Ana Vidina Hernández is the founder of Vidina Visions Consulting. She has been coaching me on my creativity journey for the past year and a half and our work together has helped me heal wounds I didn’t even know I had, creating freedom to do more creative work in the world.
Ana shares about her healing journey: from carrying a lot of shame and secrecy, using control and problem-solving as coping strategies to finding integration, freedom, autonomy and peace. We talked about:
getting to know her unique creative voice and how she brings her whole self to her creative and professional projects now
growing up with parents who had alcohol use and hoarding disorders
how using Marie Kondo’s joy-checking helped her heal
her journey to reconnect with her body using intuitive eating and body liberation
how her Take Up Space Project brings the wisdom she’s gained on her healing journey to others
learning to rest and de-programming capitalism by taking a work sabbatical: “You don’t have to do anything or be anything to have value.”
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About Our Guest
Ana is “a musician, composer, writer, artist, and social worker…on a journey of reclaiming her creative self, expanding her ideas, and TAKING UP SPACE!” She is one of the wisest and gentlest people I know.
She facilitates a monthly creative coaching space called Take Up Space. This is the group I participate in, and it is one of my favorite self-work spaces I engage in each month. https://www.vidinavisionsconsulting.com/take-up-space
In the episode, she also mentioned her collaborative Break the Box creative projects with organizations. https://www.vidinavisionsconsulting.com/break-the-box
Vidina Visions Consulting on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vidinavisionsconsulting/
Ana’s Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vidinavisions/
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