If you’ve been feeling drained by your own creative work, you’re not the only one. It happens to so many of us. But the pressure, the overthinking, the self-doubt? They don’t have to stay in control.

Those insights emerge because your brain has already been doing the work—showing up, engaging with ideas, and laying the groundwork for connections to form. Then when you release the pressure valve on them, they’re able to simmer and turn into something delightful.