Mom Wants More - Summer Series: How to Uncover Your Creativity

Summer Series: How to Uncover Your Creativity

08/13/19 • 31 min

Ever feel like you don' t have a "thing"?

We talk a lot here about pursuing your passions, acknowledging/ naming/getting after your dreams, and leaning in to your unique creative bent.

Those are all lovely and powerful ideas- but what if you DON'T KNOW what those things are yet? Or maybe you have a sense of it but it still feels foggy and unclear and you aren't sure how it's supposed to fit into your actual right-now life.

The last thing we ever want to do is make you feel like you need to be "more" than you already are- or that you now need to add "pursuing my dreams" to your already long to-do list.

Your creative self isn't something "out there" that you need to go find, it's more of an "in here" piece of the puzzle that's already in place. It's been there since you were born.

Uncovering your creative talents and dreams is really just about settling into who you ALREADY are.

But we understand that it can be tricky business, especially in the middle of motherhood, busy schedules, and demanding seasons. So today on the podcast we're pulling back the curtain on words like "art", and "creativity" and offering up some super practical tools of how you can uncover your inner artist right now, today:

Pay Attention
Ask
Try New Things (Play)
Take a Risk/Wait

This episode was originally #40 but we are re-releasing it as a part of our Summer Series- we hope you enjoy!

COME JOIN US AT OUR LIVE EVENT!

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Ever feel like you don' t have a "thing"?

We talk a lot here about pursuing your passions, acknowledging/ naming/getting after your dreams, and leaning in to your unique creative bent.

The last thing we ever want to do is make you feel like you need to be "more" than you already are- or that you now need to add "pursuing my dreams" to your already long to-do list.

Your creative self isn't something "out there" that you need to go find, it's more of an "in here" piece of the puzzle that's already in place. It's been there since you were born.

Uncovering your creative talents and dreams is really just about settling into who you ALREADY are.

Pay Attention
Ask
Try New Things (Play)
Take a Risk/Wait

This episode was originally #40 but we are re-releasing it as a part of our Summer Series- we hope you enjoy!

COME JOIN US AT OUR LIVE EVENT!

LINKS WE MENTION:

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Interview with Maeve Gerboth

Are you a mama in that tender, transitional time with a brand new baby?

Those early months and years can be a beautiful, life-giving (literally), deeply fulfilling... and often engulfing season. A season that can fill you up but also empty you clear out faster than anything ever has before.

Can we get an amen out there?

Today we're chatting with Maeve Gerboth, a writer, new mama, community manager, and can generally be found pouring a hot cup of tea. Maeve dives deep with us into how creative work can look and feel during this time, and offers up SO much hope and encouragement for all the mamas out there trying to find the balance.

Maeve lives in Virginia with her husband and baby boy. She is a writer, avid tea drinker, and people gatherer. She works for Hope*writers as their Community Manager -- dishing out love & encouragement to all writers as best she can.

You can find more of her heart over on instagramthese days, where she shares about motherhood, restlessness, friendship, and seeking God in all that is ordinary and lovely. Please say hi, she'd love to meet you!

This episode was originally #76 but we are re-releasing it as a part of our Summer Series- we hope you enjoy!

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Summer Series: Rebecca Bender

Y'all are in for a treat because Rebecca Bender is on the podcast today and she is bringing the heat. And the laughter. Rebecca is a passionate speaker with a powerful story but what we love so much about this episode is the pared down, super honest, practical encouragement that came out of this conversation. She's a mom to 4 kiddos (littles AND bigs), she's a leader, a dreamer, a preacher, an activist, a teacher, and that's not even all the hats she wears. Rebecca is someone who doesn't just dream big, she DOES big things. She feels the Lord's nudge and she takes action. In this episode we talk about swinging for the fences and going all in when we know God has called us to do something, but we also talk about balancing that with the everyday rhythms of motherhood and life. Because one is not more valuable, honorable, or more sacred than the other. As we like to say, our work is not a distraction from our life and our life is not a distraction from our work. Our life IS our work. Today's episode is a perfect example of this. Don't miss it! This episode was originally #60 but we are re-releasing it as a part of our summer series- we hope you enjoy! COME JOIN US FOR OUR LIVE EVENT!