The Artist's Way at 40: One Woman's Unexpected Second Act + Special Announcement | (replay) Calleen De Oliveira, Ep. 25

You're good at your job, you're juggling everything, and somewhere underneath all of it there's a quiet question you haven't answered yet: what do I actually want to do next? The problem isn't that you don't know how to work hard — it's that no one ever taught you how to listen to yourself.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE:

This week is a replay of one of our favorite conversations as we wrap up our first Her Intentional Reset Experience: The Artist's Way Creative Cluster. Molly shares how The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron kept showing up in her life right when she needed it — and why that's not as mystical as it sounds. Then she talks with Calleen De Oliveira, who used this exact book in her 40s to leave a 25-year advertising career, go to nursing school, and build a life she is proud of. What came out of those morning pages surprised even Calleen — and it went far beyond a career change.

Plus: Molly shares how to join the next Her Intentional Reset Experience — The Artist's Way Creative Cluster, starting the week of October 5th.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

[02:40] The three-day sequence that convinced Molly this book was worth paying attention to — and the neuroscience that explains why it happened

[08:18] What The Artist's Way actually is — and why it's not just for people who want to paint

[14:11] What morning pages did for Calleen that nothing else could: nursing school, sobriety, and a marriage she almost lost

[20:26] What a real Creative Cluster looks like — Calleen's group of eight women stayed together for a decade

[25:40] The right mindset to bring into this 12-week practice (and what Calleen says to anyone who doesn't want to commit)

[33:33] How to join the next Her Intentional Reset Experience — The Artist's Way Creative Cluster, starting October 5th

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