Keep the threads of the things that light you up alive within your heart ✨ with Elin Petronella
The podcast episode you are about to listen to will change your life, as it has done for me since having a profound, magic filled, deep, gut-led conversation with the incredible, Elin Petronella [https://substack.com/profile/182986237-elin-petronella] 💛
And the craziest part is - it almost never happened.
When I discovered Elin’s creative world a few months ago, I instantly resonated with her gut & heart-led, sensitive, creative philosophies, & I knew it’d be a dream to get to have a conversation with her.
But the metrics of her wide, large spanning audiences across platforms led me to pre-reject myself.
“She’ll probably say no. I haven’t even reached out to her just to say hello, she has no idea who I am!”
When inspiration sparks ⚡️
But after she followed HER spontaneity & intuition, doing an impromptu livestream right here on Substack, a little lightbulb went off in my mind. 💡
Near the end of her live video, she brought up this idea of “keeping threads alive.” Moments, experiences, people, places that once deeply impacted you or left a spark within - that right now might seem lost to the past but one day could return if you allow yourself to hold onto them, quietly or passionately.
As you’ll hear about during the episode, this struck a chord within my heart and brought up an experience for me that I have not been able to let go of for similar reasons as Elin - with her life changing time living and working in South Africa a decade ago. (That has now come full circle into her non profit organization, Survive to Thrive [https://www.survivetothrivemovement.org/]).
Serendipitously, at the very bottom of her Substack writing piece that was attatched to the replay of her livestream, she mentioned that if anyone would like her for a motivational chat for their podcast, to reach out.
So I said “I’m going for it anyways” to my fear, and sent her an email 💌
When she said yes, it cemented this notion within me:
I am not going to pre-reject myself. It’s always better to ask, than to miss out out of fear that someone will say no - when they might just say… YES!
Don’t pre-reject yourself. Be so kind and loving towards yourself that you can handle the rejection if it comes. Rejection from someone else that arrives because you went for it, because you were courageous enough to dream or to feel inspired, is much more worth it than the sadness + stuck-ness that comes from rejecting YOURSELF.
The simple yet deeply lasting magic that I have experienced from noticing and first saying NO to myself out of fear that that would be someone else’s answer, to then instead following my gut nudges and nervously just going for it - in a multitude of experiences, is beyond anything I could ever imagine. 🌟
And I know it will be the same for you, say yes to the voice that calls from within.
It often has wisdom speaking - if you turn the dial on your fear low enough to hear it…
I am writing this with so much delight and energy.
After watching another one of Elin’s intuitive live streams [https://open.substack.com/pub/elinpetronella/p/how-to-embody-the-artist-life-by?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web], where she shared advice on moving from creative blocks → flowy movement and ACTION, I put her philosophies into practice, got moving and now I’m feeling sparkly + awake 💖
(If you want to steal my way of ‘getting into movement’ as Elin says - some messy, wild, intuitive dancing, journaling, and heartfelt music did the trick! I also recorded a solo podcast episode that left me feeling inspired and ready to take action - you will hear that in the coming weeks 🦋)
Listen to this week’s episode here on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/20-year-old-butterfly/id1870719559] & here on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0w27LfNt0Bxw7asAA2SIvU?si=af7c89d7575e4c5e] !!! 🎧
Yay!! See you every Tuesday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or right here on Substack! 🦋
Follow your gut, connect with us 🩷
I can’t WAIT for you to experience the magic of this conversation and all the brilliant work Elin is doing.
Connect with Elin:
Elin’s Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/petronella.art]
Survive to Thrive Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/survivetothrivemovement]
Follow Your Gut - Substack [https://elinpetronella.substack.com/]
Elin’s Website [https://www.elinpetronella.com/]
Survive to Thrive Website [https://www.survivetothrivemovement.org/]
Connect with me (Bailey!) :
Read where the name 20 Year Old Butterfly comes from! [https://baileycreativity.substack.com/about]
Buy my book here! [https://baileycreativity.myshopify.com/]
My Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/baileycreativity]
Explore my new website in-progress 🌼 [https://baileycreativity.com/]
(Music) Stock Media provided by marcozannone / Pond5
Sending love to you!
Bailey
On the theme of following your intuition…
Usually my podcast episodes are audio only and I share clips throughout the week in Instagram reel format/to Substack notes.
For some reason, I’m feeling called to share the raw video format here today!
So enjoy!! The video doesn’t have the music or intro/outro but if you prefer to watch, here’s a special treat for you ✨
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit baileycreativity.substack.com [https://baileycreativity.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]
