by Shelly Dax | Jul 24, 2021 | Creativity, Pep Talks
“Doing what you love isn’t a privilege; it’s an obligation.” ~Barbara Sher, author Refuse to Choose! All my life people have been saying ‘what are you gonna be when you grow up’, or ‘what do you do for a living’ or ‘what is your dream...
by Shelly Dax | Jun 27, 2021 | Creativity
Whirlwind of many months, no blog. Oops. I was living/doing/being and kind of forgot. “Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.” – Leo Tolstoy No way...
by Shelly Dax | May 28, 2020 | Creativity, Pep Talks
Before we get to this week’s blog: SHOUT OUT to the awesome folks who read my blog, participate in my group and buy my art and books. YOU ROCK! Here’s my latest “See what I made for you”… a “peeps & poops” tote bag! ...
by Shelly Dax | Apr 15, 2020 | Creativity, Pep Talks
Uplevel your Ordinary; Use This Crisis to Flourish. Listen, fer sure times are weird. The current “situation” is the strangest I’ve ever been through (I use situation in lieu of all the panic inducing words). Some of us are dealing with loneliness, lack of...
by Shelly Dax | Mar 30, 2020 | Creativity, Pep Talks
Spring invokes thoughts of flowers, sunshine, rainbows, chicks and spring cleaning! But this spring, we are in a strange lockdown situation that has affected millions of people. I know there are worries, traumas, hardship and misinformation galore. So during this...
by Shelly Dax | Aug 31, 2018 | Creativity
What happened to my summer?!?! Literally one more day of August and it is sprinkling outside. The last few months have been challenging, testing my ability to stay focused, despite the fun and sun going on OUT THERE, in the ‘real world’. I’ve been cooped up inside,...