Allen C. Paul's Blog
March 11, 2025
Balancing Artistic Dreams and Financial Wisdom: A Guide for Faith-Driven Creatives
As creatives and entrepreneurs, we often find ourselves caught between two extremes when it comes to money: either viewing it as the root of all evil, or desperately chasing after it as the ultimate measure of success.
But what if there’s a middle ground?
A place where we can steward our finances wisely while still pursuing our God-given dreams?
We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Katie Jones, a certified Christian financial counselor, about this very topic. Her insights wil...
August 28, 2024
🎉The ONLY reason we’ve made it to 8 years [The Creative’s Checkup]
Today’s Checkup Includes…
Vital Signs Why Community is Our Core
Lab Work Start Over or Stick With It?
Consult Small Town = No Big Success?
Prescriptions Recommended Next Steps
More Ways to Thrive How to get more help
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VITAL SIGNS
WHY COMMUNITY IS OUR CORE
As my family enters a season where we’ll be focused on health and assisting with a loved one’s recovery, it has been so refreshing and a blessing to see how our friends and family have rallied around us.
As I ...
August 21, 2024
🙊 What They’re Saying About You [The Creative’s Checkup]
Today’s Checkup Includes…
Vital Signs Who are You…really?
Lab Work The Power of Social Proof
Consult What’s in a Name?
Prescriptions Recommended Next Steps
More Ways to Thrive How to get more help
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VITAL SIGNS
WHO ARE YOU…REALLY? 
It was both delightful and depressing.
If you want to know what could have prompted both of those emotions, it was the answers to a question I asked our community yesterday via email. If you answered it, thank you so much for helping ...
August 15, 2024
📣 Why I Picked NOW to be a Cheer Leader [The Creative’s Checkup]
Today’s Checkup Includes…
Vital Signs MIND – BODY – SPIRIT
Lab Work Become a Cheerleader
Consult Too Much Ministry?
Prescriptions What to Watch, Listen To, Read and Try Out Next
More Ways to Thrive Special offers, bonuses and cool things
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VITAL SIGNS
MIND – BODY – SPIRIT
With the impact of our discussions on health still reverberating, I’m not ready to move on to other topics.
I think the discussion of how our spiritual health links with our physical health dese...
August 9, 2024
🏩Going live NOW to talk about your health [Creative Checkup Conversation]
I know my last email might have rubbed you wrong, but I took a chance to get your attention.
Now we’re going live and I really pray you’ll watch now, or whenever you see this. The conversations could be a life-changer for you.
Join us on:
YouTube
Facebook or
or catch the replay on YouTube if you can watch later in the day.
But don’t miss this conversation.
Gratefully,
Allen
August 7, 2024
😳 The ONE Question NO Creative Wants to Ask [The Creative’s Checkup]
Today’s Checkup Includes…
Vital Signs A Time to STOP Creating?
Lab Work LinkedIn Love Affair
Consult How Can We Pray for You?
Prescriptions What to Watch, Listen To, Read and Try Out Next
More Ways to Thrive Special offers, bonuses and cool things
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VITAL SIGNS
TIME TO STOP CREATING?
One of our dedicated community members shared a question with me that I’m betting has been asked by many of us…but we were too scared to ask it.
“Is it OK to just NOT create for a...
August 2, 2024
😫 This was a terrible idea [LIVE Conversation today]
Reader, I once thought I should be a “Lone Ranger” kind of creative.
I thought the best artists were loners and stuck to themselves.
Boy was I wrong.
In fact, if you’re still going it alone in your creative life – not building communities of supporters or colleagues – you’re in for a rude awakening.
I’m going to show you 5 reasons today why community building is an ESSENTIAL move you must make if you have any hope of keeping a future creative dream alive. Plus I’ll throw in some tips to make...
July 31, 2024
The Creative’s Secret Weapon is…💤 [The Creative’s Checkup]
Today’s Checkup Includes…
Vital Signs Rest is Your Secret Weapon
Lab Work Members on The Move
Consult Tell Us What You REALLY Think
Prescriptions What to Watch, Listen To, Read and Try Out Next
More Ways to Thrive Special offers, bonuses and cool things
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VITAL SIGNS
Rest Is Your Secret Weapon
I’m not one of those people who like to post pictures of their workouts, standing in the gym, but I’ve been tempted to lately.
Why? Because I’m now getting serious (again)...
July 24, 2024
What To Do in Chaotic Times [The Creative’s Checkup]
Today’s Checkup Includes…
Vital Signs THE WEEK WE NEVER SAW COMING
Lab Work MY SECRET YOUTUBE WEAPON
Consult SHARE YOUR DEVOTIONAL IDEAS
Prescriptions What to Watch, Listen To, Read and Try Out Next
More Ways to Thrive Special offers, bonuses and cool things
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VITAL SIGNS
THE WEEK WE NEVER SAW COMING 
My friend, we are not a political place. But we would be willingly ignorant to ignore the firestorm that enveloped the United States over the last week and a half. ...
July 17, 2024
🦸What REALLY Makes You a Superhero [The Creative’s Checkup]
Today’s Checkup Includes…
Vital Signs THE GREATEST SUPERPOWER
Lab Work KEEP YOUR SANITY ON SOCIAL
Consult HOW TO ENDURE SILENT SEASONS
Prescriptions What to Watch, Listen To, Read and Try Out Next
More Ways to Thrive Special offers, bonuses and cool things
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VITAL SIGNS
THE GREATEST SUPERPOWER
Every superhero has some type of origin story that explains where they got their powers.
However, it always seems like it happened in an instant. They were born with it, o...
