Amplify! with Karen Curry Parker

Welcome to Amplify!. As a special 4-part series during April and May of 2022, we are re-releasing some of our favorite episodes from our companion microcast, Cosmic Revolution with Karen Curry Parker. If you enjoy these episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow Cosmic Revolution on your favorite podcasting platform to hear all the past episodes from Karen and to be notified when new episodes release.   Click here to be taken to the Cosmic Revolution show page or see at the end of the show notes for links to all major platforms!   We’ll be back at the end of May 2022 with new episodes of Amplify! and Cosmic Revolution with Karen Curry Parker! - - - The gap created between physical and virtual realms is the difference in the way we treat one another.  No reasonable and good human would communicate with another human the ways trolls treat each other online or with the ease at which we can text and email each other terrible things without much thought. A small percentage of the people in the world are affecting a large portion of what we are experiencing and our consequent perception of reality. If we look at the world through the lens of math, 80% of the resources of the world are controlled by 20% of the people.  20 percent of your efforts in life net 80% of the results.  This is called the Pareto Principle or the 80/20 Rule.  The Pareto principle states that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes, often referred to as the “vital few.” What if our actions ARE actually significant and powerful?  What if we can change the world simply by making small, incremental changes in 20% of our actions to generate 80% more growth? What if we don’t have to transform our entire life, just 20% of it, to begin to experience the effects of these small changes?    To find out more about how to continue your dreams and make a difference in your world, visit Karen Curry Parker at quantumalignmentsystem.com   You are a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event. Karen Curry Parker   Follow Cosmic Revolution on Apple Podcasts Follow Cosmic Revolution on Spotify Follow Cosmic Revolution on Google Podcasts Follow Cosmic Revolution on Audible

Welcome to Amplify!. As a special 4-part series during April and May of 2022, we are re-releasing some of our favorite episodes from our companion microcast, Cosmic Revolution with Karen Curry Parker. If you enjoy these episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow Cosmic Revolution on your favorite podcasting platform to hear all the past episodes from Karen and to be notified when new episodes release.   Click here to be taken to the Cosmic Revolution show page or see at the end of the show notes for links to all major platforms!   We’ll be back soon with new episodes of Amplify! and Cosmic Revolution with Karen Curry Parker!   - - -   I was in middle school the first time I heard the expression, “Knowledge is Power.”  What Sir Francis Bacon didn’t lay out in his brilliant statement is specifically what kind of knowledge do you need to have to be powerful.  Obviously, it isn’t knowledge about lichens - or - from my more adult perspective, knowledge about how to soothe a newborn baby, how to fix a hearty bowl of soup to feed your family when funds are tight, or how to emotionally prop up an anxious 12-year-old during a pandemic. What kind of knowledge was Sir Francis Bacon actually referring to? What is knowledge?  Who decides what is knowledge?  Or, on a more frightening note, what is truth?   To find out more about how to continue your dreams and make a difference in your world, visit Karen Curry Parker at quantumalignmentsystem.com   You are a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event. Karen Curry Parker   Follow Cosmic Revolution on Apple Podcasts Follow Cosmic Revolution on Spotify Follow Cosmic Revolution on Google Podcasts Follow Cosmic Revolution on Audible

Welcome to Amplify!. As a special 4-part series during April and May of 2022, we are re-releasing some of our favorite episodes from our companion microcast, Cosmic Revolution with Karen Curry Parker. If you enjoy these episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow Cosmic Revolution on your favorite podcasting platform to hear all the past episodes from Karen and to be notified when new episodes release.   Click here to be taken to the Cosmic Revolution show page or see at the end of the show notes for links to all major platforms!   We’ll be back at the end of May 2022 with new episodes of Amplify! and Cosmic Revolution with Karen Curry Parker! - - - Let’s imagine a world of sustainable, equitable peace: A world where all people feel loved, empowered, and able to make their unique contribution to the world. A world where we all heal the karma and the pain of the past and only bring forward the lessons and the blessings from what we’ve experienced, and the intention to write a new story of humanity that is equitable and just. Let’s imagine a world where everyone is safe from war, hatred, discrimination, and terror. Where we see the Heart of each other and we honor the unique expression of each and every one of us. A world where we are free to choose who and how we love, and we embrace the many faces and facets of love. A world where words are used to uplift, create, empower, love, and honor each other. A world where we honor all sentient beings and serve as sacred stewards for this breathtaking and awe- inspiring planet. We see ourselves living in a world where our natural state of wonder in connection with our true creative power is kept alive and celebrated and where everyone honors their unique gifts and knows that each life is a precious once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event.   To find out more about how to continue your dreams and make a difference in your world, visit Karen Curry Parker at quantumalignmentsystem.com   You are a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event. Karen Curry Parker   Follow Cosmic Revolution on Apple Podcasts Follow Cosmic Revolution on Spotify Follow Cosmic Revolution on Google PodcastsFollow Cosmic Revolution on Audible

Welcome to Amplify!. As a special 4-part series during April and May of 2022, we are re-releasing some of our favorite episodes from our companion microcast, Cosmic Revolution with Karen Curry Parker. If you enjoy these episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow Cosmic Revolution on your favorite podcasting platform to hear all the past episodes from Karen and to be notified when new episodes release.   Click here to be taken to the Cosmic Revolution show page or see at the end of the show notes for links to all major platforms!   We’ll be back at the end of May 2022 with new episodes of Amplify! and Cosmic Revolution with Karen Curry Parker! - - -   What’s rarer than the hope diamond? More precious than any gem? You. We truly are standing on the very edge of a Creative Revolution.  You play a vital role in this revolution.  Your own personal healing of your internal sense of your worth is THE MOST important thing you can do to heal the planet right now.  When you do that, everything that emanates from you will be sustainable and influential on a deep level. The planets, and the world, and the universe, and your divine siblings have their “hands” on your back.  They are pushing you into a curriculum of healing that will transform your life and the world. You deserve it. I’m humbled to be on the planet with you, dear Cosmic Revolutionary, at this very pivotal time.   To find out more about how to continue your dreams and make a difference in your world, visit Karen Curry Parker at quantumalignmentsystem.com   You are a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event. Karen Curry Parker   Follow Cosmic Revolution on Apple Podcasts Follow Cosmic Revolution on Spotify Follow Cosmic Revolution on Google Podcasts Follow Cosmic Revolution on Audible

What do we do as creatives when the world feels like it’s falling apart?  When children need to be rescued and fed?  When brave people take to the streets to fight for their precious freedom in the face of an onslaught by a bully?   It’s easy to feel discouraged and disheartened during times when it looks like the world is headed in a direction that seems so counter to what our Hearts know as truth.  I want my own world to stop along with the world of the Ukrainians - a sort of collective, empathic, breath-holding… I want the world I imagine in my morning hours - a world of equitable, just, abundant, and sustainable peace - to be a part of the current reality of the world, RIGHT NOW… But how do we win wars, feed children, build a free world, and tackle the challenges facing humanity today?  Innovation begins with metaphors, dreams, and stories that invite us to ask the question, “What else is possible?”  The seemingly impossible always starts first with a dream - an imagining…   Art changes the world.    Thank you for joining us for Amplify!  Make sure to subscribe and follow us at https://podfollow.com/amplify-with-karen-curry-parker or on your favorite platform so you don’t miss any of the amazing shows we have in store for you.    Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at www.gracepointpublishing.com   Produced by Number Three Productions, www.numberthreeproductions.com

How much do you edit yourself? How much do you hold yourself back from radically authentic self-expression? These questions aren't about shaming you or judging you for toning it down. It's about exploring where you may have allowed yourself to muffle your own voice, your own creative drive. Let’s talk about becoming the patron of your own art this week. What would happen if instead of doing a commission for someone else with your art, you commissioned a project for yourself? Here's to wildly unedited works of art and amplifying your true and relentlessly authentic voice. If you want some support in amplifying your voice, here's a powerful, next right step for you. Go to our website, www.gracepointpublishing.com, and schedule a call with our publishing consultant. Together, you're going to craft a powerful plan to get your wildly authentic message out into the world. I'm Karen Curry. Thank you for joining me for Amplify!. Make sure to subscribe and follow us at https://podfollow.com/amplify-with-karen-curry-parker or on your favorite platform so you don’t miss any of the amazing shows we have in store for you.  May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world. Produced by Number Three Productions, www.numberthreeproductions.com

Last week, I shared some information with you about your Chief Aim. This week, I have a short exercise for you to help you assess whether you’re clear on your chief aim. If you’re not? Keep listening and we’ll discuss 6 steps on how to create your chief aim statement, together. If this is hard for you, that doesn’t mean you’re not ready. If you wait until you’re ready, you’ll never start. Here’s a powerful next right step for you.  Go to our website, www.gracepointpublishing.com and schedule a call with our Publishing Consultant. Together, you’re going to craft a powerful plan to get your message out into the world. So you can meet your Chief Aim - and do what you came here to do. Thank you for joining us for Amplify!  Make sure to subscribe and follow us at https://podfollow.com/amplify-with-karen-curry-parker or on your favorite platform so you don’t miss any of the amazing shows we have in store for you.  May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world. Produced by Number Three Productions, www.numberthreeproductions.com

1% of people have impact 99% barely make a ripple If you’re like most people with an idea they want to share, you’ve been collecting all kinds of publishing and marketing “checklists” and “how to publish” reports.  That information is pretty easy to find. Our clients are a little different.  They want more than to just write and publish a book. They want to make an impact. Maybe you relate to this? You’ve got a wish, a hope, a snarled up frustrated feeling in your gut that you’ve got something important to share with the world.  You watch other people do it.  Maybe you even hear other people say things that you know you could say better…but you never act on it.  Here’s a powerful piece of intelligence we’ve dispensed to our clients over and over again during our combined 60 years in publishing and visibility coaching.  Until you know why you’re here on the planet - that ONE thing that you were born to do and give to the world - you won’t be ready to share your message with the world. Napoleon Hill, the great American self-help writer, called this your “Chief Aim.”  Successful influencers - writers, podcasters, speakers - know how to activate their own initiative, because they know where they are headed before they start. Pretty much any good publisher and visibility coach can help you meet your goals.  An exceptional publisher and visibility coach will help you push towards that dream that takes your breath away and helps you fulfill the true purpose (the really, really BIG one) of why you’re here. That’s what we live for.  Helping you fulfill your “Chief Aim” is our “Chief Aim.” Look, we’ve written books with newborn babies sleeping in our laundry baskets at our feet while sucking on strong coffee to stay awake.  We’ve written books when our elderly parents needed extensive support and care.  We’ve written books from scratch in less than three weeks after losing the entire original manuscript file on our computer. We’ve written best-selling books, launched podcasts, given TedX talks, while homeschooling our children during a pandemic. We’ve written books, spoken on podcasts, given talks on global stages, while raising teenagers.  We’ve written books, hosted podcasts, given talks on global stages while running million dollar companies and simultaneously getting dinner on the table for our families. When you know your Chief Aim, your excuses don’t win.  You do it anyway.  We can get you published, produce your podcast, or get you up on stage - no problem.  (We have all of that “in house” and a team of the world’s leading experts who can help you get to the top of bestseller lists, get your Voice out into the world, and help you craft a powerful signature talk.) The tactics and techniques to do this are pretty boiler plate and there are a lot of good people out there who can help you with this.  But the one thing we do best, is help you find your Chief Aim so that your very presence in a room creates impact.  Here’s a powerful next right step for you.  Go to our website, www.gracepointpublishing.com and schedule a call with our Publishing Consultant.  Together, you’re going to craft a powerful plan to get your message out into the world.  So you can meet your Chief Aim - and do what you came here to do. I’m Karen Curry Parker.  Thank you for joining me for Amplify! May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world. Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at www.gracepointpublishing.com Produced by Number Three Productions, www.numberthreeproductions.com

Sometimes finding your Voice means that you have to let go of old internal stories and narratives that can make you feel like your Voice is muffled or invisible.  We hold these old stories in our minds and sometimes even in our bodies.  Anytime we internalize the idea that it’s not safe or okay to be who you are and how you are, the body literally experiences that as trauma.  Obviously, it’s not the same as some of the big, life-threatening traumas that we sometimes experience in life.  And yet, the body responds to messages that disconnect us from the value of who we are and the power of our Voice, in almost the same way. Having your authentic Voice denied repeatedly actually causes your brain to store the pattern of this experience.  Your hippocampus goes on high alert anytime it perceives that you might be under threat of being re-traumatized and you experience stress.  You also often react to life events in such a way that you take action that “protects” your Voice. Usually that means we deny our Voice and, often, the purpose of our Voice. This is one of the hidden reasons why we often procrastinate, fail to follow through, or fear the expression of our creative power. This is why being creative is often vulnerable. But, the creative journey also has the potential to be a tremendously healing journey.  Finding your Voice and committing to expressing yourself authentically into the world is a profound reclaiming process that helps you not only help others, but also to remember the true story of Who You Are. This week I invite you to contemplate the following list of reasons why we deny our Voice.  Explore through journaling whether any of these themes are holding you back from stepping into the power of that once-in-a-lifetime-Cosmic-event that is You and your beautiful and powerful Voice. Use the following journal prompt to start your exploration:  What needs to be healed, released, aligned, and brought to my awareness for me to rewrite the part of my story that is still carrying the energy of ________________________________ ? Listen carefully as I read this list of possible things you might want to put in that blank and feel whether any of this is true for you…. Over giving and rescuing Disorganization and chaos Denying myself and what I want and need Perceiving aging as devaluation Failing my mission Not valuing my dreams, my values, and my standards Adapting to the expectations of others Struggle Martyrdom Facades and false faces Feeling responsible for other people’s feelings Losing myself Trauma Manipulation Spiritual warfare Lack consciousness The patriarchy and oppression Compliance out of fear Self-Doubt Bullying Lies I tell myself Lies others tell about me Disempowerment Denying my wisdom Seeing rest as weakness Seeing rest as laziness Not seeing my own value enough to nurture myself Not honoring my own energy Not being in integrity with who I am Not feeling free The fear of prosecution The fear of being judged The fear of losing my loved ones Old vows and promises that are no longer valid Denying the power of my own words and my own story Feeling abandoned Feeling abandoned by God Losing my connection to nature Not trusting God Not believing in myself Obviously, you may also fill in your own “blank” with whatever feels relevant to you.  Here’s to unleashing the true power of your unique and relentlessly authentic Voice and telling the true story of who you really are!May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world. Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at gracepointpublishing.com Produced by Number Three Productions, numberthreeproductions.com

My grandmother had a major stroke 10 years before she died. This left her wheelchair bound and living with limited perception.  Before we brought her home to live with us so that we could take care of her, she had a long stay in a rehab center. She often didn’t recognize our faces, but she always knew our voices.  As soon as she heard any of us talking in the hallway - even though our voices were muffled through the door, she knew we were there.  We all have a unique voice.  Scientists can measure your voice sound signature and tell the difference between your voice and someone else’s voice.  You have a unique voice. And yet, as we grow up, we lose connection to our voice.  We learn to modify it, tone it down, make it more presentable and pleasant, filter what it says and turn it into an acceptable voice.  We say - or write - the things that are appropriate, that will make us more valuable and increase our perception of our ability to “play the game,” and be successful and correct in public. But if scientists were to measure your voice signature while you’re saying things you don’t really want to say in the name of being “polite,” they’d still be able to tell your voice apart from someone else’s. Being a creator - a relentlessly authentic creator - often means liberating your true voice.  Not just having a signature measurable vibration that scientists can assign as being “yours,” but to make sure that the words you speak or write or the art you create actually matches the unique signature of your voice.  For most of us that means that we have to dig deep and remember our True Voice.  We have to ask ourselves key questions such as: Who would I be if I wasn’t told to become the person I’ve been pretending to be? Who would I be if I wasn’t the person I was told I “should” become? Who would I be if I wasn’t the person I was told to be? This often begs of us to explore what would we say if we weren’t pretending to be someone we aren’t?  These questions can be profoundly uncomfortable and yet simultaneously liberating.  Questions that, ultimately, can transform your creative self-expression into a passionate, authentic, and sustainable practice.  This doesn’t always have to be a trauma-riddled deep dive, although if these questions trigger some grief over the loss of your voice, may I gently recommend that you allow yourself to mourn for your lost voice.  The good news is that this awareness can actually allow you to bring your authentic voice back and share it whole-heartedly with the world.  I invite you to start this week with a simple exploration that, in and of itself, might be a wildly liberating query.  Begin with this question: What do I long to tell the world?  What do you want to sing from the rooftops?  What do you sometimes have to fight to keep yourself from blurting out at the dinner table? What is your Heart begging you to say? Those words - that longing - THAT’s the resonance of your Authentic Voice rattling the cage where you’ve hidden it away. What do you long to tell the world? May this week be the week when you begin to remember Who You Truly Are - and recover your True Voice.  May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world. Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at gracepointpublishing.com Produced by Number Three Productions, numberthreeproductions.com

Happy New Year! Every year we start with intentions to do better, to grow, and to expand who we are.  For Creatives, that means setting intentions to push your creative boundaries further than you’ve pushed them before, to stretch yourself and find the courage to open the door to your Heart and share your creative contribution with the world.  One of the biggest places I see Creatives stop themselves short is “imposter syndrome,” the fear that you’re trying to be “greater” than you really are. Here’s the deal.  True imposters don’t have “imposter syndrome.”  Whenever we seek to grow and expand beyond the known, following the inner promptings of our Muse, compelling us to explore every curve and bend of the chamber that contains our creative genius, we’re not really capable of duplicating what someone else has created.  We each have our own creative path to follow.  It’s a path that is born of the unique combination of our soul’s intentions, our ancestral lineage, and the narratives we tell about ourselves that are rooted in the soil of our own lived experience.  No matter how hard you think you’re “imitating” someone else, you simply can’t.  Think about this: even the best forgeries can’t imitate original works of art without eventually getting caught. “Imposter syndrome” is really “comparison syndrome,” the death knell of all creative urgings.  You will never create and fulfill your creative intentions if you’re looking over your shoulder to see if you’re doing it like someone else.  You are a once-in-a-cosmic-lifetime-event.  There has never been anyone like you before and there will never be anyone like you again. You simply can’t create like anyone else because you have your very own creative curriculum to explore in this lifetime. You have a unique, vital, and irreplaceable role to play on the planet.  This is a role that only you can make. When we shut down our creative longings because we compare them to the quality of someone else’s creative journey, we fail to fulfill our true life’s purpose. Your life purpose is to fully express all of who you are.  It’s not about getting it right, or perfect, or like Michelangelo… It’s the act of fearlessly challenging yourself to craft your talent, to surge towards the most excellent expression of your unique creative contribution and to find the most aligned articulation of your soul that you can muster.  This alignment IS what you’re here to give the world.  This alignment IS your life purpose and the embodiment of your life’s work. They say that art transforms the world.  It’s not the end result - the paintings, the poems, the songs - that change the world.  It’s the unmitigated pursuit of our relentlessly authentic creative drive that transforms the world. You being YOU is the purpose of your life.   No one else can do that the way you can. Here’s to a year of reckless creative abandon and wild, ungoverned explosions of self-expression! We are honored to be a part of your creative journey. May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world. Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at gracepointpublishing.com

Creativity is the spark that begins the scientific process.  A good scientist, technological innovator or industrial genius is first and foremost a creative.  What good is a hypothesis if it’s not initiated by the Creative Spark?  We must be mystified by the magic of potential and the promise of possibility.  As we emerge into 2022, we are not only healing the miasma of the trauma of the disconnect from our creative essence, we’re stepping into our power, activating our voices, amplifying our healing powers, and releasing anything that is holding us back from fully BEING Creatives. We are remembering the Words to speak with, Words that will build the energetic template of what’s to come and serve as a vortex of power drawing to us the details necessary to heal and construct our future. We are remembering the Ways to let Magic flow into the world, uncovering ancient pathways and wisdom, harnessing new understandings, and allowing our bodies to be vessels for the flow of the Divine and servants of our creative muse. Produced by Number Three Productions, numberthreeproductions.com May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world. Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at gracepointpublishing.com

Welcome to Amplify! A micropodcast for macrocosmic creators. Each week, join Karen Curry Parker as she guides you through ways to amplify your voice, increase your impact, and inspire the world. May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world. Find out more on how you can explore your creativity a https://gracepointpublishing.com/ Produced by Number Three Productions, https://numberthreeproductions.com/

Thank you for joining us for the first year of Amplify! Each week, Karen Curry Parker guided us through ways to amplify our voice, increase our impact, and inspire our world. We can't wait to see what 2022 brings, make sure you check out the first release from Karen on January 3rd, 2022, to start your New Year off with a bout of inspiration! May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world. Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at https://gracepointpublishing.com/ Produced by Number Three Productions, https://numberthreeproductions.com/

Being creative is about, well, BE-ing creative.  According to the dictionary, one of the definitions of the verb “be” is to exist or live.  So if we redefine being creative as means to exist creatively or to live creatively, to be creative is to live and exist with the quality or power of creating. Here’s the hard cold truth about creativity.  When you understand this truth, you’ll stop shutting down your creative self-expression and allow yourself to BE more creative: When we create, we will never be satisfied with what we create.  We think our creative dissatisfaction is a signal that we’re not getting it right or that our creative offering isn’t “enough”. What if it is enough?  What if your self-judgement and dissatisfaction is simply a symptom of being on the evolutionary edge of your creativity? May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world.   Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at gracepointpublishing.com

 Today we invite you to join us to discover the WHY of what drives you to create and that not all forms of creative expression need to be world changing. For a cultural creative, resistance is the death knell for your dream.  It’s that force that blocks you from expressing your secret desire to write, speak, create and share your vision with the world.  Writer’s block is usually caused by two things. 1. Either you’re battling your own inner demons or 2. You’re trying to write something that you feel is meaningless. Not all creative expressions need to change the world, and a sentence doesn’t always have to have a clear destination, but it must have strong impulse, pointing us toward something worth paying attention to: An idea, a concept, a feeling. Without conviction, why write at all?  Staying connected to the bigger purpose of why you’re creating allows you to transcend the power of your inner demons.  May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world.   Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at gracepointpublishing.com

The shadow of joy is the fear of not getting something right.  It’s innate in our drive towards mastery to intuitively know what patterns we need to fix or align.  Being open to correcting those patterns also enhances our mastery and increases the joy that others experience when they engage with our creative perfection. You’re already perfect. Come along with Karen on this week's episode of Amplify! How will you adjust and align your patterns this week? May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world. Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at gracepointpublishing.com

Thank you for being YOU! With love from the GracePoint Team, Michelle, Karen, Sheryl, Ryder, Carly, Shauna, Liz, Laurie, Jessica, Mark, and Tascha gracepointpublishing.com/ Watch the video here! youtu.be/7QryOilVnRA

We are as creative as we tell ourselves we are.  Let's say that again because it’s so important.  You are as creative as you tell yourself you are.  Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at gracepointpublishing.com We live in a culture that has a tiny definition of what it means to be “creative.”  We associate creativity with paint, passion, and pain.  We think of “creatives” as those who can make things pretty, create true works of art, and transform the mundane into the extraordinary. Have you ever had a bowl of really good soup? Have you ever had someone look at all of your receipts and translate them into a tax return?  With a refund? Have you ever had a mechanic finally figure out what that weird noise was underneath your car? These are all example of being creative.  We are creative because we exist. And we’re creative as a species in a way that no other species can be.  At any given moment of time, we are translating the formless into form.  We are interpreting the flow of Life’s Intelligence - the Divine - and turning it into our experience of life. And on some days, turning it into really good soup… And yet, in spite of the dramatic creative potential that we are all unconsciously activating on a second by second basis, most of us are telling ourselves that we’re not creative. Or we only allow our creativity to fit inside the box we’ve been told creativity belongs in. We tell ourselves that we’ll explore our creativity when we retire, when the kids are grown, when we have money in the bank. We tell ourselves that we’re not creative.  We deny our creative contributions and label them as every day tasks instead of really understanding the cosmic genius we embody by virtue of our very existence. Instead of allowing ourselves the dramatic free flow of self-expression, we edit ourselves.  Sometimes to death.  Letting our dreams die inside of us. Your creative practice is a metaphor for how you feel about your creative power.  It’s the embodiment of the story you’re telling yourself about your true creative capacity.  This story lives in everything you do, every act you commit.  You don’t have to look far to discover where you may be creatively blocked.  Here’s a fun exercise.  Pay attention to how you fix and eat dinner.  Do you cook yourself a healthy meal?  Or do you fix something quick, out of the box?  Do you set a nice table for yourself or do you eat in the kitchen standing up? The way in which you eat dinner is a metaphor for the creative story you’re telling yourself about your creativity.  Are you valuing yourself enough to plan to prepare yourself a healthy and delicious meal?  Do you allow yourself to receive the food you’ve prepared?  Do you place yourself in an environment that is beautiful and sustaining? This week we invite you to use your dinner experience as an exploratory metaphor for your relationship with your creative practice.  What is the metaphor telling you?  What would happen if you changed the way you eat and consciously acknowledged meal time as a way of demonstrating self-love? Write a story about having dinner with your Muse.  How would you feed her?  What would you cook?  How would you set the table?  What would the dinner conversation be like? Enjoy playing with these stories and then revisit the narrative you’re telling yourself about your own creative power.  If you don’t like the story you’re telling, write a new one! Make it a story that tells the truth about your creative power and the deep partnership you have with your Muse.  After all, you did just have dinner with her… May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world. Here’s to good dinners, great soup and transformative stories! Have a great week!  

Which inspirations do you follow and which ones do you set down and allow to go fallow? Creativity and creative expression requires that we vet our inspiration. If you follow every single idea that sparks in your brilliant mind, you run the risk of spending a lifetime running after inspiration after inspiration, never really holding true to the energy of an idea for long enough to take the expression of the idea from inspiration to fulfillment and from talent to mastery. Awakened and resilient people always have the choice. When you're clear about your conditioning you can simply be creative without worrying. Here's the bottom line: you can't screw it up as long as you're trying. Sometimes, it's the commitment to the creative process itself that is the most healing act we can commit for ourselves and for the world. May your voices gain strength. May your creative vision stay clear and strong. May your creative fire spark change in the world. Find out more on how you can explore your creativity at gracepointpublishing.com