Episode 008: The Artist’s Way

Dianna Cohen

Dianna Cohen

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This week, I'm giving you a guide to one of my favorite books in the entire universe: Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way. I break down what this 12-week program actually is, why it changed my life (and how I approached building Crown Affair before and after doing the work), and I walk you through all 12 weeks, from recovering a sense of safety in week one, to the anger and jealousy of week three, the reading deprivation of week four, all the way to recovering a sense of faith in week 12. If this book has been sitting on your shelf, or you made it to week three or four and stalled out, this episode is your sign to pick it back up.

Tune in for a breakdown of morning pages, artist dates, creative U-turns, and why growth is a spiral, not a straight line.

(0:00) Intro
(0:22) What is The Artist's Way?
(1:11) Shopify ad
(1:29) About Julia Cameron & the book's origins
(1:45) Morning pages & artist dates
(2:46) Growth is not linear
(3:20) Week 1: Recovering a sense of safety
(5:11) Week 2: Recovering a sense of identity
(9:59) Week 3: Recovering a sense of power
(13:34) Week 4: Recovering a sense of integrity
(15:06) Weeks 5 & 6: Recovering a sense of possibility & abundance
(17:37) Week 7: Recovering a sense of connection
(19:04) Week 8: Recovering a sense of strength
(20:01) Week 9: Creative U-turns
(22:47) Week 10: Recovering a sense of self-protection
(25:04) Week 11: Recovering a sense of autonomy
(27:44) Week 12: Recovering a sense of faith
(30:08) Morning pages & artist dates as lifelong tools
(32:15) Closing thoughts

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