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One of our favorite qualities of femininityÂ
is creativity and a lot of people think of
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creativity as just art or artistic artisticÂ
expression but let's unpack that a little bit
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and talk about why it's such an inspired andÂ
important feminine quality. Welcome to The
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Satisfied Woman podcast. I'm your host, AlannaÂ
Kaivalya, Ph.D. This podcast is dedicated to
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helping women lean into their femininity andÂ
rediscover the power of their feminine gifts
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we take a look at what it means to be a modernÂ
woman and how we can live A Satisfied life on our
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own terms. Visit the hub at thesatisfiedwoman.com.Â
So creativity in its most fundamental definition
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is the birthplace of anything new essentiallyÂ
it is the most feminine thing it is creating
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something from nothing a lot of people when theyÂ
think of femininity they think of the idea of
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giving birth or getting pregnant this is probablyÂ
the most visceral and physical expression of
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feminine creativity we our bodies are quiteÂ
literally creating an entire human creating
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something from almost nothing yeah okay a spermÂ
and an egg but that's two little cells so think
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about the power of that and it grows inside of usÂ
wow now look whether you are a woman who chooses
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is to have children or not whether you haveÂ
been pregnant or not whether you would like
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to be PR no matter what iteration of this suitsÂ
you as a feminine woman you have this power built
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into your DNA whether you're a person with kidsÂ
without kids can have kids can't have kids doesn't
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want kids it's not just about the idea of beingÂ
pregnant it's about what you and your feminine
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are capable of because creativity is not alwaysÂ
proc creativity and factually speaking 20% of all
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women don't give birth or won't have children soÂ
does that mean suddenly that these women are not
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creative of course not so creativity for womenÂ
does not mean specifically just the act of giving
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birth although it can and of course wow what aÂ
thing that we are able to do with this body it
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represents this concept of creativity as somethingÂ
coming from nothing that is the inherent feminine
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quality we are able to create life we are ableÂ
to follow the life force we are able to step into
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the flow of the life force and that is somethingÂ
that is uniquely feminine a lot of people think
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of creativity as art I remember early on uh inÂ
my in my adulthood I never thought of myself as
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an artistic person and someone said to me oh wowÂ
Alana you're so artistic like I I can't paint a
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I can't paint anything I can't paint anything in aÂ
single color I've never been successful at drawing
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anything I I have no aesthetic ability reallyÂ
I it's just not my wheelhouse and so when this
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person said oh Alani you're so artistic you're soÂ
creative it took me by surprise a little bit like
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what does this person mean that I'm so artisticÂ
and so creative what's creative about me well I
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write I create courses I educate I've created myÂ
own um training programs and certifications and
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my own websites and maybe we could call it a miniÂ
Empire and that came just from me so I only share
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that because I want you to also think outsideÂ
the box on what is creative for you because
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it's not just it's really that essential feminineÂ
quality of creating something out of nothing and
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anytime you do that you're being creative nowÂ
what's interesting is creativity as femininity
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as this really basic expression of femininity itÂ
isn't automatic it's not going to happen for us
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all the time we really have to be in a spaceÂ
where our creativity and our femininity can
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Thrive if you read the book the satisfied womanÂ
you'll learn about the Four Keys or I believe I
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have a podcast on it as well and the Four KeysÂ
mean that until a feminine woman has these four
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Keys established she really can't lean fully intoÂ
her feminine expression so when we have these four
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Keys established and they are a sense of safetyÂ
security the ability to trust our world and
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ourselves and the ability to be cherished by thoseÂ
around us when we have those four things then our
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creativity can flourish I was actually having aÂ
conversation just yesterday with a friend of mine
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who is an incredibly accomplished entrepreneur inÂ
her own right she not only does life coaching she
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does energy healing and she's been doing this forÂ
20 years she has clients all over the globe she's
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a busy incredibly satisfied and wonderful womanÂ
but she wants to change her Direction she wants to
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be more specific about who she works with and theÂ
work that she does and so she's taken a pause and
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has stopped all of her work in order to figureÂ
out what this next iteration of her creativity
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will be and she said to me yesterday she said butÂ
you know what I'm I'm getting antsy I feel like
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I need to work all of my family is saying youÂ
know what what are you doing you're not working
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you should be working where's where's your moneyÂ
coming from and and what's what are you going to
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do next and when are you going to get startedÂ
because that is the typical social and cultural
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narrative that we should be busy we should be onÂ
a path to success we should have something going
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on we should have a career but please we've gotÂ
to stop shoting ourselves enough is enough so I
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said to her look it is a luxury I understandÂ
but you have the luxury of taking a pause
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and not pressuring yourself into what's nextÂ
into working with this incredible gift that you
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have of this pause and the ability to just stopÂ
for a minute that's where your creativity will
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flourish anytime the feminine is under pressureÂ
creativity will be jammed anytime the feminine
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is feeling burnt out or ravaged creativity willÂ
be jammed creativity cannot happen under these
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circumstances creativity can also not happen if weÂ
are holding on to the masculine Paradigm too much
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if we're Dawning the mask of the masculine we haveÂ
to be in our femininity we have to have the space
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to be receptive to whatever creative thing isÂ
going to be coming from within us that space for
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receptivity cannot be pressure-filled it has to beÂ
expansive now now I said this a minute ago but it
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is these days a luxury to have this kind of spaceÂ
to be in this creative place we're all capable of
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it especially those on the feminine polarityÂ
everyone is capable of creativity but consider
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how much openness and relaxation and ease and selfÂ
connection to your femininity you need in order to
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get those creative juices is Flowing so when weÂ
have that space when we are in our femininity we
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might think to ourselves what is it that we do toÂ
cultivate creativity how do we get there because
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all of us is creative and boy oh boy I sureÂ
would love to see what it is that you create I
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sure would would love to see what your femininityÂ
brings forth for the world so in order for you to
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get into that creative space and unleash your ownÂ
creative expression the first thing you need to do
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is connect to your femininity and the best way toÂ
do that is to really tap in to your intuition and
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your emotions your emotions are going to be thatÂ
internal guide or litmus test for how you're doing
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if things feel right if you're surrounded by theÂ
right people your intuition is going to be that
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internal kick for yes or no the decision- makingÂ
the pathway that you're you're on having that
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confidence in your intuition and your emotionsÂ
is critical it's critical for creativity it's
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it's honestly critical for you as a feminine womanÂ
it's critical for you as a feminine it's critical
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for your whole life it's critical for those aroundÂ
you this is the essence of who you are but there
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is no creativity without Intuition or emotionÂ
because if we were to think of creativity as art
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and we're all familiar with art the best art isÂ
the art that stirs emotion if art whether it be
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film or a painting or a sculpture art becomes artÂ
because it stirs emotion in people if it doesn't
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stir emotion who knows what it is something elseÂ
but in order for it to stir emotion it has to come
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from emotion it has to come come from that reallyÂ
richened unconscious dreamlike space that is the
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domain of the feminine that's where this comesÂ
from when we feel into whatever it is we're meant
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to bring forth then what we bring forth will beÂ
a gift to the world if we follow our intuition
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then it will be right if we ignore our intuitionÂ
we're going to miss the Divine message completely
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of whatever it is we're supposed to be doingÂ
so shutting down our intuition shutting down
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our emotions is going to turn off and stifle ourÂ
creativity it's just the way of it we have to be
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in our feminine Essence and luckily for you asÂ
a feminine woman that is the core the essence of
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who you are and so it's a matter of really puttingÂ
yourself in that place giving yourself the space
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for creativity to happen now I understand howÂ
much of a luxury that space can be and I want to
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encourage you to find it whenever and wherever youÂ
can maybe it is just a 24-hour break and a station
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for yourself where you turn off all digitalÂ
devices you ignore the world around you and
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you just start to tap into what feels pleasurableÂ
to you in order to reconnect with your femininity
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and see what comes alive for you creatively itÂ
can be simple it can be a 1-hour walk in nature
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that makes you feel more connected to yourÂ
femininity it can be a dip in the pool it
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can be something easy and simple there may beÂ
a time limit on it because our lives are busy
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and well it's complicated and this is who we areÂ
but within that time limit whatever it is you're
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able to carve out for yourself to fuel and FosterÂ
creativity let that time be sacred and special for
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you to truly just Deep dive and tap in to yourÂ
femininity and your creativity creativity can't
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be pressure filled can't be forced sometimes itÂ
needs a few experiences to really get it to flow
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so if this is the first time you're trying to tapÂ
into to your creativity and this is also True by
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the way for proc creativity right so if it is theÂ
baby you're Desiring to bring forth or you want
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to have a family it's the same energy you have toÂ
give yourself or release from that pressure and
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for the time that it is that you devote yourselfÂ
to focusing on that kind of wipe it clean from
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an agenda because an agenda is pressure whateverÂ
you place upon it is going to stifle it a little
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bit so let it just be open almost imagine youÂ
know you have a time constraint on one side a
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time constraint on the other side and just a blankÂ
vastness in the middle that you get to imbue with
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whatever it is that comes forth from within youÂ
so if this is new for you it may take some time
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it may take a few tries and unfortunately patienceÂ
is it necessarily an inherent feminine quality I
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don't know that it's that it's an inherent humanÂ
quality some of us have it some of us don't but
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any kind of patience we can have with this processÂ
will be beneficial to allowing it to flourish
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that patience is really going to be about youÂ
creating a sense of self trust self Trust trust
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in your emotional language and self trust in yourÂ
intuition when you trust your intuition to guide
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you the guidance will be right when you're TRÂ
when you trust your emotions to share with you how
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you're doing to be your litmus test for the worldÂ
then it will be right when your creativity is
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evocative of the emotions from within you then itÂ
is right and whatever it is you my dear satisfied
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woman decide to bring forth to the world the worldÂ
needs it the world needs it and the world will
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benefit from it so no pressure but find the timeÂ
the space the ability to tap into your femininity
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trust your intuition access your emotions andÂ
let that creative Force just pour forth from
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within you so the whole world can benefit and canÂ
have evidence of your path as a satisfied woman
