Creativity isn't supposed to run at full capacity all the time — but most of us were trained to believe otherwise. Deb Soromenho has spent years learning to work with that truth instead of against it.

Deb is a watercolor artist who builds soul connections with people through her work, and she's known for being unusually open about the ups and downs of her creative process. In this conversation, she and James talk about the difference between a quick creative block and a genuine, extended loss of inspiration, why pushing through when you've lost the joy of something often makes the work — and the feeling — worse, and how letting go of who you were during a more "on fire" season can actually move you forward instead of holding you back.

They get into Deb's practice of doing the thing that gives her the most joy first thing every day, ev ...