Called to Bloom

A New Season of Called to Bloom is Blooming!

Mark your calendar: new episodes of Called to Bloom arrive this month! Starting on May 27th and running all the way through September, I’ll be dropping a new episode every other Wednesday. That’s 20 weeks of deep dives into floral artistry, health & wellbeing, empowered entrepreneurship, and stepping deeper into an aligned creative life. In this upcoming set, we are delving into everything from how I transformed my simple garage into an aligned creative studio to how to grow your business and build wealth to the unexpected benefits of yoga and Ayurveda on your creativity and business. Whether you are a devoted listener or just joining us, these episodes are all designed to be timeless resources that you can benefit from and refer back to anytime you need them. And if you’re looking to catch up on anything you might have missed during our break, all ten previous episodes are available right now for you to explore and enjoy. I am so excited to meet you here again in the magical airwaves in just a few days! Until then my friends, keep blooming, and I’ll talk to you again soon. Links to Connect Jen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom [https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom] https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom [https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom]  Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast [https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast]  https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast [https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast]  Called to Bloom Show Notes [https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/get-smart-with-money-how-to-profit-and-build-abundance]: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/my-favorite-trick-to-unlock-your-creative-potential [https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/my-favorite-trick-to-unlock-your-creative-potential]

My Favorite Trick to Unlock Your Creative Potential

This is all about renewal and creative expansion, a celebratory finale for our first season of Called to Bloom, where I am sharing with you a trick I discovered along the way that always returns me to that playful and infinite source of creative possibilities.  The goal is to open new pathways to explore, nurture, and refresh your creative practice with a new perspective that empowers you to find cues and inspiration in the whole world around you.  What catches your interest or makes you curious? What are you passionate about? What method, practice, study, art form or industry do you know like the back of your hand?  This is all a wealth of inspiration that you can use to inform and transform your creative process as well as what you create. And it's time for you to have this trick up your sleeve now too. In This Episode, We Cover: * Discovering the Tool of Creative Translation * A Step-By-Step Guide for How to Use This Trick * Examples & Uses of this Creative Tool in Action * The Origins of This Creative Tool For Me * Expanded Translation Tricks to Try Links to Connect Jen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom [https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom] https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom [https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom]  Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast [https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast]  https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast [https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast]  Called to Bloom Show Notes [https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/get-smart-with-money-how-to-profit-and-build-abundance]: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/my-favorite-trick-to-unlock-your-creative-potential [https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/my-favorite-trick-to-unlock-your-creative-potential] Episode Sponsors: This episode of the Called to Bloom podcast is brought to you by the Poetry of Flowers [https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/pages/courses] holistic online floral education: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/pages/courses [https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/pages/courses]

Self-Care for Balance: The Renewal You've Been Seeking

During busy seasons we can get really out of balance — we get caught up, wound up, overwhelmed, or just spread a little too thin — especially as sensitive creatives who are very in tune with and responsive to our environments. The energy is high in a busy season, expectations are high, timelines can be tight, and we can lose track of our own needs while we tend to the demands and opportunities all around us.  Even when we are doing things we love and value, whether for our businesses and the people we serve or the people we love, a constant state of output and productivity is not sustainable.  What we need are accessible self-care practices that are easy to find, easy to do, and that allow us to return to balance again through simply receiving and through nourishing our bodies and nervous systems so that we can rest and feel refreshed for a new season in alignment. In This Episode, We Cover: * Cycles & Rhythms  — self-care practices & how they bring balance * Sound & Frequencies — self-care practices & how they bring balance * Bodywork & Somatics — self-care practices & how they bring balance * Introspection & Reflection — self-care practices & how they bring balance * Connection & Community  — self-care practices & how they bring balance Links to Connect Jen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom [https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom] https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom [https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom]  Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast [https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast]  https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast [https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast]  Called to Bloom Show Notes [https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/get-smart-with-money-how-to-profit-and-build-abundance]: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/self-care-for-balance-the-renewal-you-have-been-seeking [https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/self-care-for-balance-the-renewal-you-have-been-seeking]

Get Smart with Money: Increase Profits and Build Abundance

How do you create a business in a creative field that supports you and is financially stable, at least, and better yet abundantly successful? Are you even allowed to do what you love for a living? How long does it take for this dream venture to become reliable or profitable? And then once you get it going, can you actually count on this creative venture for your livelihood? In the same breath as you experience those butterflies or that rush of excitement about what you want to step into as your new aligned dream line of work, you're probably also equally dragged down a bit by the heavy but reasonable questions and doubts, including what is the real outlook and viability of this venture? And can a small business doing something I love become financially reliable? Many, if not most, designers, as an example, begin purely out of a genuine love for flowers, and a love for the powerful experience of sharing them with others. Passion is so important for getting anything started — and, we also want to make sure you start and build in a smart way with a good plan, realistic expectations, and a smart approach to finances that helps you get off the ground and carries you into growth and abundance. In This Episode, We Cover: * Increasing Profits and Smart Money Management — 06:00 * Mindset and Emotional Blocks Around Money — 07:33 * Practical Tips for Increasing Profits — 11:52 * Aligning Work with Fulfillment — 15:15 * Understanding Pricing and Value — 16:38 * Attracting Your Ideal Clients — 23:09 * The Art of Knowing When to Say No — 30:27 * Getting Paid — 35:10 * Building Financial Freedom — 40:14 * Conclusion and Next Steps — 49:52 Links to Connect Jen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom [https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom] https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom [https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom]  Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast [https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast]  https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast [https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast]  Called to Bloom Show Notes [https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/get-smart-with-money-increase-profits-and-build-abundance]: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/get-smart-with-money-increase-profits-and-build-abundance [https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/get-smart-with-money-increase-profits-and-build-abundance]

Turning 40: Insights for Thriving in the Middle of Life

Stepping into a new decade is a rich experience. It feels actually powerful and significant, like a new milestone on the journey of life has just been reached, and like a whole new decade of possibility has just opened up. I've always felt like entering a new decade is kind of magical. You only enter one every 10 years, and you only get another new decade birthday after another entire 10 years have been lived. In my recent experience, it's exciting turning 40 and I'm happy to report from the other side that I do not feel old or awkward as I might have feared in my 20s. It's weird, but in some ways I feel younger and lighter than I did in my 20s and 30s. And part of that is because I've lived more, I've healed a lot and I've done so much inner work to evolve and be able to step more into alignment. I've made mistakes and pivoted and rebuilt. I've overextended and course corrected and learned to let things go. I've faced myself and the painful patterns of my conditioning, which is a process that I don't think is ever really finished, but that gets easier as you go along. And I'm still here and still on the journey and still learning and growing, maybe in the best ways yet. In this episode of Called to Bloom, and as a newly minted 40-year-old myself, I am sharing with you all my best insights, including realizations, mindset shifts, tips, practices, exercises, and guidance for how to thrive in the middle of life and beyond. In This Episode, We Cover: * Embracing a New Decade — 00:00 * The Truth About Aging — 04:14 * Living Longer, Not Just Getting Older — 09:28 * Discovering What Really Matters — 12:59 * The Paradox of Aging and Growth — 17:44 * The Power of Affirmations — 24:33 * Living Without Regrets: A Call to Action — 27:25 * The Importance of Following Your Passion — 31:42 * Cultivating Your Superpower: The Hero Within — 33:17 Links to Connect Called to Bloom Instagram: @calledtobloompodcast  https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast [https://www.instagram.com/calledtobloompodcast]  Jen’s Nectar & Bloom Instagram: @nectar_and_bloom https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom [https://www.instagram.com/nectar_and_bloom]  Called to Bloom Show Notes: https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/turning-40-insights-for-thriving-in-the-middle-of-life [https://www.nectarandbloomfloral.com/blogs/podcast/turning-40-insights-for-thriving-in-the-middle-of-life]