Navigating Grief, Growth, & Creativity with Michael Dalton

What happens when you stop suppressing your emotions and start embracing them?

In this episode, we dive into the messy, beautiful process of emotional growth—how childhood experiences, therapy, and personal awakenings shape our perspective on life, creativity, and success.

We unpack:

🔹 Growing up in a conservative religious environment and unlearning emotional suppression

🔹 The impact of grief, heartbreak, and vulnerability on personal and creative life

🔹 Balancing emotions and rationality into an integrated way of being

🔹 How authenticity on social media can both empower and challenge us

🔹 Parenting, individuality, and encouraging emotional expression in future generations

This is a conversation about healing, growth, and the creative power of feeling deeply.

🎧 Listen now on Second Order Change.

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