Artists Who Thrive

Suffering, struggle and helplessness come from an idea that it won’t get better, no matter how hard we try. Artists are stopped every day by these attitudes. We think that the only solution is to work in a day job that will pay us enough to get by, and hopefully at the end of the day there will be enough time and leftover energy to do something for ourselves, like self care or creativity.

This type of thinking needs to end if you want to improve your life. I'm here to teach you some Positive Psychology tricks from a well known pyschologist Dr. Martin Seligman. He describes life like a garden; we all have weeds and we all have flowers. Let's water and really appreciate the beautiful, positive aspects of each day by journaling three successes rather than constantly focus on all the weeds. They're gonna exist no matter what, but the less energy we focus on them, the easier it is to become an Artist Who Thrives.

The year is coming to a close and if you're like me, you are waving "Bye Felicia" to 2020. What a year! Let's turn our focus to how we aim to "be" in the new year and what we will "do" comes after that. Conquering goals requires a lot more than just writing down some resolutions; It requires conquering self doubt and increasing your propensity for risk ever so slightly. Success comes when we practice even the smallest steps with Integrity, Intention and Intensity. Let's not half ass 2021. Let's kick it in the pants and slay all our goals with SMART principles and audacity. Join me as I explore these terms and ways of externalizing who you are and what you want your legacy to be as the creative person you were born to be. 

In our first episode I'm diving into the deep end of our thoughts and how they effect our productivity and vitality as artists. Do you remember in Kindergarten how we were all really good at everything creative? We could dance, sing, act, draw, cook and we did all those things with ease! We didn't care how we looked while doing it, how many followers we had on Instagram or who in the room was better than us. We just expressed ourselves freely without comparison. Now that we're adults our human brain is wired to collect evidence to support the claim that we're simply not as GOOD as other people. At business, at art, at family stuff or at life in general. We get hard on ourselves about not being good enough and it starts with the Comparison Model and ends with lacking vitality and joy in our life. I am here as living proof, and I share my story of my identical twin sister who is way better at drawing than me and how that held me back for a long time. In what ways has the Comparison Model held you back from creating the art you were meant to make? Listen as I talk you out of those unhealthy thought patterns and into affirmations that set you up for success. Take it one step at a time, and aim for your own personal best.