Sinking into the Deep Place

A few years ago, in the aftermath of a shattering heartbreak I knew would change my world forever, I heard a voice inside me say: “you are living a deeper life now.”

This voice had the resonance of truth + immediately calmed my nervous system.

I knew this was the path.

I knew my heartbreak was inviting me into something else + something more.

I knew there was work to be done -- but not the kind of work I was used to.

Ever since, I’ve turned toward depth.

I’ve done a lot of digging, sinking, and settling in. I’ve tried to ask big questions + make space for mystery. I’ve wandered in the shadows + journeyed into the darkness + searched for the magic underneath it all.

And I’ve turned my attention to creating deep places -- spaces where we’re invited to tell the truth, sit in unknowing, and feel for what’s real -- where there’s room for *all of us* + all of what we bring + feel + know + desire.

Because, as I've learned, “living a deeper life,” has less to do with the action we take + more to do with the space we create.

This deep place is where I go to create my art. It’s the place I go to heal + answer the call of my grief. It’s where I find magic + remember awe. It’s the space I create for my clients in my one-to-one work.

And it’s the place where I find my way back to myself -- into what I know + who I am.

What's calling to you in these shadows + spaces? How might you sink into their depths? What might Deep Place look like for you + how might you begin to create + cultivate it for yourself?

Creativity and the Deeper Thing

On the creative path, there are all sorts of ways to get tangled up and pulled off course by fear, perfectionism, and beliefs we hold around productivity, enoughness, and visibility. It’s a simple enough (though not always easy) process to dive into these pieces and do the work to get somewhere good, but in my experience, there is another essential step in uncorking creative flow.

And it’s basically finding a way to remember that creativity is always bigger and deeper than the thing we’re creating.

I’ve found it helpful to have regular conversations with my creativity, and here’s one way to do this: remember a time you felt connection, exhilaration, flow, resonance, freedom, love, etc. in your creative process; get anchored in how that feels or shows up in your body; and then step into that feeling to “take on” its consciousness and channel its energy. From there you can journal from its perspective, ask it questions, or allow it to guide your creative process.

This is what I consistently find when I do some variation of this exercise with clients: there is always a depth of wisdom, spirit, or vastness present. Which doesn't surprise me because our creativity is a holy and alive thing.

And when we can connect to the depth and vastness of our creativity, we step into a whole other frequency of energy, one that can't really support or sustain our fear.

And while it may not be possible to live here all the time, even a glimpse of it can start to change things.

And this is why it matters to me that more folks find a way to unleash their creative power: because it’s more than what we make with it – it’s the energy inside and beyond us – the light, connection, and resonance we share with the world and pour into the collective.

So if you feel creatively stuck, see if you can find your way into the deeper thing, the underlying energy of power that wants to pull you into all manner of creative goodness and possibility. I'd love to hear how it goes : )