{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft","title":"How I Overcame 3 Months Creative Resistance as a Musician","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ab146e1c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2003,"description":"✉️ The Creative Life Newsletter\nThe artist’s journey is long. I write a newsletter to help you stay on it 👉 https://jim-kroft.short.gy/0925A/Jim-Kroft-newsletter\n___________________\nWelcome back to The Creative Life Podcast.\nThis week I’m sharing the story behind a three-month stretch of deep creative resistance — a period where I thought I was breaking down, only to realise something far more important was breaking out of me.\nIt’s a personal episode, but a hopeful one. Because what came out of this resistance has given me the clearest sense of direction I’ve had in years.\nIf you’re a creative who feels dispersed, off-centre, or unable to return to your core work, I think there will be lots of good stuff in here for you.\n🎯 Why resistance hits hardest when you’ve drifted too far from your centre\n🎹 How one raw moment at the piano was a gateway back to my own musical heart\n🧭 How to recognise misalignment before it becomes a full creative stall (especially when dispersed)\n✂️ Why radical subtraction can help you get back to the core\n🔄 How to rebuild momentum when you’ve lost the thread of a project\nThanks guys - rating and reviewing (or even better sharing!) so appreciated!\nJim\nAll music in this episode is my own — stream it on Spotify.\nJim Kroft Links:\n\n📺 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/jimkroft\n🎧 Spotify Music: spoti.fi/4aHoI0Y\n📷 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3Scy6S3\n📬 Substack - The Creative Life Newsletter https://www.jimkroft.substack","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/sRMHnm0xxKf0v9LRXXrhC80UWmDYfoJ58SXe99XobxA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQyODgxLzE2ODc5/OTc3MzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}