Cultivating Purpose Through Podcasting: Reflections on Creativity, Community, and Connection | Ep. 79

Thank you for tuning in and , if you haven't already , be sure to rate and review the show and share this podcast with a friend . April is National Minority Health Month , so , before we jump into today's topic , I want to share a quick wellness tip that aligns with the episode , and that is cultivate a support network .

Just as I've learned from guests and we've learned together , I encourage you to also seek a supportive community for your growth . Support yourself with people who uplift you friends , family , mentors , creative collaborators or spiritual communities . I wanted to use this episode to reflect on lessons I've learned from guests on the show and my personal journey .

I've gained so many creative insights . I've gained so many big insights about creativity , about purpose and alignment .

In doing this show , I've had the opportunity to sit down with some of the incredible people that I admire and that I look up to in so many ways and who have helped to shape my worldview in so many ways with their brilliance , with their art , with the way they think , with the way they live , with the way they speak , and I'm so grateful for that .

One of the biggest insights about creativity that I've gained in going on this journey and doing this podcast is that creativity and creation are deeply connected to spirit . Depending on your beliefs , there are a multitude of stories and philosophies and mythologies and religions about how this world came to be .

The one that I was raised with was that God created the world . God used the power of spoken word to create light . God used the power of earth and breath to create the first people . Now , depending on what you believe , that story may vary and I'm not here to debate that or argue about that .

But the common thread in so many of these stories or sacred texts , as one of our previous guests , vanessa Aldrich , has shared , is that the human spirit is creative by nature . As she often says , if God is the creator and I am creative , what am I ? And that is a deep belief and truth that I hold .

I think that our society requires so much of us that it's hard for everyone to just

pour into their creativity the way that they deserve to . Some people have more flexibility to do that than others , but I think one of the way that they deserve to .

Some people have more flexibility to do that than others , but I think one of the things that bring us closest to spirit , one of the things that bring us closest to divinity , to God by that name or any other , is when we are being creative , when we are using our words and our breath and our hands to shape , to mold and to create new worlds and new

realities , and we do that in the ways that we know how and that we can . For some people that's creating art that could be visual art . Some people that's creating art that could be visual art , paintings or sculptures in a museum . It could be a show or a film . It could be audio art , like this podcast . It could be writing stories or songs or poems .

It could look like any form of shaping and molding and birthing a new idea and , of course , the ultimate form that humans know how to do is to create new life .

But I think my biggest insight about creativity is that when we are in the energy of creativity , we are most connected to spirit , we are most connected to the divine and we are most connected to our true essence .

And so many things can spark creativity right so many creatives that I've even interviewed on this podcast talk about their love of nature , their love of traveling , their love of being in the world Everyone from Talib Jasir to Samantha Amazon to Brittany Demestine to LaVon Briggs and so many more . In doing this podcast , my purpose for the show has evolved .

When I started , it was just an outlet for myself , my sister and my best friend to talk and kiki and pick up something new , especially during lockdown . What the purpose of the show has evolved to is something totally different . I am so committed and clear to this conversation around creativity because it is unending .

I am so committed and clear to this conversation about alignment because alignment varies by season , but we know when we are . Alignment may vary by season , but we know when we're in alignment with our true nature and our desires and our hopes and our mission .

My purpose for the show was just entertainment in the beginning , and it's become so much deeper than that . To me , it's an opportunity to build and connect with community . It's an opportunity to connect with people who are also aligned with the spirit of creativity and who have a burning desire to chart their own paths and shape this world in their own image .

And in doing this show , alignment has shown up in unexpected ways . Sometimes that's connecting with people out of the blue who may be in this space too , or connecting with them because we're clear on the purposes of

our own show and the things we want to talk about .

But as I've gotten deeper into creativity with this show , it has also allowed me to connect with other creatives in significant ways and to be a part of and to be part of a community of creatives where I feel supported , where I'm inspired , where I can learn , where I can share , where I can get feedback about my craft .

And that wouldn't have been possible had I not been authentic to what I felt called to do in this season with this show . I say all that to say that I am so grateful for this prolific community .

I am so grateful that we are all stewards of creativity , I am so grateful that we are all committed to pouring into our purpose , in whatever form that looks like in this season of our lives , and I'm so grateful for all of the lessons and the incredible insight to come .

So with that , I'd love to ask you what have you learned from this show about creativity , about yourself , from me or from our guests ? Be sure to let me know in a review or in a text to the show and , after tapping into this week's wellness tip , let me know how it impacts you . Thank you so much for tuning in to another short but sweet episode .

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Have a great rest of your day or night and I'll catch you on the next episode . Bye .