Quilter Vendulka Battais shares her healing journey from realizing that external validation (including winning awards) made her happy, but didn't bring her ultimate fulfillment, she still needed to find her own inner worth and peace. She explores how her upbringing in communist Czechoslovakia and ancestral patterns influenced her sense of self-worth and her creative approach to quilting. • Growing up during communism in the Czech Republic shaped Vendulka's resourcefulness and creativity • Mo...
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Quilter Vendulka Battais shares her healing journey from realizing that external validation (including winning awards) made her happy, but didn't bring her ultimate fulfillment, she still needed to find her own inner worth and peace. She explores how her upbringing in communist Czechoslovakia and ancestral patterns influenced her sense of self-worth and her creative approach to quilting. • Growing up during communism in the Czech Republic shaped Vendulka's resourcefulness and creativity • Mo...
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just the next step.
Breaking the Blocks
1 hour 32 minutes
7 months ago
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just the next step.
Sarah Spencer takes us on a journey of transformation, from corporate employee to artist, radio host, and community activist while navigating major life transitions and personal growth. • Moving from Canada to Chicago represents a complete life reset • Transitioning from property appraiser to artist required sitting with uncomfortable feelings of identity loss • Meeting her husband at Burning Man led to love, marriage, and eventually motherhood • Postpartum anxiety pushed her toward therapy,...
Breaking the Blocks
Quilter Vendulka Battais shares her healing journey from realizing that external validation (including winning awards) made her happy, but didn't bring her ultimate fulfillment, she still needed to find her own inner worth and peace. She explores how her upbringing in communist Czechoslovakia and ancestral patterns influenced her sense of self-worth and her creative approach to quilting. • Growing up during communism in the Czech Republic shaped Vendulka's resourcefulness and creativity • Mo...
