Welcome to The Heartward Project podcast!
I’m your host, Taryn Krier. I’m a wife, a mom, and the most authentic version of myself is when I’m being creative. But beyond that, what lights me up even more is when somebody’s ramblings of about who-knows-what are full of a pure passion that is authentic to them. It doesn’t matter to me what the topic is. It could be wanting to knit their first scarf, or perhaps organizing their quarterly Slap Jack card club. It doesn’t matter! Their authentic passion is contagious, and I’m all here for it.
Going in the direction of your heart is what it means to be Heartward, a word I created for this movement.
Wherever your heart is nudging you, you should go.
I tried that once.
I dreamt of owning a creative small business. So, with my Very-Taryn approach to shiny new objects, I began to research. And read. And sign up for courses. And observe how others are succeeding. And then research some more. I’ve been doing this… for years. The lack of creative action has made me feel more inauthentic than ever. Devoting my precious cognitive resources to absorbing everything I could about that latest craze burnt. me. out. I stretched myself so thin, that I couldn’t even take in any more content. This dream of mine was stuck. And on top of that, watching “everyone else” succeed in what I wanted for myself has made me feel more alone on this journey than in the beginning when I knew nothing.
I started this podcast because I know that I am not the only one suffering from overwhelm, burnout, and extreme analysis paralysis. I’m not someone telling you how I used to be there and how I got through it. No, I’m speaking from a very real place of being deep within it right now. I want to create a community where we can come together to encourage one another through overcoming this phase. You can expect to hear from me weekly as I share little nuggets of Taryn-wisdom (frequently referred to as the most brilliant advice ever), and a whole lot of ideas that I have not yet mastered either. We’re in this together, right?
Listening in, I hope you feel a warm hug, I hope you exhale the burden of feeling overwhelmed, and I hope you start to breathe life back into the motivation you need to build your dream. Now, let’s all Be Heartward.
If this feels like a conversation you want to be a part of, please subscribe to The Heartward Project podcast and, at any moment, for any topic, please feel free to send me a DM on Instagram, @theheartwardproject. Hearing from you would truly mean the world to me. I can’t wait to connect.