Hello, hello, hey there, and welcome back to the Savvy Painter Podcast.

I am your host, Antreuse Wood.

And today, we're wrapping up our series on the Create Spiral with what could be the most exciting phase of all.

Expansion.

If you have been following along, we have moved through curiosity, resistance, exploration,

alignment, and trust for the create spiral.

So there's an acronym going on there.

And if you haven't heard the other episodes, do not worry.

It's totally fine.

You can catch up later.

But today, we're on the final episode,

the E in Create. And we're going to talk about what happens when you are finally ready to step

out and be seen in a bigger way when you expand on everything that you have gone through everything that you

have created before. This is where all of that internal work starts to show up externally.

It's where you take strategic risks. And I really, really want to emphasize the word strategic here.

Because expansion isn't about taking massive leaps that terrify you.

It's about understanding exactly how far you can stretch yourself without breaking yourself.

What is expansion? So expansion is the natural progression from trust.

When you've learned to trust your voice,

when you know who you are as an artist,

at least in this moment,

because please remember,

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