When a baby learns to walk, does the baby have aspirations of immediately running (and winning) a 100 meter dash? I don’t know… but I do know that something inside that baby decides that it is necessary. Something deep inside the baby says, let’s do this. And the baby body begins the process. The baby follows its intuition and takes the next step toward the goal that it can handle in with it’s doughy, top-heavy frame. Eventually, the baby is walking around like it’s no big deal, and is on to new challenges like grabbing toys and not choking on grapes.
This month, after gentle yet persistent niggling from my intuition, as well as a coach I’ve hired to remind me, I took a wobbly baby step in a direction my intuition has been pointing me toward.
I have been wanting to have conversations about creativity and connection and life. I have spent the majority of my life trying to understand my own desire to make marks on paper, collage magazine images together, and put words on a page. In some way, I know that when I do these things, I feel a weight lift from my shoulders. I feel connected and I feel more whole. When I don’t do those things, I lose myself and become a distracted, grasping, unsettled version of myself.
I want to remind and support other people to take steps toward their intuitive, creative desires. We have all pretty much bought into the idea that we need to keep our physical bodies strong and healthy, why not our creative ones as well? So I am offering to coach women who are ready to take the next baby steps.
What I have learned from these conversations so far is that I am not alone. All of the women I have worked with also know that their creativity is important, yet they aren’t making it a priority. I am able to remind them that when they listen and honor their intuition and creativity, they become a better version of themselves. When we are fully alive, everyone in our lives benefits.
Art Alchemy is a six week private coaching program where we meet once a week to uncover, plan and practice following our intuition. In this way, we continue on the path we started when we learned to walk, one step at a time until it becomes second nature, and the world opens up again.
Visit art-alchemy.com for more info and let’s talk about what your intuition is whispering to you.