Your Creative Voice is Already Within You
“Often, we get caught up trying to sound like, paint like, or create like someone we admire.”
I was reminded of something important recently while working on my book: we often spend so much time searching for our creative voice, not realising it's already expressing itself in everything we do - from how we make a cup of tea to how we notice the way afternoon light falls across a room.
Your creative voice isn't something you need to find or build from scratch. It's already present in:
What naturally catches your eye
The colours you're drawn to
How you tell a story
What moves you to tears or laughter
The details you notice that others might miss
Think of your creative voice like a fingerprint - utterly unique to you, formed by your experiences, perspectives, and way of seeing the world. You don't need to force it to be different or more "artistic" - you just need to give it space to emerge naturally.
Often, we get caught up trying to sound like, paint like, or create like someone we admire. While it's natural to be inspired by others, the real magic happens when we give ourselves permission to create in ways that feel authentically ours.
Here's a gentle truth I've discovered through years of teaching and creating: Your unique creative voice often speaks most clearly through what others might consider limitations. Maybe you only have fifteen minutes to create each day, or you prefer working small, or you're drawn to just a few simple materials. You don't need to view these as restrictions - they're part of what makes your creative expression uniquely yours.
In my book upcoming book, I explore how our most authentic creative expression often emerges when we stop trying to be like everyone else and start paying attention to what naturally delights and moves us.
Here's a simple way to begin recognising your creative voice:
Notice what you're naturally drawn to photograph
Pay attention to what stories you love to tell
Observe which colours make your heart lift
Remember what made you lose track of time, either now or as a child
Listen to what your hands want to make
In our Creative Hearts Community, we create space for each unique voice to emerge and strengthen. Through monthly calls, quarterly retreats, and ongoing connection, members discover:
How to trust their natural creative inclinations
Ways to develop their unique creative practice
The courage to express themselves authentically
Support for their individual creative journey
Thankfully, your creative voice doesn't need to shout to be powerful. Sometimes the quietest expressions carry the most meaning.
With my warmest wishes,
~ Nicola
P.S. If you're longing to explore and strengthen your unique creative voice in a supportive community, the doors to Creative Hearts are open now. Join us to discover how beautiful your authentic expression can be.
P.P.S. I love using mixed media in my Royal Talen's Art Creation sketchbook to capture moments. This is at Alma Bay on Magnetic Island. These sketches don't take long, but they are a lovely way to express your creative voice - by recording what moves you, what catches your eye and what you love.
About Nicola Newman
I'm a Creative Business Coach, Award-Winning Artist & Mentor for Creative Hearts who want to flourish, flow & prosper.
My passion is inspiring and supporting Creative Hearts to trust their inner wisdom and carve out a life that’s personally meaningful and fulfilling to them.
I share practical, evidence-based tools for Creative Hearts seeking to improve their lives or businesses. My work draws from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based techniques, body-based practices, and neuroscience -- and my own creative living adventures -- among other approaches.
My mission is to support Creative Hearts to:
Dissolve creative blocks, develop a loving relationship with themselves, nurture their creativity and reframe the beliefs and patterns that keep them from following their heart and making the creative contribution they would love to make in the world.
My approach is to embrace gentleness, playfulness and self-care to navigate self-doubt and instead cultivate deep self-trust so you can truly enjoy the creative process, bring together your body of work, make money doing what you love and leave a creative legacy you’re proud of.
Let’s pour a cuppa and get to know one another, shall we? :) Read more about my story here.
