Hi…I'm Renee!
I AM a wife, mother, journalism degree graduate, past elementary school teacher, Certified Holistic Health Coach, savoring life photographer and a Certified Creativity ‘Calms’ Inspirer and I LOVE to share my LOVE for CREATIVITY (doodling, doodle painting, cursive writing, hand lettering, cooking, baking, photography) and how it easily C A L M s the mind, ignites JOY and helps to slow the overwhelming stress of life down so it can be SAVORed!
Life is SO joyful, but it’s also SO stressful…pandemic, parenting…(parenting during a pandemic!), viruses, politics, government, racism, division, the weather, climate change, the education system, helping our child/children with their homework, the healthcare system, the police system…the list goes on and on!
And all that stress is causing life to be unbalanced, meaning, stress is getting WAY more attention than JOY is getting. We need JOY and we need STRESS! But when stress takes over, JOY gets left in the dust, and that’s when unbalance occurs and life feels exhausting and overwhelming.
What I’ve come to learn (through mindless-less creativity!) is that my life stress made me realize that if I want to SEE and FEEL the JOY of life and if I want to SEE the GIFTS and learn the lessons that life struggles bring me, and if I want to slow down and SAVOR it all, my mind has to BE CALM first.
And the only way I’ve found to do just that is through mindless-creativity!!
Welcome! I’m SO happy you’re here!!
I hope my inner calm through CREATIVITY will inspire YOU to find your inner calm through CREATIVITY, too!
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Why (Mindless) Creativity?
I’ve tried it all; yoga, mediation, slow walks in nature, organic foods, exercise, bubble baths, Chinese mediation balls…to help me FEEL more CALM. All of those are wonderful and still are, but they didn’t bring me the inner CALM I was looking for. I still felt very stressed.
It wasn’t until I did something more creative, that was hands-on, kid-like and required very little thought, like…
handwriting
Why handwriting?
Because when you write a word in cursive, that makes you feel calm or JOYful, and then add your own creative fun to it, your mind slows down, you become more present and you feel more uplifted throughout the day, no matter how stressful and busy it may be. Cursive (uplifting!) writing is an easy way to calm your thoughts and soothe your soul.
doodle painting
Why doodling and painting?
Because when you don't have to think much about creating the 'perfect' picture or painting (this isn't about being an artist and requires no creative talent!), your mind easily calms, your 'this is fun' thoughts bloom, you start to smile BIG, you feel like a kid again and suddenly you're reminded of everything that brings you JOY and lights YOU up with love.
photography
Why photography?
Life moves fast, so it's easy to see moments you love and keep going. Or, you’re too in your head that you don't even see them at all. So when a moment makes you smile and you pull out your camera, you stop doing the dishes, you get into the present moment and you focus, 100%, on the JOY feeling that moment is bringing you even more.
that I finally felt inner CALM. But, not only did I feel more calm, I felt more connected to my JOY and I started slowing down more to SAVOR my kids, my husband and my life, no matter how busy my day was.
My Personal Creativity Story
I'm one very JOYful and very stressed-out mom. I have two little kiddos (a big sis and a lil' bro) and I'm married to my college sweetheart (GO GATORS!) who's in the military (Coast Guard!) and moves us every few years or so (talk about stress, but LOTS of inner growth, too!! Oh yeah!!).
I'm a Journalism degree graduate who became an elementary school teacher who then became a Holistic Health Coach to now a Creatively Fit Coach.
But most of all, I'm someone who FINALLY found the easiest way to calm my mind, ignite my joy and savor my life, no matter how stressful and busy my life is...through mindless CREATIVITY!!
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not 100% calm all the time. Every day I still have moments that make me want run away to my pre-mom life and never look back. Ha!
But, for years, I tried it all...yoga, meditation, exercise, organic foods, slow walks in nature, bubble baths, swirling Chinese medicine balls in my hands (all are great and most I still do!), and still struggled (but not anymore!).
When I reconnected with my inner toddler with crayons, colored pencils, markers, paints and even my camera (when I first became a mom!), not only did I (finally!) find the inner calm and inner peace I'd been yearning and searching for all those years, but I also found my inner JOY again...JOYs I knew I already had and JOYs that I didn't even know existed.
I had no idea that giving my left brain (worry, over-thinking and stressful thoughts) a much needed break with right brain (all is well, all is calm, all is fun thoughts!), kid-like, creative fun would end my struggle (and keep me sane as a busy mom!) and would BEcome the easiest way for me to dissolve the heaviness of my inner world so I could FEEL and BE more of the (inner!) calm and (inner!) JOYful mom I so desperately wanted to BE!
And I grew up, never, EVER, thinking I was creative! ;)
I don't create to become a professional artist. I create because it's the #1 way that I've found to EASILY calm the stress of my mind, to connect to my inner-most JOYs and LOVEs and to see the GIFT that life struggles bring me.
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Before You Go
I'd like to thank you for taking time out of your busy day to connect with me here, and I'd like to share one last thing with you.
My creativity didn't always look the way it does now.
When I first started, my mind was very stressed-out and full of 'I'm NOT creative' thoughts. But, what I came to find, is that the more time I made time to mindlessly create, the more I FELT and SAW the calming and joyful benefits within me and the more my inner, creative self soared.
Here's what my uplifting words looked like when I first started to now.
Here's what my doodle paintings looked like when I first started to now.
And, lastly, here's what my photos looked like when I first started to now.
Please don't look at my work and think you could never do the same. It's NOT about creating something perfect or creating something someone else has done.
It's about creating something unique to YOU that'll help you FEEL more calm so YOU can slow down and BE more present, more joyful and more creative again, like you were when you were a kid, and how you're meant to BE, no matter your age.
So if you're like me and you really, REALLY, want to FEEL more calm and you've tried it all with very little success (yoga, mediation, journaling, organic foods, slow walks in nature, etc.) then keep following along.
Because what I know for sure, doing simple, kid-like, creative activities that I talk about here, will definitely help you get there.
This is just the door opener. Once your mind calms in this creative way, you'll be amazed at what comes through YOU all while connecting more to what makes YOU smile big.