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Let’s start our New Creative Year with a fresh creative space! In the Northern Hemisphere we’re in Harvest season, the perfect time ​to make space for the creative bounty waiting to pour out of you. In the ​Southern Hemisphere it’s Spring - think of this as creative spring cleaning time!

While the notion of creativity = messiness is common, de-cluttering actually makes space for your creativity by:

• reducing distractions, so you can focus more

• removing obstacles, so you can progress with ease

• opening your space to new energy flow, new ideas, new inspiration!

• making your space inviting and attractive, meaning you’ll want to be there more often

Decluttering with Joy Tidying up sure doesn’t sound like the most exciting way to spend time. But try this method: I believe you’ll find it a revelation!

(Bonus: it works for your entire house)

Hi, this is Diana Bright Knowledge Instance give you one thing that you can do today to move your creativity ahead. Today I want to...

As creatives, we can always start again, at any point. Let’s think of September as a new creative year for each of us! And there’s no better place to start than YOUR most pressing issues: Please share: What are YOUR big creativity questions right now? Perhaps you’re stuck in a rut and need a jumpstart? Maybe you’re feeling inspired yet struggle to stay disciplined? Are fears diminishing your joy in being creative and sharing your vision? Whatever your challenge, know we’ve all experienced similar things: we want to hear from you. Here’s the beauty: in facing our challenges courageously (with heart, not judgment) we grow! Challenges tell us exactly where to focus our energies next. What would it feel like to reframe challenges as allies? How would “mis-takes” look in this light? Growing together: share YOUR current creativity challenges via email/in the comments.

Hi, this is Diana. And over the past few weeks we've been doing a type of review, sort of getting ready for back to school...

Being creative is a brave act. It feels vulnerable to be creative, to express yourself fully in this world. So it’s crucial to support our creativity with confidence. A major part of confidence is Resilience: the ability to bounce back from life’s inevitable ups and downs. Can we cultivate Resilience, or are some people just born with ‘grit’ while others aren’t? Good news: Resilience is a skill that you can grow! Grow your confidence and Resilience daily, using the tip in this video.

Hi, this is Diana. Bright knowledge instants give you one thing you can do today to move your creativity ahead. And today I'd like to talk about building resilience. And as artists, we need resilience. You know, we're sensitive souls, and as we create and put ever more genuine work out there, it is a vulnerable place to be. And so we want to consciously build resilience. And it can be done.

And how it can be done is not no pain, no gain. It's actually by logging your positive experiences, by having a ...

Being kind is a beautiful human quality. Did you know being kind also encourages your creativity?

Grow your creativity with this small act of kindness today.

Hi, this is Diana. And Bright Knowledge instants give you one thing you can do today to move your creativity ahead. Today I'd like to talk about kindness. By inhabiting a space of kindness, we get to inhabit heart energy. We feel good about ourselves, we feel good about the world. When we do a random act of kindness, this helps us feel the world is a safe place and we want to feel safe in order to create.

It's actually very hard to create if we feel shaken to our core, if we feel insecure. On Maslow's hierarchy of needs, for example, having safety, physical safety is such a crucial thing to build all the other pillars of life, all the other layers of life, without having this sense of safety, then it's very hard to reach those higher levels. So by cultivating acts of kindness, you create an environment of safety.

And what I...

One of the main desires we have as creatives is expressing our true voice. Our ‘voice’ is the authentic expression of our deepest selves.

Finding your voice in the first place may seem like a long or advanced process. Not so! The clues to your unique style surround you at this very moment.

Uncover the clues to your authentic voice.

Hi, this is Diana. And Bright Knowledge instants give you one thing you can do today to move your creativity ahead. And today I want to talk about finding your style. When we talk about finding our voice, which is a very common thing in music, in writing, finding your style of painting, your style of dancing, whatever word we use for finding that essential essence of yourself, it can seem kind of elusive how to actually find your voice.

Here's the thing. There are so many clues out there already right now for you. And those clues are, what are you attracted to? What do you love? As you notice what you love, those things together make your style. So f...

Feel like adding some July juice to your Practice?

Today's super-short Instant (just over 1 min!) gives you the small yet mighty tip that sets you up for focused and joyful Practice.

Meaning, you can learn better PLUS feel more creatively inspired, all leading to greater motivation long term!

Enjoying these tips to advance your learning?

These tips all come from the Bright Way System I developed over decades of teaching, performing and researching. Bright Way Harp Circle teaches you the proven System for how to learn better, faster, deeper.

Learn to be your best teacher! Whatever your level, genre or style of harp, building the core skill of learning is key to progress and confidence.

Hi, this is Diana. Bright Knowledge Instants give you one thing you can do today to move your creativity ahead. And today I would like to speak about gratitude to you. When we approach our practice, no matter what art form we have from a space of gratitude, we both learn better and we're more...

Harpist and multi-creative Lisa Cumming shares how recognizing that social learning is her preferred learning style has skyrocketed her creativity, motivation and confidence. Discover how Community can be your primary source of learning and expressing your creativity. Social/Community is a valid learning style, and perhaps the original learning style! Be sure to watch to the end to hear Lisa’s empowering message of how all people can tap back into their creative spark!

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Welcome to Bright Way podcast. Thank you. Thanks for having me. And where are you right now? I am in Alberta, Canada. Fantastic. And can you tell us a little bit about your creative journey? Well, my creative journey started in maybe 10 years ago. I was in a therapy class and I did the yoga, which was amazing.

Then I did the writing. I did the art, which I was terrible at, and I'm not being negative. I'm being honest. I did something else, which I can't remember. And they offered Harp. So we got...

Ruth has played harp most of her life, and connects her music with current events - for example, playing “The Parting of Friends” outside the British Embassy in Dublin on the eve of Brexit​. This keeps Ruth’s motivation strong, and is one of the reasons she doesn’t experience performance anxiety​. Ruth is clear on her “why,” so her mission to share is a desire, not fear-inducing. Meanwhile, Ruth is also diving deeper into her own creative process and finding herself composing​ for the first time! Come join this dynamic conversation on staying connected to both your inner and outer inspirations so that your artistic voice is a full expression of your true self.

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Hello, Ruth MacDonald. Hello, Diana fellow Irish woman. Lovely to connect with you. Where are you? I'm in cork, which is done in the suburbs of kind of Ireland. I'm originally from Dublin, which I moved here about 30 years ago to take up a job at the local university. Yeah. And you had a great career ther...

Jungian analyst, writer and harpist Kathleen Wiley on how a System brings confidence and clarity to your creative journey. Kathleen also shares how she overcame initial feelings of insecurity starting harp 9 years ago as an adult and accomplished professional. When she realized the same Purpose behind her joyous writing, analysis and speaking career also flows through her harping, everything fell into place. Be sure to listen to the end for a tremendously empowering message from Kathleen!

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Kathleen welcome to Bright Way podcast. Thank You. I'm so glad to be here with you. Where are you? And Cheryl's Ford North Carolina, which is about 45 minutes Northwest of Charlotte for anyone who's flown through Charlotte or visited the area. Lovely. And can you tell us a little bit about your background? Yeah, so I, I grew up in the South,

so I have this Southern accent that some of you you will hear. And I learned to, I learned to spell phonetically. So I always tell peopl...

Neuropsychologist Teresa has been a passionate musician since her early years. However, work and child-rearing took center stage for decades. Newly retired, Teresa now has the time to focus intently on her music. She shares how the Bright Way System helps her stay firmly on her creative path with much to look forward to and no regrets.

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So welcome Teresa. Hello, Diana. Where are you? I am in that geographical never, never land of Silicon Valley. All right. And with our podcast, what we're really focused on is the idea that everyone is creative and that you can be creative at any time, any place, any age, having examples of this is so valuable because it's one thing to say all of this,

and it sounds good. Right. But what does it look like in real life? So I'm wondering if you could share a little bit about, about your life as a creative and you know, that we define it really broadly, you know, creativity is being directly engaged with whatever you're doing. If y...