Boost Your Creativity Mindset Naturally

Hi everyone! Happy to welcome author Chrys Fey to the blog who has brought a few ideas along with her on how to do small things to help with your creative mindset. Please read on, and enjoy!

Writers live in the world of creativity. We thrive off it, seek it, and use it. But sometimes, creativity can be hard to come by. Our imagination can diminish, our ideas can disappear, our productivity can plummet, and we can suffer from writer’s block, the inability to produce new work. Wikipedia even defines it as a writer who “experiences a creative slow down.”

Let’s do all we can to prevent those slowdowns!

Here are 3 ways to boost your creativity naturally:

1. Colors

Colors have been associated with emotions for ages; pink with love and friendship, red with anger and passion, green with wealth and health, white with purity and protection.

You can use color to heighten any aspect you want, especially when it comes to your career. Think about your office and desk for a moment. Better yet, if you are there, take a look around. What colors do you see in the artwork and décor? What color is painted on the walls? Those colors could be influencing you while you work, either positively or negatively. And what colors you should have around you depends on your goal.

Take a look at the colors below and some of the things they can increase.

Pay special attention to the ones with asterisks (*) in front of them.

*Yellow – creativity, ideas, happiness

*Royal Blue – imagination, insight

*Indigo – mental power, serenity

Purple – ambition, wisdom

Red – courage, passion, energy

*Gold – business endeavors, financial gain

Orange – confidence, attraction

Green – growth, wealth

Pink – friendship, love, sociability

Black – power, wisdom

Brown – grounding in the physical world

Add art and décor to your office or to your desk in a color that symbolizes what you seek. For example: pale yellow walls for creativity, a royal blue candle for imagination, a gold vase (business endeavors) with indigo flowers (mental power).

Experiment even with wearing a color you want to associate with. If you want to attract new ideas, wear yellow. I even painted my nails yellow once and asked for ideas to help me with my current work-in-progress with each brush stroke. And it worked for me! Whatever you need, turn to the color chart for help.

For a deeper look into colors and their meanings check out:

Color Psychology and Art Therapy

2. Aroma

Aromatherapy is a real thing. The smell of lavender can calm a stressed mind. The smell of rosemary has been said to alleviate headaches, and eucalyptus is known for its healing properties in sick rooms.

I use aromas all the time to invigorate my brain and writing power. One of my favorites is cinnamon. This smell (as well as the spice) has been researched extensively and has been found to aid with memory and learning. My favorite method is to pour a few drops of cinnamon oil into an oil burner. This is the best way to get that mind-awakening scent in your office or throughout your house. But you can use candles, wax melts, or room spray.

TIP: Add a dash of cinnamon to your coffee grounds for a boost of mental power with your morning or afternoon cup of coffee.

Here are some aromas and what they can attract/stimulate:

Apple – happiness

Cedar – courage, protection

*Cinnamon – career success, wealth

Clove – prosperity, sexual desire, aids memory

Frankincense – psychic awareness

Gardenia – harmony, love

Ginger – balance, awareness

*Honeysuckle – mental clarity, communication

Lavender – relaxation, peace of mind

Pine – strength

Rose – love, lifts your spirits

*Rosemary – memory retention, mental sharpness

*Sandalwood – knowledge

For Example: if you need to remember answers to a test or words to a speech, burn rosemary oil or simply sniff a rosemary sprig every few minutes while you study.

Use aromas to get you into the state of mind you need.

TIP: You can even add a few drops of essential oils to your bath!

For more about aromas and their benefits check out:

Aromatherapy.com and Aromaweb.com

3. Gemstones

Stones harbor magical properties. Ancient civilizations used the power of crystals to release mental, physical, and spiritual blocks. And you can use crystals and gemstones for their energies, too. I have an amethyst on my desk that I like to hold whenever I sit down to write to clear my mind and prepare me for my task ahead. I even ask it to help my words flow. I also have a tiny clear quartz that I carry in my purse. I put this quartz in my pocket before I had to give my first speech as a writer, because clear quartz can help you to transmit ideas.

Below are some gemstones and a few of their associations:

Amber – protection, self-confidence

Amethyst – for meditation, calming emotions

*Aquamarine – stimulating creativity, for clarity and mental awareness

 *Coral – enhance intuition and creativity

*Quartz (clear) – retain information, to transmit ideas and energy

*Amazonite – concentration, creativity, attract success

*Aventurine – creativity, motivation, imagination, business success

Bloodstone – organization, courage

*Calcite – creativity, luck, problem resolution

*Carnelian – concentration, focus, action

*Citrine – creativity, clarity of thought

*Emerald – memory, business success, insight

*Garnet – inspiration, business success

Jade – concentration, wisdom

*Malachite – inspiration, money, success

Moonstone – hope, good fortune, new beginnings

Tiger Eye – communication, luck

Topaz – focus, power, clarity

Turquoise – courage, romantic love, healing

Put a crystal or two in your office near natural light so it can release its vibrations into the space. Or put some on your desk that you can touch or look at. While you hold them, think about which of its powers you need to call upon. For Example: hold garnet for inspiration or citrine for creativity. You can even wear one of these gemstones as a piece of jewelry.

TIP: If you buy a crystal or piece of jewelry, cleanse it with water and mild soap to wash away any negativity someone could’ve placed there by touching it before you.

For more about gemstones and their properties check out:

Energy Muse and Fire Mountain Gems

Incorporate one or all of these techniques into your space or writing ritual to boost your creativity naturally. Maybe it’s the law of attraction and positive thinking, or maybe it’s nature and spirit. Either way, if it works, that’s all the matters.

As writers, we can use all the help we can get!

Have you ever used color, aroma, or gemstones? Let us know in the comments!

Chrys Fey is the author of Write with Fey: 10 Sparks to Guide You from Idea to Publication. Catch the sparks you need to write, edit, publish, and market your book! From writing your novel to prepping for publication and beyond, you’ll find sparks on every page, including 100 bonus marketing tips.

Fey is an editor for Dancing Lemur Press and runs the Insecure Writer’s Support Group’s Goodreads book club. She is also the author of the Disaster Crimes series.

Visit her blog Write with Fey for more tips. @ChrysFey