How Grief Became a Mission to Inspire Through Art
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How did Jana's 100-day painting challenge begin and shape her creative path?
I started a 100-day Instagram challenge where I painted a painting every day for 100 days. Then when my husband passed away, I lost all my creativity. It was about finding purpose after he died. And when you find that purpose, when you find that joy, that spark, whatever it is that can get you to the next day or the next step, you can get through grief.
John Amalicek is a creative, resilient, and community-driven entrepreneur and the founder of J&J Paint Parties.
What happened to Jana's creativity after her husband died and how did she describe that loss?
Drawing from her journey, she transforms a passion for art into interactive experiences that inspire confidence, foster meaningful connections, and encourage others to embrace creativity while turning life's challenges into powerful testimonies.
You can get through grief. There is another side of it. Grief never goes away, but it does get easier. It was literally one day at a time, one step at a time, but that's where the healing comes in.
What's the feeling like when it starts coming in again?
For me, the feeling is like... It spans the globe like a super high school internet. Elvis! Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone. It's not over until I win. The Living Your Legacy podcast for those who live to leave a legacy.
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Welcome back, everybody, to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast. Again, I am your host, Jason Tyler. And today I am joined by Jana Malachek. Welcome, Jana. How are you feeling?
Thank you. I feel great. Thank you for having me.
So you're on the other side now of filming your episode. We just finished filming. What can the people out there expect to learn about you in your episode?
I've been through a lot. And what I what I really wanted to there is that there is another side to grief and trials and hardship and failure. You can get through it. There's another side to it. So I want to promote hope and inspire people. And that's all through my art.
That's such a beautiful message. There's a quote that I really love that says, grief is just love persisting without a place to put it. I love that quote so much because, you know, and I want to definitely dive deeper into your story because we talked about it a little bit off camera. My own story with grief, I lost my grandfather and I didn't know what to do with that. And then I ended up putting it into my first business that I put out and I opened up QC Studios because my granddad's nickname was QC. So I was just like, all right. He was Queens Council in Jamaica. So everybody in Jamaica just called him QC. I started QC Studios and then that spiraled. And now here we are. Now I'm a documentary filmmaker for the last like 10 years.
But I want to take a moment to just kind of highlight. I saw your tattoo there.
Yes.
Can we show it off for the camera here? Yes. So it says it's a little it's probably hard to read if you're watching, but it says I've got this. Tell me the story of that.
I've got this. So that is actually my motto since my husband passed away. He passed away four years ago from COVID. When he was dying in the hospital, I just kept telling him that I'll be OK. I've got this. He was leaving a lot behind, a very large business. And then, of course, his family, me and the kids. And I just kept telling him, I've got this. You can go. And that's when, after he passed, that's why I got the tattoo.
First of all, I'm very sorry for your loss. You've taken grief and turned it into somewhat of a personal mission in terms of being able to help people know that there's hope on the other side. How does hope persist when grief is so heavy on the heart?
It's really difficult because when you're grieving, you're stuck in it and you feel like there's no way out. Like you feel like you're going to feel like this forever. What I've learned is you won't. You won't feel like that forever. It's been four years and I have taken that grief. It was about finding purpose after he died. Like, who am I now? I'm no longer Kev's wife.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
How did Jana's 100-day painting challenge begin and shape her creative path?
0:00–0:26
2
What happened to Jana's creativity after her husband died and how did she describe that loss?
0:26–10:40
3
Why did Jana get the 'I've got this' tattoo and what story does it symbolize?
10:40–14:16
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How did Jana manage taking over her late husband's business while grieving?
14:16–16:28