# 30. Facing Your Fear of Being Misunderstood IS the Creative Process Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-geese-6890223/30-facing-your-fear-of-being-misunderstood-is-the-creative-process Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-geese-6890223/30-facing-your-fear-of-being-misunderstood-is-the-creative-process.md Podcast: [Wild Geese](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-geese-6890223) Published: 2025-07-08T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anna-howard1/episodes/30--Facing-Your-Fear-of-Being-Misunderstood-IS-the-Creative-Process-e3583pl Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/f5102908/podcast/play/105172213/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-6-7%2F403491478-44100-2-a0790887acdb4.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wild-geese-6890223/episodes/30-facing-your-fear-of-being-misunderstood-is-the-creative-process Duration seconds: 1559 ## Resource How can you share what you're working on and get through the fear of judgement? Let's chat about it! Resources Mentioned: - Unfiltered Courage: The Radical Act of Being Yourself by Musguided - Design Literacy in the Age of Intelligent Automation by Willem Van Lancker - Get Numb Before You Get Good by Cedric Chin - The Anxiety-Curiosity Switch: How to Redirect Your Mental Energy for Creativity by Anne-Laure Le Cunff - Following the White-Hot Fire Inside of You by Kieran Oβ€˜Hare - your perfectionism will not save you. by Ayan Artan - Self-Doubt is the Creative Process by Zack Evans - Unbound: A Woman's Guide to Power by Kasia Urbaniak TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction00:32 Listener Feedback02:21 Brilliant Sponsor03:21 Quote on Bravery04:00 Love Island Sidebar 06:14 Role of Fear in Creativity10:22 Kurt Vonnegut's Advice07:49 Art vs. Content16:30 Importance of Integrity, Neutrality, Conviction, and Curiosity18:18 Getting Numb Before Getting Good20:45 Qualities Needed Before Sharing Your Work26:36 ConclusionConnect with me: β›… Wild Geese Instagram πŸ““ Anna's Substack πŸ’Œ Anna's Podcast Production Services ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wild-geese-6890223/episodes/30-facing-your-fear-of-being-misunderstood-is-the-creative-process/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-geese-6890223/30-facing-your-fear-of-being-misunderstood-is-the-creative-process.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.