Why My Creative Retreat Won’t Be Something Else You Have To ‘Optimise.’
Finding a creative mind is a process, you can’t suddenly switch off a mind that’s conditioned for efficiency, speed and stress. Many of us have spent our adult lives adapting to this way of living, and that can’t be undone in 7 days. So I invite you to slow everything down, to begin to notice more, to take some time to remember that everything in your life isn’t an emergency. Just by doing this, you might notice something shifts.
Creative Burnout: Why You Haven't Lost Your Creativity
When every project becomes another deadline, another client brief, another round of revisions, it's easy to conclude that you've somehow lost the very thing that made you a creative in the first place. I think you've simply lost the conditions that allow your creativity to flourish.
Understanding Late-Discovered Neurodivergence: It's About More Than a Diagnosis
For many people, discovering neurodivergence doesn't begin with a diagnosis. It begins with a quiet feeling that life seems harder than it looks for everyone else. Perhaps you've always felt different. Maybe you've spent years wondering why you're exhausted after social situations, why certain sounds or environments overwhelm you, why your mind seems to race with ideas one moment and feel completely stuck the next.
How Menopause Challenged Me As a Professional Creative.
What happens when the way you’ve been working for years suddenly stops working for you?
In this post, I share my experience of freelancing through the menopause, and how it’s impacted my resilience, my boundaries, and my relationship to work.
Why Cold Destinations Are Perfect for Creative Retreats – And Why Norway Steals Our Hearts
Why are winter destinations ideal for creative retreats? Learn how Norway’s snowy landscapes, cosy cabins, sauna experiences, husky sledding, and quiet winter energy support creativity and reflection.
Sharing vs. Just Being There
The act of capturing a moment with a phone or creating content, rather than simply absorbing the experience, triggers several cognitive and emotional processes in the brain that can alter our engagement with the present.
Why Saunas Are Good For Mental Health
In the UK, we’ve been used to seeing saunas as a way to relax after a gym workout, or as part of spa session, but it seems we’re slowly coming around to the idea that they can be more than that. More and more wellbeing spaces are making the spa more central to their concept, and taking inspiration from other parts of the world in how a sauna can be anything from a community building tradition to a personal ritual.
How has Hockney remained inspired to create for 60 years?
David Hockney is a prolific British painter, printmaker and photographer, and has now been creating for over half a century. What does his new exhibition teach us about remaining inspired?
What Is Art? Is It Just a Feeling?
Art in its purest form is a rebellious thought in action. Art is transformational and challenging, because it makes us think. It is a (sometimes) subtle form of activism. Activism doesn’t need to be explicit, you can change the world, and people’s minds, with a feeling
Life before the Smartphone
Do you remember what life was like before the smartphone? And how did it feel to be so disconnected in that way?
Being Slow As a Rebellious Act
In a world where everything is convenient, easy and fast? What might it mean to do things differently? How would it feel to be slow?