The Creatrix Journey

It's not very often you get to share your story on Good Morning Britain or the ITV Lunchtime News but that is what happened today. I was able to share a short clip of how my life has been affected by the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause and how I changed my whole career because of them.

This episode is dedicated to all women who may have been through this or who are interested to know what happens through perimenopause and menopause. This is my personal story and I will share with you lots of tips and advice that have helped me.

Here are the highlights:

(04:06) Start thinking about what you want to do and create

(04:26) Despite trying alternative medicines my symptoms were stopping me from sleeping

(05:49) Menopause can be a powerful time for creative growth

(07:44) Diet and nutrition, boosting protein, and reducing sugar and alcohol can help

(08:14) Stepping into your creative powers makes you feel fully alive

(10:53) How do you find your creative voice?

(11:51) What gives you joy? What makes you feel happy?

You can watch me on Good Morning Britain here

Listen to Episode 9: Stepping into Your Creatix Powers in Midlife here

Connect with Claire:

To find out more about the Creatrix Journey go to:

https://creatrixjourney.com/

Six-week online course in creative writing: https://creatrixjourney.com/online-course-in-creative-writing/

To download our free creative writing guide: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Instagram: @thecreatrixjourney

Facebook: The Creatrix Journey

Meet the host:

Claire Winter is a journalist, ICF accredited coach, Nordic Walking instructor, speaker, and podcaster who loves being out in nature. She is passionate about sharing the healing medicine of walking and writing with people.

She wants to make an impact helping women to connect back to nature, ignite their creativity and share their stories and light with the world. She is on a mission to build a movement of women around the world who create the time and space to walk, write, journal, and create.

Studying Social Anthropology as her first degree Claire has always been fascinated by ritual and ceremony to mark important moments in life. Now a regular columnist for the Female CEO magazine, she started her career at ITN and has worked in radio, TV, online and in print.

Claire truly believes you can walk your way to happiness. She is a dedicated Earl Grey tea drinker and often spends her weekends going on long walks or paddle boarding with her family, friends and dog Leo.

This week, I will be talking about how to stop procrastinating when you write. Last week we covered how to start writing creatively, and this week is about when you're physically or mentally stuck on creating a writing project.

Many of us have been there staring at a blank page or a laptop or desktop thinking, I just don't know where to start. Or you start scrolling on social media or going down a Google rabbit, warren. So this episode is about how to get you on track. I promise you, once you get started, everything becomes easier.

Here are the highlights:

(01:27) Don't be scared

(02:47) Make a mind map

(03:51) Use a timer

(04:41) Do a brain dump

(05:10) Aim for an imperfect draft

Connect with Claire:

To find out more about the Creatrix Journey go to:

https://creatrixjourney.com/

Six-week online course in creative writing: https://creatrixjourney.com/online-course-in-creative-writing/

To download our free creative writing guide: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Instagram: @thecreatrixjourney

Facebook: The Creatrix Journey

Meet the host:

Claire Winter is a journalist, ICF accredited coach, Nordic Walking instructor, speaker, and podcaster who loves being out in nature. She is passionate about sharing the healing medicine of walking and writing with people.

She wants to make an impact helping women to connect back to nature, ignite their creativity and share their stories and light with the world. She is on a mission to build a movement of women around the world who create the time and space to walk, write, journal, and create.

Studying Social Anthropology as her first degree Claire has always been fascinated by ritual and ceremony to mark important moments in life. Now a regular columnist for the Female CEO magazine, she started her career at ITN and has worked in radio, TV, online and in print.

Claire truly believes you can walk your way to happiness. She is a dedicated Earl Grey tea drinker and often spends her weekends going on long walks or paddle boarding with her family, friends and dog Leo.

This week, I am delighted to be talking to you today about writing creatively. Many people write for work or for their business, or they just have to do reports or emails, and they forget how to write creatively or they feel like they can't write creatively.

There are lots and lots of reasons why people get creatively stuck when it comes to expressing themselves on paper. So, in this episode, I'm gonna be giving some tips on how you can start writing creatively.

Here are the highlights:

(02:35) Creative writing requires patience, focus, time and effort

(02:55) Journaling

(05:08) Reading is an essential part of writing

(07:41) Join a writing group or workshop

(08:56) Look for writing prompts

(10:33) Understand your audience

(11:24) Awaken your imagination by connecting back to nature

(13:17) Make time for writing

Connect with Claire:

To find out more about the Creatrix Journey go to: https://creatrixjourney.com/

Six-week online course in creative writing: https://creatrixjourney.com/online-course-in-creative-writing/

To download our free creative writing guide: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Instagram: @thecreatrixjourney

Facebook: The Creatrix Journey

Meet the host:

Claire Winter is a journalist, ICF accredited coach, Nordic Walking instructor, speaker, and podcaster who loves being out in nature. She is passionate about sharing the healing medicine of walking and writing with people.

She wants to make an impact helping women to connect back to nature, ignite their creativity and share their stories and light with the world. She is on a mission to build a movement of women around the world who create the time and space to walk, write, journal, and create.

Studying Social Anthropology as her first degree Claire has always been fascinated by ritual and ceremony to mark important moments in life. Now a regular columnist for the Female CEO magazine, she started her career at ITN and has worked in radio, TV, online and in print.

Claire truly believes you can walk your way to happiness. She is a dedicated Earl Grey tea drinker and often spends her weekends going on long walks or paddle boarding with her family, friends and dog Leo.

This week, I'm talking about a topic that comes up a lot in conversations with my clients and on my social feeds. How do you become a better writer? A lot of people have a mental block around this and they'll say things like, "I'm not a great writer." "I was rubbish at spelling and grammar at school." There are lots of different reasons why they lack confidence in their writing ability. But it's my belief that we are all creatives, and whether you're a creator or a creatrix you can write, but it's something that you need to practice. It's like a muscle, the more you practice it, the better you get at it.

Here are the highlights:

(01:34) Practice your writing

(03:24) Find a space and time to journal and put it in your diary

(03:47) Walking and writing

(05:13) Accountability

(05:49) Focus - turn off all distractions

(06:27) Make a daily commitment

(07:35) You need a fresh pair of eyes on your own work

(09:13) Are your headlines and sub-headlines attention grabbing?

Connect with Claire:

To find out more about the Creatrix Journey go to:

https://creatrixjourney.com/

Six-week online course in creative writing: https://creatrixjourney.com/online-course-in-creative-writing/

To download our free creative writing guide: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Instagram: @thecreatrixjourney

Facebook: The Creatrix Journey

Meet the host:

Claire Winter is a journalist, ICF accredited coach, Nordic Walking instructor, speaker, and podcaster who loves being out in nature. She is passionate about sharing the healing medicine of walking and writing with people.

She wants to make an impact helping women to connect back to nature, ignite their creativity and share their stories and light with the world. She is on a mission to build a movement of women around the world who create the time and space to walk, write, journal, and create.

Studying Social Anthropology as her first degree Claire has always been fascinated by ritual and ceremony to mark important moments in life. Now a regular columnist for the Female CEO magazine, she started her career at ITN and has worked in radio, TV, online and in print.

Claire truly believes you can walk your way to happiness. She is a dedicated Earl Grey tea drinker and often spends her weekends going on long walks or paddle boarding with her family, friends and dog Leo.

Today, I'm going to be talking about nature connection. I believe very strongly that nature heals and spending time in nature inherently makes us feel better physically and mentally and spiritually. So in this episode, we're just going to do a deeper dive into why I think many of us know instinctively that nature is good for us.

Here are the highlights:

(02:04) Nature impacts our health

(03:59) Children who participated in activities outside had better vision than kids who spent more time indoors

(05:01) Nature improves your psychological well-being

(05:48) being outdoors reduces the stress hormone cortisol

(08:34) Here are some ways you can bring nature connection back into your life

Connect with Claire:

To find out more about the Creatrix Journey go to:

https://creatrixjourney.com/

Six week online course in creative writing: https://creatrixjourney.com/online-course-in-creative-writing/

To download our free creative writing guide: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Instagram: @thecreatrixjourney

Facebook: The Creatrix Journey

Meet the host:

Claire Winter is a journalist, ICF accredited coach, Nordic Walking instructor, speaker, and podcaster who loves being out in nature. She is passionate about sharing the healing medicine of walking and writing with people.

She wants to make an impact helping women to connect back to nature, ignite their creativity and share their stories and light with the world. She is on a mission to build a movement of women around the world who create the time and space to walk, write, journal, and create.

Studying Social Anthropology as her first degree Claire has always been fascinated by ritual and ceremony to mark important moments in life. Now a regular columnist for the Female CEO magazine, she started her career at ITN and has worked in radio, TV, online and in print.

Claire truly believes you can walk your way to happiness. She is a dedicated Earl Grey tea drinker and often spends her weekends going on long walks or paddle boarding with her family, friends and dog Leo.

This week, I'm going to be talking about being a content creatrix. For some time I struggled with how to merge Content Claire with Creatrix Claire and then I realised that she is one in the same thing and so are you. We are all innately born creators, creatives, creatrixes and it's in our lifeblood to want to share our creations with the world.

Now obviously in the content world, there are many, many types of content you can create and often people get blocked or overwhelmed or they hit a point of burnout where they are churning so much content out, they're not spending time on sales or growth of their business or strategy or other areas that they also need to be concentrating on.

So how do you tap into your magic, your source of creative power to make sure your content makes an impact?

Here are the highlights:

(01:38) Simplify it

(02:45) Sometimes we need to do something to switch our brain off

(04:02) Creating written content, visual content and audio content means you are hitting all of our audience's needs

(06:25) Create a content schedule

(08:08) What are the things that get on your nerves and what lights your fire?

(10:29) What content creation makes you happy?

Connect with Claire:

To find out more about the Creatrix Journey go to:

https://creatrixjourney.com/

To download our free creative writing guide: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Instagram: @thecreatrixjourney

Facebook: The Creatrix Journey

Meet the host:

Claire Winter is a journalist, ICF accredited coach, Nordic Walking instructor, speaker, and podcaster who loves being out in nature. She is passionate about sharing the healing medicine of walking and writing with people.

She wants to make an impact helping women to connect back to nature, ignite their creativity and share their stories and light with the world. She is on a mission to build a movement of women around the world who create the time and space to walk, write, journal, and create.

Studying Social Anthropology as her first degree Claire has always been fascinated by ritual and ceremony to mark important moments in life. Now a regular columnist for the Female CEO magazine, she started her career at ITN and has worked in radio, TV, online and in print.

Claire truly believes you can walk your way to happiness. She is a dedicated Earl Grey tea drinker and often spends her weekends going on long walks or paddle boarding with her family, friends and dog Leo.

In this week's episode, I'm going to be talking about how creativity can spark your next big idea and why it's so important. There are lots of things that I believe creativity does well. Firstly, I believe it's what makes us feel fully alive. It's what we are put on this earth to do, to bring our unique magic and ideas and creativity. It doesn't always have to be through the work you do, you may not be an entrepreneur. You may love the work that you do, you may be creative in your work you may have a creative job, but you may also want to have other creative projects. You might want to do macramé, art, poetry, dancing, or singing. They don't necessarily have to be your job. I think being creative every day and every week makes such a difference to your mental well-being and how you show up in the world.

Here are the highlights:

(02:18) My challenge for you today

(03:35) Connect back to that joy and happiness

(04:09) Breathwork

(05:52) Get out in nature and walk or dance

(06:30) Try the Pomodoro technique

(07:29) You have to be willing to share your art

Connect with Claire:

To find out more about the Creatrix Journey go to:

https://creatrixjourney.com/

To download our free creative writing guide: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Instagram: @thecreatrixjourney

Facebook: The Creatrix Journey

Meet the host:

Claire Winter is a journalist, ICF accredited coach, Nordic Walking instructor, speaker, and podcaster who loves being out in nature. She is passionate about sharing the healing medicine of walking and writing with people.

She wants to make an impact helping women to connect back to nature, ignite their creativity and share their stories and light with the world. She is on a mission to build a movement of women around the world who create the time and space to walk, write, journal, and create.

Studying Social Anthropology as her first degree Claire has always been fascinated by ritual and ceremony to mark important moments in life. Now a regular columnist for the Female CEO magazine, she started her career at ITN and has worked in radio, TV, online and in print.

Claire truly believes you can walk your way to happiness. She is a dedicated Earl Grey tea drinker and often spends her weekends going on long walks or paddle boarding with her family, friends and dog Leo.

In today's episode, I'm interviewing the amazing Katy Murray. She is a transformational somatic coach and she works with women to reconnect with their bodies, heal their hurt and painful parts of their being, and access greater power in life and business.

I'm going to be talking to her about the change she wants to make in the world and the people that she likes working with, and the transformation she can create for them. We'll also talk about her own journey with the Creatrix Journey as she did my six-week online creative writing and walking course. We talk about her change in career and how she lost the words that she wanted to write, and how doing the course helped her find them and her creativity again.

Here are the highlights:

(02:02) Why Katy decided to do the course

(05:02) If you make the time the words will come back to you

(08:15) We need someone to create that space for us

(13:00) It was beautiful to see people give themselves permission just to write for the joy of it

(15:28) Katy's story

About Katy:

Somatic Transformational Coach - Katy works with women to reconnect with their bodies, heal their hurt and painful parts of their being and access greater power in life and business.

Connect with Katy:

Website: https://katymurray.co.uk/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katymurraycoaching

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katy.murray.351

Connect with Claire:

To find out more about the Creatrix Journey go to: www.creatrixjourney.com

The online course: https://creatrixjourney.com/online-course-in-creative-writing/

October's retreat: https://creatrixjourney.com/walk-and-write-retreat/

To download our free creative writing guide: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Instagram: @thecreatrixjourney

Facebook: The Creatrix Journey

Meet the host:

Claire Winter is a former journalist, ICF accredited writing and creativity coach, Nordic Walking instructor, speaker, and podcaster who loves being out in nature. She is passionate about sharing the healing medicine of walking and writing with people.

She wants to make an impact helping women to connect back to nature, ignite their creativity and share their stories and light with the world. She is on a mission to build a movement of women around the world who create the time and space to walk, write, journal, and create.

Studying Social Anthropology as her first degree Claire has always been fascinated by ritual and ceremony to mark important moments in life. Now a regular columnist for the Female CEO magazine, she started her career at ITN and has worked in radio, TV, online and in print.

Claire truly believes you can walk your way to happiness. She is a dedicated Earl Grey tea drinker and often spends her weekends going on long walks or paddle boarding with her family, friends and dog Leo.

This week, I'm going to be talking about how to find your inner storyteller. Anyone that's been listening to this podcast for a while knows that this is a topic I'm really passionate about. It's the reason why I became a journalist in the first place. Being able to tell other people's stories has been really important to me and now it's really important to me that people find their own voice and share their powerful stories and words and wisdom with the world, which is what the Creatrix Journey is all about. One of the things we need to do as creatrixes is to step into our power by sharing powerful stories of transformation, and also the ups and downs of our lives. So that people get to understand the work that we do and why we are here, our mission at this time and how we can help other people.

Here are the highlights:

(01:35) Sometimes people get stuck in fear and procrastination

(02:43) Why is sharing my story important?

(03:26) What actions would you like people to take after they've listened to your story?

(04:17) Everyone loves a great story

(05:10) Personal anecdotes can be really powerful

(05:46) Use language which your readers will understand

(06:58) Do not be afraid to share your story

Connect with Claire:

To find out more about the Creatrix Journey go to:

https://creatrixjourney.com/

The Six-week awaken the creatrix course: https://creatrixjourney.com/online-course-in-creative-writing/

To download our free creative writing guide: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Instagram: @thecreatrixjourney

Facebook: The Creatrix Journey

Meet the host:

Claire Winter is a journalist, ICF accredited coach, Nordic Walking instructor, speaker, and podcaster who loves being out in nature. She is passionate about sharing the healing medicine of walking and writing with people.

She wants to make an impact helping women to connect back to nature, ignite their creativity and share their stories and light with the world. She is on a mission to build a movement of women around the world who create the time and space to walk, write, journal, and create.

Studying Social Anthropology as her first degree Claire has always been fascinated by ritual and ceremony to mark important moments in life. Now a regular columnist for the Female CEO magazine, she started her career at ITN and has worked in radio, TV, online and in print.

Claire truly believes you can walk your way to happiness. She is a dedicated Earl Grey tea drinker and often spends her weekends going on long walks or paddle boarding with her family, friends and dog Leo.

In today's episode, I'm delighted to be interviewing Leah Morgan, a grief coach who uses yoga and psychology tools to help grief and trauma survivors reconnect with their inner resilience and navigate personal growth. In this episode, we talk about her experience of doing the six-week Awaken the Creatrix Walking and Writing Course, which is online and she also attended the in-person Awaken the Creatrix Retreat.

She describes how she mapped out her book idea, which she's currently working on to enable other people to navigate grief and trauma, to come out through the other side, to thrive and understand the lessons that have been given to them.

She really is a wise and beautiful person and I can't wait for you to listen to her experience and the gifts that she wants to share with the world.

Here are the highlights:

(02:26) Still We Rise Coaching

(03:40) Why Leah wants to share her story and how the course helped

(07:30) Being creative has an amazing knock-on effect

(10:02) Leah's experience whilst on the retreat

(14:54) What advice she would give

About Leah:

Leah uses yoga and psychology tools, she helps grief and trauma survivors reconnect with their inner resilience and navigate personal growth.

Connect with Leah:

Website: https://stillwerisecoaching.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stillwerisecoaching/?hl=en-gb

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stillwerisecoaching

Connect with Claire:

To find out more about the Creatrix Journey go to: www.creatrixjourney.com

The online course: https://creatrixjourney.com/online-course-in-creative-writing/

October's retreat: https://creatrixjourney.com/walk-and-write-retreat/

To download our free creative writing guide: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Instagram: @thecreatrixjourney

Facebook: The Creatrix Journey

Meet the host:

Claire Winter is a former journalist, ICF accredited writing and creativity coach, Nordic Walking instructor, speaker, and podcaster who loves being out in nature. She is passionate about sharing the healing medicine of walking and writing with people.

She wants to make an impact helping women to connect back to nature, ignite their creativity and share their stories and light with the world. She is on a mission to build a movement of women around the world who create the time and space to walk, write, journal, and create.

Studying Social Anthropology as her first degree Claire has always been fascinated by ritual and ceremony to mark important moments in life. Now a regular columnist for the Female CEO magazine, she started her career at ITN and has worked in radio, TV, online and in print.

Claire truly believes you can walk your way to happiness. She is a dedicated Earl Grey tea drinker and often spends her weekends going on long walks or paddle boarding with her family, friends and dog Leo.