Ep. 7 | Amie McNee: The Artist's Revival, Healing through art & Undoing Visibility Wounds

ENHEARTENED with Xavier Dagba

In this episode of ENHEARTENED, I’m joined by the fiercely honest and wildly devoted Amie McNee—author of We Need Your Art: Stop Fcking Around and Make Something*. Together, we explore the sacred intersection of creativity, soul, and liberation in a world that often dismisses or commodifies the artist's heart.

This conversation is a balm for artists, creators, and visionaries who have felt unseen, silenced, or stuck in shame around sharing their gifts. Whether you’re sitting on masterpieces the world hasn’t seen or navigating the terror of being truly witnessed—this is for you.

We dive deep into:

• The ancestral repression of artistry and reclaiming your creative inheritance

• Why art literally heals and what happens when you repress your soul’s voice

• Building nervous system safety to withstand the exposure of being seen

• Why creative block is perfectionism in disguise

• The difference between protecting your art and playing small

• Why every artist must go through the void of being unseen

• How to coronate yourself as the artist you already are

• Amie’s spicy truths about self-censorship, Instagram, and artists refusing to market themselves

• And a fierce reminder: We need you. And we need your art. Now more than ever.

FIND OUT ABOUT AMIE'S WORK

Grab Amie’s book: We Need Your Art
https://www.amiemcnee.com/pre-order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee

Follow Amie on Instagram:
https://instagram.com/inspiredtowrite

Subscribe to Amie’s Substack:
https://amiemcnee.substack.com

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Chapters
00:00 Intro – The cost of repressing your creativity
02:45 Art as rebellion: waking up in a world not made for artists
08:00 The ancestral wound of severing artistry
13:00 Facing shame, rejection & fear when choosing the creative path
16:45 The paradox of delusional vision & grounded devotion
22:00 Why art is literal medicine
27:45 Healing through being seen—and how to do it safely
32:00 Nervous system regulation & the path of the artist
34:00 The daily coronation of your inner artist
41:00 Creative companionship, witnessing & community
47:00 Breaking the myth of the lone artist
50:00 Creative block vs. perfectionism
54:00 Fuck around & find out: the true creative process
58:00 AI, algorithms & why human art is needed more than ever
1:04:00 The controversial truth about commodifying your art
1:11:00 Learning to love your ambition
1:13:00 Final message to every artist who’s been hiding

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