Learning the rhythms of your creative body with Verena Borell
In this episode, we explore the connection between the nervous system, creativity, and the way we move through life. Verena shares her perspective on living a “full-body-yes-life,” learning to recognize the body’s signals, and creating from a place of safety rather than stress or survival. We talk about creative resistance, rest and burnout, and rituals that regulate us. Verena also guides us through a short nervous-system practice at the end of our conversation.About VerenaVerena supports women and non-binary people who feel trapped in their relationships, jobs, and inner spirals of stress to liberate themselves, embody their true Selves, and create their full-body-yes-life. Verena takes a trauma-informed, gentle, transformative, and holistic approach that is free from toxic self-optimization or spiritual bypassing. Verena's most important tools for her work are Evolutionary Astrology, Somatic Experiencing®, her experience-based, lived knowledge, and her intuition. In addition to her Soul & Soma Space membership, the "The True YOU " group program, and personalized one-on-one guidance, Verena also shares her insights through her free newsletter, her Substack blog, and her Soul & Soma podcast.Verena's websiteVerena's newsletterAbout mePascale Côté is a creativity guide, therapeutic arts practitioner, artist, and writer who helps creatives meet, understand, and express themselves by guiding them to work *with* their (creative, complex, unconventional) nature instead of against it. She helps artists, visionaries, disruptors and earth stewards break free from the vortex of overthinking and move forward with their bold, rebellious ideas. Her work challenges conventional norms, inviting creatives to explore what’s possible when they release outdated narratives and embrace their true, authentic expression. Pascale believes that art is a powerful vehicle for both individual and collective change when it’s grounded in truth—created outside the rigid systems that stifle our creative spirit.About the podcastCreative minds are the architects of a new world, and their art holds the keys to reimagining our reality. The challenge is, creative minds often spend just as much time crafting self-limiting narratives as they do creating their art. Dear Creative Mind is a space for creative liberation—a pathway out of the cycle of overthinking, burnout, and stagnation. This podcast is for artists & creative entrepreneurs where Pascale, creativity guide, shares grounding meditations, gentle coaching guidance and heartfelt conversations with inspiring artists. The podcast explores the real challenges that come with being creative—overthinking, self-doubt, burnout—and how to navigate them while staying true to our vision.Get support for your creative mind1:1 support for creativesFree: The Creative Confidence ToolkitBook a free connection callReceive Substack lettersExplore the full websiteFind me on Instagram A special thank you to Alexandra Moreno for the original music of the podcast.
