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Brett Ashby, an Australian...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Emotional healing shows up in the body first. The shoulders that will not drop. The stomach that will not settle. The tiredness sleep does not touch. You were taught to push it down and keep going, and you got good at it.<br /><br />Brett Ashby, an Australian performance artist and cancer survivor who paints portraits while riding a skateboard, was doing everything right on the outside when his body told him what he had been avoiding. What he did with what he was carrying is the part worth staying for.<br /><br />──────────────────────────────────────────<br /><b>CONNECT WITH BRETT ASHBY: </b><br />🌐 Website: <a href="https://www.brettashby.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.brettashby.com</a><br />📸 Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brettashbyartist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.instagram.com/brettashbyartist</a><br />💼 LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettashby/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettashby/</a><br />▶️ YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@brettyashby" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@brettyashby</a><br />🐦 X / Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/brettashby" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://x.com/brettashby</a><br />📘 Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brettashbyartist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.facebook.com/brettashbyartist</a><br />🎵 TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@brettashby" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.tiktok.com/@brettashby</a><br />──────────────────────────────────────────]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2201</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>art,artist,body,cancer,creativity,emotions,expression,fear,healing,mindset,movement,painting,purpose,resilience,skateboarding,stress,survivor,therapy,trauma,wellness</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a1b2123547059e9e070525a6535a739c.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
