In this episode of In My Experience, I’m joined by my dear friend Christena Shreve-Elza for a raw, honest conversation about creativity, divorce, emotional safety, grief, boundaries, and what can happen when life completely dismantles the version of you that existed before.

Christena had recently returned from Mexico, where she spent time in retreat with Chrys Kyng, and the I Am the Medicine community, before giving herself space to rest, integrate, and focus on writing her book, Plants Like People.

We talk about ideas as seeds and how the things we are called to create often need time, attention, pruning, and patience before they are ready to be shared. Sometimes the seed is planted years before we finally become the person who can bring it fully to life.

Our conversation opens into so much more, and there is  ...