In my conversation with Susie Stonefield Miller, she quotes Rumi, who said, "The wound is where the light will enter you." Our conversation is a testament to how she's lived—and continues living—into that truth.

Susie is someone for whom creativity, truth telling, and honoring the process are life and breath, and she has experienced and channeled these gifts into art journalling and now makes a vocational life for herself by helping others do the same.

In this episode, we talk about:

* How creativity, truth telling, and honoring the process emerged as deep values in her life from a young age and became even more fiercely expressed through art journalling once she discovered it

* The immediate release that comes when our inner voice is expressed creatively on the page

* Art journalling as process driven rather than product driven

* What it's like for her to create containers for people to take deep dives into their inner world

* The art journal as a safe space to receive what we have to say without judgment or response, and how safe communities offer this gift plus the ability to be seen, heard, and witnessed

* Her journey toward coming out of the closet at age 56 and how art journalling played—and continues to play—a foundational role in that process

Connect with Susie on her website and on Instagram at @creativity_midwife.

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