14 - Cat Rains: The Importance of PLAY in Creativity

Despite being known as the non-artistic one in her family, Cat Rains would go on to become a professional artist not once but twice in her life, after a series of unfortunate life events derailed her art career the first time. As you’ll hear, Cat had a chaotic & traumatic childhood. Rather than letting herself be a victim of it though, she chose to lean into her experiences and use them to make herself strong and resilient. Her dedication to her own self-awareness and mental health is inspiring. Cat is a mindset master. There have been so many times in her life that things have gotten really, really hard. And she has consistently found ways to love and appreciate every situation she has found herself in. This living gratitude has ushered her through the creative droughts and the difficult times in her life. So much of life seems to boil down to the decision that we get to make in each moment. How are we going to look at things? What lessons and gifts are we going to take from our circumstances - even the painful ones?  How can we take what is in front of us in each moment and make it into the best version that we can?  I love how Cat believes that the universe is rigged in her favor -  that difficult situations are simply guideposts nudging her in a different direction, and that instead of resisting difficulty she remembers her mantra “this moment is my destiny” and opens her arms to it to find out what it has to teach her. Cultivating a sense of PLAY has been pivotal for the success Cat has created for herself in everything from manifesting her dream job to creating artwork that flies out of her studio into collectors hands. I hope you hear something in this episode that moves you. Please leave a review for the show in Apple Podcasts!Please share the show with a friend and if you are moved to make a financial contribution to the production of this podcast, THANK YOU here is the link for our PatreonCat Rains Website | Facebook | InstagramKate Shepherd Website | Facebook | Instagram