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Reach out at CREATIVISTACOACHING and dive into a partnership with RJ for a season focused on developing your personal creative habits for a more fruitful and fulfilling future. Family? Day Job? Seasoned Artist? Let's unpack what works for you without abandoning reality!

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More than ever our words matter. With our kids, culture and even ourselves. Listen in as we read through Lexicon of Awesome! Observe, reflect, and discern the weight of the words you use externally with others and internally with yourself.

9 hours ago
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Biting Dogs & Creating

A dog bit my friend. He needed stitches. When I was a kid my neighbor asked me to feed their two dogs while they left town for several...

Jul 26
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The Blockenhower Flow

You've never heard of The Blockenhower Flow? Seriously? Alright...alright...here's the deal. After several years of helping creatives put...

Jul 19
1 min

Procrastination Junkie

I have a love/hate relationship with procrastination. I hate it, but it loves me. Well, maybe I like it a little, sometimes, in the right...

Jun 21
1 min

It Takes Intentionality. But Beware...

Being intentional with our time, talent, and treasure takes...well, it takes intentionality. On the other hand, when we're not...

Jun 14
2 min

Are You Prepared or Controlling?

Because there's a difference. To be prepared is to be organized, equipped, and ready for the __________. To be prepared is to hold...

Jun 7
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Do This If You Want to Make It Happen.

ONE: Add creative space to your schedule in a healthy way by saying no to things that needlessly consume your time (social media...

May 31
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Five Drafts of the First Six Chapters...

In the shower this morning I was reflecting on the first five drafts of the first six chapters of my next young reader...

May 24
1 min

Real Artists Take Responsibility.

When you have one of those ideas that that stops everything your doing...you know what I mean, don't you? When you wanna pull the car...

Mar 22
1 min

Successive Goal-Setting

Boiled down to its thickest meat-sauce, psychological successive approximation is a wildly technical way of saying: Set a goal. Work...

Mar 15
1 min

Stop. Drop. Roll.

Do it. Stop for some deep work. Schedule it. Do it for an hour or so every day. Drop some art. Put words on the screen. Paint on the...

Mar 8
1 min

Are You Creating Meta Art?

Metaphysical. Beyond the physical realm. Before it and in-between it and shaping the meaning of it. Creatives have this innate desire to...

Mar 1
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What Happens When You Name It & Claim It?

I'm not a "name it and claim it" sort of character. That if I imagine it, say it out loud, journal it, share it with others and expect...

Feb 15
1 min

Anyone Can Wait for Motivation...

Some only need to plan the big picture before they dive in and then free-wheel it throughout the duration of the project. Others need to...

Feb 8
1 min

Decide, Don't Demand

I'm good at demanding. It's easy to demand. To demand that my schedule work out a certain way. To demand that my kids act or respond a...

Feb 1
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Trust, 'Cause, Well, You Have To

If you've built a team or a base of partners, employees or members for the journey or the project... well, you've got to choose to trust...

Jan 18
1 min

If Not Now, When?

What if you adopted the mantra, "I'll sleep when I die!" for the next six months with a focus on your project at hand? Or how about the...

Jan 11
1 min

A Crappy First Draft

"Give yourself permission to write a crummy first draft." Sometime in 2020 I copied and pasted that quote into a document on the creative...

Jan 4
1 min

What's Your Book Look Like

"We're all writing a book. What's your book look like?" Talking to Joe Rogan, Kevin Hart touched on a theme I've heard other creatives...

Dec 16, 2021
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Forget Forgiveness

...and ruin the next season of your life, faith and creative pursuits. Seriously. Forgiving ourselves of past wrongs, bad decisions,...

Oct 22, 2021
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Gauge It.

Coaching is like eating an elephant. The first, and most obvious, question is, why? Why eat an elephant? Or, in our context, why engage...