The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Turning a Layoff into a Community and The Start of a New Career with Erik Proulx
Erik is a storyteller through documentary filmmaking. He talks about our choice to turn the bad experiences in our lives into “lemonade” and how we can our stories and transform them into art.
In this episode:
Making pacts with yourself
Describing yourself without the limit of an elevator pitch
Broadening definition of who you are, beyond labels
How he turned layoffs into a community and the start of a new career
Taking your stories and building a narrative that carries into your art
Making personal experiences relevant to a larger audience
“We don’t dig our deepest until our back’s against the wall.” ~ Erik Proulx
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