Cultivating Purpose Through Podcasting: Reflections on Creativity, Community, and Connection | Ep. 79 - The Prolific Hub Podcast

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Aliya Cheyanne (00:01):
Testing testing one, two, three.
Hey friend, welcome back to theshow.
I'm so happy that you're here.
Thank you for tuning in and, ifyou haven't already, be sure to

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rate and review the show andshare this podcast with a friend
.
April is National MinorityHealth Month, so, before we jump
into today's topic, I want toshare a quick wellness tip that
aligns with the episode, andthat is cultivate a support
network.
Just as I've learned fromguests and we've learned

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together, I encourage you toalso seek a supportive community
for your growth.
Support yourself with peoplewho uplift you friends, family,
mentors, creative collaboratorsor spiritual communities.
I wanted to use this episode toreflect on lessons I've learned

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from guests on the show and mypersonal journey.
I've gained so many creativeinsights.
I've gained so many biginsights about creativity, about
purpose and alignment.
In doing this show, I've hadthe opportunity to sit down with
some of the incredible peoplethat I admire and that I look up

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to in so many ways and who havehelped to shape my worldview in
so many ways with theirbrilliance, with their art, with
the way they think, with theway they live, with the way they
speak, and I'm so grateful forthat.
One of the biggest insightsabout creativity that I've
gained in going on this journeyand doing this podcast is that

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creativity and creation aredeeply connected to spirit.
Depending on your beliefs,there are a multitude of stories
and philosophies andmythologies and religions about
how this world came to be.
The one that I was raised withwas that God created the world.

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God used the power of spokenword to create light.
God used the power of earth andbreath to create the first
people.
Now, depending on what youbelieve, that story may vary and
I'm not here to debate that orargue about that.
But the common thread in somany of these stories or sacred

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texts, as one of our previousguests, vanessa Aldrich, has
shared, is that the human spiritis creative by nature.
As she often says, if God isthe creator and I am creative,
what am I?
And that is a deep belief andtruth that I hold.
I think that our societyrequires so much of us that it's

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hard for everyone to just pourinto their creativity the way
that they deserve to.
Some people have moreflexibility to do that than
others, but I think one of theway that they deserve to.
Some people have moreflexibility to do that than
others, but I think one of thethings that bring us closest to
spirit, one of the things thatbring us closest to divinity, to

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God by that name or any other,is when we are being creative,
when we are using our words andour breath and our hands to
shape, to mold and to create newworlds and new realities, and
we do that in the ways that weknow how and that we can.

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For some people that's creatingart that could be visual art.
Some people that's creating artthat could be visual art,
paintings or sculptures in amuseum.
It could be a show or a film.
It could be audio art, likethis podcast.
It could be writing stories orsongs or poems.
It could look like any form ofshaping and molding and birthing

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a new idea and, of course, theultimate form that humans know
how to do is to create new life.
But I think my biggest insightabout creativity is that when we
are in the energy of creativity, we are most connected to
spirit, we are most connected tothe divine and we are most

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connected to our true essence.
And so many things can sparkcreativity right so many
creatives that I've eveninterviewed on this podcast talk
about their love of nature,their love of traveling, their
love of being in the worldEveryone from Talib Jasir to
Samantha Amazon to BrittanyDemestine to LaVon Briggs and so

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many more.
In doing this podcast, mypurpose for the show has evolved
.
When I started, it was just anoutlet for myself, my sister and
my best friend to talk and kikiand pick up something new,
especially during lockdown.
What the purpose of the showhas evolved to is something

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totally different.
I am so committed and clear tothis conversation around
creativity because it isunending.
I am so committed and clear tothis conversation about
alignment because alignmentvaries by season, but we know
when we are.

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Alignment may vary by season,but we know when we're in
alignment with our true natureand our desires and our hopes
and our mission.
My purpose for the show was justentertainment in the beginning,
and it's become so much deeperthan that.
To me, it's an opportunity tobuild and connect with community

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.
It's an opportunity to connectwith people who are also aligned
with the spirit of creativityand who have a burning desire to
chart their own paths and shapethis world in their own image.
And in doing this show,alignment has shown up in
unexpected ways.
Sometimes that's connectingwith people out of the blue who

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may be in this space too, orconnecting with them because
we're clear on the purposes ofour own show and the things we
want to talk about.
But as I've gotten deeper intocreativity with this show, it
has also allowed me to connectwith other creatives in
significant ways and to be apart of and to be part of a
community of creatives where Ifeel supported, where I'm

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inspired, where I can learn,where I can share, where I can
get feedback about my craft.
And that wouldn't have beenpossible had I not been
authentic to what I felt calledto do in this season with this
show.
I say all that to say that I amso grateful for this prolific

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community.
I am so grateful that we areall stewards of creativity, I am
so grateful that we are allcommitted to pouring into our
purpose, in whatever form thatlooks like in this season of our
lives, and I'm so grateful forall of the lessons and the

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incredible insight to come.
So with that, I'd love to askyou what have you learned from
this show about creativity,about yourself, from me or from
our guests?
Be sure to let me know in areview or in a text to the show
and, after tapping into thisweek's wellness tip, let me know

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how it impacts you.
Thank you so much for tuning into another short but sweet
episode.
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friend.
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And to rate and review the showwherever you're listening to it
right now.
Thank you for lending me yourtime, your energy and your ears.

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I appreciate you so much forbeing here.
Have a great rest of your dayor night and I'll catch you on
the next episode.
Bye.

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