Permission to Begin Again: Time For a New Creative Chapter

If a business were a flower, a brand would be its scent, color, and gesture. A brand is what attracts clients to your services, and it's what invites a relationship that inspires customers to step inside the house of your business and become part of what you serve there. But how do you build a brand exactly? What goes into it? Can you build it on your own or do you have to hire someone else to do it?Just as flowers adapt to attract their ideal pollinators, we creative entrepreneurs have the opportunity to calibrate how we present our businesses through our branding to attract those aligned customers. And a huge part of that is uncovering and tapping into the actual treasure trove of your own existing passions, interests, and areas of expertise.The more you know about yourself, your purpose, and your values for your creative business, the more clearly you create a path to connection with your ideal clients.In This Episode, We CoverThe Relationship Between a Business and a Brand What Makes a Brand Authentic, Genuine, and EffectiveHow to Know Who Your Ideal Clients Are How to Attract Your Ideal ClientsHow to Take Action from Where You Are Right NowLinks to ConnectCalled to Bloom Episode Show Notes: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/stop-doubting-your-brilliance-how-to-find-your-creative-voiceJen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloomCalled to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast Episode Sponsor(s)This episode of the Called to Bloom podcast is brought to you by the Poetry of Flowers holistic online floral education: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/pages/courses

You know that yoga is good for your mind and body, but do you know that yoga can also enrich and support your creativity? Yoga has changed my life for the better in so many ways. And among them, surprisingly, even to me, yoga has also guided, enriched, and improved my career and my creativity too. How? You're about to find out.Yoga is a ritual, an integrative mental and physical practice, and I have experienced firsthand how it grounds me in my body, helps me observe and know how I feel, and opens my awareness to what feels aligned and out of alignment for me.But my purpose with this episode is not at all to convince you that you should have a yoga practice. Instead, my purpose for this episode is to share with you gifts and tools from this holistic system, especially those that you might not expect, so that you can integrate them into your wellspring of resources that help you to build, shape, and live a more fulfilling creative career and a freer, more aligned creative life.In This Episode, We CoverYoga as a creative enrichment practiceMy journey into yoga and its impacts on my creativity & careerYoga beyond movement: intro to the holistic philosophyYogic principles for a creative life and careerCreativity as a form of yogaGuided mind-body listening exerciseLinks to ConnectCalled to Bloom Episode Show Notes: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/stop-doubting-your-brilliance-how-to-find-your-creative-voiceJen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloomCalled to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast Episode Sponsor(s)This episode of the Called to Bloom podcast is brought to you by the Poetry of Flowers holistic online floral education: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/pages/courses 

You are making beautiful work, you are booking jobs, you are executing on your bookings, but something is missing. You feel full of doubt. You're still not sure exactly who you are as a designer or how to find your aligned voice as a creative.That is disorienting to say the least, disheartening to be sure, and not something easy to ignore. It's like you've learned how to dance, but you feel like you're only going through the motions. You haven't tapped into what you're really capable of yet, and you want to step into something more felt, more authentic, and more confident.It is one thing to learn an art form, or to develop the skills you need to functionally create within your field, even if you are just creating your version of something made by someone else that inspired you. It is another thing to feel the confidence, fulfillment, and freedom that come with knowing who you are as an artist and creating something that feels true and authentic to you.So if you find yourself second guessing your creative work or genuinely wishing you knew how to discover your authentic style and voice as a creative, this episode is for you. It is time to stop doubting your brilliance. Let's dive in.In This Episode, We CoverThe Desire: What We Want and Why We Want It The Problem: What Exactly Gets in the WayThe Path: How to Discover Your Authentic Creative VoiceThe Practice: Exercises for Building Confidence and Trust with Your Creative Gifts and SensibilitiesLinks to ConnectCalled to Bloom Episode Show Notes: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/stop-doubting-your-brilliance-how-to-find-your-creative-voice Jen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast Episode Sponsor(s)This episode of the Called to Bloom podcast is brought to you by Nectar & Bloom Mentorship. Deepen your practice through one-on-one mentorship experiences, where you will go deep into your goals, desires, roadblocks, and visions for building the business or creative practice of your dreams. https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/pages/mentorship 

A creative business can bring immense freedom, agency, and fulfillment into your life. But that flexibility and independence also brings a lot of uncertainty and instability as well. Trends shift, markets change, economies fluctuate, making a small creative business on its own feel at times like a small boat adrift on a huge ocean.The real reason you begin a creative venture is definitely not to stay stressed and uncertain, or just on the whims of chance and luck. It's to nourish and support you, whether that's to support you financially or to supplement your income, to connect with your creativity, to build community, or to really step into and serve your purpose. Maybe it's a little of all of those things.Having effective strategies to help you build stability and resilience into your creative work can make all the difference.In This Episode, We Cover:Why creative businesses need resilience How diversification helps protect your businessThe importance of specializing without siloing How streamlining helps you go deeper instead of widerWhat supports your business vs. what supports your soulHow to know when to increase, delegate, decrease, or releaseWhy financial success and personal fulfillment both matterLinks to ConnectCalled to Bloom Episode Show Notes: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/build-stability-in-your-creative-business-two-key-strategies Jen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast Episode Sponsor(s)This episode of the Called to Bloom podcast is brought to you by Nectar & Bloom Mentorship. Deepen your practice through one-on-one mentorship experiences, where you will receive quality time with Jen to connect and go deep into your goals, desires, roadblocks, and visions for building the business or creative practice of your dreams. https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/pages/mentorship 

Unlock your own strengths and know where your unique gifts belong. Know what throws you out of balance and what simple shifts can help you come back into health and harmony. These are gifts we gain from Ayurveda.Ayurveda doesn't aim to fix you or get you to some point of perfection. It's not an ideal to maintain or a strict set of requirements that you have to rigidly follow.Instead, Ayurveda provides a way of understanding yourself and the systems within and around you, a way to understand what is going on so that you can participate consciously in your own health, happiness, success, and well-being.Discover how Ayurveda's holistic principles can empower your personal and professional life. In this episode, I'm sharing my journey with Ayurveda, guiding you through understanding your Ayurvedic constitution, and offering you practical steps to align with your unique energetic blueprint for better wellbeing and creativity.In This Episode, We CoverEssentials of Ayurveda for personal & professional wellbeingHow to determine your Ayurvedic constitution (in depth)How to apply Ayurveda to benefit your work & wellbeingBaby steps to help you apply & implement AyurvedaAyurvedic resources to learn more and go deeperLinks to ConnectCalled to Bloom Episode Show Notes: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/optimize-your-work-and-wellbeing-with-ayurveda Jen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast Episode Sponsor(s)This episode of the Called to Bloom podcast is brought to you by Tarot of Flowers, your floral oracle for inner guidance in the language of flowers: www.tarotofflowers.com 

As creatives, we are givers. We pour a lot of energy and time into the output side of work — partly because we love what we do, and partly because society rewards us for it. As creative business owners, we wear all the hats, which can give rise to a belief that if we let up at all, or if we step back to put ourselves or our own life first for a bit, things will start to fall apart.As things get busier, it can seem less and less possible to find space for self-care and the side of the energy continuum that is the input, or the opportunity to receive support and nourishment yourself, so that you can continue with your creative business output. This is not sustainable, and luckily, it's not the only way forward.This is an episode for the creatives, the artists, and the entrepreneurs who find it challenging to find time for self-care, to prioritize life outside of work, or to fill your own cup when there are so many demands and responsibilities on you in the work that you do. And believe me, I have been there. And it is really important to me to share these tools and perspectives with you in this episode so that you can continue to produce because you are also able to receive.In This Episode, We Cover:How language influences our reality and beliefsEmbracing gray areas to foster trust and reduce stressIntroducing the term "self-steady" to support a healthy work ethicThe power of mantras and affirmations, and how to build your ownSelf-awareness exercises to maintain balance and prevent burnoutLinks to ConnectJen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloomhttps://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast Called to Bloom Show Notes: Episode 13 Show Notes: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/the-sweet-spot-between-serving-others-and-self-care  Episode SponsorsThis episode of the Called to Bloom podcast is brought to you by the Poetry of Flowers holistic online floral education: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/pages/courses

Where you create, the space where your creative work takes place, the environment you set up and step into in order to dream, design, and generate is like a home for your inner artist.It is a shelter and a sanctuary, whether it is a spacious workshop or a quiet nook in a peaceful room. No matter what the size, location, or details it possesses, it is your creative studio. It is both a physical location for your work and an atmosphere in which to do it. It houses the materials and methods that you use in a way that tells the evolving story of your creative journey.A studio, which simply means the place where you create is a companion to you throughout the long hours and the busy weeks and the slow seasons and the transformative years of your creative work or business. And it is a key element of what you do that impacts you subtly, constantly, and profoundly.In This Episode, We Cover:Studio Evolution: transforming a space into a dream studioMy Studio Journey: recommendations, inspiration, and learning momentsEssential Elements: key components for a functional workspaceRenting vs. Renovating: pros and cons of different studio optionsCreative Flexibility: the importance of a multi-purpose workspaceGrowth and Adaptation: tips for how to transform any space into a studioLinks to ConnectJen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloomhttps://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast Called to Bloom Show Notes: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/how-i-transformed-my-garage-into-a-dream-design-studio Episode Sponsor(s)This episode of the Called to Bloom podcast is brought to you by Nectar & Bloom Mentorships: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/pages/mentorship

The important thing is you can change and you can start anew. And it is normal and healthy to allow yourself to evolve and realign in your career, whether that takes shape as a big pivot into a new industry or a transition within the creative business you've already started.Sometimes all you need is to be reminded that it is actually you who gets to give yourself permission to begin again. Whether you are in a job you do not love or whether you are in the midst of a creative career but just in serious need of a new direction or a chance to expand, this episode is for you.In today's episode of the Called to Bloom podcast, I'm going to guide you through how to know when it is time for a new chapter, what obstacles you may encounter along the way, tools to help you navigate the transition, insights into how flowers can actually be an avenue of self-discovery, and how to get clear so you can start building a path forward for yourself that brings you life.In This Episode, We Cover:Navigating Change and Letting Yourself EvolveFlowers as a Path to Personal & Professional TransformationSigns It’s Time to Let Yourself Change DirectionWhat Obstacles to Expect & Tools to Help you OvercomeHow to Get Clear and Start Building Your New Path ForwardLinks to ConnectJen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloomhttps://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast Called to Bloom Show Notes:https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/permission-to-begin-again-time-for-a-new-creative-chapterEpisode Sponsor(s)This episode of the Called to Bloom podcast is brought to you by the Poetry of Flowers holistic online floral education: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/pages/courses

Mark your calendar: new episodes of Called to Bloom arrive this month! Starting on May 27th and running all the way through September, I’ll be dropping a new episode every other Wednesday. That’s 20 weeks of deep dives into floral artistry, health & wellbeing, empowered entrepreneurship, and stepping deeper into an aligned creative life.In this upcoming set, we are delving into everything from how I transformed my simple garage into an aligned creative studio to how to grow your business and build wealth to the unexpected benefits of yoga and Ayurveda on your creativity and business.Whether you are a devoted listener or just joining us, these episodes are all designed to be timeless resources that you can benefit from and refer back to anytime you need them.And if you’re looking to catch up on anything you might have missed during our break, all ten previous episodes are available right now for you to explore and enjoy.I am so excited to meet you here again in the magical airwaves in just a few days! Until then my friends, keep blooming, and I’ll talk to you again soon.Links to ConnectJen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloomhttps://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast Called to Bloom Show Notes:https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/my-favorite-trick-to-unlock-your-creative-potential

This is all about renewal and creative expansion, a celebratory finale for our first season of Called to Bloom, where I am sharing with you a trick I discovered along the way that always returns me to that playful and infinite source of creative possibilities. The goal is to open new pathways to explore, nurture, and refresh your creative practice with a new perspective that empowers you to find cues and inspiration in the whole world around you. What catches your interest or makes you curious? What are you passionate about? What method, practice, study, art form or industry do you know like the back of your hand? This is all a wealth of inspiration that you can use to inform and transform your creative process as well as what you create. And it's time for you to have this trick up your sleeve now too.In This Episode, We Cover:Discovering the Tool of Creative TranslationA Step-By-Step Guide for How to Use This TrickExamples & Uses of this Creative Tool in ActionThe Origins of This Creative Tool For MeExpanded Translation Tricks to TryLinks to ConnectJen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloomhttps://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast Called to Bloom Show Notes:https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/my-favorite-trick-to-unlock-your-creative-potentialEpisode Sponsors:This episode of the Called to Bloom podcast is brought to you by the Poetry of Flowers holistic online floral education: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/pages/courses