The Healing Power of Creativity: Reconnecting with Your Soul

Many of us lose touch with the very essence of who we are. Our days are filled with a to do list. meetings, deadlines, and endless tasks, leaving little room for the soulful experiences that bring us true joy. Yet, within each of us lies a powerful, untapped source of healing and fulfillment -- creativity.

Creativity is not confined to the artists and innovators; it’s a universal language of the soul. It’s about expressing your innermost self, exploring new ideas, and connecting deeply with the world around you. It’s the portal to feeling – to reconnecting to emotions and feelings that have been pushed aside because of the busy and the drive.

I’ve been longing for greater creativity to relate to my work and up until now, I was searching. I started as a designer in my career and slowly moved further and further away from it with my corporate career. I would still knit and weave on occasion, but it wasn’t a steady diet. Everything else seemed to get in the way, but it was a part of me that made me come alive. And in the absence of it, a part of me was missing – the joy, the curiosity, the elation. And then AI found me. ChatCPT was great for productivity and writing, but when I started playing with the creative tools like Midjourney and Firefly, I was like a kid in a candy shop! It was where my right and left brain get to work together. My curiosity and joy exploded.

We are all creative in some way. Whether it’s cooking, gardening, flower arranging, social media, playing an instrument, singing, or even finding innovative solutions in your work. Creativity brings a new way of thinking and connects to our senses. Creativity opens a pathway to deeper fulfillment and well-being.

You may be thinking that you have no idea of the creative avenue that works for you. Well, some places to start is to go do something different:

-?????? Turn the music on and start to dance to it. Your natural rhythm is your unique expression.

-??????? Garden and think of area as your canvas. Design by color or texture or both.

-??????? Make a vision board.

-??????? Go in your closet and play with your wardrobe and see what creations you can make.

-??????? Explore creative AI – do some creative writing, try your hand at prompting for creative. Yes, ChatGPT and Midjourney are cool tools, but even Canva or Pinterest are great places to get your creativity flowing.

The point is to start – to explore with a child’s mind and not worry about if it’s ok, or is it good enough, or others do it better. This is not a competition. Creativity is always messy and that’s the beautiful thing about it. Out of the colorful oops’s emerge the wonderful masterpieces of life. This is creativity to allow your heart and soul to sing and come alive and sing the song that’s been waiting to be unleashed from within in you.

And the more you explore, the easier it will be. Do a creative excursion at least once a week and watch what happens. You may actually feel more joyful ?