Welcome to The Authentic Social Club, a space for honest conversations. About life. About the things we're figuring out, the things we've already messed up, and the things we're slowly starting to understand. Sometimes it'll be me on my own. Sometimes it'll be me with a friend. People who are ready to sit down and have a conversation.

The whole idea behind this podcast is simple: someone has to go first. Someone has to be the one to open up, to say the thing, to be a little bit brave, so that other people feel like they can too.

In this episode I'm joined by Lara, who is from Australian, has lived in Paris and now calls Lisbon home. After an early career spent supporting the growth of various startups, she founded The Creator Club, a community for and by ambitious meaning seekers, on a mission to connect founders, risk takers and bold thinkers. Which is also how we met, via The Creator Club!

We kicked off with a question I love asking: what is something you've recently learned about yourself? And it opened up a really honest conversation about what it means to be a highly sensitive person and navigating life in alignment.

We talk about moving abroad and where the drive to do so comes from, creating something of your own and the fear of not bringing any results, Liz Gilbert's theory of geniuses and ideas and what it really means to dedicate your work to something bigger than yourself.

This episode will leave you

🌞 feeling less alone if you've ever noticed yourself feeling big emotions strongly

🌞 with a different way of thinking about creativity and the pressure to always be producing

🌞 with the question, whether the comfort zone you're in is actually (still) serving you…

🌞 and with the space to ponder on your Why.

Questions to sit with

What is something you've recently learned about yourself?

Are you staying in your comfort zone because it feels right, or because leaving feels too scary?

What would it look like to detach from the results and just trust the process?

What is a belief you've been holding onto that might be worth challenging?

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