Creative Nectar: Talks & Tools for Heart-Centered Living in a Changing World
Creative Nectar is a safe space for exploring all things creative and transformational. Your hosts Jenny Hahn and Stephanie Gray bring together conversations and practices around art-making as a path to self-discovery, heart-centered living and finding wholeness. Receive tips, teachings, and plenty of stories to inspire your own creative journey in these changing times--whether or not you identify as an artist. Whatever your own unique path or medium, come drink up support and nourishment for your soul's truest expression.
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Episodes
33 episodes
Your Creativity Questions Answered
Let’s change things up before our hiatus! In this different format episode, your hosts Stephanie Gray and Jenny Hahn chew over some of your great listener-submitted questions: What’s the connection between process art and art you sell? How do y...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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32:26
Meeting Uncertainty Through Creative Expression
We are living in unprecedented times, and often in times of chaos things can feel uncertain without having “the known” to rely on as a touchstone for what comes next. The good news is we are creative beings with a vast array of tools within wai...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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25:40
What is Creative Flow?
There's a lot of talk about creative flow and "flow state" in general, but what exactly is it? How do you know when you’re in the flow? What are the benefits? Do you have to be a professional artist or athlete to experience it?J...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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24:12
"Will I Always Paint Like A First Grader?" Questions From the Studio
We hear this question, or a version of it, in almost every workshop we facilitate. As humans we have the need and desire to create... Also as humans, we want to “get it right” and be good at whatever we decide to do. But what would happen if yo...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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24:40
Why Does It Feel Scary To Be Creative?
Being creative requires a willingness to step out of our comfort zones and into the unknown – where outcomes are not certain. We are asked to let go of the status quo in order to play in the realm of possibility, and that can feel vulnerable. I...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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27:30
Art Scars: How to Heal the Creative Wound
Have you ever been creatively shut down or shamed, especially by an authority figure? And if so, is that something that still blocks you today? Join hosts Jenny Hahn and Stephanie Gray as they share stories around their own “art scars” as well ...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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29:47
Creatively Overcoming Perfectionism & People-Pleasing
Striving for perfection and constant people-pleasing not only keeps us stuck seeking external validation, it also leaves us disconnected from our creativity, our needs and desires. Deep down below layers of the “nice person” is a wild and free ...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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33:04
The Art of Vulnerability
Making art or engaging in any creative endeavor requires a certain amount of vulnerability. So does just being ourselves in the world in an open and authentic way, especially when things feel risky or uncertain. In this episode, we address the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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27:10
Creative Transformation: Rewiring Our Experiences With Creativity
What happens when we engage the creative process to reimagine the past or greet a difficult feeling in the moment with movement and color while creatively giving it what it needs? Transformation can occur when we show up for ourselves willing t...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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30:52
Creativity & the Wisdom of the Heart
Heart wisdom is a deep intuitive knowing that goes beyond the limits of the rational mind and intellect. But how do we access the wisdom of the heart? How is creative expression a portal for moving into the heart space? And why is this so impor...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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27:47
Receiving Guidance: Is Creativity a Form of Channeling?
When you receive creative guidance, ideas or inspiration, where exactly does it come from? Is the creative flow or spark something that is generated within or is it received from outside ourselves? How is the creative act related to channeling?...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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35:00
Trust the Process: How to Creatively Step Into the Unknown
Stepping into the unknown can be scary, but what if there was a way to make it easier? Can we use the creative process to help us trust what we don’t know or understand? Join Jenny and Stephanie as they discuss this possibility and share experi...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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26:04
“I don’t have a Creative Bone In My Body”: Are We ALL Creative?
What stories do you tell yourself about your creativity? Do you believe we are ALL creative? Join Stephanie and Jenny as they weigh in on this question and explore the way creativity is defined in western culture, how we often limit creativity ...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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27:48
When Authentic Truths Collide: How to Meet Each Other From The Heart
Sharing our truth and perspective while bumping up against another’s can feel uncomfortable and even a bit scary sometimes. The need for a change in how we communicate is necessary if we are to move forward into a life of diversity, harmony and...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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25:22
Meeting Sacred Rage: Creatively Giving Voice to What Matters
The experience of anger or even rage can be uncomfortable, but when we don’t have an outlet it can project outward as violence or inward as self-destruction, helplessness and dis-ease. Sacred rage is a natural protective and expressive impulse ...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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27:41
Restoring The Nervous System With Creativity
Is your nervous system overwhelmed? Chances are you’re familiar with some of the signs of a taxed nervous system - in fact, this may quickly be considered the “new normal”. So how do we counterbalance the effects of stressors in our lives using...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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21:41
Does Shadow Work Need to be Scary? How to Creatively Work With Your Shadowy Layers
Shadow work is a topic gaining more awareness in pop culture, but it's a process that can bring with it lots of fear and resistance. The shadow refers to the aspects of ourselves that are buried, forgotten, or still completely unconscious ~ and...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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25:42
Is Your Consciousness Being Hijacked? How to Creatively Follow Your Inner Yes
How do you follow your own inner guidance when making decisions? Are you easily swayed by unexamined thoughts and assumptions – that might even belong to someone else? What does your “inner yes” look and feel like, and how do you receive input ...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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26:53
Creating Your Way to Self-Forgiveness
Is it possible to use creativity to help in the process of forgiving ourselves? Self-forgiveness is a BIG and important topic that we meet head-on in this episode! Join hosts Stephanie Gray and Jenny Hahn as they share from the heart about thei...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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29:42
Grief, Hope & Creativity In A Changing World
Our world is changing rapidly and, as with any change, we can experience grief. How can we engage the creative process to help us feel and lean into our grief? And can that process also bring us into a place of hope and curiosity for building t...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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26:40
How to Overcome "Comparison Despair"
It’s perfectly natural to compare - our brains are wired for it. However, when we insert value judgments into the mix, things can get messy. Comparing ourselves to another or others (creatively or otherwise) and believing we are somehow <...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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19:27
Creativity and Living Authentically
To live authentically means to live in alignment with your deepest truth and to express from that place of inner connection and belonging. It goes beyond your social roles, obligations, and the masks we all wear to get by in the day-to-day worl...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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26:14
Creativity & Cultivating Joy
What is joy and how can we bring more of it into our lives? How can creativity actually support us in cultivating more happiness and positive experiences, despite our evolutionary tendency to focus on the negative and what could go wrong? Join ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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27:46
Grief & Creative Expression
Grief can show up at unexpected times and take many forms, from the enduring sadness after a loss or death, to the emptiness of change and endings, to the pain of never having had something in life. Grief is natural, and it’s important to offer...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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29:43
Creatively Working with Anger
How are you relating to the feeling of anger? What are your beliefs about anger in general, and how are you meeting it in your life? Join Steph and Jenny for a deep dive into anger, creativity and how creativity can not only help us process the...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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30:52