If you’ve been reading my blog over the past 14 or 15 months, you’ll know I wrote a series of posts on sex and creativity, and even created an email challenge on the connection between the 2.
You’ll also notice you can’t find them anywhere on my blog or social media anymore.
What gives?
While I was repurposing the email content for another format, I hit roadblock after roadblock and just couldn’t find my mojo.
It felt like I kept losing my way and couldn’t reach my goal no matter how hard I tried.
Eventually, I rediscovered my faith and rededicated my life to Jesus Christ, so there’ve been some changes in what I put out there and why.
I’m a firm believer in writing from my experiences, and if I’m not able to do that, I won’t write a tonne of pretty words that haven’t been tested in my life lab.
With that said, I can no longer write about sex and creativity because it’s not aligned with who I am anymore.
Please understand, this is a very personal decision for me, and I’m sharing it with you because I know you might have been reading along to learn more about what I had to say.
I can’t write about something I no longer practise, and while I do believe sex is a sacred and beautiful act, I also believe it’s best saved for marriage and that’s how I choose to live going forward.
I’m still fascinated by creativity, fulfilment, and wellbeing, so you’ll probably see more of those in future posts.
I’m not sure what it’ll look like, but it will be real and transparent.
The truth is I’m passionate about self-expression as art.
The labels have changed over the years—self-love, personal development, sex and creativity—but the larger vision remains the same, which is the bravery and courage to discover what you’re capable of and go for it.
It’s about identifying your dream and making plans to achieve it.
When I really think about it, I’m interested in people having the freedom to put their dreams on paper and grow into their callings so they can do the work they’re here to do.
When I say dreams, I mean their creativity and business ideas and what they believe to be true for themselves, if they’re open to growth and greatness and joy.
I just want to be part of the conversation that moves people to dare their dreams and visions and live bigger, brighter lives because they believe in joy enough to go for it even when life gets dark.
I believe we all have gifts within us, and the longer we dig for the core of who we are and what we believe in, the truer we’ll be to our souls and the gifts within us.
I’ve tried a few different directions in my posts, and they haven’t always been sustainable or even viable, which makes me believe I’m still peeling away the layers of what I’m really here to do and how exactly to do it.
I get glimpses here and there, but it’s largely a work in progress and I’ve learned to make my peace with it.
I’ve also learned to deconstruct each experience and discover if it’s what I really want or if it’s something I’m temporarily intrigued by because it’s new and fascinating.
If you were among the friends and readers who reached out to me while I explored the link between sex and creativity, thank you for sharing your journeys, stories, and questions with me.
I take what I do seriously, and while I can’t be of further help, I’m honoured you trusted me enough to listen to me and ask my advice.
Please stay safe and responsible.
Creativity is part of a joyful and fulfilling life, so building a robust creativity practice can be a portal to explosive growth, richly nuanced work, and beautiful art via bolder self-expression.
When you’re in tune with what makes you tick, what inspires you and grows you as a human being, you’re poised to transmute your life experiences into beautiful art that plumps up your flat places and splashes vibrant colour on the easel of your life.
For me, exploring my creativity brought me back to my faith and made me reexamine my beliefs.
If I wasn’t willing to explore, I may never have gotten where I am now, but because I kept digging, I got to where I was supposed to be all along.
It took coming face-to-face with certain parts of myself before I realised what needed to change, and in the process, I got a little clearer on what I needed from myself and my spiritual practice.
You can’t get what you need if you don’t have a clue what your needs are, and that’s why I believe it’s so important to know yourself and why you believe what you believe.
No one else can do it for you, and the sooner you start, the sooner you’ll have your finger on the pulse of your soul’s beat and the calling humming in your bones.
Get on it.
I hope you’re inspired to become an intrepid explorer of your soul and an avid adventurer of your dreams.
It may get hard and you may not be popular, but if you stay true to yourself, you’ll find your way to the sweet spot meant for you and you alone.
And if you’re anything like me, you might even find a new relationship with God that’ll make all the dark nights pale in comparison to what’s in store for you and how much room you have to grow.
🙂