Today I’m chatting to Greta Solomon, who is a writing coach who specialises in helping people to fully express themselves. At the time this goes live, her new book Heart, Sass and Soul has just been published - I’ve started reading it and I love it. I am a huge fan of journalling so I was keen to talk to her about this, and we also ended up talking about mindset blocks to creativity, getting into a state of flow, healing old wounds, being honest and vulnerable in our work, being a highly sensitive introvert, and how journalling has helped her move forward behind the scenes of her own business. She has a really kind approach to writing and creativity that I hope everyone can benefit from, especially if you don’t consider yourself to be a writer.
"My journal was a place for me to get guidance where I didn’t have any outside guidance. To trust myself, to ask questions, to map out where I wanted to go and what I wanted to do" - Greta Solomon
Some of the things we talked about:
- What it means to write for creative self-expression (vs. journalling as we understand it)
- Greta’s advice for anyone who finds it difficult to journal or express themselves freely
- Why bad grammar is not the problem when it comes to writing, but we can often be shamed into thinking it is
- The layers of communication: the body, the mind, the soul and the voice
- Some example creative writing exercises to help clear your creative blocks (useful for non-writers too!)
- Greta’s walking and writing practice (I love this idea!)
- What it means to live creatively and how creativity can infuse all parts of life
- How writing and journalling can give you the awareness to heal old wounds
- How everything Greta does in her business “begins in the journal"
- Being an introvert, a highly sensitive person, and being vulnerable in your work
- How Greta felt putting herself out there as part of a crowdfunding campaign for her latest book