Michelle James
@creativeemergence.bsky.social
Founder, The Center for Creative Emergence www.creativeemergence.com. I help leaders and groups create what's next. Facilitator, designer, artist, improviser, author: Pattern Breaks: A Facilitator's Guide to Cultivating Creativity patternbreaks.com
Giving Thanks Online Feastival! 11/26 11:00a-12:30p ET
It's free! The 90-minute Online Feastival Experience: opening practice to create a gratitude field, gratitude engagement process, closing ritual. Bonus: A Free Whole-Brain Gratitude Practices PDF! lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/LCCaZeH
It's free! The 90-minute Online Feastival Experience: opening practice to create a gratitude field, gratitude engagement process, closing ritual. Bonus: A Free Whole-Brain Gratitude Practices PDF! lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/LCCaZeH
Giving Thanks Online Feastival
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November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Giving Thanks Online Feastival! 11/26 11:00a-12:30p ET
It's free! The 90-minute Online Feastival Experience: opening practice to create a gratitude field, gratitude engagement process, closing ritual. Bonus: A Free Whole-Brain Gratitude Practices PDF! lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/LCCaZeH
It's free! The 90-minute Online Feastival Experience: opening practice to create a gratitude field, gratitude engagement process, closing ritual. Bonus: A Free Whole-Brain Gratitude Practices PDF! lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/LCCaZeH
9/6. 10am-4:30pm ET. DC area. creativeemergence.com/storytelling3 workshop for those in a work/life transition, ready to start creating ur next..but may u not be sure what that is. Working w stories helps us extract opportunities from challenges, express more of who we are, and craft a new chapter
August 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
9/6. 10am-4:30pm ET. DC area. creativeemergence.com/storytelling3 workshop for those in a work/life transition, ready to start creating ur next..but may u not be sure what that is. Working w stories helps us extract opportunities from challenges, express more of who we are, and craft a new chapter
A chick's birthing process starts w making a hole in the shell. Then unzipping the shell. Then hatching - wh can take up to 24 hrs & is laborious but essential for its health. Similarly, there's a purpose to laboring thru messiness of our creatv process for our brain & creativity #creativityismessy
August 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A chick's birthing process starts w making a hole in the shell. Then unzipping the shell. Then hatching - wh can take up to 24 hrs & is laborious but essential for its health. Similarly, there's a purpose to laboring thru messiness of our creatv process for our brain & creativity #creativityismessy
August 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
August 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Honored to be a guest on the Create and Grow Your Brain Capital podcast. In this episode on Cultivating Creative and Cognitive Flexibility we explore using applied improv for navigating uncertainty, tapping into creativity, leading with agility, and more bit.ly/4mj5rbn
Episode #141 Cultivating Creative and Cognitive Flexibility to Build Brain Capital
播客单集 · The Create and Grow Your Brain Capital Podcast · 2025/08/06 · 50 分钟
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August 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Honored to be a guest on the Create and Grow Your Brain Capital podcast. In this episode on Cultivating Creative and Cognitive Flexibility we explore using applied improv for navigating uncertainty, tapping into creativity, leading with agility, and more bit.ly/4mj5rbn
Facilitating creativity w a group incl creating an environment of receptivity w them - getting thm out of resistance & into receptive mode. Enhancing receptivity starts w safety. These 3 types create a lab for low-risk, low-stakes practice to prepare for high-risk, high-stakes real life situations
August 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Facilitating creativity w a group incl creating an environment of receptivity w them - getting thm out of resistance & into receptive mode. Enhancing receptivity starts w safety. These 3 types create a lab for low-risk, low-stakes practice to prepare for high-risk, high-stakes real life situations
Feedback from a scientist participant in the last Nonverbal Creativity Retreat. Next one will be in the fall. There's something beautiful in the spaciousness that emerges when someone feels safe...when the judge/evaluator takes a back seat for a while.
August 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Feedback from a scientist participant in the last Nonverbal Creativity Retreat. Next one will be in the fall. There's something beautiful in the spaciousness that emerges when someone feels safe...when the judge/evaluator takes a back seat for a while.
July 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Mandala making's proven to have a profound impact on fostering inner peace, beyond stress relief & into deeper layers of who we are. We/ll practice emergent mandala making - creating both the structure & details as you go. Leave w a unique mandala you created. $27
www.creativeemergence.com/mandala
www.creativeemergence.com/mandala
July 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Mandala making's proven to have a profound impact on fostering inner peace, beyond stress relief & into deeper layers of who we are. We/ll practice emergent mandala making - creating both the structure & details as you go. Leave w a unique mandala you created. $27
www.creativeemergence.com/mandala
www.creativeemergence.com/mandala
Yesterday I facilitated "Improv for Connection, Communication & Co-Creation" workshop for an HR team in DC. Some patterns that emerged frm the debriefs inclded playfulness keeps spirits up, whole-brain engagement expands creativity & possibilities & applied improv creates a generative container
July 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Yesterday I facilitated "Improv for Connection, Communication & Co-Creation" workshop for an HR team in DC. Some patterns that emerged frm the debriefs inclded playfulness keeps spirits up, whole-brain engagement expands creativity & possibilities & applied improv creates a generative container
July 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My latest emergent mandala - hand drawn with Prismacolor colored pencils. I made a one-min video of the emergence process. #handdrwn #coloredpencils #mandalas #emergence
July 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My latest emergent mandala - hand drawn with Prismacolor colored pencils. I made a one-min video of the emergence process. #handdrwn #coloredpencils #mandalas #emergence
My latest mandala, handdrawn with prismacolor pencils. #prismacolorpencils #emergentmandala #orignalart
June 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My latest mandala, handdrawn with prismacolor pencils. #prismacolorpencils #emergentmandala #orignalart
I’m honored to be one of the speakers at the free online Own Your Power, Lead Your Way Summit! My interview is up today. bit.ly/45MDByy 22 speakers topics such as inner work, your emotional brain, impostor syndrome, trauma transformation, creativity, presence, resilience, change, self-trust & more.
June 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I’m honored to be one of the speakers at the free online Own Your Power, Lead Your Way Summit! My interview is up today. bit.ly/45MDByy 22 speakers topics such as inner work, your emotional brain, impostor syndrome, trauma transformation, creativity, presence, resilience, change, self-trust & more.
Each hiking trail is different. In thinking about types of trails & how they relate to life:
• rocky trails require more of us
• meet the challenging parts whr they are
• up-level mindsets & skills to navigate the rocks
• we can choose to learn, grow & build "rock resilience" in the challnging parts
• rocky trails require more of us
• meet the challenging parts whr they are
• up-level mindsets & skills to navigate the rocks
• we can choose to learn, grow & build "rock resilience" in the challnging parts
June 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Each hiking trail is different. In thinking about types of trails & how they relate to life:
• rocky trails require more of us
• meet the challenging parts whr they are
• up-level mindsets & skills to navigate the rocks
• we can choose to learn, grow & build "rock resilience" in the challnging parts
• rocky trails require more of us
• meet the challenging parts whr they are
• up-level mindsets & skills to navigate the rocks
• we can choose to learn, grow & build "rock resilience" in the challnging parts
My latest mandala, handdrawn with prismacolor pencils. #prismacolorpencils #emergentmandala #orignalart
June 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My latest mandala, handdrawn with prismacolor pencils. #prismacolorpencils #emergentmandala #orignalart
An upside to uncertainty in a world that associates certainty w safety is we're actually designed to engage the unknown. Watch a child learn to navigate everything new & uncertain to them - w so much aliveness. What if we used the open mindset and heartset of the child in approaching the unknown?
June 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
An upside to uncertainty in a world that associates certainty w safety is we're actually designed to engage the unknown. Watch a child learn to navigate everything new & uncertain to them - w so much aliveness. What if we used the open mindset and heartset of the child in approaching the unknown?
My latest craft...acrylic painting on a slate slab inside painted wood frame (w little blingy things from Michaels). Was thinking about how great it feels to paint, so finally made the time yesterday to clear out "studio space" in a room to do more painting. #meditativeart #handmade #gift
June 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My latest craft...acrylic painting on a slate slab inside painted wood frame (w little blingy things from Michaels). Was thinking about how great it feels to paint, so finally made the time yesterday to clear out "studio space" in a room to do more painting. #meditativeart #handmade #gift
Looking forward to being 1 of the speakers at the Own Your Power, Lead Your Way virtual summit, hosted by Melinda Alexander. FREE 2-week event. Leaders, coaches, authors sharing insights & creative practices for moving frm burnout to purpose, creativity, inspired service. Register at bit.ly/45MDByy
June 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Looking forward to being 1 of the speakers at the Own Your Power, Lead Your Way virtual summit, hosted by Melinda Alexander. FREE 2-week event. Leaders, coaches, authors sharing insights & creative practices for moving frm burnout to purpose, creativity, inspired service. Register at bit.ly/45MDByy
My latest mandala, handdrawn with prismacolor pencils. #prismacolorpencils #emergentmandala #orignalart
June 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
My latest mandala, handdrawn with prismacolor pencils. #prismacolorpencils #emergentmandala #orignalart
May 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
CREATIVE FACILITATION: TRUST BUILDING. How can u get the group to trust u w activities that r out of their comfort zone? These make a diff. for me in gaining trust & engagement from even the most reticent groups when moving into more “edge-pushing” activities. What else would u add? #trustbuilding
May 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
CREATIVE FACILITATION: TRUST BUILDING. How can u get the group to trust u w activities that r out of their comfort zone? These make a diff. for me in gaining trust & engagement from even the most reticent groups when moving into more “edge-pushing” activities. What else would u add? #trustbuilding
It's easy to talk the talk, until things get uncomfortable. In those times can either (1) shift ourselves (2) shift the situation or (3) shift a perspective. Sometimes it's just shifting something thru re-framing. What other re-frames can u add?
#generativereframes #creativethinking #movingforward
#generativereframes #creativethinking #movingforward
May 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It's easy to talk the talk, until things get uncomfortable. In those times can either (1) shift ourselves (2) shift the situation or (3) shift a perspective. Sometimes it's just shifting something thru re-framing. What other re-frames can u add?
#generativereframes #creativethinking #movingforward
#generativereframes #creativethinking #movingforward