The Courage to Live a Big Life

Step into a world where you can create the life you crave. Join the vibrant Susie deVille, the powerhouse behind the award-winning, groundbreaking book, Buoyant, and the driving force at The Innovation & Creativity Institute. Each week, she'll be your catalyst for change as she sparks your creativity and courage!The Courage to Live a Big Life isn't just a podcast—it's your passport to a realm of unlimited possibility. With Susie's inspiring, infectious energy, you'll shatter self-doubt and pave the way for your boldest, most authentic self to shine.Get ready for an adventure that's as exhilarating as it is transformative. Tune in, buckle up, and prepare to soar with The Courage to Live a Big Life.

The Courage to Live a Big Life is a arts podcast hosted by Susie deVille, with 122 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Susie deVille hosts The Courage to Live a Big Life, a arts show with 122 episodes published.

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  Episode #122

  How to See Differently & Reinvent Your Life

  Sep 29, 20264 minS1

  Maybe the next chapter of your life requires a new way of seeing. In the summer of 1905, in the luminous, coastal town of Collioure, France, Matisse discovered that changing how he saw could change everything he created. The same is often true for each of us. When life feels stale, crowded, or impossibly stuck, we often assume we need to change everything. But true reinvention can begin with a pattern interrupt, a fresh perspective, or a moment of beauty that wakes us from rote living and returns us to wonder. In this episode of The Courage to Live a Big Life, learn how seeing differently helps us feel differently and, as a result, create with new purpose. A new way of seeing loosens the boundaries of what we believe is possible. That is when we understand that the life we thought was out of reach is right there, waiting to be embraced. Episode transcript : https://tinyurl.com/2yab76bj

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  Episode #121

  The Case for Calm Ambition, Part 2

  Sep 22, 20266 minS1

  Perfectionism can look like ambition. Research can look like preparation. Refinement can look like discipline. But sometimes, these are simply more sophisticated ways of avoiding the risk of beginning. This episode of The Courage to Live a Big Life is an invitation to put down the panic, quiet the comparison, and listen for the thing you already know you are being called to do. Let's explore what becomes possible when we stop trying to control every outcome and start creating from a place of serenity. For entrepreneurs, artists, creators, and anyone building something that does not yet exist, this is a powerful reminder that our work needs our courage and commitment, but it does not need our fear. You are invited to consider a different way of creating, one where clarity emerges through movement, enthusiasm becomes a steady light, and ambition no longer requires exhaustion. Episode transcript : https://tinyurl.com/bddhpnp8

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  Episode #120

  The Case for Calm Ambition, Part 1

  Sep 15, 20265 min

  What if the fire driving our work does not have to burn us out? In Part One of this two-part series, we explore a different kind of enthusiasm that subtracts frantic hustle, sleepless striving, and the pressure to constantly prove ourselves. True enthusiasm is a deep stillness and an inner knowing. A connection to the divine ideas, visions, and possibilities moving through us, asking to be brought into the world. When we listen deeply enough to hear that call, something shifts. We no longer need to force, chase, or constantly seek approval. We begin to trust what we know. For entrepreneurs, creators, and leaders, that trust becomes a source of power. Our work still requires courage and discipline, but it flows from alignment rather than fear. This is what Thoreau understood. Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity of knowing what calls us, trusting what moves through us, and having the willingness to follow it. In Part Two, we explore perfectionism, control, deep peace, and a simple journaling practice to help you reclaim your enthusiasm. Episode transcript : https://tinyurl.com/mry56jy8

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  Episode #119

  How Gratitude Sparks Magic

  Sep 8, 20268 min

  Are you ready to shift your frequency and awaken to the extraordinary? In this episode, host Susie deVille takes you on a lyrical journey from the sun-drenched coast of France to a startling, perspective-shifting moment deep in the woods. Together, we explore how gratitude acts as a powerful lens, transforming ordinary moments into pure magic, igniting synchronicity, and expanding our courage to live a truly big life. We dive deep into the contrast between the high-vibrational excitement of a European retreat and the quiet, grounded awareness that comes from surviving a sudden, terrifying fall on a mountain trail. Susie beautifully illustrates how an overflowing heart changes our frequency, shifting our focus from what is missing to the abundance that already surrounds us, ultimately proving that we do not need a grand itinerary to experience an incredible lightness of being. Episode transcript : https://tinyurl.com/5n8f5uf7

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  Episode #118

  Analog Sundays: A Refuge for the Overwhelmed

  Sep 1, 20265 min

  What if the way forward is to slow down long enough to hear yourself think? In this episode of The Courage to Live a Big Life, Susie deVille introduces Analog Sundays , a simple weekly refuge for busy entrepreneurs, leaders, creators, and anyone feeling mentally cluttered, burned out, or creatively stuck. For just 5–10 minutes, you're invited to put down the phone, step away from the to-do list, and make something with your hands using materials you have on hand. Collage. Doodle. Color. Scribble. Play. No talent required—this is not a formal art class. There's no pressure to make something "good." When we engage in simple, tactile play, we create space for the nervous system to settle—and for intuition, imagination, insight, and unexpected ideas to rise back to the surface. Clarity arrives when we pause long enough to notice what has been alive inside us all along. That is, your next breakthrough may just need a little breathing room. Let's make some space for Magic. Join Susie for Analog Sundays at susiedeville.substack.com . Subscribe for free and begin your week clear, calm, centered, and connected to the creative wisdom already within you. Episode Transcript : https://tinyurl.com/3vuztz63

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