Letting Go: How Endings Make Space for Transformation

In this episode, we explore how endings—though painful—are crucial for personal growth and transformation.

Sam Horton, artist, creative mentor, and life coach, shares her personal journey of moving through burnout, divorce, and toxic situations to embrace a more empowered, authentic life.

She guides listeners through recognizing what no longer serves them, letting go, and creating space for new beginnings.

Through the practice of a Release Collage, Sam introduces a simple yet powerful creative exercise to help you release old patterns and invite in new, positive energy.

Learn how to transform your pain into a source of power, making room for growth, joy, and expansion.

Key Takeaways:

💗 Embracing Endings: Endings are not failures; they create the necessary space for new opportunities.

💗 Release Collage Activity: A simple art exercise to help symbolically let go of what's holding you back.

💗. New Beginnings: After releasing the old, you can invite renewal by filling your life—and artwork—with uplifting, expansive energy.

💗 Reflection: Transformation is a process. Take time to reflect on the shifts you're experiencing, and let your creative expression guide you toward your next chapter.

Sam's Personal Journey: Sam Horton shares her own experiences of navigating endings, from leaving her career as a CFO to overcoming divorce and personal burnout. Through these challenges, she discovered the power of spiritual and creative tools to help her reconnect with her authentic self and embrace new beginnings.

🌟 Creative Tool Highlight - Release Collage: Materials: Paper, paint, magazines, glue, markers, natural elements (like flowers or leaves).

Steps:
Identify What to Let Go: Paint or draw symbols representing what’s weighing you down. Tear and Transform: Write down what’s holding you back on pieces of paper, then tear them up and arrange them on your page to symbolize release.

Renewal Energy: Add bright colors and symbols that represent hope, renewal, and the energy you want to bring into your life.

Reflection Questions: What do I need to let go of to move forward? What is holding me back? How can I invite new energy into my life after releasing the old?

🤩 Resources Mentioned: Free Guide: Download Sam's free guide, 7 Spiritual & Creative Tools You Must Try, if you feel stuck or your're not sure what to do next https://samhorton.co/tools

Connect with Sam: Check out ways to work with me or book a free call to discuss how I can support you in navigating your own endings and beginnings. https://samhorton.co/work-with-me

Stay Connected:
website: https://samhorton.co
Instagram: https://nstagram.com/@samhortonstudio

Host:
Sam Horton is an Artist, Creative Mentor, Life Coach, and Spiritual Guide. From CFO to Artist, Sam's decade-long personal creative empowerment journey has been a life-changing one!

A series of life challenges, from divorce and burnout to feelings of inner disconnection and emptiness, were the catalysts for a spiritual creative journey that led her out of the dark and transformed the way she cares for herself and shows up in the world. This journey inspires Sam to support other women to turn their pain into power and evolve into the most beautiful, authentic, best versions of themselves using transformative spiritual and creative tools.

She helps women remember who they really are at their core, meaningfully nurture themselves, express their inner truth, and experience personal expansion.

As a practising artist, Sam finds great joy in sharing her art with the world and fueling the connection between people's hearts and homes. She believes