Make Believe: returning to childlike wonder

It’s here!! The 2 hour special with Victoria Hutchins, aka the daily victorian, to ask her everything about life, creating, writing, poetry, fears, breakthroughs and her new book. Victoria is a handstanding poet. She is the woman behind the iconic poetry and yoga flow that feels like a dose of big sister reassurance mixed with a level of depth that reminds us what it means to be human. She brings us a sincere reminder to have hope. Her words are raw, moving, ironic at times, and hard to feel the same after hearing. Victoria is the author of Make Believe, host of the Soul Gum podcast, a yoga instructor, and a corporate lawyer turned content creator.

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Time stamps

00:00 Intro

06:00 Victoria’s process of believing any of this was possible.

14:00 Roots of childhood creation.

15:30 Writing poetry.

20:15 Understanding her own personality.

23:49 Pressure to know who we are and how things turn out is exhausting.

28:50 Thinking about your audience first as a creator. Rick Rubin?

32:10 Starting route to Taco Bell!!

37:30 Being able to process before creating.

41:00 Victoria’s routine vs. being fully consumed by one thing.

43:00 Feeling like you’re on an island can be a good thing.

47:50 Where does confidence come from?

53:00 How Victoria finds her words. A courtship.

56:30 (Creative) Fire just needs room to breathe.

1:00:00 How to follow a massive success.

1:06:00 Abundance mindset.

1:10:00 Jealousy: the people you are most jealous of show you it’s possible for you. 

1:12:00 God, spirituality, death, heaven, Trust.

1:19:00 Questions to ponder with friends that you can’t answer. 

1:21:00 Make Believe and after life.

1:24:00 Being taught that parts of us are “bad”

1:29:30 After you take the purity ring off. 

1:36:00 Vulnerable, holy shit moments.

1:40:39 Let me let you go.

1:42:12 The process of writing a book. 

1:43:30 Publishing a book

1:49:20 Victoria’s hope for all who read. 

1:55:00 Weekday morning routine and structure.

1:57:45 An exceptional leader. 

2:00:00 Victoria’s Billboard Message