I've missed you!

I've been deep in the weeds, trying to get a proper diagnosis for my chronic stomach pain, and then testing new medicines (that frustratingly, made me feel even worse:/)

I talk this week about needing bandwith to be creative, and how illness -- or anxiety and depression -- can take up so much residence in our minds that it's hard to do anything else.

And I also talk about how the very thing that sustains us -- being creative -- is the first to go, when we have to fight to pay for medical bills, have a roof over our heads, or groceries to feed us.

And how, paradoxically, creativity needs a healthy body to sustain it. As much as I looooove living in my head, the ideas and dreams and stories I want to share can only be felt if I live wholly in my body -- feeling the good, the bad, and the ugly.


If you're struggling with making time or space for your creative practice, I hear you. I'd love to connect. Come find me on Instagram @SamGarlandNYC.

(photo credit: Janae Jones Photography) 

Come check out the Hot Mess series on TikTok, and watch as I lose my mind - and find it again - writing, producing, and acting in a show!

#CreatingIsHealing🦋