Braveheart, at the beginning of this month I mentioned moving into a new creative season.
I have been focused on snipping the ties of perfectionism and the various ways I become entangled before getting clarity regarding my plans.
- Meeting my 💗🤝👾 perfectionism with self-kindness instead of self-loathing, and an imaginary 🍪 cookie. 😊
- Reminding myself that my life 🔮 (my wishes, want-to’s and memories) are worth writing about, remembering and celebrating. 🥳
- Committing to prioritizing time with my kindred friends and community. 💕
✅ When we resist devoting time to our well-being and chronicling our living (and being with our community) we default to a focus on our miss-takes (self-loath; doubt; stall).
We begin to waste time and energy fighting with what we are feeling and thinking—instead of collaborating with it. 🔁🪄🦄🥳
💁🏻♀️ And, of course, there is often a fair amount of shaming (self) and blaming (others).
✅ And yet, once we name + acknowledge [shame and blame] we can begin to dismantle those details and determine Truth.
“Action is the antidote to despair.” -Mary Pipher
“We don’t have to share everything with everyone, but we can choose to open up to the people we trust instead of assuming they can’t handle the truth or will find it too heavy.” -Nedra Glover Tawwab
💗 I am especially grateful for a beloved community of friends and the literal years we have invested in relationship and collaboration. During the past few months, I have been able to puzzle-out some of the details of what I am envisioning.
- Being in a kindred community is also a way to remember that ➡️ we each struggle with a wide variety of situations.
- As in, we are never “the only one” dealing with certain 🔮 predicaments and dilemmas. 💕
- Choosing to live freely is to take the path less traveled; it requires vulnerability (best served with community support). 💕☕
☑️ Going forward, I am excited to have a singular focus regarding support options for my Ko-fi account. And I would love for {you} to join in, Braveheart! 💕
“Living a creative life isn’t just about doing the work—it’s also about finding community, a challenge nearly every artist faces….Whether for inspiration, accountability, or opportunity, no creative path is meant to be walked alone.” -Christelle Lujan
🫂member comments and testimonials:
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Beginning December 2026, I will be publishing quarterly guides for 2027 along with supplemental resources for my Ko-fi patrons.
This web site is a collection of lunar + seasonal prompts and journal-planning ideas to encourage self-compassion + expression (verbal-processing and art journaling) and devoting attention and review (meditation and prayer).
Braveheart, we learn by doing: we discover details about ourselves through dated, chronicled observations 👀✍️📔 because everything we experience is data. 📊
Data is value-neutral; it is neither “good’ or “bad”—it is merely information to use for our choices, intentions and conclusions. Remembering this helps us to live free from judgment and shoulds.
Thank you kindly for your presence here.
I appreciate your interest and support.
~love & good wishes~
Artist’s Statement 😊🔮🔎📝🖌️🎨❤️📊
❤️ Braveheart, as the original Creator/Artist of Right Brain Planner I am ever-grateful to have the opportunity to share my creative work online + support other creators! 🎉 For almost 20 years I have had the privilege of sharing my art and writing about right brain planning while also hosting kindred 👭🏽💞👭 communities. ✨ I consider it an absolute delight to continue this portion of my creative work (even as I retire from full-time work).
This is possible, in part, by {you} and your presence here. ❤️ But also because of the support of my Ko-fi patrons.
If you already have your own system of creative journal-planning, but are interested in financially supporting my creative work, you may do so by making a donation:
- Make a one-time contribution in any amount via [this link]. (Thank you!) ❤️