Finding Yourself Again Through Creativity

Episode 1: Reclaiming Your Creativity—and Yourself What happens when you give yourself time to create simply because you love it? In the first episode of The Reclaimed Podcast, Jane Bellante and Royce Hunt Bell of RoyCycled Treasures share why their private conversations became a podcast and what reclaiming means to each of them. We talk about rediscovering yourself after years devoted to family and giving your creativity a place in your life. Royce shares what happens during her Mad Scientist Mondays, where experimentation becomes a way to discover what she loves. Jane reflects on a moment during her master’s degree when a mentor helped her move through resistance—and how taking that step opened up new possibilities. Along the way, we explore comparison at the art table, the willingness to be a beginner, and how confidence gained through creating reaches into other parts of life. We also talk about gratitude and how what we pay attention to shapes what we notice. Our invitation for this first episode: give yourself time to make something because you enjoy making it. The experience itself has value. Next episode, we’re asking: What are you ready to reclaim? Find The Reclaimed Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Visit our website: https://www.thereclaimedpodcast.com/ Get Royce's Mixed Media Monday Game Right Here: Want FREE mixed-media printables and a little creative inspiration each week? Subscribe to **The Inspired Artist** for conversations about creativity, identity, and self-discovery, plus a new printable collection every Friday! **Subscribe here:**