Creativity

Creativity was part of Christy world long before she recognized it as a strength.

Growing up homeschooled without much television, she spent hours creating imaginative worlds. Using clay and beads, she sculpted tiny characters and invented stories for them to live inside. Her mind was constantly combining ideas and images in new ways.

But as Christy grew older, she slowly stopped thinking of herself as a creative person.

Even while pursuing dance and later building a career in advertising, she began to believe that Creativity belonged more naturally to others.

That perspective began to shift when Christy stepped into a new role at work. Instead of executing clearly defined projects, she was asked to help generate ideas and shape new approaches for clients.

At first, the open-ended nature of the work felt both energizing and uncomfortable. Creativity, she realized, requires something many workplaces rarely provide: time to think.

When she began giving herself that space, something familiar returned.

She noticed how naturally her mind moved between ideas, making connections and imagining possibilities. The creative instinct she remembered from childhood had never disappeared; it had simply been waiting for room to emerge again.

With each project, her confidence has grown. When a concept resonates, or a new idea works well, it reinforces something she is only beginning to fully recognize about herself.

Christy has also noticed that Creativity rarely stays contained within one person. When someone brings an idea forward, it often sparks others to contribute their own. Creativity, she believes, is contagious.

Looking back, she can see that Creativity was never missing. It had simply been overshadowed by a story she had quietly begun to believe.

Her advice is simple: pay attention to the assumptions you carry about what you can and cannot do. Often, those stories are more limiting than reality.

Sometimes Creativity begins with something as small as giving yourself permission to try.

“Every time I try something creative, and it works, it puts another coin in my confidence jar.”

- Christy