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184. How to Find Your Own Creative Mantra - Martine Severin

184. How to Find Your Own Creative Mantra - Martine Severin

Update: 2025-10-30
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I recently spent time hiking the Four Corners (you know, the area in the US where the states of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico form corners). After pushing my body to its limits, I ended up on a massage table where an unexpected mantra changed my perspective. 

This mantra made me ask: if we have mantras for meditation and our bodies, why not for our creative practice? We, as creatives, spend so much time battling imposter syndrome and the endless feelings of "not enough". Why not use mantras to help us dip into the springwell of our creativity.

 

Chapters

00:00 Welcome: A Mantra I Didn't Know I Needed 

00:40 Hiking the Four Corners and a Body at Its Limit 

01:20 The Mantra: "I Am Grounded in the Earth" 

02:15 The Realization: Why Not a Mantra for Our Work? 

02:45 Battling the "Not Enough" Voice 

03:20 This Isn't Toxic Positivity 

04:15 How to Find Your Own Creative Mantra 

05:20 My Mantra (Right Now) 

06:30 Your Turn: Let It Ground You

 

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This is How We Create is produced by Martine Severin. This episode was edited by Daniel Espinosa.

 

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184. How to Find Your Own Creative Mantra - Martine Severin

184. How to Find Your Own Creative Mantra - Martine Severin

Martine Severin