Your word found you.
It is: IDENTIFY
Quick practices and insights await below
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Complete practices, journaling space, and gentle tools to carry with you—whenever you need to return. Or simply keep scrolling to review some insights.
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Why Identifying Matters
The voices that stop you from starting have names, faces, and stories. Until you call them out specifically, they hold invisible power over your creative life. Naming your resistance doesn’t make it disappear—it makes it workable.
Please note: This is how I practice identifying—your way might look completely different, and that’s exactly as it should be.
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Take a moment
From noticing to naming:
When you reflect and feel resistance, that’s your cue to identify
Complete this sentence out loud: “I would love to create, but...”
Ask: "Whose voice am I hearing when I say that?”
Write it down or record yourself saying: “That's my [art teacher's perfectionism/mother's worry/fear of judgment]”
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Nurture Your Practice
Tools for noticing this week:
Ask “When did I first learn this story?” (Could be childhood, last week, or this morning)
“Who did I give permission to decide my creative worth?” (Teachers, social media, family, strangers)
When you identify the voice stopping you, give it a silly or dismissive name (like “Princess Perfectionist”)
“Oh, hello! Princess Perfectionist! I don’t have time for you. Bye-bye!” takes away its anonymous power
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Let it Bloom
Questions for deeper reflection:
What story am I telling myself about my creative abilities, and whose story is it really?
If social media didn’t exist, what would I be brave enough to create?
When did I start believing my work needed external validation to have value?
What would I create if those voices—old or new, online or offline—had no power over me?
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Explore The RIPPLE Practice™ in action at one of these events.
No matter where you are in your creative journey, there is room for you.
A Gentle Reminder
Your creative needs shift with life's rhythms. The word that found you today is simply a reflection of where you are right now—not where you'll always be. If you took this quiz next week, next month, or next year, you might discover a completely different word calling to you. That's not inconsistency—that's being human.
Your creative spirit is allowed to need different things in different seasons.