E91: Jacob Nordby – Blessed are the Weird and Our Greatest Creative Project

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My guest today is Jacob Nordby, co-founder of A Writing Room Collective, Heal + Create, The Institute for Creative Living Foundation 501(c)3, and the author of several books, including Blessed Are the Weird – A Manifesto for Creatives and The Creative Cure. He previously worked as the marketing director for a traditional publishing house and oversaw the launch of many bestselling books. A working author and creative guide, he has a passion for helping writers solve their challenges and enjoy the satisfaction of sharing their work with the world.

We discussed being weird, fundamentalist cults, being sensitive, arts, poetry, reading, building forts, Jacob’s book, Blessed Are the Weird People, homeschooling, true believers, cults and ‘isms’, Buddhism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, depth psychology, Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, nihilism, Nietzsche, Man’s Search for Happiness, Victor Frankl, Prometheus Rising, our greatest creative project being our own lives, the Industrial Era, The Professor and the Madman, literalism, Neo Atheists, the three pillars of Apollo, paradox, tension, ventral vagal states, objectivity, creativity, unshakable beliefs, creativity as a life source, writing, AI, Artificial Intelligence, spiritual bypassing, suffering, and reading.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Jacob Nordby

Website: https://www.jacobnordby.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jacobnordby/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jacobnordby/

Bonus multimedia journaling program gift: www.creativeselfjournal.com

The Creative Cure book page: www.creativecurebook.com

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