In this raw, unedited episode, Marci is talking honestly about what happened when my voice went quiet.

For two weeks, she didn’t release a podcast episode. Not because she had nothing to say, but because what she had to say wasn't available to her.

Marci was carrying some heavy sadness. She had used a lot of creative energy on other projects. And honestly, she was discouraged. Marci had released a previous episode she believed was one of her strongest, shared clips from it on social media, and was met with very little response.

In the past, Marci might have pushed through, forced herself to produce something, and called that discipline.

But she's been practicing how to listen.

In this episode, Marci talks about the difference between avoidance and honoring yourself, between lovingly stretching yourself and overriding what your nervous system and inner world may actually need.

Marci also explores what happens when you stop making a temporary lack of energy, motivation, creativity, or capacity mean something about who you are.

You’ll hear encouragement to ask yourself:

• Am I avoiding something that needs courage, or is something inside me genuinely asking to be heard?
• What am I making this season mean about me?
• What would it look like to stay in relationship with myself instead of judging or forcing myself?
• Can I let discouragement be present without abandoning myself because of it?

Sometimes your voice doesn’t come back because you finally found the perfect thing to say.

Sometimes it comes back when you give yourself permission to tell the truth about why it went quiet.

If you’ve been feeling discouraged, disconnected, creatively drained, emotionally tired, or like you should be doing more than you currently have capacity for, this episode is for you.

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