Welcome to episode seven of the Creating Resilience podcast.

Last week we heard from Elyssa Smith about how she used painting and creativity to help her through a really traumatic part of her life and how she uses creativity to help manage her time more compassionately.

This week, it's back to me again and I wanted to share some experiences I've had that reminded me that creativity is something that makes me more resilient.

I share two things that lifted my spirits this week- the first was completing my ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy) and mindful movement certification- that brought me from feeeling exhausted to energised after just an hour of mindful movement and teaching it to others.

The second was an Art and poertry class where i got to play with paint whilst listening to beautiful music- my two favourite things!

I share how taking part in creative activities with other people is such an effective and empowering resilience tool. If you don't already do it just try it and see how it feels- you don’t have to be an artist, writer, musician or singer- whatever form of creativity you choose to do just try sharing that creative experience with other people and notice how you feel during and after.

This is why I do the work I do everyday. If everyone had the opportunity to do at least one creative practice every day to support their wellbeing and vconnect with others, maybe the world would be a lot nicer and less stressed place to live in.

Listen in for more insights, and a beautiful poem that will get you thinking about how you really think and feel.

Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator extracted from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here

If you want to learn how to add more creativity to your life to become more resilience, here is how I can help you:

• Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here
• Book a 'Power Hour' 1:1 call to get you moving from alarm to calm here,
• Access 1:1 transformative EFT tapping sessions to remove your blocks to success here.
• Read my weekly blog posts on the website here
• For all the links to my creative work go here.
• To join our beat burnout support group go here.
• To read more about my own mental health journey- see this article here.

And finally- if you would like to be a guest on this podcast and share your story of using creativity to become more resilient, please get in touch here and we'll get back to you.

Until next time, stay safe and well- and keep creating! :)