EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 30 MIN
Episode 2: Fascinated By The Created and The Creator
from Fascinated By Design · host Dr. Suzanne Meunier
When I've experienced a polarity as a binary — all surrender, no action; all acceptance, no change — I get stuck. I go to one extreme and stay there.And that extreme, however spiritual it looks, creates its own kind of suffering.In this episode of Fascinated by Design, I'm sharing one of the most fundamental polarities I know: we are both the created and the creator. Not one, then the other. Both at once.I share what a personal ayahuasca experience revealed about the limits of my creative power — the guideposts that feel like non-negotiables in a lifetime, and the wide-open spaces in between where we actually get to choose.I talk about the shadow side of surrender: what it looks like when spiritual language becomes a sophisticated way to wait.And I share what it looked like to hold grief and a quieter knowing simultaneously when my father was dying — living Ram Dass's framing of Buddha consciousness alongside the bleeding heart of Christ in real time.I also get into what I call acting into being — why trust isn't something you wait to feel. It's something you build by living from it before the evidence arrives.This isn't about graduating from the created into the creator. It's about holding them simultaneously, and what that actually looks like in a life.The oldest philosophical traditions in the world have been pointing at this for thousands of years. The invitation is just to play it consciously.In this episode: The difference between binary thinking and dialectical thinking — and why it matters more than most people realize.What my ayahuasca experience taught me about creative power and its real limits.The shadow side of surrender, and how to recognize it in yourself."As within, so without" — not as a concept, but as mechanics. What it actually means that your inner state is creating your lived experience.Why people fear stepping into their creative power, and what's underneath that fear.What acting into being looks like when you're living it, not just understanding it.Reflection question for the week: How do you want to use your creative power?If something landed for you, or there's a question you'd like me to explore, send it to [email protected] with "invited" in the subject line — that's your ticket into a future listener Q&A episode.And if you haven't yet picked up the Sacred Discomfort Guide — it's free at https://soulbloomcoaching.com/sacred-discomfort. Everything we explored today about honoring what you feel as the foundation of creator work — that guide walks you through it as a lived practice.Until next time — be mindful of what you create.
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When I've experienced a polarity as a binary — all surrender, no action; all acceptance, no change — I get stuck. I go to one extreme and stay there.And that extreme, however spiritual it looks, creates its own kind of suffering.In this episode of Fascinated by Design, I'm sharing one of the most fundamental polarities I know: we are both the created and the creator. Not one, then the other. Both at once.I share what a personal ayahuasca experience revealed about the limits of my creative power — the guideposts that feel like non-negotiables in a lifetime, and the wide-open spaces in between where we actually get to choose.I talk about the shadow side of surrender: what it looks like when spiritual language becomes a sophisticated way to wait.And I share what it looked like to hold grief and a quieter knowing simultaneously when my father was dying — living Ram Dass's framing of Buddha consciousness alongside the bleeding heart of Christ in real time.I also get into what I call acting into being — why trust isn't something you wait to feel. It's something you build by living from it before the evidence arrives.This isn't about graduating from the created into the creator. It's about holding them simultaneously, and what that actually looks like in a life.The oldest philosophical traditions in the world have been pointing at this for thousands of years. The invitation is just to play it consciously.In this episode: The difference between binary thinking and dialectical thinking — and why it matters more than most people realize.What my ayahuasca experience taught me about creative power and its real limits.The shadow side of surrender, and how to recognize it in yourself."As within, so without" — not as a concept, but as mechanics. What it actually means that your inner state is creating your lived experience.Why people fear stepping into their creative power, and what's underneath that fear.What acting into being looks like when you're living it, not just understanding it.Reflection question for the week: How do you want to use your creative power?If something landed for you, or there's a question you'd like me to explore, send it to [email protected] with "invited" in the subject line — that's your ticket into a future listener Q&A episode.And if you haven't yet picked up the Sacred Discomfort Guide — it's free at https://soulbloomcoaching.com/sacred-discomfort. Everything we explored today about honoring what you feel as the foundation of creator work — that guide walks you through it as a lived practice.Until next time — be mindful of what you create.
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