ABOUT INWARD & ARTWARD
Inward & Artward is dedicated to finding the magic, joy, and momentum in the creative process through one-on-one coaching sessions, workshops, and consultations. Its mission is rooted in tapping into a deeper awareness of who you are, what’s in your way, and connecting to your why, ultimately shaping a powerful creative compass to help guide you through your journey.
Creativity Coaching
Creativity can often feel like the Wild West: untamed and unpredictable with a side of mystery, magnetism, and mesmerism. Coaching sessions are individualized and designed to help you pioneer through the hardships while enjoying the ever-changing scenery.
We will work together to employ creative tools to help with blocks (such as fear, resistance, perfectionism, procrastination, comparison, overwhelm, negative self-talk, hesitancy, avoidance, lack of joy, bad habits, shame, unrealistic expectations, self-sabotage, doubt, feeling stuck, and loads more) in addition to cultivating a sustainable and authentic relationship with your creativity.
THE ROLE OF mindfulness in coaching sessions
Consider the concept of waking up from existing in “autopilot” mode and moving into the driver’s seat of your own life. Rather than mindlessly going through the motions, we can deliberately choose the direction we go, attentively notice our own scenery, and purposefully navigate our changing tides.
This is the “Inward” portion of our work together. By investigating our inner world, we can figure out how to get out of our own way and move into positive change, meaningful purpose, and an insatiable curiosity. All ingredients for a rich “Artward” experience.
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The Role of Storytelling + The enneagram
Storytelling is part of our make-up as human beings. We are programmed to search for meaning, and in this pursuit, we find patterns and connections and reasons between events, ideas, experiences, and memories. We think in story. We are our own main character.
Stories have the power to connect us to the human experience, and are how we make sense of the world. It is for these very reasons that personal stories provide a fertile breeding ground for creativity, contributing to the ability to express ourselves from the perspective of our unique, individual world views.
Occasionally, however, we latch onto and over-identify with stories that do not serve or support us.
As a certified Enneagram Practitioner, I provide the option to infuse this powerful personality typing tool into our discovery work. The Enneagram provides a framework for the nine different personality types that each have core beliefs, motivations, and fears. It helps us understand our patterns of behavior, and thus the stories and self-talk that surround our reality.
Through coaching, we set the stage to transform the perspectives and assumptions that are limiting our potential, and shift into telling a fuller, holistic story of who we are becoming. After all, we are the narrator of our own lives and can spin our stories in a way that leads to growth.
““Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. He who looks outside, dreams. He who looks inside, awakens.” ”
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The enso is a sacred Zen symbol that means “circle of togetherness.” Traditionally, it is drawn as a meditative practice using only one brushstroke, exemplifying an artist in a state of creation and a reflection of their innermost self. Along with symbolizing the beauty in imperfection, it represents acceptance, connection, one-mindedness, and the art of letting go of expectations.
The ampersand is a symbol of discovery, hope, and saying “yes” to the mysteries that await us. This traditional version of the ampersand displays a broken infinity sign, boding a reminder that nothing lasts forever, and we are always in a state of transition and change. You are never done or finished; there is always more on the horizon.