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Episode 020 - The Raw Chaos That Grows the Lotus: Stephanie Raffelock on Creativity and Sobriety
“I learned that creativity doesn’t come in a vial of white powder.” This wisdom from record producer Keith Olson after getting sober at Betty Ford became a touchstone for Stephanie Raffelock—a reminder that authentic creative power emerges not from substances, but from facing “the raw chaos and mud that grows the lotus within you.”
At seventy-something, Stephanie embodies “Ancora imparo”—still, I am learning. Her journey from being abandoned in Los Angeles at 17, through a decade of drug abuse in the “tune in, turn on, drop out” era, to becoming an award-winning author reveals how creativity…
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