What are you waiting for? Give yourself permission to live your best life now!
Your host, Patty Cruz, is a breast cancer survivor and at the moment of her diagnosis decided that she wanted to take all that life had to offer and live every moment fully. During her journey, she discovered that she needed to give herself permission to break away from old habits, limiting beliefs and behaviors to heal her body, sharpen her mind, mend her broken heart and exquisitely discover her soul. In Creative Permissions, Patty shares personal stories, insights, wisdom and tactics so that you too can give yourself permission to create your best life starting now!
2025 has launched and there are so many traditions from all over the world as how to welcome the New Year. In Colombia, where I am originally from, we wear yellow underwear for good fortune, go arou…
Welcome 2025! I hope you had a great holiday season with friends and family. I did. Just before Christmas, I traveled to Spain to help my daughter pack up her apartment and what I experience was s…
I did it! And so can you. Have you:
In past episodes, we gave ourselves permission to ask for what we really want, to express what our heart’s desire is! Then, we talked about developing your vision board to capture images, words, and…
Have you given yourself permission to “make millions” doing whatever it is that makes you happy? In the last episode we talked about a foundational step for creating the life you want, which is to g…
It’s the beginning of the holiday season and a magical time to set intentions of what it is that you want to have happen next year. As I was starting to dream up my 2025, I realized that I was asking…
Do you ever wake up happy? Just a sense of pure happiness not associated with any particular event or accomplishment?
Last Sunday, as I was waking up and becoming conscious, what caught my attenti…
I am still in awe about how powerful words are.
On my last episode, I shared with you how I witnessed a miracle while having coffee with a dear friend. We shared encouraging words and over those w…
Words are powerful. They are the vehicles that carry our inner thoughts out into the world.
This past week, I witnessed a miracle. I experienced how words can help shift ourselves to abundant p…
Shout out to Zeta Tau Alpha for putting together a super successful Big Man on Campus Event! It was fun and over $72,000 were raised for breast cancer awareness and education. And, I had the honor …
Have you ever had questions that kept bouncing around in your mind until all of a sudden answers arrived in the most unimagined ways. That is what happened to me when I visited Casa Batlló.
On my …
Cancer does not only impact the person going through the illness. It becomes a family affair. In this episode I am honored to introduce you to my son, Niko.
I wanted to protect my children from m…
Cancer does not only impact the person going through the illness. It becomes a family affair. In this episode I am honored to introduce you to my husband, Raul.
Since my breast cancer diagnosis…
It’s October and that means Pink Month or Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This episode came in response to people asking me how I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
I am happy to share my story abou…
Hair is such a big deal! We take care of it, color it, cut it, let it grow and in a way, it’s a reflection of who we are and what we are going through at the moment.
Join my friend Janet Rae and I…
The nurse said the doctor wanted to talk to me and guided me to an office. I knew something was wrong. Moments later, I was told I had breast cancer. I sat in my car processing the news, feeling m…
As I celebrate the launch of the Creative Permissions podcast and start telling others about it my heart shrinks. I get nervous, sweaty hands, and wondering what will people say and then the question…
On my journey to health from breast cancer, I initially focused my efforts on healing my body and used my brain to research available alternatives. I discovered nutrition options and exercise plans …
Is there anything you have wanted to do and just can’t seem to get it done?
Life gets busy. We have work, and family, and friends, and obligations, and responsibilities we need to take care of. Ther…
Do you remember where you were on 9/11?
Twenty three years ago, as the news covered the tragic events of that day, we also saw how so many heroes were born.
This episode is a tribute to those who lo…