Are your beliefs blocking your creativity?

“๐—œ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚.”

It can be a beginning, or an end, or a myriad of things in between.
As I uttered those words this morning, a smile played on my lips.
I could hear the pure dark timbre of my voice reverberating in my chest.
The voice of my heart.

Infinite…
Unconditional…
Unequivocal love.

Who or what was the object of my affection doesn’t matter.

What matters was the surrender.
It was pure, joyful, radiant.

I don’t share this to make you go all doe-eyed or to elicit an obligatory “aww…”
I share this because there was a time when I paid no attention to my spoken voice, and even less attention to my beliefs about creativity.

Creative beliefs - Heart folded page of a book

Back then, my heart lay sunken and heavy in the base of my chest. When I did use it, the cracks were evident. Its brittle, breathless timbre told the tale of a creative writer who’d lost her light.

I was afraid.
I thought I had nothing valuable to offer – except maybe my emotion. But too much emotion makes people uncomfortable, apparently.

These days, it’s hard for anyone to shut me up. But it took time and a willingness to sit with myself in the shadow for that to change.

So this is my challenge to you, budding creator.

Next time you shy away from sharing your story, instead give your voice a stage. Talk out loud. More importantly, listen to the sound. This principle applies to every area of your written communication, but especially on social media, where the opportunity to convey your true intent and win your audience’s heart is fleeting.

I encourage you to find a way to love your voice, and live the creative beliefs that serve you. Sing, read out loud, record videos, make up silly voices. The more you do this, the more you’ll notice when something is a little ‘off’. It will give you the opportunity to nip it in the bud before Godzilla eats the city… and you’ll have fun doing it, I promise!

Trust me on this. But more importantly, trust yourself. Because creating from your heart will serve you in business, and in life.

More thoughts about living an authentic creative life here

Creating content without self-judgement

What do you want to talk about?

One of the most powerful and most untapped benefits of LinkedIn for business owners and professionals is this: you really CAN talk about anything. No topic is too โœจ’woo-woo‘โœจ or inappropriate (what is an ‘appropriate’ topic anyway?) as long as you keep one thing top of mind. Judgement. More specifically, self-judgement. Because self-judgement is the tsunami that sinks a thousand ships. In this case, your social currency ship.

As a LinkedIn educator, you’d expect me to say that cultivating the right audience is the number one thing to keep top of mind. You’re right. That will always be important. A scatter-gun or hope based strategy wastes your time and that of your audience. But…

As a creator, creating without self-judgement is my true north. It’s the one thing I keep top of mind when I’m writing, above all else.

Why? Because everything else is a technicality. I can give you the latest tools, a sea of tips and lots of pretty, optimised templates, but…

…๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ-๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

Creating content door of your heart light shining through trees in forest

You have to lean in, love yourself and most of all, leave self-judgement out of it. Yes, it’s easier said than done, but guess what? I have your back, and so does your audience. Your audience appreciates authenticity and humility. They’ll ask for more. They’ll even tell others. And after all, isn’t that what social media is MEANT to be about? ๐Ÿ˜‰

 

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