As another year begins, you may be feeling the familiar mix of hope, fatigue, curiosity, and quiet longing. We tend to sense that something wants to shift, but we don’t always have the words for it yet.

Creative hobbies for women are absolutely not frivolous side projects or ways to “keep busy”. They’re portals back to vitality, agency, play, and meaning in lives that are often over-structured and under-nourished.

Creating a writing routine is rarely about just flexing your self-discipline muscle. For many people, especially those who care deeply about the world, it’s about energy, meaning, and finding a rhythm that feels kind rather than constraining.

The question “can you have multiple vision boards?” comes up again and again in our annual vision board-making workshop, especially for people who are reflective, creative, and juggling many inner and outer worlds at once.

Depression is not a mindset problem. It is not a personal failure. And positivity is not something you can simply force yourself into. How do we create small moments of agency, warmth, and connection when depression tells us none are possible?

Creative activities for adults aren’t just fun, they’re proven to improve well-being, nurture your inner child, and help us connect with ourselves and others in deeply meaningful ways.

Creativity is a fundamental element of being human. At its core, creativity means using imagination, intuition, and presence to shape something meaningful. The act of creating can be as simple as rearranging branches into a forest-floor mandala, or as involved as writing a 400-page novel.

Creativity has its own natural rhythm—and honoring the ebb and flow is essential for sustaining it. In this piece, Jenny Leigh Hodgins shares how intentional rest, boundaries, and small mindful practices can help you restore energy, prevent burnout, and reconnect with your authentic creative voice.

“You can’t pour from an empty cup” has become such a cliché that it’s easy to scroll past it… right up until you hit that wall of exhaustion where even “fun” feels like effort.

Self‑care for leaders isn’t the occasional spa day or pampering - it’s a deliberate, ongoing practice of tending to your physical, emotional, mental, and relational needs so that you can lead others effectively and sustainably.

Self‑care is often understood simplistically - bubble baths, candles, spa retreats, etc. But especially for activists, self‑care must go deeper, be more planned, and more sincere. It’s not a luxury or reward; it’s a survival practice in today’s chaotic and modernized world.

This guide draws both from what’s been proven to help (top articles and research) and from my own lived experience as a busy changeworker - what saved me, what still does, what I wish I’d known to prevent the burnout in the first place.

In a world that’s constantly online and overstimulated, nature has a unique way of bringing us back to the present - to our breath, our senses, and to each other. Being outdoors together offers a space in time to slow down from the hustle and bustle of life, feel alive, and gain perspective.

Journaling is more than writing—it’s a simple practice that reduces stress, boosts mood, and strengthens the mind-body connection. From gratitude to expressive writing, journaling can enhance well-being and complement movement practices like yoga or dance.

In a world that’s constantly online and overstimulated, nature has a unique way of bringing us back to the present - to our breath, our senses, and to each other. Being outdoors together offers a space in time to slow down from the hustle and bustle of life, feel alive, and gain perspective.

In a world that glorifies constant doing, stillness often feels uncomfortable—even wrong. Yet, our nervous systems crave it. Yin yoga offers a gentle path back to presence, helping us soften, listen, and respond to the body’s whispers. Discover how stillness can become medicine, and why yin yoga might be the practice you didn’t know you needed.

How do I make sure to continue engaging with creative movement practices? That’s a tough one. To be honest, I do fall off the bandwagon every now and then, like everyone else. Especially when life gets intense, or sleep and dopamine get scarcer. Sometimes I also really struggle to prioritise creative movement.

Often, we over-rely on our brains to address complex challenges or questions. What about other forms of knowing? What might our bodies have to teach us, if we only listen? In this blogpost, Alison McCallum explores the power of movement as a sense-making practice.

I will forever be grateful for the power of movement, the power of dancing. Over the last few years, I have been blessed to take part in magical gatherings, countless different practices, and occasionally to hold a space for conscious movement myself.

Poetry, at its core, is about expressing truth. When written, and especially when read aloud, it is about meeting that edge of our (self-)knowledge, and the tender vulnerability of having stepped just beyond it.