#008: Be a Brave Creative with Chelsea Caffey

Chelsea is a writer, a stay-at-home mom of two, a former professional dancer, a self-appointed tour documentarian, and, as of recently, a first-time horseback rider.

She spent years touring the world with a modern acrobatic dance company, journaling backstage between scene changes, before finding her way to writing as her main creative anchor.

These days she calls herself less a "writer" and more a "creative," someone who lets inspiration find her, wherever she is in a particular moment.

In this conversation, we get into being 'early', flexibility as a creative practice, choosing to be the brave version of yourself, and saying yes to showing up more fully.

We get into:

• Filling an entire journal on a European dance tour, leaving it on a plane, and sprinting through LAX to get it back
• Treating life like a blank canvas instead of a jigsaw puzzle
• Embracing beginnerhood and being 'early' as permission to write a bad draft, say the wrong thing, and learn anyway
• Saying yes to opportunities (like this podcast) as way of aligning with her future self
• How to navigate the murky waters of how much of yourself to share (and with whom)

Find Chelsea:

• Substack: Permission
• Instagram: @chelseacaffeywrites

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