S3 E15: Amy Kuretsky on Self-Compassion and Resilience in Creative Business
In this episode I was joined by Amy Kuretsky, an acupuncturist, breathwork facilitator, and business coach who helps creative entrepreneurs cultivate a deeper relationship with their heart, body, and business. This interview will be especially inspirational for all of you creative entrepreneurs out there, current and aspiring.
Listen in to hear Amy share about her winding career path, her supportive tools and personal process for getting unstuck and out of a funk, how she practices compassionate productivity, how she conducts business with anticapitalist values within capitalism, some of her favorite role models in that area, and what an extended Instagram break has felt like. In the typical spirit of this show, we get deep about how we define our identities and how our various facets are so integrated.
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
The many interwoven facets of how Amy defines herself based on what she does and who she is
How anti-racism work has led her to being more trauma-informed in healing and movement spaces
Her unique and winding path from being an art history major to becoming an entrepreneur
How the real-life experience of being a business owner differed from her business classes in acupuncture school and the instagram highlight reel version
The process, benefits, and effects of the style of breathwork that Amy practices, and a little bit about my experience with it
How practicing breathwork helps us become more resilient and lean into discomfort, informs her anti-oppression work, and parallels the creative process
Amy’s personal process of supporting herself through “funks” or creative blocks, along with her tools that help her care for herself
Bringing self compassion into every part of business and life for true productivity
Reconciling being an anti-capitalist running 2 businesses within the framework of capitalism and some of Amy’s favorite role models who embody those values
How Amy defines success and how that affects what being a whole person means to her
What her extended break from Instagram has been like
RESOURCES DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Blog post on my experience with breathwork
Kate Strathmann of Wanderwell Consulting
Jennifer Patterson of Corpus Ritual
MORE FROM AMY
Upcoming Astrology + Breathwork classes: Nov. 18 + Dec. 16, 2020
Constellation Acupuncture in Minneapolis
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Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook