by Orna Ross | Jun 4, 2025 | Go Creative! |
In this episode, we unpack “creative presence”—the simple, moment-to-moment awareness that silences self-criticism, steadies focus, and primes the brain for the hallowed state of flow. Discover the neuroscience linking presence to peak creativity, hear small practices...
by Orna Ross | May 31, 2025 | Go Creative! |
When waves of sorrow or stress are assailing us, how do we keep ourselves from being pulled under? In this profoundly personal episode, I record from the riptides of bereavement—my mother passed a month ago—to show how creatives and creativists can transmute every...
by Orna Ross | Mar 20, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, The Rest |
This is a post I wish I didn't have to write. As you may already know, my mother was recently diagnosed with an inoperable brain aneurysm. The medics have explained that this lesion will eventually rupture and bleed, ending her life — but they can’t say when. It could...
by Orna Ross | Feb 28, 2025 | The Rest |
A Creative Retreat in an Extraordinary Setting We are thrilled to welcome you to the Creative Retreat at Rossnaree House, a magnificent country house, working farm, and artist’s studio steeped in history, art, and creative inspiration. Set on a 200-acre estate,...
by Orna Ross | Feb 19, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, The Rest |
Big social media news this week — Orna Ross Publications is moving to Pinterest I’m moving away from Facebook and Instagram due to Zuckerberg’s recent elimination of fact-checkers and general Trumpery. (I left X when Elon Musk bought it). It's been a difficult...