45% of Australians will experience a mental health condition sometime in their lifetime (https://www.beyondblue.org.au/the-facts). In any one year period, 1 million Australian will suffer from depression, 2 million from anxiety. Australia population in 2015 was 23.7 million. Knit one. Purl one. Knit one. Purl one. Knit one. Purl one. The rhythmic and repetitive nature of … [Read more…]
“Never go to sleep, without a request to your subconscious” – Thomas Edison You can direct your subconscious mind before you go to sleep – how? Take a few moments before you got to sleep to think about what you are trying to accomplish. Ask yourself some questions. Write those down in a form of … [Read more…]
When you have creative confidence, you know how to strike that balance between uncertainty, false starts and mistakes. You know that is all just a part of the process. All of us are born creative. As children, we revel in imaginary play, ask random questions, draw blobs and call them faeries. But over time, because … [Read more…]
I finished my Smitten Quilt! It measures 160 x 125cm I love the way it turned out, sort of scrappy but still organised. It looks complicated but like any project… you “eat the elephant one bite at a time”. It is just lots of hexagons pieced together. To completed the quilt, you will need … [Read more…]
Creativity should be our natural state of being. Creativity is how we express ourselves. However, It is important to understand that nobody can make us “creative.” Each person on this planet is unique. Therefore, each one of us sees the world differently. From that point of view, there is space for every person on … [Read more…]
Using our keyboards saves us lots of precious time, but writing by hand has lots of benefits I have never been the sort of person who can just type up a whole essay. At school or uni, I always had lots of little notes and post-its that came together to form my ideas and essays … [Read more…]
Just a short post about getting STARTED and how simple it really is. You don’t need someone to tell you to START your work, you are worthy. You just need to believe in yourself, just get started and don’t stop. Don’t aim to be perfect just aim to START. Maybe what you are trying to … [Read more…]
There is no shortage of resources in the world of sewing today; we have it covered well, from techniques, resources, and tools, to inspiration and endless, amazing role models. How lucky for us to be living in a world where we have such fast access to all of the above. Yet, that’s all on … [Read more…]
I believe we can be mindful about what our brains are doing, and change our behaviour to channel the dopamine response in the right direction. For me, that direction is creativity. I started to research creativity and ways to improve it and dopamine just kept coming up. Then other links and pathways. So a little … [Read more…]
Many people say I wish I was creative…. What separates people who feel creative to those who feel that they are not creative at all? Really it is that belief that you are creative. The belief that you can and you will. But what does it mean to be creative? Creativity is the combination of … [Read more…]
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