055: Creativity as a grounding practice during challenging times

For today's episode of Indie Author Weekly, I want to talk about using creativity and creative outlets as a grounding practice and as a coping mechanism.  The reason why I want to share about this today is because I’m doing a brand-new livestream show with my friend Jennifer of Roam Howl Creative. For the next three days, April 14 - 16 2020, we will be teaching the topic of Creative Marketing for Non-Creatives. I’m hosting it on Instagram Live at 4pm CT, so I hope to see you there! Follow me on Instagram, @Saganlives, to check it out.  Over the course of our Creative Marketing for Non-Creatives livestream show, we’ll be covering the following: How to ground yourself through creativity during challenging times Creative self-expression and ideas for what to create . Advanced strategies for connecting deeply through creativity  Now, that first point, about using creative outlets as grounding practice, is something that I have found to be incredibly powerful in my own life and business. So I want to dive into that here on the Indie Author Weekly podcast, because it is directly relates to my work as an author.  We are collectively going through a challenging time right now, given the global pandemic situation. And there are many streams of thought out there as to what we should or shouldn’t be doing with ourselves while we’re all staying safe at home.  One of the things that’s been making the rounds across the Internet are people who say we should be “making good use of this time by creating something.”  I disagree. Instead, my way of looking at it is that *being creative can actually help us to cope during this challenging time.*  It’s not about forcing ourselves to be creative. That’s not what it’s about, at all! Instead, it’s about using creativity as a tool to help support us.  Resources & links mentioned in this episode:Learn more about all of Sagan's books at SaganMorrow.com/books .Creative Marketing for Non-Creatives livestream show: Instagram Live, April 14 - 16 2020 at 4pm Central: Instagram.com/saganlives .Jennifer at Roam Howl Creative  Episode 43 of Indie Author Weekly: What do you want from your book writing experience? (Background about the business partnership dissolution) .Tune into Indie Author Weekly on your favourite podcast platform at SaganMorrow.com/podcast .Rate & review this podcast on iTunes .Let's chat about this episode:  @Saganlives on Twitter and Instagram .Hashtag: #IndieAuthorWeekly .Email [email protected] .Share your thoughts (or submit requests for future episode topics) in this survey at SaganMorrow.com/question Send fan mail! Click HERE to leave Sagan a voicemail & share your thoughts about this episode.Support the show