Do I really say “like” that much?  This is exactly what I thought to myself after listening back to an old podcast episode from a few months prior. I was cringing at the number of times I used fillers as I tried to articulate my thoughts for my audience. Self-reflecting on creative work can be an intimidating task, but it’s often in that reflection that we find areas to learn, grow, and improve. As I continued to listen to my own voice, I fidgeted uncomfortably while trying to unpack why it was that I used fillers almost every other word as I attempted to share the oh-so-profound thoughts that were clanking around in my head. It finally hit me: Too many thoughts were coming out…