"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck." Emma Goldman

Artist’s Way Week 6: Recovering a Sense of Abundance. Live call at 1pm

"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck."
— Emma Goldman

We’re halfway through The Artist’s Way!
If you’re following along with me, thank you — it’s such a powerful thing to walk this creative path together.

This week, Julia Cameron challenges us to look at two uncomfortable topics: money and faith. She invites us to consider how old beliefs — about art, money, worthiness — might be limiting our creative lives without us realising.

I found this chapter uncomfortable but necessary. Cameron isn’t pushing a prosperity gospel, but she is asking us to see how often we delay our creative dreams by waiting for the “right” financial moment — and how rarely that moment ever comes.

She also invites us to reclaim small, meaningful luxuries. Not flashy, credit-card luxuries, but tiny acts of beauty and self-care that affirm life: picking flowers, baking something, rearranging our homes to feel more like us. Creativity, she reminds us, thrives when we make space for joy.

This week, I did all my morning pages (7/7) and had a quiet artist date exploring a second-hand bookshop. I worked through the "money madness" exercise, and it revealed some deep old stories around scarcity and worth. I made small changes at home — a new shelf, a reading nook — and felt a fresh current of energy moving through my days.

Halfway through the course, it feels like a real shift is happening.

How was your week?
Are your ideas about creativity and abundance shifting too?

I’d love to hear.

Here’s the link for today’s live call.