This is all about renewal and creative expansion, a celebratory finale for our first season of Called to Bloom, where I am sharing with you a trick I discovered along the way that always returns me to that playful and infinite source of creative possibilities.

The goal is to open new pathways to explore, nurture, and refresh your creative practice with a new perspective that empowers you to find cues and inspiration in the whole world around you.

What catches your interest or makes you curious? What are you passionate about? What method, practice, study, art form or industry do you know like the back of your hand?

This is all a wealth of inspiration that you can use to inform and transform your creative process as well as what you create. And it's time for you to have this trick up your sleeve now too.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Discovering the Tool of Creative Translation
  
• A Step-By-Step Guide for How to Use This Trick
  
• Examples & Uses of this Creative Tool in Action
  
• The Origins of This Creative Tool For Me
  
• Expanded Translation Tricks to Try
  
  
  

Links to Connect

Jen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom

https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom

Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast

https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast

Called to Bloom Show Notes:

https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/my-favorite-trick-to-unlock-your-creative-potential

Episode Sponsors:
This episode of the Called to Bloom podcast is brought to you by the Poetry of Flowers holistic online floral education: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/pages/courses

During busy seasons we can get really out of balance — we get caught up, wound up, overwhelmed, or just spread a little too thin — especially as sensitive creatives who are very in tune with and responsive to our environments. The energy is high in a busy season, expectations are high, timelines can be tight, and we can lose track of our own needs while we tend to the demands and opportunities all around us.

Even when we are doing things we love and value, whether for our businesses and the people we serve or the people we love, a constant state of output and productivity is not sustainable.

What we need are accessible self-care practices that are easy to find, easy to do, and that allow us to return to balance again through simply receiving and through nourishing our bodies and nervous systems so that we can rest and feel refreshed for a new season in alignment.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Cycles & Rhythms — self-care practices & how they bring balance
  
• Sound & Frequencies — self-care practices & how they bring balance
  
• Bodywork & Somatics — self-care practices & how they bring balance
  
• Introspection & Reflection — self-care practices & how they bring balance
  
• Connection & Community — self-care practices & how they bring balance

Links to Connect

Jen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom

https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom

Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast

https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast

Called to Bloom Show Notes:

https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/self-care-for-balance-the-renewal-you-have-been-seeking

How do you create a business in a creative field that supports you and is financially stable, at least, and better yet abundantly successful? Are you even allowed to do what you love for a living? How long does it take for this dream venture to become reliable or profitable? And then once you get it going, can you actually count on this creative venture for your livelihood?

In the same breath as you experience those butterflies or that rush of excitement about what you want to step into as your new aligned dream line of work, you're probably also equally dragged down a bit by the heavy but reasonable questions and doubts, including what is the real outlook and viability of this venture?

And can a small business doing something I love become financially reliable?

Many, if not most, designers, as an example, begin purely out of a genuine love for flowers, and a love for the powerful experience of sharing them with others.

Passion is so important for getting anything started — and, we also want to make sure you start and build in a smart way with a good plan, realistic expectations, and a smart approach to finances that helps you get off the ground and carries you into growth and abundance.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Increasing Profits and Smart Money Management — 06:00
  
• Mindset and Emotional Blocks Around Money — 07:33
  
• Practical Tips for Increasing Profits — 11:52
  
• Aligning Work with Fulfillment — 15:15
  
• Understanding Pricing and Value — 16:38
  
• Attracting Your Ideal Clients — 23:09
  
• The Art of Knowing When to Say No — 30:27
  
• Getting Paid — 35:10
  
• Building Financial Freedom — 40:14
  
• Conclusion and Next Steps — 49:52

Links to Connect

Jen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom

https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom

Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast

https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast

Called to Bloom Show Notes:

https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/get-smart-with-money-increase-profits-and-build-abundance