{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fb522fd93-f231-442f-afe7-1fadc02b8aa1","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"How Cancer Spurred Her Urge to Create \u2013 An Interview with Alex Moore-Gibson | UA109","description":"This is a story about creativity, freedom, exploration and self-expression. These are what Alex discovered when her bout with breast cancer triggered in her a burning urge to create. It turned out to be an urge she couldn\u2019t ignore. And so Alex began her journey of healing through art. \r\n\r\nWhen Alex walked into the beautiful, sunlit studio where she\u2019d be taking an art course to refresh her painting skills, she knew, \u201cThis was it. It was just a moment and I\u2019ve never looked back. I just couldn\u2019t stop painting. I couldn\u2019t stop. It was like obsessive, and I finally felt better. There was this passion, but there was also an energy that I hadn\u2019t had in so long. And it just felt right.\u201d\r\n\r\nDuring our interview, Alex talks about how she resonated with what Glennon Doyle said in her book, Untamed, \u201cI guess women have to almost die before we give ourselves permission to live how we want.\u201d It took cancer for Alex to stop putting everyone else first and to reflect on how she wanted her life to look. And what Alex wanted was to live a life of creative exploration. \r\n\r\nYou can find Alex\u2019s art on her website at https://www.alexmooregibsonart.com/ or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/alexmooregibsonart/.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/c87c3b41-9511-4c65-8708-8a9001649d80/6wnNXJN0fmcTEMNNTl_DO83y.png"}