Expression Over Perfection Podcast
Expression Over Perfection is a podcast about the creative process, staying connected to your authentic expression, overcoming the inner critic, and what it means to be human. The show is hosted by Jesse Sussman.
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Episode 1
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In this episode, Syanna Wand and I discuss the intersection of creative work, attachment, trauma, healing, and what it means to be human.
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Syanna Wand (@syannawand) is an Embodied Healing coach that specializes in compassionate, body-centered recovery from complex trauma and attachment wounds. If this is your first time being introduced to Syanna and her work, I’m honored to make this introduction.
In this episode we cover many topics relating to the intersection of creative work, trauma, attachment, healing, the inner critic, and what it means to be human. This might seem like a disparate list, but they all relate back to some of the most fundamental themes of our personal and creative lives: safety, authenticity, and expression.
Connect with Syanna here:
instagram.com/syannawand
syannawand.com
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Episode 2
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In this episode, Dr. Stan Steindl and I discuss compassion, working with suffering, self-criticism, self-talk, the link between perfectionism and procrastination, and more.
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In this episode, Dr. Stan Steindl and I discuss compassion, working with suffering, self-criticism, self-talk, the link between perfectionism and procrastination, and more.
Dr. Stan Steindl is a clinical psychologist and director of the private practice Psychology Consultants in Brisbane, Australia. He’s also an adjunct associate professor at the School of Psychology at University of Queensland. He’s also the author of a new book called The Gifts Of Compassion: How to Understand and Overcome Suffering.
Get Stan's new book here: The Gifts of Compassion by Stan Steindl
Get the workbook here: The Gifts of Compassion Personal Practice Workbook
"Stan Steindl takes us on a personal journey into the ups and downs of what it is to be human and reveals both the challenges and joys of building one's compassionate mind." - Paul Gilbert OBE, Founder of Compassion Focused Therapy
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Connect with Stan:
- Stan's YouTube channel: "Compassion in a t-shirt"
- Twitter
- Instagram
- Linktree
Episode 3
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In this episode, Susan Kolodny and I discuss creativity, the difficulties of creative work, and how we can overcome our creative blocks. We also discuss how anxiety shows up in the creative process and how we can begin to make sense of our unconscious blocks.
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In this episode, Susan Kolodny and I discuss creativity, the difficulties of creative work, and how we can overcome our creative blocks. We also discuss how anxiety shows up in the creative process and how we can begin to make sense of our unconscious blocks.
Susan Kolodny is a poet, writer, and a recently retired psychoanalyst and teacher. She is the author of two volumes of poetry, Preserve and After the Firestorm, as well as a book about creative work called The Captive Muse: On Creativity and Its Inhibition. The Captive Muse, and our conversation, proposes answers to these questions:
Why is creative work often so difficult?
What helps and what hinders us in doing it?
What makes such work possible?
Connect with Susan:
- susankolodny.com
- Susan's Books
- Contact Susan