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Creative Journey
Hosted by Kaila Allen · EN
Creative Journey is a podcast where we explore creativity and mindfulness. We believe everyone is creative, and we want to help you discover and nurture your creativity. We also believe mindfulness is essential for the creative process, and we want to help you cultivate a more mindful approach to your work and life. Let’s grow and expand together. E-mail us at creativejourney.kc@gmail.com. Join the list serve by sending a blank e-mail to creative–journey+subscribe@googlegroups.com. To join us each week on zoom, Send an e-mail to Community@acb.org
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Gift: The Gift of Work
Feb 1300:51:33Tap to summarizeBook: The Ultimate Gift Author: Jim Stovall This week focuses on the fundamental value of hard work and the satisfaction found in a job well done. We discuss why labor is a necessary starting point for personal growth and transformation. Visit https://creativeguidancellc.com/
Transcribe →Week 1 - The 7 Terrains of Self
Feb 901:16:43Tap to summarizeBoundaries are not walls intended to shut people out; they are the navigation system that keeps us safe. In this series premiere, Coach Kaila maps the landscape of your life, moving beyond vague advice to explore the 7 Terrains of Self. In this episode, we explore: How to identify the 7 specific areas where you need boundaries (Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, Time, Energetic, Material, and Intimacy). Why a boundary violation is often felt in the body before the mind registers it. Practical somatic tools like “The Stop Hand” and “The Velvet Rope” to protect your peace without guilt. Connect with Coach Kaila: Visit our website for more resources: Creative Guidance LLC If this episode resonated with you, consider Supporting the show: Buy Me a Coffee
Transcribe →The Glimmer Hunter: Discovering Micro-Moments of Safety, Play, and Laughter
Feb 201:22:53Tap to summarizeIn the fourth episode of our series, “The Art of Arrival,” Coach Kaila shifts our focus from clearing the obstacles to actively populating our lives with light. We dive into the world of “Glimmers”—those micro-moments of safety and connection that signal to our nervous system that the “war” is over and we are safe to arrive. We explore the profound biology of laughter, looking at how it acts as a physical “circuit breaker” for stress by vibrating the Vagus nerve and forcing a deep, restorative exhale. Coach Kaila compares the uninhibited, 300-laughs-a-day nature of a child to the restricted “15-20 laughs” of the adult “Producer” identity, inviting us to reclaim the child’s tool of sensory play. You will learn how to “tune your internal radio” to the frequency of delight through sensory layering, titration, and the creation of a Somatic Glimmer Library. This episode is an invitation to move from being a visitor in happiness to becoming a permanent resident of your own play and peace. Weekly Homework & Action Steps: The Glimmer Log: Find three micro-glimmers every day this week. They must be small, sensory, and take less than 10 seconds to notice. When you find one, take 30 seconds to “soak” in the sensation to catalog it in your nervous system. Journaling Prompt: What is the most “child-like” or “pointless” thing I did this week, and how did my body physically feel during and after that moment of play? Affirmation: “I am a Glimmer Hunter. I am safe to play, I am worthy of laughter, and I am arriving in the light every single day.” Connect with Coach Kaila: Visit our website for more resources: Creative Guidance LLC If this episode resonated with you, consider Supporting the show: Buy Me a Coffee
Transcribe →Worthy Without Working: Uncoupling Value from Productivity
Jan 2601:34:42Tap to summarizeIn the third installment of our series, “The Art of Arrival,” Coach Kaila explores one of the most significant barriers to true presence: the myth of the “Human Doing.” In a world that conditions us to tie our worth to our to-do lists, many of us have lost the ability to simply exist without justification. This episode dives into the “Inner Taskmaster” and the “Efficiency Trap” that turns even our hobbies and social connections into a form of labor. We discuss the somatic cost of “earning” our rest and why we often feel a “Post-Rest Hangover” of guilt when we aren’t being productive. You will learn how to perform a “Worthy Scan” to identify where your body is bracing for work even during moments of stillness. Finally, we walk through the process of signing an “Unconditional Contract” with yourself—a somatic commitment to your inherent value that requires no output, no achievement, and no performance to remain valid. Weekly Homework & Action Steps: The Unproductive Hour: Choose one hour this week to be intentionally “unproductive.” No chores, no planning, and no fixing. Simply exist. When the urge to be “useful” arises, practice meeting it with the internal reminder that you are worthy of the space you occupy. Journaling Prompt: If your worth was already 100% pre-paid for the rest of your life, what is the one thing you would stop doing today, and what is the one thing you would start doing purely for the joy of it? Affirmation: “I am worthy without working. My value is inherent, and my rest is my right.” Connect with Coach Kaila: Visit our website for more resources: Creative Guidance LLC If this episode resonated with you, consider Supporting the show: Buy Me a Coffee
Transcribe →They Don't Give Away Their Power Part 1
Jul 31, 202500:56:08Tap to summarizeThis week we finish up chapter 1 they don't waste time feeling sorry for themselves. and Start chapter 2 They don't give away their power in the book Thirteen Things Mentally Strong People don't do by Amy Moren.
Transcribe →They Don't Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves Part 2
Jul 29, 202500:52:45Tap to summarizeThis week we continue Chapter 1: They don't waste time feeling sorry for themselves in the book Thirteen Things Mentally Strong People don't do by Amy Moren.
Transcribe →Chapter 1 They Don't Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves part 1
Jul 24, 202500:50:24Tap to summarizeThis is The start of chapter 1 of the book Thirteen Thins Mentally Strong People don't do by Amy Moren. They Don't Waste Time Feeling Sorry For Themselves.
Transcribe →Introduction to 13 things Mentally Strong People Don't Do
Jul 22, 202500:57:47Tap to summarizeThis is the first episode of the book 13 Things Mentally Strong People don't do by Amy Moren.
Transcribe →Recovering your sense of faith
May 15, 202500:29:32Tap to summarizeThis is week 12 of the book. This is the last episode for this season. Season 2 will start shortly.
Transcribe →Recovering a sense of Autonomy
Mar 19, 202500:26:24Tap to summarizeEpisode Notes This is week 11 of the artist's way. Recovering a sense of Autonomy.
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