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Back when I did not have a clear understanding of the values that I held most dear, it's no coincidence that I didn't feel like a creator.It turns out: one of my most deeply held values is Freedom. I was not giving myself permission to feel like a creator.How do your most deeply held values align with your self, and your view of yourself as a creator?Today I'm taking you into an exercise that's helpful in those times when you feel like you could use a compass to stay centered amidst the disruption. Best of all – you provide the compass! It's in you.In the today's newsletter I share an exercise in two parts/2 questions:1. What are your (3 to 5) most deeply held values? What's most important to you, when are you at your most joyful? If it's challenging articulating your values… They'll show up in your responses to those two questions.2. How does what you create align with your values?I'd love to hear! Please feel free to share in the comments of this post or, if this shows up directly in your inbox, you can hit reply and write right back :)What I'm CreatingThis coming Thursday 29th of May I am offering a Tarot for Coaches Workshop!For years, I have used tarot cards in my coaching practice. Not to predict the future, but to help the person I'm working with see their blocks and overcome them to build their future.If you are a coach… Join us!💡See how I use tarot cards effectively, ask questions, and see what's possible by being in the room at this complimentary session.Message me* and I'll send you the zoom link.*This session is hosted by the Global Coach Community, so if you are a member click this link on Thursday, 29 May, 5 PM Eastern/2 PM Pacific.Cheers friends! See you next week,KayArt Creativity & Wellbeing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.About KayI'm Kay! I am a Coach and Creator helping people feel inspired to believe in themselves.My background is in human development.I've spent more than 30 years supporting as people of all ages connect, communicate, enjoy their lives and bring about their best and biggest dreams.What fun!I am also the creator of art, an award-winning memoir and multiple newsletters for creatives, for leaders, and for inspiration.I live in Massachusetts with my partner of 29 years, and I am Mom to two amazing young adults. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello friends! Welcome to the 8th out of 10 editions of this season of Art Creativity & Wellbeing, the newsletter!Today we're discussing collaboration in art and creativity. Who are collaborators that you admire? Who do you love to collaborate with? Hope you enjoy!And if you're seeing this in your podcast app and you'd like to subscribe to get future episodes of Art Creativity & Wellbeing right into your inbox, click below..What I’m Up ToTarot for Coaches: Complimentary WorkshopFor years I have used tarot cards in my coaching practice.Not to *predict* the future.Instead to help the person I’m working with see their blocks and get past them to *build* their future.This will not be a workshop about telling coaches how to get better at coaching. Instead it’s the opportunity, if you are a coach and you’re curious, to:💡See how I use tarot cards effectively🤔Ask questions if you’ve got them🚀See what’s possible for utilizing tarot in your own coaching practice Details:Tarot for CoachesThursday, 29 May 20255 PM-6:30 PM EDTOffered by Coach ✨ Kay Lock Kolp, M.Ed. Hosted by the Global Coach Community ☀️Revitalize and Enjoy Creating Clients and Income🦋Support Your Clients More Playfully and Effectively❤️Deepen Your Own Practice and WellbeingIf you’d like to join, reply to me in your inbox (if that's where you see this) or message me at http://kaylockkolp.com/contact and I will get you the Zoom link.And please share the comments if you’ve got thoughts or ideas or questions.Cheers friends!Instagram Live Storytime throughout MayMay 1, 2023 was the day I got on an airplane and flew to England to begin my solo cross-country hike of the Coast to Coast path!I'm celebrating that all this month by reading to you from my memoir about this journey, Waking Up!The times are varying, and you can see when I'll be going live next in each Instagram live post in my Instagram feed @weturnedoutokay .Production Note – While there are swears in the book I am keeping these Instagram lives safe for work and sensitive ears – see you there!New Art Available in My Store"I keep your painting on the shelf with my mom['s ashes] so she can see something beautiful every day.”This was said to me a few weeks ago and I am changed.If you are in need of inspiration, or if you'd like to add to your art collection with some of my original works, view my art by clicking here.Pathfinders Podcast HostI'm honored and excited to share that I have accepted the role of Podcast Host at "the premier platform for changemakers and innovators," Pathfinders.social!When you think there's no good in the worldWhen you're stuck in a bad energyOr a bad news cycleBoogie on over to PathfindersWhere you will always be inspiredBy the cool things that your fellow humans are up toBy the many ways that humans are creating a better world for everyone.Here is my Pathfinders interviewIf you're doing something cool in the worldHead to Pathfinders.social and add your voiceThen I can interview you!Sending you lots of love today – Cheers! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello dear friends! I'm excited to share my conversation with a beloved coaching colleague, Heather Egginton. Heather joins us to discuss how it feels to be a millionaire! Recently, Heather's net worth topped $1 million. We discuss how that intersects with her feelings of worth inside herself.It's a fascinating conversation and Heather brings curiosity herself, inviting me to share about how I came to be writing a book about how it feels to be a millionaire. So for part of our conversation interviewer becomes interviewee!This conversation will show up in your inbox (if you're subscribed to this publication) or listen in your favorite podcast app!We'll return to the last few editions of season two's newsletter, about staying creative in disruptive times, next week.Happy Tuesday!About This SeriesThis is a podcast series within Art Creativity & Wellbeing and one that I'm excited to share. It's also research for my forthcoming book, How It Feels to be a Millionaire. I've become curious, as I've grown in this way myself, to understand how “worth” and “net worth”intersect for people living in our modern world.Sometimes millionaires do not feel like a million bucks.. Sometimes non-millionaires do. So, what are the commonalities and challenges? What is there to be learned here about myself, my fellow humans and our world? I'm excited to discover - and share - the answers and I know one thing, conversations like today's are an important part of how we get there. Joyfully so!What I’m Up ToInstagram Live Storytime throughout MayMay 1, 2023 was the day I got on an airplane and flew to England to begin my solo cross-country hike of the Coast to Coast path!I'm celebrating that all this month by reading to you from my memoir about this journey, Waking Up!The times are varying, and you can see when I'll be going live next in each Instagram live post in my Instagram feed @weturnedoutokay .Production Note – While there are swears in the book I am keeping these Instagram lives safe for work and sensitive ears – see you there!New Art Available in My Store"I keep your painting on the shelf with my mom['s ashes] so she can see something beautiful every day.”This was said to me a few weeks ago and I am changed.If you are in need of inspiration, or if you'd like to add to your art collection with some of my original works, view my art by clicking here.Pathfinders Podcast HostI'm honored and excited to share that I have accepted the role of Podcast Host at "the premier platform for changemakers and innovators," Pathfinders.social!When you think there's no good in the worldWhen you're stuck in a bad energyOr a bad news cycleBoogie on over to PathfindersWhere you will always be inspiredBy the cool things that your fellow humans are up toBy the many ways that humans are creating a better world for everyone.Here is my Pathfinders interviewIf you're doing something cool in the worldHead to Pathfinders.social and add your voiceThen I can interview you!About this podcast's new homePractical Intuition with Kay has become Art Creativity & Wellbeing.I am doing a happy dance about this!Seriously if emoji were thing I could do in these show notes you would see so many dancing-people, magic-sparkles, and heart emoji right hereLast summer I started a newsletter called Art Creativity & Wellbeing.And then things got complicated as I tried to figure out what the newsletter is, what my podcast should focus on – practical intuition felt embedded, and not the focus anymore.So I've been letting it all kind of rest for winter and early spring.Lo and behold, the next steps just kept showing up and showing up.Now, we've got a great new home in the Substack app!What this means for youIf you're subscribed in your favorite podcatcher, it's still there.. Or I guess it's still here.If you're subscribed so that these come into your inbox, that'll still happen too.And OH MY GOOD GOLLY, I just checked and all 430+ back episodes of the podcast AND every newsletter I've written since I started this publication are available in the archives!! This is blowing my mind!If you'd like you can subscribe to get this podcast delivered into your inbox -You'll also get my weekly newsletter and content for subscribers.It's a very vibrant new home that we have here and – if it's something that you're enjoying – I'm excited to bring you along on this ride :)Thank you for being here with me. See you soon – enjoy this episode! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello friends! It's the second Thursday of the month and that means a great conversation with friend and and now-former colleague Andrew Moss regarding the tools that we developed together as I was training to solo hike across northern England in 2023.This one's about the tool that is really behind all the other tools: “I am not my thoughts.”In today's conversation you'll hear about how this idea has shaped each of our lives and how differently it has shown up for each of us. Andrew and I also each give you a way to try it out if you'd like!About the Series… It's really a podcast within a podcast!In these "Waking up: The Tools” conversations Andrew and I discuss the essential tools we developed that helped me transform my experience and grow into the person who hiked all by myself across northern England in 2023… After needing a wheelchair to go more than a few steps in 2011.FYI My hike was taking place exactly 2 years ago right now! To celebrate I am reading from my memoir, Waking Up, throughout May in a series of Instagram lives which you can access here.We've called this series Waking up: The Tools because they’re featured in my book, Waking Up: How I Grew to Love My Body and My Self While Solo-Hiking Across Northern England (available everywhere you get your audiobooks and Amazon in paperback and e-book format.)Each Waking Up Tools Conversation is hosted by Pathfinders, the amazing platform that exists to amplify good people doing good work in the world. Andrew is the CEO and cofounder of Pathfinders and shares what it's all about in this episode. Please visit the Pathfinders.social website if you're in need of some hope or inspiration today – and if you're doing good work in the world please click the “Add your voice” button and share about your vision for a better world and what you are doing to bring it about. Here's mine!Hope you enjoy our conversation!Find Andrew athttps://pathfinders.social, and find me at https://kaylockkolp.com.Use the button below to subscribe so that these land right in your inbox, or search Art Creativity & Wellbeing in your favorite podcast app and click the "subscribe" button. That way you'll get them as soon as they drop.See you soon friends – thank you for being along on the journey. Cheers!With Love, Kay This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

My dudes! TODAY IS THIS PODCAST'S 10TH BIRTHDAY! How did that happen!! From a show that existed to support parents of young children starting in 2015… To one that celebrates the doers and the dreamers like the one you will hear from today… It has been a wild ride. For those of you who've been here since the beginning, please know how grateful I am that you've rolled with the changes. You rock! And those of you who are new, or new-ish – welcome! I'm glad you're here. You rock too!Also we've got a new name and a new home – more about that below! Best of all we’re kicking it all off with an amazing guest..I have waited so long and now it's finally time to introduce to you – Speech and Language Pathologist Dr. Katrina Miller! Here's a bit from Katrina's about page. I'm so inspired each and every time I read this..”Dr. Miller’s commitment to communication empowerment spans 25 plus years and has improved the lives of countless patients, as well as the over 300 novice speech-language pathologists she has trained. The daughter of first-generation educators, the value of education was instilled in her as a young person and continues to fuel her drive within her profession. It was within her household that she learned the significance of effective communication and how it could dictate the course of a person’s life and livelihood.”Katrina shares with us what it's like to found an entire school within a university, how it all came about, and where this journey began for her. It goes deep and gets back to who Katrina is as a person and the importance she sees in fostering human communication. Join us!What I’m Up ToInstagram Live Storytime throughout MayMay 1, 2023 was the day I got on an airplane and flew to England to begin my solo cross-country hike of the Coast to Coast path! I'm celebrating that all this month by reading to you from my memoir about this journey, Waking Up!The times are varying, and you can see when I'll be going live next in each Instagram live post in my Instagram feed @weturnedoutokay .Production Note – While there are swears in the book I am keeping these Instagram lives safe for work and sensitive ears – see you there!New Art Available in My Store"I keep your painting on the shelf with my mom['s ashes] so she can see something beautiful every day.” This was said to me a few weeks ago and I am changed.If you are in need of inspiration, or if you'd like to add to your art collection with some of my original works, view my art by clicking here.Pathfinders Podcast HostI'm honored and excited to share that I have accepted the role of Podcast Host at "the premier platform for changemakers and innovators," Pathfinders.social!When you think there's no good in the worldWhen you're stuck in a bad energy Or a bad news cycleBoogie on over to PathfindersWhere you will always be inspiredBy the cool things that your fellow humans are up toBy the many ways that humans are creating a better world for everyone.Here is my Pathfinders interview If you're doing something cool in the worldHead to Pathfinders.social and add your voiceThen I can interview you!About this podcast's new homePractical Intuition with Kay has become Art Creativity & Wellbeing.I am doing a happy dance about this! Seriously if emoji were thing I could do in these show notes you would see so many dancing-people, magic-sparkles, and heart emoji right hereLast summer I started a newsletter called Art Creativity & Wellbeing. And then things got complicated as I tried to figure out what the newsletter is, what my podcast should focus on – practical intuition felt embedded, and not the focus anymore. So I've been letting it all kind of rest for winter and early spring.Lo and behold, the next steps just kept showing up and showing up.Now, we've got a great new home in the Substack app!What this means for youIf you're subscribed in your favorite podcatcher, it's still there.. Or I guess it's still here.If you're subscribed so that these come into your inbox, that'll still happen too.If you'd like you can subscribe to get this podcast delivered into your inbox -You'll also get my weekly newsletter and monthly video for subscribers. It's a very vibrant new home that we have here and – if it's something that you're enjoying – I'm excited to bring you along on this ride :)Thank you for being here with me. See you soon – enjoy this episode! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Happy April friends! As you'll hear I am creating quite a bit this month, all very joyful and thankfully I have given myself the time and space to do this from a full cup.Here are two things that are so new, they didn't even make the video!1. For pretty obvious reasons I called this painting Up On the Roof of the World! It's of a special place in Colorado, and I just completed it this morning. Read more about it here!2. Book Research RequestWould you like to be interviewed for my next book?They say that when you learn something, you should pass it on – so, I am writing a book called How It Feels to be a Millionaire!Fellow millionaires! I would love your input! I’m curious: if you are a millionaire and/or spend a lot of your time feeling like a million bucks, I’d love to interview you.Click here to go to my contact page, and in your message please share how it feels for you to be a millionaire. I’ll follow up to schedule a chat. And thank you!I'm curious: what are you up to? What are you creating, what's lighting you up? Please share! Either in the comments, or simply by hitting reply and sharing with me if this is in your inbox.And now for the bazillion links Related to the things I am up to, that I share in the video above :)Events and WorkshopsI have been having lots of fun envisioning ways that we can play together!Seeds & Self-Discovery: Spring Tarot WorkshopVirtual four week workshop in which we will Plant the seeds of intention (Earth Element), Ignite passion in action (Fire Element), Embrace flow and emotion (Water Element), and finally Celebrate transformation and freedom (Air Element)! I’ve been asked for years to create an adventure/journey where we utilize tarot cards as a group – and this is the moment!$50 for the complete four-week workshop; begins Tuesday April 15, 2025Click here to learn more and register!Café & Courage: Embracing Your PathIn-person Lunch, Lecture, and Workshop at the epic restaurant Uxlocale in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, on April 19! This is going to be SO MUCH FUN and it would be awesome to see you there, if it aligns geographically and internally for you. $80 includes lunch, lecture, workshop, and unique Journal keepsake11-2, The Uxlocale, April 19, 2025Click here to learn more and register!Harmony & Hope: Transformative Coaching Opportunities– I am creating an online coaching group if you’d like some company on your journey in a warm place where you feel seen and understood. This group will have lots of ongoing online fun! There will be the companionship of like-minded people who GET it, as well as weekly community calls and a self-directed course on the essential mindset tools I’ve learned on my journey.It’s about a month from opening, so stay tuned!– A one-to-one coaching spot has opened up in my practice.If you’re feeling a little stuck AND you’re open to trying something different to get out of the trap! Message me and let’s explore your future together.Three Newsletters:This one – Art Creativity & WellbeingHere's the subscription link if you're new here…In LinkedInThe Heart of Leadership.. Exploring our ability to lead in a way that's profoundly human, meaningful, and effective.The Saturday Salon.. Featuring Epic Writing on Important Topics by Wonderful Leaders, Creators and OrganizationsTwo PodcastsWhat will become Art Creativity & Wellbeing, currently called Practical Intuition with Kay… Available wherever you get your podcastsThe Waking Up Podcast… Available either at its Substack page or in Spotify! With more places coming soon.Waking Up: The Tools ConversationTHIS COMING Thursday April 10 at 12 noon Eastern time – hooray! The LinkedIn live will be live on this page in LinkedIn…My Pathfinders InterviewAnd here is my Pathfinders interview!What a month! I'm wishing you a really great April. Lots of love and talk soon!KayArt Creativity & Wellbeing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello friends! I hope you've been enjoying yourselves as we have been on our hiatus! It's been a little longer of a hiatus than I had originally intended. Sometimes life throws curveballs, and there've been some fascinating curveballs in these last several months! I hope to share about them with you soon! We are on hiatus for a little longer, but behind the scenes I have been having some epic conversations with the folks you'll be hearing from today! They are, in the order you will hear them: Speech and Language pathologist Dr. Katrina Miller Therapist and former First Responder Bill Dwinnells Author and Anthology Creator Gail Clanton Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Author Janine Halloran Author and Entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz Founder and COO of Pathfinders.social Jeff Lamb You're also getting a sneak peek at the intro and outro for the newest iteration of the show, even though in the feed it's still called Practical Intuition with Kay. There will be new artwork too! I am sooooo excited to share it all with you. Want to hear something crazy? This show is 10 years old on May 1! I'll aim to have it out in its new iteration by then. In the meantime I am wishing you so very well! Lots of love, Kay Lots of places to find me! Coaching | Art | Writing | Podcasts: https://kaylockkolp.com Award-winning memoir.. Waking Up: How I Grew to Love My Body and Myself While Solo-Hiking Across Northern England.. https://amzn.to/3VlbEak And wherever you get your audiobooks  Newsletter for Creatives: https://kaylockkolp.substack.com Newsletter for Leaders: https://bit.ly/4gOfqT5   Podcast: Practical Intuition with Kay  In your favorite podcast app  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weturnedoutokay/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-lock-kolp/ The quote I live by: “It’s such a good feeling, to know you’re alive.“ – Fred Rogers This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello friends! I hope March is starting off very well for you! What are you up to creatively?I see that I have been feeling better by creating.Late last year I decided to spend at least one hour per day in what I think of as "creative enjoyment." This is everything from taking a walk or hike – or over the last week or so, getting out to go skiing where I'm staying with my parents in the Colorado Rockies – to creating art, writing, making fun stuff!The rule has been that it's not about consuming somebody else's creations. It's about doing something creative from a place of enjoyment.Here's what I have been working on!This newsletter, Art Creativity & WellbeingA newsletter published in LinkedIn for leaders, The Heart of Leadership <3A new podcast! It's called The Waking Up Podcast and you can find it presently either in Spotify, or right into your inboxA group for those who would enjoy some company on the adventure of lifeSome really fun chats with my friend and colleague Coach Andrew Moss about the tools that we created together as I was training to do my hike across England(You can be with us live during the recordings, which take place the second Thursday of every month. The next one will be Thursday, 13 March. They are generously hosted by Pathfinders.social in LinkedIn! Click here for the Pathfinders page so you can join our upcoming conversation!)Then finally, coming up on 19 April a live pop up coffeehouse at which I'll be the featured guest!What about you - what’re you up to?In a time when there has been a lot of opportunity to get pulled off my place of center, these creative enjoyments have really kept me feeling positive and open about the future.Which makes me super curious! What have you been creating lately? Please share, either here in the comments or just hit reply and share from your inbox to mine.I am wishing you well! See you next week for another newsletter edition and in early April with another video like today's.Cheers –Kay This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello, friends, and welcome to Art, Creativity and Wellbeing!I'm really glad you're here!Today I’m sharing:* What I’m up to creatively * What’s new here at Art Creativity & Wellbeing* My curiosity about what YOU’RE up to creatively :)One thing that’s new!I decided to give everyone the opportunity to view everything, whatever your situation is, and regardless of whether you choose to support me or my work. There's this interesting idea that I read a while ago in a book.. Information wants to be free. And I feel like that's kind of what we do here, right? I share out some information and I would love for that to be available for everyone who would like to read or watch it or listen to it. And then those of you who choose to support my work financially - that is so appreciated! It makes it possible for me to do what I do here. Here’s the link if you would like to see more about ways you can support me.I'm really super grateful for it. And I feel so grateful for you free subscribing folks too. It's an honor to have you pay attention to my work and me, in whatever form that takes for you.Another new thing!Schedule change - I’m sharing our regular weekly newsletter each Tuesday, and then a video each month like today’s about what I am working on currently.. read on if you’d like to see one project where my creative brain has gone in the last couple weeks!And a fun new publication.. the first edition was/will be printed in 2035!(If that’s a bit confusing I do share more about this in the video.)Please share!Soooo.. that’s me. Well, except for the changes to my podcast, which I forgot to share about in the video and which will keep until March!I’m curious, what are you up to creatively?I’d love to hear!See you tomorrow for our regularly scheduled newsletter!Love,KayArt Creativity & Wellbeing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello my darlings! This is the final installment of our study of The Relationship Handbook: A Simple Guide to Satisfying Relationships by George Pransky, a super influential book for me personally, and (as we've gone along in this book study) a super helpful one for many of you as well. We are talking today about the Addenda to the 25th anniversary edition – in which George along with his wife Linda shares about their own marital challenges and triumphs. It's a really special end to an amazing and inspiring book! Link for the book in all formats: https://www.amazon.com/Relationship-Handbook-Satisfying-Relationships-Anniversary/dp/0998874205 This is also the FIRST installment of Art Creativity & Wellbeing, the podcast!! Same bat time and same bat channel – with a slightly different focus and an opening up to the possibilities that art, creativity, and well-being bring to our enjoyment of life. I'm glad you're here along for the ride. It means a lot! And I'll see you the second Tuesday in January with the first of lots of great conversations, which will be the focus of 2025. Some of you may know about my weekly share, which is also called Art Creativity & Wellbeing! If you'd like to see the most recent installment, click here: https://kaylockkolp.substack.com . Find me at https://kaylockkolp.com Contact page = https://www.kaylockkolp.com/contact/ LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-lock-kolp/ And Instagram @weturnedoutokay I am excited for all that is to come.. Happy new year!!   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe