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What is the Sweet Spot, you ask?
"Let the soft animal of your body love what it loves."
- Mary Oliver
The Sweet Spot is anywhere we pause and consciously savor being alive. Being present in this way opens us wide to our inborn creative flow, deliciously carrying us downstream to all the places we really wanna go!
Wholesome sensory pleasure.
Innate knowing.
Inborn ease.
Edgeless aliveness.
Hi, I'm Claire O'Connor, creator of The Sweet Spot.
Since 1985, I've helped people like me (and especially including me!) become more consciously creative, alive, playful - and fed by the sensual, sensory beauty of their soft animal selves and their surroundings.
I created The Sweet Spot as a call to a community of kindreds who love sharing with each other what we're learning about living from our Sweet Spots.
Won't you join us?!
Have a look around - and consider accepting one (or more!) of the many invitations throughout this site.
Sweet Words
I find Claire’s genius bubbling in whatever she touches, and her exquisite aesthetic reaches everywhere.
Kathlyn Hendricks
Director of TrainingThe Hendricks Institute for Conscious LivingOjai, CA
In every encounter with Claire, I take away a feeling of possibility — and a big shift in the way I approach things.Deb Cooperman
Living Out Loud
Chatham, NJ
What I got from working with Claire was learning to recognize when I start pulling my ‘ceiling’ down.AND why can’t it all be fun, why not make it easy? Remarkable what a difference that makes!
Kathleen Reynolds
Editor, Edible New Jersey
Emmaus, PA
I am on this journey to learn, and Claire has been a soulful, loving teacher and guide.Pam Chamberlain
By Design
Stockton, NJ
Claire is all about freeing the joy and creativity. I feel safe and real with her, and like she gets me!
After working with her, I always feel more like me!
Ginny Blasi
Belmar, NJ
The biggest benefit I got from working with Claire was finding someone who feels like a soul sister. Our paths crossed and my life has changed for the better in every aspect.
Renee Sopko
Artisan Seamstress
Milford, NJ
What I got from working with Claire was a deeper understanding of how my mind and body are connected — and the deep ‘knowing’ that my body possesses.
Katie Haverly
Singer/Songwriter
Creativity Coach
Tucson, AZ
Working with Claire has had quite an impact on my life. She showed me how to be more free-spirited and daring; to be more organic in my approach, letting one thing lead to the next, trusting and having FUN with it.
Michelle Hess
Mount Horeb, WI
Claire! I always feel a jolt of joy when in contact with you.
Mary Tebbs
Salt Lake City, UT
There is an unbridled enthusiasm and lightness of touch that is evident in your work.
Sheila Patterson
Glasgow, Scotland
It looks like you’re having so much fun… I LOVE your bright colors and playful fabric choices.
Chris Haley
Chicago, IL
Claire is playful and fun. She created an amazing art quilt for us that shows her expert creativity.
Odeke Kwantes
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Claire gently, really very lightly, inspires me with a bubbly, champagne-like wholesome wellness.Celeste Vermette
Ottawa, Canada
I am in love with every post you have ever written, Claire!Rachel M. Cotton
Cotton Studios: Fine Art for Children
Gastonia, GA
Working with Claire has been a joyride through insight, kindness, intuitiveness, humor, and true connection.Carolyn Freeman
Tucson, AZ
Claire is an amazing, heart-filled woman whose genius is to create fun and depth at the same time. Her song is love, her dance is contagious.Luis Bautista
Tucson, AZ
Claire is a genuine, deeply positive and supportive person. She enjoys and lives her life fully — and wants to help others enjoy it as much as possible as well.Katie Haverly
Singer/Songwriter & Creativity Coach
Tucson, AZ
I have learned to listen closely to my intuition — and to not be afraid of what it was telling me.Renee Sopko
Artisan Seamstress
Milford, NJ
Claire is like a house whisperer or a life whisperer. She has a wonderful way of helping me reframe a situation, thought or ‘problem’, which takes me to a place where I can easily move through it.Ginny Blasi
Belmar, NJ
I learned to consciously MOVE! if I feel stuck or blocked. Just move a little! Swing my arms, my hips, my head — do a little dance!This seems so ridiculously simple, but it has been transformative.
Kathleen Reynolds
Editor, Edible New Jersey
Emmaus, PA
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