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Still Here, Still Trying – Episode 21: “The Things That Keep Me Sane”

What keeps you grounded when the world won’t slow down?

For me — it’s motion, creation, rhythm, and the people who still give a damn.

In this episode, I open up about the small, real things that keep me from burning out — the late-night drives along Lake Coeur d’Alene, the ten-hour runs to Utah where my brain finally breathes, the act of creating as a way of recovering.

This one’s about rhythm over balance, about learning that sanity doesn’t live in stillness — it lives in motion.

We talk about how creativity heals, how ritual builds resilience, and how connection keeps all of it alive.

It’s an episode for anyone carrying too much, thinking too hard, or just trying to stay human in a world built for speed.

And at the end, I share a song that means more to me than almost anything I’ve made.

“The Voice Is Mine” was born from a stretch where people stopped taking my work seriously because I was creating with AI — like the story behind it somehow stopped being real.

This track became my answer to that.

A line in the sand.

A reminder that technology doesn’t erase humanity — it expands it.

Every lyric, every layer still comes from lived experience.

If you’ve ever been doubted, dismissed, or told that your way of creating doesn’t count, this episode — and this song — are for you.

Listen. Breathe. Drive.

And remember: you’re still here, still creating, still trying.

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Still here. Still trying.