Coaching With Creativity
Discover how to be creatively mindful. Free creative activities and fresh insights to keep you feeling alive and connected to all that matters.
Here you'll discover how to have a more a creative mindset. One that can boost your self-esteem, confidence and sense of life purpose. The articles you'll read here are about helping you think more creatively so you have the skills to solve problems, make better life choices and reach your goals.
It’s written by creative arts therapist and life coach, Barbara Grace.
You can contact Barbara through the School of Modern Psychology at: barbara@schoolofmodernpsychology.com.au
Surprisingly, it has nothing to do with thinking.
Particularly logical thinking. That’s the death star of intuition.
Also surprisingly, it has nothing to do with tapping into deep emotions.
Getting stuck there usually stops any action from happening – except over-analysis.
Not surprisingly, it’s counter-intuitive to everything you’ve ever been taught about learning.
Read MoreImagine if you could gift yourself 10 minutes for serious play - the sort where you let any cares drift away - if you can imagine this, then let's do as Marcel Proust says:
"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
With this in mind, let's take a creative light-hearted look at the 'prints' we leave. Have fun with this activity - it's meant to be fresh, open and inviting.
Read MoreCreativity isn't a birthright.
Creativity is inherent in each one of us. Some shut it down early. Some revel in it and keep its curiosity alive.
What about you? Could you enhance your creativity with a few simple tools?
Check out this video and try it for yourself.
Read MoreSaw this quote recently: "If a person, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself." Jacques-Yves Cousteau. recently. It stopped me in my tracks. I began asking myself 'Is feeling grateful for all the gifts I've received in this life is enough?' What about you - what does 'being grateful' mean in your life - a journal entry - or something more tangible?
Read MoreCan you imagine leaping out of bed each morning with a raging surging feeling of joy ripping through your body telling you that you're living the most incredible, most amazing, most inspirational life possible?
Nope? Well you're not alone.
Every day millions of people go through the motion of living. And that's it. They go through the motions. Unfortunately, life has a 'get-what-you-give' philosophy and without much giving there aint much getting.
Kick-starting that internal engine of yours can be a little tricky if it's a bit rusty or low in fuel - so let's have a look at 3 simple ways to jump start it.
Read MoreI don't know about you, but finding my ‘purpose in life’ took longer than I expected. I remember being in my teens and early twenties and believing that I had something ‘special’ to do in life. While I wasn’t sure what it was, I had this sense that it was worthwhile – perhaps you had a similar feeling.
Read MoreHere's a short Creative Mindfulness Activity to do :) Enter it with a moment of lightness, openness and curiosity, for these are the gifts to insight, courage and intuitive awareness.
Read MoreWhat is Creative Mindfulness - expressing the moment.
Read MoreWhat is Creative Mindfulness: Episode 3 Creativity and Change
Read MoreObservation is one of our greatest gifts and can keep us more aware of the small things that can ultimately matter the most. Creative Mindfulness is a way of bringing presence and awareness together.
Read MoreDiscover the gentle art of creative mindfulness and help change lives. Coaching with creativity is a natural way to feel more confident so you live with greater meaning and purpose in your life.
A fresh approach to living with more mindful presence. See how tiny daily habits reveal 'patterns' that may be sabotaging your goals, your dreams, your life.
Barbara grace, director - school of modern psychology and developer of 'creative mindfulness'
I have worked with people for over 30 years as educator, coach and therapist. While no one tool can meet everyone's needs, I believe Creative Mindfulness is a way of connecting with what lays beneath the surface of our conscious mind - and it is here that the greatest change work can happen in a gentle and guided way.
I invite you to join me for a journey where your innate creativity is re-kindled as a tool to bring awareness to your values and how they could be impacting the way you relate to others - and more importantly yourself.
My qualifications include: MA, MEd, Grad Dip CEAT, NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer, Creative Mindfulness Master Coach, Hypnotherapist, Hypnosis Trainer (ABH)
