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Part 2/3 - The WHAT, WHY & HOW map of creative wellness
OVERVIEW
In this episode, we’ll explore the second part of a 3 part series - The WHAT, WHY, and HOW map of creative wellness. Exploring why creative empowerment mirrors your overall wellness and why it’s such a powerful addition to your wellness toolkit.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
💗 When we’re creatively disconnected, we’re most likely disconnected in other areas of our lives.
💗 The distinction between creative craft making for relaxation or passing the time and the work of deep creative art.
💗 We examine what creative craft making for relaxation or passing the time, looks like versus the deep work of creative art-making
💗 The road to creative empowerment requires you to dig a little deeper within yourself to trust, experiment, play, express and take action and risks, despite your fears, limiting beliefs, lack of experience and lack of resources.
💗 Why is this deep work of creative art-making so powerful
HOST INFORMATION
Sam Horton is a practising Artist and Creative Wellness Coach who lives on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, with her young daughter Daisy and their little bouncy dog Beau. She is a self-confessed homebody obsessed with connecting her heart with her home through her love for art, flowers, and sentimental treasures. Sam helps women discover the powerful links between art, creativity and well-being.
She supports creatively curious transform their self-care and improve their well-being by finding authentic, empowering ways to deeply express and connect with themselves. She does this through holistic art-making & wellness practices that support soul-led inquiry encompassing the whole woman; including her inner heart space and closest relationships, her beliefs and perceptions, her energy for change and her interactions with the wider world.
By incorporating these nourishing creative practices into self-care, Sam’s goal is empower women to access and harness their inner power and wisdom as they realise that they already have everything they need within themselves to feel more expansive, self nurtured and whole - mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually.
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OVERVIEW:

In this episode I’m talking with artist and business coach - Ros Gervay about her many exciting projects, the artists’s journey and how women can empower themselves through art.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Ros’s journey from a background in design and primary teaching to becoming a full time artist and artist business coach
• How Ros has developed a confidence super power despite being an introvert through her art practice
• The challenges and opportunities in applying this confidence to a new singing hobby or other new endeavours
• The transformation in understanding how creative practices can be a spiritual practice Ros’s discusses her challgenes with creative space and flow in pereparing artworks for the Sydney Affordable Art Fair
• The difference between being an artist in business making money from your art and being an artist creating art for the process
• The process of creating Ros’s delightful and fun wall mural projects Inspiring artist empowerment stories from Ros’s Artist Business Coaching program
• The beauty in the art process with no attachment to the outcome
• The importance of play and exploration in a creative practice
  

GUEST INFORMATION:
Ros is a business coach for new and rising artists, helping her clients to develop the confidence to show up as an artist, sell their work and master their marketing so they can build a fulfilling art business and get paid to do what they love even if they are self-taught.
She is also a practicing modern botanical artist based in Sydney, creating stunning vibrant abstract art inspired by nature. Ros uses beautiful splashes of colour and her work often features the most glorious almost fluro pink.
Her work is regularly featured in a number of Australian galleries, has been a finalist in the Unearthed Art prize and somehow she finds the time to take on amazing wall mural projects, co hosts a podcast and is currently getting artworks ready for the Sydney affordable art fair.

Ros’s FREE facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/permissiontopaintfreecommunity

Website: https://www.permissiontopaint.co/

Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/rosgervayart/

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3XkuZ4KuoUgy3Shu7IpmjN

Ros’s Art: https://rosgervayart.com/

OTHER INFO:
Ros mentions two other artists in the interview. Their social detail are as follows:
Karen Buenger https://instagram.com/artbykaren.buenger
Brhody Wallis https://instagram.com/brhodywallisart
Ros also mentions a book - “The Artist’s Way" - by Julia Cameron
Sydney Affordable Art Fair - https://affordableartfair.com/fai

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Part 1/3 - The WHAT, WHY & HOW map of creative wellness

OVERVIEW
In this episode, we’ll explore the first part of a 3 part series - The WHAT, WHY, and HOW map of creative wellness. Let’s dismantle the artist pedestal and get back to basics, exploring 10 simple examples of what a nourishing, accessible creative practice, supporting wellness actually looks like.
KEY TAKEAWAYS

• you don’t need to become an artist in any way to benefit from a deep and nourishing creative practice.
• tuning into your creativity through holistic art-making practices can unlock your creative power in other areas of your personal and business life too.
• a deep and personal creative practice is not a nice to have that should be parked for a rainy day. It is a ticket to nourish and care for yourself, make better decisions and feel less overwhelmed in your life, as you access your natural inner power and wisdom
• 10 examples of what a creative practice supporting wellness looks like:
  1. Grounding your creativity
  2. Organising materials
  3. Gather inspiration
  4. Permission to play
  5. Creative goals
  6. Become aware of your excuses
  7. Prioritise your creative time
  8. Express yourself freely
  9. Bask in reflection
  10. Share your art

HOST INFORMATION
Sam Horton is a practising Artist and Creative Wellness Coach who lives on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, with her young daughter Daisy and their little bouncy dog Beau. She is a self-confessed homebody obsessed with connecting her heart with her home through her love for art, flowers, and sentimental treasures. Sam helps women discover the powerful links between art, creativity and well-being.
She supports creatively curious transform their self-care and improve their well-being by finding authentic, empowering ways to deeply express and connect with themselves. She does this through holistic art-making & wellness practices that support soul-led inquiry encompassing the whole woman; including her inner heart space and closest relationships, her beliefs and perceptions, her energy for change and her interactions with the wider world.
By incorporating these nourishing creative practices into self-care, Sam’s goal is empower women to realise that they already have everything they need within themselves to feel more expansive, self nurtured and whole - mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Their unique creativity is simply a way to tap into and access this inner power and wisdom.
GET YOUR 3 ACTIONABLE CREATIVE WELLNESS TIPS
To claim your 3 actionable creative wellness tips personalised to your circumstances that you can implement easily straight away, head on over and take my free quiz at https://samhorton.co/quiz

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Overview

In this first episode, I will explain how following a personal growth journey led by creativity can be a supportive and transformative experience, using my own story to inspire you.

Key Takeaways

• The creative stuff you are hoarding is there for a reason
• That creative itch you feel is guiding you to add depth and meaning to your life
• You will always find the time for things that add value to your life, no matter how hectic your schedule
• A creative practice can be a great comfort and catalyst for growth during difficult times
• The resistance to creativity is real because a deep creative practice is really good for you
• The creative process is more important than the finished artwork
• The journey towards creative empowerment acts like a mirror and a foundation for our overall personal wellness and growth.

Trigger Warnings

Some topics in this episode may be triggering for some listeners. References are made to relationship breakdown and pregnancy loss.

Host Information

Sam Horton is a practising Artist and Creative Wellness Coach who lives on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, with her young daughter Daisy and their little dog Beau. She is a self-confessed homebody obsessed with connecting her heart with her home through her love for art, flowers, and sentimental treasures.

She supports creatively curious women to transform their self-care and improve their well-being by finding authentic, empowering ways to deeply express and connect with themselves.

She does this through holistic art-making & wellness practices that support soul-led inquiry encompassing the whole woman, including her inner heart space and closest relationships, her beliefs and perceptions, her energy for change and her interactions with the wider world.

By incorporating these nourishing creative practices into self-care, her goal is to empower women to discover new ways to fill themselves up so much that it spills over into every area of their lives, leaving them hungry for more.

Claim your Personalised Creative Wellness Tips

To claim your 3 ACTIONABLE CREATIVE WELLNESS TIPS personalised to your circumstances that you can implement easily straight away, head on over and take my FREE QUIZ at https://samhorton.co/quiz

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LINKS and MORE INFO for this episode: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep19In this episode, I’m talking with Isabel Bagsik (she/her) Isabel fuses brand design with creative wellness to support authentic branding and creative visions. We talk about all things creativity brand design and wellness

HIGHLIGHTS
💗 Creativity and its place within hustle culture
💗 Isabel's views on human creativity and that we are all inherently creative beings
💗 Creativity and soulful magnetic brand design
💗 Supporting clients to realise their branding vision
💗 Creativity and wellness, including Isabel’s personal story
💗 Powerful questions women should ask themselves to put more heart and soul into their brand and their business

LINKS and MORE INFO for this episode: https://samhorton.co/blog/ep19

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🎁 Keep the conversation going! Connect with like-minded souls and access FREE resources + exclusive events + workshops when you join the Soul-led Creative Community for FREE - Visit https://samhorton.co/community