Have you had a chance to tune into our Podcast called the Creative Life? I have some great interviews and am pleased to share the latest one with you. I had the awesome opportunity to interview Pastor Pushie Watson all the way from South Africa on the topic of Transitions.  
Pushie Watson podcast with On the Purple Couch

Part of the interview transcript

Bahia Akerele:      Good afternoon On The Purple Couch Family. This is Bahia. I am very excited to introduce you to our new guest, and this woman is a phenomenal woman. She is a woman that is going to bring her energy, bring her spirit and bring the context of her life and where she’s going. The podcast, The Creative Life, seeks to look at people in different spheres, artists, mothers, consultants, lawyers and so forth, and talk to them about their life and how creativity expresses itself in their life.

Bahia Akerele:    We know that On The Purple Couch Family, we’re not all painters, we’re not all decorators, we’re people of the world and there are different issues that impact us. All of that for me, Bahia means that creativity weaves through that. So this afternoon I’m going to introduce you to Pastor Pushie Watson. She is a native of Liberia, west Africa. There might be a hint in there because we all know, Bahia he has a strong connection to Liberia.

Bahia Akerele:    She has lived in South Africa for over 20 years and along with living in South Africa, she has lived all over the world and so her perspective is multifaceted. She is a master communicator. She is someone to listen to and someone who also likes to listen. And so that’s an interesting thing about communication. Communication is two way. Pastor Pushie, I want to welcome you to the On The Purple Couch Family.

Pastor Pushie:      Thank you so much. What a wonderful introduction. It’s good to be with you.

Bahia Akerele:      Very, very nice to be with you. We had about an hour to kind of catch up and to connect with each other and you are taking a little bit of a break from your work I think. How has your little break been?

Pastor Pushie:    It’s been very necessary. You know, God created the world in six days and on the seventh day he rested. So it’s okay to take a break. It’s okay to rest. It’s okay to give yourself a breather so that you can refresh, refuel, and refire and come back ready to be stronger than ever. So I take my breaks very seriously, work hard, play hard. I had a nice vacation for one week. Mexico, Acapulco, just beach. I always joke and say I was born to do beach and preach.

Bahia Akerele:                    All right, I like that. So funny the theme of refreshing that is so important, especially as spring is now a time of rebirth. A time of refreshing. I find myself through the transitions I’ve been through with the shock over the past year, that I’ve had to slow things down at times, rave it up, but I’ve had to slow it down. What makes us slow down? Is it timed breaks or is it forced breaks, Pastor Pushie?

Pastor Pushie:                    I would say you rather timely before you’re forced into it. You need to have confidence enough to take a break. The rat race is for the rat, not for the human. You don’t have to keep going because you fear that if you take a break, somebody will take your place. If you have your lane, nobody can occupy your space. You need to be confident in this is who I am. This is what I was called to do. ( Listen HERE)

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