About this episode

Michael reflects on the gap between the creative dream and reality, exploring themes of devotion and the difference between the wedding night and the years of marriage.

Six years. Three rewrites. A crypto portfolio wiped by tariffs. Grand plans that quietly dissolved. In this raw and honest episode, Michael reflects on the gap between the creative dream and the creative reality — and what it actually means to be in devotion to your work when no one is watching. Recorded from Tulum just weeks after his book launch, this is a meditation on ego, initiation, and the difference between the night of the wedding and the years of the marriage.

People in this episode

Host: Michael Trainer

Topics covered

• creative devotion
• ego
• initiation
• marriage
• creative reality
• letting go

Keywords

• creative dream
• creative reality
• devotion
• ego
• marriage
• Tulum
• slow burn

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Tulum

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