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Ep 157: On Finding our Creative Soul's Purpose, Summer Abundance, and Honoring the Endings

Ep 157: On Finding our Creative Soul's Purpose, Summer Abundance, and Honoring the Endings

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In this solo episode, I share the magic of the summer season - from what I'm buying at the farmer's market, to reframing our creative purposes, to making our day jobs work for us, to balancing multiple identities, to navigating seasons of change and transformation.

We talk about:

  • The sensual, creative magic of summer abundance
  • What I’m cooking and loving from the farmer’s market
  • Living seasonally and honoring nature’s rhythms
  • Saying goodbye to our Michigan home and honoring the woman I became there
  • The cyclical nature of change: beginnings, middles, and endings
  • Why I stopped feeling shame about my “day job” and how I reframed it as part of my creative purpose
  • Creativity, authenticity, and the soul’s calling in a content-driven world
  • Redefining success as a creative and understanding your role in the collective


Creative Resources Mentioned:

  • The Social Change Ecosystem Map by Deepa Iyer
  • Birth Story Workshop
  • My upcoming book I Collect Stories Like Seashells – releasing Fall 2025


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