What if your creativity wasn’t just something you do, but something you are?

In this powerful episode, Natalie is joined by mixed media artist and spiritual creative Amelia Furman for a conversation that moves beyond art and into the soul of being. Together, they explore what it means to live and work with your spirit fully integrated—especially in a world that tells us to compartmentalize.

Amelia shares her path from performance-based validation to soul-centered creation—and how inviting God into her art and business changed everything. From the buzzing halls of the Warehouse Innovation Hub in Loveland to early-morning rituals and big questions about purpose, the episode dives deep into what it means to create with intention and release the need to have it all figured out.

🌀 Resources & Mentions

• Art Explorer Camp for 3rd–6th Grade (JULY!) – Amelia’s plein air camps help kids explore creativity outdoors
• Dr. Joe Dispenza – Especially Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself
• The Warehouse Innovation Hub – Loveland’s nonprofit makerspace for creatives, engineers & innovators
• Jenny Milner – Artist and friend who expands conversations on immigration and social issues

🌀 Topics We Explore

• Living at the intersection of creativity, spirituality & purpose
• Bringing faith into your studio—and your business
• Burnout, recovery & breaking up with hustle culture
• The fragility of the mind & how to re-pattern self-talk
• Parenting with presence & modeling emotional resilience
• Spiritual expression in professional spaces
• The power of curiosity, storytelling & honest friendship
• Letting go of the pressure to “know what’s next”

🌀 Your Invitation
Let this episode be more than background noise.

Ask yourself:
✨ Where have you been performing instead of creating?
✨ Where are you still trying to earn your worth instead of being it?
✨ What would it feel like to not know what’s next—and trust anyway?

Today, carve out space to be instead of hustle.
Journal. Make something messy. Sit in silence. Invite Spirit in.

Then—tell someone what shifted.

Because reflection without action is just another performance.
And you? You’re not here for that anymore.

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