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Creativity, Healing, and Connection: Self-Discovery Through Adversity and Art with John Guillemette

Creativity, Healing, and Connection: Self-Discovery Through Adversity and Art with John Guillemette

Update: 2025-11-13
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Artist and writer John Guillemette joins Dr. Dan for a moving conversation about paradox, purpose, and the transformative power of creativity. From being misdiagnosed and over-medicated to rediscovering balance and meaning as a hospital janitor during the pandemic, John’s story reveals how struggle can become the source of wisdom.


Together, John and Dr. Dan explore the courage it takes to live authentically, the importance of self-discovery through art, and the beauty of collaboration that honors our shared humanity. They discuss John’s acclaimed illustration work with repeat MIAGO guest Dr. Gina Barreca on Gina School: It’s Not What They Teach You, It’s What They Learn, and his upcoming illustrated memoir Relapse of a Recovering Ego Addict.


This episode is a meditation on growth, resilience, and what it means to “make it a great one” — even when life feels messy, strange, or contradictory.


For more information, visit musingjohn.com and follow @musing_john on Instagram.


Please listen, follow, rate, and review Make It a Great One on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow @drdanpeters on social media. Visit www.drdanpeters.com and send your questions or guest pitches to podcast@drdanpeters.com.


We have this moment, this day, and this life—let’s make it a great one.


– Dr. Dan


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Creativity, Healing, and Connection: Self-Discovery Through Adversity and Art with John Guillemette

Creativity, Healing, and Connection: Self-Discovery Through Adversity and Art with John Guillemette

Dr. Dan Peters, Psychologist and Executive Leadership Coach