Over the next couple of episodes, Lucinda and Mariëlle will be diving into the topic of Future Thinking and how it can benefit our creative lives. During this episode, Mariëlle guides Lucinda and their listeners into a guided visualisation that invites one to connect with their future creative selves. Here’s what came up during the episode: Mariëlle explains why she decided to create a guided visualisation for the episode After the guided visualisation, Lucinda shares her experience of it and what came up for her Mariëlle reminds everyone – including herself – that it’s not about getting exac ..read more

Over the next couple of episodes, Lucinda and Mariëlle will be diving into the topic of Future Thinking and how it can benefit our creative lives. During this episode, they introduce the topic and discuss what a shift to Future Thinking can do to the way you are in and respond to the world. Here’s what came up during the episode: That Lucinda came to Future Thinking through her work with dogs How it has changed the way Lucinda responds to her border collie Luca That Mariëlle came to something similar through a meditation challenge she did last year The difference between thinking about what w ..read more

During this episode, Lucinda and Mariëlle talked about their goals for the first quarter and what they’re hoping to move towards in the next. Here’s what came up during the episode: The mystery podcast Mariëlle was interviewed for is The Rebel Author Podcast. The episode comes out 10 April 2024. That there’s a point to doing these check-ins! Both Lucinda and Mariëlle are doing much better than they thought before hitting the record button.  Lucinda is working on her writing every day again, for fifteen minutes at least.  Mariëlle isn’t doing yoga as much as she’d like to, but she is ..read more

During this episode, Lucinda and Mariëlle (reluctantly) discuss the promises they would like to make to their creative selves. Here’s what came up during the episode: The difference between promises that feel more ‘meta’ and those that are more practical That making promises to yourself is a very personal trajectory: what Mariëlle decided to promise her creative self is something Lucinda has already mastered, and vice versa Lucinda promises to show up for her creative self Mariëlle promises to show up for the physical body that is her creative self’s current home Mariëlle’s current Kickstart ..read more

During this episode, Lucinda and Mariëlle talk about whether or not they’re showing up for their creative selves right now, and, if not, how they can start doing that more Here’s what came up during the episode: Lucinda confesses she’s not been showing up for her creative self she’d like to for quite some time now Mariëlle, on the other hand, feels like she’s been showing up more for her creative self now than she’s ever done before Hearing Mariëlle talk about losing yourself in your writing, Lucinda remembered what that felt like, and it made her determined to keep setting that intention to ..read more

During this episode, Lucinda and Mariëlle check in with the goals they set for this quarter and discuss what is and isn’t working for them. Here’s what came up during the episode: Lucinda is smashing her non-writing goals, but she needs a new plan for her writing ones Mariëlle is well on her way to achieving the goals she’s written down at the start of the year Mariëlle suggests starting small and work up to the habit(s) you hope to create Both Lucinda and Mariëlle shamelessly plugged the YouTube channel Yoga with Adriene Mariëlle next Kickstarter goes live on 1 March, and you can follow it he ..read more

During this episode, Lucinda and Mariëlle dive deep into the topic of models and the kind of behaviour they themselves would like to model to the world. Here’s what came up during the episode: Who some of Lucinda’s and Mariëlle’s role models were when they were growing up That people are often role models without us consciously realising that’s what they are to us That anyone can be a role model, and that it can be as much about what they do with their lives as how they make you feel about yours That the behaviour Lucinda wants to model to others is that she follows through with her writing ..read more

During this episode, Lucinda and Mariëlle talk about falling out of love with your craft and ways to get that loving feeling back if you lost it. Here’s what came up during the episode: That there’s a difference between falling out of love with a project and falling out of love with the craft (although falling out of love with the craft might just be about a project and not the craft itself) That there are different elements to being in love with your writing, and that you might have to look into all of these to figure out why you haven’t been feeling it If you’ve fallen (somewhat) out of lo ..read more

During this episode, Lucinda and Mariëlle discuss the past year, how COVID and day job drama upended their goals and their intentions for 2024. Here’s what came up during the episode: • What happened to the goals Mariëlle and Lucinda set themselves back in September • What to do when all goes to shit • Why it’s so important to consider all aspects of your life when planning your creative goals • How Mariëlle is looking forward to using her 52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner again to set flexible goals • Lucinda’s plan to learn how to plan realistically, especially around the writin ..read more

During this episode, Lucinda and Mariëlle talk about self-care and why it’s so hard to stick to habits that are supposed to be good for us Here’s what came up during the episode: During her last vacation, Lucinda was reminded how important it is to make space in one’s day to do nothing When it comes to things she loves doing, Mariëlle has absolutely no break, so she needs to start scheduling down-time While Lucinda is pretty clear on what down-time means for her, Mariëlle will have to figure out what it could look like for her ..read more