Episodes
278 - Adé Hogue - Thoughts & Reflections on The Times
It feels like everyone has a take right now with what’s going on in the world. Instead of using my platform to blast my own opinions, I decided to use my little Creative Pep Talk megaphone to amplify someone else’s voice.
In this episode, I chat with co-loop artist Adé Hogue about how he’s feeling as a black artist in these trying times, and we also talk shop about his creative practice as well.
This was a deeply moving conversation and I’m super grateful to Adé for making th…
277 - How to Breakout by Stepping Out with Noah Camp
Today we talk with the enormously talented 3D Designer and Illustrator Noah Camp!
Noah has had a super inspiring journey to get where he is today. I have a feeling this deeply personal chat will move you to be brave in owning your own story! Thank you NOAH!
In this episode we talk about:
The Burden and Power of Being a Pioneer
Not Being a Slave to Rewards
Finding Your Path Creatively
MUCH MORE!
If you haven’t seen Noah’s work… you really must!!!
276 - Type Yourself: Which Self Sabotage Artist Are You?
There are TWO choices that define your creative practice. The problem is if you don’t know what they are you might choose wrong by default!
In this episode I want to help you type yourself: which way do you most often self sabotage? Awareness is the first step. If you can become aware of your pitfalls and the root of these derailments, you can start to recognize and conquer them!
This is part 1 of our 3 Part Creative Elixir Series.
275 - How Seeing Personal Brand as Self Actualization Changes Everything with Michelle Poler
If you’re like me you have a standoffish relationship to the term “personal brand”. BUT what if this apathy is causing you to miss an incredible personal and professional opportunity?
Today on the show we have brand author and public speaker Michelle Poler! Michelle’s book “Hello Fears” JUST CAME OUT!! I wanted to have Michelle on the show to talk about this inspiring new book on facing your fears, and we did that, BUT I had no clue that we would have such an exciting and interesting…
274 - Your Creative Center: How to Find It & Create From It with Johnny Pemberton
For me, there is NOTHING more important to my creative journey than finding and staying in my creative center. Finding and creating from your creative center is about tuning into the pulse of your path.
There’s nothing worse than creating from a place that feels untethered and imbalanced.
In this episode I chat with actor and comedian Johnny Pemberton about how to find your creative center and create from a place of personal taste and intuition.
This was such a good …
273 - Personal Brand and Positioning Yourself in the Market with Meg Lewis
Are you carefully and clearly communicating what opportunities you’re perfect for?
So much of what comes your way is due to how you’re positioning yourself in the market. You can change a lot by being intentional with what you’re projecting in your personal brand.
In this episode I chat with Co-Loop artist Meg Lewis about how she learned this the hard way and how course correcting made all the difference.
We also talk about
- Personal Brand
- Collaboration as t…
272 - Fresh Motivation and Grace, Quick Money Making Ideas and A Deep Well of Hope
I keep hearing the same four questions right now:
What “should” I be doing right now in the lockdown?
How can I make money with my creative work in lockdown?
Is there a future for creative careers?
How do I get motivated to make stuff right now?
We do a deep dive into these questions with lots of tactics and fresh perspectives from experts on how to get through this lockdown in the best place possible!!!
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271 - How to Make a Campaign for YOU, Find Your Voice, Instagram Tips & More with Lauren Hom
LAUREN HOM IS BACK!!!! Lauren’s first guest appearance back in 2017 was one of the most popular episodes of the show, and we are THRILLED to have her back!
We talk about:
- Why measuring your worth in numbers can destroy your soul
- How to turn a passion project into a powerful campaign for your creative practice
- Why you should build your practice on your voice and not your medium
- Instagram tips!
WE ALSO HAVE HUGE NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU IN THIS EPISODE!!!!!!!!…
270 - 7 Effective Social Media Strategies That Will Surprise You
Be honest, there is some dark twisted part of you that wishes you were Instagram Famous.
Quit trying to you hide it, you’re sick. You’re an egomaniac. I mean, you’d have to be to wish you were super successful on social media… right?
OR is there a way to succeed on social media that’s actually the opposite of selfish?
Do you have deep resources for social media success, hiding dormant in you, right under the surface?
In this episode I want to share a few major…
269 - The Powerful Thing You Can Do When All Feels Lost
Certain episodes of this show are just SPECIAL. This is one of those.
Do you ever have those times when life stops you and moving forward is completely out of your control? We all have these liminal times, where progress is paused and we feel stuck. It's easy in these times to feel like all is lost and hopeless.
Right now I think a lot of us are experiencing this reality, and I want to share with you a practice I return to in the stuck times!!
I think this might…
268 - Feeling Like Junk? 4 Ways How To Get Inspired Now
You know that feeling you get when you've been looking at your phone too much? You've refreshed twitter, instagram and Facebook 7 times each and there's NO NEW CONTENT.
I don't know about you, but I end up feeling a little like the Very Hungry Caterpillar after consuming tons of JUNK FOOD.
In today's episode we are going to dive deep into how only consuming creative junk food inspiration, like a heavy diet of social content, can make your creative wor…
267 - How to Know Where to Focus Your Creative Energy
We all have a finite amount of time per week to pour into our creative work.
If you’re like me, this question can be crippling!
Often if I have 10 hours of creative time in a week, I’ll spend 9 hours trying to figure out what to make, and an hour making something halfheartedly, distracted by this question: did I choose the right thing? Is this what I should be making?
That’s why over the past decade I’ve developed a framework for re-centering and refocusing myself as…
266 - Make The Space with Abbi Jacobson
OK I know I get REALLY excited about our guests on this show, but OMGOOOOODNESS I have NEVER BEEN THIS STOKED BEFORE!!!
FRIENDS!!!!! WE HAVE COMEDIAN AND ILLUSTRATOR ABBI JACOBSON ON THE SHOW!!!
Other than the fact that I am just a HUGE fan of Abbi, I wanted to have her on the podcast because her creative career arc SO EMBODIES the Creative Career Path process from our show! The way her and Ilana Glazer turned a homemade web-series into the hit TV show Broad City on Comedy Centra…
265 -Feeling Crushed? This is Proof That Nothing Can Stop Your Creativity!
There were many times in my past when I felt I would never thrive creatively because I didn't live in the major creative markets. This is just one example of the many limiting creative beliefs that I've allowed to hold my creative practice back.
In this episode I share with you my journey to Sioux Falls, South Dakota and all the creativity I found hiding there!!!
The conversations in this episode are PACKED with creative strategies, tactics and tips that will prove …
264 - How to Find Yourself as An Artist in the Last Place You'd Think To Look
What’s the most important part of being an artist?
BEING YOURSELF, right???
We’ve all heard this from the creative masters over the years, but what if this advice is missing an essential step in the process?
What if you're hiding in a place you might not think to look?
In this episode I give you 3 things you can do today to start uncovering who you really are as artist, and hint: they aren’t what you think they are!!
263 - Are You Missing These Crucial Clues to Your Next Breakthrough?
Do you feel like you’re following all the right advice, but still not getting anywhere?
Often this is because you’re missing one key part of the equation: TIME
Strategy is ALWAYS dependent on TIMING and understanding and reading the signs of the time you’re currently within is CRUCIAL to real creative breakthrough.
In this episode I chat with my good friend Chris Graham about how to integrate timing into your strategy by picking up on the crucial clues that are hidden…
262 - Feeling Hopeless and Lost in Your Work? Maybe It's Time For This
I have been working so so so hard on an episode.
Getting up early and writing for hours.
Recording and rerecording.
AND…
This is not that episode.
Why?
Because I needed to let that episode go.
THIS episode is a response to the power that was released by loosening my grasp.
This episode is a checklist that will help you get in touch with the obvious opportunities in your path that you’re missing, see hidden paths you’ve been bli…
261 - Artists with Super Fandoms Have This Surprising Thing in Common
The difference between bad art and good art is probably skill, but what's the difference between GOOD art and GREAT art?
Often the quality of art is the same between artists with a super following and artists with a meager fanbase, so what’s the secret?
I was desperate to figure this out.
So I started to study my creative heroes and those with really diehard super fandoms, and I came across a pattern that I’d never noticed. In this episode I want to share that i…
260 - Why You Should Quit Worrying About Being a Jack of All Trades with Temi Coker
Jack of all trades, master of none… right? Well my guest today disproves this myth in major ways! Temi Coker is a designer, photographer, illustrator and much more.
In this episode we talk about why being a ‘jack of all trades’ shouldn’t be discouraged, as well as dive into tactics and perspectives that make Temi the incredible artist he is today.
Temi’s beautiful thoughts on creativity nearly moved me to tears in this episode and I think if you listen you’ll know why!! ENJOY…
259 - 20 Surprising and Super Powerful Prompts that will Make 2020 The Year You Do Your Best Work Ever!
Nothing feels better than finding your groove as an artist AND THAT’S WHY it’s so easy for these comfy grooves to become seemingly inescapable RUTS!!
If you have been stuck in your old patterns and you fear 2020 might be just more of the same old same old, then buckle and get ready for a SUPER-FIRE-HOSE-EXPLOSION-OF-PEP-PACKED-TO-THE-FRIGGIN-BRIM of an episode!!!
This episode is my deepest dive into all the hacks, tips and tricks I know on how to perform the mental gymnastics…
258 - Exploit This Natural Law That Will Make 2020 YOUR Year
If you want to start 2020 with a plan that will supercharge your year with clarity and serious progress, start your year with this episode!!!
I have a tendency to rush into the next new thing and the NEW YEAR is no exception for me!
However, I’ve found that for my new year to have max potential, I need to do a thorough recap and review of the past year.
In this episode I will give you a lens to look over 3 aspects of your previous year that will give you hidden advant…
257 - How to Know What to Make Today to Attract The Right People
Do you ever waste the little time you have worrying about whether you’re making the right thing INSTEAD of actually making it?
In today’s episode I will give you steps and a tactical strategy that will help you narrow down your options and make 1 piece of work today that will:
- Attract the Right Customers and Clients
- Help You Communicate Who You Are and What Opportunities You Want As an Artist
- Find An Easy Springboard for New Work Hidden in Your Old Work
- CARL WINS…
256 - How to Use Stillness to Unlock Your Best Work with Ryan Holiday
Today we have one of my biggest writing / creative heroes: Ryan Holiday!!
This guy has found his creative groove and niche more than almost any other creative I can think of and I wanted to get to the bottom of how he did it!!
In this episode Ryan delivers a ridiculous amount of insight on a range of creative topics.
Here are just a few of the things we cover:
-Writing on stage / finding product market fit
-Writing / creative routine and best practices
-How t…
255 - Creative Lift: How to Find Your Ultimate Gift and Takeoff!
We’ve talked nonstop about putting in the work but we have NEVER addressed the scariest elephant in the room: TALENT.
I’d be lying if I said that my true creative heroes didn’t have some form of talent.
In fact, the creatives that most light me up, all seem to have some transcendent innate super strength!
This is often discouraging for most of us because when we start making creative work we are faced with this uncomfortable truth: we are not supernatural!!!
I…