Step away from the noise and haste with renowned Irish poet and novelist, Orna Ross. Each episode shares Orna’s current creative landscape and offers a related poem, principle, and prompt. Whatever you want to make in this world, the answers are within. It's time to go creative! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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3:17 How Can I Do My Creative Work When I'm So Worried About The World?
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20:01If you’ve felt your creative attention fray under the weight of today’s headlines, you’re not alone. Upheaval is often the messy prelude to renewal, part of the creative process, but how do we stay focused on what we want to create when everything feels like it’s falling apart? In this episode of the GoCreative! podcast, Orna Ross shares her own da…
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3:16 Being and Becoming: The Everyday Art of Creation
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18:23In this episode, Orna explores the ancient and immediate dance between being and becoming. Drawing on inspiration from Irish poet Eavan Boland, she explores what's now and what's next, the pause and the pulse of moment and momentum. And what the rhythm of this mystery, which underpins every act of conscious creation, means for you--here, now, today…
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3:15 Plan with Presence – Create with Purpose
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20:34Does "getting more done" ever leave you feeling less alive... and with things left undone? In this episode Orna Ross explains why the real engine of creative success is presence, not productivity—and her simple monthly planning program to keep the creative engine humming. You'll learn five measures of creative success and how creative presence is t…
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3:14 New Findings on Flow: Mindfree Creativity
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15:24In this episode, Orna Ross unpacks “creative presence”—the simple, moment-to-moment awareness that silences self-criticism, steadies focus, and primes the brain for the hallowed state of flow. Discover the neuroscience linking presence to peak creativity, hear small practices that can turn chores into gateways for inspiration, and ask yourself: wha…
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3:13 From Undertow to Uplift: Creating through Grief
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28:21When waves of sorrow or stress are assailing us, how do we keep ourselves from being pulled under? In this profoundly personal episode, Orna Ross records from the riptides of bereavement—her mother passed a month ago—to show how creatives and creativists can transmute every shade of loss into fuel for richer art, deeper flow and a more expansive li…
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Orna Ross’s popular podcast for creatives and creativists resumes on Sunday 25th May. Books, playbooks, and exclusive episodes for members at OrnaRoss.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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2:12 The Number One Habit to Adopt for Powerful Conscious Creation
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21:06In this episode, Orna describes one of the most powerful habits you can adopt to develop as a conscious creator. The Flow Formula is three easy, enjoyable and transformative steps to take each night before you fall asleep: turning toward, recognition and resolution. With practice, this easy, fun activity becomes a habit that integrates resistance, …
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2:10 Limitations to the Law of Attraction
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31:05Orna Ross unpacks the limitations of the "Law" of Attraction (LoA) and why it's only part of the conscious creation process. Discover the misconceptions and common pitfalls that many encounter when relying on LoA. It's not your fault, Orna explains, as there are seven stages in the creative process, and LoA covers only two of them. Tune in to learn…
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2:9 The Seven Mind Modes and Psychological Stages
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44:39In this episode, Orna Ross draws on the work of Abraham Maslow and Ken Wilber to delve into the seven mind modes and psychological stages that shape our creative and personal growth. From the foundational Tribal and Conquering stages to the higher realms of Communitarian, Creative, and Transcendent mind modes, Orna explains how understanding and na…
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1:7 Creative Movement, Creative Stillness
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23:26In this episode, Orna Ross delves into the dynamic interplay between creative movement and creative stillness for enhanced creative practice, and overall well-being. With insights on how to harness the power of both movement and stillness, it also offers practical tips to integrate conscious motion and tranquility into your daily life. Books, playb…
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1: 6 Finding Creative Flow: An Activation
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26:54Orna Ross explores the internal dynamics of creative resistance, emphasizing that the creative flow is an ever-present force, though we often disconnect from it through conflicted thoughts and feelings. And she offers a powerful activation process for finding creative flow through internal dialogue. Books, playbooks, and exclusive episodes for memb…
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1:5 Overcoming Challenges the Creative Way
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32:40Orna Ross explores how going creative transforms the way we meet and manage life's challenges. Learn three creative codes and a practice that will help you to tackle whatever personal and professional hurdles life is asking you to jump right now—the creative way. Books, playbooks, and exclusive episodes for members at OrnaRoss.com Hosted on Acast. …
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1:4: Creative Virtues Part Two: Compassion, Celebration, and Courage
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29:33In Episode 4 of the Go Creative! podcast, Orna Ross presents the second installment of the Cardinal Creative Virtues series. She explores the interlinked qualities of creative compassion, celebration, and courage. This episode illuminates how these virtues not only enhance our own personal creative process but also deepen our connection with those …
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1:3 Creative Virtues Part One: Commitment
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26:51Host Orna Ross delves into the first of four Cardinal Creative Virtues: Commitment. Discover the pivotal role creative commitment plays in the process as Orna unpacks how selection, intention, and creative conditions fuel creative success. Learn how to harness the power of commitment to transform your creative desires into reality and understand th…
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In this episode, Orna Ross dives more deeply into the mind state that induces creative flow—what she calls the create-state, a chosen way of understanding and processing life—and the difference between being creative (a quality shared by all human beings) and going creative (a mind-state consciously chosen by some). Books, playbooks, and exclusive …
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Novelist and poet Orna Ross introduces herself as a creative and creativist, and explains what to expect from her new solo podcast. Books, playbooks, and exclusive episodes for members at OrnaRoss.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Orna Ross
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