13: insecure creatives, gather! Part 1

If you are experiencing creative fear, resistance, or anxiety, this is for you. We are on the same journey, because I face this daily as an insecure creative myself. In this episode I read an essay I wrote for my Substack on the wisdom I rely on to overcome or move through creative fear and resistance: to create content on TikTok, to write on Substack, and to create episodes for you right here. Plus I have other projects I dream of. I know my worth is not in completing any of these things. But I also know that I don't want to be guided by my fear and anxiety, but by my wildest dreams and my desire to serve the collective. I want my deepest and fullest consciousness to guide me, in service of you and others like you, while I am still here on earth.
Disclaimer: This is not about self-improvement but rather about honoring our creativity and our aliveness. How do we create art in a way that is not rooted in hustle or productivity culture? For me, spirituality - grounding myself in serving the collective and sharing my fullest consciousness as a member of the universe who will one day die - is the answer.
To be my fullest expression while I still can, I know I need to be overcoming my fears to share my voice and my art. That is my truth, as inconvenient as it often is for me. It's a calling that many of us feel. If you feel it but sometimes struggle to honor your calling(s), this episode (and many more to come) is for you.

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Book mentioned: The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin. His YouTube interviews are inspiring too, like this one with Jay Shetty.


(00:00): Why we are all creative
(06:03): The world needs your voice, just as it is
(10:05): Disclaimer: Self- and Collective-honoring NOT Self-improvement
(15:00): Perfectionism is self-repression
(20:00): Creativity is subversive
(22:43): How self-silencing goes against nature
(25:09): Self-doubt connects you to all other creatives


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