A short and sweet missive

written while waiting for blood test results for my sick labrador

Hey there gorgeous,

Today’s post is a bit different to usual.

I am sitting here on the couch with my legs up, a cuppa and warm heater keeping me company, while I wait for some blood test results to come in for our black lab Shadow.

Shadow, as some of you may be aware, is a rather fragile girl and has been through a lot in her relatively short life. She has epilepsy which until today has been mostly kept under control through medication.

But this morning she started having multiple seizures, and so she’s now sitting in at the vets under ‘seizure watch’ while we sit here at home waiting to hear what the next possible steps are.

Shadow from when she was a little thing and I could carry her around on my hip

Which is all to say I am having difficulty contemplating doing work right now, and have been engaged in some rather aimless Instagram scrolling to keep my mind off things.

But what prompted me to write this particular flavour of newsletter today is a conversation I just had in my @quietcreativesacademy DMs.

Someone new to me and to this space asked me a question. She wanted to know, what my favourite thing was about helping Quiet Creatives.

And without thinking I said ‘seeing them be successful’.

I went on to explain:

*I’ve had multiple creatives who have worked with me grow their accounts significantly, one by 10k followers in 8 weeks.

*Multiple of my past clients have had Reels go viral with one even hitting 6mil views!

*I’ve had clients get profiled in magazines and showcased on TV programs.

*I’ve had clients get art exhibitions, be invited on podcasts and been interviewed for blogs.

*Most importantly I have seen women who have worked with me build out their businesses to become financially viable, flexible and sustainable, in terms of work\life balance.

These are women that are doing the work in ways that are authentic and true to themselves, and that are getting the results.

In a world that is big and brash and noisy and at times incredibly overwhelming, seeing women creatives quietly doing their own thing and helping them find success is I think, deeply important and rewarding work.

And being reminded of this is a worthy distraction until the loyal labrador is back home again and keeping my toes warm on the couch.

X Ilona