if you’ve ever felt that the same sensitivity that makes you drawn to creative work also makes you TERRIFIED of starting, finishing or sharing yours — this episode is for you.

the irony of this episode is more than i can express to you — throughout this process i faced so much shame, fear and avoidance (particularly in the editing phase). i feel there’s so much more to say and so much i wish i had said differently. but i'm telling myself that my inner critic is a LIAR, and & i'm choosing to let it be.

thank you today and always for being here on this journey with me. i hope that you receive my offering, and i hope my words take the shape of some of your wounds today.i hope you enjoy this episode, made with love <3 

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Key quotes from episode: 

“Our sensitivity can be the water that hydrates and nourishes our creativity, or the water that drowns it.” 

Sources mentioned: 

Book: ⁠Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World⁠ by Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo

Poem: ⁠⁠Why Bother?⁠⁠ By Sean Thomas Dougherty

Book: ⁠The Creative ACT: A way of Being⁠ by Rick Rubin

Essay: ⁠The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action⁠ by Audre Lorde

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