This episode is your permission slip to listen to your own internal seasons of productivity and rest. I’m joined by Mackenzie Belcastro, a transformational coach, Reiki Practitioner, and podcast host.

Mackenzie and I kick this episode off by inviting you to drop into a powerful Creative Spark meditation. This meditation is a practice you can bookmark and return to again and again.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or on your favorite podcast platform while you cook, clean, or create. Get the full show notes & transcript here.

What’s in This Episode:

Mackenzie defines creativity as being in touch with one's soul or higher self. She highlights the importance of regular self-care and meditation for keeping that channel open and shares her journey of aligning her external world with her internal values.

Mackenzie reminds you that it’s okay to experience human moments and shares her own cyclical pattern of stepping back from “productivity” in the fall. She gives herself permission to rest, knowing she’ll return to a season of productivity when she feels inspired.

Mackenzie reminds you that you do not need to force your creative process. And that you are deserving of self-compassion while navigating seasons of creative blocks.

xo Chef Carla

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This week’s episode illustrates what’s possible for you when you allow your spirit to lead you in your work. I’m joined by Emily Nachazel, intuitive business coach for visionary soul-led women.

When with clients, Emily uses somatics and energetic work to help people shake out resistance. Here, she takes us behind the scenes of what it’s been like to move through her own creative blocks and reconnect with her voice and self-expression.

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What’s in This Episode:

Emily Nachazel defines creativity as, “life force that is flowing through.” She surrenders and stays present to the energy that feels bigger than her so that it can move through her.

Emily shares about her current relationship with creativity while being pregnant and celebrates pregnancy as one the most creative portals she has ever been through.

Emily compares her daily morning practice to brushing your teeth, a non-negotiable part of the day that has become a foundation piece of showing up online in her business for the past 10 years.

Emily gives you permission to shift your perspective and view your business as an art practice rather than spreadsheets, data, and invoices.

Topics Covered:

Defining your creativity as life force energy

Embracing the self-discovery and evolution of entrepreneurship

What’s possible for you when you allow your spirit to lead you in your work

Celebrating pregnancy and birth as potent creative portals

Reframing your creative blocks as pathways to more aligned realities

Unblocking the voice and self-expression through singing and ancestral healing

What has been moving through you lately? Leave a comment below or tag us on IG @chefcarlacontreras & @emilynachazel to share with us.

xo Chef Carla

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This week’s episode is the first live Nourishing Creativity episode. I’m joined by repeat guest Deb Driscoll, an author, spiritual teacher, and energy guide. Her playful approach to the creative process is magnetic!

In this episode, Deb shares how since her last episode she has shifted her priorities to focus on being an author with a business. She was not giving herself the space to create, there was always another to-do in her business.

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What’s in This Episode:

Importance of Pausing and Breathing: Deb talks about the significance of stopping, pausing, and breathing to connect with your creativity and intuition.

Definition of Magic: Deb defines magic, “as the intentional direction of energy” and shares how it relates to creativity.

Current Relationship with Creativity: Deb shares her journey of prioritizing her writing and creative projects, she is an author with a business.

IN Your INTUITION Summit: Deb explains the purpose and structure of the summit, which aims to empower women to claim their intuitive wisdom, join the summit

Challenges and Creative Process: Deb discusses the challenges she has faced while organizing the summit and how she has incorporated rest and self-care into her process.

Listen to Deb’s previous podcast, Episode 96: Healing is a Creative Process with Deb Driscoll Founder of Big Life Magic here

xo Chef Carla

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