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If you’re feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure of yourself, you’re welcome here.
This space holds reflections on emotional awareness and creativity as a way to understand yourself more gently (especially in the face of pressure, productivity, and identity expectations).
Take your time. You don’t need to read everything. Begin where something resonates.
Why Is Art Making Such a Powerful Tool for Self-Discovery?
If you have gone to therapy, read all of the self-help books, tried the optimal morning routines but you’re still getting stuck in your head and feeling disconnected from yourself, this post is for you…
How Coaching Can Help You Build a Sustainable Creative Practice
Are you tired of hearing “just practice” as the answer to becoming more creative? Because let’s be honest, you can practice for years and still feel stuck.
What starts as something fun slowly turns into a chore…
A Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Creative Practice
Your creativity doesn’t need more inspiration, it needs you to show up!
If you’ve been wanting to be more creative—but keep collecting ideas, saving recipes, or buying art supplies without actually making anything…
Healing Through Art: How Creativity Helped Me Cope with Uncertainty & Find Hope
Have you ever felt like you had to fix every single problem in your life before you could enjoy it?
I used to believe that, too. Back when I was stuck in a job I hated, tangled up in a complicated immigration process, and…
AI Creativity: The Rise and Why Yours Matters
Let’s be honest: it’s tough out here. I just came back from a much-needed break. A pause to reset. And while I’m feeling refreshed and excited to return to this next season of Heal and Grow with Creativity, I’m also holding a lot…
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…
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…
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…