Use your voice & take courageous action.

Hi.
​Between those struck by the pandemic (including some of my family members!), the political news, the protests, and the stark divide in our country around deeply rooted racism, life has gotten intense and stressful for most of us.


​I've been listening and absorbing, aiming to educate myself and, honestly, taking a deep dive into self-care.
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I believe and have experienced that the power of an individual's determined intent can become as influential as the power of 10,000. But we must start within ourselves first. This is how nurturing creativity and living an inspired life can impact the world. Being creative isn't just about expressing yourself and doodling for fun.

It's about getting in touch with your humanity, once you dig deeper than the muck or darkness--that we all have--and pulling out your Greater Self to face the challenges of our world.

Let's make the world a better place by starting with ourselves. Let's battle through our own weakness through practicing positive mindset and affirmations.

Here's a positive affirmation I created for one of my original nature product designs that I look at every single day:

"Your view of yourself will follow the lead of your courageous action."

Sometimes I don't feel courageous or hopeful. But by taking positive action, I train myself to be positive and proactive. I win over myself through action.

I cannot change others. I can only work on myself and my personal contribution to make the world a little better from my own little corner of it.

I've been creating Facebook Live video messages to clarify what YourCreativeChord offers, as a source for inspiration and hope, and to feature my nature-inspired products.

Click here to see my video taking you behind the scenes in my workspace to show how I keep myself strong and positive in the face of struggle and historic turmoil.

Click here to join me in my morning routine and to learn why what I do impacts not only my wellness, but how I show up in the world.

I've also been posting Live videos in my new Facebook Creative Memorial Planning Group about alternatives to traditional funeral planning. If you want to learn more about how to prepare a meaningful, earth-friendly, cost-reducing, personalized memorial with less or zero religious or funeral business involvement, you can join my group here.

Living an inspired and victorious life leads to a victorious death. The Buddhist teacher, Nichiren, taught that to understand life, one must understand death.

This theme underlies my personal mission to share creative memorial planning options through my Facebook group, webinar, ebook, and through one on one consultations.

​I feel my services and education about these creative memorial options are especially relevant during this historically challenging time of the 2020 pandemic, economic situation, and the protests aimed at transforming deeply rooted racism.

I've been proactively taking my business online, especially with Facebook, so if you want to connect with me there, you can click here.

I hope you're encouraged and emboldened by this message and from watching my Facebook Live video. May my messages inspire you to keep taking care of yourself.

This is how you'll forge your inner strength and the deep conviction that each action you take to polish your life becomes a meaningful and necessary addition to the ocean of our collective humanity.

Stay strong and stay well and follow the lead of your courageous action.

Jenny Leigh Hodgins 🎶💃🌻

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Nature and positive affirmation designs by Jenny Leigh Hodgins available by clicking this image.