There’s a part of you that has worked so hard to get where you are.

The creative part, that has battled and fought — that you once thought was abandoned, is now here, again. This has been a journey.

You’ve done the work and reflection. You’ve done the journalling and morning pages exercises. You’ve done the work to understand yourself and to know you want more.

And yet, something keeps holding you back.

It’s not that you don’t want to create — because you really do. However, sometimes it feels like you’re flailing at it, like you’re 'not trying hard enough.'

You wonder what’s happening, what’s going on. You try journalling exercises, you try workbooks. You try really hard to understand your 'Why.'

…and yet, it still doesn’t seem to work.

You know you’re procrastinating. You know it’s 'your mindset.' You know something needs to change.

But it’s hard when you don’t know how you’re supposed to change it!

Here’s the thing: You’re not broken. You’re not 'doing it wrong.'

You’re just stuck in a loop. You’re currently in a cycle of thinking and behaviour. And it’s hard to get out of. (This is how our brains work — we find it hard to create new 'identities' or realities for ourselves, even though we really want to.)

Strategising and journalling and mood boards will get you so far. And then, they won’t.

Because your thinking has to change — and not only that, how you relate to yourself has to change too.

That sounds pretty scary, right? Kind of undoable? Where do we even start?

And that’s the issue we run into when we try and change our own brain. It’s really hard, because it kind of doesn’t want to. (Our brains often don’t like the unfamiliar; especially when it involves complete and utter identity change! — Though spoiler: you don’t have to undergo an identity change; it just thinks that’s what needs to happen.)

And so, it uses pretty little ‘self-sabotage’ techniques like procrastination, perfectionism, or inner criticism to keep you in a place you’re familiar with.

It’s not great, but it’s the status quo.

So, how do we change all that? What do we do when we know we want a creative life deep down, and we’re not doing it? (And what if we suspect that even deeper down, we might not even be cut out for a creative life??)

The answer is a deep and fundamental change in how you relate to yourself. A deep understanding of yourself, not just in an analytical or reflective way, but in a way you might not have experienced before.

I’m talking about the kind of understanding — and self-wisdom — that allows you to make decisions, not be controlled by your self-doubt, and flourish in a way you never thought possible.

Right now, you’re relying on strategising and journalling and maybe willpower to try and get you to commit to creating. Sometimes this works, often it doesn’t. And you’re frustrated with the cycle.

Let’s change that.

Let’s find an easier way for you. Let’s drop the battling and fighting with yourself to do things, and let’s find a kinder, deeper, far more effective way to get you out of stuckness and into creating a life that feels truly fulfilling.

This is not about changing 'your mindset.' (Although we will do that.) The key to change is how you relate to yourself and your thoughts on a fundamental level.

Let’s do that, shall we? :)