One of the primary reasons creatives stay stuck is that we are trying hard to make something “good”

I tell aspiring authors I coach that the fastest way to write something terrible is to sit down hoping to write something amazing. Something profound. Something worth reading.

Instead, if you sit down intending to tell the truth, the truth will take you exactly where you need to go.

It might be messy. It might be painful. It might not inspire millions or make you famous. (Or to your great horror, it might). 

But it might become something more than you could have even dreamed about — because it was beyond your consciousness. 

Let go of trying to be good / make it good.

Instead follow the inspiration, tell the truth, and trust what unfolds.

Host: Ally Fallon // @allyfallon // allisonfallon.com

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I can still remember being told by well-meaning adults in my life that “you can’t make money from your creative work.” 

But is that really true?

In this episode, I trace back my beliefs about money and creativity and share what I’m learning about the inevitable connection between the two. 

Thanks for following along! 

 

Check out The Illusion of Money here.

Check out The Artist’s Way here.

21 day abundance challenge: https://gabbybernstein.com/challenge/abundance/

 

Host: Ally Fallon // @allyfallon // allisonfallon.com

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I don’t know about you but I have a hard time being wrong. 

I like to have all my ducks in a row, all my affairs in order, all my t’s crossed and i’s dotted so that nobody can ever come after me for not being intelligent or prepared. 

But I’m learning this obsession with being right is getting in the way. 

 

Of my creativity. 

Of my love. 

Of my ability to grow. 

 

So this week’s episode is exploring the permission to get it wrong. 

To mess it up, fail, falter and fall apart. 

Until you have permission to get it wrong, you don’t have permission to do much of anything worth doing. So let’s get started. 

 

Host: Ally Fallon // @allyfallon // allisonfallon.com

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Do you feel lonely even when you’re surrounded by people?

Does it sometimes feel like nobody “gets” you? 

Do you worry that if people really knew you they wouldn’t stick around? 

On today’s episode, I’m exploring the wound that so many of us carry (especially women) which is a fear of being truly seen. 

If you share this wound, you likely don’t have a fear of being visible. You might even strive for visibility in the form of affirmation and praise. You’re probably regularly celebrated for your efforts, your achievements and maybe even your looks.

And still you quietly wonder: does anyone even like me?

I’ll share my journey to healing this hidden wound and offer some simple, inexpensive and even free healing tools. 

Including my book-writing course at a discounted rate. 

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Host: Ally Fallon // @allyfallon // allisonfallon.com

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New writers are often told to “just put yourself out there,” but unfortunately, there are people in the publishing world who take advantage of that hope and excitement.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing a publishing scam that can be difficult to recognize at first glance, along with the warning signs, industry context, and practical advice that can help you make informed decisions about your work and your future as an author.

My hope is simple: that this episode helps you spot the fakes before they ever get near your dream.

Host: Ally Fallon // @allyfallon // allisonfallon.com

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Do you ever feel like you’d be more creative if you were simply more disciplined? 

Like you need to get your life together to get some creative work done?

That if only your proverbial ducks were in a row, then you’d have access to the creative genius you’ve always imagined?

What if the opposite is true?

In today’s episode, I explore the relationship between creative resistance (procrastination, laziness, lack of discipline, being “stuck”) and creativity itself.

And my take is this: maybe you don’t need to be more disciplined to be more creative. Maybe you need to accept the power of procrastination for what it is: an open door to your creative longings.

Join me to unlock a radical acceptance of your laziness, your messiness, your procrastination, your avoidance, your hesitation and even your self-doubt. 

What if they all belong?

 

Buy Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way here.

Listen to David Whyte’s series on the creative path here!

 

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Can you make money from your creativity? Of course. 

But does capitalism get in the way of your creativity? Also, I will argue, yes. 

On today’s episode I take up a conversation that has been going on for centuries: a conversation about the tension between art and commerce.  

Or as I will call it: creativity and capitalism.

Except this time I take the conversation beyond how to create a beautiful thing detached from revenue to discuss how to live a life from a place of utter truth and authenticity, which is the ultimate pillar of creativity. 

In a world obsessed with the bottom line, this isn’t easy but it’s more important than ever. 

Link to Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way HERE!

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When you are in a situation that is uncomfortable or unwanted — a job, a relationship, a season of grief or pain — the tendency is to push that experience away. 

 

You look for a way out.

You look for a solution. 

You look for a quick fix. 

You look for an escape door. 

 

But this event or experience has something it wants to show you. It is teaching you. 

Picture this event in your life as a loving friend, leaning in to whisper something important. Something intimate.

Something you might be afraid to hear…

But something that will change your life forever. 

Will you listen? Or will you plug your ears?

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Host: Ally Fallon // @allyfallon // allisonfallon.com

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It’s no secret I’ve been stuck in my creativity lately (and my fertility).

So as a way to reignite my life force energy, I’m going back to the basics. I’m forgetting about my audience and moving toward what makes me happy. 

Which has me thinking:

If you’re creating your art for an audience, is it really art? 

Is creativity with a specific end in mind really creativity at all? 

Join me as I think this through in real time and follow along as I try once again to find the creative spark that often gets buried by what we think other people want. 

 

Host: Ally Fallon // @allyfallon // allisonfallon.com

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I watched the most recent cult document released on Netflix over the weekend called Trust Me: The False Prophet.

It is an absolutely disturbing and important show.

It’s the most recent in a long line of cult documentaries and crime podcasts I’ve watched over the years and I have noticed a pattern, a list of behaviors and dynamics that can coerce otherwise intelligent, successful, big-hearted people to do things they would otherwise find abhorrent. 

Most distressingly, none of us are immune. These tactics are common and effective. 

And they are deployed all around us, as we speak. 

So how do we stay in our power? On today’s episode, I share what I’ve learned from many years of working with writers and the powerful tool for accessing agency that is at your fingertips perpetually, no matter who you are. 

Host: Ally Fallon // @allyfallon // allisonfallon.com

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