Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women." -Maya Angelou As we cross the threshold from 2025 into 2026, this episode invites you to pause, reflect, and choose a different way forward—one rooted in values rather than willpower. Opening with Maya Angelou’s reminder that when one woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women, we explore how values guide our decisions, actions, and sense of meaning acro...
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Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women." -Maya Angelou As we cross the threshold from 2025 into 2026, this episode invites you to pause, reflect, and choose a different way forward—one rooted in values rather than willpower. Opening with Maya Angelou’s reminder that when one woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women, we explore how values guide our decisions, actions, and sense of meaning acro...
133. That Quiet Drift Away From Ourselves...and How to Return
The Modern Creative Woman
20 minutes
1 month ago
133. That Quiet Drift Away From Ourselves...and How to Return
Ask me a question or let me know what you think! In this episode, Dr. Amy Backos takes you inside a moment every creative woman knows too well—the quiet drift away from our creativity and, in many ways, from ourselves. What begins as a blank page or stalled idea can quickly snowball into self-doubt, overwhelm, or a nervous system stuck in self-protection. But this isn’t a personal failure—it’s biology, psychology, and lived experience converging. For 20 grounding minutes, Amy unpacks why we s...
The Modern Creative Woman
Ask me a question or let me know what you think! "Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women." -Maya Angelou As we cross the threshold from 2025 into 2026, this episode invites you to pause, reflect, and choose a different way forward—one rooted in values rather than willpower. Opening with Maya Angelou’s reminder that when one woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women, we explore how values guide our decisions, actions, and sense of meaning acro...