Inspired creative living beyond fear.
Create Freely
MISSION
Empowering people to create freely by being their authentic selves through play and togetherness.
What people say
Barriers
Fear, comparison, self-judgement, and doubt hinder our deep desire to create.
Opportunities
Curiosity, imagination, and play, taking the lid off our brains to make space for inspiration.
Workshops
Guiding people into creative flow through play in a friendly and supportive environment.
Playing with art as adults can be daunting. I've seen people arrive anxious and leave awake and inspired. Which is something I'll never tire of.
Interrupting the workday with creative play forces us to put outcomes on hold whilst we let go and lean in.
Photos from WhileAway Retreats ‘Freely’ workshop.
Community
An online space for people to build confidence and experience the joy of creating. Each month, we meet to create, hear from guests, and share life learnings that inspire.
This community is for anyone looking to connect with their creativity outside their day job and experience the joy of togetherness.
My Create Freely journey
If my 13-year career had a title, it'd be: Shy graphic designer boldly conquers the corporate jungle with a playful, challenger spirit.
I joined the workforce as a starry-eyed 19-year-old design graduate with high expectations for my new adventure.
My peanut-sized self-confidence grew exponentially as I embarked on finding my place.
In my search for abundance, order, and belonging, I faced common challenges like comparison, sharing my opinion, meeting deadlines, and presenting.
Through deliberately confronting my fears, doing the inner work, and stepping outside my comfort zone, I discovered the joy of creative living—I could push and poke at reality, and something would happen on the other side.
The painting series on the right. Speaking in front of 200 people. Eating dinner alone at a 5 star restaurant. All things that sat outside my comfort zone, I deliberately conquered to see what would happen.
It was through playing like this that I stumbled upon the recipe of creating freely and have been sharing it ever since.
As you become playful students of life, you realise how much power you have, and suddenly, every colour, moment, and challenge looks richer and more inviting.
Create Freely is my way of proving to myself that I can live abundantly if I so choose it.
Change today, transform tomorrow.
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