You’re good at your job, you’re juggling everything, and somewhere underneath all of it there’s a quiet question you haven’t answered yet: what do I actually want to do next? The problem isn’t that you don’t know how to work hard — it’s that no one ever taught you how to listen to yourself.
ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
This week is a replay of one of our favorite conversations as we wrap up our first Her Intentional Reset Experience: The Artist’s Way Creative Cluster. Molly shares how The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron kept showing up in her life right when she needed it — and why that’s not as mystical as it sounds. Then she talks with Calleen De Oliveira, who used this exact book in her 40s to leave a 25-year advertising career, go to nursing school, and build a life she is proud of. What came out of those morning pages surprised even Calleen — and it went far beyond a career change.
Plus: Molly shares how to join the next Her Intentional Reset Experience — The Artist’s Way Creative Cluster, starting the week of October 5th.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
[02:40] The three-day sequence that convinced Molly this book was worth paying attention to — and the neuroscience that explains why it happened
[08:18] What The Artist’s Way actually is — and why it’s not just for people who want to paint
[14:11] What morning pages did for Calleen that nothing else could: nursing school, sobriety, and a marriage she almost lost
[20:26] What a real Creative Cluster looks like — Calleen’s group of eight women stayed together for a decade
[25:40] The right mindset to bring into this 12-week practice (and what Calleen says to anyone who doesn’t want to commit)
[33:33] How to join the next Her Intentional Reset Experience — The Artist’s Way Creative Cluster, starting October 5th
RESOURCES:
“The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron: https://a.co/d/09E1ps0J
“The Right to Write” by Julia Cameron | https://amzn.to/49wcc5i
Julia Cameron 12-Week Virtual Guide — available to HIRE: The Artist’s Way Creative Cluster participants only.
PODCAST REFERENCES:
Her Intentional Reset Experience (HIRE): The Artist’s Way Creative Cluster
Join our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/herintentionalresetexperience
Register for weekly Zoom meetings: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/S33ThawJTsyLfEMjEDgl7Q
Website: https://herintentionalreset.com/community/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herintentionalreset.co/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587329908947
LOGISTICS:
Her Intentional Reset Experience (HIRE) Week 1 starts October 5th, 2026 – Week 12 the week of December 21st, 2026
- Weekly virtual meetings, Wednesdays at noon
- Come when you can. No pressure, no perfect attendance, no guilt.
If HIR has been valuable to you, you can support the show here: https://ko-fi.com/herintentionalreset
No pressure — just making it easy for listeners who want to say so.
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/hemlock/the-way-forward
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