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Recovering a Sense of Compassion: Embodied Companion to The Artist’s Way Part 9
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In Episode 9 of this 12 part minisode devotional, embodied companion to The Artist’s Way, I explore what it means to recover a sense of compassion and reconnect with kindness as a powerful creative and emotional practice.
In this episode, I reflect on how many of us learned to offer patience, forgiveness, and understanding to others long before learning how to extend that same gentleness toward ourselves. I share how motherhood, healing work, breathwork, and creative life have shown me that transformation often unfolds through safety, permission, and emotional honesty rather than force or perfection.
I explore how self criticism can quietly block creativity and how compassion helps create the internal safety needed for experimentation, growth, and creative expression. I also share reflections on how creative blocks can sometimes be protective signals asking for rest, truth, or nervous system regulation.
This episode includes a guided Tri Active breathwork experience designed to help soften inner judgment, release emotional tension, and reconnect with compassion as a felt experience in the body.
You are invited to move through this series sequentially, whether daily or weekly, and to consider choosing an inspiration partner or creative companion to witness your unfolding alongside you.
If this work is resonating and you feel drawn to go deeper, I offer a private 12 session breathwork journey inspired by the chapters of The Artist’s Way. This is a space to be fully held as you embody these themes and expand your creative life.
I am also hosting The Authentic Creative: Breathwork and Reiki by the Sea, a women’s retreat taking place May 3-6 on the Oregon Coast. There are a few spots remaining. If you feel curious, you are welcome to email me and we can explore together whether it is the right fit.
Thank you for being here. I am so grateful you are walking this devotional path with me.
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