What if healing after trauma wasn’t just about survival—but about creativity, reclamation, and transformation? Today’s guest, Marlee Liss, is living proof that healing can look radically different than what we’ve been taught. After experiencing sexual violence, she was thrown into the justice system and quickly realized something: the traditional punitive approach wasn’t leading to healing—it was retraumatizing. So, she did something groundbreaking.

Marlee became the first person in North America to advocate for and successfully secure a court-ordered restorative justice process, requiring her assailant to undergo mandated therapy instead of incarceration. Through this process, she proved that true justice isn’t always about punishment—it can be about deep, lasting accountability, healing, and even transformation.

This is the second episode in my series on using creativity to change the world—because creativity isn’t just for art. It’s for how we think, how we heal, and how we rebuild broken systems.

✨ From this conversation, you’ll learn:

• The radical question that changed everything for Marlee—and how it can change your life, too

• Why the justice system often fails survivors—and what a real, healing alternative looks like

• How creativity can be used to solve even the world’s toughest problems

• The surprising key to true healing: reclaiming joy, pleasure, and personal freedom

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Hi, creative cutie, as you know, I've been very open and honest about my journey with codependency on the show: my struggles with it, my healing from it, my trying to understand it...In 2022, I was lucky enough to have Melody Beattie author of Codependent No More on the podcast.

A couple days ago, Melody's daughter Nichole Beattie posted on her socials sharing that her mother had passed away on February 27th at 10pm. So today, in memory of Melody, and her world-altering and life-changing work, I am resharing our episode. Thank you, Melody, your work changed my life, It helped so many people heal....And it's going to continue to do that for years to come. May you rest in peace and may your work live on forever--teaching all of us to release our shame and to love ourselves at least as much as we love others.

Original Description:

Today’s guest is Melody Beattie. She’s a New York Times Best Selling Author known for titles such as The Language of Letting Go, Playing It by Heart, The Grief Club, Beyond Codependency, and her most famous book, Codependent No More-which just came out with a revised and updated edition that you should check out! Codependent No More, has sold over 7 million copies since its release in 1986. Melody is a true pioneer in this field and has helped millions find healing. Her work has changed my life, and it might just change yours, too!

From our chat you’ll learn:

-The true meaning of codependency and whether you might be codependent

-How to heal codependency through creativity

-What it REALLY even means to love yourself

-How to not turn on yourself when you're disappointed

-How to trust the creative process--even if it takes YEARS!

-Why Codependent No More IS Actually a romance novel

-Plus never-before-heard insight into Melody’s creative process and how she birthed the original Codependent No More!

-And More!

Check out Melody's work and get her new edition of Codependent No More here: https://melodybeattie.com/

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BOO! I’m the ghost of your creative past, and I have one question for you: Do you have unfinished projects haunting you in creative purgatory? What if I told you they're the KEY to getting Unstuck?

Have you ever abandoned a creative project, only to forget it existed? What if your best idea is already sitting in your notes, voice memos, or sketchbook—unfinished, unseen, and full of potential?

In this episode, I take you inside my own creative ‘graveyard’—a place filled with forgotten voice memos and half-finished songs. What I found completely shocked and inspired me… and it might do the same for you.

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ Why creatives abandon work—and how to reclaim it
✅ The emotional power of revisiting old projects
✅ How I rediscovered hidden creative gold in my old voice memos
✅ A step-by-step challenge to reconnect with your past creative self
✅ How this process can help you get unstuck, inspired, and back in flow

This is your sign to stop overlooking your old work—your next big creative breakthrough could already be written.

✨ Ready for the challenge? Hit play and let’s take a journey through creative purgatory together.

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