Kerri BridgmanAnd How a 5-Minute Reset Could Save Your Next Five Days.
You sit down to design. You’ve carved out the time.
You’ve brewed the tea. You’re ready to “be creative.”
But nothing comes. Instead, your mind loops through everything you haven’t done:
✔️ Emails. Fittings. Logistics.
✔️ The deadline you promised you’d meet.
✔️ The silence on your socials.
✔️ The unread messages.
✔️ The voice in your head that whispers:
“You’re behind.”
The Block Isn’t Always About Creativity
What if the block isn’t a lack of inspiration… but an excess of stimulation?
The fashion industry doesn’t pause. It thrives on velocity. More, faster, sooner. All draped in perfection. But your nervous system isn’t built for speed. It’s built for safety.
When your sense of safety is gone, creativity doesn’t shut down because you’re “lazy”. It shuts down because you’re overwhelmed.
You Don’t Need a Break From Fashion. You Need a Break From the Pressure.
During my own health journey, I had to learn this the hard way. Skin issues weren’t just from makeup. Fatigue wasn’t failure, burnout wasn’t weakness.
They were all symptoms of trying to create and operate while constantly in “fight or flight.”
The shift? Letting a five-minute practice interrupt the spiral. The five minutes don’t have to feel like much, but they will give you time and space to focus tomorrow. It’s not a luxury. It’s strategy.
Gentle Tools to Come Back to Center
When the overwhelm hits, you don’t need to “push through.” Come home to yourself.
Here are four practices I turn to and recommend to anyone in this industry:
1. 🧘♀️ Asanas (Gentle Movement)
Simple yoga shapes can move stagnant creative energy.
Think child’s pose, cat-cow, forward fold. It’s not about fitness - it’s about flow. You can find a studio that calls to you or a mat on the floor of your living room. Yoga practices do not need to feel like a chore.
2. 🌬️ Breathwork (Soften the Edges)
Close your eyes. Inhale for four, exhale for six. Repeat for two minutes. If in the beginning you can only do this for 30 seconds or a minute start there, this is not meant to be straining.
Let your breath be the pattern-maker. It knows what rhythm you need.
3. ✨ EFT Tapping (Emotional Reset)
Use your fingertips to tap key acupressure points while saying out loud:
“Even though I feel overwhelmed, I’m open to feeling supported.”
It sounds strange. It works.
4. 🧘 Meditation (Stillness Is Sacred)
Even three minutes of silence can create space where noise once lived. Don’t aim to empty your mind. Just sit, breathe and notice.
This Isn’t About “Doing Less”—It’s About Feeling More
When you slow down enough to notice how you feel, you start designing or moving from a different place. Not from urgency or scarcity. From a grounded center that says: “I trust my timing. I trust my process. I trust my art.” Your best ideas won’t come when you’re forcing them.
They’ll come when you feel safe enough to receive them.