Beste Dr Amy Backos Podcasts (2024)

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76. Time to let down your hair 22:29

1d ago22:29

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Send us a text Ever have trouble relaxing? Yah, me too. It is time to let down your hair! Something is always born of excess. Great art was born of great terrors or great loneliness. Great inhibitions. Instabilities. And art always balances them. This quote from Anais Nin starts us off today as we're talking all about art, and we'll be looking at f…

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75. Your Healthy Creative Ambition (part 2) 20:12

10d ago20:12

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Send us a text Feminist scholar, author, and activist, Bell Hooks gives us an incredible insight about women and agency. She says: "If any female feels she needs anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she's already giving away her power to be self-defining. Giving away her agency." This quote starts off part two of our ep…

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74. Your Healthy Creative Ambition (part 1) 29:09

17d ago29:09

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Send us a text Creative ambition must include your intention to act creatively on your values. If you've struggled with taking action on your values, this episode is for you. Have you ever wondered what your purpose on earth is? You are not alone. Philosophers, educators, theologians have been talking about and pondering this question for a millenn…

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73. Creativity to Self Actualize 24:20

24d ago24:20

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Send us a text Creative Mindset includes a focus on creativity and innovation. It means exploring and examining your thoughts to see which ones you want to continue thinking and which ones are old, outdated, and weighing you down. Innovation is really focused on defusing from those old thoughts and choosing thoughts that serve you and get you where…

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72. You were Born to Create! 13:45

1M ago13:45

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Send us a text “You are not just born to center your entire existence on work and labor. You were born to heal, to grow. To be of service to yourself and your community. To practice, to experiment. To create. To have space. To dream and to connect.” This quote from Trisha Hershey, author of Rest is Resistance, starts us off today as we learned abou…

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71. Why you Need Creative Ambition 24:46

1M ago24:46

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Send us a text “Ambition is what dreams are made of. It's what makes us believe that we can be more, that we can be a better version of ourselves.” This quote comes from Maria Catherine Harvey. She's the founder and CEO of Smart Way to Start. She's an author and leader of the A Effect in Switzerland. This episode is all about ambition. Support the …

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70. Flexibility Makes You Happier! 21:28

1M ago21:28

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Send us a text “I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.” This quote from Lady Gaga starts us off today, as we think about the art and the science of how we can engage in process oriented strategies to feel better. This episode is a follow-up to episode 69...listen to that one first. Support the show Watch the Vibrant Vision Workshop! htt…

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69. How YOU can be Psychologically Flexible 23:51

2M ago23:51

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Send us a text “Life is a process of becoming a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to select a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.” This quote from Anais Nin starts us off today talking about psychological flexibility and creativity. The research shows that psychological flexibility is one …

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68. Art Therapy does...what? 18:23

2M ago18:23

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Send us a text Art therapy really is so magical. I am blown away every time I create my own art and discover something new about myself. And even after almost 30 years of practicing as an art therapist, I am surprised and delighted every time my clients make art. This is my perspective on the beauty and the power of art therapy. And this episode is…

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67. How to ditch your unrelenting standards 21:01

2M ago21:01

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Send us a text "If we can compassionately remind ourselves in moments of falling down, that failure is part of the shared human experience, then that moment becomes one of togetherness rather than isolation." This description comes from Doctor Kristen Neff, the leading expert in self-compassion. And in fact, she conducted the very first academic st…

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66 Perfectionism Kills Art 22:20

2M ago22:20

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Send us a text "Perfectionism kills art. I find that if I criticize myself, it spoils the fun and you can get paralyzed by analysis. It takes all the playfulness away." This quote by Geri Halliwell starts off today's episode all about the neurobiological process of perfectionistic thinking and the creative ways that you can step away from this appr…

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65. Everything is Perfect. And There is Always Room for Improvement. 25:16

3M ago25:16

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Send us a text “Everything is perfect and there is always room for improvement.” This quote from Suzuki Roshi, who is the founder of the Zen Center of San Francisco and credited with bringing Buddhism to the East, starts us off today on this conversation about perfectionism. Thoughts are not the truth, they are just neurological phenomenon. Your he…

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64. Redefining Perfection 27:01

3M ago27:01

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Send us a text "I am so afraid of disappointing the people that I love. I often forget that I am someone I love too, and I need kindness just as much as I believe the people I love do." Nikita Gill. Perfectionism is not a clinical diagnosis. It's not a pathology. It's a character trait and we can learn to relate differently to our perfectionistic t…

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63. Perfection is the Enemy of Good Enough 29:07

3M ago29:07

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Send us a text "Perfection is the enemy of good enough." This quote comes from Voltaire, a Parisian philosopher, and he said it in 1770. Today's episode is all about our striving for perfection and how, with a few simple adjustments and some creative thinking, you can move from the unrelenting standards of perfectionism into the purposeful, meaning…

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62. Why you need to be walking with other women 23:33

3M ago23:33

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Send us a text I have learned so much about myself and others and the world by going on walks with other women. This episode is all about why we need to be walking with other women, what we should be talking about with them. No shock you have to put your phone away when you walk! I give some love to those women who walked with me and inspired me. L…

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61 Avoid this One Thing to get Your Emotional Needs Met 19:23

4M ago19:23

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Send us a text Nostalgia is a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for a return to simpler times, or some past period that really is irrecoverable. The condition no longer exists, and it probably didn't exist like you remember anyway. Learn how to reflect on the past in a healthy, holistic way. Manage your mind and use nostalgia and your cre…

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60. Dialectics, Contradictions, & Your "Aide Memoire" 22:11

4M ago22:11

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Send us a text Hurry! The doors to the Paris Retreat are closing! Secure your spot now for the ultimate glow up! "If we can learn to deal with our discomfort and just relax into it, we will have a better life." -Mellody Hobson Being able to hold two contradictory ideas within ourselves is incredibly empowering. Being psychologically flexible enough…

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59. Women Supporting Women - Your Role 33:27

4M ago33:27

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Send us a text “A mentor is someone who allows you to know that no matter how dark the night, in the morning, joy will come. A mentor is someone who allows you to see the higher part of yourself when something becomes hidden to your own view.” This quote from Oprah Winfrey starts off today's episode all about being an ally, a mentor, and a sponsor …

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58. Overcoming your biggest mental hurdle 26:22

4M ago26:22

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Send us a text "If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough." You've probably heard that quote out of a lot of people's mouths, but do you know who said it first? Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Have you ever noticed your "eyes are bigger than your stomach?" Ever take on a big project and lose steam half way through? This episode is how you can…

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57. Holistic Love and Your Creative Process 20:56

5M ago20:56

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Send us a text "I was always looking outside of myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within and it is there all the time." This quote comes from Anna Freud...yes, daughter of Sigmund Freud. She's an Austrian-British psychoanalyst, and she has delivered a powerful message here that it's always there. What we need for confidence is a…

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56. Tell me a story - why your brain craves a new story 26:51

5M ago26:51

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Send us a text "The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling." This quote is from Zainab Salbi and she has spent her life advocating for marginalized communities. She is an Iraqi American journalist and a humanitarian, and she's used storytelling as a means of inspiring and empowering others. …

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55. Minute by Minute, You Accomplish Your Purpose 31:00

5M ago31:00

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Send us a text "Every minute of every hour of every day. You are making the world just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.." This quote is from Rebecca Solnit. She's a writer, a historian, and an activist. Our episode off today all about the benefits of slowing down, and living in the mome…

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54. BONUS Guided Meditation: Loving Kindness 20:39

5M ago20:39

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Send us a text This bonus track is the Loving Kindness Meditation. You can lay down, relax, turn this on before you go to sleep at night, or you can set up some art supplies and respond however you like through the creative process. If you'd like to do a shorter meditation, you can stop at the short musical interlude. If you'd like to go a little f…

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53. The Neurobiology of Loving Kindness 23:46

5M ago23:46

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Send us a text My wish for you is that you continue, continue to be who and how you are to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. -Maya Angelou Have you reserved your spot yet for the Vibrant Vision Workshop? If not, what are you waiting for? This is your opportunity to …

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52. Anniversary Party 19:35

5M ago19:35

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Send us a text "I want to build a community where women of all races can communicate and continue to support and take care of each other. I want to give women a space to feel their own strength and tell their stories." -Beyoncé Join the Vibrant Vision Free Workshop! https://moderncreativewoman.com/webinar/ And today it's an audio celebration - this…

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51. Slowing Cellular Aging ALSO Relieves Anxiety 29:25

6M ago29:25

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Send us a text May I be healthy, safe and strong. May you be healthy, safe and strong. May all beings on planet Earth be healthy, safe and strong. May all beings throughout all time and space be healthy, safe and strong. This episode is all about peace and loving kindness. What if I told you I had a magic formula that could lessen your self-critici…

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50. We might hate it when our friends become successful 25:24

6M ago25:24

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Send us a text "You can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean and a sea." C. Joybell C. Why do we seek change? Behavioral psychology says there's two reasons we might want to change. One is to remove discomfort or pa…

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49. Polar Bears and the "Dis-ease" of Overthinking 20:42

6M ago20:42

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Send us a text We make ourselves suffer the more we think, and when we live in our heads, we're missing all the feelings, all the experiences, and all the other sensations that we have available to us. Over-thinking leads to "dis-ease". Over-thinking means relying on this one aspect of our human experience, (our brain) to the exclusion of all the o…

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48. Burnout & Putting Yourself to Bed on Time 29:08

6M ago29:08

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Send us a text Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. Maya Angelou Welcome to the Modern Creative Woman, where we explore the power of creativity through neuro aesthetics, art therapy and innovative think…

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47. Wonder Woman and Why it's Finally Time to Visit a Museum 26:09

7M ago26:09

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Send us a text "There is widespread agreement that art is very important, but it can be remarkably difficult to say quite why." This quote from Alain de Botton starts off today's episode all about the seven functions of art that you can use in your everyday life. Art as therapy postulates that creativity and art making is inherently human. It's par…

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46. Coloring Outside the Lines: Navigating Ambiguity with Creativity 17:26

7M ago17:26

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Send us a text "I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way, things I had no words for." Georgia O'Keeffe How does your brain respond to ambiguity? Science and art have a lot to say about this! Ambiguity is really just the quality of being open to more than one interpretation. Ambiguity is really just the qual…

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45. Are you Thinking like an Artist? 25:49

7M ago25:49

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Send us a text Creativity is not the problem. You and all of humankind are naturally and inherently creative. We have lots of creative ideas every day, and yet we have thoughts that stop us from taking internal and external action on our creative ideas. This episode is all about new ways to react to creative ideas. If you are considering how you ca…

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44. Sculpting Success: Crafting Your Mind for Creative Brilliance 15:16

7M ago15:16

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Send us a text To think like an artist is to make contact with your intuitive spirit of exploration. This week's podcast is all about how to think like an artist. Welcome to the modern creative woman. Explain the art and science of creativity. We can be more authentic, more self expressive, and being in the present moment helps make the world a lit…

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43. From Stuck to Unstoppable: The Art of Change 28:30

8M ago28:30

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Send us a text We change over time. Sometimes in dramatic ways where we make a big life change, and other times we change intentionally in small ways that lead to something big later on. And we're always just changing naturally. To live our life is to evolve, and if we try to avoid changing, we really get stuck. It leads to a whole different kind o…

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42. How Desire Shapes Creative Vision 21:24

8M ago21:24

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Send us a text “Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.” This quote from Helen Keller starts off our episode all about desire. We're talking today about using your creative mind to understand this deeper perspective of your desires, your dreams, your wishes. We'll talk all about desire, some of the upsides and the downsides of …

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41. Artistic Alchemy: From Prometheus to Art Therapy Barbie 27:21

8M ago27:21

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Send us a text The birth of creativity came when humankind got fire. Or so the legend goes about Prometheus, who stole the lightning bolt from Zeus and gave it to humankind. Today we are talking all about creation, creativity, and what it means to be a creator. Welcome to The Modern Creative Woman, exploring the art and science of creativity. This …

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40. The Art of Self-Leadership: 8 Strategies to Lead with Confidence 19:42

8M ago19:42

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Send us a text Would you describe yourself as a leader? Maybe a self leader? You are! Today we're talking about eight powerful ways that we express leadership. This is also a bit of a swan song to women leaders around the world, including my mom, who's got some bang up advice for dealing with tricky situations. Support the show Watch the Vibrant Vi…

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39. Game Changers: Self-Leadership Lessons from Women's Sports Psychology 13:19

8M ago13:19

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Send us a text What have been your game changing attitudes? Today we're talking about how sports psychology and some of the modern updates to it are redefining self leadership for women. Sports psychology is full of strategies to help people visualize their success in their performance on the field. It's a subset of psychology that began around the…

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38. You Need to be CEO of Your Life: 10 Power Moves 18:18

9M ago18:18

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Send us a text How do you lead yourself? Do you like the way you do it? Are you a good boss? We're talking today all about how to craft your destiny using the art of self leadership. And a modern, creative woman who is a self leader is unapologetically authentic and fearlessly pursuing her passions and empowering others to do the same. That was my …

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37. Oops, I Did It Again: Lessons I Just Can't Seem to Master 29:25

9M ago29:25

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Send us a text What are the lessons that you keep learning over and over again? Today I'll be sharing two of my lessons that I seem to keep having to learn. Welcome to the modern Creative Woman exploring the art and science of creativity. This is the podcast for women who want to elevate their creativity and start applying creative thinking in thei…

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36. Only Two Kinds of Behavior (Part 2) 22:08

9M ago22:08

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Send us a text Our relationship with ourselves is the longest lasting and closest of all our relationships. Perhaps you are best friends with yourself, or perhaps you feel really ill at ease. This episode outlines the internal behaviors you might want to consider to build a stronger relationship with yourself. This is a two part episode of behavior…

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35. Only Two Kinds of Behavior (Part 1) 20:46

9M ago20:46

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Send us a text When our choices and actions line up with what is most important to us, we feel good. It's like we're living our purpose and enjoying our lives when we take those kinds of actions. Today's episode is all about aligning our behavior. This episode is a two part series on behavior. Today we are talking about external behavior, and the t…

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34. Creativity and the Scientific Method 20:33

10M ago20:33

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Send us a text Ever wonder what to believe? Me too. An abundance of scientific literature is truly a great thing, and yet we all need some help in carefully selecting what we consume to avoid being swept away by wishful thinking or pseudoscience. There are many ways of knowing and in this episode I am talking about the scientific method. I want you…

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33. Creative Emotion Regulation Strategies 26:03

10M ago26:03

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Send us a text Emotions are like the weather and we are the sky. The weather comes and goes but we as the sky are constant. This episode is all about the psychology of dealing with the metaphoric, turbulent weather of unwanted emotions, and how you can best choose the coping strategies that will help you in the moment. This episode is all about cho…

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32. The Most Powerful Creative Position 16:47

10M ago16:47

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Send us a text What time is it? It's the new Year, and it's time to take stock of your life and make your creative plans. Temperatures might be dropping, but it is the season to heat up your creativity. 7s Welcome to the modern creative woman exploring the art and science of creativity. This is the podcast for women who want to elevate their creati…

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31. The Brain Body Connection is a Myth 26:45

10M ago26:45

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Send us a text Have you heard the brain body connection? Many people believe that the two are connected and that concept is so outdated. It's time we got to the heart of the matter. This week we are talking all about the myth of the mind body connection and how making contact with the present moment helps us see the illusion of connection and disco…

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30. How to Get Out of a Hole 31:08

11M ago31:08

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Send us a text The first law of holes says, if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. The second law of holes is to notice that when you stop digging, you're still in a hole. These rules about holes were first popularized in 1911, in the Washington Post. And of course, there's been lots of variations. We're talking today about how to stop diggi…

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29. Create Your Life in Context 20:43

11M ago20:43

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Send us a text Women are not the content of their thoughts or feelings or memories or actions. Whether we are the consciousness, experiencing or observing our thoughts and feelings and memories. This is my definition of our observing self, and that's what we'll be talking about today. If you have yet to listen to last week's episode, I encourage yo…

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28. Making Contact: Why you Need Present Moment Awareness 22:15

11M ago22:15

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Send us a text There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow. So today is the right day to love, to believe, and to mostly just live. This quote from the Dalai Lama speaks to us today about presents. Welcome to the modern creative woman exploring the art and science. I want to…

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27. Creative ways to Overcome Your Blocks 21:26

11M ago21:26

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Send us a text Ever have a block like a writer's block and artist's block? Maybe even a decision block? You might feel like something is holding you back. Maybe you're the person who freezes up or distracts themselves or procrastinates. Or maybe you're a person who moves about frantically doing a lot of unproductive things. Today we're talking abou…

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