Ärtful Blog

The Ärtful Blog is committed to helping artists and creative professionals align, balance, and improve their lives with posts focusing on creativity, entrepreneurship, mindset, personal development, productivity, wellness, tools, systems, and other resources.

Let’s Go!
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Let’s Go!

Recently, I wrote about the passing of my dad in November 2020 to stage 4 lung cancer after only three months from being diagnosed. Once I returned home to my family after his passing, the following several months were devastating. The holidays were tough but the hard times came as we rolled into the…

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Are you struggling silently?
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Are you struggling silently?

I was in a coaching session with a client recently and we began discussing the resistance he had to reach out to people and asking for anything, especially work or new projects. So many of us don’t want to…

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Realizing your true potential
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Realizing your true potential

When you woke up this morning did you open your eyes and want to stay under the covers a little bit longer? 

Did your mind begin racing about “all the things” that you have to do at work before even pulling your eye mask off?  

Are you on day 12,775 of trying to figure out what your true potential is? 

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Are you ready to create your artful life?
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Are you ready to create your artful life?

I recently finished the book, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles. If you’re not familiar with the term, ikigai is a Japanese concept referring to…

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