Dear Artist,

Six years ago, I nearly walked away from the greatest creative project of my life before it even began. In this episode, I share the story of how Artist Morning was born, the whispers I almost ignored, and the deeper lesson I learned about what it really means to be ready.

In This Episode, We Explore:

* What to do when a deeper calling keeps returning, but you still do not feel ready

* How to work with resistance, self-doubt, and the voice that says “not me.”

* The hidden cost of waiting for the “right time.”

* A guided meditation to help you create space for clarity, guidance, and the next step.

This Week’s Writing Exercise

Ask the Universe for guidance on a specific topic.

Dear Universe, Please help me find my path. I am open, willing, and ready to receive your guidance.

Dear Universe, Is there something you want me to know?

Then just listen.

Closing Thought

I do not believe we are here to spend our whole lives waiting.

Waiting to be chosen. Waiting to be certain. Waiting to finally feel ready.

I think we are here to create and participate.

To listen. To respond. To meet life halfway.

And sometimes that begins with something very small.

If you are done waiting, take one tiny step and let me know in the comments.

Big love,

D

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Dear Artists,

I loved this conversation with my good friend Charles Freligh. He’s one of those rare people whose work feels both deeply grounded and deeply awake. Charles is an artist, author, meditation teacher, personal guide, and psychologist, and he has impacted my creativity in subtle yet profound ways.You may know him from Insight Timer, where he’s become one of the top teachers on the platform, with courses that have reached tens of thousands of students. His Tao Te Ching Mastery course was one of the most popular courses on Insight Timer in 2025.

In this conversation, Charles and I went into some of my favourite topics: creativity, spirituality, truth, discomfort, and the strange freedom that can open up when you stop trying to force a project and start listening for what wants to come through. If you’ve ever felt called to make something you can’t fully explain yet, this one’s for you.

In This Conversation, We Explore:

* How to keep creating what feels true in a world that rewards sameness and imitation

* How to tell when a project is truly alive, and when you’re just repeating what already worked

* What to do when you feel called to make something you cannot fully explain yet

* How to transform discomfort into resilience and growth

* How self-imposed limitations can sharpen your focus and unlock deeper creativity

* The difference between ego-led creation and soul-led work

* How presence, God, and self-forgetfulness can open a deeper channel for creativity

This Week’s Journal Prompt

Charles shares a beautiful idea in this conversation: sometimes growth comes from intentionally removing one of the tools or patterns that usually make us feel most comfortable. He gives the example of a painter taking their two favourite colours off the palette, just to see what else becomes possible.

What might that look like in your creative life right now?

Choose one familiar comfort, habit, or go-to tool to remove this week, not to punish yourself, but to make space for surprise, exploration, and creative expansion.

Then journal on this:

What am I relying on most right now, and what might open up if I gave myself the gift of creating without it?

In Closing

One of the things I loved most about this conversation is that it does not reduce creativity to a formula. It invites us back into self-trust, presence, curiosity, and the kind of honesty that can actually change us. That, to me, is where the juiciest creative adventures live.

We also talk about Charles’s new course, The God Note, which just went live this week. If you want to go deeper into his work after watching this interview, that’s a beautiful next step.

Watch the full interview above, take the journal prompt into your week, and in the comments, let me know: what are you being invited to make differently right now?

Big love,

D

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Dear Artist,

In this video tutorial, I share one of the most important shifts and practices that has helped me keep creating, keep showing up, and keep moving toward what matters most.

For a long time, failure felt incredibly personal. It made me second-guess myself, hold back, and put too much pressure on every step.

But over time, I found a gentler and more powerful way to work with it.

A way that helped me stop seeing failure as proof that something was wrong with me, and start seeing it as part of growth, part of the process, and part of bringing something meaningful to life.

If you’ve been holding back because you’re afraid of getting it wrong, being judged, or putting your heart into something that might not work, this lesson will help you transform your relationship with failure.

What You’ll Learn In This Lesson

* How to move through failure without shutting down

* How to stop treating failure like proof that something is wrong with you

* How to expand your dreams and your capacity to handle setbacks

* A specific process to transform failure into power

* A 5-step practice to process disappointment, shame, and self-doubt

Time To Integrate (Journaling Prompt)

Write a letter to the part of you that still believes failure means something is wrong with you.

How old is that part of you?

What was happening in their world when they first learned it might not be safe to get it wrong?

What does that part of you need from you today?

Where did it learn to be so careful, so guarded, so afraid to make a mistake?

And what might soften if you met that part of yourself with more compassion, patience, and love?

In Closing

Failure is not proof that something is wrong with you.

It is an essential part of the path.

Part of learning. Part of growing. Part of bringing something meaningful to life.

Failure is not the end of the story.

Sometimes it is the very thing that helps you find your way forward with more wisdom, courage, and self-trust.

Big love,

D

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Dear Artist,

In this episode, I explore what it means to stay on the path that is truly yours. I talk about the things that pull us away from it, like comparison, perfectionism, fear, and attachment, and the deeper frequency that helps us come back. The one I’ve been calling the God Frequency.

I’ve been sitting with 2 questions lately:

1) What is my lane?

2) What is my zone?

Let’s start there.

Your Lane is the path that leads you toward what Paulo Coelho, in The Alchemist, calls your Personal Legend.

Your Personal Legend is the deeper life you were meant to live. The truest expression of your soul. The thing that feels most alive. Most true. Most yours.

And Your Zone is the energy that helps you stay on that path.

But of course, many things pull us off that path.

* Comparison

* Competition

* Perfectionism

* Fear of failure

* Fear of rejection

* And one of the biggest ones of all: attachment

Attachment to how it should look. Attachment to how fast it should happen. Attachment to who we need to be. Attachment to what other people need to think. Attachment to how our work needs to be received.

And all of that makes the path heavier. Heavier than it needs to be. It slows us down. It tightens us up. It pulls us out of joy. Out of play. Out of trust.

And this is where Your Zone matters.

In This Episode, We Explore:

* Why so many of us drift from the deeper path we were meant to live

* How to find Your Lane, and the Zone that helps you stay there

* What throws us off our path, even when we know better

* What I mean by the God Frequency, and how it helps us come back to ourselves

* The dream that keeps finding you, and why it may not be random

* Where the real treasure actually is

To me, Your Zone is the place of joy. The place of play. The place of trust. The place of lightness. The place I’ve been calling the God Frequency.

When I step into the God Frequency, comparison starts to disappear. Competition starts to dissolve. The heaviness begins to melt. There is more space. More pleasure. More freedom to create, explore, and move.

And from that place, I can keep walking.

Not with force. Not with panic. Not with constant self-doubt.

But with more presence.More stamina. More joy.

And maybe that’s the deeper invitation here. Not just to chase the dream at the end of the path. But to become someone new while walking it.

Time To Integrate (Part 3 of 3)

The writing exercise below is designed to help you go deeper after listening to the episode

The Dream That Keeps Finding You

Paulo Coelho writes about the idea of a Personal Legend. The deeper life that is yours to live.

So here’s what I want to ask you:

Is there a dream that keeps finding you?

A path that still feels alive, even after all this time. A version of you that still calls to you. A life you may have delayed, dismissed, or drifted from, but never fully forgot.

Write about that dream today.

What is it?Why do you think it keeps returning? What has pulled you away from it?What has it cost you to ignore it? And what is one small step you could take toward it now?

In Closing

Wherever this finds you today, I hope it reminds you that the dream that keeps finding you may not be random. It may be pointing you back to something sacred. Something true. Something that has been yours all along.

Big love,

D

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Dear Artist,

You’re not scared of failure.

You’re scared of what failure could reveal about who you are.

That you’re not good enough. Not talented enough. Not lovable enough.

So you hesitate. You overthink. You wait.

And most of all, you do whatever it takes to avoid failing.

In this episode, I’m going to show you how to flip failure from something you avoid into something essential to any form of creative success.

I am going to show you a process that helped me build real capacity for failure and turn it into one of my biggest creative advantages.

Because for a lot of us, the real issue isn’t failure.

It’s the old, unconscious link:

If I fail, the love goes away.

And once you see that, you can change it.

Here are the three questions we’ll use as the doorway:

1) How do you feel about failure? 2) What do you believe about failure? 3) What’s your process for mining the gold from your failures?

6 Key Takeaways For This Week’s Episode

If you want the full depth, listen to the podcast. I go much deeper into each of these, and the episode includes a meditation to help you integrate the teaching, not just understand it intellectually.

1) Failure isn’t the problem. Avoiding it is.

Avoidance costs you the lesson. The lesson is the gold.

2) Your fear of failure is rarely about the outcome.

It’s about identity. What failing might “prove” about you. For a lot of us, it touches an old wound: If I fail, the love goes away.

3) The goal isn’t to never fail.

The goal is to fail without abandoning yourself, and to build a process that turns the raw minerals of failure into useful information.

4) Your beliefs build your dreams.

Beliefs shape identity → Identity drives actions → Actions create outcomes → Outcomes create your dreams. If you want to upgrade your creative dreams, you will need to upgrade your beliefs first.

5) Your actions reveal your real beliefs.

If you say you believe in yourself, but you keep hiding, delaying, and “perfecting”, your real belief is showing. That’s not shame. That’s data.

6) Failure is information, not a verdict.

When failure becomes information, it stops being a weapon against you and starts becoming a map forward.

Writing Exercise (Mine the Gold)

Okay, if you’ve listened to the podcast and you’re ready to take this from theory to practice, start here.

Pick one recent “failure.” Something that stung.

1) Feel it (body first).

When you think about it, what do you feel in your body?

Name it:

I feel ____________. I feel ____________. I feel ____________.

2) Name the belief.

Finish this sentence without censoring yourself:

If I fail, it means ____________________.

3) Trace it back.

Have I felt this before? Does it feel familiar?

How old do I feel when I believe this? What younger version of me is here?

4) Upgrade the belief.

Write a new sentence you choose to build on purpose:

If I fail, it means ____________________.

5) Mine the gold.

List the gold from this failure:

* What did it teach me?

* What did it clarify?

* What will I do the same next time?

* What will I do differently next time?

6) One next step.

What’s one small action I will take in the next 7 days?

In Closing

If failure has been running your creative life, I hope this episode gave you a new handle on it.

You’re not broken. You’re human. More than that, you are a creative human. And creativity requires us to build a new relationship with failure.

If you want the deeper integration, go back and listen to the meditation in this episode. Let it move today’s lessons from your head into your heart.

And if you do the writing exercise, I’d love to hear one sentence from what you discovered:

What belief about failure are you letting go of, and what belief are you choosing instead?

Big love,

D

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Today’s episode touches on a sensitive topic.

I’m going to say the G word.

God.

If that word feels charged for you, I get it. There’s nothing you need to believe. Nothing needs to change. You get to have your own relationship with God, or no relationship at all.

When I say “God” here, I’m not talking about religion. I’m talking about relationship.

And I’m not sharing this as an abstract idea.

In this episode, I share two prayers that have been monumental in my life. Especially my creative life.

You might not know this, but I’m naturally scattered. I’m easily distracted. I can get pulled by the noise, the chaos, the fear, the internet, the inbox, the world.

And these super-short and simple prayers have kept me steady.

They’ve helped me create and share my writing and creative projects at a very high level, with more focus, alignment, courage, consistency, and profit.

If you’re craving that kind of support, you’re going to enjoy this episode.

In This Episode:

Part 1: Story + Lesson

Why I refuse to let a few people’s misuse of “God” take this powerful ally away from me.

Part 2: Guided Meditation

A practice to quiet the noise and feel supported as you move toward Future You.

Part 3: Writing Exercise

A simple way to integrate this week’s episode and take your next aligned step.

My Go-To Prayers

Prayer 1: (Dear Universe)

This is a 30 second pray I use when I feel scattered, and I need to come back to my path. It’s super simple and short, but incredibly powerful.

Dear Universe, Please help me share more of my gifts with the world in a way that is healthy, joyful, and profitable. I am open, willing, and ready to receive.

Prayer 2 (Dear God)

This one is for courage. For truth. For when I’m tempted to hide, perform, or play small.

Dear God, Please use me as a vessel for your divine expression. Use me as an instrument of your love. Give me the strength to go into the depths of my heart and find my truth, and the courage to speak my truth in my own authentic voice. Whatever happens from there, I let go and let God.

Writing Exercise: Your Guard Rails

Write this at the top of a fresh page:

“Today, I’m choosing focus.”

Then write three short sections:

1) The Noise

* What’s the loudest thing in my mind right now?

* What keeps stealing my attention when I sit down to create?

* What truth am I avoiding because it would ask more of me?

2) Future You

* If Future Me watched my day today, what would they ask me to do first?

* What would Future Me stop feeding (scrolling, perfectionism, people-pleasing, doubt)?

* What would Future Me do next, even if it’s imperfect?

3) Your Guard Rails

Write out the following and fill in the blanks.

Dear Universe…

* Please help me share more of my gifts with the world in a way that is healthy, joyful, and profitable by ____________.

* Help me stay focused today by ____________.

* Help me take one aligned step by ____________.

Dear God…

* Please give me the courage to speak my truth in my own authentic voice about ____________.

* Help me stop hiding behind ____________.

* Help me say the thing I’ve been scared to say: ____________.

If you want to share, drop one of your Guard Rail lines in the comments below.

Or if you prefer, hit reply and send it directly to me.

In Closing:

If you take anything from this episode, let it be this:

When everything feels loud and chaotic, come back to relationships that can help you anchor and ground. Come back to support, whatever that means to you. If “Universe” or “God” aren’t your jam, try walks in nature, meditation, or even reaching out to you a dear friend.

All of us need support. No one does this alone. And I think that’s a beautiful thing.

Big love,

D

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Dear Artist,

If you’ve been overthinking, procrastinating, or “almost writing”, that’s not a character flaw.

That’s Resistance doing its job.

And today, we take our power back.

Resistance is an invisible force that will do whatever it can to keep you quiet, small, and unfinished, especially when you are close to something honest.

What You’ll Get From This Episode

* A clear definition of Resistance you can actually use in real life

* The 5 most common forms it takes (so you can spot it fast)

* The 3 things that give Resistance power

* A simple 3-step framework to diminish Resistance’s power

* A guided meditation to help you build courage and confidence to stand up to Resistance with integrity

* A writing exercise that turns all of this into action

The 5 Manifestations of Resistance

Most Resistance shows up as one of these:

* Perfectionism (“It needs to be right”, “I need to feel ready”, etc)

* Comparison (to others, or to your own past “peak”)

* Fear of rejection (sometimes disguised as “I don’t even want this”)

* Imposter syndrome (too old, too young, too late, who are you?)

* Victim mindset (legitimate pain that still becomes a creative prison)

The 3 Things That Give Resistance Power

* Invisibility: it convinces you it’s ‘just you’ or your intuition

* Isolation: it wants to be the only voice in the room

* Identity-shaping: it turns a moment into a label

“I’m an unfinisher.” “I’m not the type.” “I missed my chance.”

That last one is the most dangerous.

3 Practical Things You Can Do To Outsmart Resistance Every Time

Step 1: Name it.

Get specific: perfectionism, comparison, fear of rejection, imposter syndrome, victim mindset.

Step 2: Tell one human.

Out loud. With your voice. Not just in your notes app. You’re breaking the isolation spell.

Step 3: Keep the channel open with a tiny creative action.

A small post. A private draft. A paragraph. A voice note. Anything that proves resistance does not control you.

Writing Exercise: Outsmarting Resistance

Set a timer for 12 minutes. If you want extra depth, do 20 minutes.

1) Choose one creative thing you care about (1 minute)

Finish this sentence: “The thing I want to express right now is…”

Be concrete. A post. A poem. A personal story. A newsletter. A Substack note. A chapter. A pitch.

2) Identify the Manifestation (1 minute)

Circle one:

* Perfectionism

* Comparison

* Fear of rejection

* Imposter syndrome

* Victim mindset

Now finish this:

“The main way Resistance is showing up today is…”

3) Give Resistance a script (3 minutes)

Write this as fast as you can: “Resistance is trying to convince me that…”

Let it be dramatic. Let it be messy. Let it sound like the voice in your head. No censoring.

4) Separate truth from performance (3 minutes)

Now respond back. Calm. Clean. Grounded.

“Here’s what’s actually true…”

“Here’s what I can do anyway…”

“Even if I’m scared, I’m still allowed to…”

5) The tiny defiant step (2 minutes)

Resistance hates tiny creative steps because tiny steps work.

Finish this: “The smallest step I can take today to keep my creative channel open is…”

Make it almost laughably doable, because it’s so tiny.

Examples:

* write 3 sentences

* publish a short note

* open a draft and title it

* record a 60-second voice memo

* message one friend and admit you’re feeling Resistance

6) Break the isolation spell (2 minutes)

Copy/paste this and send it to one thoughtful and kind human:

Hi… I’m feeling a lot of Resistance today. I’m overthinking and starting to spiral a bit. Can you send me a “you’ve got this” or a dumb meme to keep me going?

Closing

Take a breath.

Resistance isn’t proof you’re failing. It’s proof you’re close.

Name it. Tell one human.Take the tiny step.

Choose one line from your writing exercise today and make it your anchor for the day. Then take the smallest action that proves you’re still in the game.

You got this!

Big love,

D

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Dear Artist,

Social media has trained many of us to treat writing like performance.Like proof. Like content. Like something we do to get something back.But writing is older than the Internet. Older than trends. Older than any algorithm.

Writing is communion with your soul.

In today’s 20-minute Artist Morning Podcast, we’ll do three things together:

PART 1: A short lesson that reframes what writing is really for

PART 2: A guided meditation to clear noise and open your channel

PART 3: A writing exercise to help you write something honest today

If you’ve been stuck in perfectionism, comparison, or fear of rejection, this episode is for you.

What You’ll Get From This Episode

* A clean reframe that pulls you out of “performance writing” and back into truth.

* A short guided meditation to quiet perfectionism, comparison, and fear of rejection.

* A simple 10-minute writing practice that helps you create one honest paragraph today.

* One underlined “seed sentence” you can turn into a post this week.

This Week’s Writing Exercise

Set a timer for 10 minutes. No editing. No polishing. No fixing.Just transcription.

Step 1: Clear (1 minute)Write a quick list titled: NoiseWhat’s crowding your mind right now?

Step 2: Ground (1 minute)Place a hand on your heart or belly. Breathe.Write one line: I am here.

Step 3: Open (8 minutes)Answer these prompts in order. Keep it moving.

* What’s alive right now?

* What’s accessible right now?

* What’s the honest sentence I’m afraid to write?

* If I stopped trying to sound smart, what would I say?

* What do I actually want to tell the world, even if my voice shakes?

When the timer ends, do this:

Underline one sentence that feels true.That sentence is your seed.

If you want a simple way to engage

Drop your one underlined sentence in the comments.

One line. No context needed.

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Happy Writing, Artists!

Big love,

D

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Dear Artist,

I have some exciting news to share with you.

I’m officially launching the Artist Morning Podcast right here on Substack.

The Artist Morning Podcast is a biweekly guided audio practice for writers and creators. One lesson. One meditation. One writing practice. To help you finally share your most soulful work with the world. Each episode is under 20 minutes and packed with tools and mindset shifts to help you write with more courage, clarity, and consistency.

For the past 6 years, guided meditations have been one of my favourite ways to teach. I have created over 250 different meditations so far, and we have over 35,000 people meditating with us each month. Pretty wild.

This podcast lets me combine teaching + meditation + writing in one simple audio experience.

Each episode has three parts (under 20 minutes total):

PART 1: A story + lesson

PART 2: A 10-minute guided meditation

PART 3: A writing practice to bring it all home

In today’s episode, the core idea is simple.

Ready isn’t a feeling.Ready is a decision you make.

If you keep waiting for the feeling, you might wait longer than you want to.

Because “ready” is often a mirage.And even when it shows up, it usually shows up late, after momentum is already gone.

So instead of waiting, we explore a better option.

This episode is about permission.

Permission to play.

Permission to be messy.

Permission to be a beginner.

And permission to keep your heart open, even if it’s been hurt before.

This Episode’s Writing Practice (AKA Part 3)

TITLE: I AM DONE WAITING FOR READY (10 minutes)

Grab your journal. Take one breath.No performance. Just truth.

Put one hand on your chest.Say this once, quietly: “I’m done waiting.”Now write like you mean it.

Set a timer for 10 minutes. Write fast. Write honest.

Part 1: The Cost of Waiting (2 minutes)Finish this sentence 5–10 times:

“If I keep waiting to feel ready, I’m secretly choosing…”

Don’t be polite. Be real.What are you actually giving up?Time? joy? momentum? Your voice?

Part 2: The Permission Page (5 minutes)Write this like you’re talking to yourself in the mirror:

“I’m done negotiating with fear.”“I give myself permission to be bad at this at first.”“I give myself permission to make a mess.”“I give myself permission to be seen before I’m perfect.”“I give myself permission to want more.”“I give myself permission to tell the truth slowly, at the speed of trust.”“I give myself permission to be the kind of writer who ships.”

Now add 3 of your own. The ones you’ve been afraid to admit you need.

Part 3: The No-More-Hiding Move (3 minutes)

Choose one action you can take in the next 24 hours that proves you’re serious.

Write it as a vow:

“Before tomorrow ends, I will…”“The smallest brave version of this is…”“I will not overthink this. I will…”

Optional final line (land it):“Ready isn’t a feeling. Today, I choose ready by…”

Closing stamp:

“I don’t need permission. I am permission.”

Big love,

D

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Would you like more guided sleep meditations and sleep stories like this?

These are a lot of fun to make, I just need to make sure I don’t put myself to sleep while recording these. haha!

Big love,

D