What could happen if you stopped waiting until you felt talented enough, confident enough, or had everything figured out and started following what makes you curious?
In this episode of Write Your Own Story, Betsy sits down with mixed media artist, designer, entrepreneur, and creative retreat teacher Lori Siebert to explore the power of curiosity, creativity, and giving yourself permission to follow what lights you up.
If you’ve ever told yourself you’re “not creative,” it might be time to rethink that. Creativity isn’t something you either have or you don’t, it’s a muscle you build through practice.
You’re allowed to be a beginner, make something imperfect, find yourself in the messy middle, and keep going anyway.
And you don’t need to know where your curiosity is going to lead. The hobby, idea, or passion you can’t stop thinking about doesn’t need to have an immediate purpose or become a business.
Sometimes, giving yourself permission to explore it can open doors you never expected.
Lori shares how following her own curiosity led to a career full of pivots, from running a design firm and working in art licensing to creating art and teaching creative retreats around the world.
Her story is a reminder that you don’t have to stay in one lane forever, you can recognize when something no longer fits and make more room for what brings you joy.
You’ll also hear about letting go of constant productivity, making more space for play, protecting your creativity when it becomes a business, taking yourself on creative “field trips,” and finding ways to recharge before you hit burnout.
So, what would you explore if you weren’t worried about being good at it?
Where could your curiosity take you if you actually followed it?
You don’t need to know where it’s going.
You just need to be curious enough to begin.
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