Yesterday was International Women’s Day and we will have read post after post about surrounding ourselves with ‘certain types’ of women, celebrating the successes they have reached from other successful women and citing authors, executives and professionals (including coaches!) And lavishing in the women they admire. OF COURSE - these women are fascinating! But we are surrounded by women all the time; holding cloths over escalator handrails, chipping chewing gum off pavements, sweeping hair of salon floors. Not to mention we are surrounded by women who are masking their depression, anxiety, addictions, menopause symptoms, menstrual issues, wild frustrations, or good old fashioned tiredness and exhaustion….

‘All of me’ solo exhibition from James ‘Nepo’ happening from March 11th, 2023 at Ryozan Park Mugen Gallery.

I’ve done it again - I’ve quit.

Flagship FNJ Programme is ending.

What’s next for SF Creative?

Make a list of all the doors that you went through to get to where you are sitting or standing now? You can go as far back in your personal history as you choose for this, and the doors can be as physical, metaphysical, metaphorical as you choose. Then choose one of these doors and write for 5 minutes about how you felt when you stood before it for the first time.

‘Doors and Portals’ creative writing workshop

Go and open the door.

Maybe outside there’s

a tree, or a wood,

a garden,

or a magic city.

(From The Door by Miroslav Holub)

While we’re on a break from the podcast, we’re highlighting retro-legends. Please enjoy this selection of Legends of Film, TV and Music.

Legends Podcast is now on a break til 2023.

Have you ever had a feeling of resistance or that you didn’t want to do something?

I mean I’ve had that many times, yet I got on with it, bit the bullet, pushed through it, convinced myself that my reputation would be in tatters if I didn’t do all the pushing of the through, biting of the bullets and enduring. The resilience - lord the resilience! So reliable! Mercy me!

Autumn swap is November 5th from 1pm at Ryozan Park.

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Thank you for SFC for 10 years in business. SFC can mean Super F•••ing Creative! And I was like … oh YEAH! and from out of all this juicy creative stuff that an exciting new creative collaborative branch of my business - SF Creative - was born.