Your Creative Push

Nyki Way is a San Francisco Bay Area illustrator who was born in Boulder, Colorado.  She is inspired by nature, civil rights, psychology, and emotion.  In her art therapy blog, “Painting Your Own Reality,” she offers a glimpse into her struggles with depression and psychosis as well as her new appreciation for life to help others to transform their lives into the exact life they want. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/nykiway In this episode, Nyki discusses: -Her creative upbringing. -The fear of not succeeding or not being “good enough.” -Her mental health struggles and how she has been balancing that with pushing herself as an artist. -Using drugs as a means of escape, but finding that art could be equally useful as a coping mechanism. -Her contemplation of suicide and her eventual relocation. -The intention of her blog to connect with people who might feel alone the way she did, so that they can see that they are not the only ones going through it. -The incredible benefits she has seen in her lif