In this episode, Amit and Chetna talk about:

• Putting ourselves in roles or boxes with the labels and identifiers we use to introduce ourselves

• How the ego relates to over-identification and control

• Defending our ideas and needing to protect them as a cause of suffering

• The ego’s need for security and its nature of insecurity

• Compassion for the ego and how it tries to help us be secure

• Finding security and connection beyond the ego by discovering what wants to come through us in this life

• Amit’s concept of “drift” as our inclinations/instincts and to practice it with devotion

• Self-forgetfulness and transcending ego

• The practice of collaborating with (rather than controlling) flow as a way of decolonizing creativity

• Listening as an essential part of creative process, and honing our sensitivity to get to the subtlety of experience

• Perfectionism versus self-defined excellence

• The art of the subconscious as intuition and intuition in the body

• Ego’s tendency to what to “know” and “understand” as a way of control

• Creativity even as an expression of play without knowing or understanding, without trying to control it

• The balance of trying less versus forcing, and the yin/yang of showing up to try less

Find:

• Amit on IG @findingawareness or online

• Chetna on IG @mosaiceye and the podcast @creationforliberation 

• The podcast to watch on youtube

Other offerings:

• Organizational Wellness: bring a mindful and expressive arts engagement to your people

• Boundaries for Love: A 4-Month Support Group for Women & Non-Binary femmes

• Work 1:1 with Chetna for creative reclamation and authentic expression