Posts by Devani Alderson

When will you decide to become more of who you can be… to be your best self? There are popular memes around the concept that says, “You are enough just as you are.” You are enough. But don’t buy into that meme that would hold you back and keep you from becoming all that you…

The Journey When you watch a movie or read a book, you don’t want to know the ending ahead of time. You want to discover it as you go and as the story unfolds.  The journey of creating the life you love is like that. Your journey is very much about living each scene along the…

Each day you’re building creative habits that strengthen your artistic muscles… that stimulate synapsing in the creative areas of your brain. Most of your strengths can also be your weaknesses and vice versa. You know how it goes. An extrovert can be a too boisterous, an introvert can be non-communicative, leading to relationship breakdowns or…

We were inspired to collect freedom quotes to share with you in celebration of the fact that we have the artistic freedom to create anything, anytime, anywhere, (for the most part). Free to Create It is human destiny to create… to be co-creators of art, industry and of life itself. From the art we make,…

If you’re an entrepreneur, you may not like marketing. If you’re an artist or writer, you may not like business, and in particular, most creators hate sales. We get it. #BeenThereDoneThat. But if you apply creative branding to your business, with the eye of the artist, that reframing can make all the difference to your success.…

The Harvard Goals Study Myth There’s an unproven urban legend citing a 1979 Harvard MBA study on goal setting that says that 83% of graduate students do not do goal setting. This oft-cited study is as yet apparently unfound and mimics an identical one supposedly published by Yale in 1953, also as yet undiscovered in…

This is not the era of being discovered. Now is the time to for choosing yourself.… to discover what ignites you and invokes your creativity. This is also the time in history when you have the freedom of opportunity to choose yourself. Choose Yourself We first heard the term “Choose Yourself” from the book of that…

Mind power is vastly stronger than will power. Hmm.. but how are they different? Isn’t will power the same as mind power, and if not what is the difference between the power of mind and the power of will? Research has shown that willpower is depleted throughout the day, as we grow tired, or as we…

This article will be short and simple so that you can get on with your goals. Success is not a mystery. Success is simply following proven steps to achieve your goals. Many creatives say they work best when they have some sort of support network. When you associate with others who are somewhere along the…

The Gift in the Lesson The Guest House has comforted me during troubled times and salved my aching heart with the reminder, that it is all a part of the heights and depths of the human experience. That it is all a lesson wrapped as a gift… and sometimes a gift wrapped as a lesson.…

Are you certain that college is the best option for you? Or perhaps you assume that you have no choice but to go to college in order to get a good job. We’re ardent about this topic because today, there are more reasons not to go to college than there are to go, especially for…