Stacy sits down with writer, book doula, and creator Hannah Eko to explore what it really means to be well—beyond productivity, perfection, or hustle culture. Together they unpack the power of creativity as a nervous system regulator, a healing practice, a doorway to community, and a forgotten human birthright.

If you've been craving more meaning, softness, creativity, or connection, this episode is both a permission slip and a gentle nudge: you were made to create, and doing so is part of the art of being well.

• 0:00 | Welcome + who Hannah is
• 2:00 | Creativity as our human blueprint
• 5:00 | Art as a nervous system reset
• 8:15 | Trauma, regulation, and tactile creativity
• 11:30 | What we’re here to create
• 15:00 | Finding time for creativity
• 18:30 | Classes, community, and accountability
• 22:00 | Letting go of control + old coping roles
• 26:30 | Perfectionism, process, and making bad art
• 30:00 | Debunking the “gifted artist” myth
• 33:30 | Creative practice as therapy
• 38:00 | Inner child healing through making

Find Hannah:

• hannahoeko.com
• instagram.com/hannah.eko
• Honey is the Knife: Or How I Learned to Stop Fixing Myself and Love My Bliss by Hannah Eko

Find Stacy:

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠realeverything.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/realstacytoth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠missionmakersart.com⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠missionalchemists.com⁠

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