Get Your Groove Back: How to Start Again After a Slump

Get Your Groove Back: How to Start Again After a Slump

In today's episode, we are talking about getting back into your creative flow after taking a break. There will inevitably be times in life when you cannot visit your creative practice daily, or even weekly. But what about months? Or years? What happens when an intentional break turns into a slump: a time when you are not regularly creating, but in your heart you long to do so. During the slump, it can feel like we’re at war with ourselves. You’re constantly cycling through excuses in your head: “it’s been too long”, “I’m no good”, “ I just don’t have it”. By the end of this episode, you will have a better understanding of how you got to this place, what questions to ask yourself to get into action, and how to use the momentum of a practice session to get you back into regularly creating!

We talk about:

• How to identify if you are “in a slump”


• What to do once you build awareness around your current state (when you recognize it’s been weeks or months since you practiced)


• The inner work that will change the way you approach your creative practice


• Viewing your practice as a self-love ritual, not a chore


• Committing to nurturing your creative practice


• How to be intentional about your practice (a sustainable way to make the promise to yourself to create!)

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