What Hidden Story is Holding Your Creativity Hostage?
Have you ever felt a creative impulse flicker and die for reasons you can't quite name? Or sensed a pull toward a more vibrant, creative life, only to be held back by an invisible force?
Often, that force grows from a single, powerful story—a hidden belief about your worthiness, your process, or your right to create. It whispers that you’re not “creative enough,” that your ideas are “too strange/unrelatable,” or that the journey is “too hard.” This story, whatever it is, can keep you from experiencing the full, luminous aliveness you are meant for.
But a story, once seen, can be rewritten.
This quiz is the first step on the quest to reclaim your creative fire. It’s a lantern designed to illuminate that one hidden story, giving it a name so you can finally begin to write a new one.
“This quiz is born from years of deeply exploring my own creative hurdles. It's a tool I wish I'd had, and one I personally plan to use for periodic check-ins in my own creative life. It’s designed to offer clarity and a gentle path forward.”
- Amaya Rourke, creator of the Coeurage newsletter
Being Under the Spell of the Wrong Story
A hidden story is more than just a passing thought; it's the invisible operating system running in the background of your creative life.
It drains your energy, makes you second-guess your deepest desires, and convinces you that a flat, muted existence is normal.
It's the reason you can have a brilliant idea but feel paralyzed to act, or why you might abandon a project the moment it becomes challenging.
The most powerful spells aren't loud curses; they are the quiet, limiting stories we mistake for the truth.
“Insights, like fireworks, have been popping off in my mind, and, as I work to apply and integrate all I have gained in our work together, I know it will continue to stoke a process of expansion.” - T.C.
The Pursuit of the Firebird Begins Here
When you can finally see your hidden story, you reclaim your power over it. The goal isn't just to remove a block (though this alone is deeply relieving and liberating)…
It's to free up your energy for the real journey: the pursuit of the Firebird, that luminous symbol of your truest creative impulse.
Knowing your story is what allows you to cultivate Coeurage—one of the heart-led practices of choosing your own narrative to cultivate your soul.
Cultivating Coeurage is the difference between being a passive character in a story written for you, and becoming the active, engaged co-author of a story you’ve chosen.
This is where the feeling of aliveness returns.
“Amaya helped me understand that there is no right path aside from the path I make for myself, that I tend to find the greatest thrill in exploring areas of wilderness (literal and metaphorical) in order to grow and feel rejuvenated. It is advice that I still hold close to my heart to this day. ” - Ivy Senna
This Isn't a Quiz. It's a Lantern.
Fun as they are, this quiz is not a generic personality test designed to put you in a box. Instead, the quiz was carefully crafted to reveal the specific nature of your primary creative hurdle. It was designed to be a lantern to light the way along your creative journey.
This lantern is lit up by a luminous single feather gifted by the illusive Firebird—your gift to pick up for the journey ahead.
Based on a framework of three core areas where creative blocks appear—how you see yourself, how you navigate the creative journey, and how you approach creative work—the quiz shines a light on your precise starting point.
It helps you stop wrestling with vague shadows and begin working with something real, tangible, and true.
“Amaya’s helped remind me of how all of creative work is a remembering of my connection to the divine. It's slightly overwhelming to hear of the work I am intended to do and I have so many questions I can't form words to. I think this is a wonderful problem to have.” - Chris
Your Quest Awaits.
Are you ready to pick up the gift of the Firebird—the single luminous feather—and illuminate the story that's been waiting in the shadows?