Creative Fix Toolkit

If you struggle to get started on your creative projects, or you start loads of projects but rarely finish any, or you can't seem to focus on your art when you manage to find time for it, then you are not failing. You're just following the wrong process.

The solution is not to push harder, be more disciplined - you tried that already, and it just made you more stressed out!

Instead, we need to build a habit that works in harmony with your needs, and flexes to meet you where you are at any given moment. We need to create an environment that feels safe for your nervous system, opens creative possibilities, and encourages your brain to want to keep coming back.

The Creative Fix Toolkit guides and supports you through the stages of the Creative Fix Cycle. This framework enables a simple, easeful and low-demand creative habit that you can actually stick to! It takes as little as 10 minutes at a time. 

Arrive

The Energy Compass allows you to notice how you're feeling, physically and emotionally, and choose the tasks that best suit your current state. Rather than trying to do something that's not accessible for you right now, and ending up frustrated and ashamed that you've got nowhere, you can work on what's actually doable, and make meaningful progress.

Open

The guide to designing Creative Ritual enables you to open creative space, signalling to your brain that it's time to make art now. By calming your nervous system and engaging your senses, this approach makes you feel safe to create and quietens the noise in your mind. It gives you a stable anchor for your creative time when rigid routine isn't possible or desirable. 

Create

This part of the toolkit points you in the direction of creative prompts to spark your imagination. 

Close

By consciously closing the creative space, we close the loop in our brains. This means we don't expend time and energy worrying about our practice when we're away from it, and we allow ourselves genuine rest.

Reflect

The Reflection Worksheet helps you to process your creative session, identifying what went well and what felt harder. It only takes a moment, but allows you to keep refining and improving your approach to better meet your needs each time you create.

Integrate

The Integration Worksheet enables you to plan your next steps, both for your project and your personal practice. This supports you in taking action, and makes it easier for you to pick up the thread next time, even if you've had time away.

Celebrate

It's so important to acknowledge and reward yourself for showing up. That's what builds your brain's eagerness to do it again, which is what builds a habit. That's why the Toolkit helps you understand Reward Approaches and provides a Progress Tracker.

Rest

So often we neglect this part, but it's probably the most important. You can't do anything if you're not properly rested and resourced. Rest doesn't have to mean sitting still, though - the Toolkit teaches you about different Types of Rest, and gives you suggestions for ways to nourish yourself depending on what you need right now.