Episode 469: Spirituality and Creativity series: How to Live a Spiritual AF Life with Roxan McDonald

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roxan McDonald joins me to share how spirituality can help with creative writing and how to live what she calls, “Spiritual AF” life. Roxan is another amazing human I found on TikTok and I am happy to share her work with you today! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For those new to Roxan, she is a writer, workshop facilitator, podcaster, and coach who has dedicated herself to helping people find their voice both on the page and in their lives. She currently leads writing groups and personal development retreats, and co-teaches with Ellen Bass at Esalen Institute and 1440 Multiversity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We cover:</span><strong><br /></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Roxan’s meaning of spirituality is aligning self with thoughts, actions, beliefs, and values (7:25)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Writing as a spiritual practice and how it can help your creativity as a writer (14:25)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The transformative and therapeutic nature of writing (25:13)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What is at the core of the spiritual creative overlap (33:40)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Roxann has a playlist of videos on TikTok about not being nice. She shares her thoughts about women being nice and what she means when she says “Polite protects predators.” (38:12)</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "http://andreaowen.com/469">http://andreaowen.com/469</a></span></p> <p> </p>