It's Easy to Forget...To Remember takes Courage

It's so easy to forget who we really are.

Today is the eleventh anniversary of my husband's death.

For at least three years before he died, he began forgetting himself.

Addiction bonded with his fear and, well, two against one just aren't fair odds, as hard as he tried to find his way beyond it.

It's remarkable to me that it's possible to disavow ourselves from the brilliance that is the truest expression of who we are.

It makes sense, of course. 

We've all experienced it to some degree.

Fear, shame and grief that go unexpressed hang out in the shadows doing their job:

Making sure we don't bring our most heartfelt desires to the light.

Because then what?

Then we might act on those dreams.

We might make choices that shake shit up.

And we are not naturally wired to open our hearts to that level of risk.

Rewiring ourselves so that we can open to new possibilities … well that takes practice.

And it's not the kind of practice we can do alone, or with AI, or on the weekends chatting with friends.

But I believe it can be done.

I see it all the time.

After six weeks of thought partnership with a painter in her late sixties, she began to remember.

Last week she broke through a stubborn wall she sensed blocking her vision and began remembering aspects of her creative desires that had been obscured by fear.

“I'm remembering some things that I like to do.  It's like I forgot the things that I'm interested in.”

My experience after coaching hundreds of women artists and creators over decades of work is this:

Remembering, like creativity, takes courage.

Both are skills that are cultivated and accelerated in partnership with others.

That's why I created the Creator Accelerator.

It's the same 1:1 coaching all of my clients receive, but in a smaller bite.

Women in the Accelerator are painters, bakers, writers, choreographers, illustrators, fiber artists, nonprofit founders and professionals, sculptors, academics, speakers and teachers, community builders, parents, partners and change makers, and combinations of all of the above.

The women in my community (of which you are a part!) range in age from their mid-thirties through their seventies and are the most generous, intelligent, kind humans I know.

If you are ready to remember who you are, and then activate your courage to create through practice, let's talk about it.