How would you like to become your best creative self? That seems to be what everyone in my community is looking for. It’s what I’m looking for. And I have an answer. Over the years I’ve created a process that works for me. It is unique to...
The Nashville Creative Group is well on it's way to reaching 10,000 members this year. We are growing fast and completely by word of mouth, so how are we growing such an highly engaged audience organically online and offline completely for free? We give people access...
For just a moment take a deep belly breath and get present with me. If you're having a tough time focusing in, notice what you see, hear, smell, taste, and feel. Activating your senses is a way to start. Presence is more powerful than I ever...
Once upon a time I was really afraid. Afraid of putting myself out there. Afraid of how people would react. Afraid of vulnerability. As soon as things got uncomfortable or scary my first reaction was to run away. Could I have been running away from what...
Every 2nd Monday of the month since 2012 the Nashville Creative Group has come together to connect. Together we have built a community of creatives who inspire the people around us, because we share and support one another in our journey as artists. We create spaces in real...
My entrepreneurial career has never been a straight path, but that's because I'm making my own path. My undergrad is in marketing and when I originally started working in marketing things were simple -- before Facebook pages for businesses were even a thing. Not long after that...
Seriously one step. It can be that simple. Imagine creativity to be like a muscle that requires exercise, but we're not doing squats or Sudoku, we're noticing, wondering and connecting to the world around us. Creativity is cultivated in environments where we can easily notice, wonder and connect to how our senses...
You know who hype girls are right? They’re the ones at parties getting people to dance, talking to everyone, social butterflies and engaging people to pump them up. They don't belong to one particular group, but rather they jump from one group to another. This term describes me -- which...
When I moved to Tennessee in 2007 I didn’t know a single soul. All I had were dreams of becoming an artist and a month’s worth of money. Now years later I’m spearheading Middle Tennessee’s largest creative network. How did this happen? The Story My community in Nashville is everything...
Nashville Creative Group members came together Monday night to "Show and Tell" their work -- whether it was finished or not. The space was set to accomplish a few things: practice speaking about their craft, receive audience feedback and connect more with the artists in attendance. From painters to...