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Episode 102: The Year I Hid (But Not Really) + Your 2025 Visibility Plan with Chef Carla Contreras
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Episode 102: The Year I Hid (But Not Really) + Your 2025 Visibility Plan with Chef Carla Contreras

“It’s okay to do it afraid.” —Chef Carla Contreras

As I close out 2024, I am getting honest with myself about the milestones I hit in this past year. I received awards and recognitions that I would have encouraged my clients to share across all social media platforms, but didn’t.

What I’ve learned this past year as a content creator is that even when you think you are hiding, your work is still visible especially, if you have the courage to press publish. This episode sparked an idea that's been simmering.

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What’s in This Episode:

This episode is an invitation for you to get visible, for you to show up fully, as my previous podcast said.

I tell you about the behind the scenes of my own content creation and invite you to think about how you’ve been both visible and invisible in 2024.

Maybe you might feel the safety of hiding from the big audiences or staying off of social media when there’s an influx of comments to respond to.

But the work still has a life of its own in these digital spaces. And people see it, celebrate it, and feel inspired by it on the other side of the screen.

You’re invited to respond to the journal prompts below and if you need support join us inside Press Publish Club

  1. What ways were you visible in 2024?

  2. What ways were you invisible in 2024?

  3. What ways do you want to be visible in 2025?

  4. Do you need support in doing that?

  5. What is going to make you feel more confident in being visible?

What’s your 2025 visibility plan? Leave a comment below or send me a DM @chefcarlacontreras to share your visibility journey with me!

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Topics Covered:

  • Celebrating that being seen is PART of the creative process. Being witnessed and sharing your work is how your creativity reaches others

  • Sitting with the terrified feelings of being visible and how my coach, Christine Ajasafe, reminds me it’s okay to show up afraid, too

  • How my friend and grief coach, Tammy Faulds, unpacked the different layers hiding and landed on the metaphor of being inside the pillow-fort

  • The ways I was visible in 2024 and the ways I hid as well as my intentions for 2025.

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Nourishing Creativity
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)
Nourish your creative life by listening to interviews with creatives and entrepreneurs how they create move through their creative blocks. Chef Carla Contreras is a food stylist and content strategist. Head to @chefcarlacontreras on Instagram to continue the conversation! Find her at www.carlacontreras.com