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30
Aug
2018

The Regular & Spiritual Practice Of Words To Wisdom

Episode 2 Creative Spirits is out! The Regular & Spiritual Practice Of Words To Wisdom

Learning to lean in and surrender to spirit can be one of the greatest gifts our spiritual practice can give us.

The Messy Middle is something that Sherrie has often worked with in the Creative Mermaids ( read all about it in the September 2017 issue of Badassery http://badasserymag.com/september-2017/) and through it she discovered the importance of a regular spiritual practice in getting through the dissolved goo of the cocoon phase.

In this episode we go further in to not just the acceptance of the messy middle but also its importance in the cycles of life. Part of the wounds to wisdom growth is working through the shit and pain of our life not as a deterrent to, but rather an essential component of, becoming a woman and actualized person working from a space of power. The cost might be our innocence but the reward is a person working within their shadow and light. I want to help bring that power back into people’s lives!

The book on the Inanna descent mentioned in this podcast is

Journey To The Dark Goddess

And highly recommended for any woman ready to reclaim her life and titles for herself.

And if you are ready to stop putting your life on hold and make the plunge to start living your life to the fullest, talk to Kate or me! Kate offers moon mentoring and healing sessions and I (Sherrie) offer mentoring and coaching to get you writing and living the life you deserve rather than the one you accept. And both of our sessions are included in the free trial of the Creative & Vibrant Living Virtual Retreat! If you are ready to stop putting your creativity last get the retreat and the tools to start building your creative life today get the retreat and start the process to returning to self!

29
Aug
2018

Creative Spirits Podcast Episode 1

categories: anchor, messy middle

Kate Darnell of Gumboots By The Sea & Sherrie McCarthy of Creative Mermaids share the raw and the real of creative life on a spiritual path in this wounds to wisdom transformational podcast.

If you are looking to join a discussion on creativity, motherhood, the messy middle and bringing Spirit (however that looks for you!) into your life, this is the podcast for you!

Kate and Sherrie met in level 1 of Harness Your Healing Brilliance by Sarah K Jones and had their relationship cemented in level 2. Both were mothers who realized they were burning their candles on both ends.

Drawn by shadow integration, rising above the wounded healer archetype and striving for a life that embraced cycles that honored the light and the dark, Kate and Sherrie decided to start this podcast to share their experience in the hope to inspire others to invite spirit in and to embrace their wild messy life and selves.

This podcast is as real and messy as us! So grab a cup of tea (or coffee), start your diffuser and prepare for honest talk on the journey from wounds to wisdom!

And if you are ready to stop putting your life on hold and make the plunge to start living your life to the fullest, talk to Kate or myself! Kate offers moon mentoring and healing sessions and I (Sherrie) offer mentoring and coaching to get you writing and living the life you deserve rather than the one you accept. And both of our sessions are included in the free trial of the Creative & Vibrant Living Virtual Retreat! If you are ready to stop putting your creativity last get the retreat and the tools to start building your creative life today get the retreat and start the process to returning to self!

10
May
2018

Get The Creative & Vibrant Living Virtual Retreat For Free!

categories: messy middle, virtual retreat

What do Free Virtual Retreats, Biz Building & Sloths Have In Common?

Besides, that is, being listed among my favorite things?

They all play a part in allowing me to grow my biz while giving back and helping others light up their worlds and live life on their own terms.

Seriously.

Recently I joined Doterra as a health advocate because my mentor and biz coach offered me full scholarship to her program for joining her newbie team. At no point in my life did I ever want to join a MLM. But after listening to Elaine Bower talk about her Doterra biz in Gabby Bernstein’s Spirit Junkie masterclass and reading Kate Northrup’s “Money, A Love Story” I was softened to the idea. And truthfully the offer was amazing. For my 125 PV order (or about 130 to 150 Euro) I got access to her coaching, which I had pain over 1000 a month for. How could I freaking not????

As I joined Vicki and the Kinship I was not hit with anything I expected from a MLM. There was no pressure tactics to make my team grow. I never felt pressure of any kind. Just 100% support and guidance. I reached out and I got support. If I did not reach out I got a once a week check in and the rest of the time she let me be.

And I realized I could do the exact same thing.

I could offer my creative coaching for those who wanted creative and financial freedom but could not afford the 499 a month to those who did the 125 PV order each month. Or for those who wanted to join and build the Doterra biz they could still get my Voxer support and help in building the biz. As hands on or off as they liked it!

And that brings me to what those 3 things have in common.

Those who join as a wholesale or health advocate through me

https://www.mydoterra.com/sherriemccarthy/#/joinAndSave

get the Creative & Vibrant Living Virtual Retreat for free. Just let me know what email address to send the course log in info too! (Yes that means you could use it as a present!)

And if you join as a health advocate as my downline I also offer the retreat to you as an incentive to offer to your people as well!

So that is the free virtual retreat thread!

The Biz Building comes through the Kinship!

The Kinship offers monthly group trainings that teach you how to grow your business, either alongside your existing one or taking Doterra as a solo gig. Content is based on a fusion of business energetics, Soul-alignment, wealth consciousness and practical strategy. Your leadership presence is highly valued and because Vicki (my upline) sees you and your Soul’s potential, she’ll be encouraging you to be an active participant/facilitator/teacher for our kinfolk and supporting you in bringing all of your gifts to the table in any way that excites and empowers you.

This is a community that helps build each other up and not tear each other down. AND you get your oils with it! So many wins!!!!

What does any of this have to do with a sloth?

My spirit animal is a sloth. Adorable, cuddly, but often slow in initiating things. I like to know my facts before I commit. And I tend to do a lot of thinking and eating before I do so. But when I do I am all in.

This also means that unlike a lot of other people’s approaches to MLMs, I do not mind the slow burners! Toe dippers welcome! No pressure! Just support. We go deep to get past your blocks.
It’s self development wrapped up in a biz.

And that’s why I love it and converted “No way no how” to MLMs to YES! Kinship, soul alignment within your biz and sloths for the giant win!

True facts about sloths!

07
Mar
2018

Pay What You Can On International Women’s Day

categories: messy middle, virtual retreat

What Do Virtual Creative Retreats, International Women’s Day and scholarships for children in Nepal have in common?

They are all full of joy joy joy!!!!

That’s not to say there isn’t a lot of hard work and serious messy middles to get through.

But that’s where the Creative Mermaids comes in!

I really wanted to do something for International Women’s Day.

And after watching Peace4 People’s video I realised I was falling into my own trap of over thinking!

And so I have decided to offer an IWD day “pay what you can” for any of my 3 courses (including the Creative & Vibrant Living virtual retreat!) AND offer 1 New Author coaching bundle on a heavily subsidised scholarship: 25 dollars for the full package with 1 month of Voxer Coaching. Or basically a token amount!

On March 8th and March 9th, half of all the proceeds will go to Peace 4 People’s scholarship campaign.

And although the scholarship for the coaching requires a brief application process, the other 3 are really as simple as going here:

Creative & Vibrant Living Academy

Choosing a course

And then going here:

Creative Mermaids Paypal Me Link

And in the PayPal me notes tell me which of the 3 you would like me to enroll you in.

And I’ll set you up!

And I really want this to be a good energetic exchange.

These videos are raw but I help you wade into the messy middle. It’s where the juice of life is but it can bring you to your knees. It’s not meant to be polished.

And if you really can only afford a dollar then spend it guilt free.

But if you feel that you honesty can’t afford more but you don’t want to insult me, then do it anyway! You can pay with an honest review of either of the books that come with the courses (like the Goal Tracking Planner, or the Yoga Journal or Travel Journal) and think on all the shipping costs that you saved me instead of me sending you out a review copy!

Or share this post with a friend and think of the money you keep from going to advertising. Money that instead can go to Peace 4 People’s scholarship program.

I feel really great doing this. And that’s also on the assumption that those who really need it will benefit. And will pay what they can. And not worry what that amount is!

Because the money that would’ve been spent on external factors is saved.

And everyone benefits!

My work (and in the case of the retreat, the other presenters) gets shared. And we are all doing really great and important work. (I’m proud to say that we have best selling authors and 6 Spirit Junkie Masterclass graduates among the mix!).

You get to benefit by getting that creative project off of the ground. Or just giving yourself permission to start.

And Peace 4 People benefit because they get help in giving as many kids as possible an education.

And that feels pretty kick ass feminist to me.

So Happy International Women’s Day!

And all the links are once again here:

Scholarship Application for Creative Mermaids 1 month coaching with new author package (deadline is Sunday March 11th): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UC7ABYWmturzuCujY_g3viVl6Ac03rl_lXNiKX97i84/prefill

Courses to choose from (coaching excluded):

https://creative-mermaids-creative-vibrant-living-academy.thinkific.com/

Link to pay (otherwise you pay full price! But if you half the proceeds from March 8th and 9th will still go to Peace 4 People. Whichever link you use).

https://www.paypal.me/creativemermaids

Peace 4 People’s website (currently under construction but you can also follow on Facebook!)

Peace4people.org

28
Feb
2018

Last Day For February Badass Bundle!

categories: messy middle, video, virtual retreat

Today’s the last day to get the badass February bundle special!

Wondering if this can help you or not?

This is for you IF

You want to restart your creative life and it has stalled.

You have no idea where to start.

You would love to try a coach but it terrifies you. The commitment, the face time, the “what if I hate it and I have no idea how to tell this person and I need to suffer through it for months on end!”

The feeling you have tired all of this before. How can I possibly add anything else?

Then not only can I help, but together we can get you back on the path to creating and working with the messy middle rather than fighting it!

Let’s take overwhelm to embracing a radiant and creative life!

And if you are not sure if we are a match, then check out any one or all of these two taste tests!

If reading is your jam check out my interview with the amazing Mariella on her Wordsmith site.

Or you can listen to my interview with the fantabolous (yes, thats a word!) Samantha Parker here on the Badassery magazine website.

Find out all about the messy middle in my session from The Creative & Vibrant Living Virtual Retreat.

The session is free for free, as in no credit card required for sign up truly free!

Grab a journal on Kindle Unlimited if you have it! The First Dive that helps you start to build out the questions you need to ask yourself or the Mama Creative First Dive, specifically for mamas!

And if you read this far I have a secret for you! Maybe you are on the fence. So don’t be!
Jump on Marielle’s email list (given at the bottom of the interview) and take

advantage of the freebie codes she has! They are only good until the end of April, and you can get the Bye Bye Writer’s Block course for free and get a code for half off of any of my courses: including my coaching!

And this is what the coaching is about!

This is the coaching I wish I had had when I started out. Even though most people assume I am an extrovert because I can bubble over with passion, it is that very passion that leaves me terrified of set phone times.

Although the internet has allowed us this amazing place to connect anywhere in the world in real time, the very thought of internet failure or a time zone fail had me refusing to offer my services for a long time.

And yet I felt the call to help people through their messy middles. That not enough people talk about what happens in that phase. Too many focus on the spectacular results of caterpillar and the butterfly, and then too many people feel that when the dissolving is too much they have failed themselves.

I want to talk more about that. I want you to know that is where the wisdom is. That is where you are wrapped in a cocoon, even if you yourself do not know it at the time.

I once read a great quote, if it isn’t ok it isn’t over.

I want to help you through that, and get you creating again.

At your time when you need it. You express what you want to share.

And I give you my reply back with your homework.

This is not for people who want to cure just simple writer’s block. I am not going to give 101 prompts to fight your block. This is life and making creativity the center of it.

And since I really do not want money to ever be a factor, and you really can not afford it then do me and you a huge favor.

Jump on Kindle Unlimited and get my journals for free. And if you do not have KU, these journals are never more than 4.99 in ebook form. And I often have the need of reviewers to review them for free. So email me and ask!

I have your back either way!

HUGS

28
Feb
2018

Badassery Magazine Interview! Messy Middles & Living On A Sailboat!

categories: messy middle, video

Also! today’s the last day to get the badass February bundle special!