Ep 108: Why Writers Get Stuck & How to Keep Creating Anyway With Cara Ray & Ashriel Huber

What if the reason writing feels so hard has less to do with discipline and more to do with the way God designed your brain?In this episode of The Writers’ Bloc Podcast, Cara sits down with Ashriel Huber — founder of Called and Curious, host of the Called and Curious podcast, and creator of Love Moves, a six-minute inside-out makeover that helps women reconnect with peace, beauty, and truth through gentle movement, guided reflection, and faith-rooted encouragement.Ashriel calls herself “the neuroscience girl for normal people on Tuesdays,” and in this conversation she shows why faith and neuroscience belong in the same room. Scripture tells us to renew our minds, and neuroscience offers a glimpse into how God designed that renewal to actually happen. Together we explore why so many writers get stuck, how to move from the fear brain into the love brain, and why real transformation begins with identity long before it shows up on the page.We also talk about building something beautiful in the middle of the wilderness — starting, like the tabernacle, from the inside out — and why no writer needs another motivational quote to keep going.In this episode: — How a kindergarten classroom sent Ashriel on a decade-long journey into behavioral neuroscience — Why faith and neuroscience are companions rather than competitors — The difference between your fear brain and your love brain — How identity, not effort, becomes the source of lasting change — Practical ways to reset your body and brain before you writeConnect with Ashriel:Website: calledandcurious.comExplore her free Love Moves, the Called and Curious podcast, and her membership — a portable “Love Moves gym” for your nervous system.Join us inside The Writers’ Bloc: Ashriel returns for a live teaching where we’ll build a Creative Writer’s Mission Statement together and walk through a creative reset you can use before every writing session.Subscribe so you never miss an episode, and share this one with a writer who needs the encouragement to keep creating what God has called her to make. Join the Writers Bloc at www.mywritersbloc.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit writersblocpod.substack.com/subscribe