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The Creativity Courses

1/24/2023

 
This blog is about the exciting new launch of the Creativity Courses, by Creatively, LLC, launched in February, 2023, at www.thecreativitycourses.com 
Life moves fast- and time for ourselves is probably the hardest time to find. Somewhere, we also know, time for ourselves is the most important time to have. That means life changes, and setting and reaching goals is a frustrating and pretty unmanageable.
The problem of time, and other problems, like money and energy are the focus of a new branch of services at Creatively, called the Creativity Courses. 

The Creativity Courses Include Features That Matter and Address Real Problems that Creative People face:

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  1. The Creativity Courses are Asynchronous, and Online, making them work-break compatible, and flexible, so you can use your free time to really be creative, and use services, like course, whenever you choose, based on your schedule, energy and time.
  2. The Creativity Courses are visual, as well as auditory and written, with an online record of your courses and resources, so you can go back and read your notes, review your content, and do courses again, whenever you need to.
  3. The Creativity Courses are budget friendly, with a multitude of professional information at your fingertips, specifically catering to the needs of Creative People, you have downloadable, videos, written, and audio content plus an exclusive online Creative Community of fellow course-takers, all for less than the cost of on therapy session per month. This way, you can use what you need, as much as you need, when you need, and save money.

The Phases of Creativity Courses

The Creativity Courses are in 3 Phases, and each Phase will be released separately. The work of each Phase of Creativity Courses is intended to prepare you for the more intense work of the subsequent phase, and, therefore, the Phases should be completed in numerical order. The Phases are intended to be subscribed to for one month of work at a time, and, can be renewed for a many months as you deem them helpful. Each Phase includes access to the online Creativity Studio, where your fellow Creativity Course Members will also have access to support, discuss and share questions about the course content and their creative lives. 

The Creativity Courses: Phase One

Phase One: You are Not Alone
Includes the first 5 lessons (You are Not alone, Wellness in Creative People, Getting Back on Track, Building a Creative Space, and Building your Creative Community) as well as access to the Online Community. 

The Lessons in Phase One

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Phase One of the Creativity Courses contains five main lessons, designed to help you understand yourself as a Creative Person, how to take care of yourself in this new space, connect to your Creative Community, and prepare yourself to commit to and do the work to live a healthy life as a Creative Person. In these lessons you will learn about Creativity Research, Psychology and Education to support a change in perspective and lifestyle. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to see yourself through the lens of your Creative Personality, and all the doors this opens for you in your life! 

Creating Wellness

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If you have identified yourself or begun to wonder if your personality is creative, that is wonderful! You have a powerful set of characteristics with which to flourish. Here at Creatively, you have found a wonderful place to get on track to do just that! Here are some steps you can take right now, to start your journey as a healthy and successful Creative Person:
  1. Take Online Courses in Creativity: So you think you might have a creative personality, and are interested in learning more about creative practice, and the science of creativity? Learn more, here!
  2. Schedule a free Consultation: All new clients at Creatively, LLC are guaranteed one free, 15-minute virtual consultation. You have access to my calendar here, to book your own, and I will see you soon, to discuss how to get started on your own life-changing journey!
  3. Book a Creativity Coaching Package: Want to see a selection of pre-designed Creativity Coaching options? Choose from one of 3 options to get started today-reserve your full package of chosen services without delay! 

More Articles Like Creativity Courses

Creativity and Mental Health: Rolling with Resistance, The Psychology of Creativity: Creative People and SAD, Psychology of Creativity During the Holidays, Tools for Creative People: Spoon Theory, Grants for Artists, Creative People and Abandonment, Intense Pressure for Creative People, Creative People and the Urge to Shop, Creative People Who Don't Know Who They Are
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Creativity and Mental Health: Rolling with Resistance

1/10/2023

 
There is a moment. In fact there are many- in a Creative Person’s life- when you are between activities. You have something looming before you that you need to do. Sometimes it is big- a presentation, a new job, a performance. Sometimes, it is more routine- getting out of the car, up out of bed, out of a chair.
Consequently, a similar principle applies in each situation: resistant and the changing of stasis. Living things, human beings specifically, and Creative People especially, are resistant to changes in stasis. Your body and mind are in a “place,” especially a lower energy place, they naturally resist changing to a new “place,” especially a higher energy place. 

Creative People Have A Unique Ability to Perceive and Feel

The concepts of resistance, change and stasis in Creative People are related to a previous post about Creative People and their sensory perception. Essentially, Creative People, due to powerful senses and emotions, also have powerful and the levels of involvement in both their internal and external worlds. This impacts the way that you as a Creative Person respond stimuli.
Some Creative People may relate this to things like diagnosed or undiagnosed ADHD in their past, and/or may be aware of other sensory diagnoses. While this may or may not apply to every Creative Person, what is important here is powerful sensory sensitivity and perception is related to your personality as a highly Creative Person. 

Highly Sensitive Creative People

The powerful relationship is the for two reasons: The first reason is the human tendency and really the animalistic tendency to seek stasis. Stasis is has been reconceptualized by science and anxiety research in different ways, and one of the leading theories that I like (and there's a past post about this, too, that you could search for if you're interested in learning more) is allostasis.

How Allostasis Affects Creative Personalities

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Allostasis combines the body’s different types of “stases” into a more collective concept. Preferred homeostasis in the body like temperature range, hydration range, oxygenation range and so on contribute to a level of overall stress in the body. When these stases are balanced, the body is in a state of allostasis. When these stases are unbalanced, the body is said to carry stress, or an allostatic load.
Human beings naturally prefer an existence of allostasis, meaning, we are not carrying a load of stress. We are in a balanced space of being able to predict oncoming stressors, not carrying a load of pre-existing stressors, but generally in a state of peace and balance. 

Creative People are Especially Powerful

As highly Creative People, we know that our emotions are powerful. We know that our sensory perception is powerful. Overall, you are likely to be especially sensitive to experiences as a creative human being. This means if you have reached a moment of of homeostasis, such as in allostasis, your body is at rest and it can be especially difficult to disrupt that to ask your body to go someplace cold, hungry or to push yourself into activity requiring more energy or work. 

Mixed Messages to Creative Personalities

Too often, Creative People have been given the message that their powerful feelings and ways of living are problematic and that they should change. My regular message to Creative People is instead to recognize living loudly is part of who you are, and, to embrace and understand these features rather than wasting energy fighting them.

Creative People and the Methodology of Mindfulness

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When it comes to resistance, we again look to the methodology of mindfulness as a technique to embrace our natural Creative Personalities. We recognize and remember, that, because of who we are, and how we are designed as Creative People, changing from a place of stasis is hard. We are likely experiencing powerful resistance. This is not broken-ness in us, nor is it unnatural. This is simply a part of our normal experiencing.
The next thing we do? We experience the resistance. We allow it. It is a part of our lives and all parts of us are a meaningful contribution to our lives as Creative People. We use mindfulness techniques to observe, not resist, and allow the resistance to be. We acknowledge it, and we move through. ​​

Mindfulness for Health and Balance in Creatives

Applying mindfulness as a technique to support our Creative Personalities is another chapter in our Creativity Journey. It is one of our most effective tools to living naturally, healthy, creative lives. ​

Creativity Coaches May Be Who You Need

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Interested in learning more about your Creative Personality, using mindfulness techniques, and living healthy as a Creative Person? If you are interested in real, impactful and lasting change for your creative mind, I would love to help you. Let's connect and launch your life to the next level! I have three steps you can take, right now from my site if you are ready to take an important step forward in your life:
If you are interested in real, impactful and lasting change for your creative mind, I would love to help you. Let's connect and launch your life to the next level! I have three steps you can take, right now from my site if you are ready to take an important step forward in your life:
1) Book a Free Consultation. All new clients to Creatively, LLC are entitled to a 15 min, free consultation to sit with me and discuss your needs, services available, and we can problem solve and hand-pick best next steps to help you succeed.
2) Take a Creativity Course where you can build support, accountability and a network of Creative People as a stepping stone towards reconnecting and committing to your authentic, creative self.
3) Book a Coaching Package. Are you a working Creative in need of specific support? I offer a range of Creativity Coaching Packages from 150$- let's get started with one that is right for you. 

More Articles like Creativity and Mental Health: Rolling with Resistance

The Psychology of Creativity: Creative People and SAD, Psychology of Creativity During the Holidays, Tools for Creative People: Spoon Theory, Grants for Artists, Creative People and Abandonment, Intense Pressure for Creative People, Creative People and the Urge to Shop, Creative People Who Don't Know Who They Are, Concierge Counseling for Creative People, Creative People with Headaches and Stomach Aches,
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