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Flow and how to get it

October 5, 2017 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

I have already written a post on Flow – but it is such a fascinating topic! “The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times… The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.” … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative, Creative Flow, Flow and how to get it Tagged: Beneath, Beneaththestitches, blog, Connectedness, creative, creative process, Csikszentmihalyi, Flow, Stitches

Everyone is Creative

September 10, 2017 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

  Every single person on this earth has a skill that makes them creative. I am not just saying this so you will feel good, I think it is the truth and I often say it to others. Look around you everything you see was created by someone – if a person can do it … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative, Creative Confidence, Creative Flow, creative process, Everyone is Creative Tagged: Beneath, Beneaththestitches, blog, Celebrate, Created, creative, creative process, Creativity, Doubt, Enemy, Everyone, Self, Stitches, Worst

Sewing for a better state of mind

July 23, 2017 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Creative, Creative Flow, creative process, Dopamine and Creativity, Meditation and Creation, Sewing for a better state of mind Tagged: Anxiety, Beneath, Better, Calming, Comforting, Contemplative, creative, creative process, Depression, dopamine, Meditation, Mind, Mindfulness, Neuroscience, Repetitive, Sewing, State, Stitches, Stitching

Find inspiration in your everyday

July 16, 2017 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

Thinking and being positive can unlock a whole treasure chest of ideas and energy. It can build your confidence, grow your leadership, enhance your relationships and improve your health. It also helps you to release your creative juices. Happiness fuels success – when we are positive our brains are more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient … [Read more…]

Posted in: Find inspiration in your everyday, Inspiration Tagged: beautiful things, Beneath, blog, Build, creative, creative process, Creativity, Enhance, Everyday, Fuels, Grow, Health, Improve, Improving, Insightful, inspiration, Inspired, Leadership, Relationships, Solutions, Stitches, Success, thinking, Yourself

Journaling

July 8, 2017 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

“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…]

Posted in: A day in my life, Creative, I LOVE handwriting my posts, Journaling, Lists, Making Time, Skills, Tools Tagged: Beneath, blog, By Journaling, creative, Dump, journal, journaling, skills, Stitches, Thought, tools, Write, writing, Yourself

Creative Confidence

June 17, 2017 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Creative, Creative Confidence, Creative Flow, creative process, Just Start Tagged: Beneaththestitches, creative, Creative Confidence, creative process, Creativity, Fear

Negative Ego

April 30, 2017 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

  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…]

Posted in: Creative, Creative Flow, creative process, Negative Ego Tagged: Beneath, Beneaththestitches, blog, creative, creative process, Creative Series, EGO, Negative, Negative Ego, Stitches, Trust In You

What is Creative Flow

April 21, 2017 by beneaththestitches 1 Comment

  “To Forget oneself – to lose oneself in the music, in the moment – that kind of absorption seems to be at the heart of every endeavour” – Dani Shapiro Have you ever lost yourself in a creative moment in time? You were working away, looked up and realised that time has just slipped … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative Flow Tagged: Beneaththestitches, Consciousness, Creating Flow, creative, creative process, Creative Series, Csikszentimihalyi, dopamine, Flow, Lost, Mihaly, Moment, Optimal, State, Yourself

I LOVE handwriting my posts

April 8, 2017 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Creative, I LOVE handwriting my posts, Skills, Tools Tagged: Analogue, beautiful things, Beneath, Beneaththestitches, blog, Capture, creative, creative process, Digital, Digitises, Hand, Handwriting, love, Notepad, Paper, Pen, Sketches, Stitches, Thoughts, Word, writing, Written

A Working Day In My Life

April 8, 2017 by beneaththestitches 1 Comment

Have you ever wondered what and Anaesthetic/PACU ANUM does? The operating theatre is a secret word where everyone changes into pyjamas and then secret things happen. Theatre nurses are all part of a committed team to save lives and make live better for their patients every day. Well, this is just an idea of a … [Read more…]

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