S3 E1: Finding Momentum

Shaili & Kate share their thoughts on winter & creating with the seasons. Happy holidays! Connect with Kate & Shaili - ⁠⁠⁠@idlewritersclub⁠⁠⁠ Shaili: ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠ Insta: ⁠⁠⁠@createwithshaili⁠⁠⁠ & writing practice journal ⁠⁠⁠@itsalwaysprogress⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://shailishah.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://shailishah.com/book⁠ Kate ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.katemaxwellcoach.com

We're back and we're troubleshooting how to find momentum again after a break from our creative practice. Links to Shaili's new website and brilliant Find Your Flow workbook! https://shailishah.com/ https://shailishah.com/book

It's the final chapter! Wow - what a ride, thank you for joining us on our follow along of Julia Cameron's FINDING WATER, we hope you enjoy this closing episode, we've loved sharing this journey with you! (FYI: we recorded this in December 2022!) Some of this episodes topics: What tools will we take away from this process? Keeping going despite our internal weather Spoiling your artist You don't have to act like a poet to be a poet Reading like a writer and more! Connect with Kate & Shaili - ⁠⁠@idlewritersclub⁠⁠ Shaili: ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠ Insta: ⁠⁠@createwithshaili⁠⁠ & writing practice journal ⁠⁠@itsalwaysprogress⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://wildheartcreative.net⁠⁠ Kate Insta: ⁠⁠@itskatemaxwell⁠⁠ ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.katemaxwellcoach.com

"you are asked to imagine yourself larger and more sure-footed than you may feel yourself to be" Welcome to our 5th 'week' in our follow along of Finding Water by Julia Cameron! This episode includes chat about: Asking for inspiration Automatic writing & connecting with the 'Great Artist' Humility - what would you do if you were more humble? Shitty first drafts & working with fragments TRUST THE SMALL ACTIONS - keep collecting! Back yourself - get your work out there without approval from the 'establishment' Celebrate your work the way you'd celebrate the work of someone you love And more! Connect with Kate & Shaili - ⁠@idlewritersclub⁠ Shaili: ⁠Youtube⁠ Insta: ⁠@createwithshaili⁠ & writing practice journal ⁠@itsalwaysprogress⁠ ⁠https://wildheartcreative.net⁠ Kate Insta: ⁠@itskatemaxwell⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠ ⁠www.katemaxwellcoach.com

Join us in this episode as we talk about: how to find ways to connect with people that help us feel grounded practices that help us feel grounded different ways to think about perseverance that’s not about just “keeping on” or grinding it out Rituals that are sensory and “move you into a sense of safety and expansion” + preparing for success mentally by “telling yourself symbolically that you are fine” Connect with Kate & Shaili - @idlewritersclub Shaili: Youtube Insta: @createwithshaili & writing practice journal @itsalwaysprogress https://wildheartcreative.net Kate Insta: @itskatemaxwell LinkedIn www.katemaxwellcoach.com

We loved this chapter! Kate actually did every exercise this week 😜 Join us in this episode as we chat about: the process of doing Finding Water out of sequence the unsung importance of a sense of safety to creativity the reconnection with something bigger than you 'Martha Stewart' risks (which we loved), do your mending! Learning to say 'yes I can', over 'no I can't' - "our reward must lie in doing the risk itself" Having a deep faith in what you're doing - defining our own success Julia's brilliant take on reviews - "how did I like the work?" 'Where are the people who get the work and get me?' Constantly expanding vs taking tiny nourishing risks Balancing safety & excitement Receiving inspiration in sacred spaces And more! Connect with Kate & Shaili - ⁠@idlewritersclub⁠ Shaili: ⁠Youtube⁠ Insta: ⁠@createwithshaili⁠  Writing practice journal ⁠@itsalwaysprogress⁠ ⁠https://wildheartcreative.net⁠ Kate Insta: ⁠@itskatemaxwell⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠ ⁠www.katemaxwellcoach.com⁠

"All creativity requires grounded action. [...] Just as a bucket is filled a drop at a time, so too a creative life develops by the smallest acts." Julia Cameron In our responses to this week of Julia Camerons' Finding Water programme we talk about feeling upended in life and creative process and how these practices do (or don't!) ground us back into ourselves and our creativity. Connect with Kate & Shaili - ⁠@idlewritersclub⁠ Shaili: ⁠Youtube⁠ Insta: ⁠@createwithshaili⁠ & writing practice journal ⁠@itsalwaysprogress⁠ ⁠https://wildheartcreative.net⁠ Kate Insta: ⁠@itskatemaxwell⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠ ⁠www.katemaxwellcoach.com⁠

Hey everyone! Here's an episode where we share with each other and with you dear listener about our projects outside of Idle Writers Club! In this episode we talk about the power of community and managing out energy levels. Join Kate's group coaching Making in the Middle here: www.katemaxwellcoach.com/making-in-the-middle Email Shaili here to find out about working with her here [email protected]  (Sorry for the poor sound on Kate's mic!!) Connect with Kate & Shaili - ⁠@idlewritersclub⁠ Shaili: ⁠Youtube⁠ Insta: ⁠@createwithshaili⁠ & writing practice journal ⁠@itsalwaysprogress⁠ ⁠https://wildheartcreative.net⁠ Kate Insta: ⁠@itskatemaxwell⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠ ⁠www.katemaxwellcoach.com⁠

For Idle Writers Club season 2, Shaili & Kate embark on a follow along of Julia Cameron's FINDING WATER: The Art of Perseverance. In this episode we chat about 'The Basics': Artist Dates, Morning Pages and Walks as well as Chapter 1: Finding a Sense of Optimism. Connect with Kate & Shaili - ⁠@idlewritersclub⁠ Shaili: ⁠Youtube⁠ Insta: ⁠@createwithshaili⁠ & writing practice journal ⁠@itsalwaysprogress⁠ ⁠https://wildheartcreative.net⁠ Kate Insta: ⁠@itskatemaxwell⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠ ⁠www.katemaxwellcoach.com⁠

Welcome to this cheeky bonus episode! We thought it would be super fun to interview each other about the stories that have been with us at different stages in our lives, from childhood, through adolescents, reading slumps and returns to reading. This is also our first video podcast, enjoy! Connect with Kate & Shaili - ⁠@idlewritersclub⁠ Shaili: ⁠Youtube⁠ Insta: ⁠@createwithshaili⁠ & writing practice journal ⁠@itsalwaysprogress⁠ ⁠https://wildheartcreative.net⁠ Kate Insta: ⁠@itskatemaxwell⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠ ⁠www.katemaxwellcoach.com⁠