Welcome to the circle
If you’re a writer, you’re probably no stranger to creative blocks, those days when nothing about your craft feels quite right.
Instead of telling stories, you’re playing word Tetris with the same five paragraphs and ducking away to make yet another absolutely vital cup of tea, desperately hoping you’ll stop feeling so stuck.
Sometimes, the block goes deeper than a passing frustration — and the longer it sticks around, the more impossible it feels to overcome.
But you don't have to make huge, complicated changes to access creative flow in your life. Small shifts can make deep transformations. And that means you can start right now.
The Inspirited Word is a monthly podcast for writers ready to stop second-guessing their storytelling and ready to start breathing life and spirit back into their craft.
Join us as we rediscover the radical magic in our stories... and actually get those powerful stories on the page.
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!
Apple Pods | Spotify | Podcast Addict | Overcast | Pocket Casts | RSS
29. To be silent (Or, turning creative enemies into allies)
What if instead of having to fill silence in your creative life (or avoid it), you just needed to meet it, with no expectations?
28. Dreaming big (Or, writing what’s holy)
What can a totally weird dream teach you about writing? Maybe the thing that matters most.
27. Crafting a creative life with the Witches’ Pyramid
How a personal writing philosophy can fuel a sustainable, generative, and ever-evolving practice.
26. Creating more meaning, more often
How can you escape the productivity ethos but still create more meaningful work (i.e., make stuff with deep meaning, and also make that kind of stuff more often)?
25. You don’t have to be more productive (really)
There’s nothing wrong with being prolific – but there’s nothing inherently good about it, either. Being prolific requires the courage to speak, but sometimes speaking well requires prioritizing slowness over productiveness.
24. Resolving to stay curious
For storytellers, the art of asking good questions may be even more important than the art of choosing good words.
23. The creativity of longing (Or, crafting hopeful stories)
On the US election and finding creative hope, even when things don't feel so inspiring.
22. Magical thinking for practical writers
How can a magical mindset help even Very Serious Writers do deep and liberating creative work?
21. The story is not the territory (Or, stories as maps)
At heart, stories are maps – ways of navigating life. This month, let’s get real about navigating with story maps (and when it's time to get a bit lost instead).
20. How (and why) to hold creative space
How holding creative space can turn a writing practice that’s not quite clicking into a container that actually supports you and your work.
19. Finding allies for your creative dream
Harnessing the power of supportive allies on your creative path – even when you're journeying alone.
18. No before yes: How to learn from writing you hate
Sometimes, it's easier to learn from writing we hate than from writing we love. Here's how to do it.
