The Effects of a Silenced Voice

How unresolved emotions and traumatic events affect our voices has been a topic of interest for me for a long time. When we are victims of abuse or neglect or witness to such events, our voices can be affected in many ways. We may learn that: it is unsafe (for...

Building Creative Confidence

Designer David Kelley talks about creativity as something we all possess. In this TED talk, he shares some of his ideas about the importance of building creative confidence which somehow gets lost along the way....

Getting Unplugged: The Gift of Taking a Break from Technology

I love technology. I love how it allows me to create things I wouldn’t otherwise be able to do. How it inspires, influences, and changes things for the better. But with every good thing, every good benefit, there comes a price. That price peeks out every time I cringe...

3 Ways to Increase Your Creativity

You are creative, really! It’s true. No matter how hard you try to fight it or deny it, you do have at least one creative bone in your body. How do I know? Because I happen to believe everyone is creative. Before you dig deep into your reasons why you aren’t creative,...

Your Elusive Creative Genius

 “Maybe [artistry] doesn’t have to be quite so full of anguish if you never happened to believe, in the first place, that the most extraordinary aspects of your being came from you. But maybe if you just believed that they were on loan to you from some unimaginable...