Where Flow Science Meets Wellbeing
Helping coaches, therapists, and wellbeing professionals discover how flow states unlock our brain’s creative problem-solving power.
You know that feeling when you’re completely absorbed and everything flows effortlessly? When time disappears, self-doubt fades, and you feel fully alive? That’s the flow state and it can be intentionally cultivated. As an artist and accredited therapist (BABCP/NCPS) with 24+ years experience, I’ve discovered the unique power of flow states.
Why Flow?
Why Flow, Why Now?
When we’re stressed or anxious, our thinking becomes rigid and narrow – exactly when we need creative solutions most. Flow states do something remarkable: they help us move beyond that locked-down, anxious brain and activate our natural creative problem-solver.
But flow offers even more than just better thinking. In flow, we enter a timeless, effortless state where self-consciousness and anxiety fade away. This is when we achieve our greatest work. It’s when ideas flow naturally, performance feels easy, and we’re fully present with what matters most.
These flow experiences can be intentionally cultivated. We can learn to access flow at will.
Whether you’re helping clients break through stuck patterns or need to unlock your own creative problem-solving and peak performance when it matters most, flow science offers practical, evidence-based tools that complement any wellbeing approach.
Research shows that understanding flow triggers and blockers, helps you access this state more frequently and reliably, turning occasional peak moments into a consistent resource for both you and your clients.
Flow Science Resources
Flow Tools
Practical Tools For Wellbeing Professionals
Weekly Creative Practice LIVE
Every Sunday I hold a LIVE creative practice session on YouTube.
Weekly Newsletter
Every Sunday I send out The Weekly Process with a round up of that week’s finds in flow and emotions.
Who This Is For
Is This You?
feeling disconnected
You feel disconnected from the creative spark you once had, or you’re ready to explore creativity but don’t know where to start.
Professional creative challenges
You’re a professional creative experiencing blocks, burnout, or seeking deeper meaning in your creative pursuits.
midlife creative awakening
You want to reclaim your creative identity alongside life’s other demands and harness the unique advantages of midlife creativity.
About me
Your Guide to Creative Flow
I’m Donna Bottomley – an accredited therapist (BABCP/NCPS), author, and musician who specialises in the intersection of wellbeing and creativity. I combine evidence-based therapeutic approaches with music and creativity research, and particularly the new science of flow states in my work.
Having navigated my own midlife creative transformation, I understand both the challenges and the immense potential of this life stage. My work is grounded in flow research while honouring the deeply personal nature of creative expression.
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My Courses
I find that expressive writing and Free Writing help me to access flow and manage the emotions of the week just gone. I’ve put together an in-depth course on how to use writing to offload, process and get in the zone.
Testimonials
What Clients say
Here are some snippets from the incredible people I have met on my journey.
“Thank you for giving me back my life”
“Donna was amazing!”
“I’m so glad you are doing this”
