EP 5 - Becoming More Creative

Episode 5 is all about breaking through your logical mind and finding your creative flow!

Talking points and takeaways:

• How your inner dialogue plays a role in your creativity.
• How looking to others for inspiration too much can dull your own creative magic!
• Content Creativity hack: Sitting down for 10 minutes a day and writing in stream of consciousness writing - meaning setting a timer and writing everything that comes to mind, without questioning, just letting the juices flow.... 
• Breaking through your creative blocks using breathwork! Breathwork unhooks your logical mind to make room for your creativity to come through! 

Soul Rhythm Activation (Homework/Practice):

• Stop Telling yourself you are not a creative being! You are innately creative! 
• Start trusting yourself in your creativity and release what is out of your control.
• Try some breathwork exercises to break down your creative block.  

Full Episode: Think Creative, Be Creative 

In this week's episode of the Soul Rhythm Podcast we are discussing creativity and how to find your creative flow!  As you may recall from previous episodes we have discussed how our inner dialogue plays a huge role in our development/ transformation. In this instance, if you embrace that you're a creative individual and tell yourself that you are then you will have that creative flow. On the other hand, if you're telling yourself that you're not creative then in return you won't be because essentially you're blocking your own creative flow.

This is actually something that I have found myself guilty of. Going back to last year, I was going hard at building and launching my business and had shifted from being a holistic health coach to focusing more on business which is what I went to school for. So I had this completely new clientele and a new strategy. Then all of a sudden i was following all of these industry leaders and watching what others were doing so i would have somewhat of a benchmark to start with. Which is a great way to get started, but also, that dulls our own creative magic. What I realized was that as I was watching people and using them as benchmarks, my inner dialogue was telling me to be like that person when really we are all different and we all bring something different to the table.

I'm a Holistic Business Coach, which there are other business coaches out there, but they aren't quite like me because they all have their own personality and energy which comes with different approaches to things. So I was literally trying to, and I hate this term, but essentially “copy” these people with how I should be as a business coach. I looked up to them so much that i was telling myself that I didn't have my own creativity within me and had no idea where to begin or how to be. Which made it extremely difficult to create my own content because I was stuck in this box of needing to be a certain way, and that was hindering my creative flow.

So point number one, make sure you're staying in your own lane. By that i mean yes, you can look to others, but you also want to make sure that you remind yourself that you are amazing just the way that you are. Put your head down and focus on what you have to offer, stay in your own lane. And if you're stuck in the flow of watching others I always tell my clients to mute people on instagram and make sure that you are only focusing on what you want to create. When you look at others when you're trying to create your own content then you also have this comparison where you think oh they're successful, they must be doing it right. How am i going to do that? And then you start questioning yourself.  

One really good way to pump up your creative juices is through a stream of consciousness. Writing. This comes from Julia Cameron. She has a book called “The Artist's Way”  which really helps reset your creativity and helps you get into your creative flow. So how i implemented this is that everyday I would sit down every morning, set a 10 minute timer, and write anything and everything that came to mind. So you're not worrying about grammar or spelling, you're just writing.  Then when the alarm goes off you can stop. What's really cool about this is that it really allows you to get into that creative flow because you're not questioning anything that you write. It all really comes down to you trusting yourself.

We don't only have to be creative in creating content, artwork, programs, or to write content. We also need to be creative in order to solve problems so it is so important to fully trust yourself and to fully trust that your efforts are supported. Then fully surrendering to what you can not control and know that things are going to work out. So staying in your own lane is especially important. Yes, look to others as a guide, but then release that and make sure you're creating your own thing with your own magic. Remember that you always have the answers, and if there's any doubt, then I would also suggest breathwork!

So I LOVE breathwork! If you follow me on instagram, you know that I always preach about breathwork. The cool thing about breathwork is that it helps you unhook your logical mind if you're super logical. If you're an over thinker, an overachiever, or a people pleaser then breathwork is so magical! I mean really its magic for anyone but I feel like especially for someone like me, that's an over thinker and really logical then it's really cool because it's almost like access to freedom, almost at the press of a button. So how do we use breathwork to tap into our creativity? Because we are unhooking our logical mind, we are no longer over thinking everything that we’re doing. So a lot of the time when I don't know what i need to do next, or when i don't know when i'm blocked. I'll sit down on my meditation pillow and do a round of breath work. So we’re again releasing control of expectation because that's also part of the creative block. Expectation is the killer of all pleasure. When we have expectations of things we can't control then we often find ourselves disappointed. Instead if we allow ourselves to surrender and trust then we flow into the ease that life has to offer, then we are in so much joy. We are in that creativity and in our own magic because instead of expecting we’re just flowing. So if you're interested in hearing a breathwork sequence to use I demonstrate it in the podcast episode! So go give that a listen!

So through breathwork you're naturally not going to be focusing so much on your thoughts but instead, you'll be thinking maybe how uncomfortable you feel because I'm not going to lie if you are not used to breathwork it can feel a bit odd at first. So just get comfortable with the uncomfortable, because remember, as an entrepreneur, you want to lean into the discomfort because that's how we grow. But as we get into our meditative mind, our answers start coming through but because we were doubting ourselves before we were blocking those answers to come through.

XX,

Carla Marconi - @carla11marconi 

Holistic Business Coach || Mindset & NLP Expert 

Breathwork & Yoga Facilitator || Hypnotherapist