Do You Tend To Stumble Into Things?
Do you find that some of your most meaningful and important endeavours are accidental? Tuula and I unexpectedly made two short horror films earlier this…
Tag: Creativity
Is Something Holding You Back?
Join me on Saturday April 4th 2026 for a mini-zine making workshop around this theme of Expressing Your True Colours. What stops people expressing themselves…
Expressing Your ‘True Colours’ | A Mini-Zine Making Workshop
Do you feel able to express yourself in the ways you want? We sometimes say ‘true colours’ to refer to the parts of ourselves that…
Finding Ourselves in the Fog of a Hundred Shades of Beige
If you’ve looked up stuff about the trait of high sensitivity online, you’ve probably been confronted by a sea of pastel colours and a hundred…
Why Is It So Hard to Say “I Don’t Know”?
“How do you tend to respond when you do not know?” We had this question in our Journal Circle a couple of weeks ago. It’s…
How I Use One-Page Mini-Zines To Generate Ideas Quickly
Do you want to generate ideas quickly, without overthinking, without requiring perfection, and without using AI tools? One-page mini-zines are great for brainstorming and exploring…
Grow Creative Confidence Using Sketching (with Sam Marshall)
Would you like to develop more creative confidence? Have you ever embarked on, or considered, a sketching practice? In this episode of The Gentle Rebel…
Responding to the Contagion of Burnout Energy
I saw a reel earlier that made me notice how burnout spreads. An entrepreneurial self-help influencer told followers to demand more power, money, and visibility…
David Bowie’s Search for Life, Death and God (with Peter Ormerod)
Peter Ormerod is a journalist and writer who has written extensively about culture and faith for The Guardian, and he is also an arts editor…
Unfinished Maps (Phrase Maze)
This season’s theme is Unfinished Maps. What comes to mind for you when you read those words? Unfinished Maps – Phrase Maze Notes We met…