Podcast Summary
Exploring Baby Care and Creativity: Pampers Swaddlers diapers ensure a healthy baby with superior absorption and leak protection, while their free wipes provide gentle cleansing. Glennon Doyle's new journal, Get Untamed, encourages self-discovery and finding one's true self. Creativity is a powerful tool for personal growth and self-expression.
Both gentle care for a baby's delicate skin and creativity are essential aspects of nurturing and growing. When it comes to baby care, Pampers Swaddlers diapers offer superior absorption and leak protection, ensuring a healthy and dry baby. Meanwhile, their free and gentle wipes, made from 100% plant-based cloth, provide gentle cleansing without tearing. As for creativity, it's an essential part of discovering and unlocking our inner selves. Glennon Doyle's new journal, Get Untamed, is a response to the questions of how to break free from societal expectations and find our true selves. To celebrate its launch, join Glennon, Abby, and Amanda for a virtual event on November 18th. As for creativity in everyday life, it's a powerful tool for personal growth and self-expression. Stay tuned for more conversations on this topic.
The Power of Creativity: Embrace creativity as a fundamental aspect of life, not just for artists or poets, but for everyone. Reconnect with your sense of wonder and joy, even if it feels like a duty.
Creativity is not a specific label or lane, but rather a fundamental aspect of life that involves creating something out of nothing. It's not just for artists or poets, but for everyone. The speaker shares how she didn't consider herself a creative person, but realized that she was when she was forced to confront her lack of joy and fun in life. She explains how everything had become duties instead of wants, and how she had lost touch with her sense of wonder and joy. The speaker also shares the historical context of the word "creative," which originally referred to God's creation of the world, and how it was only later applied to humans. The speaker encourages embracing creativity as a vital part of life, even for those who consider themselves pragmatic or duty-bound.
Prioritize joy, desire, and fulfillment: To live a fulfilling life, prioritize joy, desire, and passions as investments in ourselves, not obligations.
In order to truly experience joy, desire, and a fulfilling life, we must prioritize them and make room for them. If we treat these aspects of life as obligations rather than needs, we may resent them and even push them away. The speaker uses the analogy of fire to illustrate this concept – just as fuel needs heat and oxygen to ignite and burn, we need to give our desires and passions space, time, and attention to keep them alive. The world may not require us to live fully, so it's up to us to decide to prioritize our own lives and make the necessary adjustments. By reframing this as an investment in ourselves rather than an additional duty, we can breathe life back into our passions and rediscover the fire within us.
Make room for your unique fire: Embrace your needs and desires, let go of what doesn't serve you, and trust yourself to live your best life. Find a well-fitting bra with 3rd love using code 'podcast15' for $15 off.
We all have the power to prioritize our own needs and desires in life, rather than feeling like we're failing or that the world isn't providing what we need. We each carry our own unique fire and it's up to us to make room for it to burn brightly. This may mean letting go of things that don't serve us, like uncomfortable bras or negative self-talk. By taking back control and focusing on our own needs, we can live our best lives and inspire those around us. As Mary Oliver's poem "The Journey" reminds us, we must trust ourselves and begin the journey towards fulfilling our own potential, despite the challenges that may arise. So, let's all make room for our own fires and let them light up our lives. Additionally, 3rd love offers a solution to a common problem many women face - finding a well-fitting bra. They offer a range of half cup sizes and helpful resources to ensure a proper fit. So, if you're tired of dealing with uncomfortable bras, give 3rd love a try and use the code "podcast15" for $15 off your order.
Create empty spaces for growth and creativity: Intentionally creating empty spaces in our daily routines can foster openness, ignite creativity, and lead to a more fulfilling life.
To truly live a fulfilling life and foster creativity, it's essential to create empty spaces in our daily routines. Overfilling our lives with obligations can leave us feeling empty and unable to experience new things or tap into our inner fire. Mary Oliver's words remind us that we must save the one life we can save – our own – by recognizing the importance of having open spaces for growth and creativity. The research shows that creatives share a common trait of openness to experience, which is challenging to maintain. When every minute of our lives is accounted for, there's no room for new experiences or ideas to emerge. By intentionally creating empty spaces, we can cultivate openness and ignite our creativity, leading to a more meaningful and satisfying life.
Rediscovering Joy and Inner Creativity: Each individual holds the responsibility to create space in their lives to rediscover joy and inner creativity, allowing it to breathe and flourish like a fire needs air and heat.
Each individual holds the responsibility to find joy and happiness in their own lives, despite any external challenges or obligations. This doesn't mean it's an easy task, but rather a necessary one to unlock personal growth and alleviate suffering. We must recognize that our fun or joyful selves did not disappear, but have been buried under the weight of obligations and responsibilities. To rediscover them, we need to create space in our lives, allowing our inner joy and creativity to breathe and flourish. Just like a fire that needs air and heat to continue burning, we too need to give ourselves the necessary conditions to live a fulfilling life.
Sharing truths leads to universal understanding and personal growth: Acknowledging and embracing joy, desire, and fun can lead to profound personal transformation and enrich our lives
Telling the truth about our experiences, whether through writing or podcasting, can lead to a profound realization of the universality of our feelings and the importance of joy, desire, and fun in our lives. This recognition can fuel a personal revolution, transforming our perspective and potentially changing our lives. It's essential to acknowledge the cost of suppressing these essential aspects of ourselves and to actively seek them out, even if it means creating space for them despite societal pressures. By prioritizing our own joy and desire, we can build a reservoir of energy that enriches our lives.
Exploring personal growth and making choices that matter: Embrace personal growth, set boundaries, and focus on what truly matters. Say 'yes' to yourself and let go of distractions to align with your values.
Life involves making choices and letting go of certain things to focus on what truly matters. This was a theme explored in the conversation between the podcast hosts, who discussed the idea of personal growth and the potential for a "reckoning" in one's life. They emphasized the importance of saying "yes" to oneself and setting boundaries, even if it means reducing the percentage of love and support given to others. The hosts also shared personal stories and expressed their love for Vuori clothing, emphasizing the versatility and comfort of the brand. Overall, the conversation encouraged listeners to reflect on their own lives and consider what they truly value, and to make choices that align with that values, even if it means making sacrifices. The conversation also included a shoutout to Vuori, with a special offer for listeners.
Colleen's misperception of podcast difficulty: Assess accurate perception of difficulty, external factors might influence it, and everyone has unique preferences.
Sometimes, our perception of difficulties may be influenced by external factors, such as our listening speed in the case of this podcast listener named Colleen. Colleen's initial frustration with the podcast's fast-paced conversation led her to consider sending negative feedback. However, she later discovered that she had been listening on double speed, which made the conversation unnecessarily challenging for her. This experience serves as a reminder that before judging or labeling something as difficult, it's essential to ensure that our perception is accurate and not influenced by external factors. Additionally, it's essential to remember that everyone has unique preferences and experiences, and what might be challenging for one person may not be for another. So, next time you encounter a situation that seems difficult, take a step back and assess whether there might be an external factor influencing your perception. And if you're listening to the "We Can Do Hard Things" podcast, feel free to listen on your preferred speed!
