Get ready to learn what the word ‘liminal’ means and how you can thrive creatively in this space in-between.
“A liminal space is the time between the ‘what was’ and the ‘next.’ It is a place of transition, a season of waiting, and not knowing.” – inaliminalspace.org The way author and online personality Anna Lind Thomas sees it – creation happens in the liminal space and that’s why it sucks. Creating is hard. But she says she’d rather suffer in the liminal space than dwell in her comfort zone. Humor and inspiration come together as we learn how to embrace and overcome the liminal space.
About the speaker
Anna Lind Thomas is a humor writer and popular online personality who founded the funny site HaHas for HooHas. Her much anticipated book We’ll Laugh About This Someday was released by HarperCollins in September 2021 and her follow up book I’m Not Ready for This is set to drop in May 2022. She spends her time writing for various media outlets and hosting her podcast, It’s Not That Serious, which is consistently ranked in the Top 25 of the iTunes Family section. She holds a bachelors in advertising and a masters in communication studies and spent many years copywriting and creating campaigns in ad departments before having children. Her story about a fart went viral and catapulted her to fame (or infamy). Anna and her husband, Rob, live in Omaha with their two young daughters, Lucy and Poppy, and an English Bulldog named Bruno. You can learn more at AnnaLindThomas.com.
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Even though the liminal space is hard, even though it’s boring – oh, it can be boring too because you’re waiting for something happen and it just doesn’t. It can be painful. This space that we’re avoiding is where the best stories are told – this is where life is lived. Our stories are not told in the comfort zone when we are chilling, watching Netflix. Our stories are told when we are suffering in the liminal space, when we are giving it our all, when we are trying our hardest, when we are getting rejected. It’s also the place where we experience our most expansive growth.
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