Being a Whole Person

A very special episode to celebrate my 40th birthday, in which I am interviewed by my friend Lynn O'Brien about some exciting changes to my business and this podcast! We get reflective, and I share what's in store for my new decade in my coaching and music work. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

I still love the practice of choosing a theme word for the year, to help guide new year intentions and goals. It can be a wonderful filter for what feels intuitively right to do and create, whether in place of or along with more structured planning and goal setting. In this episode I share about my intentions for my 2022 word PLAY, how it turned out in practice, why I'm excited about my new word for 2023, and some tips for choosing your own word of the year. Did you pick a word for 2023, or previous years? What's been your experience with it? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass (or send me an email), and we can share ideas! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

We don't have to expect ourselves to constantly be actively producing creative work - creative projects have seasonal cycles, too. But even in the dormancy of winter (literal or metaphorical), you can still feed your creativity, and this phase is just as important as the others. In this episode I share many ways that you can consume, digest, and “fertilize the soil” to pave the way for your next project. What's feeding your creativity right now? What's inspiring you? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass, and we can share ideas! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Join us in COMPASSIONATE CREATIVITY COWORKING CLUB: A membership with weekly coworking sessions where you can get a ton done, with the camaraderie of like-minded creative people! Make time to focus on your most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done) - let's practice compassionate productivity together. If you're not ready to commit yet, try your first session for free! Details at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook Free Discovery Call - learn more about coaching My Brazilian album Florescer SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify Get the show notes and transcript at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/feeding-creativity-winter-season

For many of us, the winter (and holiday) season comes with lower energy but higher expectations, and the dissonance of that can be really challenging. In this episode I invite you to question your assumptions about how much you have to get done, how many priorities you need to have, and how you treat yourself around that. Listen in to learn some tangible ways to do less that don't involve throwing everything out, and are easy to try! What does doing less look like for you in this season? What's nourishing you? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass and we can share ideas! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Join us in COMPASSIONATE CREATIVITY COWORKING CLUB: A membership with weekly coworking sessions where you can get a ton done, with the camaraderie of like-minded creative people! Make time to focus on your most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done) - let's practice compassionate productivity together. If you're not ready to commit yet, try your first session for free! Details at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook Free Discovery Call - learn more about coaching My Brazilian album Florescer SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify Get the show notes and transcript at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/embrace-doing-less-darker-season

The idea of slowness can be hard to embrace when there are so many outside factors encouraging us to act more urgently, at odds with the creative process and your ability to connect with your own intuition and inner guidance. In this episode I explain why this happens, share some of my experiences and struggles with slowing down, and provide tips and ideas for embracing a slower pace, if that's what you're craving. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

As artists, we are constantly practicing and growing, whether we feel negatively or positively about it, or bouncing between both! It can be tricky to continually pursue personal and artistic growth while also believing that you are enough as you are. I share about my journey with self improvement, from reading all the self help books to trusting my inner guidance and everywhere in between, along with tips for embracing incremental and sustainable change and trusting your own wisdom. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

Sharing your art can be nerve-wracking, but it can also be really fun! I talk about some common reasons you might hesitate to share, many great reasons to share, and provide encouragement to make it easier to do. If there's a creative project that you've been on the fence about sharing, I hope this episode gives you the courage to step up and do it! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Speaking of which… CREATIVE SHOW + TELL IS BACK! On Thurs. 11/17 at 2pm PST, I'm hosting a creative show and tell (online) for you to share your works in progress and get feedback and encouragement - it's free to join and all are welcome!

It can be devastating to experience failures, rejection, and criticism in your creative career, but they don't have to haunt you forever. I share my favorite practices and journaling prompts to compassionately reframe these difficulties into learning and growth experiences, so you can confidently move forward with your big dreamy creative goals! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ CREATIVE SHOW + TELL IS BACK! On Thurs. 11/17 at 2pm PST, I'm hosting a creative show and tell (online) for you to share your works in progress and get feedback and encouragement - it's free to join and all are welcome!

Having an experimental mindset in your creative process can be such a helpful tool for inspiring new ideas, supporting you when you get stuck, and persevering through perfectionism. Bringing curiosity to the process also makes it more fun! I share some reflection questions you can ask yourself and some different types of creative experiments to try. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ CREATIVE SHOW + TELL IS BACK! On Thurs. 11/17 at 2pm PST, I'm hosting a creative show and tell (online) for you to share your works in progress and get feedback and encouragement - it's free to join and all are welcome!

I had a delightful conversation with Megan Ihnen, a mezzo-soprano and “new music force of nature” who wears many hats as a performer, educator, coach/consultant for musicians, and also in arts admin. With these many roles, she is an amazing connector and natural community builder. Tune in to hear us chat about creative placemaking, authentic community building, balancing many roles and having lots of work variety, burnout, being a musician during the pandemic, routines, harmful ideas around “hard work”, and how we can bring our very favorite selves to our creative work. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

When life gets extra busy, it can be hard to stay connected to yourself and your creativity, and to stay rooted in what's really important to you. I share the practices, journal prompts, and schedule parameters that I'm experimenting with in this busier season, to make sure I'm fueling my energy and creativity in a self-compassionate way. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

There are so many reasons why you might not prioritize creativity, even when it's really important to you. (Zero judgment here!) I share 10 common obstacles to putting your creative practice first, along with tips and prompts to overcome each one, in a way that works within your full, busy life - let's embrace the small steps forward! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

If you've ever been frustrated by the pressure to “choose one thing” in your creative work, this episode is for you! I had a lovely chat with D'Ana Joi Spencer, a multi-passionate, educator, community builder, and content creator who believes having many passions is a gift, not a burden. She teaches creatives how to make friends with focus, overcome overwhelm, and step into their Multi-Passionate Mastery, a message that I really resonate with. We share a passion for relaxation as the way to restore your creative spark, and celebrating all of the beautiful ways that our various experiences come together to make us who we are, make our creative work what it is, and enable us to support others - the important stuff. As a fellow multi-passionate musician and creative person, I felt really validated by this conversation, and I hope that you will, too! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

I answer a listener's question about why panic, stress, and self-hatred can crop up just as you're right before the deadline trying to finish a creative project - a familiar scenario for many of us. I give my best tips for understanding why this happens (it's not because there's something wrong with you!) and how to work through it with self-compassion. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

I'm hosting another Creative Show + Tell on 7/27 (usually only part of the Compassionate Creativity Club Creator Lab membership), and you're invited to join in for free! Come and share what you're working on, big or small! ⁣ Especially if it's small, if it's not finished, if you're feeling like it's not worth sharing yet - that's exactly what I want you to share, because sharing the small stuff is how we build the courage to share the big stuff when it's done!⁣ We often like to share our creations when they're finished, because we tend to feel more proud, like they're more ready for the world then.⁣ Creator Lab and this Show + Tell will be a safe spot to:⁣ Share how things are going⁣ Get some feedback from me and a small group of friendly folks⁣ Get some encouragement so that you can keep moving forward with excitement! ⁣ Show and Tell was always one of my favorite days in elementary school, and it'll be happening monthly in Compassionate Creativity Club! ⁣ It's like a garden, a playground, and a magical laboratory all mixed together - a safe space for your creative practice where you can dare to experiment, grow, play, and create exactly what you need, with support, encouragement, and camaraderie!⁣

It can feel impossible to carve out time for creative rituals, gathering ideas, and big-picture thinking, when they're important, but not urgent, and you have a million other things to accomplish. Following your curiosity and sense of wonder is not a waste of time! Listen in to hear about my most important habit that supports my creativity, how I fit it into my schedule without feeling unproductive, and how you can spark more creativity in your art and life. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

Have you ever taken a break from your creative practice and had a hard time getting back in the habit again? Whether you've taken a long or short break, if it's feeling tough to restart again, or to regain creative momentum, it's not hopeless! In this episode you'll learn some easy ways to get unstuck from the resistance and self-compassionately begin again (and again) as many times as needed. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

If you're tired of feeling stuck, spinning your wheels, and not moving forward with that creative project you've been planning on starting forever, this episode is for you. Often we wait for “just the right time” to start, which can actually defer the project further, but we can create that fresh start anytime we decide to! Listen in for some tips on how to get started, so you can get that creative momentum going in a supportive and self-compassionate way. Also, if you need some encouragement, you can always send me a note. I'm always here for little pep talks, and I'm rooting for you! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

We often hear people talk about trusting the creative process, but leaning into trust can benefit us in so many interconnected ways besides just when we're in active creation mode. In this episode I explore all of the ways where trust can benefit our creativity, help you feel like a whole person, and offer tips to help you cultivate trust in yourself. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

Procrastination can hold us back from doing the creative work we're most passionate about, but it's not just laziness or a time management problem. In this episode I talk about my history with procrastination, how I learned to be more self-compassionate when it happens, and share helpful tips to help you use self-compassion to overcome procrastination. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ JOIN US FOR CREATIVE SHOW + TELL! On Thurs. May 26 at 4pm, I'm hosting a creative show and tell (online) for you to share your works in progress and get feedback and encouragement - it's free to join and all are welcome!

Oracle and tarot cards are great tools for connecting creativity, self care, and spirituality. They can serve as inspiration, insight into your own reactions, and journaling prompts, adding a magical layer to the creative process, whether you have a specific question about a project, a decision, or how to work with the energy of that day. I share how I use pulling cards for creative and self care prompts, and highlight my favorite decks. However you connect to spirituality, there's something for everyone in this episode. Do you use tarot or oracle decks to aid your creativity? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass (or send me an email) and let me know your favorites! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Join us in Compassionate Creativity Club to self-compassionately grow your creative practice (without burning out) in a supportive community, because it's easier (and more fun!) when we don't have to do it all alone. It's like a garden, a playground, and a magical laboratory all mixed together - a safe space for your creative practice where you can dare to experiment, grow, play, and create exactly what you need, with support, encouragement, and camaraderie! Check out the Curiosity + Care or Creator Lab levels OR Join us for Coworking Club on Tuesdays 1:30-3pm PST (and you can try your first session for free)!

I was so excited to chat with Jenni Kowal, a multi passionate, visual artist and personal development coach specializing in self care and creative exploration. Founder of Anytime Creative, she offers a variety of life coaching services, including mindfulness support. Her flagship product is the Self Care Adventure Cards - an intuitive card deck that sparks inspiration for every step of your self care journey. Her mission is to help scattered and multi-passionate creatives use self care to fuel their creative expression, get out of their own way and spend more time in flow! Tune in to hear us talk about how self compassion is essential to the creative process, thinking of creativity as life force, how to use self care to help you build up that life force, to fill your cup as your energy and life situation evolves, how Jenni balances her many interests as a multipassionate artist, and makes space for reflection. I hope you love this conversation as much as I did! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

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I share a reminder that came up for me recently in my creative process while composing, about slowing down and getting comfortable being in process, even without clarity in logistical details. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ SUPPORT I OFFER: ⭐ Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club (try your first session for free!) ⭐ I have openings for Creative Coaching in 2022: learn more here! ⭐ Sign up for Creative Wellness Letters, an every-other-Monday dose of encouragement for your creative life ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ RESOURCES MENTIONED: • My free music composition prompts • Coven of Creativity SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebeccahass SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people! iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify

Many artists tend to be really hard on themselves, and with that often comes setting unrealistic expectations for creativity and artistic success. Here are 8 common unrealistic expectations that you may be putting on yourself, along with an invitation to reframe and shift them with self compassion. Do you relate to any of these, or have others to suggest? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass (or send me an email) to share! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

A friendly reminder and validation that everyone needs and is deserving of support, even those of us who do service-based work - we don't have to be perfect! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ SUPPORT I OFFER: ⭐ Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club (try your first session for free!) ⭐ I have openings for Creative Coaching in 2022: learn more here! ⭐ Sign up for Creative Wellness Letters, an every-other-Monday dose of encouragement for your creative life ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ RESOURCES MENTIONED: Coven of Creativity SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebeccahass SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people! iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify

The 4 Tendencies framework from Gretchen Rubin can be really helpful for understanding your creative motivation. I explore how each of the tendencies' reactions to expectations (inner and outer) might impact how you approach creativity and share some tangible tips to help each tendency tap into creative motivation! What's your tendency? How does it affect your creative motivation? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass (or send me an email) to share! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

Spring can be a much-awaited season, but the transition from winter into spring also can be a lot for our nervous systems to adjust to! I share a story about how this year's transition has been for me, as well as some tips on grounding yourself if you're feeling jittery, and noticing your own seasonal patterns.

What does it really mean to have a creative practice? In this episode I explore the word “practice” and the basic ingredients for a nourishing art practice. I also offer reflection prompts to help you figure out if your creative practice is working for you and how to tweak it if it's not, so you can grow into the artist that you want to be! What practices (creative, wellness, or otherwise) are nourishing you right now? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass (or send me an email) to share!

We don't always have to work quickly or have a lot of energy in order to get things done, even though that's not what toxic productivity culture wants us to think! I share some examples of compassionate productivity in action, for the times when you need to show up not feeling your best. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ ⭐ Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club (try your first session for free!) ⭐ I have openings for Creative Coaching in 2022: learn more here! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebeccahass SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people! iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify

Do you struggle with consistency in your creative practice? There are a lot of common (and rigid) assumptions about what consistency means, but it can be more flexible and self-compassionate. In this episode I talk about the benefits of creative consistency, how to know when it will help or harm, some reasons not to stay consistent, and share encouragement for finding the type of consistency that works for you and your art! What's your relationship with consistency? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass (or send me an email) to share! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

I'm very sad to share that last Friday we had to say goodbye to my best orange friend and relaxation mentor, Rusty the cat. I share a couple of lessons that are helping me as I grieve, and that you might find helpful, too. RESOURCES MENTIONED: • Want to weigh in on what I should offer next? Take my short (5-minute!) community survey and let me know what you think! • S1 E14: Presence + Holding Space with Sara Garnier • My tribute to Rusty the cat ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ ⭐ Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club (try your first session for free!) ⭐ I have openings for Creative Coaching in 2022: learn more here! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebeccahass SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people! iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify

I share about my recent weekend trip, having realistic expectations for how breaks will feel when they finally happen, and how the (overdue) vacation time off affected me. If you're debating taking some time off and need some affirmation to do it, you'll find it here! RESOURCES MENTIONED: • Want to weigh in on what I should offer next? Take my short (5-minute!) community survey and let me know what you think! • S3 E14: The 12 Stages of Burnout ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ ⭐Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club (try your first session for free!) ⭐I have openings for Creative Coaching in 2022: learn more here! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebeccahass SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people! iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify

As an artist, social media can be a real double-edged sword - it's a great place to connect with others and share our work, but can also be a hugely distracting time and energy suck that takes us away from our creative practices. I talk about some of social media's potential pitfalls and benefits to your creativity, and give you a few questions to ask yourself, in case your relationship with it needs a revamp. How are you feeling about social media, and how does it affect your creativity? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass (or send me an email) to share! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

I share how it felt to return to one of my favorite creative rituals, Magic Monday (which I talked about more in E32), and how it affected me this week, along with some encouragement for restarting a nourishing habit or ritual that you've lost touch with. You're always allowed to restart however it feels right, and you may be surprised at good it feels! Do you have some kind of ritual, practice, habit that you want to return to? Let me know! Email me (hello@rebeccahass.com) or find me on Instagram (@rebecca_hass) to share - I always love hearing from you! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Rise Above the Overwhelm 1-time creative coaching sessions are sliding scale for the rest of January! 1 laser-focused 75-minute session + 1 week of email support following + Post-session notes with your personalized action plan Perfect for zeroing in on what's been keeping you stuck and getting action steps organized on that project you keep trying to get off the ground, so you can build momentum to move it forward! Sliding scale from $110 (normally $220) - book your session here! (Book by Jan. 31 but sessions can take place in the future) ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club (try your first session for free!) I have openings for Creative Coaching in 2022: learn more here! SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebeccahass SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people! iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify

Reflection is an essential part of tapping into your creativity - slowing down is the only way to hear your own inner voice, and what you really desire. In the midst of your busy life, it's easy not to make time for it, but your reflection practice can be as simple or complex as it needs to be! I share my practices for checking in with myself on a weekly and monthly basis (which are in this free PDF for you), as well as other reflection prompts for creative inspiration. What are your reflection practices? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass (or send me an email) to share! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Rise Above the Overwhelm 1-time creative coaching sessions are sliding scale for the rest of January! 1 laser-focused 75-minute session + 1 week of email support following + Post-session notes with your personalized action plan Perfect for zeroing in on what's been keeping you stuck and getting action steps organized on that project you keep trying to get off the ground, so you can build momentum to move it forward! Sliding scale from $110 (normally $220) - book your session here! (Book by Jan. 31 but sessions can take place in the future) ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Get my free Weekly + Monthly Check-in worksheets Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club (try your first session for free!) I have openings for Creative Coaching in 2022: learn more here! Creative Wellness Letters (my every-other-week notes of encouragement for your creative life) Sign up for the free Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge (5 days of super easy creativity + wellness prompts) My PDF workbook: Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity Free Discovery Call to get a sample of creative coaching My Brazilian album Florescer SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebeccahass SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people! iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify Get the show notes and transcript at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/support-creativity-simple-reflection-practices

I share a real-life example of how I used curiosity and process-focused creativity to help soothe my nervous system this week, by taking a "sensory walk" around my neighborhood and improvising at the piano. Small actions may work better than we think. Solidarity to my fellow overactive-brained, anxious folks out there!

I love the practice of choosing a theme word for a year, as a way of setting new year intentions. It can be a wonderful filter for what feels aligned to do and create, whether in place of or along with planning goal setting. In this episode I share how my 2021 word turned out, the inspiration behind my new word for 2022, as well as some affirmation for opting to minimize or defer goal setting if that feels right for you. Did you pick a word for 2022, or previous years? What's been your experience with it? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass (or send me an email), and we can share ideas! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

We don't have to expect ourselves to constantly be actively producing creative work - creative projects have seasonal cycles, too. But even in the dormancy of winter (literal or metaphorical), you can still feed your creativity, and this phase is just as important as the others. In this episode I share many ways that you can consume, digest, and “fertilize the soil” to pave the way for your next project. What's feeding your creativity right now? What's inspiring you? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass, and we can share ideas! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Join us in COMPASSIONATE CREATIVITY COWORKING CLUB: A membership with weekly coworking sessions where you can get a ton done, with the camaraderie of like-minded creative people! Make time to focus on your most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done) - let's practice compassionate productivity together. If you're not ready to commit yet, try your first session for free! Details at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook Free Discovery Call - learn more about coaching My Brazilian album Florescer SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify Get the show notes and transcript at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/feeding-creativity-winter-season

In this episode I share where I've been finding magic lately, and how a daily walk could be very mundane, but is not...if you choose to make it more interesting. The simple practice of taking a “noticing walk” can fill you with wonder and could maybe even change the course of your day (or at least your morning). This is my invitation to you to follow your curiosity and find the things that fill you with wonder, as tiny as those might be! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Join us in COMPASSIONATE CREATIVITY COWORKING CLUB: A membership with weekly coworking sessions where you can get a ton done, with the camaraderie of like-minded creative people! Make time to focus on your most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done) - let's practice compassionate productivity together. If you're not ready to commit yet, try your first session for free! Details at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook Free Discovery Call - learn more about coaching My Brazilian album Florescer SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify Get the show notes and transcript at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/finding-creative-magic-dark-times

Whether your creative energy is depleted after a big event or you've been swimming in burnout for a while, this episode will help support you in moving forward at whatever pace feels sustainable, practicing compassionate productivity. Listen in to learn some quick and easy-to-implement ways to take some of the physical and mental load off while you're recovering, so you can get back to feeling like your best self and channel that energy into moving forward with your most important creative projects, even in low power mode. If you need some encouragement, you can always send me a note. I'm always here for little pep talks, and I'm rooting for you! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Join us in COMPASSIONATE CREATIVITY COWORKING CLUB: A membership with weekly coworking sessions where you can get a ton done, with the camaraderie of like-minded creative people! Make time to focus on your most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done) - let's practice compassionate productivity together. If you're not ready to commit yet, try your first session for free! Details at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook Free Discovery Call - learn more about coaching My Brazilian album Florescer SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify Get the show notes and transcript at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/moving-forward-replenish-creative-energy

It's often challenging to practice compassionate productivity as you're trying to prioritize your creative practice and other important things in your life, but it can be even harder when you're transitioning into a busier schedule or lifestyle - we may be finding ourselves with the overwhelming schedule equivalent of loaded-up plates at a buffet! Here are 8 of my favorite compassionate productivity tips for transitioning as gracefully as possible, and replenishing your energy with intentionality and self-kindness. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Join us in COMPASSIONATE CREATIVITY COWORKING CLUB: A membership with weekly coworking sessions where you can get a ton done, with the camaraderie of like-minded creative people! Make time to focus on your most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done) - let's practice compassionate productivity together. If you're not ready to commit yet, try your first session for free! Details at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook Free Discovery Call - learn more about coaching My Brazilian album Florescer SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify Get the show notes and transcript at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/compassionate-productivity-tips-help-you-cope-with-being-busier

For many of us, the winter (and holiday) season comes with lower energy but higher expectations, and the dissonance of that can be really challenging. In this episode I invite you to question your assumptions about how much you have to get done, how many priorities you need to have, and how you treat yourself around that. Listen in to learn some tangible ways to do less that don't involve throwing everything out, and are easy to try! What does doing less look like for you in this season? What's nourishing you? Tag me on Instagram @rebecca_hass and we can share ideas! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Join us in COMPASSIONATE CREATIVITY COWORKING CLUB: A membership with weekly coworking sessions where you can get a ton done, with the camaraderie of like-minded creative people! Make time to focus on your most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done) - let's practice compassionate productivity together. If you're not ready to commit yet, try your first session for free! Details at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook Free Discovery Call - learn more about coaching My Brazilian album Florescer SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people: iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify Get the show notes and transcript at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/embrace-doing-less-darker-season

I had a wonderful chat with Shulamit Ber Levtov, the “Entrepreneur's Therapist”, who has been working in the field of mental health and personal growth for more than 21 years, helping hundreds of people recover their resilience after experiencing stress and trauma. She has also been an entrepreneur for more than 27 years, and in 2017, founded an award-winning holistic stress and trauma clinic in Kemptville, Ontario. Tune in to hear us talk about why mindset isn't everything, what psychologically healthy mindset work looks like, curiosity as a key component of self compassion, the feeling of enoughness, sharing as a way that we help other people, and lots of other mental health and creativity-related stuff - this is a lovely conversation that I hope you will love! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

I share more takeaways from the excellent book Bored And Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive And Creative Self, to help you make more mental space for boredom, which leads to creativity and more meaningful productivity! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

I share my takeaways from the excellent book Bored And Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive And Creative Self, to help you make more mental space for boredom, which leads to creativity and meaningful productivity! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

Why do we resist doing less? I invite you to non-judgmentally look underneath the busyness and overwhelm to see why it might be rewarding in some ways, and detrimental in other ways, and to make space to notice your feelings, perhaps aided by your creative practice! I'm trying out this casual mini episode format on the weeks between regular episodes. Let me know what you think, I always welcome your feedback! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Join us in Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club! (or try out a free session) Sign up for the free Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge (5 days of super easy creativity + wellness prompts) Free Discovery Call Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook My Brazilian album Florescer SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebeccahass SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people! iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify

I answer a listener's question about why panic, stress, and self-hatred can crop up just as you're right before the deadline trying to finish a creative project - a familiar scenario for many of us. I give my best tips for understanding why this happens (it's not because there's something wrong with you!) and how to work through it with self-compassion. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Join us in COMPASSIONATE CREATIVITY COWORKING CLUB: A membership with weekly coworking sessions where you can get a ton done, with the camaraderie of like-minded creative people! Make time to focus on your most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done) - let's practice compassionate productivity together. Last session of each month is free to try! Details at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Creative Wellness Letters (my every-other-week notes of encouragement for your creative life) Sign up for the free Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge (5 days of super easy creativity + wellness prompts) Free Discovery Call My Brazilian album Florescer SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebeccahass SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people! iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify Get the show notes and transcript at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/resistance-of-finishing-creative-projects

I share some ways that I'm helping my brain feel less overstimulated lately, as how I'm creating pockets of time where I'm not doing anything, which has been great in clearing space for creative thinking. I'm trying out this casual mini episode format on the weeks between regular episodes. Let me know what you think, I always welcome your feedback! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Join us in Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club! (or try out a free session) Sign up for the free Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge (5 days of super easy creativity + wellness prompts) Free Discovery Call Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook My Brazilian album Florescer SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebeccahass SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people! iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify

If you're worried that indulging in too much self care might push you into laziness, this episode is for you. I offer up some reflection questions to help you see what's underneath this fear, and ways to intentionally balance rest vs. “doing”. Listen in to learn how you can reframe the concept of laziness to resist perfectionism and be more self-compassionate. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Join us in COMPASSIONATE CREATIVITY COWORKING CLUB: A membership with weekly coworking sessions where you can get a ton done, with the camaraderie of like-minded creative people! Make time to focus on your most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done) - let's practice compassionate productivity together. Last session of each month is free to try! Details at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club Creative Wellness Letters (my every-other-week notes of encouragement for your creative life) Sign up for the free Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge (5 days of super easy creativity + wellness prompts) Free Discovery Call My Brazilian album Florescer SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebeccahass SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people! iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify Get the show notes and transcript at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/dont-worry-about-laziness

I share what ritual I'm returning to recently, and invite you to reflect on what habits, practices, or rituals have been nourishing to you in the past, in hopes that re-introducing it has a positive effect on your energy level and your creativity! I'm trying out this casual mini episode format on the weeks between regular episodes. Let me know what you think, I always welcome your feedback! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Join us in Compassionate Creativity Coworking Club! Sign up for the free Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge (5 days of super easy creativity + wellness prompts) Free Discovery Call Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook My Brazilian album Florescer SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebeccahass SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people! iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify