three
✨Do you need to find your CONFIDENCE?✨
To feel like you’re capable, to get that quick win to boost your morale to keep going?
To get that boost of ‘hey I’m ok! I can totally do this!’
That boost of confidence leads to Trust & trust in yourself will lead to feeling the Connection to your creativity, your vision & values, your next steps
AND that confidence will lead to you clearly Communicating that vision, next step & express your art.
🔥If it’s Confidence you need, Ask yourself:
> What can I do, to feel capable & confident to take the next step?
(HINT: sometimes it’s a small step forward, a quick win, or something completely unrelated like doing a quick clean of the house, plotting out the big picture vision, clearing your wardrobe! Ask yourself/soul what you need to do next)
—
✨Do you need to find your CONNECTION?✨
To feel inspired, to feel the call, to understand the vision & big picture from the Muse?
To get that boost of ‘OF COURSE! It works like this! It looks like that! AND it plays out like this!’
For all the clean studios or tidy house or getting all your ducks in a row…sometimes they are just distractions & totally unsatisfying because you haven’t CONNECTED to your Muse.
To the heart & soul of your work.
To that divine inspiration most people mistakenly think is randomly bestowed on a lucky select few. (As a Muse Mama, you KNOW that it is blessed to those who make it an intentional habit & mindful connection with their work EVEN WHEN they don’t ‘feel’ inspired)
This is when, cleaning the house, buying the perfect art supplies, researching for the perfect app… are all distractions from just sitting your butt on the chair, standing in front of that easel, staring at that blank screen & COMMIT to connect within and allow whatever come out.
This commitment to the CONNECTION will lead to Communicating your craft. It also leads to consistently showing up regardless of ‘feelings’ and that leads to Confidence in your connection & it becomes a virtuous cycle.
🔥If it’s CONNECTION you need, Ask yourself:
> What can I do to feel connected to my Self / Spirit / Soul?
(HINT: It may be a ritual of lighting a candle & saying a prayer OR as simple as taking a moment to mindfully pause & ask for the next step)
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✨Do you need to COMMUNICATE?✨
To feel the flow & be ‘in the zone’? You’ve got the ideas & it’s getting pent up but you’re ‘too busy’
Maybe whatever you’re working on isn’t quite working. Feeling distracted & frustrated?
What I’ve learnt as a professional artist AND as a mama creative -- my connection to my creativity is SO part of my life I rarely feel uncreative.
Confidence is usually something I can find if I put on my big girl pants and cross off things on my list & do whatever I need to bring out the warrior mama.
BUT… if I’m feeling frustrated & distracted? If flow isn’t…flowing?
it’s usually because I’m not creating & allowing the art to COMMUNICATE.
It’s usually because I’m not writing or allowing the message to FLOW
It’s usually because I’m not communicating my own needs or desires.
🔥If you need to COMMUNICATE, Ask yourself:
> What am I trying to say? (Or replay ‘I’ with ‘the art’)
> What am I trying NOT to say?
> What do I NEED to say?
> How can I communicate that NOW, HERE & WITH WHAT I HAVE?
(HINT: Communication can be in words, spoken or typed, in colour, in song, in movement or even in meditation & soul connection -- use your creativity to find the channel you need to allow flow!)
Which of the three do you need?
Which of the three is your weak spot?
Remember, there is no 'wrong' way or answer...there is just feedback for your next steps.
You are more creative & amazing than you're allowing yourself to acknowledge.
Comment below your next inspired steps!
- x Brenda -
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🎨It's been an incredible year for my art, business & family
> I've released more paintings this year than any other - all with a baby at home
> I finally created the village membership offer I had always wanted to but didn't think I was 'ready' for
> I celebrated 365 days as a family of four & also started the process to build our dream home
> I was part of my first art fair AND pretty much sold out!
> My first baby finished her last day of kinder and will be starting a whole new chapter.
> I did more livestreams, created more content & feel more confident in my art practice than ever
The lessons I've learn from this?
1) Setting that intention & really the DECISION at the beginning of the year that I WILL BE a prolific artist -- set the scene and mindset to create more than I ever had.
Despite being sick MORE times than I ever had with a sick baby so many times I have learnt a whole new lesson around my body being a temple for creativity & life! (another story another time!)
Once I made that decision, there were no more excuses or other possibilities. I just thought of ways forward to release a collection every quarter.
2) Creating art, whether that's paintings or courses or memberships or just writing a post -- any connection to your creativity is like any relationship.
It requires you showing up regardless of whether you feel like it. It requires effort and attention.
Sometimes it's awkward, but the commitment to connection is how you over come it.
AND it flows & gets better the more you connect.
3) I am more powerful than I give myself credit. My focus on building a home, on being prolific, on weaving my art, business & baby meant I did it all.
Even when most people, when society usually expects mums “focus” for that first 12 months of a new baby.
Even when most people, myself included, thought it will be too hard.
It wasn't easy, but I made it through because, there was no other option.
In the end, I guess all the lessons can be summed up as
Making a decision, setting that intention AND THEN JUST DOING THE WORK
Simple. Not easy, but simple.
So now, I'm setting my intentions and my mind on 2019. Knowing now how much more powerful I am than I ever realised. Or remembering that I am more amazing than my fears & doubts distract me from.
I'm looking forward to more paintings, more offerings for my Muse Mamas & more adventure and fun with my family.
They are my anchors in all the chaos & distractions & busyness.
>> What are you hoping for in 2019?
>> What can you set your mind & intentions & DECIDE you are READY FOR in 2019?
⚡️Know what your anchors are, choose what you are ready for & do what you need to do to keep remembering that you are more powerful than you're giving yourself credit for.
⚡️That when you DECIDE and set your mind, the answers to what to do next will come to you.
Will you trust yourself?
Sending all my love & light for an amazing time with your loved ones this season. And if this season has heartbreak because of loved ones. I send you double doses of love and light.
Thank you for being part of my support circle for my art & business. You're actually the fuel for me living my dream life & fulfilling my calling!
My intention is to create more colour, inspiration & resources to help you live & fully express your calling and your dream life with your creativity
See you in 2019!
- x Brenda -
In case you needed to be reminded of this:
(for future me too when you allow those gremlins to speak)
You are amazing in general.
Really.
I know your broken heart over the gaps between where you are and where you wish to be
I know your desire & ambition to grow and be MORE and to fulfil your potential, your calling, your vision for the world.
I know your inner spark, your inner fire, your inner cheeky girl who loves to laugh and play and just BE
I know you want to bring all of that to your mamahood
You did amazing today
Regardless, if you ended up in an emergency room because of an accident...or covered in pee because...babies
Regardless if you had a day of flow & play… or screaming and hiding in the bathroom to cry
You. Did. Amazing. Today
YOU ARE AMAZING
Love, another Muse Mama
it takes one to know one.
- 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?
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