At Grow Me A Story we prepare a place to welcome, to receive, and to encourage. We help people find their creative voice and help cultivate the vision the Creator has given them to create.
Creativity is hidden everywhere, in every person, waiting to be revealed, empowered, supported, celebrated.
Hello Friends...
Welcome to
Grow Me A Story
We are Paul and Carol, your Creativity Cultivators, and we are here to share tools with you to help you live a more creative life.
Click below to find out what Grow Me A Story is all about.
Fertile Ground Blog
Paul and Carol each share a weekly blog post about different facets of how they live a creative life.
Dreams and Bones Podcast
Dreams and Bones interviews different people who talks about living a creative life, and how their experiences throughout life have helped them be the creative person they are today.
Day Retreats in the Garden for Adults
In the summer of 2024, Grow Me A Story will offer five different Day Retreats for Adults, held in the Grow Me A Story Garden.
Grow Your Creativity Kid's Camps
Grow Me A Story has three different camps over the summer, focusing on theater, music, art and storytelling. A strong emphasis on performance is also a part of the week.
Explore Your Creativity Classes
Fall 2023
Winter, Spring
2024
Grow Me A Story offers after school classes to explore creativity and performance.
Artist in Residence Program for Schools
Grow Me A Story provides schools the opportunity to experience different kinds of theater and performing experiences.
You can join our email list and get to know us. As part of our list, you will receive two blog posts a week, one from Paul and one from Carol.
Creativity Cultivators
As Creativity Cultivators, Paul and Carol will help you till your creative soil by providing tools and resources to water and fertilize the seeds of creativity within. As your inner soil becomes rich and organic, Paul and Carol provide guidance as you tend your creativity, nurture your stories, and watch your dreams grow, bloom and flourish.
Our Mission
Our Mission is to create a virtual community for those seeking to deepen the joy and meaning that come from practicing the art of creative living.
Your Creativity Matters
Everyone is creative, and their creativity matters. We are here to help you develop some tools to make it possible to create and put that creation out in the world.
Vicki M.
Carol is the perfect facilitator for the Artist's Way. She takes something that could be intimidating and makes everyone feel immediately at ease. She invites participation but never pressures. She shares freely her own thoughts and insight while encouraging others to share theirs. She leads the group with a genuine artist's spirit and value of the creative process, along with vulnerability, humor, caring, and fun.
Christy W.
Being a part of the Grow Me a Story Creative Community has provided just the inspiration and structure I needed to get back to writing on an ongoing basis. It has also given me a gentle nudge into exploring creativity in my life. The Zoom class with The Artist's Way book and the support from the Creative Community is just what I have needed to change the focus of my creative life.
April L.
I recently participated in a 12-week Artist’s Way gathering led by Carol. She created an environment in which everyone felt safe, felt heard, felt appreciated. Ideas and dialogue flowed easily, and unique perspectives were freely shared and explored. It was one of the most enriching small group experiences I have ever had, with the added benefit of all six members becoming close friends at the end.
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There are five ways we focus to help you cultivate the creative life.
Sowing Seeds
Free write three pages of stream of consciousness in longhand for your eyes only. This helps you stop the negative thinking and resistance that stops you from creating. It also helps you find your authentic self and find inspiration for future creative endeavors.
Creative Rendezvous
Take yourself on a fun and playful outing each week. A one to two hour outing all by yourself. This is to provide inspiration. This can be done in your home or outside your home. The main goal is to have fun.
Weekly Awareness
Take as least twenty minutes each week, by yourself, to become aware of what is happening around you. This can happen by sitting near a window and watching the world outside. You can take a solo walk and look around at what is going on around you. Use all five senses to take in the world around you. Think about what you experienced.
The Creator Connection
Be open to connecting with The Creator, God, the spiritual side of creativity. The Creator of the Universe wants to connect with you and birth a creation through you. But you need to stop and listen and let the work be created.
Creative Community
Find or form a group of fellow creatives to meet with on a regular basis for encouragement.
