One thing that's been really kind of heavy on my mind and even just as I feel like my life

just keeps changing is to accept and embrace the fact that it's okay to modify the dream.

I think a lot of times like dreamers, visionaries, people who can see things like

we can get so like oh my gosh I have this dream and it's okay to say or if I could I could do it

this way maybe I can't have the studio right now but there's a way I can create something

amazing on my iPad and that's not a that's not less than you're still engaging in the work

that is meaningful and other people will be inspired by the way that you learn how to shift and

adjust and change and adapt in because we all need that.

Hey it's Marie Forleo and welcome to another episode of MarieTV and the Marie Forleo podcast

and today my friend you are in for a treat. Morgan Harper Nichols is an artist and poet whose work

is inspired by real life interactions and stories. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Morgan shares her

art on a daily basis across social media and through a diverse range of collaborations and also

in her online shop Garden24. Morgan thank you so much for making time to be on the show and I

just want to congratulate you on the book it is incredible how far you've come it is gorgeous.

Well thank you that means so much to hear and I'm so excited for this book too as I literally

take a deep breath just like be out in the world and for other people to see it so yes thank you

really excited. Let's start off with one of the stories that you tell in the book which I

loved about attending church where your father was preaching a sermon about David and you found

yourself capturing what he was sharing but then it brought about a big realization for you.

Can you tell us that story? Yes so I grew up as a preacher's kid and I really admired both of my

parents and the way that they could just kind of creatively connect with people in a way that

seemed as a kid to be super organic and just like wow it's amazing however I struggled because

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