Posts by Katie Meyers
1 Thing To Tell Yourself When You Feel Stuck
“I can’t do this.” I think that every. single. day. This isn’t a post on how to get rid of those thoughts. I might have them forever. So I learn how to work through them. When it all feels too big and impossible, my objective is to do one small itsy bitsy teeny tiny thing to…
Read MoreGive Yourself Permission To Be More Than One Thing (+ Moana cover!)
As long as you stay true to who you are, you will be rewarded in ways you can’t imagine. -Ellen Degeneres How do you give yourself permission to be more than one thing, to share your WHOLE self with the world? Here’s what I’ve become aware of in the past few months: As we learn to…
Read MorePerformance Challenge: How Far I’ll Go (from Disney’s Moana)
I really hope you enjoy my cover of “How Far I’ll Go” from Disney’s Moana. When you’re your own toughest critic it’s really hard to actually POST performances online–but my new motto is “Done is better than perfect.” Time to put this out into the world! Thank you to Billy Surges for making this come alive.…
Read MoreCreate Your Calming Creativity Manifesto
Missed any of my April “Trust Yourself” posts? Not to worry! Catch up below: Week 1: Learn How To Listen To Your Inner Voice Week 2: Why You Should Celebrate Your Journey 5 Years Ago to Now For whatever reason, I’ve felt anxiety dig in its little claws since early this week. It’s always frustrating to have it…
Read MoreWhy You Should Celebrate Your Journey 5 Years Ago to Now
I think a huge part of learning to trust yourself is celebrating where you’ve been and how far you’ve come. You cannot change where you’ve been, but you can use it to steer you where you’re going. For instance, yesterday I had the immense privilege of attending an afternoon masterclass and evening lecture led by world-renowned composer Eric…
Read MoreLearn How To Listen To Your Inner Voice
I am wildly excited to kick off my monthly challenges with April’s theme, “Trust Yourself”. This is a HUGE challenge area for me, which means it’s exactly what I need to dig into here on calming creative. I’m going to start with this key question: Why is it so difficult to trust ourselves and learn to…
Read MoreUnlearning Lessons: Letting Go
Hey–do you struggle with being unable to let go of old patterns, holding onto the past and feeling afraid of the future? ME TOO! #anxietystruggles Someone dear to me is dealing with a life-threatening illness, and I desperately wish I could take away her fear, just ball it up and throw it into the street where it…
Read MoreAn Artist’s Pledge to Live in the Glow
I want to live in that feeling you get when the universe feels perfectly aligned and your heart feels larger than life and your soul feels completely at peace. I like to call it the glow. When you’re in it, you can’t imagine not being in it. And as an anxious artist, when the glow starts to…
Read MoreGetting Internet Shamed and Learning to Love Myself Again (Part 2)
Missed Part 1? Catch up here! Oof! Here’s to learning how to blog while also music directing and performing in a show at the saaaame tiiime. Miss me? If you’re in Chicago, come out and see Surging Films & Theatrics production of Green Day’s American Idiot–it IS a good reason for me not to have…
Read MoreGetting Internet Shamed and Learning to Love Myself Again (Part 1)
Ahhhhh. I’m afraid to be vulnerable. Raise your hand if you feel the same? For real, this blog is a giant pile of all my life dreams and I don’t want to share something and have everyone reading go, “ohhhhhh jeez, that’s enough of that kbyeeeeeee.” But we need to get real, you guys. Some…
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