Well, hello there!
I'm Harriet,
your Creative Life Coach
I'm here as your playful, creative life and mindfulness guide, to help you ditch the overwhelm and feel more rooted to the moment.
To grow and shift your perspective, learn to follow your curiosity and marvel in the beauty, colours and patterns of your life.
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
You are exhausted being everything
to everyone
You are stuck in extended moments of relief scrolling on your phone but the satisfaction quickly fades
Your head is always busy with
ALL THE STUFF
Creative Pause Club
Imagine. . .
Being able to relax and decompress in your everyday transitions more easily
An expansive, creative & clear feeling
A more calm & curious YOU
Introducing . . .
Creative Pause Club
*Doodle Yourself Calm & Connected*
Learn to notice and experience the joyful colours and textures of your life, bring calm and clarity of mind.
Your monthly mindfulness membership that grows your
creative, curious self and builds your resilience.
In moments of overwhelm you can access ‘on demand’
art/writing/meditative prompts that help to reground you,
and get back in flow, with ease.
Bring back alive the pleasure of creative play in LIVE weekly
sessions, that help relax, refresh and reconnect you
with what's important, across your everyday .
During the pandemic :
My journal as a space to b r e a t h e
More about Harriet...
My journal is my sanctuary
March 2020
Galleries shut. My little art studio closed.
Everyone keeping away from one another as Covid took hold.
My daily creative journal practice saved me.
It kept me doodling and scribbling through overwhelm, pulling me out of a mindset of a lockdown into a 'retreat' space, focusing on the possibilities of what I could change and not what I couldn't. I expanded my 20 year creativity mentoring toolkit and trained as a life and mindfulness coach, splashing colour and making dots in my book throughout a relationship break up, keeping focussed on what was important to me.
I started sharing my journal from that year with clients, helping them transform their lives through using creative mindfulness to move past their own daily stresses, and built the Creative Pause Club to find a way to live more mindfully and joyfully.
Creative Pause Club
What if. . .
You could be more playful and intuitive
Were able to relax 'on demand'
Could make decisions more clearly
MY UNIQUE 4 PART APPROACH
- AT HOME/work
Pick up a pen, some colour and paper anytime you want a break, simply intentionally pick a 5 minute prompt from the digital HUB, play and unwind. Get clarity of mind back.
2. on the go
Take a walk when you feel stressed, pop your journal in your bag and choose a practice from the digital HUB to experience the world though your senses. Sit in a cafe or on a bench for moments of letting go of expectation of pressure to perform.
3. weekly LIVE sessions
Share the experience and grow together, live online Pause & Play sessions, 30 minutes a week.
Creative Self is our focus.
5. COMMUNITY group
Let’s share the journey and inspire one another! Support to build your habit, keep accountable, share ideas, tips, journal pages (coming soon!)
4. quarterly LIVE Special sessions
We will deep dive (playfully!) on a specialist topic. In September this will be a longer P & P session on COLOUR.
THE 'ON DEMAND' HUB
over 150+ prompts and growing ( as of August 2024)
A positive practice takes repetition and consistency. With the gentle approach in the membership you are supported to just start where you are, no judgement.
Starting with 5 minutes and growing from there, we help you grow your regular habit.
When you practice regularly,
the Creative Pause tools can help you build your resilience and to build greater resolve to
relax and re-set.
Imagine a stressful meeting at work leaves you feeling depleted, you reach for a creative mindfulness prompt in the Hub and take a short time out , with the meditative power of a pen in your journal.
You start to bring your attention to exploring and feel more grounded, able to think more creatively and with greater clarity.
Introducing the process...
© Harriet Norwood Poole
THE WEEKLY 'pause and play' sessions
The weekly 30 minute sessions (Mondays 8pm CET / Wednesdays 8:20am CET) offer you some mindful wellbeing, mood enhancing time out, and to feel nourished within our community.
We begin/end the day letting loose a little, playing with creative prompts with those on this shared journey.
Leave feeling grounded, refreshed and calm, ready for the day or relaxed and ready for bed.
Testimonials
ANDREA
Soul nourishing :
A wonderful and helpful experience of calming down and focusing. My journal is my happy companion across my week.
Zsuzsanna
Harriet showed me big magic can happen in 5 minutes.
ANON.
It was wonderful to have varied possibilities to release the daily pressures of life to come down to real LIFE again. To let go. Feel free. Bond over colors
imelda
In 5 mins of creative journaling I felt as relaxed as I can with 1 hr yoga. It was one of the first times I used both my hands to mark and they felt in balance .
Offering Gentle Reconnection...
This membership gives you the tools and support that disconnects you from the cycle of overwhelm, builds a positive mindfulness practice that reconnects you easefully and pleasurably with your relaxed, creative self.
HERE's more detail on WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE ACTIVITIES:
Weekly 30 minute live online Zoom sessions together (Mondays 8pm CET / Wednesdays 8:20am CET) : Your weekly re-set routine. To commit to cultivating your regular practice in connecting with a community of others on a similar journey, learn to nourish the mind and be better able to begin or navigate the day with calm and focus. Balance of journalling and creative, sensory play for grownups. All available as replays in the Creative Pause Hub.
Easy, access anywhere 5 minute Creative Pause Journalling tools on the App or browser to let go of daily stress between meetings or transitions to the end of the working day, and build your resilience. New content will be added each week.
Includes:
Mindful Doodle Drawing : Only Pen and Paper - exploring patterns and intuitive easy to do pen art anywhere, back of an envelope or even onto a serviette in a cafe!
Building your ability to start a new creative practice,
through slow drawing.
Stop anxious thoughts in their tracks. Give yourself a brain break, so you can look more easily AT your thoughts rather than see life
FROM your thoughts..
In The Hub continued...
Combining Watercolour with Drawing / Watercolour pencils - Freedom, letting go of expectation, self expression, connection with curiosity and intuitive self. Creative confidence, courage muscle building transferable to workday or home tasks to help trouble shoot or ideate with greater risk, connections and insight.
Intuitive art and writing tools - using stream of consciousness appealing to those who like to write and also express meaning to the marks on the page, great way to wake up to the day. Written journalling prompts to help you reflect on life’s daily ebb and flow.
Sensory / Audio prompts. : Learning to see the extraordinary in the extraordinary :
sensory walks, audio meditations.
IS IT FOR YOU?
You want to make self-care a regular habit but can't quite stick to what you start
you are open to letting loose a little and being playful
You are looking for ways to help you relax quicker, and focus better
you want to create perfect step by step artwork
you aren't open to trying something a bit different
you dislike being spontaneous or curious about
a different path
YOUR INVESTMENT For Everyday Mindfulness
€39
1 month membership,
cancel anytime after
Weekly 30 minute sessions, HUB of 'on demand' prompts, weekly email, community resources
MEMBERS
MONTHLY PRICE
6 MONTHS SPECIAL
Starting October 1st
€156
6 months for the price of 4
-SAVE 78 EURO
FOR LIMITED TIME ONLY!
instead of €234
Frequently Asked Questions
1.Do I need to be 'good' at art to join?
No. This membership uses artistic processes and ideas and the focus is on letting go of the pressure to perform or be graded or judged in any way. We focus on how the experiences make you feel, encouraging low skill high sensitivity which means the activities are very simple to begin and focus on elements like playing with line, colour in your own unique way, no corrections just tuning into your intuitive curious self.
2. I am worried about having to use my phone for this, when I want to use it less.
I understand it might appear a contradiction! This is not about getting rid of an extremely useful communication tool. It is about being specific and intentional with picking it up and accessing it.
3.What if I miss a weekly session?
Recordings ( not breakout rooms) will be shared in the HUB shortly after the sessions. I strongly encourage you to develop consistency, to commit to showing up for yourself to the sessions live or setting the time aside to do it within a day or two.
4. DO I NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO FACEBOOK?
No, you can still benefit from community connection and access all the prompts without using Facebook.
There is (coming soon!) a community space built into the HUB.
Frequently Asked Questions continued...
5. Do I need a lot of expensive art supplies?
No. This membership offers a range of prompts using simple drawing and watercolour supplies. As a basic you will need a journal ( A5 or A6 recommended of at least 140gsm) a fineliner, pencil, (water) coloured pencils, watercolour set, brush, scissors, glue. For the first week just bring any paper, pens, pencils, paint that you have! Here is a link for example starter items (affiliate)
6. why is this a membership not a course?
This experience is designed to help you grow and maintain a healthy habit to help you manage the mental load of daily life and live a more relaxed, joyful life. With a community to help cheer you on and build momentum.
Content of the prompts will be shaped as we go, using member feedback.
A great opportunity to co-create the creative mindfulness membership
YOU need!
7. is this like art therapy?
No. There are plenty of studies that tell you how great regularly engaging in art processes are on freeing the mind! However, whilst clients have found many of the processes therapeutic, they are not a substitute for therapy. Harriet is a trained life and mindfulness coach,
( and uses creative journaling in her 1-2-1 coaching) and art educator. If things come up in the therapy field, she is mindful to support within her expertise and to refer on where necessary. If you are would like more clarification if it is right for you, please email hello@creativepause.club before booking.
SEE YOU INSIDE THE membership!
© Harriet Norwood Poole hello@creativepause.club