How to Pursue Your Creative Impulse While Honoring Your Desire For Stability

12 snips

Jun 13, 2023

Cynthia Morris, founder of the Original Impulse creative studio and a coach for writers, dives into the tensions between creative passions and financial stability. She shares insights on navigating life transitions, particularly for those rediscovering their artistic side after upheaval. The discussion includes strategies for achieving personal fulfillment while ensuring economic security. Cynthia emphasizes the importance of self-exploration and embracing individuality to harmonize one's creative impulses with practical needs.

Ask episode

AI Snips

Chapters

Books

Transcript

Episode notes

INSIGHT

Creative Passion vs Stability

The interplay between creative passion and financial stability often causes tension during life transitions.
Rediscovering a passion while managing practical needs is a recipe for transformation and challenging balance.

ANECDOTE

Helen's Life and Writing Journey

Helen discovered inattentive ADHD after decades and is reigniting her passion for writing while facing life changes.
She wants to pursue a master's in creative writing despite fear over financial insecurity.

ADVICE

Design Your Writing Life

Clarify how you want to spend your days: alone with ideas or interacting with people.
Question if a costly degree is truly necessary or if alternative training can achieve your goals.

Get the Snipd Podcast app to discover more snips from this episode

Get the app

Got a career or business question for the Brainstrust? Submit here.

So, how do you handle the dance between wanting lead with your creative or artistic side, and earning a grown-up worthy living?

In the past few years, we’ve all been through a lot of upheaval. At the same time, this moment has reawakened a burning desire to pursue creative passions. It’s a recipe for big life transition and potentially transformation.

And that is certainly the case for our advice seeker today, Helen, who asks how can she make a meaningful living from her art and writing, pursue further studies and honor her value around financial security?

After recently ending a long marriage and spending the past few years working to make ends meet, Helen has rediscovered her passion for writing. After spending two decades studying human behavior and helping others through her work, Helen is now ready for a change—if she can figure out a way forward that satisfies both her soul and her practical needs.

In today’s episode we’re in conversation with:

LISTENER: Helen - Sparketype: Maker/Maven

SPARKED BRAINTRUST ADVISOR: Cynthia Morris | Website

Cynthia is the founder of the Original Impulse creative studio and atelier and coaching program for writers, she’s also an author, workshop facilitator, trusted advisor and coach.

YOUR HOST: Jonathan Fields

Jonathan is a dad, husband, award-winning author, multi-time founder, executive producer and host of the Good Life Project podcast, and co-host of SPARKED, too! He’s also the creator of an unusual tool that’s helped more than 650,000 people discover what kind of work makes them come alive - the Sparketype® Assessment, and author of the bestselling book, SPARKED.

So what is your Sparketype? Turns out, we all have a unique imprint for work that makes us come alive, this is your Sparketype. When you discover yours, everything, your entire work-life- and even parts of your personal life and relationships - begins to make sense. Until you know yours, you’re kind of fumbling in the dark.

More on Sparketypes at: Discover You Sparketype | The Book | The Website

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.