Everyone is sensitive and human. We can expect from everyone and of course ourselves moments when the balance of what is said or what is felt is challenging. It’s easy to forget how powerfully we as human beings can be nudged or even pushed into a feeling or state of mind that we’d rather not occupy. Being mindful of this, and generous towards ourselves and others helps. Our nervous system is set up and ready to look for danger, and can be triggered without us noticing or being able to calm it down quickly enough. Breathing exercises do too. I’m not a health expert but these are ideas and exercises that help me. I mention these ideas in the context of working a lot on my own, but still putting work and ideas out into the world, where they inevitably sometimes meet friction of some kind. The act of creating something involves friction, and can affect how we feel and how we are, as well as those we seek to share our work with. It’s worth bearing in mind I think. - Unstuck is a podcast about how we often get ourselves stuck in all sorts of ways, in particular as freelancers and creative people.

Take care out there, Andri