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In this episode you’ll learn:
- The 3 promises of writing (not: fame, fortune and a best-seller)
- How journalling can change your life
- Why claiming to be busy is a bad story to own
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Writing and journalling changed Dave Ursillo’s life.
In episode 251, part one of my chat with writer, healer and Unavoidable Writing teacher, Dave Ursillo, helped us to pull apart writer’s block to find out what’s really going on…
Dave helped us to understand our fear shadows.
In this episode, part two of our chat, we go deeper into Dave’s own personal story
Hear how journalling can change your life.
Dave introduces us to our soul-code and how writing can help us become the whole of who we are.
We also explore the benefit of creating a dedicated writing environment:
Making a home for your writing – somewhere you belong and a place for meaningful endeavour.
We also explore the interplay between home, harmony and wholeness.
Items mentioned in this episode (quick access):
The value of self-awareness
[00:41] Introducing part two with Dave Ursillo.
[01:57] Amanda Turner and the fear of success.
[02:33] Is less more?
[03:20] Measures of success.
[05:20] The value of self-awareness.
[06:00] Staying mindful.
Leading by example
[07:00] Leading by example. Inner-code.
[08:05] The three promises of writing.
[07:45] Cultivating a sense of home, harmony and wholeness.
[09:50] How journalling can change your life.
[10:40] Dave shares some of his early struggles and story.
[12:37] The spiritual nature of writing.
Creating space
[13:35] Choosing your thoughts.
[16:49] Living with journaling. Sustaining practice.
[18:19] How journalling can help those seeking their identify
[18:52] Busy: a really bad story
[20:05] Changing your story.
[22:20] Taking it with you; being in the world.
Cultivating a microcosm for creativity
[24:26] Dave’s e-book Writer’s block is dead
[25:30] Fear shadow scripts.
[25:40] Creating a dedicated space for a writing practice.
[28:56] Establishing a writing environment.
[29:51] Natalia Komis easel and Stephen Pressfield’s book The War of Art.
[31:00] Dave shares some of his personal writing struggles and challenges.
Making a home for your writing
[32:30] Dave’s creative enclave. Writing with a view. Making a home for your writing.
[34:30] Somewhere for meaningful endeavour. Home within yourself.
[36:00] The whole of who we are.
[37:43] What Dave would have liked to have heard 9 years ago.
[38:57] Unavoidable Writing.
[42:13] The promise of writing.
Links and Resources:
- [Course] Unavoidable Writing (non-affiliate promo code: ICP30)
- [E-book] Writer’s block free e-book
- [Website] Dave Ursillo
Books mentioned in this episode:
Quotes from this episode (click to tweet:):
- “There’s value in the moments that we spend investing in our self-awareness”
- “What if I feel this way because I’m meant to do something else?”
- “Sometimes it can feel like our emotions are in control of us”
- “Step one…who am I…and what matters?”
- “The practice is just an extension of who I feel myself to be”
- “The whole is always going to express itself”
- “On the other side of that avoidance…is promise”
If you enjoyed this podcast, you’ll also like:
- ICP 251 – Dave Ursillo – Interview (Part One)
- Previous Inspirational Creatives episodes
- ICP 231 Activating Your Creative Truth (with Natalia Komis)
- ICP 178 How To Avoid Distraction and Get Your Writing Done (with Amanda Turner)
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