How Writing Becomes a Path to Healing with Sushmita Madhukar
Release Date: 09/17/2025
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How Writing Becomes a Path to Healing with Sushmita Madhukar
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What if the art that reflected your spirit also unlocked the courage to finally share your story? In this week’s episode of Your Radiant Spirit, I sit down with author and creative Sushmita Madhukar, whose Spirit Portrait became the spark that led her to write her book Unbroken: A Journey From Silence to Strength. But this conversation goes far beyond art. It’s about healing deep wounds, finding forgiveness, and embracing the unexpected gifts that come when you choose to tell your truth. In this episode, you’ll hear: How a Spirit Portrait became the catalyst for her writing journey...
info_outlineWhat if the art that reflected your spirit also unlocked the courage to finally share your story?
In this week’s episode of Your Radiant Spirit, I sit down with author and creative Sushmita Madhukar, whose Spirit Portrait became the spark that led her to write her book Unbroken: A Journey From Silence to Strength. But this conversation goes far beyond art. It’s about healing deep wounds, finding forgiveness, and embracing the unexpected gifts that come when you choose to tell your truth.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- How a Spirit Portrait became the catalyst for her writing journey
- Surviving physical abuse and being put up for adoption as a teenager
- The cost of carrying decades of resentment—and why forgiveness set her free
- How writing became the missing piece in her healing
- The unexpected blessings that followed once she shared her story
Listen now and let Sushmita’s journey remind you that creativity, courage, and truth-telling can open the door to profound transformation.
Get Sushmita’s book Unbroken: A Journey From Silence to Strength: https://amzn.to/3IcwEh9
Connect with Sushmita on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sushmethaontheshelf/
A Spirit Portrait is an intuitive, hand-painted artwork that reflects your energy and guides your healing journey. Book your own session and discover what your soul has to reveal: https://heathereck.com/spirit-portraits