Knowing Ourselves Better & Healing Through Art with Makaila Borgerson
Description
Today we are talking with Makaila Borgerson about both her brilliant career creating art and her experience with her own mental health diagnosis. She bravely shares that, though this is a part of her, it does not define her. She shares what this journey has been like for her & how she has learned more about herself from creating her art.
We also talk about a ton of different concepts in this episode.
Namely:
-Taking care of yourself & being kind to yourself, even (& especially) when you don't have it all together!
-When it's hard to talk about & share your art
-Digging deeper into life & paying attention to who your real friends are
-Being scared
-Not liking your current or past work, but knowing you can't get to your next & better work without creating it first
-Processing life & emotions and the "tortured artist" scenario
-Sharing your heart through your work is so vulnerable!
-Comparing yourself & creating from your true self // doing what's truest for you.
-Makaila's amazing life's work of creating maps of places from her life
-What happens when you take the foot off of a sewing machine
-You don't always have to sell your art.
-Taking a break & then starting to create again.
-Working with only what you already have.
-Not stopping when things get uncomfortable: When we get stick, we're probably resisting something.
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