{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/641c5dc399e02000116b9ee0/67ee789c02e789100f6a0089?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#23 Why Midlife Might Be Your Most Creative Chapter Yet: A Manifest-Sode to Kick Off Season 4","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/641c5dc399e02000116b9ee0/1743681566461-bc5edf0e-1052-4a9f-8b16-fcaf13691c9d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Hey there, it’s <a href=\"https://www.zevabellel.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Zeva Bellel</a>—career and leadership coach for women—and I’m thrilled to welcome you to <strong>Season 4 of On Becoming</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>This season, we’re diving headfirst into a topic that’s been stirring in my heart, in my coaching work, and in nearly every honest conversation I’ve had with women lately:</p><p><strong>Midlife and the Creative Reckoning.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>If Season 3 was about how women lead, Season 4 is about what fuels that leadership—and for many of us, it’s creativity.</p><p><br></p><p>But I’m not talking about creativity in the narrow, elite, paint-in-a-studio sense. I’m talking about creativity as life force. As inner knowing. As rebellion. As a return to the wildest, most vital parts of who we are.</p><p><br></p><p>In this season, I’m exploring what happens when women at midlife feel the creative urge rising, and how many of us have lost the map to our own expression.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Here’s what you can expect this season:</strong></p><ul><li>Intimate conversations with extraordinary women—artists, coaches, storytellers, culture-makers—who are reimagining what it means to live, lead, and create in midlife.</li><li>Juicy solo episodes where I’ll dig into topics like creative shame, desire, fantasy, self-trust, and the cultural conditioning that keeps women small.</li><li>A peek behind the curtain of my own creative reckoning—and what I’ve learned from coaching women through theirs.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>We’ll wrestle with questions like:</strong></p><p>🎨 What happens when we stop expressing ourselves creatively?</p><p>🌀 Why do so many women feel a quiet ache for “more”—but have no idea where to start?</p><p>🔥 How do we move through the fear, shame, and perfectionism that block our creative power?</p><p>🌿 What’s the link between creativity, vitality, and personal agency in midlife?</p><p><br></p><p><strong>And we’ll hold tight to this truth from Clarissa Pinkola Estés:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>“A woman’s creative ability is her most valuable asset, for it gives outwardly and it feeds her inwardly at every level—psychic, spiritual, mental, emotive, and economic.”</em></p><p><br></p><p>If you’ve ever felt the hum of something inside you asking to be heard, expressed, made real—this season is for you.</p><p><br></p><p>Midlife isn’t a dead end. It’s your next masterpiece in motion.</p><p><br></p><p>So subscribe, follow the show, and share this episode with someone who needs a creative jolt. You’ll want to be part of what’s coming: powerful conversations, creative experiments (yes, a <em>creative camp</em> is happening!), and a collective reclaiming of the parts of ourselves we’re finally ready to honor.</p><p><br></p><p>—</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Me:</strong></p><p>•\tBook a discovery call at <a href=\"http://www.zevabellel.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.zevabellel.com</a></p><p>•\tSubscribe to my Substack: <a href=\"https://onbecoming.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">On Becoming</a></p><p>•\tEmail me: <strong>zeva@zevabellel.com</strong></p><p>•\tLeave me a voice message on <a href=\"https://www.speakpipe.com/onbecoming\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Speakpipe</a></p><p><br></p><p><em>P.S. If you love this episode, share it with a friend, leave a 5-star review, or drop me a line. I love hearing from you!</em></p>","author_name":"Zeva Bellel"}