Sparkle on Substack

This week’s spark is an invitation to share the impact water might have had on your creativity. I’d love to hear more from you in the comments? Claire This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparkleon.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you Christina Patterson , Michelle Corbesier , Lulu Trevena , Amber Horrox , Louise Tilbrook ✨ , and many others for tuning into our live video with Evelien | Rainbow Black 🪩 ! So sorry my video wasn’t working! What a wonderful exploration and one I’ll treasure as a new creative practise in my tool box! ✨ Special offer here Tapping Script Gifts from Evelien | Rainbow Black 🪩 EFT Tapping...

Hi folks, Happy Monday. This short message comes from the part of me that wants us all to take MORE permission on the pauses, the retreats, to gift ourselves the POWER of downtime. Hope you enjoy. Find resources on burn out over at Selina Barker and Anna Rose substack publications. Last chance to grab the VERY last seat on my mini mind. Here are the details, Sending sparkles, Claire This is a publ...

Hey folks, Welcome back! I’m super excited to share this episode with you today! I’m going to keep this short and sweet and let Anna’s words speak for themselves. Hope you enjoy! Claire Thanks so much to Anna for guesting with me and for taking my course - Adventures in Audio and Video on Substack - Perfectly, Imperfect Podcasting. It’s a lovely one to take as a self guided course over summer if y...

Thank you The Artist's Toolbox , Jennifer Ann Blair , Kathryn Koromilas , Emily Wingert , Emma Warren , and many others for tuning into my live video with Megan Moran ! Join me for my next live video in the app. Head over to Megan Moran to read more about her wonderful process. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit spa...

Popping this here for those of you who are curious of my opinion on the ‘buy me a coffee’ buttons here on Substack. Is it a trend? A bridge to confidence as a paid writer or a long term strategy to diversify writing income? Seth Werkheiser and I talk it out.. Also cute abundance story… When I was in New Orleans a lady wrote me a poem on a typewriter for $11. It cost $11 because that’s all I had in...

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Thank you Jo Hutton , Sarah Sadie , Seth Werkheiser , Laura Zug , Mika , David Venus , Katie Kastner , Megan Auman , and many others for tuning into my live video inspired by this note. Join my month long mini-mind to get crystal clear on how your Substack fits with your business and content eco-system, your long term goals and your vision once and for all. More here. This is a public episode. If...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sparkleon.substack.com My month long small group mini mind for business owners is on early bird sale until 1st June. I’d LOVE for you to join us. Here’s the link to read more with £60 off early bird discount applied. Find out why matches are so important in the analogy of us being business owners who also write on Substack and why I don...

Hi folks, WOW - that was a big ole melting pot of ai infused chaos, shame, vulnerability and beauty. ‼️ NB - there is no sound for the first 16 minutes - so skip that. Or watch the YouTube version which cuts straight to it… I repeat myself… so don’t worry! Husband’s headphones have seen better days. Let’s get out of the shame cave The topic of ai is nuanced and layered. Here are the articles I’ve...

Hi Sparklers, I’d love to hear from you in the comments if this week’s spark resonates… While I’m here, three quick sparkly things * I have a Free Class happening tomorrow… Launch/ re-launch class is tomorrow at 3pm (UK time). Come join us? Replay available to members… https://lu.ma/u3nnair6 * Other female business owners mentioned in this episode who hold us in the energetics of our work and busi...

“Everything difficult and everything beautiful all at once.” Amie McNee It was an absolute highlight to speak with Amie McNee fresh from her book tour for We Need Your Art. This chat will stay with me forever, it was a real honour to connect with Amie and bring this conversation to you. We touch on… * resistence * the creative process * shifting platforms * the perfect essay and the ‘messy’ creati...

Where momentum meets magic. The Embodied Spark is a weekly pep talk with me Claire Venus ✨ to explore a single idea than impacts our creative practise positively. These pep talks help us to make sense of where we might be holding ourselves back and need a further invitation to feel held and kindle our creative voice. This is the last weekly pep-talk in front of the paywall - I’m going DEEP for my...

Thank you Jude Lally , Amy Brown , Alexander Verbeek , Mel Parks , Mary Beth Kaplan✨ , and many others for tuning into my live video with Sarah Raad ! You can connect with Sarah Raad ’s work right here on Substack. I’m lucky enough to call her a friend. We met because she was my coach back in 2020/21. I recommend her mindset programmes to everyone especially woman who feel the call of something b...

Thank you Clover Stroud , Laura Fenton , Alyssa Polizzi , Kristin Tweedale , Kristi Keller 🇨🇦 , and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. Members - If you’re already got my new mini course hosted over here - Joyful Growth to Bestseller Mini-Course - 1st - 5th May 2025 please feel free to come on over and introduce yourself in our welcome post? If you...

Hi Folks Welcome back to another Embodied Spark pep talk and invitation for your creative practise. Get these direct to your inbox each week… ✨ This week I’m inviting you into to consider what putting one foot in-front of the other means to you when you ‘have to’ show up for your creative practise and work. I also wanted to link to 3 things I’m excited about… * Next week’s retreat (Fri 9 May) wit...

The word Intention in Latin means purpose. WELCOME to another day in the Substack universe. I hope you had a nice weekend? Thanks SO much for your warm reception on last week’s note. You are all so lush and I cannot believe of 1000 of you listened… it’s a joy to do this work… This one ended a little abruptly as I could hear my daughter coming up the stairs to the studio… So it’s about creative pra...

Eeeeeeek I made a NEW thing. I hope you like it. This first pep talk is free and inspired by two brilliant women and congruently authentic voices; Selina Barker who does a regular BRILLIANT pep talk for her members over at Another Way with Selina Barker and Caroline Donahue who drops into her membership this way and shares her truth. This pep talk is free to all and the rest of these regular calls...

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Connecting on on the display changes to our bios and what we should do about it. Thanks for coming along to my live. It was lovely to see some of you!! Cx This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparkleon.substack.com/subscribe

Don’t forget Sparkle on Substack the membership is having a price rise to reflect the value of the archive and take into account new fees I have to pay. To get in at the current pricing and stay there for as long as you stay hit upgrade before 3rd April. Do it now if you’ve been thinking about it? I promise you will ADORE it here. Hi Sparklers, I wanted to record a little something to address two...

"Your publication is its own beautiful little garden, a little terrarium that you can keep safe and you can nurture your audience and connect to your subscribers and readers." Sparklers! You can build and grow joyfully and sustainably without burn out here. Fancy a little creative boost as to how you show up? Need some insight into how to refresh your joyful growth strategy for Substack and beyond...

WELCOME back to Sparkle on Substack , the podcast. You can listen to this wherever on Substack or wherever you get your podcasts. My second guest for Season 3 is the wonderful Emma Simpson. We recorded this episode back in September and I can hardly believe it’s been four months. I first met the delightful Emma Simpson at Alnwick Story Fest this time last year actually. Since then, we have stayed...

Happy Friday all, I was so excited to connect with fellow creative mum Charlie Swift who I met (I think) on instagram some years back… This was an impromptu live as Charlie shared with me she’d like to try a Substack Live in our members call and her word/ phrase of the year is ‘Show Up’ so here we are… Beautiful things happen online every single day. Here’s you invite to see more of them and less...

"I'm going to stay plugged into the Internet at large for a longer time, then I am going to have to be mindful of when the Orcs want to pop up, when I can have a cup of tea with the Dwarves and when I can just sit and chill and watch Wicked with my little selection box." Hi Sparklers, I hope 2024 wrapped up beautifully for you and you have some notes next to your reflections and thoughts about you...