6 (AMAZING) Podcasts for Creative Women

I'm someone who is pretty much the queen of being the last to catch on to something, but I have to say, I was ahead of the curve when it came to podcasts.  I was an OG listener back in 2012 & even though it doesn't make me cooler at all, I really think it does (so please let me have this one).  I love podcasts & have so many favourites, but as a creative millennial I think I have 6 of my absolute favourites that I just have to tell you about.

As a 20-something creative, I really love sharing these podcasts & these recommendations are really well loved by me and my friends I've already shared them with.  I think what makes them work is that they all talk about things we're all really interested in, but without the pretense of having it all figured out.  I tend to love podcasts that feel like a journey that the host is taking us on, so knowing that they're learning as they go really makes me feel connected to the podcast + the host.

So, as a creative, sensitive entrepreneur who loves all things personal development, emotional intelligence & all in all, living your best life, here are my favourite podcasts to share about.  They range in length from about 30 min to 2.5 hours (thanks, Armchair Expert) but I love podcasts of all shapes and sizes.  If I'm missing one that you absolutely love, please put it in the comments!  I might not have heard of it yet, and I'm always looking for new podcast recommendations, so don't hold out!

The Lively Show with Jess Lively

I think this is my favourite podcast of all time.  Jess Lively is the queen of all things Law of Attraction, channeling energy, being positive & optimizing your life, but honestly, I couldn't care less if she was just reading the phone book.  Her voice is so light & positive that I love her podcast just because I like to hang out in her energy. 

Check it out for:  All things high-vibe, using science to explain the "woo-woo", optimizing your life, travel & living outside the box.

Magic Lessons with Elizabeth Gilbert

Have you read Big Magic yet?  Have you heard of Liz?

This podcast is a companion to Liz Gilbert's book Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear and Liz dives deep into what it means got live a creative life in both her podcast + her book.  I really recommend you read her book as an accompaniment (you could even get a free trial audiobook download from Audible if you like) but it's not necessary to enjoy the podcast.  Although the book would look absolutely gorgeous on any book shelf.

Check it out for:  In depth advice & specific examples on how to live a fulfilling, creative life.

Taking Up Space with Jordyn Fitzgerald

Jordyn Fitzgerald is a full time fibre & lettering artist with a beautiful coaching side to her that she uses to encourage women to come into their voice.  She walks you with her as she discovers this for herself & shares great content on her podcast as she learns and applies it to her own podcast.  She's great with all things feelings, but has shared about femininity & finances, too.

Check it out for:  Conversational emotional awareness + self growth, rawness and organic connection.

Bloom Where You're Planted with Andrea Ouellette

Bloom Where You're Planted is not only an amazing resource for sensitive creatives seeking their most effective & effervescent lives, but it's my podcast!  Every week, I share what I'm learning about my own personal growth on my journey to live my best life & I share how other creatives can try what I've learned and make it work for them.  I'm all about creativity, abundance, good vibes & optimizing your life & productivity. 

Check it out for:  Living creatively, Increasing your abundance, good vibes, positivity & productivity. 

The Creative Empire Podcast with Reina Pomeroy + Christina Scalera

This is one of my favourite podcasts for business strategy - especially if you run a creative business.  Reina is a life + business coach + Christina is a contract lawyer for creative entrepreneurs, and the way they approach biz, strategy & mindset is awesome.  Even if I'm not sure I'll take something away from an episode, I always listen, because I undoubtedly learn something useful regardless.

Check it out for:  Business strategy, living a balanced life as an entrepreneur, encouragement, mindset & personal development.

The Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

K, this podcast is seriously one of my new favourites.  Dax Shepard seems to be the key of emotional- & self-awareness, and I'm here for it.  It's relatively new, has got great guests (even Ellen DeGeneres) and has really hooked me.  This is a long-form podcast, with episodes usually around the two hour mark, so it's a great weekly staple. 

Since Dax is aware that he's the type of guy to pontificate on things he's less than an expert on, at the end of every episode, he records a Fact-check with his friend & producer, Monica.  It's really, really nice to see a podcast host who is ready to be called out when he's wrong.

Check it out for: an honest look at emotions, psychology, our more shadowy tendencies, addiction & personal growth.

If you're struggling with finding a new podcast to listen to & haven't checked these out, I highly suggest you go & listen.  These are definitely some of my favourites, and if you're a creative like me, I think you'll love them too! I know committing to a new podcast might be overwhelming to some of you (hell, it is to me) so maybe start with one episode & let it suck you in from there.

If you give any of these a listen, let me know what you loved (& what you didn't!) in the comments below!

Lotsa love,

Andrea

The Pillar Method - Building Sustainable Routines for Sensitive Creatives

This one's for all the creatives who can't follow a morning routine for more than 2 days.

The thing with daily routines is that too much structure can be stifling for creatives.  It can turn a well-meaning nighttime routine into a long to-do list full of even more stuff you have to do, and I'm not here for that.

My approach to routine is essentials-only.  I think that the more stuff people have in their daily routine, the easier it is to get overwhelmed & not even try, so this week's podcast episode walks you through the process of creating a sustainable routine.  You can listen in the player here, or you can search for it on iTunes & Spotify!

If you'd like an ebook walking you through the pillar method, you just have to sign up for my email list & you'll get it immediately.  That way, you don't have to worry about taking notes, you can just listen, read the quick ebook & implement.

Here's what I mentioned in this episode:

My FREE community for self-aware creatives

Thanks for listening! Lotsa love,

Andrea

Productivity Game-Changers for Sensitive Creatives

In this weeks episode of Bloom Where You're Planted, I go in on my favourite productivity game changers.  I'm not talking about everything and everything, instead, I kept this list short and sweet by ONLY including the most significant, productivity having game changers.  Give it a listen, I made this episode JUST for creative entrepreneurs like myself!

Here's the good stuff I mentioned in this episode: 

EP 16 - My nightly routine to attract abundance + manifest joy & productivity

Productivity Planner

Pomodoro Technique

Thanks for listening!  Lotsa love,

Andrea

PS:  I have a free facebook group for sensitive creatives looking to level up & live their best lives over here.  I'm talking being your most effective, efficient & effervescent self.  Productivity tips, coaching, Q+A's and all sorts of other good stuff inside.  Join here!

Day-In-The-Life of a Solopreneur

This week, I took you with me through the morning, afternoon & evening of a typical work day as a podcaster + blogger.  You might notice I do things a little differently - I definitely like to blend my work day & my personal time as much as possible, which really helps keep me stimulated, energized & on task.  I also shared some of the ways that I optimize my productivity during my work-hours so I can be more present in my downtime at the end of the day.

Things I mentioned this week:

• The pomodoro technique
• Last week's episode on my nighttime routine

You can listen to the podcast on the players linked here, or you can always search for it on iTunes & Spotify.  If you love it, it'd be great if you gave it a review on iTunes, it really helps me get more earballs on it. 

If you'd like even more of a peek into my day-to-day, give me a follow on Instagram!  I love updating my stories & can't wait to show you the garden I just planted with my honey.  If you're more of a Facebook kind of person, I have a Page that would love some love & I even have a private online community for sensitive creatives that you can join right here. 

Lots of love,

Andrea

Leveling-Up For Sensitive Creatives - The Plot Twist I Didn't Expect

Leveling-up is a big topic (and honestly, I could go on forever about leveling-up, mindset, and how to propel forward both personally & professionally) but to boil it down, it's simply one word:  expansion.  You're expanding your purpose, your impact + effectiveness and with that, everything else has to expand, too.  Your self-awareness, your mindset, your consciousness, your energy (both emotional and physical).  You need to expand into the new self you're growing into, and it’s a gorgeous (but sometimes uncomfortable). 

A seed has to crack open to let a tree grow.

When I went through this (and as I continue to expand,) I think it's safe to say that I'm feeling it all.  I'm feeling the height of the highs & the low of the lows, the wins, the losses, the emails that don't get delivered, the upgrades to free 2-day shipping, all of it.  Because sensitive creatives feel it all.

Now, we know by now that I'm essentially a creative peach  that's been tossed in a backpack for lunch:  I'm a little bruised, a little messy & delicious.  On top of that, I'm game for a challenge, especially if it challenges my growth and mindset, so pushing my growth & leveling up was really exciting to me.

Until it wasn't.

Challenging yourself is a lot more fun when you're actually doing a good job, but when you're struggling, it's not as romantic as it sounds.  It looked a lot more like me, wide-eyed in front of a too bright computer monitor, eyes darting around the screen wondering "why won't this make sense!?" and it wasn't a great time.  I wanted to level up, I wanted to expand my potential, and I was sure that I was doing the right things - they all made sense, but they weren't moving me forward the way I saw them work for others. 

I was journaling, meditating, strategizing, implementing, eating well, sleeping, all the things they tell you not to forget.  I was nailing them, all these "gamechangers" that everyone told me would work, and they just, well, weren't.  It was really hard to not feel like a failure, but I was really determined to figure this out & make it work for me, so I decided to start gathering information about it.  As much as it was super tempting to wallow & let my feeling-brain feel defeated, my logical brain knew that I had to be missing something (and since my main interest over the past two years has been learning about online business, I knew that it was probably right under my nose).

Then, the signs started seeping in: I started seeing ads for free communities & FB groups, my favourite podcasters were talking about the importance of connection for creatives, I started getting mentioned in online communities, all kinds of things.  It started to seem pretty obvious that I overlooked a big part of growing & expanding both personally and professionally, and I hated it.

I understood how someone could have overlooked that, y'know, if community was their thing, but it's just not my thing, so it couldn't be that.  How could I, the sensitive, introverted creative, be missing other people when I knew I needed to focus & maintain my energy?  I couldn't fathom how being more social could be helpful, even if It was becoming undoubtable that I needed to be around people who understood me + what I was going through.

In person events were a hard no from me, not only are those way more tiring, but no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't even find any in my hometown, so that obviously wasn't going to work.  But, I kept my mind open + tried to manifest some solutions to this block I had in my personal growth, and there it was, shining down on me in my Facebook sidebar.  A group.

I started joining as many Facebook Groups as I could find.  If it sounded like my kinda place or my kinda people, I was there answering questions & requesting to join.  It helped.  It was a low-pressure community that I could step away from anytime I felt the least bit overwhelmed, and I enjoyed the fact that I could surround myself with the energy of other people trying to level up and live their best life.  The support & sense of community did help, everyone was right, but even though I found groups I enjoyed, I never quite found the right fit.

Don't get me wrong, I still really benefited from the communities in those other FB groups, but I knew that it could be even better.  Because, yeah, at the end of the day, I fit in with all of those groups, but none of the groups really felt like they fit me.  All of the stuff that comes with being highly sensitive & highly creative, plus the drive to live your most effective + effervescent life wasn't really there for me, so I knew I had to try something new so I could share my win with my fellow dreamers & makers.

I made a FREE Facebook group called North Collaborative just for sensitive creatives looking to be more effective & effervescent.  We're working together to lift each other up, offer support & be seen, and I'd love for you to join me.  It's exactly what I needed when I was a struggling creative, and it would have been a great alternative to piecing together my community like a collage, so if it feels like a fit, I hope you join me.  We hang out on Facebook, and as your host, I like to go live, chat about my growth, answer your questions & start conversations, but I'm not the only one.  I love love love opening the floor to talk all things growth, personal development (or, you know, just life) to all of my members, and love watching them share & be supported. 

It's still a new group, so it's a small community, but watching it slowly grow over the last few weeks (when I launched it to my podcast + email people) has been so wonderful & completely joyful.  I've included some sign-up links to join me through this post, but if you missed them, you can sign up right here + join our tight-knit group of sensitive, creative dream chasers.

My advice:  if you're pushing yourself to grow, but you're feeling resistance, question everything.  Take chances.  Try something new.  Zoom out + try to see the big picture, and ask for a solution to become clear to you.  IT might be a bit of a wakeup call, but ultimately, you control your own life, so don't be afraid to pursue the solution (however it may look).  Follow your intuition, whether that means taking more time to rest, trying a new strategy, focusing your energy elsewhere, or finding a community & embracing support, like it was for me. 

Don't push back.  Open yourself up to your solution + take a chance on yourself.

My Nightly Routine to Attract Abundance, Joy + Productivity

Nightly routines.  Yep.  I'm going there, here on the blog and on the podcast, too.  Did you catch this week's episode?

I know I have not been a fan of routines in the past, and that's still true.  I even made a podcast about it, where I talked about ditching my morning routine (right here!).  I'm a person who finds most structure restricting & excessive, and I definitely don't like a lot of it in my downtime.  A lot of structure doesn't feel restful to me, it feels like my work day is just continuing.  I definitely need time to "do nothing," but that doesn't mean that all structure is useless to me.

Lately, I've been craving the comfort of a little consistency.  Since I can set my schedule however I'd like, sometimes that means that my days look drastically different from each other, and I've been feeling a little scattered about it - trouble sleeping, higher anxiety, more irritable.  I felt that bringing in a little more routine to my nighttimes might help wind me down after a day full of creativity, vulnerability & showing up.  So far, I was right. 

But, I knew I couldn't just fill my night with arbitrary things that I felt pressured to check off every night.  I knew that a long routine like that would only wind me up more, and that's the last thing I wanted.  I knew I needed to create a routine that both wound me down & kept my emotional energy and vibration high, so I got to work constructing a very simple, minimal routine.

Since I'm the type of person who needs to turn their brain off at the end of the day, I decided to pick only the most integral parts of a good night, and make the routine from there.  I looked at the steps in my routine as Pillars, leaving lots of room between them to breathe & flow as you wish, while still taking care of myself and my vibration.

This left me with a super minimal routine of 4 things that really help move the needle when it comes to improving my night & feeling my joy.  None of these things are overly complex or taxing, and I really love how easy it is to go through this routine while still staying present & enjoying my night with my boyfriend, who works out of the house during the day. 

Here's how my super minimal, framework-style nighttime routine works:

eat a good dinner

I'm not the best about eating regularly during the day.  I'm notorious for either completely forgetting to eat, or just grazing mindlessly through the day, one leaves me exhausted & shaky, the other empties my fridge & makes me bloated.   Neither is a super sexy option, but ultimately, during the day, I don't think to eat.  My body doesn't respond well to eating first thing, and I like to work a little bit in the morning on an empty stomach, it helps keep me sharp.

As much as I'm working on it, I knew that since I tend to forget to eat properly, I needed to include a good dinner that leaves me feeling full & satisfied.  This way, I can be sure I'm eating at least ONE good meal a day, so if I ate like crap (or not at all), my body isn't running on fumes & I have a nice full belly when I'm trying to sleep.

80% of the time, this meal is pretty healthy, with lots of veggies, but it doesn't HAVE to be - my priority is just to feel full, because that really helps me sleep.  If I'm in the mood for something more indulgent (or even fast food) I definitely work this in once-in-a-while, but I generally try to keep it balanced & at least incorporate some veggies and hummus or a healthy snack if I need something later on.

decide on my clothes the night before

I'm not someone who's very productive working in my pyjamas from the couch.  Sometimes that's how it is, but generally, I'm most productive when I'm looking cute, wearing a little makeup + bra, and I even have a pair of inside shoes I wear.  

Mind you, these outfits are not business casual, they're simple + comfy.  For instance, yoga pants + a comfy, cute top is pretty much my uniform, no jewelry and just a little makeup.  Since my outfit is so simple, with only a few main pieces, I don't need to lay it out or make a big show of it.  This step is as simple as having an idea of what I want to wear & making sure it isn't dirty.  If I have to get it from the dryer in the morning, that's totally fine.

self-love

For me, my favourite act of self-love is making sure to carve out time for myself.  Most nights, this looks like netflix & snacks with my honey.  Making myself a priority without putting adding any pressure to "perform" is a game-changer for me.

Since I like to leave lots of time for myself within my nighttime routine, I sometimes work in other nice things.  A minimal routine like this really leaves room for me to flow to whatever feels good without feeling rushed or exhausted.  Sometimes, when I'm feeling it, I'll work in other, more self-care style things like a DIY facial, taking a bath or sauna, going for a walk, exercising, or doing something creative (like painting, drawing, writing, or playing music).

plan the next day

This probably isn't news to you, but planning out your priorities in advance really helps to level up your productivity AND it saves your mental energy.  It helps give me the reassurance that I can hit the ground running the next day, it gets my distracting, end-of-the-day thoughts out of my brain and on paper, and I don't have to keep going through my list all night so I don't forget anything.

This is something you can keep really simple.  If you like apps, you can even just use the reminders tool on your phone to do this, if you're a pen-and-paper kind of person, then a post-it on your desk could even do the job.  If you want to get a little more functionality, you could use project planning software like Asana or Trello, or a paper day planner works great too.

In the past, I've mainly used Asana + a bullet journal to stay on top of my day-to-day, but I recently found a tool I wanted to share with you called the Productivity Planner.  I still use Asana to manage the moving parts of my business projects, but I'm really loving the productivity Planner for two reasons:  It's a non-digital way to plan my life (I love apps, but too much screen time can leave me a little overstimulated, so a paper planner is ideal) and it does seem to be boosting my productivity.  It's a planning system as well as a planner, and if you're into it, I'd highly suggest you check it out, because here I am: giving them a free promo without a sponsorship.  Needless to say, I'm a big fan & I've been sharing a peek into my planner over on  my Instagram.

So, that's my super minimal, pillar/framework style night time routine.  I'm so, so thrilled that I finally figured out a way to make nighttime routines work for me + my life, and on top of that, I'm so excited that I get to share it with you, now that I've worked out the kinks.  I hope you try it out for yourself! If you do, leave a comment on the podcast or the here on the blog & let me know!

PS:  If you loved this post, it's also a podcast!  You can hear me go more in-depth on the topic by playing it in the players on this post OR listening on iTunes or Spotify!

PPS:  You know I'm obsessed with Instagram, right?  On my podcast, I always like to share a little about my week + what's new with me, but Instagram's really where the party's at for me.  GO give me a follow!  More of a Facebook kinda person?  I have a page you can check out AND a private group for sensitive creatives (you can sign up here!)

3 Lies Creative Women Keep Believing (even though they're too smart for that shit.)

So, it should be no secret at this point that I think creative women are SO, SO important.  Not only is everyone important, just because they're a person on this planet, but creative women have the potential to inspire & enrich the lives of people around them like no other.  It's not just through their creative work, but through modelling the resilience of creative, independent women.

The thing is, though, this resilience isn't easy to tap in to.  Living a creative life requires choosing it over and over, and sometimes it involves blazing a trail for yourself.  It's not easy, but it's definitely a doable, effervescent, and effective way to live.

The thing is, there's a lot of misinformation running around about what exactly creative life looks like, and it's not doing you any favours.  These myths make it way harder for creatives to focus on what's important, get shit done & avoid overwhelm.  Yeah.  Those are all already difficult things to manage as a creative, so here I am to debunk these myths to make things a little easier on ya.

The first myth:  putting yourself first makes you a bad wife/mother.

• Can we just, as a whole, not?
• Putting yourself first DOES NOT EQUAL being selfish
• Putting yourself first means taking care of yourself, following your passion and letting your intuition guide you toward your best life.  It means not working till your burnt out, setting & respecting boundaries and ultimately not letting yourself be a doormat.
  • In no way does putting yourself first mean ignoring your crying baby, cheating on your husband, abandoning your loved ones or being a lone, weird artist in the woods
  • This is about serving & protecting your own energy levels so you can show up for the things that matter to you
  • I'm not here to burn down your life
• Your intuition knows what's best for you and will maintain the priorities you're meant to have.  It'll call on your discipline when you need it, it'll maintain your responsibilities, but putting yourself first & tuning into your intuition is an excellent way to curate your commitments.
• Putting yourself first doesn't mean abandoning discipline & ignoring the needs of others - It just means that you're careful to keep your own cup full when you pour into others.
• Creating is just another form of serving others, so when you pour yourself into a creative project, your cup has to be full or you'll have nothing left.
• Making sure your own cup is full is a great way to more consistently show up professionally, creatively & personally - it just requires putting yourself first. 

So there we have it.  This weird ass myth that people keep insisting is true, as though creative women just want to watch the world burn so we must quiet our passions for the good of the race.

MYTH 2: IF I'M NOT A FULL-TIME ARTIST, I'M NOT A REAL CREATIVE

• It's easy to devalue your creativity if it isn't bringing in income
  • You should measure it's value based on other metrics, like how it relaxes you, what your pieces add to the lives of the people you share it with, etc
• EVERYONE is creative about SOMETHING
  • You could be really good at spreadsheets, patterns, chemistry, all sorts of non-traditional things!
• Everyone is REAL, everyone is CREATIVE, so, therefore, you're a REAL CREATIVE
  • Your creativity is a beautiful thing to carry with you in your pocket to take out when you need it, not a badge to flash in someone's face
  • It's not a thing you have to earn, it's a thing you ARE.

MYTH 3:  A CREATIVE LIFE IS A LONELY LIFE

• For some people, they do really create better on their own, but many don't
  • Many people thrive in group work settings & work best when they can bounce ideas off of each other
• Creativity is about transforming the world we're living in and creating something new from the pieces
  • Connecting with other people is great creative fodder & adds wisdom to your work
• A creative community is great to call on when you're having trouble moving forward with a project or finding inspiration
• Humans are pack animals, so having access to a creative community (even if you're not super active within it) can offer reassurance that you're not in it alone
• There are a lot of hard parts to being a creative (or , if you're like me, a sensitive creative) so calling on people who "get it" has been super energizing for me
• It doesn't have to be hard to find a creative community.  I suggest checking out the places in your town where creatives gather & trying to immerse yourself in the community around you.
  • If this is intimidating, you can turn to social media to help you find your tribe and foster great connections.  Do your best to participate however you can.
• It doesn't have to be scary:  If you're nervous about jumping in and meeting a bunch of new people, but you're ready to level up and live your best life, then check out my new private FB group
  • When I realized how crucial my creativity was in figuring out how to live my best life, I started a private FB group to help me find my tribe
  • Now, my newsfeed isn't just alarming headlines - seeing group posts created for & by creative women honestly transforms my day
  • North Collaborative is a free, shared space for sensitive creatives  (like moi) to give + receive support & good vibes
  • You can sign up right here!
• Creativity is definitely something you CAN do alone, but when you share it with others, your actions lead the way for them to follow their own bliss + live their best life.

So, here are some of the myths we've been dealing with lately.  If you've heard of any other problematic myths about female creative life, feel free to post them in the comments!  I dove as deep as i could on this post, though, and if you're craving even more info, you can always check out the podcast episode I did on this topic that goes perfectly with this post.  You can check it out on the players I've attached, or catch up on all the episodes of the Bloom Where You're Planted Podcast here.  Check it out, subscribe, & tell me what you think!

PS: Don't forget to sign up for my free FB group for sensitive creatives! I'm really excited to be able to deliver something as important as community to my people.  

As always, lots of love! 

I'll see you soon,

Andrea

BWYP EP 13: Struggling Creative? Here's your missing piece.

To be honest, most days, I feel like the definition of a struggling creative.  It's really easy to take the best parts of being creative for granted while hating on my sensitivity, lack of focus & self-doubt.  I'm not saying all creatives struggle with this, but I definitely do.  

Most days, I struggle to feel focused, grounded & supported as I pursue life as a sensitive creative entrepreneur, and after a little digging, I've learned that I'm not alone (even if I feel that way).  Other creative women feel the same way that I do, I just haven't found enough of them.   But, scrolling through instagram, watching & listening to what other creative women are sharing & connecting with them in the comments feels like food for my creative soul & I'm here for it.  I feel represented, in community, seen.

My blog (which you're reading) and my podcast, Bloom Where You're Planted, is a love letter to my creativity, in an effort to embrace & optimize myself as I am.  I'm tired of working against myself, in the past year I've really made an effort to embrace my creativity & make something beautiful from it, instead of trying to produce other things despite it.  But, as I shared, I'm not the most effective creative when I'm left without structure, so I've been looking for different ways that I can live my most effective, efficient & effervescent life.

Community.  I think I've figured it out.  I'm not sure, I haven't quite tested it out yet, but I'm pretty sure that as a sensitive creative, I need to surround myself with people who get it, and so do you.  Who not only push me to grow, but give me a soft place to land, share & just be.  As I continue to explore this, I'm getting more & more certain that in order for us to grow & live our best lives (effective, efficient AND effervescent) access to a community like this is crucial.

Because, It doesn't take much for me to feel like a sweet little peach at the bottom of a backpack.  Sweet, soft, the perfect companion to a summer day, great bum, but requires a gentle hand or can end up easily bruised.  And I know I'm not alone.

So, in this week's podcast (which you can check out on iTunes & Spotify) I'm talking about how I'm levelling up as a creative, and I'm inviting you along with me as I try it out. 

I've created a closed Facebook Group for sensitive, creative women that you can sign up for right here!  I know I'm not the only one who's craving something like this, so I'm launching + growing this group into something that feels safe, open & encouraging, so my other sensitive creatives can enjoy and grow along with me and the group.

The group is called North Collaborative (just like this blog!) and I'm gonna be your host.  I'm really excited to use this space to get to know each of you a little better, and you can also get to know me!  I'm gonna do what I do best over there, sharing my tips & ideas to help sensitive creatives have fun + get more shit done.

So, for all you sensitive creatives, I hope you're doing well!  Ideally, you aren't craving community because you're beautifully surrounded + supported in your day-to-day, but if not, I urge you to change that.  Finding other creatives that you can connect with will not only make you feel more supported, but will likely bring forth some of your best creativity.  If you're struggling to find your people and an online community sounds right to you, you can sign up below, but if online doesn't sound like your best option, then get out into your community & meet new people. 

I really encourage you to make this change if it feels right for you.  I was really nervous to try something new, but even the beginning stages have made it clear to me that this was the right move.  

Lotsa love,

Andrea