Embracing Possibility: Conflict, Connection, and Creativity

today’s episode is all about embracing POSSIBILITY as an abundant energy that can unlock itself even further. possibility, and moving through the world with the openness, expansiveness and abundance mindset it invites us into, is a beautiful self-fulfilling prophecy. unfortunately, impossibility works the same way.

i discuss some of the ways the energy of possibility has affected my friendships, and unpack four related areas full of possibilities: conflict, romantic relationships, creativity, and social change. we also get into other things (like we always do) such as soulnliness vs. resonating with the people around you, delusion, wholeness, and more.

if you are calling in more possibilities at this stage of your life — this episode is for you.

I also share an exciting announcement in this episode about a special opportunity to work with me 1:1 through my creative coaching container, launching in January 2024. Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks. 👀🤎

i hope you enjoy this episode, made with love. 🤎

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Time stamps

(01:43): Soulnliness

(05:27): Possibility & fiendship

(16:50): Possibility & conflict

(23:17): Possibility & romantic relationships 

(30:16): Possibility & creativity (see episode 24) 

(31:31): Special announcement 

(34:17): Possibility & social change

(39:44): Wrap up & summary 

“Possibility is an energetic frequency we can all tap into”

“There’s an amazing reclamation of Delusion on the internet — but let it not just be delusion for our own individualistic hopes, dreams and desires to manifest our own will. Let it also be a delusion we embrace to fuel our collective dreams — the delusion to believe we can end systems of oppression, the delusion to believe we can return to community with each other and with the earth, the delusion and confidence to insist that — in the words of Arundhati Roy — another world is not only possible, though some of us may never get to see her, she is on her way.”

“We deserve people around us that make us feel more possible.” 

“It always seems impossible until it’s done” — Nelson Mandela

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. Maybe many of us won't be here to greet her, but on a quiet day, if I listen very carefully, I can hear her breathing.” — Arundhati Roy

“ I refuse the prison of “I” and choose the open spaces of “we.”” — Toni Morrison,The Source of Self-Regar

“Assuming other people and opportunities will reject us is a self-fulfilling prophecy: in order to protect ourselves from rejection, we end up rejecting ourselves. We reject ourselves from the possibilities of love, fulfillment, aliveness.” 

Sending all my love to you today, sunshine. 

Sources mentioned: 

Book: The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison (https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-source-of-self-regard-selected-essays-speeches-and-meditations-toni-morrison/9585719?ean=9780525562795) 

Book: ⁠Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World⁠ by Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo (https://bookshop.org/p/books/sensitive-the-hidden-power-of-the-highly-sensitive-person-in-a-loud-fast-too-much-world-jenn-granneman/18547944?ean=9780593235010) 

Speech: Come September by Arundhati Roy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVfjW81gGg) 

Episode (mine): 24: Let it Become (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Ez2vp4qp73hdB9PfJ5Yaa?si=a64d1b5353854463) 

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