You’re Not a Content Machine, You’re a Creative Ready to Be Fully Seen
- Brainz Magazine
- Apr 16
- 4 min read
Updated: Apr 19
Ryan is a Psychotherapist and Intuitive Guide, blending coaching and Tarot to help curious seekers navigate change, build meaningful lives, and create deeper connections.
We were never meant to be content machines. Never meant to twist ourselves into brandable fragments just to stay “seen.”
But somewhere along the way, the endless streams of 'those who’ve apparently made it', each offering their tidy steps to success, led us to chip away at our own voltage, diluting what wanted to come through in favour of what might be received.
We’ve traded inner coherence for outer visibility. And now, we’re tired. Not just physically but spiritually. Stuck in the loop of almost.
Almost expressed. Almost seen. Almost recognised.
But this isn’t your intended path.
You’re not here to perform; you’re here to transmit. Raw. Real. Unmistakably you, from a place deep within.
This is your permission slip to drop the performance.
To be seen not as a polished persona but as the one who came to stir souls.
Because your world doesn’t need another curated duplicate.
It needs your signal unfiltered.
This isn’t just an article.
It’s a manifesto for the creatives.
A call to remember.
You are not a machine. I repeat: You are not a machine.
When your body and mind are expected to stay on high, always perky.
Always producing. Always consistent.
When urgency culture pulls you from your nervous system-clenched gut.
Repressed breath. Pushing toward a marker that will never sit still.
When the quest to pierce the algorithm takes you away from the reason you began to help.
To share.
To develop your voice.
To find the edge of your identity and dissolve it.
When the outcome is placed too far above the process.
When targets become beasts that raid your health.
When your value is thrown into the void in the name of visibility.
No.
You are not a content machine, a replication, copy-and-pasting superficial fragments of yourself to entertain the numb.
You are a beacon, a transmission, a signal.
And you are human—strong.
Frail. Seasonal.
And yet
You edit your fullest expression to appease imagined eyes.
Flickering in and out of your coherent self, still hoping to be found.
Stop.
You won’t hack the energy game. You won’t progress the way you deeply want if you are cloaked and bound.
All you will get are Almosts. Almost being seen.
Almost being recognised.
Almost getting the invitation.
You are trying to move the world from a frequency that isn’t yours, from a source of light muted and veiled.
Take the cover off.
Say what you came to say so you feel both the shiver of being exposed and the rush of being invincible.
This is what the world craves from you: to be moved.
To be reconfigured before rational thought has time to interfere.
Not another perfectly curated performance, but an imperfectly authentic presence.
Your “audience” is your people waiting for your voltage to raise the hairs on their skin.
To feel your essence—strong.
Honest. True.
The muse and the creator within are aching to make love between the sheets
of your talents.
And when the thready voice comes and says, ‘What if they don’t get it?’
Do it afraid.
Shatter the illusion that safety lives in the known.
You already know what’s next.
It spoke before you were ready to listen.
A whisper clipped too soon by a more ‘sensible’ voice within you.
But sensibility only offers Almosts.
And you are done with Almosts.
It is time.
Your world is waiting to explode from the hush of your depths.
Answer the call.
Say yes to the whisper, so it can swell and surge.
Because you are here to make a difference.
Not by trying.
But by allowing yourself to express only what you can see, only what you can voice.
To play truth or dare with your soul.
To transmit your message the way it wants to be transmitted.
To hold within you this divine urge and let it take you.
Let it breathe into you. Through you.
From you. To them.
Let yourself become the audience to your own brilliance.
Step forward, not as Almost but as Everything you are.
If this stirred something in you, if you’re done with Almosts and ready to move from hesitation to full expression, I’d love to guide you.
Whether you're navigating relationships, career, business, creativity, or the unmistakable pull toward something more in your life, our sessions will help you reconnect with what’s real for you. Using Tarot as a reflective mirror and coaching as the way forward, we’ll unravel the patterns shaping your path, not just where you’re going but who you’re becoming.
By the end, you’ll walk away clearer, more confident, and aligned with a new perspective and plan that feels true to you.
If you’re ready to stop holding back, let’s begin.
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Ryan Findlay, Transformational Coach and Intuitive Guide
Ryan is a Psychotherapist and Intuitive Guide, specialising in Tarot as an efficient tool for subconscious change, emotional release, and clarity as clients move through life’s transitions. Known for his grounded, relatable approach, Ryan serves as both a compass and a steadying hand. His mission is to guide others toward game-changing insights, deeper connections, and aligned, empowered living.
