Knowing Ourselves Better & Healing Through Art with Makaila Borgerson
The Doing Scary Things Podcast
Release Date: 02/27/2020
Big Magic Book Club Invitation!
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Today Katie is joined by very special cohost, Meg Kissack! Meg is the founder of The Rebel Rousers and host of Couragemakers AND The Daily Pep.
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Wasting Paint, Pursuing Creative Calling, & Finding Flow with Josie Lewis
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What to Do When You're Grumpy
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Chasing Wonder with Taylor Hughes
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Using Resourcefulness During Difficult Times with Mary Hyatt
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Creativity as a Profession & Taking One Day at a Time with Mary Caroline Russell
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Practicing Gratitude
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Using Your Whole Brain Better with Dr. Jerome Lubbe
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Dr. Jerome Lubbe is a functional neurologist and specializes in complex, unresolved cases, and in general, teaches people how to use and strengthen their brain. Additionally, he is the author of Whole-Identity: A Brain-Based Enneagram Model for (W)holistic Human Thriving.
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Why Failure is Necessary with Bill Cakmis
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Today we talk with performance coach, show doctor, & host whisperer, Bill Cakmis. Bill has worked with some HUGE celebrities, athletes, politicians, & people from all walks of life and shares a few of their stories here.
info_outlineToday we are talking with Makaila Borgerson about both her brilliant career creating art and her experience with her own mental health diagnosis. She bravely shares that, though this is a part of her, it does not define her. She shares what this journey has been like for her & how she has learned more about herself from creating her art.
We also talk about a ton of different concepts in this episode.
Namely:
-Taking care of yourself & being kind to yourself, even (& especially) when you don't have it all together!
-When it's hard to talk about & share your art
-Digging deeper into life & paying attention to who your real friends are
-Being scared
-Not liking your current or past work, but knowing you can't get to your next & better work without creating it first
-Processing life & emotions and the "tortured artist" scenario
-Sharing your heart through your work is so vulnerable!
-Comparing yourself & creating from your true self // doing what's truest for you.
-Makaila's amazing life's work of creating maps of places from her life
-What happens when you take the foot off of a sewing machine
-You don't always have to sell your art.
-Taking a break & then starting to create again.
-Working with only what you already have.
-Not stopping when things get uncomfortable: When we get stick, we're probably resisting something.
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