by Tina Games | Oct 17, 2020 | Authenticity, Creative Voice, Creativity, Curiosity, Darkness, Journal Writing, Life Purpose, Life Story, Light, New Beginnings, New Moon, Personal Growth, Possibility, Reflection
Like the moon, we all go through phases in our lives. We have ups and downs, we go forward and backward – and sometimes we seem to circle back around. We may hide behind the clouds or peek from beneath the clouds. But in the midst of what can feel like a blackout, when we are open to making a connection with our creative voice, we can get to a point where we’re able to beam with full light.
During a new moon phase, the sky is completely black, with the exception of little sparkles of light in the form of stars. It’s the point in every month when the moon takes a retreat and begins to grow again, redoubling her light and reflecting new creative energy on all worldly things.
For creative souls with a desire to live more authentically, this phase represents a time for our own retreat and withdrawal from the outside world. During the darkness, it’s an opportunity to reflect on who we are – underneath the layers of life. It’s a time to turn within and write about our inner thoughts and feelings.
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by Tina Games | Sep 24, 2020 | Autumn, Beauty, Change, Color, Intuition, Journal Writing, New Beginnings, Release, Renewal
A new season has begun – and with it comes an extraordinary amount of change.
I love the rich, vibrant colors of autumn. It’s my favorite season of the year – and oh, so inspiring!
- How does this season inspire the “rich color” within you?
- How does it spark your creative process?
Imagine taking an autumn walk and being surrounded by the richness of change. You see the leaves changing colors, perhaps dropping to the ground. You notice that squirrels are running around, looking for nuts to store for the winter. You notice the flower beds are getting a little more bare. You can sense that everything is changing – in preparation for a new cycle.
In nature, there is nothing that is not continually renewing itself – and that constant renewal is out of the ground of what no longer is. Nature knows that in order to renew itself, it must completely shed the old.
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by Tina Games | Sep 18, 2020 | Connection, Creative Surrender, Creativity, Fulfillment, Personal Growth, Possibility, Professional Growth, Synchronicity
Imagine a white canvas in front of you – and a vision in your mind of blues and greens and purples – so you begin to paint, carefully placing your brush on the canvas as you blend the colors – and suddenly, you knock a jar of brown paint onto your palette. What then?
Do you clean it up? Do you start again?
Or do you wonder what the synchronicity of the spillage might be telling you?
What wants to be noticed? What wants to be included?
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by Tina Games | Sep 14, 2020 | Connection, Financial Abundance, Healing, Journal Writing, Money Story, Personal Growth, Possibility, Transformation
Whether we realize it or not, many of us are stuck in a “money pattern” – and it affects everything we think, see, and do around money.
Our beliefs about money have been handed down to us through generations, in a variety of different ways, shaping how we view the subject of money.
Think about the news you see on television or hear on the radio or read in the newspaper. How much of it is fear-based? How much of it stems from scarcity – the fear of never having enough or being good enough?
Now think about the news you’ve been given through others – about money. What have you learned about money – through your family, your friends, your colleagues, and from society?
Take a moment to ponder the money decisions you make on a day-to-day basis, both personally and professionally.
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by Tina Games | Sep 2, 2020 | Authenticity, Courage, Creative Expression, Creative Voice, Creativity, Full Moon, Magic, Possibility
Being an artist, musician, poet, performer, writer, creator – they all involve taking creative risks. We’re often putting ourselves out there for the world to see – through our words, our art, our music, our creative endeavors.
Some will love our work while others may not. But that’s okay. We’re not here to please everyone. We’re here to serve our creative purpose in the best way we can – through the divine gifts we’ve been given.
And in serving our purpose, we’re often relying on the strength of our vulnerability.
As popular author, storyteller, and researcher Brene Brown says, “Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.”
It takes a LOT of courage to be vulnerable.
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