The Wheel of Creativity Blog

Your 2024 Creative Restart: The Year to Reawaken Dormant Dreams

Are you longing to return to a creative project you once loved but left behind? This article offers inspiration and practical advice for anyone looking to rekindle their dormant creative passions. Whether it’s a dusty guitar, an unfinished manuscript, or a canvas waiting for that final brushstroke, discover how to reignite your creativity and breathe new life into your forgotten dreams. It’s time to pick up where you left off and transform your artistic aspirations into reality.

Express Yourself: Six Strategies for Authentic Creating

Last week, Merriam-Webster announced its Word of the Year for 2023. The word they chose is Authentic. 2023 has  been a year of searching for the truth. How do we discern what to trust, where to put our faith, even how to define reality? For the creator, authenticity lives in the doing. But it is also deeper than what you do. It is a dynamic and evolving aspect of your creative identity. Here are six strategies you can use to hear your own authentic voice and express it in your creative work.

Radical Gratitude: A Place for The World at Your Thanksgiving Table

Without question, these are difficult times. We live in a world where unspeakable suffering must coexist with our personal blessings. We hold horrific images in the palms of our hands, the devastation of war(s), the desperation of hundreds of thousands displaced by one crisis after the next. How can we reconcile our own abundance with the stark realities faced by so many others? Gratitude and compassion intersect.

Master Your Mind, Master Your Life: 10 Strategies to Manage the Nuclear Power of your Mind

I’ve long felt that the human mind is like a nuclear reactor. Its energy is almost inexhaustible, with enough power to shape our reality and determine our actions. But, in order for its current to be creative, it has to be managed, controlled and directed. So in this blog post, we’ll explore 10 essential strategies you can use to manage the enormous and untapped power of your mind, so that you can create a life beyond your wildest dreams.

From Dreamer to Doer: 10 Strategies to Get Your Creative Mojo Back

Let’s face it: while the creative process is a large part showing up and doing the work, it’s the magic that makes the final product extraordinary. But the relationship between work and magic is a mystery still unsolved. And moving back into your work after taking time off requires a little something extra. Here are 10 proven strategies you can use right now to re-enchant your creative spirit and restore the magic in your creative work:

Vision and Visibility: Conquering the Fear of Being Seen

We humans are driven by an innate desire to express ourselves, to contribute, and to be loved. When your creative vision evolves beyond personal passion to a resolute mission, it takes root deep within you. It propels you to engage in the profound work, both within and without, to transform that dream into reality. So here are six steps you can use to conquer the fear of visibility.