When Your Spark Feels Dim: How to Rebuild Your Creative Fire During Heavy Times

If your spark feels dim lately — like your creative light has gone out and your nervous system just can’t carry one more thing — you’re not alone.

The world feels heavy right now. Truly heavy.
The heartbreak, the chaos, the cost of caring… it’s a lot. And for deeply feeling humans — empaths, HSPs, ADHDers, creatives, soulful leaders — that weight hits even deeper in the body.

This isn’t just burnout.
It’s depletion of meaning.
It’s disconnection from your values.
It’s losing touch with what once made you feel alive… and dare I say, cosmically aligned.

And if that’s you? You're in the right place.

The Question That Cracked Us Open

Inside The Get Sh*t Done Club I recently asked everyone:

“What are you shedding to make more room?”

Their answers cracked me open:

• shedding despair

• shedding misaligned clients

• shedding self-doubt

• shedding the constant content consumption that kills hope
  

This question matters because rebuilding your spark requires margin — intentional space. Room to breathe. Room to feel. Room to remember who you are.

Without space, nothing new can root.

Triage for a Dim Spark

If you’re feeling tender or fried or just “off,” consider this your spark-triage. Small shifts. Nervous system care. Meaning over hustle.

1. Shed Something Small

Let go of one thing today that drains you — a habit, an obligation, a “should,” even a thought pattern.

Every “no” creates oxygen.

When I feel my brain drifting toward despair or doom, I literally stop myself and say (out loud if I have to): “NOT TODAY, SATAN.”

It interrupts the spiral.
It grounds me back into choice.
And it reminds me that Future Andrea can handle future problems. She’s got it.

2. Revisit Your Non-Negotiables

What actually keeps your wellbeing fortified? What keeps your nervous system regulated?

Rest.
Nature.
Laughter.
Water.
Movement.
Quiet.

This is not the season to let these become optional. They’re the scaffolding your spark needs to rebuild.

3. Become a Micro-Joy Treasure Hunter

Joy doesn’t have to be loud or performative.
It can be:

• the way sunlight hits your coffee

• a ridiculous laugh with a friend

• a deep exhale after holding your breath for days
  

Micro-joys are fuel. They remind your system that goodness still exists. Look for them. Hunt them. They’re everywhere.

4. Remember Who the F*ck You Are

When your light feels dim, return to your Zone of Genius — the work, play, creativity, or relationships that remind you of your impact.

Re-read old testimonials or messages of gratitude.
Revisit moments where you felt proud, capable, in your power.

True story: I had a slower coaching week and was spiraling into “I’m not doing enough.” So I opened my projects list and chose the task titled Organize Testimonial Library.
Nothing snaps you back into your brilliance like reading the receipts of your own impact. ;)

Often the spark isn’t gone. We’ve just lost sight of what lights us up.

5. Co-Regulate and Reconnect

When your nervous system is fried, your instinct might be to isolate. Resist that urge.

Being in community — in rooms where your spark is witnessed — is medicine.
Courage is contagious.
Aliveness is contagious.
Hope is contagious.

This is exactly what we practice inside The Get Sh*t Done Club: resourcing, co-regulating, experimenting, and actually executing in real time.

If Your Light Feels Dim, Come Get Resourced

Your spark isn’t gone, friend. It just needs oxygen — especially right now.

If you want a place that supports your creativity, your nervous system, your joy, your leadership, and your momentum?

👉 Join The Get Sh*t Done Club
Come get witnessed, supported, and re-sparked.