How to fall and get back up again

why learning to recover from mistakes builds creative confidence

We’ve been watching the Olympic ice skating.

Comfortable couch, peppermint tea, watching with awe as they glide, twirl, jump, pirouette, spin…and fall. When they fall we scream and cover our eyes. But they’re usually up again, often with the next breath, back into their routines as if nothing happened.

Falling isn’t failure, not when you manage to get up again.

This week’s Creativity Helm newsletter is about how that ability to move on from a fall is exactly what I work on with my music students, and why creative confidence isn’t about avoiding mistakes but about trusting you can stand up again when they happen.