Ep 8: Tapping in creative flow to embrace AUTHENTIC EXPRESSION, with Jenny Leigh Hodgins
OVERVIEW
In this episode Iโm talking with Jenny Leigh Hodgins a compassionate caregiver, seasoned musician, and and dedicated advocate for creativity and empowerment. our conversation is all about tapping into creative flow and embracing your authentic expression. Jenny shares with us her own Creative Exploration Formula and offers us a poetry reading from her new book -Kaleidescope of the Heart.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
๐ Jenny Leighโs creative journey evolved from a means for dealing with overwhelming emotions to gradually realising the empowerment that lies within authentic creative expression
๐ We discuss whether we are all inherently creative beings
๐ The inner critic and inherited limiting beliefs that stop us from pursuing creative interests
๐ Using creativity to express and deal with negative emotions versus creative self-care for transformation and empowerment
๐ Jenny Leighโs Creative Exploration Formula
๐ The transformative power of creativity to face emotions and thoughts and provide mental relief
๐ Jenny Leigh shares insights from her own creative practice
๐ The secret to stronger creative confidence and empowerment
๐ Jenny Leigh discusses her new book - Kaleidoscope of the Heart and shares a poem
๐ Jenny Leigh's self-care practice
๐ Powerful questions Jenny Leigh would have women ask themselves to welcome in more creative flow and creative empowerment
GUEST INFORMATION
Jenny Leigh Hodgins is the founder of YourCreativeChord, where creativity and inspiration meet transformation. Jenny Leigh is a compassionate caregiver, seasoned musician, and dedicated advocate for creativity and empowerment.
Drawing from her multifaceted background as a musician, composer, educator, author, poet, and caregiver, Jenny Leigh infuses her work with a unique blend of passion and introspection. Her poetry and lyrics reflect the human experience, touching on themes of love, loss, cultural identity, building a solid inner core, and the spiritual essence of nature. Her work embraces a holistic approach, recognising that our creative, spiritual, emotional, and physical selves are intertwined.
She believes that we empower our innate creative potential and feed our wellness through interconnected aspects of life.
Jenny Leigh is also a published author and the host of the YourCreativeChord podcast
Website: https://www.yourcreativechord.com
Social media: https://www.facebook.com/jenny.l.hodgins
Podcast (if applicable): https://www.YourCreativeChord.com/podcast
Other links Learn more and purchase โKaleidoscope Of The Heartโ at https://www.YourCreativeChord.com/books plus Get Your Free 4-Poem Sampler at https://www.YourCreativeChord.com/poetry
HOST INFORMATION
Sam Horton is a practising Artist and Creative Wellness Coach who lives on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, in between the stunning coast and the luscious hinterland with her young daughter Daisy and their little bouncy dog Beau.She is a self-confessed homebody obsessed with connecting her heart with her home through her love for art, flowers, and sentimental treasures.
Sam helps women discover the powerful links between art, creativity and well-being. She supports creatively curious transform their self-care and improve their well-being by finding authentic, empowering ways to deeply express and connect with themselves.
She does this through holistic art-making & wellness practices that support soul-led inquiry encompassing the whole woman; including her inner heart space and closest relationships, her beliefs and perceptions, her energy for change and her interactions with the wider world.
By incorporating these nourishing creative practices into self-care, Samโs goal is empower women to access and harness their inner power and wisdom as they realise that they already have everything they need within themselves to feel more expansive, self nurtured and whole - mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually.
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