I often hear heart-breaking stories of why people got disconnected from their creative spirit. As a teacher, I often heard how a teacher told someone they had no talent or that they were doing it wrong. I see people struggling to justify their creative work to the people in their lives or even to the internalized voices in their heads. These messages are so prevalent that I struggle with some of them too, even though I make things every day. Here are seven common harmful messages.

We all say we want things and then don’t make it happen. All of us. And the beginning of every single year is a time where so many of us get caught up in the whirlwind of making big goals and, oftentimes, do not succeed in achieving them by the end of the year.

This has caused so many people to give up on making goals which is totally understandable - why set yourself up for failure?