Posts tagged relationship with yourself
#31: Write out your sob story - you know the one
#31: Write out your sob story - you know the one

We all have that story that has become a sticking point in our lives. A wound we can’t escape; a personal or professional failure, a trauma or tragedy, a season of misery or an unfortunate event that occurred. If we’re being honest, we all have many of these, but there are some you feel within the fibre of your being. It’s the one you thought of when you read the title of this essay.

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Create Blog, WritingHolly Jadecreate your life, life writing, journaling, your story, wounding, personal, professional, failure, trauma, tragedy, life events, psyche, unconscious, self-limiting beliefs, patterns, conditioning, contentment, clarity, freedom, joy, stories, reframe, process, emotions, relationship with yourself, the self, habits, self-care, powerful, mental block, the morning pages, authentic self journaling, dailyom, journaling prompts, accountability
#28: Don’t create for your critics: Banish them and create for yourself
#28: Don’t create for your critics: Banish them and create for yourself

Create for your critics? Who does that? What a silly thing to say! Well, have you ever actually stopped to think about it and consider if you do? When you write or create, are you unconsciously steering your word choice, or what you share or choose to express around the responses of your critics?

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Ship30for30, Create Blog, Creativity, Self DevelopmentHolly Jadeship30for30, create your life, digital writing, don't create for your critics, creative critic, inner critic, critical, critical thinking, unconscious, unconscious thoughts, inner voice, internal voice, intentions, thoughts, self-doubt, small decisions, mindset, mental health, judgement, adaptation, authenticity, relationship with yourself, cord-cutting ceremony, spiritual voodoo, psyche, energies, new awareness, self-awareness, beliefs
#27: Creative crutches: Leave the vodka-soaked copy to Mad Men, reach for pure potential instead
#27: Creative crutches: Leave the vodka-soaked copy to Mad Men, reach for pure potential instead

I’ll never forget getting a call from a Creative Director I worked with while freelancing at an agency. “Yo, there’s some vodka on your desk, can I have a bottle? I need to get loose, I need to write some lines.” What the actual? Firstly, it was gin — a gift from a client that I hadn’t yet taken home. Secondly, what the actual?

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