Do these sound familiar?

• You get really jazzed about a class you attended and feel all excited about the changes you want to make. Before you start to implement them, you run out of steam.

• You work on self care and juuust get a practice going — when something urgent comes along
  and gets you totally off track.

• You start to get some flow and momentum in your work but get overwhelmed by all the extra steps (and time) you didn’t account for.

• You get your space cleared and then POOF! It looks like a disaster hit overnight! Where does it all come from?

Argh!

When you’re creative, these are common but frustrating cycles. You start to doubt yourself. You try harder, but you feel like giving up. In fact, curling up on the couch with a pint of ice cream and the DVD player sounds perfect.

In your heart of hearts, what you really crave is balance. Between heart and mind. Between work and life. Between spirit and strategy.

You can’t change the world on an empty heart

A lot of people browbeat, cajole, and intimidate themselves into action. While self-flagellation can work in the short run, it’s also very depleting. In fact, recent research shows that applying willpower doesn’t just exhaust you emotionally, it even lowers your body’s blood sugar.

When you use force to motivate yourself, it’s like trying to drive a car with no gas in it. You’re running on an empty heart. How can you change the world on an empty heart?

The two missing supports that allow you to fill back up again

Community

Community holds a space for your dreams to grow. Community helps us feel more normal and less isolated. There’s relief. There’s acceptance. A community provides a wealth of support and ideas. Most of all, a group of people with shared goals makes progress easier because, like flying geese, you draft on one others’ momentum.

Consistency

Consistency is a gentle returning to yourself. It’s a tender practice of choosing to return again and again to your needs and your goals.

Maybe you’ve always dreamed of getting up early every day with a cup of tea to journal, practice yoga, and make a graceful entry into the work day. You don’t want consistency to run your life, but you want enough of it to feel sane. With the right amount of structure, you create balance — and you don’t fall as far off-center as far or as often.

Welcome to consistency and community together

With all my heart, I want for you to experience consistency and community — at a price you can afford. I want for your dreams to become real. I invite you to a place where you can experience this support.

 

A community for inspired momentum and compassionate organizing

A place where you find…

• Consistency
• Community
• Support
• Laughter
• Intention
• Progress
• Encouragement
• Ideas
• Hope

What The Creative Haven includes

Over the span of one month, you get:

Support for your projects

• A Top o’ the Month planning call to clarify your goals for the month (recorded for later listening)
• Two 2-hour Work Parties to make progress on your goals and projects

Support for your space

• Two 2-hour Office Spa Days to work on space maintenance
• An open Q&A with Jen to ask any organizing question you can think of
• An archive of past Q&A sessions with Jen

Inspiration and ideas

• An interview with a guest expert on topics like time management, life balance, simplicity, small business sanity, financial health, electronic communication, self-care, heart and spirit. (recorded for later listening)
• An archive of past interviews with inspiring experts

Lots of helpful goodies

• 25% off Inspired Home Office ebooks
• A “Jen in a Bottle” recording for support outside of regular calls
• The Creative Haven’s lovely web page with resources, handouts and recordings
• First peeks at sections of my yet-unnamed book as I write it (due out in 2012)
• Special pricing on Inspired Home Office courses

Not only do you receive a total of 10 hours of real-time, live support from me each month, you also have access to past recordings, bonus handouts and readings for your space maintenance, life goals and creative projects.

What it looks like

The Creative Haven is not a class, but an ongoing community where you can find support, ideas, and encouragement.

Want to peek?

• There’s a private membership site where you can meet your peers, introduce yourself, access recordings and goodies, and view the calendar.
• There’s one or more live sessions every week – to check in, to keep you on track, to encourage and motivate you.
• There are several recorded sessions you can listen to any time. You’ll have access to the entire archive of past interviews and calls since May 2011.
• The schedule changes a little month to month, since each month has either 4 or 5 Wednesdays. You always have 2 Office Spa Days, 2 Work Parties, and 1 expert call. With few exceptions, classes are held on Wednesdays at 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern (your time zone). When you subscribe, you get access to the full calendar.

A Sample Month

Sample week 1:

• Wednesday: One-hour Top o’ the Month planning session with worksheet (Wed 9am Pacific/12pm Eastern) – recorded for later listening

Sample week 2:

• Wednesday: Two-hour Office Spa Day (Wed 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern)
• Thursday: A Q&A with Jen (times TBA – recorded for later listening)

Sample week 3:

• Wednesday: A two-hour Work Party (Wed 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern)

Sample week 4:

• Wednesday: A two-hour Work Party (Wed 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern)

What you can expect

Progress. By participating, you reserve time to work on important stuff you’re likely to put off or lose track of — and generate the motivation to complete it. You feel like you’re getting somewhere.

Support. You get weekly support from me personally, plus planning time and expert input. Bring your organizing struggles, your work projects, your relationship with time, your questions, your dreams. All of you. You will be met with compassion, encouragement, and smarts.

Fun with a purpose. The calls are a breath of fresh air. You get your projects and workspace back on track, working in alignment — and actually enjoy it! We focus on…

• Setting goals every month so you know where you’re headed
• Keeping your projects moving
• Keeping your work/creative space clear
• Making tedious stuff enjoyable and meaningful

Amazing peers. I can’t say enough good things about the vibrant, insightful, creative, wise women who are a part of this group. I can’t believe I get to spend time every week with such smart, soulful people. Their participation benefits everyone else in The Creative Haven community, including me.

I am in the Creative Haven program, and it is BEYOND AWESOME. Much productivity happens! Working with Jen has revolutionized my space & the way I work. @AmnaAhmad

Who participates

We’re currently have over 40 members — vibrant, insightful, creative women who are also…

• Cluttered creatives
• Overwhelmed idealists
• Distractable visionaries who seek wise, sincere, humorous help getting where they’re going
• Smart people who are baffled that they don’t have it all together by now
• Semi or fully self-employed folks — and creative folks who wish they were
• Fun, over-committed, big-hearted people just like you

Cost

$38 per month.

For comparison, one 2-hour Office Spa Day currently costs $40.

The Creative Haven includes the equivalent of five Office Spa Days, plus bonus goodies and could be priced over $200 a month.

Check your intuition. Are you ready to commit to 2-3 calls per month? Are you ready to put yourself first? You’re worth it!

Still have questions?

If you want to finally feel some balance in your life , momentum with your projects, and progress in your workspace, I hope you’ll consider joining The Creative Haven.

If you have questions, feel free to email or give me a call. I’d be honored to be a part of your journey toward balance, momentum, and compassionate structure in your life.

Are you ready for inspired momentum?

$38/month

Click here for the fabulous January 2012 Rest and Nourish Series, too!

Payment details (please read): Once you complete the payment process, your payment will recur monthly on the same date and you may cancel your membership to The Creative Haven at any time. For best results, 3-6 months’ participation is recommended.

1. When you click on the button to register, you will be transferred to PayPal to complete the payment process.

2. Once you’ve completed the payment process, select “Return to Inspired Home Office” on the PayPal page. Your membership will be activated instantly, and you’ll be given the opportunity to register a username and password. You have one day to do this, so don’t wait.

You’ll also get an email with instructions on how to register your username and password, just in case you missed the instructions after checkout. That email will be sent to your PayPal email address.

3. Once you’ve completed checkout and registered a username and password, you’ll be able to login here: http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/community

4. If you ever want to cancel your membership, log in to your PayPal account and retrieve the original record for your subscription. Open it, and click “cancel subscription”.

Get inspired momentum today!

$38/month

I can’t wait to spend time with you in this space-clearing, heart-expanding community!

Warmly,
Jennifer