Eleanor O’Rourke
Eleanor O’Rourke began her career as a road manager in the music business. Working with a team of creative people gave her an insight into the way creative energy works. When it flows well, there is synchronicity, brilliance, and even genius. When it doesn’t flow, there is stress, drama, and burn-out.
She then went on to run a successful marketing company, doing product launches and sales promotions for corporate clients. Here, she observed the way creative energy dissipates in more process-led, risk-averse businesses.
She is now passionate about awakening people to their own creative spirit, while at the same time debunking many of the old concepts around creativity – eg that it is an exclusive gift available to a few special individuals, or that it only applies to a narrow niche of career eg advertising, media or interior design. She believes everyone has a creative spirit, but many have lost touch with this aspect of themselves – either through the willingness to conform, desire for validation, or fear of vulnerability.
People everywhere are becoming aware that our methodical minds are too slow to cope with the ever-increasing speed at which the world is turning. We have an epidemic in stress, anxiety, and depression. Exhaustion is the order of the day, but slowing down is often not an option.
The answer lies in accessing our inner creative flow. Doing this reduces our reliance on adrenaline and increases our intuitive decision-making capabilities. Instead of trying to control life, we can learn to flow with it, which is a far more sustainable option in a fast-changing world.
Eleanor has over thirty years experience in a variety of modalities, including NLP, Psychology of Vision, and is a certified archetype consultant trained by Caroline Myss. She is the author of four books on various aspects of the creative process.
• 40 Days 40 Nights - one woman's quest to reclaim her creative mojo.
• Breakdown - a rebel's take on depression
• The Freedom Project - how to find contentment in a crazy world
• Flow without the F*ckery - wake up your killer creativity