546 - How to Transform What You’re Drowning in Into High Octane Creative Fuel

2026-03-11

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This episode is for you if: 1 - You want to figure out how to put your deep personal experiences into your work, but you have never seemed to figure out how to. 2 - You are currently overwhelmed and can’t find the energy or ideas for your creative practice. 3 - You are ruminating on painful things from your life or from the state of the world, and it’s stopping you from taking action. 4 - You feel your best ideas are in the past or escaping you, and you can’t seem to “bottle that lightning” again. SHOW NOTES:

This episode is for you if:

1 - You want to figure out how to put your deep personal experiences into your work, but you have never seemed to figure out how to.

2 - You are currently overwhelmed and can’t find the energy or ideas for your creative practice.

3 - You are ruminating on painful things from your life or from the state of the world, and it’s stopping you from taking action.

4 - You feel your best ideas are in the past or escaping you, and you can’t seem to “bottle that lightning” again.

SHOW NOTES:

Bittersweet by Susan Cain
https://susancain.net/book/bittersweet/

Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com
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