Why I created a course to help creatives overcome their blocks
I left for the airport absurdly early yesterday morning. When I got there, I was in dire need of coffee. But when the barista handed me my steaming cup of coffee, it was… Christmas-themed.
Y'all. I was not ready. 😱
On years where I've had a particularly tough time, I tend to struggle with the end of summer, and the arrival of winter. I don't feel ready, like my body is urging me to travel back in time and get another go at the year. Like I've somehow missed everything I actually wanted, but time races ahead regardless.
I've had a lot of years like this in my life.
But for the first time in a long time… this hasn't been one of them.
To say this year has been transformative for me would be an understatement. I didn't know it was possible to feel this aligned with myself. I quit my burn-out-city permanent job. I started a new business. I'm constantly on the move between catsits, and I've fallen in love with every cat I've met. I rented out my flat. I'm in two beautiful romantic relationships.
And… I started writing again.
It turns out, when you start radically listening to yourself and relentlessly following your instincts… magic happens.
So staring at this coffee cup yesterday morning, I realised that… the yearning was gone. Sure, it did feel way too early in the year for me to be getting a Christmas-themed coffee cup. But I have zero regrets with where I'm at in life.
I am doing everything I want to be doing.
I'm exactly where I need to be.
I used to spend more time feeling guilty and ashamed for not writing, than I ever did writing. And now that I've worked through all the feelings behind my creative blocks, made space for them, and learned to be much, much, much softer with myself… my creative blocks have transformed into gentle invitations to listen to myself and create.
I've found my writing flow again.
I've learned so much on my own creative journey, but I've also felt constantly frustrated by a bunch of ‘creative blocks' remedies that didn't even begin to scratch the surface of the journey I really needed to go on.
It felt impossible for a course to be neurodivergent friendly AND inclusive AND feminist AND big feelings friendly AND trauma-informed AND offer accommodations AND centre community and vulnerability.
So I decided to create it.
It's called Unlock your Creative Blocks, and it's a 10-week online course running from January to March 2026, with only six spots available.
I am SO excited to be sharing the details with you all.
So here's the deal:
Sign up to the course waitlist to get access to:
A free workbook on Understanding Your Creative Blocks.
A free online workshop on Tuesday 11th November on Softening Towards Your Creative Blocks.
Early access to discounted tickets to the course.
Access to Discounted 1:1 coaching sessions.
Hope to see you there!
With big feelings, always,
Laurie