This episode is your invitation to reframe failure, creativity, and the sneaky lies we tell ourselves when things don’t go as planned. I’m joined by Alexa Juanita Jordan: Certified Life Coach, writer, performer, and author of The Nuance Diaries on Substack.
Alexa reminds us that creativity isn’t about perfection or performance. It’s about allowing yourself to be impacted by life, to follow your whims, and to share your expression without tying it to an outcome. Let this be your invitation back to your creative playground.
She opens up about her Holiday Survival Kit, the project she poured her heart into last year and ultimately returned to with compassion. Alexa shares how she shifted her mindset, the lies she stopped believing, and why she now celebrates the creative act itself, no matter what the response is.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform while you cook, clean, or create. Get the full show notes & transcript here.
Join us in conversation LIVE! Alexa and I are going to be chatting PRESENCE around the creative process, entrepreneurship, and life on Monday 12/8 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. EST Sign up here
What’s in This Episode:
Creativity Is Engagement: Alexa defines creativity as a human capacity to engage with the world, let it have an impact, and use one’s mind and heart as a “playground.”
Facing Failure: Alexa reflects on her “Holiday Survival Kit” launch last year and how she perceived it as a failure.
Practice What You Preach: The importance and impact of using the tools you teach and share with others to support yourself when you need it most
Trying Again: Alexa shares how she moved through creative blocks and committed to trying again by revamping marketing, focusing on Pinterest, and clarifying her business messaging overall
Staying True To You: The importance of doing things that are personally fulfilling for you and that nourish your creativity, even when serving others.
Resources Mentioned:
Pinterest Toolkit with Meagan Williamson
Holiday Survival Kit by Alexa Juanita Jordan get 15% until Monday 12/1
Hit Send: Create, Complete, & Share Your Work starting Friday 12/5
Questions to Reflect On:
Sit with these questions: Journal, take them on a walk, create a voice note, chat with a friend, or sit with a cup of tea and reflect on them.
Leave a comment below or connect with us on Instagram @chefcarlacontreras & @alexajordancoaching to share your takeaway from the episode.
Is there a project that you can bring to the creative playground and release expectations around?
Have you defined something as a failure? Is there a reframe that you can give yourself around this?
PS: Join Cher Hale and me, inside Hit Send, It’s a three-week co-sprint container, starting December 5th for creatives and entrepreneurs who are done sitting on ideas and ready to share their work.
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