Crazy Wisdom
What is the stress of growing up in poverty and then creating an abundant life? - Luis-Orlando Isaza Villegas
- Consciousness & Philosophy
- Breath, Body & Stress
- poverty
- personal development
- stress management
- creativity
- childhood trauma
- abundance mindset
- colombian culture
About this episode
This is a special episode where I went to a small town outside of Medellin to stay with and interview Orlando about his life growing up in abject poverty and then making his way out to the US to start a whole new life filled with love, adventure, and duty. There are some real new insights here for those who are interested in my main theme of stress and creativity and the interaction between the two.
Episode transcript
Hi, my name is Stuart Allsop, and this is my podcast, Crazy Wisdom, where I interview creative people about how they work with and manage the stress that is inherent in creative work. What I've realized over the past 10 years of my research is that anybody who is creating something of value that is significantly different from what has come before is considered crazy. Most of us have a fear, an ingrained fear of going crazy. So what I'm saying is grab onto that fear, realize that it's there, and just go with it, because the problems we're going to be facing over the next 20 years require crazy people in order to solve them.
So welcome to the Crazy Wisdom Podcast, and my guest is Orlando today. Orlando. What is your full name, Orlando?
I grew up in a little town up in the Andes in Colombia, in Avejorral, in Antioquiation. I was there. I was born there. And we remained there for, I mean, my first eight years. And in 1953, we essentially left Abe Horral, where I was born, just trying to survive. We just really couldn't make it anymore. So we went to Medellin for a better future. And it didn't turn out that well, but that's what happened.
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