Episode 134: How Anxiety and Perfectionism Can Get In The Way Of Creativity with Beryl Young

<span style='font-weight: 400;'>Honestly, I have always had a mixed relationship with creativity. </span> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>I have almost always loved it and thought to myself, I want to do that more! And then months, years pass before I actively pursue something creative. Why?</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>My Monger’s message of perfectionism and practicality always gets in the way:</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>“She tries but she has no talent”. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>“What are you going to do with it? You are going to have all these art projects and nowhere to put them.”</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>“You have to drag all the art supplies out and spend MORE money on creative. Get real.”</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>I get in my own way. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>This is why I wanted to talk to someone who deals with High Functioning Anxiety and is still able to pursue creativity for a living.</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Today, I am talking with Beryl Young of</span> <a href='https://momtography.club/'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Momtography</span></a><span style='font-weight: 400;'>. She is a mom, photographer, teacher, and creator of popular classes to support parents in capturing the life they love. A former elementary school teacher by day, she’s taken her experience in education and photography and brought a message of creativity, resilience, connection, and fulfillment for camera lovers young and old.</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Beryl’s work has been featured on The Huffington Post, PicMonkey, Mpix, and Digital Photography School. She’s taught hundreds of moms around the globe how to use their camera to its fullest potential and connect in deeper ways to the people they love most in the world.</span></p> <p><strong>Listen to the full episode to hear:</strong></p> <ul> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>When Beryl re