The Plot

This episode is about finding our way into safe nests to nurture new life, and taking heart as spring springs. Life changes; keep going.

Soothing sounds in troubled times, and some lovely birdsong! This episode gives permission to take your time moving into a new space with your creative energies, and all this wants to become.

Relocating to my garden as we start retreating into our homes to stay safe from The Virus, I dust down the recording equipment and share an attitude of gratitude to help us stay connected and inspired. This episode includes a simple exercise for grounding in what we can be grateful for.

This week's episode takes a softer than normal tone, creating space to reflect with an effective exercise to find—and act on—simplicity.

A new series of The Plot begins with a reflection on approaching creative work and life in step with seasons as they cycle around. I also briefly recap why I started The Plot, to share my experiences so they may resonate and encourage all you lovely thinkers out there.

Finding flow to keep great plans hatching, even when the world out there is too ridiculous to fathom and hiding seems like the best plan!

In these short, cold days of January, it's better to go gently into a new year and give plans time to take root, so give up over-ambitious resolutions, come and take a seat on my bench and give new plans the easy nurture they need for this new year.

This week we follow seeds of hope from episode 06 with a big dose of creative courage, just loving those ideas into bold and beautiful life! What is creative courage, and how do we bring it to our work and life?

Welcome retreat from normal routine of work plans and content marketing strategies. This week, planting winter seeds in fresh soil, I'm letting the seeds teach me about how inspiration sometimes works – slowly and secretly.

Turning seasons here at the farm as Autumn takes hold, and cause to reflect on brilliant seasons of work and life now done – what have been your most inspiring seasons?