The Beautiful Mess of Growth with Serena Rio

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with artist Serena Rio about her journey through fear and creativity.

In this episode of outside is Magic, I sit down with artist, mountain biker, and psychology student Serena Rio for a conversation about fear, creativity, and the art of stepping outside your comfort zone. We talk about her evolution from graffiti and murals in New York to painting in Los Angeles, her obsession with making friends, and how mountain biking became a mirror for courage and growth. Serena opens up about overcoming fear, finding balance through meditation and movement, and how psyc...

People in this episode

Host: Christopher San Agustin

Guest: Serena Rio

Topics covered

• growth
• creativity
• fear
• mountain biking
• meditation
• friendship

Keywords

• growth
• creativity
• mountain biking
• fear
• meditation
• friendship
• art

Mentioned in this episode

Places: New York, Los Angeles

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