Episode #27 - You Don’t Have Unlimited Time. Create Like It.
On my 37th birthday, I sat down and recorded this — not a “how to paint hands” episode, but something way more important for artists and humans in general.
This is the story of losing my mom, the last moment I had with her, the regret that lived in me for years, and how that moment became the turning point that shaped who I am, how I speak, how I create, and why I coach artists the way I do.
We talk about:
Why your birthday is actually about your mother
What it means to really honor someone while they’re still alive
How unprocessed grief turns into self-censorship
The contract you make with yourself in moments of pain
Why expressing your truth in real time matters more than anything
Memento mori, death, urgency, and why you cannot keep putting off the thing you know you’re here to do
If you’re holding back your voice, your art, your business, your message because you’re “not ready yet,” I want this episode to shake that out of you. You do not have unlimited time. You are not promised later. Your work, your relationships, your conversations, your honesty — they’re all on a clock.
This is also about integration. Taking trauma, loss, guilt, shame, regret… and actually folding it into who you are so it becomes strength instead of a wound you never look at. As artists, that’s the job. Radical honesty channeled into form.
If this hit you and you’re ready to stop hiding behind skill drills and start creating from who you actually are:
🔥 Apply for 1-on-1 coaching
I work directly with artists to build their voice, their confidence, their body of work, and their discipline. This is for serious artists ready to level up creatively and personally.
👉 https://www.theartcoach.com/the-art-coach
🎨 Join the group mentorship: “Uncovering Your Artistic Voice”
A live mentorship experience built to reconnect you to your creative intuition, close the gap between idea and action, and help you generate work that is fully, undeniably yours.
Reserve your spot / get notified here:
👉 https://www.theartcoach.com/find-your-voice-workshop
Call your mom. Tell the truth. Make the painting. Act on the idea now.
create create create.