✨🦋✨ Everything starts with an idea... and a willingness to transform. From Dreamer to Doer, to becoming who you're meant to be.
At the beginning of 2025, I didn’t set resolutions, I set an intention...
I ran a creative workshop and chose my North Star Word of the Year: METAMORPHOSIS
Not a goal... a guide.
A filter for decisions, a spark for creativity, and a reminder to stretch beyond my comfort Zone as this is where the magic happens.
Now, over 6 months on, I can see how much that one word has shaped my year, and for those I've worked with too.
This is your midyear reflect and reset..
Discover Your North Star Word
How's your year unfolding? Are your ideas, hopes and dreams becoming reality?
If you’re ready for a fresh focus, my online Word of The Year Creative Workshop will guide you through my 3-step strategy with VisualDoodle™ templates and short on-demand video lessons to:
💬 CONNECT – with what you want to nurture
💬 CHOOSE – your word through playful, creative discovery
💬 CREATE – a poster to keep your word visible and actinable
✨ Perfect for a midyear reset, I'm offering 50% off until 31t July.
👉 Get The Word of The Year Creative Workshop - 50% off
Nurture Your Zest
This year I joined Ashleigh King for a second guest appearance on her #NurtureYourZest podcast.
We talked about:
✨ METAMORPHOSIS, and why I chose this as my guiding word
✨ How we all belong on the visual imagination scale (from Aphantasia to Hyperphantasia)
✨ Why giving your ideas a visual voice changes everything
This insightful episode might just spark your next step...
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But/Because Butterflies
At WOW Gathering, I ran two 'Create Your Dream Life' workshops - turning doodled intentions into a magical transformations.
We created But/Because Butterflies as a playful way to flip negative self-talk and dream BIG. Turning " I'd love to ___ BUT..." into "I'd love to ___ BECAUSE..."
The magic happens, when you get clear on what you want in life. When each participant held up their Dream Catcher Card, they visualised their future as if the metamorphosis had already taken place... their smiles said it all!
“Ann’s lovely workshop helped me realise that my ideas were viable and valid… and that I could restart my journey to being self-employed after having lost confidence through illness and other losses.” – Suzanne Milbourne
🎥 Watch My Time-lapse Transformation Video
✨🦋✨ What a phenominal six months! ✨🦋✨
This year has been a magical metamorphosis, personally and professionally - for me, my clients, and the connections I’ve supported.
From speaking on stages to leading creative workshops... hosting my 15th Daydream & Doodle Day in Darlington... co-creating VisionTrees™ with 1:1 clients... and so much more in between.
And the metamorphosis is still unfolding...
You don’t need to have it all figured out.
You just need to believe... and begin.
Together, let's IGNITE IDEAS!
Ann English
Visual Strategist | TEDx Speaker | Author
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