Creatively Curious – Details, episodes & analysis

I go through the "The Work" by Byron Katie this week and use one of my own thoughts as an example: I suck at ART.

Anchor into a specific situation:

1. Is this True?

2. Can you Absolutely know it's true?

3. How do you react, what happens when you believe that thought?

4. Who would you be without that thought?

"Your soul is tired of waiting for you to feel more alive." Nick Wilton

Creative Visionary Program 2026 SIGNUP: https://pages.art2life.com/cvp/2026-cvp-a-taf/

Byron Katie: Loving What is

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⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

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Art2Life is hosting its FREE Creative Visionary Blueprint Workshop March 2 - 6, 2026.

⁠Creative Visionary Blueprint Workshop Sign up: https://artlife.samcart.com/referral/FJOskfI6/ulcCoGWkn3LGqTA5⁠

Email: If you'd like to email me to talk about coaching or The Creative Visionary Program, please go to my website (⁠www.ashleadwalter.com⁠) and click on the email link from there.

If you sign up for this program:

• Every day you receive and email with the learning video at 6am Pacific Time

• Every day there is Live Studio Training 12pm Pacific Time
• Facebook group
• 38 page workbook
• Replays until March 12, 2026

Take Aways from the Workshop:

1. You’ll install the artist’s mindset, which is a unique belief system that allows you to find and then amplify more of who you are in your work.
2. How to use the 3 most powerful levers of authenticity and personal expression in your art and life (they don’t teach you this in art school).
3. The #1 mistake artists make that keeps them unknown and unconfident (and how you can overcome this).
4. Design your “Creative Visionary BlueprintTM” - A simple and powerful framework for your artistic future success.
5. You’ll walk away from this workshop feeling clear, confident, and ready to create the best art of your life.

Creative Visionary Program Enrollment is March 8-12, 2026

"Your soul is tired of waiting for you to feel more alive." Nick Wilton

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

⁠Ashlea's YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

The Change Cycle Square 3 - The Hero's Journey

"This is much harder than I expected and that's okay."

*** I talk about the poor audio in the intro to this episode but it's fitting because this was a mistake and the whole episode is about taking action and making mistakes so I left the poor audio in!***

Square 3 is about:

- Taking Action

- Making mistakes, learning from them

- The more you struggle, the stronger you become like the butterfly

- BIG effort

- External Changes

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

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Martha Beck Change Cycle Image www.ashleadwalter.com/life-cycle-image

Square 2 DREAMING & SCHEMING Key Points:

Mantra: "There are no rules and that's okay."

- You'll get thoughts or ideas about something you want to do and maybe never done before.

- You'll have day dreams and night dreams.

- What does your future look like?

- Who do you want to be? What does this FEEL like?

- ACTION: Make a dream or vision board

- ACTION: Wear different clothes or jewelry or hair styles

- ACTION: Change your home decor or "upgrade" a few items that are older or that you would like to improve.

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

⁠Ashlea's YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

Martha Beck Change Cycle Image www.ashleadwalter.com/life-cycle-image

Square 1: Death and Rebirth

Mantra: "I don't know what the heck is going on and that is okay"

- Meltdown of our previous selves to give way to our metamorphosis

- Pain: from actual events and painful thoughts and beliefs we are hooked on. Coaching can help hold space.

- Let yourself grieve: you may feel lots of emotions (including denial, anger, sadness, acceptance) and that's okay.

- Focus on right now, one day at a time.

- Caring for yourself with: coaching, therapy, trusted friends or family, resting, journaling, anything creative, walking, doing nothing, reading or whatever you find nurturing.

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

⁠Ashlea's YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

Martha Beck Change Cycle Image www.ashleadwalter.com/life-cycle-image

CVP Week 12 - LAUNCH

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Key Take Aways:

1. Scaling art requires scaling your tools and especially your thinking.
2. The risk to get a bigger studio is often rewarded by an improvement in your art.
3. The value of a series is compounded by doing another one.
4. Often, the biggest learning in a series occurs after it is completed
5. Your art is love firstly given to yourself and then, the world

"Your soul is tired of waiting for you to feel more alive." Nick Wilton

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

⁠Ashlea's YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

⁠CVP:⁠ https://www.art2life.com/about-cvp/

CVP Week 11 - BALANCE

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Key Take Aways:

1. Value and Design have the most visual weight.

2. Design, Value, Colour and Texture all can be used to balance your art.

3. Your process is designed by you for you.

4. Art is finished when you feel alive up close and far away - when you really LOVE it close and far away.

5. Later stage changes are smaller but require more sensitivity.

"Your soul is tired of waiting for you to feel more alive." Nick Wilton

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

⁠Ashlea's YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

⁠CVP:⁠ https://www.art2life.com/about-cvp/

CVP Week 10: MOMENTUM Key Take Aways:

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1. Stay Open, Present and Curious in your process to maintain momentum

2. Most of the time adjusting design and value will get you unstuck.

3. PLAYing longer, especially in the early stages, will enhance the outcome. Playing is an investment in the painting (yourself? your kids?)

4. It's easier to be risky in the first few passes (layers). Rehearse risk taking in the early stages when the stakes are lower.

5. When in doubt GET IN MOTION! This is really advice for LIFE.

"Your soul is tired of waiting for you to feel more alive." Nick Wilton

⁠Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork⁠

⁠Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: ⁠https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

⁠Ashlea's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

⁠Ashlea's YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

⁠CVP:⁠ https://www.art2life.com/about-cvp/

⁠2026 CVP Sign up Link⁠

CVP Week 9 Process Take Aways:

1. You have everything you need to create your art
2. Your Path is what you are creating; your art is merely an artifact. Your life will get better and so will your art when you are excited and fired up.
3. Make many rather than one - it's easier and faster and results in art more like you.
4. You're just dating - not marrying. Don't fall in love with your art too fast! Just PLAY! Don't try to get an outcome.
5. You want your art to FEEL like what brings you alive. What's the feeling you want to bring forward?

"Your soul is tired of waiting for you to feel more alive." Nick Wilton

Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/artwork

Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

Ashlea's IG: https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

Ashlea's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos

CVP: https://www.art2life.com/about-cvp/

⁠2026 CVP Sign up Link⁠

CVP Week 8 TEXTURE

Take Aways:

1. Play and Experiment with texture to learn and remember

2. Thick paint is a beautiful contrast to thin paint

3. Subtractive processes create areas of transparency (eg scraping and sanding)

4. Layering creates depth, surface and colour richness (harmony)

5. Spontaneity is created by using tools you can't control

(chisels, trowels etc).

Ashlea's Website: https://www.ashleadwalter.com/

Ashlea's Colouring Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Coloring-Book-Anxiety-Relief-Mindfulness/dp/B0CGL4FZJG

Ashlea's IG: https://www.instagram.com/ashleadwalter/

Ashlea's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AshleaDWalter/videos