The Modern Creative Woman

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! “Everything is perfect and there is always room for improvement.” This quote from Suzuki Roshi, who is the founder of the Zen Center of San Francisco and credited with bringing Buddhism to the East, starts us off today on this conversation about perfectionism.  Thoughts are not the truth, they are just neurological phenomenon. Your heart beats. Your...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "I am so afraid of disappointing the people that I love. I often forget that I am someone I love too, and I need kindness just as much as I believe the people I love do."  Nikita Gill. Perfectionism is not a clinical diagnosis. It's not a pathology. It's a character trait and we can learn to relate differently to our perfectionis...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "Perfection is the enemy of good enough." This quote comes from Voltaire, a Parisian philosopher, and he said it in 1770. Today's episode is all about our striving for perfection and how, with a few simple adjustments and some creative thinking, you can move from the unrelenting standards of perfectionism into the purposeful, meaningf...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! I have learned so much about myself and others and the world by going on walks with other women. This episode is all about why we need to be walking with other women, what we should be talking about with them. No shock you have to put your phone away when you walk! I give some love to those women who walked with me and inspired me. Listen in for why...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Nostalgia is a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for a return to simpler times, or some past period that really is irrecoverable. The condition no longer exists, and it probably didn't exist like you remember anyway.  Learn how to reflect on the past in a healthy, holistic way. Manage your mind and use nostalgia and  your creativity t...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Hurry! The doors to the Paris Retreat are closing! Secure your spot now for the ultimate glow up! "If we can learn to deal with our discomfort and just relax into it, we will have a better life."  -Mellody Hobson Being able to hold two contradictory ideas within ourselves is incredibly empowering. Being psychologically flexible enough to a...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! “A mentor is someone who allows you to know that no matter how dark the night, in the morning, joy will come. A mentor is someone who allows you to see the higher part of yourself when something becomes hidden to your own view.” This quote from Oprah Winfrey starts off today's episode all about being an ally, a mentor, and a sponsor in your pro...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough." You've probably heard that quote out of a lot of people's mouths, but do you know who said it first? Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Have you ever noticed your "eyes are bigger than your stomach?" Ever take on a big project and lose steam half way through? This episode...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "I was always looking outside of myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within and it is there all the time." This quote comes from Anna Freud...yes, daughter of Sigmund Freud. She's an Austrian-British psychoanalyst, and she has delivered a powerful message here that it's always there. What we need for confidence...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling." This quote is from Zainab Salbi and she has spent her life advocating for marginalized communities. She is an Iraqi American journalist and a humanitarian, and she's used storytelling as a means of inspiring and empowering others. T...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "Every minute of every hour of every day. You are making the world just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.." This quote is from Rebecca Solnit. She's a writer, a historian, and an activist. Our episode off today all about the benefits of slowing down, and living in the momen...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! This bonus track is the Loving Kindness Meditation. You can lay down, relax, turn this on before you go to sleep at night, or you can set up some art supplies and respond however you like through the creative process.  If you'd like to do a shorter meditation, you can stop at the musical interlude. If you'd like to go a little further, the...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think!  My wish for you is that you continue, continue to be who and how you are to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. -Maya Angelou Have you reserved your spot yet for the Vibrant Vision Workshop ? If not, what are you waiting for? This is your opportunity to really focus o...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "I want to build a community where women of all races can communicate and continue to support and take care of each other. I want to give women a space to feel their own strength and tell their stories." -Beyoncé Join the Vibrant Vision Free Workshop! https://moderncreativewoman.com/webinar/ And today it's an audio celebration - this...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! May I be healthy, safe and strong. May you be healthy, safe and strong. May all beings on planet Earth be healthy, safe and strong. May all beings throughout all time and space be healthy, safe and strong. This episode is all about peace and loving kindness.  What if I told you I had a magic formula that could lessen your self-criticism, improve you...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "You can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean and a sea." C. Joybell C.  Why do we seek change? Behavioral psychology says there's two reasons we might want to change. One is to remove discomfort...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! We make ourselves suffer the more we think, and when we live in our heads, we're missing all the feelings, all the experiences, and all the other sensations that we have available to us.  Over-thinking leads to "dis-ease".  Over-thinking means relying on this one aspect of our human experience, (our brain) to the exclusion of all the...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Every person needs to take one day away.  A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.  Maya Angelou  Welcome to the Modern Creative Woman, where we explore the power of creativity through neuro aesthetics, art therapy and innovative thinking. I'm...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "There is widespread agreement that art is very important, but it can be remarkably difficult to say quite why." This quote from Alain de Botton starts off today's episode all about the seven functions of art that you can use in your everyday life.  Art as therapy postulates that creativity and art making is inherently human. It'...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way, things I had no words for." Georgia O'Keeffe  How does your brain respond to ambiguity? Science and art have a lot to say about this! Ambiguity is really just the quality of being open to more than one interpretation. Ambiguity is really just the...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Creativity is not the problem. You and all of humankind are naturally and inherently creative. We have lots of creative ideas every day, and yet we have thoughts that stop us from taking internal and external action on our creative ideas. This episode is all about new ways to react to creative ideas.  If you are considering how you can make an impac...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! To think like an artist is to make contact with your intuitive spirit of exploration. This week's podcast is all about how to think like an artist. Welcome to the modern creative woman. Explain the art and science of creativity.  We can be more authentic, more self expressive, and being in the present moment helps make the world a little bit be...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! We change over time. Sometimes in dramatic ways where we make a big life change, and other times we change intentionally in small ways that lead to something big later on. And we're always just changing naturally. To live our life is to evolve, and if we try to avoid changing, we really get stuck. It leads to a whole different kind of usually u...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! “Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.” This quote from Helen Keller starts off our episode all about desire.  We're talking today about using your creative mind to understand this deeper perspective of your desires, your dreams, your wishes. We'll talk all about desire, some of the upsides and the downsides of how w...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! The birth of creativity came when humankind got fire. Or so the legend goes about Prometheus, who stole the lightning bolt from Zeus and gave it to humankind. Today we are talking all about creation, creativity, and what it means to be a creator.  Welcome to The Modern Creative Woman, exploring the art and science of creativity. This is the podcast...