How to Live a Creatively Inspired Life with Leya Van Doren

There’s often the illusive idea that creativity should be left to the professionals and we block ourselves from opening up to creativity as we age. We often awe at the creativity of children but what if we prioritize our creative practices and allow ourselves to reconnect with our senses? Ashley is joined by creativity coach, podcast host, and community builder, Leya Van Doren to chat living a life of creative expression. As a child, creativity was Leya’s playground and she felt safest on stage, singing and dancing with her siblings. She studied musical theater in college with dreams of becoming a star on Broadway, and once she graduated was thrust into the real world, working a 9-5. Being stuck in an office all day, it felt like she had lost her creativity and her connection to self. She felt completely creatively blocked, lost, and stuck, in the endless routine and mundane of the everyday. She wasn’t herself when she wasn’t creating. So, she tried a new approach. She reconnected with her sense of joy and started creating just for the sake of creating, without feeling like she needed to produce anything. This ultimately led her to self-publishing a poetry book in 2018 and writing and performing a one woman show in New York City in 2019. 

In this episode, Ashley and Leya chat about sourcing creative inspiration from within, why we need to give ourselves permission to ebb and flow both creatively and in life, morning pages, why we’re so often creatively blocked (hello, distraction), why creativity is an important form of self care, and how we all have the power to be creative.

After completing her 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training in India, she was inspired to offer nurturing spaces that combined mindfulness with creativity for others to reawaken their sense of joy, inspiration, and wonder. You don’t have to create alone. You deserve to nurture your inner creative.

Resources Mentioned:

The Integratron: The Fusion of Art, Science, and Magic

Morning Pages

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