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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.

What Does a Typical Creativity Coaching Session Look with Renata
Have you ever wondered what it’s actually like to be in a creativity coaching session with me? Maybe you've been curious, but unsure of what to expect. Maybe the idea of showing up to make art—especially in front of someone else—feels a little scary…

What Creativity Coaching with Renata is Really Like
If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, creatively drained, or stuck in self-doubt, I want you to take a deep breath. You are not alone, I see you. You’re multi-passionate, full of ideas, but struggling to fit yourself into a box that was never meant for you…

The Power of Healthy Distractions: Why Self-Preservation Matters in Creativity and Life
If you've been on a personal growth or healing journey, you've probably heard all about the importance of mindfulness, self-awareness, and facing your problems head-on…

Creative Self-Care: Why It’s Not Always Fun at First (And What to Do About It)
Let’s talk about something that so many of us experience when we first dive into creative self-care: the not-so-fun phase. You know, the one where creativity feels awkward, clunky, or just plain hard? It doesn’t feel like the joy and ease we were promised…

How I Prioritize Creative Self-Care While Juggling Multiple Responsibilities
Does life ever feel like a nonstop juggling act—keeping everything in the air while struggling to find time for yourself? If so, you’re not alone. I’ve been there too, more times than I can count. That’s why today, I’m sharing my personal journey…

Stop Trying to Fit Into a Box: It’s Time To Embrace Your Multi-Passionate Nature
Have you ever found yourself passionately talking about all the things you're interested in—diving into different creative rabbit holes, exploring topics that light you up—only to stop mid-sentence and think, but…

You’re Putting Too Much Pressure on Yourself—Here’s How to Stop
If you’ve ever felt like you're carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders, you’re not alone. So many of us—especially those of us who are neurodivergent, sensitive, or multi-passionate—fall into the trap of thinking we have to do…

Why You Need to Create Even When You Don’t Feel Like It
We’re living in tough times. The news is overwhelming, the world feels heavy, and honestly, it’s easy to believe that we need to feel good before we can pick up our creative tools. But that belief? It’s just a myth…

5 Self-Help Books That Transformed My Self-Discovery and Healing Journey
Today, I want to share with you five books that helped me in my own self discovery and healing journey. I know that coaching or therapy isn’t always accessible for everyone, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make progress…

5 Signs You’re Disconnected From Your True Self
If you're like me, you've probably heard phrases like "connect with your true self" floating around in the world of personal growth and healing. But let’s be honest—what does that actually mean? And why does it even matter…

Why self-reflection matters in both creativity and life
With the holiday season behind us and a new year stretching out ahead, many of us feel the pull to plan, set goals, and hit the ground running. But let’s be real: the pressure to figure it all out immediately can feel overwhelming…

How to navigate end of year overwhelm through creativity
With the year winding down, there’s a lot of chaos in the air—whether it’s the whirlwind of the holidays, the stress of unmet goals, or the emotional weight of everything happening in the world…

Why you need to stop seeking answers outside of yourself
Let’s dive into the idea of intuition! I know this is one of those things that can feel super abstract and hard to pin down until you actually experience it…

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…

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…

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…

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...

Experimentation: The Key Ingredient in Crafting Your Unique Creative Sauce
Let’s kickoff this exploration by talking about why experimenting sounds good in theory but is much harder in practice. First of all, we don't know how. We don't know what it means to experiment in practical terms...

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...

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...