The Power of Storytelling - Episode 29
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Welcome back to The Power of Storytelling!
Jacqueline and Margo - thank you for sharing your stories, your words, and your journey with all of us.
This month’s episode reminded me that the joy that we find in our journey, is the golden ticket. As you’ll hear both women share in this week’s episode, it’s the reward, it’s the thing we’re all after! We miss out on so much when we don’t allow ourselves to experience that joy. It’s incredible to hear from so many people how their lives changed when they found their joy and focused on it.
It’s truly my honor to share the stories and provide the space here to share a little bit more about the women behind these words. I encourage you to check out Jacqueline and Margo after you listen to this week’s new episode.
*Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Seek The Joy Podcast.
Jacqueline Claire is a visual artist and spiritual storyteller based out of Texas. Jacqueline is passionate about the art and its power to help us connect with joy, meaning, and each other. Jacqueline believes this is what the world truly needs right now.
As an artist Jacqueline is driven to uplift community and bring people together through her paintings. She comes from a long line of creators, born and raised in Texas, and she currently resides in a small German/Hispanic town between San Antonio and Austin, New Braunfels, Texas. Her work spans a range from fine art on canvas to children's illustration - but the goal is the same: to touch hearts and elevate spirits. Even when the work is dark sometimes, it's about holding hands and moving through the darkness to reach the light together - cured of fear and more deeply connected. She does her best to let the art guide her to what it wants to become - that way whatever message or feeling is delivered to a viewer is special and intended for them. The process of creating is her teacher.
In this week’s new episode, Jacqueline reminds us to think about how we can encourage each other to strive for and believe in our loftiest most aspirational aims, and how can we hold the space of loving compassion, kindness, and friendship, and be really honest about the thorny rocky road that this life can be. Jacqueline has devoted her life and career to exploring the role of art and faith in elevating her audiences, and encouraging them to access mystical realities. She recently concluded her first art and spiritual storytelling tour of her show, Awaken to Your Life As a Spiritual Journey through nine cities.
“Through my art and exhibition spaces, my hope is to remind you that everything that we experience is actually spiritual in nature, and it is for the evolution of our souls and the refinement of who we truly are. Everything we experience, our life actually, is a construct, and the purpose of it is for us to grow spiritually into our strongest, most virtuous self. I believe that the more consistently we remember this, it’s the source of fortitude, perseverance, joy, courage and perspective.”
Margo Carroll is an email marketing strategist and sales funnel copywriter for online business owners. Through her company, Remedy Writing LLC, she helps trained experts sell their coaching, courses, and services with adaptable evergreen sales funnels that grow alongside their business. She supports entrepreneurs with her high-touch Funnel Build Intensives in Bellingham, WA and her signature group program, the Trailblazer Toolkit™️.
In this week’s new episode, Margo shares her journey moving from seeking accomplishment, to seeking joy. She shares how she’s always been someone who sought the reward for achievement and executing on skills that she had developed. That started from a very young age - she was always at the front of the desk, or the one to finish her test first. She thought that a big part of her value came from her brain, and being rewarded for what she could accomplish. She shares her passion for working for social justice causes, working with international students, and becoming a social worker. She shares the highs and lows, the anxiety she experienced, and the difficulty she had finding joy in her journey. She shares the moment everything changed - and the questions she asked herself in that moment will remind you just how important it is to value, celebrate, and love your life, and every moment that we’re given.
“I realize that seeking joy, instead of seeking accomplishment, is a big focal point for me. My tendency is to seek accomplishment, and I tend to feel guilty seeking joy! A big part of my life is learning to seek the joy and not feel any guilt, or to observe that guilty feeling and move past it and move through it.”
To learn more about Jacqueline Claire and her work visit her website www.JacquelineClaireArt.com and you can connect with her on Instagram @JacquelineClaireArt and Facebook @JacquelineClaireArt and you can join her e-mail list here and support her work and mission on Patreon here
To learn more about Margo and her work visit her website www.margocarroll.com and you can connect with her on Instagram @margocarroll and you can download your Trailblazer’s Roadmap for Online Course Sales here: bit.ly/antiroadmap
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