Why I Create When Life Is Chaotic | Wild-Hearted Art Reset
Why I Create Even When Life Feels Chaotic
(and why this month, it means even more)
May was a blur; overflowing with school chaos, end-of-year exhaustion, family milestones (my baby graduated!), and a house full of people. The kitchen table was a mess. My art space was even messier. And my brain? Well… let’s just say there wasn’t much white space left.
But through it all, I kept returning to my art journal.
Not perfectly.
Not consistently.
Just... faithfully.
Because here’s the truth I keep learning:
When life feels most chaotic, that’s when I need my creativity the most.
Art gives me a place to pause.
To breathe.
To remember who I am beneath the noise.
Even five minutes can ground me. Even scribbles, swatches, or layering a piece of scrap paper into a journal feels like reclaiming a little bit of myself.
A Podcast Conversation About All of This (and More)
This week, I had the absolute joy of chatting with Kellee Wynne on the Made Remarkable™ Podcast. We talked about that messy middle season when you’re raising kids, navigating transitions, showing up for everyone else and still trying to honor the creative soul inside of you.
It’s not always clean or photo-worthy. But it’s real. It’s healing. And it matters.
If you’ve ever felt stuck between who you used to be and who you’re becoming, I think you’ll feel seen in this conversation.
Click here to listen to the episode →
Your Wild-Hearted Reset Starts Now
Inspired by that same conversation, I’ve officially updated my free creative reset:
Wild-Hearted Art Reset is a free, soul-soothing guide to help you ease back into a daily creative rhythm.
This isn’t about doing more or doing it perfectly.
It’s about giving yourself permission to begin again, with joy, curiosity, and zero pressure. You will receive a downloadable ebook and 5 emails to help you work through the reset. Work at your pace or complete it in one week. I will be releasing it this weekend to my newsletter subscribers first: join the newsletter here
Whether you have five minutes or a free afternoon, your journal is waiting.
Let it hold your thoughts. Let it hold your mess. Let it hold you.
Because beauty doesn’t wait for everything to settle.
It shows up in the middle of it all; paint-covered, gentle, and gloriously unfinished.