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This week, we're going to chat about cultivating a

This week, we're going to chat about cultivating a ‘do it for the craft’ mentality. This means doing whatever you’re doing for the sake of doing it - for the craft of doing it - rather than doing it because you want it to give you a result.

Do it for the craft means:
Slowing down and being present for the actual experience of doing, making, laying each brick.
Pulling back on demanding, pressuring, and expecting to see immediate results.

Does this resonate for you? Me too - this is a very different way of thinking than me-from-a-few-years-ago.

A few years ago, I was delaying gratification, satisfaction, pride, and gratitude until I ‘made it’ (what does that even mean?!?). This is a whole other topic that I’ll cover in a future Sunday Letter.

I didn’t allow myself the deep pleasure of being so freaking proud of exactly where I am - and feeling excited about where I’m going too.

Of experiencing deep pride and satisfaction in doing it for the craft - for the pure pleasure of doing (rather than doing something just because I think it will get me a result).

If you take away one thing from me, let it be this:
Give yourself the gift of feeling deep pride and pleasure for EVERYTHING you’re doing, and have already done. Every single thing. And hold that satisfaction + pride alongside the excitement of where you’re going, and what you’re building (brick by brick).

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If you’re a big YES! to all this, and know you’re ready for support - I have a couple spots open for 1:1 clients - the first step to is to answer a few questions by clicking the CREATIVE FOCUS + FLOW button linked in my bio.

I have a couple spots for new private clients who sign up by September 15th, and then will close my 1:1 books until January 2023. 🧡

This week's podcast, Episode 02: The world needs e

This week's podcast, Episode 02: The world needs exactly what YOU have to offer, is available now!

Join me this week as I show you the importance of your ideas and contribution, why you need to expand your self-concept to actually make your project, and why it really matters.

In this week's episode, you’ll learn:
🤸‍♀️ How astonishing it is that you are here at this exact time, with your exact skillset, and with your dream

🤸‍♀️The importance of our passion project on ourselves, our communities, and the people we’re meant to serve

Podcast link on (almost) all the platforms is in my bio 🫶

The day you launch your passion project is sooooo

The day you launch your passion project is sooooo fun.

You’ll feel awe, pride, gratification …AND often activated in your nervous system.

You will feel excited and probably something like doubt, fear, maybe even shame.

It’s so normal!!

I want you to know this because expanding isn’t comfortable to experience.

It can feel on the spectrum of uncomfortable to feeling like you’re being squeezed to death (think of a snake who sheds its skin - it’s an uncomfortable process of wriggling and struggling to shed it. He doesn’t just slip out, the skin is too small! There’s some effort involved).

So next time you create something and you feel amazing!! and maybe some sadness, fear, or doubt remind yourself how human it is for you to feel this.

You’re experiencing the whole human experience! 🤸‍♀️

Why am I sharing this photo of me in Christmas paj

Why am I sharing this photo of me in Christmas pajamas holding a check?

Well, it’s the moment that changed everything for me in my career.

That check was the second payment for the collaboration I did with Madewell back in 2018. I was elated the day that partnership went live. Elated. For about 10 minutes.

By the time that check came in (net90 terms), I had already moved on in my mind. I didn’t celebrate the achievement, I was back to focusing on all the imposter syndrome thoughts that I never seemed to be able to outrun.

It was devastating tbh, and it was also freeing.

Because in that moment I really got that nothing I accomplished or created was going to let me outrun this sense of doubt and failure, and fear of failure, that followed me around like a dark cloud. I stopped trying to resist those beliefs, and decided I was going to do something about them.

As I went through my creative breakdown, which is how I have come to think of it, I came out determined to figure this out for myself.

I promised myself that when I figured it out, I would turn around and I would share this information and knowledge with my creative peers.

Everything I’ve done since that day has been in service of discovery and understanding; and becoming the teacher, coach, mentor, and being that can share this knowledge and knowing with others.

To make your journey smoother, easier, faster, and more fulfilling. That’s my wish for you.

I hope you’ll check out this week's episode (and every episode to come - they’ll be in your feed on Wednesday mornings).

Thank you for being here - I appreciate your presence, interest, and all the work you’re doing for yourself. 🫶

The Creative Momentum Podcast is live 🥳

I am so thrilled to share today’s episode with you (and super excited for everything that is to come).

Every Wednesday, a Pep Talk (5-8 minutes) will be released.

Each week I’ll be sharing a little nugget of wisdom to get you thinking, questioning, and primed to show up for your passion project. I’ll focus on simple, practice advice that you can implement this week.

You’ll get a boost to remember why you’re doing your project, how much it matters, how special you are, and more. It’s everything I wish I could download directly from my brain into yours in a (hopefully) neat, minimal, and easy to digest package.

The first episode is available now on apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, and iHeart radio (all links in my bio).

In this first episode, I share all about my creative breakdown, and what’s possible when you shift your focus from your self-doubt to your passion project (and WHY it matters to you).

I hope you’ll give it a listen, and if you feel inclined please subscribe and leave a review. It would mean the world to me. 💖

This is my love letter to every Creative:

This is my love letter to every Creative:

Dear Creative,
Don’t chase productivity.
SEEK DELIGHT!

What might be different for you if you spent your time seeking what delights you? 🫶

Two qualities you should focus on developing: ☝

Two qualities you should focus on developing:
☝️Self-efficacy
✌️Resilience

You need to believe you can do it/it’s possible for you, and develop the capacity to tolerate the frustration that comes up along the way.

These are the two main qualities I focus on, and the ones I work on with clients. In my experience, these two qualities are the most important to create your idea (and keep showing up).

Seriously, this is the secret. And I bet if you look for it, you can find evidence in your past that you’ve used self-efficacy and emotional resilience to create what you currently have.

TERMS OF SERVICE

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