E051 - Funky 5: Creativity + Play  |  Females in Fine Fettle Podcast
Channel: Michelle Rogers of the The WELLthy Woman
Date: 2018-07-21

In this episode, we’re diving head first into the theme of Creativity and Play - an essential ingredient for ALL woman entrepreneurs.

This episode is our Functional 5 (AKA the Funky 5), where we explore this topic as it relates to the health of our personal lives and bodies, interpersonal relationships, professional lives, society, and spirituality. 

We consider the vitality of these areas to be the foundation of a healthy and WELLthy lifestyle and in this episode, we will include actionable ways to infuse creativity and play into each one  — be sure to tune in.

xo
- Dr. Michelle

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT 

[00:00:49] Michelle: Hey there, and welcome back to another episode, and happy July! This month we’re tackling the theme of creativity and play, which is a topic near and dear to my heart.

I’m not sure if any of you know this, but before I turned all science-bio-nerd-alert, I was actually an art major… I know… weird, right? I was SUPER artsy throughout junior high and high school and ended up being accepted to the Emily Carr Institute up in Vancouver, Canada and the Academy of Art in San Francisco.

But something happened… and maybe thankfully, just in time.

I was taking this one course… I think I was actually taking a community college level course, while I was in high school, and I got a B on a project. Now, I know some of you are like “yeah… so what?”, BUT I know my high-achieving sisters out there, know what I mean when I was like… W.T.F.

I don’t get B’s.

Now, to be honest… it wasn’t even the “B” that really bothered me. It was that I got a “B” because the instructor was judging my work, and basically, didn’t really like it or wasn’t that impressed, even though I fulfilled all the requirements of the assignment. It was just his opinion of my work.

So, it was in that moment that I knew I couldn’t pursue an art career – I couldn’t stand the possibility of living a life where I measured my self-worth, or success, based on someone’s opinion.

Looking back now, it seems SO insignificant, but it was a really pivotal moment in my life, and I’m so grateful that I made the shift that I did, or else I wouldn’t be here with you. The cool thing is, I still get to use my creative abilities in my everyday work, and I’m always looking for ways to integrate it further.

And that’s what we’re going to talk about today – how to integrate creativity and play into our daily lives – on the personal, interpersonal, professional, societal and spiritual level.

[00:03:07] Denise: I didn’t know that about you!!! I love that! And I love that you said that you knew you didn’t want to pursue a CAREER in art – I think that’s a really great distinction – because Art, creativity, curiosity, play, can be a big part of our lives – simply for the sheer joy of creating!

I just finished listening to Elizabeth Gilbert’s book – Big Magic, and in it she describes pursuing our curiosities as a method of living a creative lifestyle. Sometimes through that exploration process, we stumble on a big amazing creative project, and sometimes we don’t – we simply enjoy the pursuit of being curious. I love that reframe – because it’s something we ALL can do AND it will always act as a compliment to whatever it is we DO choose as a career path – as we will discuss today!

[00:04:15] Michelle: Yes! I love relating creativity to exploration and curiosity, and this concept can actually relate to any of our Funky 5 today. But this idea makes me think of my mom – hi mama! When I was younger, my mom would be driving around – maybe picking me up from school or day care, or maybe we were just running errands, but this woman LOVED getting lost – I mean… maybe she still does!

I’m pretty sure I used to get annoyed, at the time, but looking back, I can totally appreciate it and see the creativity and play that she was inspired by and also sharing with me. I mean… who gets lost anymore? Basically, no one… unless you’re out of GPS range, which is something we have to consciously strive for nowadays, right?

She just loved seeing new streets, finding new ways to get around, looking at different houses… she was just WAY into it.

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