Create the Work of Your Life

What if you're already practicing how success is going to feel? Many artists believe they'll finally feel enough when they finish the series, get accepted into the gallery, or start making sales. But what if the journey (not the destination) is shaping your future experience? In this episode, C. Jordan Blaquera explores why achievement doesn't automatically produce peace and why the relationship y...

What if everything you're learning is actually keeping you from creating? Many artists, entrepreneurs, and creators mistake learning for progress. They read the books, take the classes, watch the tutorials, and collect ideas, yet never fully apply what they've learned. In this episode, Jordan shares his own experience of falling into the "knowledge trap," where consuming information felt productiv...

Master Artist Coach, Jordan Blaquera draws out a critical distinction every creator needs to understand: the difference between feeling discomfort and feeling unsafe. Pushing through discomfort builds capacity. Pushing through a genuine sense of unsafety can backfire — intensifying the very fear you're trying to overcome. Jordan walks through what happens in your nervous system when visibility, ex...

Readiness is often control in disguise, and the pursuit of certainty prevents artists from doing their most meaningful work. You'll learn why successful creators don't eliminate uncertainty before they begin, how even masters like Meryl Streep experience doubt, and why willingness is a more powerful creative skill than confidence. If you've been postponing a creative goal, waiting for the perfect...

You keep every deadline someone else sets for you. So why do yours keep falling apart? In this episode, Jordan Blaquera names what's really happening when artists move, soften, or abandon the deadlines they make for themselves — and it has nothing to do with discipline. It's a self-trust problem. And every broken commitment is quietly costing you more than you think. Jordan shares the behind-the-s...

What if the deadline isn’t the reason you create? What if you are? In this episode of Create the Work of Your Life, C. Jordan Blaquera challenges one of the most common beliefs artists carry: “I can’t create without a deadline.” Jordan unpacks why deadlines only work when you choose to cooperate with them — and how relying on external pressure can disconnect you from your deepest, most authentic w...

What if the regret you fear at the end of your life is already quietly accumulating right now? Explore the hidden pattern of “structured deferral” — the habit of continually postponing your creative work for a future that never actually arrives. Through personal stories about caregiving, loss, fear, and finally stepping into coaching and the Create Anyway Collective, Jordan unpacks why artists so...

You've probably said it to yourself: "I don't want to be selfish." And then you answered the text. Did the laundry. Took the call. Said yes when you meant no. And your art waited — again. In this episode, Jordan names the word that stops a lot of artists cold — selfish — and reframes what's actually happening when you put your work last. This isn't about blame. It's about the cost. When your art i...

You don't feel like creating today. Maybe you're dragging your feet. Maybe the idea that felt exciting last week feels heavy now. Maybe you've been telling yourself you'll start when you feel more ready, more inspired, more like a real artist. This episode is about that feeling — where it comes from, why it gets louder the closer you get to your real work, and what to do instead of waiting for it...

What do you do when the person closest to you just doesn't connect with your art? In this deeply personal episode, master artist coach Jordan Blaquera shares the story of her own long struggle with this exact situation — and what she finally did about it. Jordan opens up about the years she spent in silence, afraid that admitting she didn't love some of her partner David's work would be read as a...

What if believing you're special as an artist is actually holding you back? In this episode, Jordan Blaquera makes a provocative case that the idea of art — and artists — being uniquely special, mysterious, or reserved for the chosen few is one of the most limiting beliefs a creator can hold. Drawing on six problems with "special" thinking, Jordan explores how it clouds your judgment, fuels feelin...

Most artists focus on improving their skills and their work — but Jordan Blaquera argues there's a deeper layer that determines everything: your artist identity. In this episode, Jordan introduces the CORE framework (Circumstance-Optional, Reality-Optional) and makes the case that what you believe about yourself as an artist matters more than any external validation, sale, or review ever could. Dr...

Being behinds the scenes at an art school and seeing what it takes for a teacher to create a great art classroom experience can help artists go from being a "student" and taking art classes to taking on the role of being an artist who creates with their own Artistic Voice. Tips to help you go from learning in an art classroom to becoming a self-directed artist who creates your own work. Learn more...

An allegorical tale about the journey to express your True Authentic Self. Learn more about working with Jordan Blaquera or the Create Anyway Collective (CAC) where visual artists create a new cohesive series in 5 months: About Jordan Blaquera

"Wherever you go, there you are" reminds us that our True Self is not defined by external circumstances. Be mindful of your thoughts, as they directly impact your emotions. Align your vibrations with what you want to attract using the law of attraction. Recognize yourself as a channel of awareness, tapping into your creative potential and fulfilling your purpose. Stay conscious of your thoughts, v...

There is an unsung and very overlooked trait that can help you become more authentically you. It will help you to be who you are, express yourself exactly as you are, and go after bigger, more innovative dreams. Discover the Capacity to Disappoint and how to harness it for greater freedom and the personal fulfillment of being uniquely you. Learn more about Jordan Blaquera: www. SoulCoach. Today/ ....

Would you rather be right or happy? "Better than" or peaceful? We humans so don't want to be "wrong," but that leaves us fighting like hell to be "right." What if there is no absolute right and no absolute wrong? Change your life for the better and increase your inner peace by dropping your addiction to being right as well as going beyond ideas of what you consider "wrong." Learn more about Jordan...

In Rumi's famous poem, he invites us to meet him in The Field. But why would you want to go out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing to go to The Field? What is this mysterious Field, and what will you find there? I want you to inspire you to do the work of challenging your perspectives and beliefs in order to find your way to the beautiful freedom and peace of The Field. Learn more about Jor...

If being fully & completely ourselves was ALL THAT, we would be doing it already. But most of us have some reservations about letting ourselves be completely visible. Learn the top three reasons we limit ourselves, and how we can let go of the frames we hold that limit the full vista of what's possible. Learn more about Jordan Blaquera: www. SoulCoach. Today/ . Learn more about working with Jo...

Do you have parts of yourself that seem unacceptable that you still keep in shadows? What if accepting those parts of you was the next right step? What if that helped others to do the same? Explore the possibilities that open up when we can be ourselves for a day or...when we can be ourselves from now on. Learn more about Jordan Blaquera: www. SoulCoach. Today/ . Learn more about working with Jord...

Have you ever felt there were aspects of you that were uacceptable or unlovable? Have you tried to hide those aspects of you? What if we decided we're no longer going to spend Life Energy hiding these parts of ourselves? It's possible. We can make that choice. I share my own journey of feeling embarrassed by my own tear-y, water-y eyes. Learn more about Jordan Blaquera: www. SoulCoach. Today/ . Le...

Our minds offer us many concerns, worries and fears about the possibility of the "worst thing happening." I won't sugar-coat it. Sometimes the "worst thing" does come to pass. Learn more about how we can navigate our way through rocky periods like this. Learn more about Jordan Blaquera: www. SoulCoach. Today/ . Learn more about working with Jordan Blaquera or the Create Anyway Collective (CAC) whe...

As Creators we will pursue our dreams and go about bringing our creative ideas to fruition in many different ways. We will take many shots at bringing our creative impulses to life. Don't derail the trajectory of your creative path by telling yourself, "This is my last chance." That won't be useful. Discover alternatives in today's track. Learn more about Jordan Blaquera: www. SoulCoach. Today/ ....

Have you ever thought that you were weird, different or that you didn't belong? Have you ever wondered if there was something wrong with you? It has been said that we think 60,000 thoughts a day. Maybe we don't need to take all of those thoughts so seriously. Especially when many of them make us feel so badly. Ready to question what your brain offers you? Let's dive in. Learn more about Jordan Bla...

Overcome with tears, I find myself in public, sitting across from a manicurist, with little place to hide. Feelings of risk, uncertainty and overhwlem overtake me, and I do my best to navigate this very vulnerable proposition -- when strong emotions arise quite inconveniently. It takes everything I have to open myself to The Guest House of being human. To not explain myself. To not believe I am be...