This episode is for the creatives who feel blocked, the overthinkers trying to outrun their own minds, and the ones who say they’re doing the work… but deep down, have been avoiding the real stuff.

I’ve been using The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, the same workbook that Martin Scorsese, Alicia Keys, Elizabeth Gilbert, and, most recently, Doechii have credited as a pivotal change in their careers. And let me tell you...

It’s not about getting better at your craft. It’s about learning to trust yourself, to slow down, and to meet the parts of you that have been running the show behind the scenes. The ones that rush, that self-sabotage, that still hold onto old shame like a security blanket (myself included).

In this episode, I get into:
✧ Why rushing anything only makes you suffer
✧ Learning to sit with the part of you that just wants to get it done (even if it’s half-assed)
✧ Releasing control and trusting yourself—and the timing of your life
✧How Morning Pages ground me (and why I notice the difference when I don’t do them)
✧ How affirmations are rewiring my brain and exposing the shame I didn’t know and/or want to admit was there
✧ The real definition of self-love—beyond the facemasks and beautiful jewelry
✧ Facing the real reason we feel blocked—because we’re avoiding a part of ourselves we’re not ready to meet
✧ An exercise from The Artist’s Way that will completely shift your relationship with your own thoughts

This book is helping me see myself clearly for the first time, without that debilitating fear of being judged—for being the most me I’ve ever been. Ego, shame, shadows, and all.

We think we’re doing the work just because we talk about it. But are we? Or are we just reading another self-help book, giving great advice to our loved ones, and avoiding the deep, uncomfortable work that will actually set us free?

I asked myself that question. And my answer? Well… you’ll hear it in this episode. with so much love, mish