Yvonne Whitelaw

“Unexpressed creativity is never benign…” – Brene Brown I am a recovering perfectionist. For most of my life, Perfectionism  stopped me from sharing my creativity with the world. I am currently transitioning through a processing phase after an intense time of growth and expansion in my life.  So, it is tempting for me to disappear…

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“Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.”  – Rumi   Joy! This is one of  my core ideals. I was always the bubbly one. Easy dimples flashing. I played hard. A tomboy. Ever giggling,…

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“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.”― Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. When was the last time you played? I mean, really played with abandon? I spend a lot of time on playgrounds. As a stay-at-home mom, I sometimes find myself dictatorial and militant with my playground rules….

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“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” ― e. e. cummings   Joan Rivers died today. Funny enough, I have been musing about joy lately. Especially with respect to cultivating song, dance and laughter (Brene Brown). So, based on that, I drafted a blog post on cultivating joy focusing on song and…

Read more about Joy (Part 1): Why You must Work for Laughs… R.I.P Joan Rivers.

“Now is the time to ask yourself, what you believe.”    ― Rob MacGregor, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Uncertainty can be disorienting. The things you would have bet your life on, no longer seem certain. Doubts assail you. You wonder if the clarity you experienced on the mountaintop was a hallucination. The valley. The pit….

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“Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest.” – Leo Babauta It is easy to say yes to everything. We want to be busy, to feel important, we hustle for significance. Busyness and exhaustion are worn as badges of honor to show how important we are. “How are you?” ” Oh,…

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