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Here’s a list of my latest content to help you embrace creativity as a tool for self-discovery and healing.

How to deal with your inner critic as a creative
Renata McElvany Renata McElvany

How to deal with your inner critic as a creative

Let’s talk about that little voice inside our heads that keeps so many of us from tapping into our creative potential – the inner critic. I want to discuss how the inner critic tends to show up for us neurodivergent and multi-passionate…

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Why play is at the heart of creativity
Renata McElvany Renata McElvany

Why play is at the heart of creativity

Today, we’re gonna be talking about play and how this is connected to creativity. The reason that I want to talk about this is because I have talked to so many women of color…

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Establishing a Creative Practice
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Establishing a Creative Practice

Today, we are going to be diving into the topic of developing a creative practice. I want to tell you why this is such a powerful foundation for anybody that wants to thrive as a creative person…

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Navigating Creative Block
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Navigating Creative Block

I want to start off by describing what creative block might be looking like for you right now. You might be able to recognize yourself in one or a few of the following examples...

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Goal Setting for Creatives
Renata McElvany Renata McElvany

Goal Setting for Creatives

Let's start off by discussing resistance to goal setting as creatives. I think it's no secret that so many of us resist the idea of planning and setting goals when it comes to our creative work, because it sounds...

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Cultivating the Self in Self-Expression
Renata McElvany Renata McElvany

Cultivating the Self in Self-Expression

So, let's start off by talking about how many of us creatives got started on this journey by wanting to imitate our creative heroes. If you're like me, you likely have been impacted by some type of art that really had a profound effect on you...

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The Creative Process
Renata McElvany Renata McElvany

The Creative Process

The main reason that I want to talk about the creative process is because this is a term that we hear all the time, but I don't think we fully understand what it really means...

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Creativity as a Relationship
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Creativity as a Relationship

If you're like me and you grew up in a Western capitalistic society, you have likely internalized the idea that creativity is only valid if you can make money with it, otherwise it’s seen as a waste of time...

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What is creativity?
Renata McElvany Renata McElvany

What is creativity?

In this post I’m going to start by setting a strong foundation and defining what creativity is. This will help as a reference point for when we start diving deeper into other adjacent topics...

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What does it mean to “express yourself”?
Renata McElvany Renata McElvany

What does it mean to “express yourself”?

If you’re like me and you have spent any amount of time in creative spaces whether online or in-person, you likely heard people constantly going on and on about how you need to use your art as a tool for self-expression…

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How I Fit In Time to Create Even as a Busy Creative Solopreneur
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How I Fit In Time to Create Even as a Busy Creative Solopreneur

If you’re like me and most other women in today’s hectic world, you’re likely trying to balance out a bunch of things in your life, whether it’s raising kids, taking care of an older family member, going back to school, working a full time job while…

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Creativity Coaching for non-creatives?
Renata McElvany Renata McElvany

Creativity Coaching for non-creatives?

A few weeks ago a lovely woman reached out to me wondering if creativity coaching was for her. As we began chatting and getting to know each other, she explained that she wasn't sure if she had done the right thing by reaching out to me given that she wasn’t an “artist” or “creative”…

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