CREATION HIGH

verb

: A state of peaceful euphoria derived from creative activity.

noun

: An all-ages, online and in-person school specializing in creative and sensory learning

Have you ever felt that you weren’t the ‘creative type’?
Do you feel that you’re a creative person, but you’re plagued by that notorious “block”?
Have you ever dreamed of bringing more creative power into your LIFE BUT YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START?

If so, creation high is for you!

At The Big Better, creativity is the heart and soul of better living. Through our Creative Mindset Training Program, Creation High, our mission is to help people think more creatively, but to change the way people think about creativity.    

Creativity isn’t a talent, it’s a birthright. Human beings are, by definition, creative and it is in the act of creating that we thrive In fact, we all have exactly the same amount of creative energy at our disposal. It’s just a matter of believing it.

To do this we, have to undo years of conditioning that mis-labelled creativity as artistic talent. To limit the concept of creativity in such a way is to limit our entire understanding of who we are at our very core.

At The Big Better, we work with people to realign the conscious or subconscious beliefs that have created the blocks to their creativity. The interesting thing is that blocks, like anything else we manifest in our lives, are ‘created’, which just proves that we are always creating.  It’s a matter of learning how to create what we want rather than what we don’t want.

CREATION HIGH also examines the ways in which creative thinking, visioning and problem-solving can positively impact everyday life. We’ll help you take your journey of self-expression to the next level AND teach you to tap in to your creative process with greater ease and joy. Clients often find this type of exploration opens them up to live more freely and embrace the practice of creativity as a way of life.  

CREATION HIGH redefines your understanding of the creative process and transforms it from a mind-centred experience to a heart-centred experience. From there CREATIVE energy flows with ease and joy and opens the door to better living.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been singled out for being creative. Not just creative. Super-creative. It’s the word that not only seems to sums me up best to the outside world, it sums up the way I see myself.

If you were to ask 100 creatives what made them that way, you’d probably get 100 answers (or 1000. Just depends how long you let them speak).

For me, there’s a really simple answer.
I was told.

I have an early memory of being in a small room of my first house (meaning I was under 4) and I had a drawing in my hand.

“You’re so creative” mom said. It wasn’t the first time I had heard it.

“Why do you always say that? I asked.

She assured me that, as a teacher, she knew about these things and that I just needed to trust her on this.

My mother really did have the authority to speak on this topic. She wasn’t just a teacher; she was lecturer, professor and pioneer in the field of education and when she gave student assessments, people listened.

I didn’t disagree that I was creative. My question was (and still is) why is this so special?

To me Creativity meant joy, fun, excitement and freedom (when I say what it meant, I also mean what it felt like in my body because I was too young, when all this started, to think about what it meant). Wouldn’t every kid want to do things that felt fun, joyful, exciting and free?

In fact, I saw lots of kids around me who were good at many of the same things I was, and, like me, doing it because they loved it. I don’t know if they felt consciously connected to, or even defined by the word creative, but I know that they would have if their mom’s had said it as often as mine did.

My mom never said, creativity is good or something we want you to be. She just said, “You’re so creative!” with excitement and admiration. And, not surprisingly, it became true. I never in a million years would have thought of myself as any different from anyone else, or given myself this creative label if someone hadn’t given it to me.

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Now some might say that maybe I didn’t become creative because of my mom’s constant mention of it. Maybe the creativity came first and her noticing it came second. In fact, both are true. I did do legit creative things as a very young child, but guess what? So do all children, especially those who have the luxury of being born into a happy peaceful home. The fact is, all children are creative. All humans are creative. We are born this way. Thinking is creative. Breathing is creative. We are ALL creative until we get a message that we are not.”

So why, with all the wonderful nurturing parents, teachers and mentors out there, do so many kids get the, “I’m not creative” message and then hold on to it, for dear life, as an inextricable part of their identity?

When trying to make sense of this epidemic of creative disassociation, we need only look at society’s dangerously, silently soul crushing definition of the word creative. We get taught young, that smart = good grades, athletic = good at sports and creative = good in the arts: singing, dancing, writing, drama…
That is NOT what creative means.

Creativity is the very thing that defines a human being. It means, to make something.
From the moment we’re made, i.e. conception, we begin making things, and we never stop.”

Out of thin air, we make our thoughts, our actions, our words…
Can we also make a song, a drawing, a dance, a story? Of course.
Does someone else’s opinion make our creation any less creative. Of course not.

Why am I so passionate about teaching others how to tap into their own creative mindset? It’s not only because creativity brings me so much joy. It’s because I believe it saved my life.

At the ripe old age of 5, I was already a creativity veteran happily spending hours in my joyful makers paradise. And then things got dark. Years of bullying, ostracism and chronic abuse came on the scene and creativity became a haven from all that darkness. By the time I emerged from those years, I had lost a lot of myself (see more) but my creative identity stayed with me and never let me forget who I was at my core.