Authentic Creation
Stop overthinking your content and start creating from a place that actually feels like you.

mau
@luckyrollmau

leah
@iamleahhester
a 90-minute live workshop for creators who are tired of ‘trying’ to be authentic
🎥 live on zoom · july 22 · 6PM costa rica / 8PM ET / 5PM PT · replay included

Hey, Leah here…
Is it just me –
or are people taking content creation wayyyy too seriously now?
Like, wasn’t there a time when creating just felt…
FUN???
When you stayed up till 4 am because you couldn’t pull yourself away from an idea?
Or when you’d be buzzing (almost high) from finishing something you were proud of?
Or when you weren’t constantly asking yourself:
‘...are people going to like this?’
…and just created for the sake of…
creating?
It seems like with all the ‘tactics’ these days…
Creating is something you have to ‘get right’ –
Instead of something that comes from just being alive.
Like authenticity turned into something you have to ‘try to be’…
Instead of just…
Being.
And the crazy thing is,
the more seriously you take it…
The harder it becomes.
And the less it actually ‘works’.
Truth is –
creating shouldn’t feel heavy or forced…
and if it does,
it’s probably not because you’re lazy, blocked, or ‘lost your spark’...
It’s probably because somewhere along the way…
creation became performance.
Because the funny thing is…
The content that REALLY does well?
The content that people actually resonate with?
The content that builds trust?
The content that people save, share, and follow you from?
And that somehow seems to ‘go viral’ without even trying…?
It’s rarely the most ‘optimized’, thought out, or well scripted...
It’s not the idea you forced into a capcut template.
Or the script you rehearsed until it stopped sounding like you.
It’s the most alive.
So no.
This isn’t a workshop on content hacks, viral tips, or even healing…
This is a workshop on how to get back to the version of yourself who used to make things ‘just because’ –
because ironically…
That’s the version people resonate with the most.
here’s what i’ll cover:
- —why trying to ‘be authentic’ is what’s making you sound less like yourself
- —the 10-second body check I do before posting — because your body knows you’re performing before your mind
- —what’s actually talking you out of posting your best ideas — and how to tell your intuition from the voice that’s trying to protect you
- —the 90-second reset I use before filming that gets my energy right and removes my fear of being seen
- —why the people who care most about their work usually struggle the most to share it — and why the posts you almost didn’t publish are usually the ones people resonate with most
- —how to tell the difference between your real voice and the mask you’ve been wearing for the algorithm
- —why creating got harder the moment you started caring whether it would work — and the surprisingly simple way I keep creating fun
- —the 3 things I do whenever content starts feeling heavy again — so I can get back to creating from play instead of pressure
and more…
Btw, when people come on my retreats I get suuuuper excited and silly – and we all just end up having a ton of fun. 😂
I expect the same thing will probably happen here.
I loveee chatting with my followers. And this is the first time I put something on like this –
so come hang!
I’ll leave some time for Q&A at the end, too.
It’s only $29,
but if this goes well, we’ll be announcing something special live for anyone who wants to keep going – and you’ll be able to apply the $29 to that, too.
📅 july 22 · 6PM costa rica / 8PM ET / 5PM PT · live on zoom
📅 date: Wednesday, July 22
⏰ time: 6PM Costa Rica · 8PM ET · 5PM PT · 8AM Thu Bali
🎥 zoom (live) · replay included
⏳ ~90 min + q&a
$29
limited spots — to keep the q&a real.
if it’s not for you, message us. easy.
Lastly…
If you’re looking for ‘content tips’, ‘hacks’, or ways to ‘game the algorithm’ – this probably isn’t for you.
But if you’ve stopped creating because it feels forced,
have done the ‘inner work’, healing, and reading…
and have a BUNCH of ideas…
but still can’t seem to sit down and make anything –
OR you’re just tired of overthinking every little thing…
and want to fall back in love with creating again –
without sacrificing building something real –
this is for you.
Because maybe?
The best ‘content strategy’ is creating from the place where you don’t have to try.
So what do ya say?
You in?
— leah
📅 july 22 · 6PM costa rica / 8PM ET / 5PM PT · live on zoom

Leah Hester
@iamleahhester · 168k
founder of Surfing Shanti (surf + yoga retreats, costa rica) · founder of Aura by Leah

Mau
@luckyrollmau · 22.6k
beauty maxxer · founder of FLOW OS · world building for creators