She was six when the world told her she was wrong – for coloring outside the lines. So she spent decades getting it all right. Until illness forced everything to stop, and her inner artist finally picked up the brush.

What spilled out next? Messy, wild, glorious truth.

Deborah Ann Baker was the model of perfection – a PhD in counseling psychology, the gold medals, the mask that never cracked. Until her body did. A sudden diagnosis brought her life to a halt. No more pushing. No more pretending.

And in that stillness? She met her six-year-old self – the little girl who was once scolded for coloring a tree purple. That memory became the spark that led Deborah back to herself through abstract art, deep healing, and the radical act of saying “no” to the mask and “yes” to her truth.

In this conversation, we talk about:
– What creativity can reveal when words fall short
– Why your inner perfectionist isn’t the enemy (just outdated)
– How to listen for the whisper of your soul when everything feels numb
– And why being witnessed – not fixed – is what we really need

Whether you’ve forgotten what you love or feel like you’ve outgrown the life you carefully built… this one’s a compass back to you.

Quote:

“You don’t need to be fixed. You need to be witnessed.”

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