4.12 Soraya Abdel-Hadi: Finding My Creative Voice through Nature
Action point: All the Elements, the CIC founded by today's guest. Go to alltheelements.co and have a look around at their resources pages, the directory and everything they’re doing and have coming up. You can also find them on Instagram and Twitter @alltheelements_
Today I’m speaking with Soraya Abdel-Hadi. Soraya is a powerhouse of creativity. She is an award-winning writer, artist, and advocate for women and diversity in the UK outdoors. She believes in taking a holistic approach to making the world a better place, and writes about sustainability, nature and adventure travel. Soraya is Lonely Planet Sustainable Storyteller 2021 and founder of the All The Elements – a community working to increase diversity in the UK outdoors.
Soraya’s journey into her creativity and how she came to combine her love of writing with her love of nature and the outdoors
How she inspires and engages with her creativity through multiple mediums
How burnout inspired her to create more
What working for a magazine taught her about her creativity
Finding her voice through blogging
The power of creative community
How her interactions with nature influence her creativity
The power of storytelling
Her work with All the Elements
And so much more
This was such a rich conservation and, for me personally, highlights why I love having these conversations so much - it was all about nature, creativity and all of their connections and intersections.
To find out more about Soraya and her work you can go to www.soraya.earth or @sorayaearth on Twitter and Instagram.
As always, I’m on www.promptedbynature.co.uk, Insta @prompted.by.nature Twitter @promptedxnature and facebook @promptedbynature
Happy listening!
Helen x
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In this prompt, I encourage you to try something new - painting, sculpting, writing, sewing! Life is about variety and we can nourish our creatives selves by trying out lots of different things, something Soraya spoke of in the conversation.
Let me know what you try and how it helps you in your main creative practice.
Happy creating!
Helen x
