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Feb 2025
1h 15m

Creative Journeys

Dr. Peter McGraw
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How can creativity fuel a remarkable Solo life? Writer and storytelling expert Carrie Osgood joins Peter McGraw in the Solo Studio to explore using storytelling to embrace unconventional choices, alternative narrative frameworks beyond the Hero’s Journey, and how art can be a tool for personal transformation. Listen now and start rewriting your own story!


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