Over the years of diving into art journaling and supporting others to fully express themselves, I’ve always felt a deeper current happening beneath the surface. It has always been hard for me to name with words, but over the last couple years things have been getting more and more clear.
And this year, I am finally making the shift to fully embrace this deeper current, exploring it and expressing it through my emails, articles, videos, and offerings so that you too may dive deeper into the healing and transformation of it to live a more vibrant life.
So what might you expect from here on out?
Let me start by first sharing more about my journey of coming into clarity about this…
You may have heard my story of how I shifted from creating and living a life of control and perfectionism, to living and creating more freely and intuitively. I’ve written about this numerous times on the blog (HERE and HERE) and in my free AIR Book – how I got so burnt out with creating products with a step-by-step formula and always trying to perfect things, that I had to quit my job and rediscover the joy of creating.
And the more I told and retold my story, especially as it was unfolding, the more I could see the bigger picture of what was really happening.
That shift from struggling with creativity to falling in love with the process using play, curiosity, and most of all, my intuition, has been such a huge life changer for me. Not only with creativity, but within myself as well. Through this way of creating from the soul, I rediscovered parts of me I didn’t even realize I had lost. And I continue to discover more every day.
And as I awaken these parts of me within, I can more clearly see how disconnected I truly was to myself, and how it was all due to an imbalance that still plagues the majority of the western world today.
Our society relies so heavily on the mind and the "left-brain" way of thinking. We honor logic, structure, speed, control; so much so that we often let our minds run on auto-pilot and we forget that there’s this whole other part of us within – this gentler, kinder, wiser, creative, feminine part of us.
We tend to live on the surface of our mind, experiencing our fears and scattered thoughts. We can so easily get caught up in the to-do lists, the constant forward movement. And this masculine, "left brain" way of thinking really wore me down to the point of depression.
At the time, I had no idea what was wrong. All I knew was that there was something more. Something I was missing.
We as humans, the lives we lead, and the world around us are all made up of infinite dualities. But our culture is only looking at one side of the coin.
Looking back, I can now clearly see that I was suffering from imbalance. I had completely shut down my "right-brain" way of thinking – the part of me that is intuitive, emotional, feminine, and oh so creative.
I was only living from half of who I truly was.
And through creativity I’ve been unconsciously reawakening this other side of the duality. But I am ready now to bring more light to these feminine, "right-brain" aspects.
I want to start consciously exploring not just creativity, but also intuition, sensuality, emotions, play, beauty, and all of the other pieces of ourselves that may be shut down or hiding.
With this in mind, I’ve been quietly building something new… And my heart is fluttering like crazy just thinking about sharing it with you.
I have been creating a space for women to support each other in bringing more life into our day-to-day by exploring and bringing more awareness to the beautiful depths of who we truly are through creativity, playfulness, and connection. I’ll be offering it as a monthly community in which we’ll explore all of the different "right-brain" aspects of ourselves.
—> (If you might be interested in joining me, send me an email at hello{at}kristalnorton.com to let me know. I’ll be opening the doors on Tuesday to a select few women to become the founding members of this blossoming community.)
Throughout our explorations over the year and beyond, I’ll be sharing my stories and insights with you via email and my blog so that you too may gain a deeper connection to yourself.
Creativity will still be my main focus for what I share (and it will be the connecting thread throughout our private community explorations), but it will now be flavored with deeper insights around ALL of the feminine, "right-brain" aspects of ourselves. :)
I hope this shift will continue to inspire you and enrich your life, as much as it has been enriching mine.
Much love to you!!
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Thank you so much for your words, just what I needed to hear, I too have been residing in the the left side way too much! Having opened my yoga studio 6 years ago the trappings of running a business have taken their toll, the one thing that would help is yoga and now every time I land on the mat my heart sinks. Thanks to you I have started art journaling and am finding great comfort in allowing the divine feminine to run the show for a while 😝
I talk often abot the right vs left brain functions. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! They are a very precise way to say what I have been thinking but not able to express. It does take a toll. Looking forward to new adventures with you.
Yes, yes, yes, releasing my right side again is just what I need to do. My beautiful psychologist has been trying to encourage me to do this ever since we got together to try to challenge the black dog of depression that has lived on my shoulder for so many years it has become an almost permanent companion but she has always felt that releasing my right side would be a great help and a fine weapon in beating this black dog into submission but he keeps coming back. I have just finished your 101 course and feel more confident and ready to rediscover that right side and let it out and start discovering the side of my brain that I know is there and just waiting for me to explore and rediscover again. Look out black dog. This is it!! I know this is the answer. Thanks Kristal and everyone.
Can’t wait to go on this journey with you and explore that part of my mind.
This spoke to me and opened my eyes to see I am trying to create with my left brain. I hope it is not to late to be considered for the group.