The Creative Awakening

Four-Year Plan: Building a Multi-Passionate Life in The Happy Chickery

Four-Year Plan: Building a Multi-Passionate Lif...

Many of us in our 50s are experiencing a second adolescence—a time for a long-overdue "gap year" (although I don't like that term). This post explores why I’m done with...

Four-Year Plan: Building a Multi-Passionate Lif...

Many of us in our 50s are experiencing a second adolescence—a time for a long-overdue "gap year" (although I don't like that term). This post explores why I’m done with...

Who is this child we are not allowing ourselves to be?

Who is this child we are not allowing ourselves...

I'm peeling back the layers on why my actions sometimes didn't match my artistic dreams. This post explores the realization that genuine creativity isn't about control or grit, but about...

Who is this child we are not allowing ourselves...

I'm peeling back the layers on why my actions sometimes didn't match my artistic dreams. This post explores the realization that genuine creativity isn't about control or grit, but about...

Building a Creative Life: First, We Demolish (some things)

Building a Creative Life: First, We Demolish (s...

"Turns out, freeing my creativity means smashing expectations about 'acting my age.' For too long, I let unspoken societal rules dictate how I used my space and time, almost feeling...

Building a Creative Life: First, We Demolish (s...

"Turns out, freeing my creativity means smashing expectations about 'acting my age.' For too long, I let unspoken societal rules dictate how I used my space and time, almost feeling...

The Big Recalibration: My Creative Self Can't Wait Any Longer

The Big Recalibration: My Creative Self Can't W...

More years behind than ahead sparks a recalibration and a return to the artist I never fully was. Fear and practicalities held me back, but recent losses have ignited an...

The Big Recalibration: My Creative Self Can't W...

More years behind than ahead sparks a recalibration and a return to the artist I never fully was. Fear and practicalities held me back, but recent losses have ignited an...