The Creative Flow Podcast

On today's Elevate Your Curiosity podcast we're going to be doing a visualisation. It's to visualise your ideal day meditation.

Before you start grab a notebook and pen to write down your thoughts after this ideal day meditation.

Then get comfy and sit down in any position you fancy!

Let me know your thoughts on Instagram @arnoldandbird

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Today we're talking about how to have a working holiday that means you work and relax at the same time

It's coming up to the summer holidays which means it's a time when a lot of people take a break. Whether the kids are off school or you're making the most of the warmer months.

If you work for yourself then sometimes taking a full holiday isn't possible. I'm not saying that every holiday means you have to work. Because you definitely need breaks where you completely switch off! But sometimes there are times where you want to have a bit of balance or work and relaxing.

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Today's episode will focus on why having alternative creative hobbies outside of your business is vital to move your brand forward.

I really wanted to talk about this because a lot of businesses start with the hobby you love doing. But when your hobby is your business what do you do to switch off?

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Welcome back to the third season of the Elevate Your Curiosity podcast talking about 2020 trends!

These 3 key 2020 trends tap into the bigger cultural shifts that influence the way you develop your product range. And how consumer behaviour is changing. So tap into them so you can appeal to your customer's way of thinking.

As trends affect all retail businesses from food, technology, home accessories, stationery and of course fashion.

Head to pinterest.com to find the 2020 Design trends board

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Welcome to the 2019 Christmas trends Elevate Your Curiosity podcast! The 2018 Christmas trends podcast was my most downloaded so far so I'm so excited to share the Christmas trends for this year with you all.

I love delving into all the places you can spot trends and pulling together Christmas themes to inspire your product development. Wherever you are in your Christmas product creation journey I wanted to share some of my thoughts to kickstart or add to your range as the retail Christmas countdown is on!

And as with all the trend podcasts I've created a Pinterest board for each Christmas theme to pull all the visual inspiration together. Please do refer to each Pinterest board as you listen or go back and have a nosy later.

www.pinterest.co.uk/arnoldandbird

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Welcome to this I am abundant meditation. Designed to make you feel bountiful in all areas of your life!

Take a seat or lie down in a space you can relax in for a few moments and enjoy listening to this meditation.

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Today we're going to cover how to use user testing in your product development process.

But first up why should you use user testing? It's an important part of the product development process when you're in retail as you want to make sure your product performs exactly the way it should. That is doesn't break and it can be the best it can be. Completing this process will ensure your ideal customer will want to buy your product and love it enough to share it with others.

If you enjoyed today's episode then please do share it with another business who would love it or on social media @arnoldandbird. It really makes me smile when you do this :)

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Today's episode is a quickie on how to move through feeling anxious or overwhelmed.

I'm sharing five tips on how to settle feelings of anxiety in the hopes it will help you as well as me! Whether through your to-do list too full, you've got too many orders to process, stuck in procrastination rut or in a bit of a funk.

A lot of these tips can be done in a few minutes so don't feel guilty about 'wasting your time' and I say that in air marks! And If you're feeling anxious it's best to ease this so you do work better too :)

If you enjoyed this episode then do share it on Instagram and tag me @arnoldandbird

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Today I'll be discussing Easter 2019 trends. As always there is a Pinterest board that accompanies all the trend podcasts. If you can follow the board as you listen to the podcast.

www.pinterest.co.uk/arnoldandbird/easter-trends-2019

I'll be discussing four trends & themes in more detail that include:

• Easter animals
• Food & drink
• Easter gifts
• Easter patterns & colours

I hope you enjoy listening to the Easter 2019 trends podcast, and if you did then please do share it with someone else who would also enjoy it or tag me as you listen on Instagram @arnoldandbird

Find the full show notes at arnoldandbird.com/2019/03/easter-2019-trends

Welcome to this be kind to yourself meditation to give yourself a bit of kindness, grace and compassion if you're feeling a bit hard on yourself.

After you've listened to the be kind to yourself meditation do take a moment before you get back to your day. And if you liked this you can find other meditations on the podcast.

Take this compassion with you throughout the day. You are more than deserving of all of the compassion you can give to yourself.

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