How to Stop Controlling Outcomes and Start Surrendering: Tools for Writers and Creatives

Send us Fan MailAbout this episode: Have you ever come to a point in your life where giving up was the way forward? If so, how was that different from defeat?  In this episode, I unpack what healthy surrender really means, how it can actually strengthen rather than diminish your sovereignty, and how to practice it in both the big and small moments of your life. If the word "surrender" has ever felt triggering or like defeat, this episode will change the way you see it.Resources for this Episode: Healing Ancestral Trauma: How Family Constellations Free You from Inherited StoriesGet Your Free Human Design Report Register for Find and Refine Your Memoir’s Narrative ArcDitch Your Inner Critic Now Episode Highlights00:00 Surrender Is Not Giving Up01:58 What It Really Means to Surrender17:10 A Daily Practice of Letting Go23:46 Holding Boundaries with CompassionLisa’s Bio: Lisa Cooper Ellison is an author, speaker, trauma-informed writing coach, and host of the Writing Your Resilience podcast. Working at the powerful intersection of storytelling and healing, she blends her writing expertise, clinical training, and soul-centered practices—including Akashic Records work and Human Design—to help writers turn their hardest experiences into art. Her essays—on sibling loss, grief, trauma healing, and the craft of writing—have appeared in The New York Times, HuffPost, and The Loss of a Lifetime: Grieving Siblings Share Stories of Love, Loss, and Hope, among others. Connect with your host, Lisa:Get Your Free Copy of Ditch Your Inner Critic: https://lisacooperellison.com/subscribe/Website | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | LinkedInProduced by Espresso Podcast ProductionBuilding Better Memoir Scenes: https://janefriedman.com/building-better-memoir-scenes-with-lisa-cooper-ellison/Connect with your host, Lisa:Get Your Free Copy of Ditch Your Inner Critic: https://lisacooperellison.com/subscribe/Website | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | LinkedInProduced by Espresso Podcast Production