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  .002 | Where Does True Freedom Begin? | TEODORA/TV 12.08.2026 17นาที

  I've been thinking... What does it mean to be truly free? Not just in the external surface ways, but in all of the internal ones too?How do all of the things that we can't, don't, or won't see about ourselves hold us back and keep us going in circles instead of moving forward toward the freedom that we seek?In this episode, I explore what true freedom really means to me - - - not the political or surface-level kind, but the internal freedom to build a life, career, and creative path that's genuinely my own. Drawing on one of my favorite lines from Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet and my own story of leaving a decade-long corporate career, I unpack why the biggest obstacles to freedom aren't external circumstances but what’s actually running the showunderneath.It turns out, real freedom - - - creative, emotional, or otherwise - - - doesn't come from chasing it, but from getting honest about all the ways I'm not free yet.You can also watch this episode of Teodora/TV in it's natural habitat.----------------------------------------------------keep in touch : Subscribe to the by : teodora newsletter to get new TEODORA/FM + TEODORA/TV episodes, stories + essays, soundtracks, and more, delivered to your inbox : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠teodoranicolae.com/by-teodora⁠Find me on Instagram : @teodora.xyz ⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/teodora.xyz⁠⁠----------------------------------------------------show notes : The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran (link to Bookshop.org, my preferred retailer supporting independent bookstores all over the world.)First published in 1923, The Prophet is a mix of art, poetry, fiction, and profound spiritual and life wisdom. The book begins when a prophet named Almustafa shares his wisdom over the course of eight essays. In these brief, poetic pieces he touches on the deepest profundities of life : pain and loss, friendship and love, joy and sorrow.
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  .001 | Audio Essay : On Borrowed Stories + Engineered Success | TEODORA/FM 30.07.2026 37นาที

  I've been thinking - - - Why does it seem like we're all chasing some version of the same story of "the top" these days? Meanwhile, why is it that so many of us are waking up in lives and careers that just don't feel right anymore?What if we started seeing the mass media stories for what they really are, and instead of outsourcing our direction to success gurus and the newest industrial leadership icons, we started asking ourselves instead?What would happen if we spent less time trying to reverse engineer the same old stories and spent more time writing our brand new ones of our own? This episode is the audio version of my latest essay, "On : the truth Behind Borrowed Stories + Engineered Success". An essay that started with exactly these questions and, hopefully, makes the case for why we should see the packaged and manufactured narratives of success that are sold as stories and guidance for what they really are, and choose to write our own instead. ---------------------------------------------------------------keep in touch : Subscribe to the by : teodora newsletter to get new Teodora/FM + Teodora/TV episodes, stories + essays, soundtracks, and more, delivered to your inbox : ⁠⁠teodoranicolae.com/by-teodoraFind me on Instagram : @teodora.xyz ⁠⁠instagram.com/teodora.xyz⁠---------------------------------------------------------------show notes : Read the essay : On the Truth Behind Borrowed Stories & Engineered Success
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  .000 | An Experiment in Setting Ideas Free. | TEODORA/FM 21.07.2026 9นาที

  Teodora/FM is an audio channel about creativity, freedom, and the process of becoming who you actually are. This is my latest experiment in setting ideas free, and an invitation to co-think and explore with me. Subscribe to the by : teodora newsletter to stay in the loop on new Teodora/FM + Teodora/TV episodes, stories + essays, soundtracks, and more : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠teodoranicolae.com/by-teodora⁠Follow along on Instagram : @teodora.xyz ⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/teodora.xyz⁠⁠