a creative woman
daring to make your creative dreams more real...

Below you can read an article Detta's Coach Jill Badonsky wrote about 
her in her monthly museletter.

KAIZEN-MUSE CREATIVITY COACH FROM THE U.K

Berni Darnell (Detta) is our first Certified Kaizen-Muse Creativity
Coach from the U.K. She is a warm, whimsical, witty and wonderfully
wise woman brimming with creative abundance.  We are honored
that she went through the KMCC training.

What is the creative scene like in the UK?
It’s good and getting better all the time!  Creativity seems to be the ‘buzz’
word at the moment and I am meeting so many people who want to know
more about creativity and all the ways that it can enhance their lives.  They
might want to create with colour, with words, music or whatever it is that
makes their life more creative.  That is why the Kaizen-Muse tools are so great
– they help people find out what they love, what they are good at and set them
off the creative path to doing a bit more of what they love.  Having Dr Robert
Maurer and his book One small step can change your life - the Kaizen Way,
in conjunction with yours Nine Muses & a Bodyguard, really helped cement
the whole concept of Kaizen and Creativity working so well together.
I have met people from all parts of the UK and over the Internet who are
interested in the creative process and it’s just lovely to know that there are
real communities – pockets of creative support – everywhere.

What was it like taking training in that originated in the US?
Exciting!  I loved it despite the 2am calls.  My lovely group of Kaizen Muse
coachee’s were just the best.  The calls worked really well, as did the really
helpful teleclasses.  They gave me such a rich source of inspiration and they
still do.  I started out tentatively with a group of people I didn’t know, and have
ended up with a wonderful group of supportive friends who are inspiring
and motivating.  We really cheer each other on and are delighted for each other’s
successes.  I am just over the moon and honoured to be the UK’s first Kaizen
Muse Creativity Coach!

What will you specialize in?
I am passionate about helping people to rediscover what they love – what
their creative dreams are and to help to create a life around those dreams. 
I seem to be specializing in mid-lifers, men and women who have never had
the time or resources to explore their inner gifts.  I am helping them to say
YES it’s my turn now!  I like to bring in life purpose numbers which is based
on their birth number and the challenges and opportunities these
numbers present.  This ties in beautifully with Kaizen Muse Creativity
Coaching to uncover blocks, fears and other stuff we don’t always understand.
We then have a creative platform from which we can begin to take the small
steps to make our creative dreams more real.  Age along with wart’s wrinkles
and wobbly bits are no impediment to living a life you love!

Best advice:
The best advice to help me step confidently into the direction of my dreams
has been from one of the Kaizen Muse Tools and is ‘just do it anyway’
followed closely by‘it’s close enough’.  This advice opened up a whole new
creative side to me.  It helped me to look at procrastination, perfectionism and
not feeling good enough.  When I employ this advice, I am able to explore my
love of colour, words, and messy art with glee.  It helps me to begin the creative
process instead of just thinking about it. I learned so much about self sabotage
from Kaizen Muse Creativity Coaching, and the tools to overcome it, 
This is where Dr Robert Maurer's work really helped me.  Prior to hearing
about his work I wasn't aware of how our brains can become wired and
what we can do about that.I just can’t imagine what my life would be
like without my Kaizen Muse Creative Coaches toolbox. 
I love the freedom of creating things that don’t have to be perfect, the liberating
effect of saying no, and the joy of saying yes more.  Kaizen Muse Creativity
Coaching has encouraged me to turn a 30 year pipe dream into an exciting
reality this year with the gorgeous Dare to Dream Retreats on the beautiful
island of Kefalonia in Greece. I t really is a place to escape to for a bit to take
stock and see what you want the next part of your life to be!

Favourite Creative Achievement:
My favourite creative achievement would be my Dare to Dream Retreats,
also a new range of little Wish You cards, some lovely altered journals
I have made, a gorgeous poem I have written and made into a booklet and
sitting down to write a book – Six and a half ways to live a life you love .....
see I’ve become so creative I can’t make up my  mind which one is my greatest
achievement, when you open up to all the possibilities that the creative process
brings, all sorts of magical things begin to happen!  So I guess to nail it,
my favourite creative achievement would be having become a Kaizen
Muse Creativity Coach who has made creativity a way of life.