The Creatrix Journey

This week, I'm going to be covering how to step into your creatrix powers in midlife. This is something very close to my heart being in midlife myself and having worked with hundreds and hundreds of midlife women. Many of the powerful creatrixes that I work with happen to be in midlife too.

Midlife can be an amazing time to explore your creativity. The famous anthropologist Margaret Mead once said, "there is no more powerful force in the universe than a menopausal woman with zest".

Here are the highlights:

(02:39) I believe women in midlife are incredibly powerful and a force to be reckoned with

(04:02) If we concentrate on our creative powers it can be a very positive experience

(05:27) The surge in women's creative power in midlife may be rooted in hormones

(06:31) What would it feel like to create art just because you wanted to?

(08:07) I changed my career in midlife

(12:39) My vision

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 joined by author, coach and founder of Another Door Elanor Tweddle. Eleanor and I talk about turning blogs into a book, getting published, the changing landscape of social media and much more.

Here are the highlights:

(01:22) Where did your book Another Door come from?

(04:39) Social media gave people space to explore ideas

(07:36) A bog is a nice way of exploring your thoughts

(11:28) I never wanted to write a book

(14:11) If you don't want the pressure start journaling

(17:21) I take my ideas that came up with my morning pages on my walk

(19:31) There's some magic in understating walking

About Eleanor:

Eleanor created Another Door after being made redundant and wanting to take it as an opportunity to do something different. She started a blog, that turned into a book, that turned into a business.

Eleanor had a 23-year career in senior management with brands including Costa Coffee, Whitbread, RAC, Virgin Atlantic and Vodafone. She consults and contracts in true multi-hyphen style with clients including Channel 4, Reach plc, Harvey Nichols, Expertis and Bristol Water.

She is an author at Penguin Random House and podcast host of Another Door podcast. Eleanor has featured in The Financial Times, The Guardian, Huff Post, The Telegraph, Red magazine, she has written for Grazia, Wired magazine, We are the City and Thrive Global.

Connect with Eleanor:

Website: https://anotherdoor.co.uk/

Instagram: @anotherdooruk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanor-tweddell/

Connect with Claire:

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

In this week's episode, I'm going to be talking about writer's block. This is any creative's worse nightmare. When you just stare at a blank page and think, I have no idea what to write next. It's something that happens to everyone, any creative, whether they're a painter, a sculptor, or a podcaster can have a day where they just can't think of the next thing to do. Being creatively stuck can be incredibly frustrating but there are many ways that we can overcome this.

Here are the highlights:

(01:13) What causes writer's block?

(03:19) Take yourself out for a walk

(04:56) Do you need space to help you?

(06:05) Even when you don't want to put that pen to paper

(06:42) Shake things up

(07:19) What do I want to say?

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.

As you know, this podcast is all about nature, connection and creativity. And I am here to share my love of walking and writing and why I think it's so beneficial for mind, body and spirit. I believe nature connection, boosts our creativity and connects us to what's really important and the creative things we want to share with the world.

Over the past few years, the world has experienced unprecedented change. It's been good for some people and not so good for others, and many people have turned to walking as a hobby and it's a great thing to see. But what I have noticed is that people are still very distracted and disconnected so today we're going to concentrate on mindful walking and why it is so beneficial.

Here are the highlights:

(02:54) Misconceptions about mindfulness

(04:08) Mindful walking means mindful movement

(04:51) Why is mindfulness important?

(06:11) Think about how we move our bodies whilst walking

(07:01) Concentrate on your breathing

(07:23) Observe your surroundings

(07:53) What happens when you get distracted?

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 interview the incredibly inspiring Lou Hamilton a multi-hyphenate creatrix, she is an artist, author, podcaster and founder of Silk Studios - The Podcast Agency.

We discuss her current art exhibition, scheduling time and making space for creativity and why connecting with nature is so important.

Here are the highlights:

(01:22) Lou's art exhibition

(03:20) Entrepreneurs need lots of time to think

(07:39) The more structure I put in place the more freedom my brain feels to be creative

(14:53) Much of our lives as entrepreneurs is around storytelling

(19:17) Why Lou started podcasting

(22:14) The power of connecting with nature

(24:18) What being a creatrix means to Lou

About Lou:

"You are the architect of your life experiences, and it shows in the story you tell." Lou believes that our story is the heart of how we experience the world, how we grow and how we may bring value to others.

But let's reel back a few years. When she turned 50, grieving and empty-nesting, she started

drawing and painting again & out popped this character part-girl, part-ninja who became known as Brave New Girl. BNG turned into a book How to be Fearless, then another book FEAR LESS, and now Lou interviews real-life Brave New Girls for her podcast Brave New Girl. Not satisfied with giving women a platform for their stories 52 weeks a year she founded Silk Studios – The Podcast Guest Agency, so that she could help more women get out there on multiple podcasts to share their story, mission and message globally.

Her own story has been a winding road, overcoming trauma, grief and PTSD to understanding her passion and purpose, (her art and her agency) and now to her latest book Dare to Share, helping people to understand the power of their own stories, and using them to grow their brand and positively impact the world, is published in autumn 2021.

Lou is an artist, author, podcaster & founder of Silk Studios – The Podcast Guest Agency.

Connect with Lou:

Website: www.silk-studios.co.uk

Art Website: https://louhamiltonart.com/

Instagram: @brave_newgirl

Connect with Claire:

To find out more about the Creatrix Journey go to: www.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 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 on The Creatrix Journey I am going to be talking about storytelling. As a former journalist, I have spent over two decades telling people stories, whether that's on the radio, television, in magazines, features, blogs, podcasts, you name it I've been telling their stories.

I am absolutely passionate about storytelling. It's the reason why I became a journalist in the first place, I was fascinated by people and their amazing stories of redemption, pain, loss, and victory, all of it fascinated me. The human condition and how people face adversity, and often overcome it in incredible ways.

For me, story is a fundamental part of the human existence. It's how we connect and communicate with each other and it's very important in life and business. So listen up while we do a deep dive into why storytelling is so important.

Here are the highlights:

(04:38) I really believe we can change the world one story at a time

(06:02) They give us a new perspective on topics we are familiar and unfamiliar with

(06:31) Research

(07:00) What are your "soap box" subjects?(07:43) What medium are you going to tell your story on?

(09:52) Connect back to what's really important to you

(10:37) It doesn't need to be complicated it just needs to have impact

(12:48) You want people to see you as a storyteller

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.

Welcome to the second episode of The Creatrix Journey. In this episode, I'm going to be talking about how to find your inner creatrix. Creativity has been around forever, humans have always created. We use it to communicate our identity, create solutions, share new ideas, and bring people together. However, fulfilling our creative potential can sometimes feel like a struggle. So connecting to your inner creatrix can really help you lead a more joyful and creative life. But how do you find her?

For those of you that don't know what a creatrix is, she is a spiritual, female creator. She's in tune with her spirituality and her full creative powers. She is a force to be reckoned with.

A creatrix is defined in the dictionary as a female who produces, creates and brings forth. It is a word that has been used since the 1600s. It's such a powerful word and when I use it in my copy and when I talk to people about it, they get really excited because she is a woman who is deeply connected to feminine power, and she's unafraid to share her creations with the world.

When women hear the word for the very first time, often, they say, "tell me more. I want to be creatrix". I love the impact that just this one word can have on people. And I hope it inspires you to step into being creatrix and exploring how to find yours.

Here are the highlights:

(03:44) There are a myriad of ways to find your inner creatrix

(04:23) Find a small window of time each day to be creative

(05:19) Start to journal, let creative ideas flow

(06:07) Write your own affirmation

(06:57) Walk and write

(08:22) If you don't want to walk and write find something else that lights up your soul

Connect with Claire:

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

Welcome to the first ever episode of The Creatrix Journey. This podcast is part of my soul's mission, it comes from my heart to yours, and I cannot wait to share with you my own journey and other powerful female creators' stories. And this is why it is called The Creatrix Journey.

So what is it all about? My aim is to raise the collective consciousness step-by-step through walking and writing. That means going out for a walk and then coming home to write. Now, it sounds really simple, but we live in a distracted age. Every time I go out walking, I see people who are not truly connected to nature. So this is about nature connection, connecting to the source and sharing your words and wisdom with the world.

Here are the highlights:

(01:43) By connecting with nature we find out what our soul's purpose is

(02:43) Our mission is to share sacred words, stories and wisdom in creatrix circles around the world

(03:49) I hope this podcast will enable powerful female creators to share their stories

(04:05) What is a creatrix?

(05:01) Things need to change

(06:21) There are amazing creative ideas out there in the universe

(07:27) Mindful walking, walking without distraction

(08:10) Walking changed my life

Connect with Claire:

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

This week, I am absolutely excited and delighted to welcome our first guest to the Creatrix Journey Podcast, Melanie Gow. Melanie is a TEDx speaker, coach, author, and storyteller.

For me, Melanie is the ultimate creatrix. She's had many different roles, all of them creative and all of them based in storytelling. And she's also been on an amazing, epic walking journey with her sons.

We discuss Melanie's story, how walking transformed her life and why she believes she's here to teach people the power of story.

Here are the highlights:

(01:18) Melanie's story

(04:25) I walked out of my house with my two sons

(06:25) What could I do to make a change?

(14:35) Everyone can get outside and do some sort of movement

(20:17) Getting cancelled

(25:53) I've grown into really impacting other people's lives

(31:37) Awareness is the space in which you can the presence

(38:22) What does being a creatrix mean to you?

About Melanie:

Strategic story coach, helping people extract, package and leverage their intellectual capital. Author, Tedx Speaker and Legend Maker.

Connect with Melanie:

Instagram: @melanie.gow or @the.legend.maker

Twitter: @MelGow

Connect with Claire:

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

Welcome to the Creatrix Journey a podcast dedicated to nature connection and creativity.

Join Claire Winter, an award-winning podcaster and former journalist, to explore the journey of creators inspired by nature, walking and writing. Listen to the show to get tips, ideas and interviews to help you to ignite your creativity, connect to the source and share your words and wisdom with the world. Helping to raise the collective consciousness step by step.

Claire is a word creatrix and coach here to help coaches, creatives, healers and changemakers connect with nature and share the words that need to be written. As a former journalist and wordsmith, words, books and stories have always mattered to her. Weaving stories, ancient knowledge and modern coaching tools together to change the way we live and connect, so that we can build the new earth.

From being deeply connected to nature and the elements and having spent days walking in the lands where she was born Claire felt called to share walking and writing with a wider audience. She's on a mission to create Creatrix Writing Circles across the world where women can connect and share their wisdom.

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.

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: https://www.instagram.com/thecreatrixjourney/

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