This is one of those episodes that has the power to change the trajectory of your whole life if you happen to be ready for what it is trying to tell you. If you suspect that there is a different, more fulfilling life whispering to you and you are ready to do some reflection, pay close attention to the end of this episode because, i have some homework that will help you begin to tease all this apart and start down your own path of returning to your truest self. 

Follow, Listen, Rate & Review (thank you!)  in Apple Podcasts Subscribe & Listen in SpotifySubscribe & Watch FULL episodes on YoutubeOR listen in your favourite podcast app “No light, No shadow: How creativity helps us embrace darkness AND shine our light” Phoebe Gander on The Creative Genius Podcast  Episode Summary In this episode Kate speaks with New Zealand Visual Artist Phoebe Gander.  Phoebe shares how difficult it was to live most of her life with undiagnosed ADHD, how for years she believed there was something deeply faulty about her and how that was the root cause of self-hatred and years of depression. When her own young son was diagnosed with ADHD, it led her to her own diagnoses which set her on a path of...

Your Creative Genius needs you to clear a path through the jungle of judgemental voices inside you, so that it can feel safe to emerge. It is looking to YOU to be the one kind voice, to be it's advocate and its helper. It can't show you all it has to show you until you do this. 

Creativity is calling us - what is it and why is it calling us?  Why is it trying to get out attention. How women are more likely to justify why we don’t pursue our creative yearnings and dreams and what is required to shift this. Why we keep ourselves too busy to truly allow our creativity to move us. Where intuition comes from and how to cultivate it. 

Cat is a mindset master. There have been so many times in her life that things have gotten really, really hard. And she has consistently found ways to love and appreciate every situation she has found herself in. This living gratitude has ushered her through the creative droughts and the difficult times in her life. As you’ll hear, Cat had a chaotic & traumatic childhood. Rather than letting herself be a victim of it though, she chose to lean into her experiences and use them to make herself strong and resilient. Her dedication to her own self-awareness and mental health is inspiring.