Blisscraft Life With Christina Katz

Creative Confidence Is Always Available To You

by @thewritermama on August 7, 2017

Here’s a little pep talk about creative confidence that went out in my last newsletter. If you would like more reminders about how creatively powerful you always are, why not get on my email list or subscribe to this blog?

You have more abilities than you realize. You are an incredibly able person. And the world yearns for what you have to offer. Don’t keep it from us!

Your creativity is a river that is deep, wide and coursing swiftly, and always ready to pour through you the minute you allow it.

Even if life is challenging sometimes, your creative power is always there, inside you, waiting for its next opportunity to pour through.

Your creativity is yours. No one can take it from you or diminish it. You have plenty of it and more than enough to last you a lifetime.

The only person who can cut off the flow of your self-expression is you. Which is good news because this means you are also the only one who can open the flow back up, no matter how long it’s been held back.

Creativity is the opposite of perfectionism. The unrealistic restrictions we impose on ourselves can deny us so many good things. But the imperfect expression of who we are opens all the closed doors back up.

If you want to stay humble, always be learning something new and doing it poorly at first. You can get better with practice.

That wonderful feeling of flow is available to all of us. We are allowed to experience it for whatever amounts of time we have available, whether five minutes or five hours a day.

All creative goals are worthwhile. If we long to express something with our whole heart, we cannot possibly do harm. We can always create in positive ways and our good intentions will ripple out and touch the world.

So much inspiration, so much time! Visit my online creative confidence school and start expressing yourself afresh right now. Join the creative confidence club: subscribe to the Christina Katz blog and sign up for The Prosperous Creative ezine for a free gift, the latest news and exclusive discounts you won’t find elsewhere. Need more encouraging words in your life? Check out my Etsy shop. And have you seen all of the helpful offerings in my online shop? Be sure to check them out before you click away. Thanks for reading and thanks for sharing my work with all of your creative friends!

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My Online Course Expressive Outdoors Follows The Success Of Expressive At Home

by @thewritermama on July 27, 2017

I can write up a storm in my home office and still enjoy the rest of my home inside and out. And you can, too. Check out my new online course, Expressive At Home.

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In my opinion, there is nothing better than becoming a bit more expressive every single day.

And there is nothing worse than being creatively blocked. Ugh!

As a writer, I am fortunate. I get to express myself all the time. Naturally, expressing creativity always feels great.

But in recent years, I find myself wanting to express myself in ways beyond merely writing.

I know now that I used my writing as a bit of a crutch for a while. Writing was my excuse to not express myself in other arenas of my life.

I would think, Well, this room has no style, but I’m a writer so I can’t be bothered with the way this room looks.

Or I would think, I know this outfit is completely uninspired and conveys nothing about who I am, but that doesn’t matter because I’m a writer and I have work to do.

I literally used to think like this all the time about so many things. Then in recent years, I started to notice I was missing out on making personal choices that were being presented to me on a daily basis, and I was using my career as an excuse for not making them.

I was too busy, right? I was too successful. I needed to work long hours to keep up my momentum. These seemed like a good excuses to focus mostly on writing and ignore other things I might have enjoyed but would not make time for.

I was using my writing career as an excuse for not making choice after choice after choice. I had a kind of tunnel vision that was blotting out much of the fun of everyday living.

These days, things have changed dramatically. I am more inclined to get excited about making little choices. Making more choices in more arenas of my life doesn’t take me away from success, in fact, living a fuller life enriches my career and vice-versa.

Today I embrace all of the opportunities for self-expression in my life without feeling overwhelmed by them. And every time I express myself, I feel great about myself whether that means writing an article, cooking a meal, building a class, arrange a vase of flowers, or anything I do that puts my signature stamp on my life.

Expressive At Home is an online course that asks you a lot of questions so you get to make a lot of personal choices. Sometimes we just need to be asked to discover what we feel. When you make many choices every day, change starts to happen without much effort.

Change means you are awake and in a dialogue with yourself about what you need. Change means you are making choices and they are in the process of being fulfilled. Nothing feels better than expressing and meeting your own needs.

Expressive At Home is one of the best classes I’ve ever created. I had waves of input to help make it the best it could be, and folks who have taken it are raving about it. I hope you will check out Expressive At Home. See what folks have to say about it, below, and then stick around to learn about my next class, Expressive Outdoors. If you love the idea of becoming more expressive at home, you are going to love becoming more expressive outside your home, as well.

Home should be a place that feels like a refreshing, nourishing retreat after a busy day navigating an often stressful, unpredictable world. Our homes provide the perfect canvas for expressing who we are and what we value most in our lives. Christina’s course Expressive at Home offers an assortment of inspiring, multi-sensory ideas that quickly helped me discover playful, surprising and inexpensive ways to chase the cobwebs off of tired shelves, rejuvenate cluttered rooms and reinvigorate my creative spirit. I’ve already started integrating Christina’s ideas into my home and can feel my creativity expanding in all areas of my life. ~ Christa Melnyk Hines, Journalist, Author and Connection Expert

The lessons, examples, and exercises in Expressive At Home: Exercises To Skyrocket Your Creativity provided a much-needed reconnection with my home. The step-by-step modules offered fresh insights on how to freshen up my physical spaces while shifting my perspective to see things differently too. Like a gift to the self, I couldn’t wait to dip into the next module each day. Every suggested activity was doable, affordable, and exciting to complete. I highly recommend Expressive At Home: Exercises To Skyrocket Your Creativity. It’s made a big difference in my home in just 10 days! ~ Debra Mars, Creativity and Writing Coach

This is a great course! My house lacks personal expression but now I feel like I can easily become more expressive at home. The length of the videos is just right. I had been feeling stuck and too busy to decorate. I often felt like I did not even know what my taste was. It was amazing how Expressive At Home hit on all of the ways I was feeling and addressed my needs. ~ Sarah Yale, Journalist

All of the lessons in Expressive At Home encouraged change from the inside out. Then end results are then up to us to discover. I especially liked how personal the content felt and hearing about your personal experiences and processes. I can imagine your satisfaction from bringing flowers in from your garden, I can imagine you making a cup of tea while you take one of your hourly breaks, and I can imagine your family coming home and feeling supported by the focal arrangement that featured images from their play. I am already applying some of your insights spontaneously with surges of energy that urge me onward. Thank you! ~ Diane Turner Maller, Journalist and Tutor

Being human means always being in a state of evolution. When we reject this idea, we suffer. But it doesn’t take much to get back in the flow of personal growth. We don’t have to go meditate on a mountaintop. We can start right where we are, at home, and learn so much about ourselves. When we are in touch with ourselves, we can create a home we love that loves us back.

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Butterfly Wisdom: A Softer, Gentler Way To Succeed At Anything

by @thewritermama on July 5, 2017

While I was creating my latest course, Effortless Essay Writing, I received an important reminder from a butterfly that reminded me that creative confidence can be strong and gentle.

Over the weeks I was working on the course, summer started in earnest, and while summer is not my favorite season, I love gardening, and I have cultivated a variety of gardens all around the house over the past several years.

Tending my gardens is a great way to take a quick mental break when I am working hard on a project. So I go outside to turn on or off my soaker hoses, quickly pull a few weeds, make a bouquet or just stroll around with a cup of coffee or iced tea and admire the cumulative results of my efforts.

Gardens are never static. They are always evolving, changing, and expanding just like us. And since I am always planting new seeds, there are often new discoveries to make on a daily basis.

As I was finishing my last class, I kept seeing a large yellow butterfly fluttering about in my newest garden. Apparently I have finally planted flowers that butterflies like, which makes me happy. I have always enjoyed visiting hummingbirds and I’m excited to be attracting butterflies now, too.

The big, yellow butterfly showed up right when I was considering the best photo to represent my new course. It never would have occurred to me on my own to use a butterfly image, but I was feeling less than satisfied with the more straightforward images of laptops, notebooks and fingers typing.

When you are writing an essay, you might see an awful lot of your laptop or your notebook or your fingers typing but I’m not sure these images are all that inspiring in and of themselves.

And that’s how it hit me that the butterfly was a much better image for what I was communicating in my new essay writing class. Writers struggle with essay writing in so many ways and most of those struggles are rooted in trying too hard. I created a course that outlines an effortless approach to essay writing that will work every time, just as a butterfly finds flowers and drinks nectar without struggle.

So many of us have been raised on shoulds and musts and trying to have willpower over our unruly selves, and this type of self-controlled approach does not activate our purest creative efforts. Our ideas are always calling to us, if we are attuned to receiving them and being gentle enough with ourselves to attract our best ideas is at the root of happy creating. After that, all we have to do is stay light about the process and not fall into the trap of worrying about outcomes or taking ourselves too seriously.

Even though we live in a noisy world with crazy things happening all the time, the butterflies still find the flowers with the nectar they need. They don’t care who is tweeting what on social media. They simply find the flowers they need and flit on over to them on a calm, warm day to gently extract the nectar they need without disrupting so much as a petal.

Butterflies are focused, yet relaxed; instinctive, yet intuitive; alert, yet fearless. Butterflies remind writers to lighten up, enjoy the process, and celebrate every satisfying sip of nectar. Writers sometimes forget that the quality of the journey matters as much as the successful outcome. And yet, when we enjoy the journey, the whole process becomes a win, not merely the outcome.

Butterflies are helpful symbols for writers, who can become too mental in our habits and lose touch with our instincts and intuitions. Ideas do not flow for writers when we get in our own way. We sometimes need to be reminded to keep things simple.

I wanted to create a course that would make essay writing simple, straightforward and doable, yet also alluring, magical, and powerful. The way a butterfly can remind us to stop, pay attention, and appreciate a moment more deeply, I hope I have encouraged writers to relax, reflect, and enjoy the process of essay writing.

So you can probably expect to see more butterfly imagery in my upcoming essay writing courses! I am fond of the reminder that creative confidence is as calm as a butterfly and I hope you appreciate it, too.

Go easy on yourselves, writers, and be amazed at how much more you are able to get done. Be like the butterfly: lighten up, tune in, and get on track for your next completed mission.

If you’d like to discover a whole new, more doable approach to essay writing, you will find it in my Effortless Essay Writing course.

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Summer Discounts For Lifelong Learners In My Creative Confidence School

by @thewritermama on July 1, 2017

I am pleased to be able to offer a few discounts in my online school this month and next for eager learners, who don’t stop taking classes just because the temperatures go up.

These are bulk discount deals—either get three classes for the price of two or get ten dollars off when you purchase two writing prompt challenges.

The following specials are running until midnight August 31st!

Three For Two Article Writing Classes Summer Special
Three For Two Platform Building Classes Summer Special
Two Summer Writing Prompt Challenges For Ten Dollars Off

Learn more about these courses in my school, and while you are there, check out my newly updated FAQ page.

I’m always working to make your experience in my school better and better. Please let me know if you have any questions about taking classes with me or becoming a Beta User.

Becoming a Beta User is currently the only way to save on individual courses. In my last ezine, I announced my next two courses seeking Beta Users. Click here if you are not already a subscriber and you would like to become one.

My next two courses are…

Expressive Outdoors (Follows Expressive At Home)

All About You: Personal Essay Writing Assignments (Follows Effortless Essay Writing)

Learn more about what’s coming up and register as a Beta User by reading my last ezine that went out a few days ago. Click here for all the latest news.

I hope your summer is going great so far, but don’t stop learning. My online school makes it easy to always be creatively inspired, expanding and prospering. I hope you will check it out today!

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Now Seeking Beta Users For Effortless Essay Writing: My Newest Online Course!

by @thewritermama on June 9, 2017

Now Seeking Beta Users For Effortless Essay Writing: My Newest Online Course!

This course has now launched and is available 24/7 in my online Creative Confidence school.

Learn More About Effortless Essay Writing Here

I love working with Beta Users. Every time I launch a new course it feels like virtual summer camp to me.

Here’s how it works. I say, “I have a great idea for a course, and I need a group of interested students to help me focus and perfect it.”

I put out a call for help and then Beta Users sign up for the course at half-price. They exchange their time and energy answering four rounds of questions about the course topic spread over one month for a 50% discount. That’s a pretty great deal, considering the low level of commitment and the fact that Beta Users learn things about themselves in the process.

I’ve gotten pretty good at asking questions over the years. I’ve taught dozens of courses and workshops, and they have all involved participants answering questions about themselves. Whenever you answer a question about yourself, you can’t lose, because there are no right or wrong answers. I value what I glean from your insights and experience, so that I can better meet the needs of students in the course.

So thank you to those who have been Beta Users for my courses. I have also not forgotten about all the awesome students who have been first time users in my old email classes and online challenges. You guys all rock and I appreciate your willingness to try new things and share your opinions and points of view so willingly!

I am still accepting Beta Users for my next course, Effortless Essay Writing, Enjoy Crafting Prose Until It’s Publication-ready.

Both returning and new students are encouraged to sign up as Beta Users. Once you register, I will get back to you within 24 hours with your first round of questions to reply to within 48 hours.

Here is an initial course description, which is subject to tweaks as I work with Beta Users:

Effortless Essay Writing: Enjoy Crafting Polished Prose Until It’s Publication-ready
By Christina Katz
An Interactive Audio Course With Worksheets

Essay writing shouldn’t be a struggle. Are you ready to learn how to enjoy writing every single essay you ever attempt for the rest of your life? Using the tips and techniques in this course, you can. The focus of this course is on getting in the essay writing flow and staying in it until your piece is complete, personally satisfying, and professionally viable. After taking this course, you will find yourself finishing and submitting your writing with renewed confidence.

In Effortless Essay Writing, you are going to write an essay from start to finish and I am going to walk you through the process using short coaching audios and step-by-step worksheets to accompany each learning module. By using this new format that is specifically customized to help you learn writing techniques, I can keep the focus of the class on you and your essay ideas and unique writing style. So you can feel like the learning process is totally manageable.

You’ll be able to adopt these techniques easily into your essay writing process because the format of the course is so incremental and easy-to-navigate. Essay writing should be enjoyable and it can be when you learn the techniques seasoned writers use to brainstorm ideas, capture their personal stories on the page, and polish their prose until every word is necessary, compelling and transporting. Here’s a sneak peek:

Introduction To Essay Writing
Get Ready To Write Essays
Generate Compelling Topics
Study Publications You Admire
Serve Readers Using Fiction Techniques
Draft Detailed Moments
String Together Scenes
Create A Moving Story With Contrast
Identify The Primary Conflict And Resolution
Craft A Beginning And Ending
Title Your Essay
Apply The Theater Of The Mind Test
Correct Common Mistakes
Thank You For Taking Effortless Essay Writing

I’m on track to create a new course each month for the rest of the year. I hope you will join in the fun!

This course has now launched and is available 24/7 in my online Creative Confidence school.

Learn More About Effortless Essay Writing Here

So much inspiration, so much time! Visit my online creative confidence school and start expressing yourself afresh right now. Join the creative confidence club: subscribe to the Christina Katz blog and sign up for The Prosperous Creative ezine for a free gift, the latest news and exclusive discounts you won’t find elsewhere. Need more encouraging words in your life? Check out my Etsy shop. And have you seen all of the helpful offerings in my online shop? Be sure to check it out before you click away. Thanks for reading and thanks for sharing my work with all of your creative friends!

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How To Go Positive When Everyone Else Is Going Negative

by @thewritermama on June 5, 2017

How To Go Positive When Everyone Else Is Going Negative blog post by Christina Katz

Staying positive when surrounded by negativity is a real challenge. Luckily genuine positivity comes from within and is a choice not a reflection of outside circumstances.

Yet these days, we have negative messages bombarding us from the media, people reacting to negative things they read and hear and see in the media, and folks who seem to have their dials set on negative with no interest in shifting their attitude.

I think it’s helpful to acknowledge negativity coming at us. Just as it is helpful to acknowledge our own negative feelings. Just as it’s helpful to say, I feel angry, I feel sad, I feel depressed, etc., it’s also helpful to say, Wow, the news is really dark today, I think I’ll focus on happier things, or I refuse to participate in hate, no matter how much a person seems to deserve it, or That person is toxic to me, so I need to stay away from her.

This kind of truth-telling flies in the face of if-you-don’t-have-anything-nice-to-say-then-don’t-say-anything-at-all politeness pressure. I’m not saying you have to spout your most intimate truths from the rooftops, but if you don’t have someone to confide in, pressure is likely to build up.

When we are less than honest about how we are impacted by our environment and others, we can’t help ourselves get to the higher ground we so desperately crave. And more genuine, heart-felt positivity is exactly what the world needs right now. It’s the only way we can offset so much negativity, and it’s also the only way to feel better ourselves.

Making ourselves feel better as soon as possible is the answer to creating a better world in the long run. I know it seems counter-intuitive, but it’s the only path to happiness and joy, which we have a right to regardless of how others choose to behave.

So how can we stay positive in negative times? Here are a few tips:

1. Keep in touch with how you feel. Notice if your energy is going up or down. Let your emotions be your barometer that determines how you act. Happier and more joyful means you have a lot to offer. Discouraged and overwhelmed means self-care is needed.

2. Don’t follow the crowd. Others may believe that watching news all day and reacting to every little thing that happens or may happen is the only appropriate way to behave. But you know yourself best. If tracking the current news and participating in public debates make you feel wretched, you don’t have to do it. If you can’t stay informed and take excellent care of yourself, then you need to be less or at least less frequently informed. Try backing off and see what happens to your energy.

3. Move in the direction of appreciation. What do you appreciate? Appreciation and gratitude are different. You don’t have to actively thank anyone with appreciation. You can just sit quietly and gaze at a single flower. The appreciation is the action and you benefit from it without anyone else being involved. If your appreciation moves you to gratitude, go for it, but remember, you are always entitled to a few moments of appreciation for its own sake. And if you don’t feel like taking grateful actions right now, appreciation is still valuable in its own right.

4. From appreciation move in a more positive direction for you. Sometimes it’s hard to switch gears from negativity to positivity without a pause in between. Let your genuine appreciation help you shift away from what feels bad and towards what feels good. The movement does not have to make logical sense, just go with what feels best. For example, don’t call back the demanding person who left a message on your cell phone. Let them wait. Instead do ten minutes of watering the garden, and then from there, pick a task that sounds good to you. Maybe preparing a healthy lunch is what you need. Do what you need and let everyone else take care of themselves.

5. Stay in the positive zone. The world is full of happy, heart-centered people. If you want to be happy, too, you’re going to have to stop hanging out with negative types and go find the positively focused folks. They are your tribe. Besides, you can’t change the negatively focused folks and there is no point in trying. If you have been taught that your role in life is to please others, you have to recover from that in order to find inner peace. You can start your recovery by eliminating toxic people from your life and keeping only relationships that feed your soul. When you expect positive people to come to you, you will start attracting them into your life.

6. The goal of life is sharing your gifts with the world. But if you can’t cut through the noise to find your gifts, then you can’t share them. Be willing to become an apprentice of a larger vision of yourself without hype or pressure. I see a lot of motivational coaches getting carried away with this message these days. But there is no rush. Your life already has good timing and when you pay attention to it, you will know what to do and when.

7. Get the help you need when you need it. I wish all of what I am suggesting was easy all the time. But the age we are living in can certainly be trying sometimes. Do you need an influx of more positivity? I offer courses for creative types who want to develop their self-confidence so they can express more of who they really are in the world. My goal is to create a safe space for personal growth that is satisfying and fulfilling in its own right and leads to natural increases in personal power from start to finish. If you are feeling tossed on the waves of the current cultural climate, I hope you will check out my school and take a course if you feel moved to enrich your life.

8. The next time you have the option—and you always have the option—express the positive thought, not the negative one. Every time you choose to share something positive, you make the world better. Every time you choose to share something negative, you make life harder for everyone. Nobody wants to feel like part of the problem. We all want to be part of the solution. But the bottom line in every moment is: you are either choosing to be positive or choosing to be negative. So what’s it going to be?

So much inspiration, so much time! Visit my online creative confidence school and start expressing yourself afresh right now. Join the creative confidence club: subscribe to the Christina Katz blog and sign up for The Prosperous Creative ezine for a free gift, the latest news and exclusive discounts you won’t find elsewhere. Need more encouraging words in your life? Check out my Etsy shop. And have you seen all of the helpful offerings in my online shop? Be sure to check it out before you click away. Thanks for reading and thanks for sharing my work with all of your creative friends!

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Does Your Home Reflect The Real You? It’s Easier, Less Expensive & More Fun Than You Might Think

by @thewritermama on May 23, 2017

Expressiveness begins at home. It has to. Home is the place where we feel the most safe, secure and relaxed, or at least it’s supposed to be.

And yet, it is so common to delay creating our fully expressed home until later.

We’ll do it later, when we have more time.

We’ll do it later, when we have more money.

We’ll do it later, because we just can’t seem to get started today.

Many people who are good with words, live so thoroughly in their minds, they may feel cut off from the spaces around them.

I have definitely tuned out my home at various points in my writing career. But the fact is, I feel happiest and most inspired at home, when I invest a little time each day into making my home a reflection of my most creative self. This is a virtuous cycle because a home invested with inspiration becomes a home that inspires.

Parents may neglect expressing themselves through their homes because they are focused on raising children. But when we create a home that reflects our most expressive selves, we teach our children invaluable lessons about sharing who we are.

We all deserve living spaces that feed and enrich our lives. Home is a sanctuary for refilling our creative well. Home is a place where we can rest deeply. Home is a place that affirms who we are and encourages us to dare next time we emerge.

I suppose a zen approach to being more mindful would be to have an empty home, but I encourage a more colorful, wabi-sabi approach in my new course, Expressive At Home. One thing I know for sure is that creative people often create clutter, and insights into who we are can be found there, just waiting to be discovered.

We usually think we have to go out in the world to seek our fortune in order to learn things about ourselves. But maybe we have been overlooking an important first step. Perhaps we carry home with us wherever we go, no matter what we are doing. My new course is a treasure hunt of sorts. If you try the simple exercises, you will learn valuable lessons about yourself.

Home can teach us who we are and what we value. Home can teach us what we want and what we don’t want. Home can strengthen us in the world or weaken our resolve. Home can be a giant canvas upon which our sense of self is writ large.

For me, having a home that reflects myself and my family makes us stronger individually and as a unit. Everyone needs a place to splash themselves around and witness what that looks like. Everyone needs permission to come home and really be home. Everyone needs a space of their own to feel fully accepted.

I have worked hard to create a new online course called Expressive At Home: Exercises To Skyrocket Your Creativity, which will help you create a home that expresses the most current and most authentic you.

Because I just launched this course, you have a limited-time opportunity to get it for half price. Once purchased, you have four months to complete the course and you can take it over and over within that time as many times as you like. It is my pleasure to create an online learning space that is safe, secure, and inspiring for folks like me who are interested in creativity, self-discovery and personal growth.

I hope you feel excited about the prospect of expressing more at home, so you can share more every time you go out into the world. Having a home you adore makes a huge difference.

Because the course is now complete, I am no longer seeking Beta users. So why not register today and take advantage of the course for 50%?

Click here to register for Expressive At Home

I am a veteran journalist, author and coach with over a decade and a half of experience and a wealth of techniques to share. I am focused on making the world a saner, more expressive place. I help folks become more creative for personal enjoyment, professional development and transformational growth. Whether you are a professional creative or hope to become one some day, I can help you embrace your personal strengths, explore your creative possibilities, and evolve incrementally into your most inspiring self. If you are ready to achieve creative consistency in your life and career, email me about monthly coaching calls. To learn more about increasing your creative confidence, please check out my online school. Stay tuned for ways to save money by becoming a Beta User for my next new course by subscribing to The Prosperous Creative. And don’t forget to get these blog posts delivered to your inbox, so you never miss a post. If you appreciate my work—school, products, blog and social media posts—you are welcome to make a contribution of any size at any time. Thank you for your support!

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Launch Date For Expressive At Home Moved To Friday, May 19th

by @thewritermama on May 13, 2017

I am moving the launch of Expressive At Home to Friday, May 19th.

I need more time, and I realized too late that my launch date choice would preclude me having a relaxing Mother’s Day. (Oops!)

Of course, I want the course to be the best it can be, and delaying a few days will help me reach this goal.

I am also extending the deadline for discounted registration.

You now have an extra week after the launch of the course — until Friday, May 26th at midnight to get the 50% off discount.

On May 27th, the price will go from $49 to $99.

I have to say that this is definitely the most transformational course I have ever created.

I am so glad I expanded my platform to include creativity because I definitely feel like the right person to be launching this course.

If you had told me ten years ago, after Writer Mama launched, that I would be launching a course like this, I would have said, “Oh good. Because that is a topic that I really need.”

Maybe that’s why the course content is feeding me so much. It’s support I’ve needed, given myself, and been assimilating for many years. And I don’t think there is anything out there quite like this course in all the world.

I hope you’ll join us! Learn more here.

If you were already planning to register, you may do so below. I will contact you via email within 12 hours of receiving your Paypal payment.

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Don’t Miss Your Chance To Get 50% Off Expressive At Home

by @thewritermama on May 9, 2017

I have been working hard on my new online course, and I am super excited about it. And then something hilarious happened.

I thought I would be sharing things I already know how to do because they are working for me in this course. And I will!

But what’s amazing is how much my home has changed since I dove into creating the course. Our place feels totally new and revitalized. Again!

I guess this is good because that is what I am promising students. I just didn’t realize I needed my own advice so much. But apparently, I did! And I am inspired to do even more for you, so stay tuned as more exciting changes unfold.

My hope is that Expressive At Home will have the same powerful, profound effect on you and your home as it has had on me. The format of the course has been evolving as I work on it, and I want to keep everyone up to date. So here is the latest iteration:

Updated Course Outline

Expressive At Home: Enlightening Exercises To Skyrocket Your Creativity

Are you tired of feeling like your current home does not reflect the person you have recently become?

Are you feeling fearful, tired, or distracted and looking for ways to re-ground your attention back into feeling more creative?

Do you feel like life has been so busy that you never seem to be able to make time for doing what you long to spend time doing?

Would you like to make discoveries about the ever-expanding person you are becoming with each new day?

Do you want to walk out your front door feeling energized and walk back in your front door feeling inspired?

This course contains invitations to explore your personal desires using your home as a mirror of what you want to express next. The exercises are simple yet evocative. Every part of the course will help you learn new things to appreciate about yourself.

This is not a course you complete in one day. The curriculum is meaty, contains how-to tutorials, and invites you to take gentle actions. You will also participate in hourly, daily, and monthly micro-processes that can enrich your life immediately.

Introduction To Expressive At Home

Tame Annoying Tolerations
Transform Stuck Energy
Create A Joy Journal
Open Up To The Flow Of Inspiration
Make Time For Hourly, Daily & Weekly Delights
Display Your Happiest Memories
Savor The Seasons
Decorate A Fun Focal Point
Cook Your Way To More Creativity
Relish A Room Of Your Own

Final Exercise: Dream Big In Every Room

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Course Promise:

If you are ready to go to bed joyful, wake up ecstatic, and go about your day humming a happy tune, then Expressive At Home is the course for you!

Once you update the way you interact with your home, happy exuberance will stay with you as you move out into the rest of your day.

If you want to change the world, start by transforming yourself into the most creative person you can be. Get up to date with yourself and your emerging passions without leaving the house. Expressive At Home will show you the way to become a happier you in an enriching private world so you can feel more powerful in all areas of your life.

Because when your home reflects the real you, everything else falls into place more easily.

I am taking sign-ups for Beta Users of the course until ~~Sunday at midnight (Mother’s Day)~~ Wednesday, May 17th at midnight. Beta users get the course for half price in exchange for helping me launch the course. You can read all of the details here. And you can sign up there or below.

If you have enjoyed my past courses on writing, platform, and personal development, and you wish to give your creativity a big boost, I am sure you will love Expressive At Home.

The course price doubles on ~~Monday~~ Thursday from $49 to $99. Hope you can join us by ~~Sunday~~ Wednesday at midnight! Look for an email from me within 12 hours of registering.

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Make A Bigger Impact On The World By Becoming More Expressive At Home

by @thewritermama on April 18, 2017

We are living in challenging times. Every day our senses are assaulted with crisis after crisis, and the overwhelming question we feel bearing down on us is: what are we going to do about it?

Unfortunately, living in a state of constant crisis is unhealthy. This type of stress is hard on our minds, on our bodies, on our emotions, and ultimately, on our spirits.

I see this playing out in post after post on social media. Mostly I see various degrees of outrage, contempt, or worse, hopelessness.

I have always believed that we can’t solve the problem at the level of the problem. I also believe that creative people are better off contributing to the world from a state of inspiration rather than a state of desperation.

We can change the world, and we can do it in a healthy manner when we focus closer to home first, before we speak or act. We can feel more personally powerful when we reel our attention back to the place where we live, and start there, rather than focusing too much on things beyond our control.

What do you have to offer the world?

Each of us is door to an endless stream of expression that can make the world a better place. But only if we believe that what we have to offer is valuable.

And believe it or not, you can go from creatively frustrated to creatively flourishing in just a few exercises. I have been teaching creatives for almost two decades—and I believe that self-appreciation gained through self-expression is something worth leaning.

This course is for creative women, and if you are a mother, I hope you will consider this course a Mother’s Day gift to yourself.

Being creative at home is not only for professional creatives, but if you are a creative professional, this course will refresh your process in multiple ways.

So what are you waiting for?

I am sure you would love to be more expressive at home and make your home a place that mirrors back how awesome you are.

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I hope you will join us for what is sure to be my most enlightening course yet!

I hope to work with you!

And thanks for sharing this post with anyone you know who might be interested in becoming more Expressive At Home!

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