Message sent with balloons
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Good morning all
How are you?
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It’s the first of the month and usually I would write a Note from the Sea. I’ve been doing this most months since 2016. I couldn’t write the words in that container. There was no anchor. They evaporated, expired, moved on. I’m probably not sending any more of those…
So instead, just to hold you in the liminal space, I’m sending these balloons.
The other night my daughter climbed in a rectangular whicker basket at bedtime and her whole body was submerged with just a little cheeky face peeking out. She’s three now and full of fun…
We could attach a hot air balloon and she’d go floating….
A creative suggestion, a playful invitation…
Her dad came in the room and picked her up inside the basket and danced her around the room and all was well and funny and so precious. The ceiling was the limit, boundless swooping possibility higher than she’d been before (in that room). Our crumpled green bed sheets and discarded bed time stories below; this girl has places to be.
When I started therapy last year it was to process loss. Loss of lots of things. Your words are held and your voice is heard and it alchemises in those rooms. You feel strange and better and over exposed and connected all at once.
Along the exact same timeline, my business was blowing my own mind and there were all of these possibilities of expansion in my inbox every single day.
When we take a birds eye view of our own life we can see more clearly the things that might be ready to fall away, the elements we’ve been holding onto out of fear or duty.
That’s where I’m at.
Big revelations for January in my world… perhaps it lands in yours too?
I’d love to hear from you in the comments about your periods of creative expansion?
Claire
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And so to February; here’s what’s happening;
I am speaking on my experiences with
at this February in Alnwick. I’m also interviewing Canadian best selling author there. I’ve spoken with Cait on my podcast you can listen here. Here is the website for tickets for both of our events.There are SO many incredible creatives and authors coming to, speaking at and joining us at the festival. I’m super excited! I’m also hosting a Substack writers meet up with my pal - book a free spot here and come hang out? There are 23 of you coming so far - YAY!I am running two classes over on Sparkle on Substack this February. I adore teaching my members how to stay creative on Substack - it’s a joy to hold space for you to grow sustainably and joyfully. Substack has changed my life and I’m so grateful.
After that there are some dates for our member get togethers here;
To access my members area and get access to all my paywalled posts, behind the scenes of my business tutorials and my vision board resource suite an reflection videos head here.
Hi - if you’re new here you’re welcome. I’m Claire and my business Creatively Conscious supports people to be more creative in ways that support their wellbeing. Realigning and reconnecting us to our soul work and honouring the creative process of growing a business in modern world. I live on the Northumberland coast with my family and our 5 pet chickens. I found Substack in April 2022 and recently wrote a piece for Best Selling author
about my journey since then if you fancy a read.
Hi Claire, am a new entrant to your online world and have been joyfully soaking up your posts and this was the first thing on my phone when I picked it up this morning - after a rough night of perimenopausal insomnia 😳
Just what I needed to read (and then even better to jump through to your piece for Russell). I too had my second baby in the pandemic (now a boisterous 3 year old which seems mad!) and can massively relate to the sense of creative change & expansion which it feels like I’ve been in for at least the last couple of years after releasing a film I’d been making for ten years and then trying to figure out what comes next. Feels like I’m definitely emerging out into that new phase and Substack will be a part of that for me I’m sure. Thanks for all that you’re doing and look forward to connecting more in 2024 🩷
Hello hello! I've seen your lovely name float by several times on Substack and I only just know realize that I've subscribed to, Sparkle on Substack, and not this one yet, haha. I just loved reading this and there were many snippets that I could relate to, from grieving loss to trusting the path ahead. It's been a journey of at least two years where I shifted and evolved and I'm finally beginning to feel more settled in this newness of self. Substack has been such a breath of fresh air and I'm looking forward to expand my world on here this year! And I'm also very much looking forward to all the magic that you will continue to share! ✨🤍 x