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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,
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Do you feel torn between mastering your art and embracing creativity as a soulful healing practice? What if you didn’t have to choose? In this inspiring episode, we explore the Creative Sweet Spot – a powerful space where artistic growth and soulful expression walk hand in hand.

3 Powerful Benefits of Listening

✨ Discover how you can honour the creative process while still growing your skills and confidence
✨ Learn why separating your healing practice from your professional work can deepen both
✨ Find permission to embrace your own creative seasons and trust your intuitive rhythm

Episode Summary
In this soulful episode, I take you into a space I believe every creative soul should know about – the Creative Sweet Spot. Too often, we believe we must choose between becoming a skilled professional artist and using creativity purely for healing and self-expression. But what if these worlds could beautifully coexist?

Drawing on my own creative journey and a recent conversation with artist Maggie Parr, I share how honouring both the soulful process of creating and leaning into growth, challenge, and mastery can open new pathways of empowerment through your art. Whether you identify as a professional artist or simply a creatively curious soul, this episode will help you approach your creative life with greater freedom, joy, and intention.

Key Takeaways

• The two ends of the creative spectrum: professional art mastery vs art therapy principles
• Why embracing a "sweet spot" between process and progress can empower your creative journey
• The value of having two distinct creative practices: one for healing, one for professional growth
• How to honour the natural seasons of your creative life without forcing outcomes
• Why skill development and soulful expression can beautifully support one another
• A reflection question to deepen your connection with both healing and creative challenge

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What if creativity isn’t just a hobby, but a lifeline? In this soul-stirring episode, floral oil painter and nonprofit founder Ovi Paulter opens up about how gentle, soulful art-making helped her reclaim her identity, process trauma, and find peace after years of burnout.

In This Episode You’ll Discover:

1. How creativity can help you reconnect with your truest self after burnout or trauma
2. The healing power of gentle art-making—without pressure or perfectionism
3. Why non-toxic, soulful painting became Ovi’s way to offer softness and belonging to others

Episode Summary:
In this heartfelt conversation, Ovi Paulter shares how her art journey began not as a quest to become an artist, but as a desperate need to breathe again. After trauma, infertility, and a breakdown, she stumbled upon an oil painting class that gently reawakened her soul. Today, she teaches others to do the same, without pressure, performance, or toxic materials.

We talk about how creativity can be a bridge between the self we’ve abandoned and the one we’re becoming. Ovi reflects on her shift from striving to softness and the powerful decision to offer free monthly art classes to make creativity more accessible. Her message is a beautiful reminder that we don’t need to wait until we’re “ready” to begin—we just need to say yes to the whisper.

🌿 Key Takeaways:

• Creativity can reach places inside us that words cannot
• You don’t have to be an artist—just willing to begin gently
• Art-making is a powerful way to regulate the nervous system and reconnect with presence
• Denying creativity can lead to anxiety and disconnection
• Your creative whisper is a call toward wholeness, not something to ignore
• Combining writing and art deepens the healing experience

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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 "Creative Seeds"

And asks the question:
What idea or creative spark is quietly calling to be honoured in this season of your life, and what might you lovingly choose to place in trust for another day?

Sam says: In a world that often glorifies constant output and productivity, it is a soulful reminder to trust the natural rhythm of your creative flow. Some sparks are ready to blaze now, others are quietly gestating for a future season. The art of surrender allows you to create with more depth, presence, and grace.

Take care,
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What if the excuses that keep you stuck in creative silence aren’t the problem… but the doorway to your liberation?

3 Powerful Benefits You’ll Gain from Listening:
✨ Understand the hidden emotional and energetic roots behind your creative resistance
✨ Discover how your excuses are actually invitations for healing, not personal failings
✨ Learn the 7 most common blocks that stop soulful women from creating — and how to gently move through them

Episode Summary:
In this deeply compassionate solo episode, Sam Horton explores the seven most common excuses that hold women back from stepping into their creative power — and why they’re not signs of failure, but symptoms of deeper stories ready to be healed. Whether it’s inherited beliefs, imposter syndrome, perfectionism, or fear of being seen, these patterns can quietly sabotage your creative confidence.

Sam unpacks the emotional truth behind each excuse and offers a new perspective rooted in self-compassion, spiritual practice, and soulful intention. This is more than a call to make art — it’s an invitation to come home to yourself, release outdated stories, and create from your wholeness.

Key Takeaways:

• The truth behind inherited beliefs like “art doesn’t pay the bills” and “you’re either born creative or not”
• How imposter syndrome keeps women silent and how to break its spell with inner truth
• Why comparison and perfectionism paralyse your creative power
• The spiritual root of procrastination (hint: it’s not laziness)
• How a nourishing framework and safe structure reignite creative flow
• Why intention and commitment are more powerful than elaborate goals
• How creativity asks us to be seen — and why that’s a good thing

💌 Which excuse has been whispering to you lately? What might shift if you stopped believing it?

This episode is your gentle nudge back into your power.

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What if your art could hold a mirror to your soul — revealing your strength, beauty, and purpose? In this soulful episode, internationally exhibited artist Joanna Blair joins Sam to explore the transformative power of painting, symbolism, and intuitive creativity as a path to personal healing and empowerment.

3 Powerful Benefits of Listening:

1. Discover how creative flow can reconnect you to your intuition and inner truth.
2. Learn how symbolic storytelling in art can empower and inspire transformation.
3. Gain insight into cultivating creative resilience through life's challenges.

Episode Summary:
In this deeply personal and inspiring conversation, Sam sits down with figurative artist Joanna Blair to explore the journey of becoming a soul-led creative woman. From her early love of painting to navigating burnout, breast cancer, and artistic reinvention, Joanna shares how returning to her inner truth through painting unlocked a new level of freedom, expression, and resilience.

Together, they explore the role of feminine symbolism, intuition, and storytelling in art, and how creativity can be a mirror, a meditation, and a tool for healing. Joanna offers heartfelt reflections on overcoming self-doubt, following inner whispers, and embracing the vulnerability of sharing your inner world through your work.

Key Takeaways:

• Creativity is a lifelong conversation with the soul — and it’s never too late to begin.
• Lifes challenges can be a portal to creative transformation if you choose to listen and realign.
• Symbolism in art (like keys, butterflies, and flowers) can hold deep healing messages.
• Creative expression doesn’t need to be perfect to be powerful — it just needs to be true.
• Art can be a meditative space for reflection, resilience, and personal empowerment.
• Following intuition often means saying yes to things that feel soul-aligned, even when they don’t “make sense” on paper.
• Joanna’s use of hidden keys and QR codes in her paintings offers an inspiring model of layered meaning and interactive art.
• Trusting your own voice — whether in paint, poetry, or decision-making — is a radical act of self-belief.

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