The Long Pause

The Long Pause

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Press Play ▶️ An Interview with Lisa Alexander
I am a slow burn. I don’t do anything quickly (except maybe spend money and eat cheese 🧀)
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Is creativity coaching right for you? An interview with Catherine LaSota
And a killer opportunity to work with her!
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Bonus Track ▶️ with poet Emily Mohn-Slate
Listen now | "When I came out of my Pause, I couldn't figure out how to write anything interesting--and then I read The Narrow Road to the Interior"
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▶️ Press Play: An Interview with Charlotte Lang
"My Long Pause made me see more clearly that I couldn’t force my creativity."
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▶️ Press Play: An Interview with poet Emily Mohn-Slate
"My pause has made me more deeply grateful for any time I have to write."
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Bonus Track ▶️ with Brandon Monokian
Listen now | "If I had had this idea that I wouldn't be writing, I would have been terrified and devastated, but I'm shocked at how fine I am. The page…
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▶️ Press Play: An Interview with playwright Brandon Monokian
"Finding who you are and how you operate best as a human is intertwined with who you are and how you operate best as a creator."
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▶️ Press Play: An Interview with Michelle Béland
"You can be an artist and not make a single thing for years."
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Bonus Track ▶️ with Violeta Garcia-Mendoza
Listen now | "I got to fix some of the things that I felt had gone wrong in my educational life, and I got to re-enjoy parts of childhood that I really…
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▶️ Press Play: An Interview with Violeta Garcia-Mendoza
"I really regret how my creativity became a casualty of academic achievement culture and people-pleasing"
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Press Play: An Interview with Kristen Leigh
Lately, I’ve been calling daily life my “field work.” Just being alive is doing field work.
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Bonus Track ▶️ Aimee Manion
"My long pause gave me time to reimagine my future."
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