Why Slowing Down Is the Key to Reconnecting with Purpose & Possibility – Interview with Justin Edgar

Justin Edgar is a life and breathwork coach, speaker, and creator of The Art of Creative Flow, a transformational program helping individuals, leaders, and teams move beyond burnout and reconnect with purpose, creativity, and resilience. With a unique background spanning financial markets, Montessori education, wellness entrepreneurship, and somatic practice, Justin brings rare depth and insight to his coaching. His work empowers clients to harness clarity, intuition, and creative flow as tools for personal and professional breakthroughs.

Justin Edgar, Coach

What pivotal moment or experience set you on the path to creating Creative Purpose?

I came to this work the way many people find their purpose through an emerging apathy, breakdown, and the sense that the life I was living no longer fit who I was becoming. I’d spent years achieving externally, but feeling disconnected internally. What started as a personal search for meaning became a full transformation of how I live, lead, and serve. Creative Purpose was born from that shift, a practice grounded in the belief that when we reconnect with our innate creativity, intuition, and emotional intelligence, we reclaim access to the deep purpose and aliveness that fuels a truly fulfilling life.

What core challenge do your clients face, and how does your coaching help them move through it?

Most of my clients are navigating a sense of disconnection from themselves, from their work, or from the life they thought they wanted. They’re often high-achieving, deeply thoughtful individuals who have done “all the right things,” yet feel something essential is missing. My coaching helps them slow down, tune in, and begin to trust their inner wisdom. Through a blend of somatic awareness, creative practices, and intuitive strategy, I help them release outdated narratives, clarify their direction, and step into a way of living and leading that’s congruent, embodied, and joyfully aligned.

What makes Creative Purpose different from traditional coaching or personal development programs?

Creative Purpose isn’t about fixing or optimising you, it’s about returning you to your true self. Unlike many coaching models focused on performance metrics or mindset hacks, this work honours the emotional, intuitive, and creative dimensions of personal growth. It’s rooted in the understanding that sustainable change comes from integration, not just insight. I meet each client with depth, presence, and a toolkit that draws from creative psychology, somatic coaching, spiritual inquiry, and leadership development. It’s a soulful yet strategic process, designed to unlock flow, not force.

How does reconnecting with one’s creative flow change the way we lead, relate, and live?

When we’re in creative flow, we’re in contact with something far more intelligent than our rational mind, a felt sense of coherence, possibility, and purpose. From that space, we become better leaders because we’re more attuned to nuance, complexity, and emotion. We become better partners, collaborators, and creators because we’re grounded in authenticity rather than performance. Life becomes less about control and more about connection. Reconnecting with creative flow isn’t a luxury; it’s essential in a world that’s constantly asking us to disconnect, distract, and perform.

With the rapid rise of AI and its increasing ability to outperform us in almost every domain of productivity, our true edge as human beings will come not from efficiency, but from creativity. Intuition, emotional intelligence, imagination, and embodied wisdom are what machines can't replicate, and they’re exactly what reconnecting with creative flow helps us reclaim.

Can you share a breakthrough transformation or success story that captures the essence of your work?

One client, a senior professional who came to me in the wake of burnout, shared that she felt like a stranger in her own life. Throughout our work together, she began to reconnect with her creative instincts, uncover a deeper purpose beyond her title, and ultimately redesign both her career and daily rhythm. What struck me wasn’t just the outward changes a shift in role, improved wellbeing, better leadership presence but the way she described herself afterwards: “I’ve come home to myself.” That, to me, is the essence of what Creative Purpose offers.

What do you see as the biggest block to living with purpose today, and how do we overcome it?

The biggest block is disconnection from our bodies, our truth, and our creativity. We’re living in a culture of distraction and speed, and we rarely give ourselves the space to listen deeply. We override our instincts with logic, comparison, or fear of judgment. The first step toward living with purpose is often the most radical: slowing down. From there, we can begin to re-attune to our inner signals, question inherited beliefs, and allow something more authentic to emerge. Purpose isn’t something we manufacture; it’s something we remember and reclaim.

For someone feeling creatively stuck or uncertain about their next step, what’s one powerful first move they can make?

Begin by asking yourself not what you should do next, but what feels most alive for you right now. Creative flow doesn’t emerge from pressure; it emerges from presence. Take a walk without your phone. Write something just for you. Breathe deeply, without needing a reason. It sounds simple, but these small acts of reconnection are where the real magic starts. And if you need guidance, that’s where I come in. My coaching offers a space to explore, experiment, and evolve at the pace of truth, not urgency.

If you’re ready to live, lead, and create from a deeper place of purpose and possibility, I invite you to visit here or book a free, no-obligation 30-minute discovery call here.

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