Art Creativity & Wellbeing

Hello friends! I hope you've been enjoying yourselves as we have been on our hiatus! It's been a little longer of a hiatus than I had originally intended. Sometimes life throws curveballs, and there've been some fascinating curveballs in these last several months! I hope to share about them with you soon! We are on hiatus for a little longer, but behind the scenes I have been having some epic conversations with the folks you'll be hearing from today! They are, in the order you will hear them: Speech and Language pathologist Dr. Katrina Miller Therapist and former First Responder Bill Dwinnells Author and Anthology Creator Gail Clanton Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Author Janine Halloran Author and Entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz Founder and COO of Pathfinders.social Jeff Lamb You're also getting a sneak peek at the intro and outro for the newest iteration of the show, even though in the feed it's still called Practical Intuition with Kay. There will be new artwork too! I am sooooo excited to share it all with you. Want to hear something crazy? This show is 10 years old on May 1! I'll aim to have it out in its new iteration by then. In the meantime I am wishing you so very well! Lots of love, Kay Lots of places to find me! Coaching | Art | Writing | Podcasts: https://kaylockkolp.com Award-winning memoir.. Waking Up: How I Grew to Love My Body and Myself While Solo-Hiking Across Northern England.. https://amzn.to/3VlbEak And wherever you get your audiobooks  Newsletter for Creatives: https://kaylockkolp.substack.com Newsletter for Leaders: https://bit.ly/4gOfqT5   Podcast: Practical Intuition with Kay  In your favorite podcast app  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weturnedoutokay/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-lock-kolp/ The quote I live by: “It’s such a good feeling, to know you’re alive.“ – Fred Rogers This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello friends! I hope March is starting off very well for you! What are you up to creatively?I see that I have been feeling better by creating.Late last year I decided to spend at least one hour per day in what I think of as "creative enjoyment." This is everything from taking a walk or hike – or over the last week or so, getting out to go skiing where I'm staying with my parents in the Colorado Rockies – to creating art, writing, making fun stuff!The rule has been that it's not about consuming somebody else's creations. It's about doing something creative from a place of enjoyment.Here's what I have been working on!This newsletter, Art Creativity & WellbeingA newsletter published in LinkedIn for leaders, The Heart of Leadership <3A new podcast! It's called The Waking Up Podcast and you can find it presently either in Spotify, or right into your inboxA group for those who would enjoy some company on the adventure of lifeSome really fun chats with my friend and colleague Coach Andrew Moss about the tools that we created together as I was training to do my hike across England(You can be with us live during the recordings, which take place the second Thursday of every month. The next one will be Thursday, 13 March. They are generously hosted by Pathfinders.social in LinkedIn! Click here for the Pathfinders page so you can join our upcoming conversation!)Then finally, coming up on 19 April a live pop up coffeehouse at which I'll be the featured guest!What about you - what’re you up to?In a time when there has been a lot of opportunity to get pulled off my place of center, these creative enjoyments have really kept me feeling positive and open about the future.Which makes me super curious! What have you been creating lately? Please share, either here in the comments or just hit reply and share from your inbox to mine.I am wishing you well! See you next week for another newsletter edition and in early April with another video like today's.Cheers –Kay This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello, friends, and welcome to Art, Creativity and Wellbeing!I'm really glad you're here!Today I’m sharing:* What I’m up to creatively * What’s new here at Art Creativity & Wellbeing* My curiosity about what YOU’RE up to creatively :)One thing that’s new!I decided to give everyone the opportunity to view everything, whatever your situation is, and regardless of whether you choose to support me or my work. There's this interesting idea that I read a while ago in a book.. Information wants to be free. And I feel like that's kind of what we do here, right? I share out some information and I would love for that to be available for everyone who would like to read or watch it or listen to it. And then those of you who choose to support my work financially - that is so appreciated! It makes it possible for me to do what I do here. Here’s the link if you would like to see more about ways you can support me.I'm really super grateful for it. And I feel so grateful for you free subscribing folks too. It's an honor to have you pay attention to my work and me, in whatever form that takes for you.Another new thing!Schedule change - I’m sharing our regular weekly newsletter each Tuesday, and then a video each month like today’s about what I am working on currently.. read on if you’d like to see one project where my creative brain has gone in the last couple weeks!And a fun new publication.. the first edition was/will be printed in 2035!(If that’s a bit confusing I do share more about this in the video.)Please share!Soooo.. that’s me. Well, except for the changes to my podcast, which I forgot to share about in the video and which will keep until March!I’m curious, what are you up to creatively?I’d love to hear!See you tomorrow for our regularly scheduled newsletter!Love,KayArt Creativity & Wellbeing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello my darlings! This is the final installment of our study of The Relationship Handbook: A Simple Guide to Satisfying Relationships by George Pransky, a super influential book for me personally, and (as we've gone along in this book study) a super helpful one for many of you as well. We are talking today about the Addenda to the 25th anniversary edition – in which George along with his wife Linda shares about their own marital challenges and triumphs. It's a really special end to an amazing and inspiring book! Link for the book in all formats: https://www.amazon.com/Relationship-Handbook-Satisfying-Relationships-Anniversary/dp/0998874205 This is also the FIRST installment of Art Creativity & Wellbeing, the podcast!! Same bat time and same bat channel – with a slightly different focus and an opening up to the possibilities that art, creativity, and well-being bring to our enjoyment of life. I'm glad you're here along for the ride. It means a lot! And I'll see you the second Tuesday in January with the first of lots of great conversations, which will be the focus of 2025. Some of you may know about my weekly share, which is also called Art Creativity & Wellbeing! If you'd like to see the most recent installment, click here: https://kaylockkolp.substack.com . Find me at https://kaylockkolp.com Contact page = https://www.kaylockkolp.com/contact/ LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-lock-kolp/ And Instagram @weturnedoutokay I am excited for all that is to come.. Happy new year!!   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello friends! Happy holidays!! I hope you get some enjoyment time, some downtime, and some fun time over the next couple weeks and I’ll see you next year!!Love, love, love,Kay This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello my darlings! We're continuing to study The Relationship Handbook: A Simple Guide to Satisfying Relationships by George Pransky, a book that's been helpful for me in coaching and in my life. We are talking about chapters 14 and 15 – some great and meaningful ideas in these chapters! Link for the book in all formats: https://www.amazon.com/Relationship-Handbook-Satisfying-Relationships-Anniversary/dp/0998874205 If you've got questions, comments, or ideas about these chapters – or the Addenda to the 25th anniversary edition, which we will talk about a on the last day of the year – get in touch! Find me at https://kaylockkolp.com Contact page = https://www.kaylockkolp.com/contact/ LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-lock-kolp/ And Instagram @weturnedoutokay New episodes the first and third Tuesdays in October, November, and December… As we progress through our read together. Next up: on Tuesday, December 31 will be discussing chapters the addenda to the 25th anniversary edition. I'm excited! Also! I create a weekly share called Art Creativity & Wellbeing, and if you'd like to see the most recent installment, click here: https://kaylockkolp.substack.com . Cheers and see you next time! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

"The Law of the Universe is that you receive back that which you put your focus and attention on. So be very careful what you choose to put your focus and attention on.” – Coach Andrew Moss, in a mic drop moment that was essential in my training to become the person who solo-hiked across northern England in 2023 :)This week's Art creativity & well-being takes you into this tool a little bit deeper!And shares an experience that I had this past autumn which illustrated the law of the universe as nothing else could.I hope you enjoy this installment of our Autumn Curriculum! December is all about showing up how we want to… For ourselves, and for others.The last installment will drop the third Thursday of December… in the meantime I hope you are well and happy.Cheers!KayArt Creativity & Wellbeing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Gifts and fun! My 2nd annual Grateful Art Sale is happening right now – 50% off every work on my website through Thursday, December 12, 2024 Come take a look! At https://kaylockkolp.com/art I am grateful for you : ) Hello dear ones! We're reading The Relationship Handbook: A Simple Guide to Satisfying Relationships by George Pransky, a book that's been helpful for me in coaching and in my life. We are talking about chapters 12 and 13 – hard to believe how quickly our book studies going! Link for the book in all formats: https://www.amazon.com/Relationship-Handbook-Satisfying-Relationships-Anniversary/dp/0998874205 If you've got questions, comments, or ideas about these chapters – or 14 and 15 which we will talk about a little later in December – get in touch! Find me at https://kaylockkolp.com Contact page = https://www.kaylockkolp.com/contact/ LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-lock-kolp/ And Instagram @weturnedoutokay New episodes the first and third Tuesdays in October, November, and December… As we progress through our read together. Next up: on Tuesday, December 17 will be discussing chapters 14 and 15. I'm excited! Also! I create a weekly share called Art Creativity & Wellbeing, and if you'd like to see the most recent installment, click here: https://kaylockkolp.substack.com . Cheers and see you next time! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello hello friends! We're reading The Relationship Handbook: A Simple Guide to Satisfying Relationships by George Pransky, a book that's been helpful for me in coaching and in my life. We are talking about chapters 9, 10, and 11 – we are flying through this book! Link for the book in all formats: https://www.amazon.com/Relationship-Handbook-Satisfying-Relationships-Anniversary/dp/0998874205 If you've got questions, comments, or ideas about these chapters – or 12 and 13 which we will talk about in December – get in touch! Find me at https://kaylockkolp.com Contact page = https://www.kaylockkolp.com/contact/ LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-lock-kolp/ And Instagram @weturnedoutokay New episodes the first and third Tuesdays in October, November, and December… As we progress through our read together. Next up: on Tuesday, December 3 will be discussing chapters 12 and 13. I'm excited! Also! I create a weekly share called Art Creativity & Wellbeing, and if you'd like to see the most recent installment, click here: https://kaylockkolp.substack.com . Cheers and see you next time! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Greetings! In this module of our Autumn Curriculum – which, while ordinarily for the paid supporters, I'm sharing with everyone in case a tool for feeling okay inside might be helpful for you right now – is about becoming aware of the self talk within.I've heard this self talk referred to as the psyche, and my favorite term: the "inner roommate."However we think of this entity, it's good to be aware of because once we can observe, it means we can pause and respond rather than reacting to events in a knee-jerk way.I'm curious if you utilize this tool already? Or if you've got questions as you give it a try?I'm here if so.Sending you lots of hugs and positive energy, today and every day. Thank you for being here! If you think this might be useful for someone in your world, please feel free to share it with them.So much love,KayArt Creativity & Wellbeing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe