(Even if it’s been years.)

There is a quiet kind of longing that many women carry.

It doesn’t always have a name.

It might appear as restlessness.
A sense that something is missing.
A feeling that life has become a little too structured, a little too practical… a little too far from something once known.

And then, sometimes, the thought rises:

I used to feel creative.
I don’t know where that part of me went.

For many women, this sense of disconnection from creativity doesn’t happen all at once.

It happens slowly.

Through years of:

responsibilities
expectations
tending to others
learning to prioritize what is needed over what is felt

Until one day, creativity feels like something distant. Optional. Even unfamiliar.

But creativity is not something you lose.

It is something that waits.

Quietly.

Patiently.

Not asking to be mastered or perfected…only to be returned to.

What Creativity Really Is (and isn’t)

When we think about reconnecting with creativity, we often imagine:

starting a big project
making something impressive
finally “doing it right”

But creativity, at its truest, isn’t about output.

It’s about relationship.

A relationship with:

noticing
curiosity
what quietly draws your attention

Creativity lives in much smaller places than we expect.

It lives in:

The image you pause on without knowing why.
The color combination that lingers in your mind.
The sentence you underline and return to later.
The impulse to write something down, even if it doesn’t make sense yet.

These are not distractions.

They are beginnings.

Why It Feels Hard to Begin Again

If creativity is still there…why does it feel so difficult to return?

Because somewhere along the way, we were taught:

it has to be meaningful
it has to be productive
it has to lead somewhere

And so we wait.

For the right idea.
The right time.
The right version of ourselves.

But creativity doesn’t arrive fully formed.

It arrives in fragments.

The Practice of Returning

If you want to reconnect with your creativity, you don’t need a plan.

You need a place to begin.

And that place is almost always smaller than you think.

You might begin with:

noticing what catches your attention during the day
writing down a single phrase that stays with you
saving an image that stirs something
allowing yourself to follow a small curiosity, without needing to explain it

Not because it leads somewhere.

But because something in you recognized it.

Over time, these small moments begin to gather.

A pattern forms.
A thread appears.

And what once felt distant begins to feel…familiar again.

The Glimmers

In my work, I often call these small moments glimmers.

They are the quiet signals that appear when something within you is beginning to awaken again.

Not loudly.
Not clearly.

But steadily.

Glimmers are how creativity returns.

Not through force.

But through noticing.

A Different Way to Begin

If you’ve been waiting to feel creative again before you begin…

You may be waiting longer than you need to.

Because the truth is:

Creativity doesn’t return before you begin.
It returns because you begin.

An Invitation

If you’re feeling the pull to reconnect with your creativity—but don’t want pressure, expectations, or a “right way” to do it—

I created something gentle to begin with.

Gathering the Glimmers is a 7-day guided experience to help you notice, collect, and follow the small creative signals already present in your life.

Through simple reflections and creative prompts, you’ll begin to see what has been quietly waiting for your attention.

Explore Gathering the Glimmers Here

You don’t need to become someone new to be creative again.

You don’t need to have a plan.

You don’t need to know where it will lead.

You only need to begin noticing…

what is already trying to find you.