Art Creativity & Wellbeing

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

Hello friends! Happy holidays!! I hope you get some enjoyment time, some downtime, and some fun time over the next couple weeks and I’ll see you next year!!Love, love, 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

Hello my darlings! We're continuing to study The Relationship Handbook: A Simple Guide to Satisfying Relationships by George Pransky, a book that's been helpful for me in coaching and in my life. We are talking about chapters 14 and 15 – some great and meaningful ideas in these chapters! Link for the book in all formats: https://www.amazon.com/Relationship-Handbook-Satisfying-Relationships-Anniversary/dp/0998874205 If you've got questions, comments, or ideas about these chapters – or the Addenda to the 25th anniversary edition, which we will talk about a on the last day of the year – get in touch! 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 New episodes the first and third Tuesdays in October, November, and December… As we progress through our read together. Next up: on Tuesday, December 31 will be discussing chapters the addenda to the 25th anniversary edition. I'm excited! Also! I create a weekly share called Art Creativity & Wellbeing, and if you'd like to see the most recent installment, click here: https://kaylockkolp.substack.com . Cheers and see you next time! 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

"The Law of the Universe is that you receive back that which you put your focus and attention on. So be very careful what you choose to put your focus and attention on.” – Coach Andrew Moss, in a mic drop moment that was essential in my training to become the person who solo-hiked across northern England in 2023 :)This week's Art creativity & well-being takes you into this tool a little bit deeper!And shares an experience that I had this past autumn which illustrated the law of the universe as nothing else could.I hope you enjoy this installment of our Autumn Curriculum! December is all about showing up how we want to… For ourselves, and for others.The last installment will drop the third Thursday of December… in the meantime I hope you are well and happy.Cheers!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

Gifts and fun! My 2nd annual Grateful Art Sale is happening right now – 50% off every work on my website through Thursday, December 12, 2024 Come take a look! At https://kaylockkolp.com/art I am grateful for you : ) Hello dear ones! We're reading The Relationship Handbook: A Simple Guide to Satisfying Relationships by George Pransky, a book that's been helpful for me in coaching and in my life. We are talking about chapters 12 and 13 – hard to believe how quickly our book studies going! Link for the book in all formats: https://www.amazon.com/Relationship-Handbook-Satisfying-Relationships-Anniversary/dp/0998874205 If you've got questions, comments, or ideas about these chapters – or 14 and 15 which we will talk about a little later in December – get in touch! 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 New episodes the first and third Tuesdays in October, November, and December… As we progress through our read together. Next up: on Tuesday, December 17 will be discussing chapters 14 and 15. I'm excited! Also! I create a weekly share called Art Creativity & Wellbeing, and if you'd like to see the most recent installment, click here: https://kaylockkolp.substack.com . Cheers and see you next time! 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 hello friends! We're reading The Relationship Handbook: A Simple Guide to Satisfying Relationships by George Pransky, a book that's been helpful for me in coaching and in my life. We are talking about chapters 9, 10, and 11 – we are flying through this book! Link for the book in all formats: https://www.amazon.com/Relationship-Handbook-Satisfying-Relationships-Anniversary/dp/0998874205 If you've got questions, comments, or ideas about these chapters – or 12 and 13 which we will talk about in December – get in touch! 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 New episodes the first and third Tuesdays in October, November, and December… As we progress through our read together. Next up: on Tuesday, December 3 will be discussing chapters 12 and 13. I'm excited! Also! I create a weekly share called Art Creativity & Wellbeing, and if you'd like to see the most recent installment, click here: https://kaylockkolp.substack.com . Cheers and see you next time! 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

Greetings! In this module of our Autumn Curriculum – which, while ordinarily for the paid supporters, I'm sharing with everyone in case a tool for feeling okay inside might be helpful for you right now – is about becoming aware of the self talk within.I've heard this self talk referred to as the psyche, and my favorite term: the "inner roommate."However we think of this entity, it's good to be aware of because once we can observe, it means we can pause and respond rather than reacting to events in a knee-jerk way.I'm curious if you utilize this tool already? Or if you've got questions as you give it a try?I'm here if so.Sending you lots of hugs and positive energy, today and every day. Thank you for being here! If you think this might be useful for someone in your world, please feel free to share it with them.So much 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

Greetings, fun seekers! We're reading The Relationship Handbook: A Simple Guide to Satisfying Relationships by George Pransky, a book that's been helpful for me in coaching and in my life. We are talking about chapters 6, 7, and 8 – woo hoo! Link for the book in all formats: https://www.amazon.com/Relationship-Handbook-Satisfying-Relationships-Anniversary/dp/0998874205 If you've got questions, comments, or ideas about these chapters – or 9, 10, and 11 which we will talk about in later in November – get in touch! 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 New episodes the first and third Tuesdays in October, November, and December… As we progress through our read together. Next up: on Tuesday, November 19 we'll be discussing chapters 9, 10, and 11. I'm excited! Also! I create a weekly share called Art Creativity & Wellbeing, and if you'd like to see the most recent installment, click here: https://kaylockkolp.substack.com . Cheers and see you next time! 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

Take 2! I apologize.. I meant for everyone to be able to see this one. So, trying again : )For our third installment of Art Creativity & Wellbeing's autumn curriculum I am taking you directly into the work that I do!Please note: We are using tarot cards todayTarot cards were originally a game created by Italian nobles 400 years ago. They are the origination of our modern day card decks with the four suits, the aces, the Jack, Queen and King, etc.I find tarot cards to be an outstanding coaching tool.I don't use them in a divinatory sense, like to tell the future. Instead they are very useful in helping someone CREATE the future that they would most like to bring about for themselves.Every October 31 now for several years, in my own deep work for myself, I have utilized tarot cards to reflect on what has been and to bring some curiosity to what is to come! You get to be present and witness as I do this today.The questions you'll hear me ask myself in this video are below. Feel free to get a cup of tea and snuggle up and watch this video as if it were a movie – or, play along! If you've got a tarot deck (or more than one : ) grab it and follow along with me. Or simply utilize the questions below to reflect for yourself on your own journey. Please share in the comments below, or by hitting "reply" if this landed in your inbox, what comes up for you!Okay! Here are the questions!1. What am I ready to let go of in my life?2. Where is my energy best dedicated?3. Where am I finding balance in the process of change?4. What is the fire that drives my expansion?(Good golly… THIS one.)5. What does divinity have to say about it all? Also this is the “turning point” in today's spread.6. What do I need to begin harvesting? (I substituted in the word "receiving" for harvesting.)7. How will my change fuel those around me?8 Guidance from my ancestors – a three parter!Ancestors on the Maternal, Paternal sides and the "Mighty Dead."This was a blast! And extremely helpful for me. There's lots of food for thought and now I am going into the evening looking at the cards and their relationships to each other as I reflect on what is here for me to remember and learn.So much love and a huge THANK YOU for being here!KayPS It's part of our autumn curriculum because of the "remember to use periods, not commas" tool that I have found super useful. Tarot cards do not leave room for commas. They are such a great coaching tool because they are objective. They have a message – different for each person and helpful, if we are paying attention – but there's no trying to talk a tarot card out of being what it is. In other words, no commas!Art Creativity & Wellbeing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.If you are receiving this as a free subscriber, first of all, I appreciate you! If you'd enjoy more of the autumn curriculum, here's where you can become a paid supporter. Paid supporters, thank you for your support. It means a lot and it helps me bring you more of what's helpful. And fun!Thank you all for being with me on the journey. 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

Welcome to the second installment of our first ever book-read – we'll spend the rest of this year reading a book together! I've chosen The Relationship Handbook: A Simple Guide to Satisfying Relationships by George Pransky, a book that's been helpful for me in coaching and in my life. I share today about an experiment I tried recently that more than proves the adage that what we focus on grows – and it's interesting because I did not associate the challenges coming up for me (and boy did they multiply) with the experiment itself. So I kept plugging away and… Well, I share what happened in today's episode. We are talking about chapters 3, 4, and 5 – woo hoo! Link for the book in all formats: https://www.amazon.com/Relationship-Handbook-Satisfying-Relationships-Anniversary/dp/0998874205 If you've got questions, comments, or ideas about these chapters – or 6, 7, and 8 which we will talk about in Novembet – get in touch! 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 New episodes the first and third Tuesdays in October, November, and December… As we progress through our read together. Next up: on Tuesday, November 4 we'll be discussing chapters 6, 7, and 8. I'm excited! Also! I create a weekly share called Art Creativity & Wellbeing, and if you'd like to see the most recent installment, click here: https://kaylockkolp.substack.com . Cheers and see you next time! 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