Artist Recovery Podcast

Artist Recovery Podcast is Bringing Light to the Darkside of Art. I’m Rich — and here, recovery means resilience. Because for artists, it’s more than survival… it’s revival.
This show is about the real journey of being a working creative — the highs, the lows, the pivots, and the reinventions that shape who we are. Together we’ll explore how setbacks can spark transformation, how loss can open new paths, and how resilience fuels the heart of every artist’s story.
If you’ve ever faced doubt, setback, or the call to reinvent yourself, you’re in the right place. Let’s recover — and create — together.”

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ARtist Recovery Podcast Ep. 49 | Aimee Carlson on The Color of Reinvention: How I turned Healing, Art, and Womanhood Into a New Beginning

December 12, 2025 • Rich Wright • Season 1 • Episode 49

In this deeply human and beautifully unfolding conversation, the Artist Recovery Podcast welcomes Aimee Carlson — artist, seeker, former educator, long-distance runner, yoga teacher, and founder of the SheForce movement — for a journey into sensitivity, selfhood, reinvention, and the quiet courage it takes to rise again in midlife. Aimee’s story is not a linear ascent.
It’s a mosaic — shaped by childhood observation, creative sparks, spiritual searching, emotional endurance, and the kind of lived experience that becomes medicine for others. This episode is a reflection for every creative who has ever wondered: “Is it too late for me?” Aimee’s answer is a resounding:
"It is never too late to become who you were always meant to be."

Viral Moments & Deep Emotional Beats in This Episode

✨ The Sensitive Child Who Became an Observer
Aimee reveals how moving constantly, navigating divorced parents, and being teased for her curly hair shaped her inner world — and taught her the power of watching, absorbing, and understanding the emotional textures of life.

✨ The Grandmother Who Lived in Color
From handmade purple outfits to daily hats, Aimee’s artistic grandmother became her first permission slip to live boldly, creatively, unapologetically.

✨ The 5th-Grade Teacher Who Ignited Her Creative Fire
A spontaneous classroom “lion’s den” exercise leads Aimee to write and direct her first play — a moment she still carries as creative origin.

✨ Running as Emotional Alchemy
For nearly two decades, long-distance running wasn’t about fitness.
It was how she processed emotion, sought meaning, and found internal spaciousness when life offered none.

✨ The Yoga Studio as Sacred Space
Aimee explains how yoga became her “movement church” — where breath, body, and spirit finally aligned into something that felt like home.

✨ Teaching on a Native Reservation
She shares the profound impact of community, humor, hardship, and resilience she witnessed among her students — and how it reshaped her understanding of humanity and belonging.

✨ The Midlife Awakening: Enter SheForce
Aimee reframes midlife not as decline but as second adulthood — a threshold where creativity, leadership, energy, and identity can be rewritten with intention and soul.

What You’ll Take Away

• How sensitivity is not a weakness — but a creative superpower
• Why reinvention is not reserved for the young
• How breath, movement, and art become pathways back to self
• Why midlife is the most spiritually charged moment of becoming
• How community and safe spaces help us take creative risks
• Why exploring who you are now is the greatest act of leadership

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https://www.sheforcecoach.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aimee-carlson-b5152b65

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