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Creative Reflection Pages · Minette Riordan · Feb 12, 2026

How to Build a Daily Creative Practice (Think Like an Olympian)

Struggling to build a daily creative practice? Learn how to reconnect with your creativity after 50 by thinking like an Olympian and embracing creati…Read more

Creative Reflection Pages · Minette Riordan · Feb 4, 2026

If You Feel Creatively Dry, Try This One Page

There was a time when creativity came easily. You doodled in the margins. You lost track of time with a sewing needle or paintbrush in hand. You saw …Read more

Creative Reflection Pages · Minette Riordan · Jan 28, 2026

Grief Isn’t Something You Get Over — It’s Something You Meet Again and Again

A Creative, Visual Way to Meet Your Big Emotions. Traditional journal prompts keep us in the thinking mind — analyzing, looping, overthinking — and o…Read more

Youtube · Minette Riordan · Jan 26, 2026

Beyond Roles: A Journaling Practice That Moves You Forward (Not Just Around in Circles)

When roles like career, parent, or partner shift, many women feel lost. Discover a creative journaling process that moves you beyond rumination into …Read more

morning pages · Minette Riordan · Jan 20, 2026

Morning Pages didn’t work for me in midlife — here’s what I created instead.

Key Points Morning Pages doesn’t work for everyone in midlife, especially during seasons of grief, identity transition, menopause, brain fo…Read more

seasons · Minette Riordan · Dec 5, 2025

What if you didn't need to finish the year strong? The benefits of finishing softly.

What if strong isn’t the way you end this year? What if you finished softly—with reverence, not resolutions? With rest and silence instead of strivin…Read more

Paper Doll · Minette Riordan · Nov 21, 2025

Mystery Messengers: Tarot-Inspired Dolls for the Season of Wonder

Create Tarot-inspired Mystery Messenger dolls to explore intuition, gratitude, and wonder through expressive arts and soulful creativity. Read more

Painting In Your PJ's · Minette Riordan · Nov 17, 2025

Gratitude for Nature | Creating Forest Fairies from Paper, Color & Ephemera

Step further into the Gratitude Goddesses journey — where we turn our hearts toward the natural world and all she offers us. 🌳 Read more

Paper Doll · Minette Riordan · Nov 10, 2025

Gratitude Goddesses Part 3: Adding faces, words and embellishments to your paper doll chain

Add faces, words, and stitches to your Gratitude Goddess dolls and turn a creative ritual into a mindful celebration of compassion and courage. Read more