CURIOSITY

CURIOSITY

CURIOSITY - My thoughts are there as soon as I open my eyes. Correction - not my thoughts, they are thoughts and they are dark. They tinge my awakening with a taste of tragedy, a sense of separation, a dashing of despondency. Then like someone stuck in quick sand I...

REFLECT

REFLECT

REFLECT - One of the daily practises I love is to journal. The writer Julia Cameron calls them morning pages - 3 pages of stream of consciousness as soon as you wake up. But I find Just a commitment daily to take time to connect to yourself on the page is helpful....

CHOOSE

CHOOSE

CHOOSE - You are constantly choosing your reality moment by moment. You choose your moods, your focus, your mindset, your reactions. You choose your words, your actions. You choose what you put into your body, what thoughts you think, what stories you tell yourself....

FEELING

FEELING

FEELING - I'm a strong feeler of feelings. It wasn't until I was older I learned there was a name for it and there were others like me. Empaths feel everything really intensely. Which gives us enormous capacity for compassion, but means we cry (a lot) at practically...

STEP

STEP

STEP - This morning I woke from some disturbed dream and was greeted with a huge pile of dog sick on the stairs. After gagging, bleaching and scrubbing while giggling girls looked on. Got me thinking about steps. How I always felt I was somehow special and destined...

ILLUMINATION

ILLUMINATION

ILLUMINATION - Come sit with me on this day-glow bench. Let's pause in the morning sun before the madness begins. Let's focus, re-set our energy and breathe in the crisp cold air. Tell me what lights you up? #light #begin #beginagain #embrace #lightsyouup #illuminate...

ROOT CHAKRA

ROOT CHAKRA

ROOT CHAKRA - I'm feeling the call to deepen my fascination with the chakras (our spiritual anatomy and energy centres) and to incorporate this into my art. The base or root chakra is red and aspects like safety, foundation, tribes and belonging are what it deals...

MAGIC

MAGIC

MAGIC - Strikes 🚇& snow ❄️ on my way to the office today. There's always obstacles. Go with the flow and Focus on the wonder instead. Our world is magical. You are magical! Go spread some of that good stuff around today. Have a beautiful day. #magic #snow...

NETWORKING

NETWORKING

NETWORKING - sweatworking, shmoozing and all that. I've only been managing events for 16 years and yet I still cringe at the falseness of being put in a room where I'm instructed to break the ice and ordered to mingle. I also know I'm not the only one. The thing is I...

CO-CREATION

CO-CREATION

CO-CREATION - I've just spent a delicious 5 hours in the company of divine woman. Dreaming, desiring & designing our longings for 2017. Forget resolutions, go for heart infused goals. Then have fun conjuring, visualising & manifesting your intentions. Feel...

WISH

WISH

WISH - A fantastic reminder in Canary Wharf. If only we all thought this way. The world would be a wonderful place. #wish #commute #beyou #betrue #jostevensoncreative

INSPIRATION

INSPIRATION

INSPIRATION - So thankful that today amongst the madness I took time out to recharge my creative core. I'm constantly inspired by the beauty and love in the world, especially small acts of bravery and truth. This is Dexter, he's the only boy in his ballet class. I was...

FORGIVENESS

FORGIVENESS

FORGIVENESS - Who did you so bad? Did something so terrible? So horrifically horrible? So dastardly underhand? Who screwed you? Who chewed you up and spat you out? Who double crossed you? Denied you? Ignored you? Hurt you? Took advantage? Took you for a ride? Sold you...

FIRSTS

FIRSTS

FIRSTS - Can be exciting, exhilarating and special. First time for the Stevenson's at the ballet! It's so long overdue for me.... Thank you @clareevamoran for making it happen. #firsttime #firsts #ballet #nutcrackerballet #royaloperahouse

COMFORT

COMFORT

COMFORT - Can you find comfort in the midst of pain or chaos? It's often in the little things, the practicalities. It's understanding what you need, then asking for it, accepting it, allowing it and doing it. This shaggy, sleepy one has been keeping me company whilst...

LIGHT

LIGHT

LIGHT - It will always find a way through. On the darkest days, in the tiniest gaps. Look for it, open to it, feel into it. Be it. #light #iamlight #betrue #beyou #citylife #london

Yesterday I started a new corporate job

Yesterday I started a new corporate job

Yesterday I started a new corporate job. Something I never thought I'd be doing and I'll share my story about the why soon.  But for now I'm experimenting with being creatively corporate and embracing all of me, where I am right now. So today I choose to be the light...

A Creative Journey – Embrace Embody Empower

A Creative Journey – Embrace Embody Empower

Everyone seems to want to share their version of success and how to get it these days. Want to make 6 figures from your laptop? Run your own successful business? Be free to travel the world? Have the best body ever? I mean who wouldn't want these results? But...

PAUSE

PAUSE

PAUSE - so even when the pace is fast, can you find time to pause? Look up at the sky, slow down your step, focus on your breath. Instead of mentally going through your 'to do' list notice your surroundings. Pay attention to how you feel. Instead of telling yourself...

How to be more creative at work

How to be more creative at work

One of my New Years intentions, yes note the intention not a resolution is to be more creative. Intentions I've been told are more like a gentle decisive nudge in a positive direction instead of the heavy expectant push of a resolution that can often see you hit rock...

Just do it

Just do it

Why is it so hard to 'just do it' even when that 'it' is something that you love? I am about to exhibit a few of my paintings in a local cafe (Living Water Satisfies in Crystal Palace) to try and raise some money for charity and to basically put some of my work out...

My first step

My first step

This is my first post and I realise I am very late to the game but hey, I'm here now! A creative soul in a corporate world A blog to document my attempts to master the chaotic dance of caring for young children, a corporate career and creative outputs. This is the...