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Are you in a season of slowing down, where the spark has dimmed and clarity feels just out of reach? This episode will help you see that quiet space not as a problem to fix, but as a sacred, soul-led invitation.

✨ Whether you're questioning your path, feeling disconnected from your creativity, or craving solitude without knowing why, this episode offers a heartfelt reframe. Instead of pushing through the lull, what if you honoured it as a vital part of your evolution, as a sacred pause?

🌟 Why you’ll love this episode:

1. Understand the spiritual power of slowing down and why the “pause” is a creative cocoon, not a dead end.
2. Reframe self-doubt and lack of clarity as signs you’re entering a new, more aligned season of soul expression.
3. Feel supported in your own transition, with gentle reminders that you’re not behind, you’re exactly where you need to be.
   
   

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• The in-between space is where the deepest soul whispers emerge
• You are not failing, you’re becoming
• Creative and life seasons mirror each other in sacred rhythms
• Stillness holds hidden growth and inner transformation
• Letting go of productivity = reclaiming your creative sovereignty
• Rest is not a break from the path—it is the path
• You don’t need to push harder—you need to listen deeper

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Discover how creativity, emotional wellbeing, and bold visual design intersect in this soulful conversation with Tina Bernstein, designer and creator of the globally-loved Mapology Guides.

Tina is a creative entrepreneur and self-proclaimed cartographer of emotions. In this episode, we dive into the story behind her beautifully illustrated self-help maps and why creativity is the secret ingredient in helping people move from overwhelm to insight.

Tina shares her lived experience with mental health, the importance of visual learning, and how combining therapy, design, and emotional intelligence became a lifelong mission to support others through playful, accessible tools for personal growth.

💫 Why You’ll Love This Episode

1. Explore the link between creativity and healing – and how it can change the way you navigate life’s challenges.
2. Learn how visual metaphors unlock self-awareness and make self-help more approachable.
3. Discover the surprising power of playfulness, curiosity, and colour in emotional wellbeing and self-development.

Episode Summary

Tina Bernstein’s Mapology Guides are not your average self-help tools. They’re fold-out, A2 illustrated maps that use metaphor, humour, and emotional wisdom to help you move from one state to another – whether it’s from overthinking to clarity, or from self-doubt to empowerment.

In this heartfelt conversation, Tina shares the evolution of Mapology Guides, the deeply personal experiences that fuelled her mission, and the incredible way visual storytelling and creative thinking support mental health, resilience, and spiritual connection. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by conventional self-help or disconnected from your creativity, this episode will spark a whole new way of seeing yourself and your journey.

Key Takeaways

• Why everyone is born creative – and how we lose it (and reclaim it)
• The healing potential of visual metaphors in emotional learning
• How design, therapy, and creativity combine to form a toolkit for personal growth
• Why curiosity and playfulness are vital superpowers for wellbeing
• How Mapology Guides support mental health, creative thinking, and personal development
• The connection between creativity, spirituality, and emotional transformation
• The power of non-linear, bite-sized visual learning tools in a fast-paced world

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In this mini-episode of Soul Led Creative Women, Sam Horton reads an original poem taken from a personal reflective creative moment of her every day life.

This one is titled "Golden Light of Truth"

And asks the question:
Can you recall a moment where you felt yourself swept away by a strong emotion, but then paused, just long enough to question it?

What old story or fear was playing out in that moment? And what would it look like to return, gently, to the part of you that already knows the truth beneath the trigger?

Sam says: This piece honours the sacred pause, that breath of awareness where a quiet inner knowing rises above the noise. It is a return to discernment, to soul-truth, to the part of us that can observe without becoming fused with old emotions. Instead of acting from urgency, we begin to choose presence. We soften. We witness. And in that, we remember our power, that we are not the storm of our reactions, but the vast sky that holds it all with compassion.

Take care,
Sam x

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