when your whole system says F no

Last year I became intimately acquainted with my carpet.

During panic attacks, I found my retreat there. It was dusty. I felt worried. Scared. Inferior. 

It's the place where me and my HP meet. HP means Higher Power. You can call it Spirit, Source, the Universe.

(I see my HP as the tree of Souls from Avatar. Isn't that a fun idea? A place where I'm welcomed, where I can soften and retreat. 🌿)

I needed to learn to create from freedom and love, instead of fear.

Do you resonate with this?

Always feeling like you need to be on? Hustle, strive, prove something? Keep going, even though your body says hell no. Trying to get somewhere, without ever getting there, and every time you move closer it seems further out of reach? 

I do. It's what brought me here. 

But then something shifted.

I decided to drop any and all expectations. Of having to become someone different. Of needing to be further ahead. Of anything needing to look a certain way.

And I started having fun with it.

I've been back on my carpet lately. But this time? It's my happy place. Where I create. 🎨

I want to let you in on a secret that’s been changing things for me. A ritual for creating and living from your authentic essence.

I've been practicing something I call Free Creative Time. It's where I take space to do whatever I feel called to create. No rules. No outcome. Nothing has to become anything. 

Sometimes that means whipping an article together in 36 minutes. Writing an Instagram post in 5 minutes that everyone resonates with. An impromptu photoshoot with incredible pics. 

Downloading an entire new body of work that feels like ME, without putting any effort in… 

It's what naturally wants to move through you, when you stop forcing and start receiving.

Want to try it? Set a timer for 20 minutes.

Go to your happy place: journal, pencils, whatever calls you. Create whatever wants to come through. No pressure. No outcome required. Carpet optional!

Then leave a comment and tell me what arrived. Did you...

🌊 Flow super well and create magic? (If so, what was it?)

💗 Enjoy it but are still searching? (What could have helped?)

☹️ Or can you not even find the time & space for this? (Aww babe, I feel you! Please send me a message and let me see if I can help you)

Send me a message and tell me: what's in your essence? I genuinely want to know. 🫶🏼

You can trust yourself. The world needs your message. You're here for a reason.

Big sister hugs,

Leonie xxx