EP 49: How to become creatively fearless with spiritual provocateur Ayesha Ophelia

If you’re looking to expand and transform your relationship to self expression and creativity, this episode is for you. Ayesha Ophelia is a self proclaimed spiritual provocateur who is passionate about women, plants and human potential.

Ayesha’s offerings include The Girlfriend Manifesto where she shares a daily dose of inspiration, spirituality, adventure, self-love and sisterhood. She also offers private support, group experiences and a membership community called the Society of Wild Hearts.

Ayesha is a prolific creator (just check out her Instagram to see what I mean) and this discussion lit me up in so many ways. In this conversation, we discuss: Ayesha’s relationship to nature as a child, why she calls herself a “spiritual provocateur” and what that looks like in practice, the intricate relationship between nature and creativity, what working with plant medicine has revealed to her, what we need to believe in order to tap into our own creativity, what elements fuel creativity and what elements stifle it, the power of sharing your first draft, and why it’s so important to honor the ancient wisdom of our ancestors.

This conversation was truly one of my absolute favorites of all time. It is incredibly inspiring to hear from someone who is so completely connected to their creative voice and self-expression, especially because I feel like I have so much more to uncover when it comes to my own. I hope this episode gives you permission to tap into your creativity in whatever way and however it feels authentic to you.

Just a heads up that this will be my second to last episode of season 3 before I take a short break to recalibrate for season 4! So, let’s get right into it. Welcome to my conversation with the one, the only, the magical and wise Ayesha Ophelia.

“We are innately creative. That creative force is how we birth our world.” - Ayesha Ophelia x Our Nature
The earth is a schoolroom, and what a joy to be able to continue to remember through all these wild and wonderful means.” - Ayesha Ophelia x Our Nature
“No one can surprise me, but the Universe always surprises me.” - Ayesha Ophelia x Our Nature
“Remembering those things you loved to do as a kid is an entryway back into your own creativity.” - Ayesha Ophelia x Our Nature
“Most of us will live with our dreams inside of us - we’ll die with our dreams inside of us, and to me that’s way more sad than having the first few times you do something… looking back and being like ‘cringe.’” - Ayesha Ophelia x Our Nature
“Creativity has many phases and some of them are designed to be uncomfortable because they stretch us. But in the end, we have more space, more truth, more love, more of something we want in the world.” - Ayesha Ophelia x Our Nature

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Show Notes

Ayesha’s relationship to nature as a child
The lessons that came from growing up with horses
Why Ayesha calls herself “a spiritual provocateur”
What being a spiritual provocateur looks like in practice
The intricate relationship between nature and creativity
Where Ayesha’s curiosity has guided her when it comes to the natural world
What working with plant medicine has revealed to Ayesha about herself and the way the universe works
How language can sometimes limit our interaction and connection with nature
What we need to believe in order to tap into our own creativity
Why we don’t need to create for a purpose and how that often blocks our expression
What elements fuel creativity and what elements stifle it
Ayesha’s journey to finding her voice and why she often shares her first draft
What Ayesha would say to someone who feels like they aren’t creative
Why it’s important to honor the ancient wisdom of our ancestors
The last five questions

The Last Five Questions

What is your favorite place in nature?
Trees with big rocks.
What is the animal, mineral or plant that resonates with you the most?
I’m in deeply cool relationship with a hummingbird I call Charlotte.
What is one thing we can do right now to connect with the natural world and bring more harmony into our lives?
Start to see your future as inextricably connected to nature and do one thing that feels like you get that and understand that.
What’s the greatest lesson nature has taught you?
There is so much beauty and diversity and that’s the only way it works. If we take away one piece, the ecosystem suffers.
Nature brings me…closer to who I really am.

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