Let’s walk the Creative Path together.
Hello, my lovely friends!
In the lead up to Thanksgiving, I would like to take a moment to reflect and be thankful for my Medium & Substack community!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Medium & Substack are the creative home that I have been searching for for most of my life.
As somebody who knows ZERO Creatives in real life, Medium & Substack have been my go-to source for meeting other Creatives.
I’ve made so many friends here & I can always rely on Medium & Substack to inspire me, broaden my mind, expand my perspective, and grow my creative practices.
As 2025 comes to a close and Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s are fast approaching…
I find myself asking, “What’s the best way that I can use my Creative Voice to serve others?”
Here’s my answer:
We are living in a world filled with so much divisiveness. Many of us are depressed, stressed, and anxious. We are constantly struggling to survive, not thrive.
Often our Monkey Minds will not stop the mental chatter that keeps us down, and our Inner Critics can be downright mean.
That’s why I’ve devoted my VICTUS Newsletter: Synergy of Science & Self, and my STUDY, SAVOR, & SUPPORT Each Other CHAT☕️🍵, to help us come together so we can get rid of our Limiting Beliefs in a supportive and uplifting setting. To break free of the mental, emotional, and therefore physical cage many of us are trapped inside.
Because I know how horrible it can feel to NOT be your Authentic Self.
I was not my Authentic Self for far too many years because I was scared to embrace Creative Work.
Many of my Posts go into detail, describing how societal pressure tried to stamp it out of me.
But, my body kept the score. I suffered from debilitating migraines, depression, and anxiety.
Until I’d finally had enough and declared, “NO MORE!”
I knew my life would change when I decided once and for all to go on this Attorney-to-Creative Journey.
Yet, I could never have imagined how immensely happy and fulfilled it has made me.
I am now more at peace. Not perfect. But, significantly better. Healthier. Happier. At ease in my own mind and body.
I’ve finally come home.
I now have a creative place where I can share my creative writing, nonfiction writing, artwork, and music.
A place where I can be seen, validated, and celebrated for being exactly who I am: a Creative!
Most importantly, I get to meet & see myself reflected in other Creatives like you.
It’s so very healing.
And exciting to have found fellow Creatives who are interested in studying books in so many different fields to promote our collective creativity. So we can geek out together and cheer each other on our respective journeys.
Climbing the Creative Mountain of our dreams can be daunting.
The landscape can be treacherous at times, and our mental and emotional fortitude can certainly waver.
But, we can always trust in and be grateful for each other, for daring to dream and for daring to do it together.
I am grateful to have found such a warm and welcoming community of Writers, Readers, Artists, Musicians, and Healers to walk this creative path alongside me.
So, THANK YOU for reading, engaging, & Subscribing!
I look forward to learning & growing with you, and wish you & your family a very warm and relaxing Thanksgiving.
Please join us in my STUDY, SAVOR, & SUPPORT Each Other CHAT☕️🍵,
on Monday December 1st, when we start our deep-dive into our next Book Club pick —
BEYOND ANXIETY: Curiosity, Creativity, & Finding Your Life’s Purpose by Martha Beck.
The Thankful Creative in me honors & respects the Creative Community I have found in you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Marisa
⭐️ Remember, we don’t have to figure everything out, all alone. ⭐️
We can find solutions, together!
Please join us in my
This is a special group for Writers, Artists, & Creatives like us, to have deep conversations about the Books that we choose, so we can implement what we learn, and unearth our truest, most Authentic Selves.
It’s the perfect way to
Share Our Recipes for Happiness:
🔮 Have fun together;
🔮 Share our triumphs;
🔮 Vent from time to time — we’re human after all!
🔮 Take a lighthearted approach to private journaling & Artist’s Dates; and,
🔮 Grow the CREATIVE GENIUS inside all of us! 💐🌺🌷🌸🌹🌻🌼
Share Our Work (allow our True Self to be Seen):
🚀 With Notes Boost Challenges (NBC), we can share our favorite Notes of the week.
🚀 And, when we’d like, we can share our Works In Progress (WIP) and/or Final Posts, Music, & Art…whatever we’re proud of!
🚀 So we can Like, Comment, and/or Restack each others’ work to…
Share Our Joy (experience Connection with a kind & supportive Creative Community):
🙌 This is how we can come together, to grow through our own individual efforts, and feel the support of a kind & supportive Creative Community, too.
🤗 If that sounds good to you, then join us & say hello!
Join Marisa Victus’s subscriber chat
Available in the Substack app and on web
Come join us in the STUDY, SAVOR, & SUPPORT Each Other CHAT! ☕️🍵 !
Looking for a regular place to help boost each other’s Notes & Posts every week?
I host Notes Boost Challenges (NBC) every Friday in my STUDY, SAVOR, & SUPPORT Each Other CHAT.
Feel free to share your latest Note or Post of the week, so we can Like/Comment/Restack yours & you can do the same for others, so we can all GROW!
Pull up a seat & come to our comfy & cozy Creative CHAT! Here’s to the Creative CHAT for me & you! 🎉📚🥳📚🎉
Subscribe if you want to see where this Creative Journey can take us!
BONUS — Did you know that all SUBSCRIBERS can read the 1st Book of THE OBSIDIAN CHRONICLES (OBSIDIAN: Birth to Venus) for FREE?
Together, we’ll explore all the ways that we can 10x our life — mind, body, & soul.
We’ll learn the scientific, physiological, and psychological reasons why we are the way that we are. And…
We’ll combine that understanding with simple, active practices that will supercharge our self-improvement & give us unstoppable self-belief!
When you SUBSCRIBE, you’ll gain access to these 2 resources:
(1) Every week, you’ll get my free Non-Fiction Newsletter on Medium & Substack, entitled Marisa VICTUS: Science of Synergy & Self; and,
(2) Every day, you’ll be able to entrain your brain — the quick & easy way — with my daily Mindset & Meditation (M&M) practice.
I’m building my own Mindset & Meditation (M&M) Community, so we can all invest in our truest, most Authentic Self.
🌸 Every day, I write ✍️1 handwritten✍️ M&M (Mindset & Meditation) Note.🌸
🧘🏻♀️If you want to grow with me, repeat these daily affirmations like I am.🧘🏻♀️
🙌Let’s entrain our brains to adopt these empowering beliefs.🙌
Plus, if you’d like to see me succeed (or flop 😂) as I practice in public,
(3) SUBSCRIBE to my free YouTube Channel!