9.5 The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity with Julia Cameron

Saturn Returns with Caggie

Caggie Dunlop

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Personal Journals, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.8 • 892 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this enlightening episode of Saturn Returns, Caggie welcomes Julia Cameron, the visionary author of "The Artist's Way," for a deep dive into the realms of creativity, sobriety, and spiritual awakening. Julia shares her transformative journey from battling addiction to discovering a prolific path of artistic expression and inner peace. From Addiction to Inspiration: Julia opens up about her decision to embrace sobriety after a decade of struggling with alcohol. She explores the fears and myths surrounding creativity and addiction, reflecting on the insightful words of Dylan Thomas and how they've influenced her perspective on life and art. Divine Connection: Delving into the power of spirituality, Julia discusses how turning to a higher power revitalised her creative flow and helped combat her fears of creation. The conversation highlights the importance of humility in her work and its impact on her artistic process. Overcoming Creative Blocks: Julia and Caggie explore the daunting barriers to creativity, including inner child work, shame, fear, and rejection. Julia introduces the concept of the 'shadow artist' and the significance of recognizing and overcoming this state to fully embrace one's creative potential. Spiritual Chiropractic for Creativity: Discover Julia's transformative practices like Morning Pages and Artist Dates, designed to nurture the inner child and break through creative blocks. Julia emphasises the role of play in fostering creativity, arguing it's as crucial as work in the artistic journey. Confronting the Inner Critic: Humour plays a central role in Julia's methodology, particularly in dealing with the inner critic. She shares insights on naming and thus disempowering the inner critic, unlocking a freer, more expressive artistic self. Julia Cameron's journey is a testament to the transformative power of sobriety, spirituality, and self-exploration in unlocking the full spectrum of creativity. This episode is a treasure trove of wisdom for artists, writers, and anyone looking to tap into their creative potential and lead a more inspired life. Thank you Healf for having this Episode possible. You can buy Organifi from healf.com, my favourite destination for holistic wellness. They have all the best brands across their four pillars of EAT, MOVE ,MIND and SLEEP. That's h-e-a-l-f , healf with an f and get 15% when you use the code CAGGIE. — Subscribe to "Saturn Returns" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact of Saturn's return with inspiring guests and thought-provoking discussions. Follow Caggie Dunlop on Instagram to stay updated on her personal journey and receive more empowering insights and you can find Saturn Returns on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Order the Saturn Returns Book. Join our community newsletter here. Find all things Saturn Returns, offerings and more here.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Saturn Returns with me Kaggi Dunlop.
0:06.0	This is a podcast that aims to bring clarity during transitional times where there can be confusion and doubt.
0:18.0	Fear is the great block. We combat fear by turning to the higher power, by saying to ourselves, if I'm going to look ridiculous, so be it.
0:30.0	Today I had the pleasure of sitting down with the legend that is Julia Cameron.
0:38.0	For those that aren't familiar with Julia's work, she is an American teacher, author, artist, poet,
0:45.0	playwright, novelist, filmmaker. The list goes on, but she is perhaps most famous for
0:50.2	her book The Artist's Way. You will probably have heard me many times talking about
0:56.4	morning pages which is this act that you do in the morning where you have three pieces of
1:02.2	paper you write down a sort of stream of
1:04.6	consciousness nothing else matters no one has to read it it doesn't have to be any
1:09.4	particular way you just write and that is one of the practices from the artist's way. She has helped so many people on their creative journey. She really is an icon and has had an incredible life. I mean she was married to Martin's
1:25.6	school. Seezy for one which is I cannot even imagine what that was like. They
1:30.1	collaborated on films together, her brother, which I didn't actually realize, is James Cameron, the very famous filmmaker. So she has been surrounded by some of the greats her entire life and we wanted to have her on the
1:45.1	podcast for a really long time because her work has really impacted me and so to
1:51.3	have that opportunity to actually speak with her directly was a big moment for me, I'd say.
1:57.0	And so I hope that this episode connects with those of you that are on that creative path. I know we've done a few
2:05.0	episodes around this theme and how you know the reasons we get in our own way the
2:10.6	reasons we sabotage and we talk about that in this episode and how you can unblock
2:16.7	your creativity and some of the practices that you can do daily to combat those sort of imposter syndromes and those those
2:26.6	demons that can get in the way so I hope that it inspires some of you and you take something away from this conversation.
2:38.4	We touch also on sobriety because Julia's sobriety and creativity have kind of interconnected and I definitely related to that.
2:49.0	And also something that I think is really important because with projects that are
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