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Creativity · Minette Riordan · May 29, 2025

The Paper Doll Chronicles: A letter from your future self and creating a felt animal companion

On today's video we are adding our final touches and connecting to our Wayfinder and the voice of our future self. Activity: A Message from the …Read more

Creativity · Minette Riordan · May 22, 2025

The Paper Doll Chronicles: Working with symbols to add meaning to our Wayfinder doll

May's theme on the Paper Doll Chronicles is about connecting to your Inner Voice. We are going to start by creating a Wayfinder Doll — A Muse of Pur…Read more

Creativity · Minette Riordan · Jul 19, 2023

5 Creative Ways to Calm Your Busy Mind

Ever feel like your thoughts are all competing in a relay race but you never actually manage to hand off the baton from one to the next? Instead y…Read more

Creativity · Minette Riordan · Jul 11, 2023

Art journaling tips: How working small can support your creative practice

At the beginning of the year I started a new livestream series on YouTube called Painting in your PJs with Minette. 3 to 4 mornings a week I make …Read more

Creativity · Minette Riordan · Jul 10, 2023

Draw Like a Kindergartner and Other Ways to Bring More Creativity into your Day

About 10 years ago, I got really serious about my creative practice. I started to explore painting and mixed media. I've always been a writer and …Read more

Creativity · Minette Riordan · Jul 9, 2023

5 Benefits of a Consistent Creative practice for navigating midlife

Something interesting and predictable tends to happen to women in midlife. You find yourself yearning to reconnect to your creativity. In fact, th…Read more

Creativity · Minette Riordan · Jul 7, 2023

7 Ways to Unleash Creativity and Tap into Your Artistic Side in Midlife

Tapping into my own creativity over the last decade has changed my life in more ways than I can count. It has shifted the focus on my life's work …Read more

Creativity · Minette Riordan · Jul 7, 2023

Rediscovering Passion: How to Reignite Your Dreams in Midlife

Ah, midlife! The time when we women find ourselves at the intersection of wisdom and fine lines. It's a phase that comes with its fair share of ch…Read more

Creativity · Minette Riordan · Jul 5, 2023

3 Essential Qualities of a Midlife Renaissance

This is part 3 of a 3-part series on the 9 essential qualities of a midlife renaissance. You can find part one here and part two here. The fi…Read more