5 Mantras for navigating uncertainty
In your most challenging moments, it’s easy to fall back into old patterns. To forget your progress.To feel defeated and want to quit. But today’s opportunity is to remember that this season is designed to help you grow. This season might be confusing and at times...
3 Empowering Life Lessons from Wednesday Addams
Here are 3 empowering life lessons from Wednesday, the new Netflix spinoff of The Addams Family. 1. Embrace your weird. There’s no point in fitting in if you can’t be your most authentic self. 2. Speak your mind. There’s power in communicating honestly and...
How to Make friends as an adult
Making friends as an adult can feel like trying to solve a puzzle blindfolded. You know the pieces are there, you just can't seem to make them fit. You know the pieces are there, you just can't seem to make them fit. But fear not, dear human, because making friends as...
Celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
I usually don’t like hand-lettering other people’s quotes. I want my creations to be a reflection of my personal thoughts and experiences. But Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a rare exception. I’m proud to honor the life and legacy of this civil rights activist as...
You Can Always Rewrite Your Story
How beautiful is it that we can create change in our own lives? Simply by believing in our capacity to do so. AN INTERESTING LINK Here are 7 ideas for a 7 day reset that you can try. By taking a week to focus on yourself and your well-being, you can refocus your...
7 Day Reset Challenge
Life can be hectic and overwhelming at times. We often find ourselves caught up in the daily grind, struggling to keep up with work, family, and social obligations. It's easy to lose sight of what's truly important, and before we know it, we find ourselves feeling...
You Deserve Great Moments of Rest
It's okay to ease into the new year. To take things slower than normal. To let go of the desire to hit the ground running. You're not a machine. You're a beautiful human being that deserves rest AN INTERESTING LINK These are the 7 types of rest…because you need...
SoCurious By the numbers – A 2022 Recap
2022 was a year of new beginnings. A year of significant growth, meaningful change, and beautiful new adventures. I got a book deal, quit my fulltime job, and committed to 6 months of making content, so I could truly find my voice and create things that I genuinely...
How to create a vision board to Design your ideal life
We all have big and small changes we want to make in our life. And change starts with believing that everything you desire is possible. It will take effort —sometimes lots of effort. But the new energy you crave starts with making a plan. Building a vision board is a...
How to Let Go
Here’s your challenge for today: Let go of who you thought you’d become. Let go of the need to control. Let go of the expectations that society has burdened you with. Let go of disappointments, missed opportunities, and broken hearts. Because...
How to Get Better Sleep
Here are 6 tips to get better sleep
Here is the simplest way to save money with little to no effort
Saving is hard. And the holiday season can put us all in a bit of a financial squeeze. But this super simple system worked when I made 28K in my first job and proved useful when I was making six figures. You don’t have to make more. You don’t even have to build a...
October Business and Life Review
Hey there, beautiful humans! This is a monthly series where I share a behind-the-scenes peek into the highlights, the challenges, what I’ve recently created, what I’m currently consuming, and some goals for the next month. October feels like it flew by so...
5 Ways to Find (or Maintain) Hope
Sometimes it's hard to stay hopeful, but we must fight on. Here are five ways to find (or maintain) hope when life is challenging. 1. Take on a small project that gives you a sense of accomplishment. 2. Seek out good news so you focus less on the bad news. 3. Write...
Positive Affirmations for a Mental Reset
Today we’re doing a mental reset and focusing our attention on self love, self worth, and believing in our capacity to make positive change with these positive affirmations. https://youtu.be/eQQgwgUWVOM But what are positive affirmations? Affirmations are positive...
How to reset your life when everything is falling apart
In 2016, I cried more than I have in my entire life. It started with a breakup. Then followed the startling realization that my rent would soon double. I moved out of my beautiful office and away from my beloved studio mate. And the final shocking blow, our...
September 2022: Justin’s Business and Life Review
Hey there, beautiful humans! This is the second official business and life review where I share a behind the scenes peek into the highlights, the challenges, what I’ve recently created, what I’m currently consuming, and some goals for the next month. ...
Talk To Yourself Like You’re A Three Year Old
Optimism is a choice you make every single day. But even on the days when it’s hard to see the bright side of things, you can choose to be kind to yourself. And that starts with your words. The easiest way to do this is to talk to yourself like you’re a...
Dealing with tomorrow one day at a time
How do you fuel the highest version of yourself? It starts with food of course. And maybe meditation Or journaling. For some it’s running or cycle or yoga. There are coloring books Making things Conversations with God Reading books Studying philosophy. It often...
Ask Me Anything About Being a Creative Director
Okay, so you’re creative. And you can direct stuff? You should definitely be a creative director. I got some questions on my Instagram and realized that yall are so curious about my creative career, so in today’s video I’m going to answer all your questions about...
Real Talk: You Deserve Peace
We are all so multi-dimensional. a combination of our good days and bad days. our successes and our failures. our happiest moments and our saddest times I think the goal of mental wellness and self-care is walking the journey of becoming a better you. a more fulfilled...
Side Hustle Ideas for Creative People
These side hustle ideas for creative people (writers, artists, and content creators) could help you earn $1000 per month from home. https://youtu.be/P3Y38OZak8Y Life is increasingly becoming more and more expensive and it never hurts to have multiple sources of...
The thing about vulnerability
I used to think being vulnerable was foolish. I was afraid to let people see my true emotions. They saw the good happy parts, but I hid away the sadness. I masked the anger. I held back the tears. But now I know better. I know that...
Best tools, software, and apps for creators
With so many options, it’s hard to know what tools you actually need for your creator business. That’s where I come in to help. As a full-time creator, author, and coach I’ve tested a variety of tools, software, and apps to run my creative business. In this post, I’ll...