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Build a Creative Business That Honours Your Whole Self
“A Journal to Support You in Building a Business Around Your Creative Gifts”
Have you noticed how business advice often assumes we all have the same energy, circumstances, and capacity?
The constant pressure to "hustle harder," post daily on social media, and push through exhaustion—even when our bodies, minds, or life situations are asking for something different.
What if we could build businesses that work with our natural rhythms instead?
Just as nature moves through seasons of planning, growth, harvest, and rest, our creative businesses have natural cycles too.
When we recognise and work with these patterns—honouring our actual capacity—business building can shift from feeling exhausting to feeling sustainable.
Introducing:
The Seasonal Business Journal for Creative Hearts
Heart-Centred Planning for Creatives in Business
This gentle companion supports you in discovering how to build a prosperous business around your creative gifts by working with your natural rhythms instead of forcing unsustainable growth.
Whether you're just starting your creative business journey or seeking a more enjoyable approach to professional growth, this seasonal framework honours whatever capacity you bring to your business.
This journal guides you through planning and reflection designed specifically for sensitive creatives who want to succeed without sacrificing their wellbeing.
Inside, You'll Discover:
✓ The Three-Pillar Framework for balancing Creative work, Business operations, and Public engagement
✓ Understanding the important of rest and how to honour different business seasons
✓ Heart-centred planning that prioritises sustainability over speed
✓ Gentle journalling prompts that don't demand rigid consistency
✓ An Adaptation Season for navigating health crises, family emergencies, and life upheavals
What's Inside The Seasonal Business Journal?
Four Complete Seasonal Business Guides for Autumn, Winter, Summer & Spring featuring:
Business Check-In prompts to assess where you are with each pillar
Three-Pillar Deep Dive questions for Creative, Business, and Public focus areas
Integration & Balance reflections on how your pillars support each other
Heart-Centred Seasonal Intentions for sustainable growth planning
Business Harvest pages to capture insights and action steps
Over 150 thoughtful business prompts designed to support you to:
Build financial stability without compromising your values
Market authentically as an introverted or highly sensitive creative
Plan strategically during quiet seasons instead of forcing constant action
Navigate business challenges while protecting your mental health
Create systems that work with your capacity, not against it
Three flexible approaches so you can use this journal:
Following natural seasonal timing
In gentle quarterly rhythms
Intuitively when your business needs specific seasonal energy
Plus: Complete Adaptation Season for Crisis Navigation
When life presents health flares, family emergencies, financial pressures, or other major upheavals, this special section provides:
Rapid assessment tools for immediate needs
Business streamlining strategies that preserve essential operations
Identity and connection prompts for difficult seasons
Gentle planning for gradual re-engagement when you're ready
Who Is This For:
Writers, artists, coaches, makers, and any creative building a business around their gifts
Sensitive creatives who feel overwhelmed by traditional "hustle" business advice
Creative business owners with chronic health conditions, neurodivergence, or fluctuating capacity
Anyone seeking sustainable growth without sacrificing wellbeing or artistic integrity
Solopreneurs and small creative business owners wearing multiple hats
Creative Hearts ready to build businesses that serve both their community and themselves
"Building a livelihood from your creative work isn't just about profit and systems—it's about honouring who you are while serving others with what you have to offer."
~ The Seasonal Business Journal for Creative Hearts ~
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About Nicola Newman
Nicola Newman is an award-winning artist, author, and creative mentor based in North Queensland, Australia. She guides Creative Hearts around the world through her books, retreats, and coaching practice, supporting them to cultivate their creativity and trust their inner wisdom.
