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If there is one thing that helps us to keep pressing publish on our weekly podcast it's this: Done is better than perfect. (Believe me, that's also easier said than done!) I can't tell you how many different versions of our cover art we went through before deciding it's "good enough." Or how listening back made me realize I didn't get the sound levels right. Or how many times we've been interrupted by Papi, our dog, barking or chewing things he's not supposed to. But it's all okay. We just keep going. That's our secret. And more than that, we're learning to work with each other even though our approaches to creativity are a bit ... different. So in celebration of our milestone 10th episode, I wanted to talk about all of that! 🎧Listen Here to Ep. 10 on Perfectionism, Play and Podcasting as a Couple. You'll hear about:
And hey, Reader, everything we mention applies both to co-creating and working by yourself. So even if you're not in relationship or have a creative partner, we discuss so many things that you can start doing in your life right now to bring all your ideas to fruition. Whatever it is that you’ve been wanting to create — a new routine, a new job, or rekindle an old hobby — you’ll find the nudge you need here to begin… and to keep going. I'm rooting for you! In Joy,
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Nyssa Hanger
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Every time I sit down to write this email, I face the same thing: The voice in my head that tells me I don't have anything worth saying. Or worse, that what I have to say is not worth saying. I'm sharing this because I want to normalize the battle with the Inner Critic. ⚔️ (And I'm guessing this sounds familiar to you, too.) In the latest episode of Being Different Together, Kelly and I discuss the next two sayings from Uncle Murray's canon, both of which point to a way through one of the...
When I first encountered the Buddhist teaching of emptiness, it honestly kind of bothered me. 🙈 I didn’t like the idea that there wasn’t an essential nature inherent in the things I loved. My spirituality resonated more with feeling like there’s something out there – some being, some ultimate reality, some personified divinity that I could have a relationship with. Over time, I found other Buddhist teachings that did resonate. The practice of loving kindness, or metta, is one I lean into...
A client of mine referred to their new dog as a “dopamine dispenser,” and I couldn’t agree more. 😍 It’s like, “Move over phone, Instagram, all the apps and devices that vie for my attention. I’ve got something REAL here.” This reminded me of a visit to my cousin after she got a new kitten. We were on the floor playing with it when, inevitably, a phone came out to show a funny cat video. Apparently, at some point I broke from my haze and said, “Wait, why are we watching videos of cats when we...