The Creativity Couch

Christina Giorgio and Anna Kellerman
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Welcome to “The Creativity Couch” podcast and video series, a space for creative lives and conversation.Come and connect as we take a deep dive into the sweet and salty realities of being a creator.We are your hosts and creative agony aunts; Anna Kellerman, founder & Chief Mama at Mama Creatives and Christina Giorgio founder at Creative Consultancies. We are creators, mothers and community builders. We are here to answer all your creative challenges, conflicts & conundrums. We can’t wait to hear about your creative lives as we answer all your questions with the help of expert guests, personal experience and qualitative research. No topic is off limits! We can’t wait to share time with you and hang on the Creativity Couch with a hot cup of tea and a bucket full of love as we hash out all those big and small creative life Q and As.Send us your Questions or connect with us through our socials.

Episodes

  1. 15/04/2021

    Creativity Couch - Episode 7 - Staying True To Your Story

    How do you stay true to your story when your story is also someone else’s?  This episode unpacks the challenge of balancing telling your story in a way that is true to you whilst respecting the people who may also be a part of your narrative.  Explored through the lens of memoir writing with published memoir author Michele Brown, we delve into confidentiality, authenticity, respect, permission and staying true to the story you need to share with the world. Watch on YouTube  https://youtu.be/jO7BckEVCw8 Show notes Michele Brown https://www.wisdomwithinworkbook.com/ ‘This Kind of Silence’ book https://www.amazon.com/This-Kind-Silence-Losing-Hearing/dp/B084SPZQSS/ Joanne Fedler https://joannefedler.com/ Domestic Violence Support Services https://dvnswsm.org.au/resources/directory/ Lifeline https://www.lifeline.org.au/ Jess Hill, ‘Coercive Control’ https://www.jesshill.net/ Post Traumatic Growth https://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/11/growth-trauma  Fave C Words Connection Compassion Collective Consciousness Clarity Consideration Thank you for hanging with us on the Creativity Couch!  If you have a creativity challenge you would like us to chat about please send them to letters@thecreativitycouch.com AND also feel free to send us your favourite C Word. You could WIN some Pukka Tea! For some delicious Pukka Tea https://www.pukkaherbs.com.au/ Check out Mama Creatives Website: https://mamacreatives.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MamaCreatives/ Check out Creative Consultancies, she’s very social too Website: http://creativeconsultancies.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourbestcreativelife/

    55 min

  2. 24/09/2020

    Creativity Couch - Episode 6 - Art and Activism

    On Episode 6 of The Creativity Couch we talk Art & Activism and unpack our role as artists with special guest Cynthia Sciberras, photographer, activist and editor of YOKE magazine.  We go deep into creativity, consciousness and the edges of activism, our responsibility as creators, fostering compassion and inspiring change.   Show Notes Yoke Magazine http://yokemagazine.com/about/ Yoke on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/yokemag/ Yoke on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/yokemag Cynthia Sciberras Photography http://www.cynthiasciberras.com.au/ Cynthia Sciberras Photography Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fotographit/ Wayside Chapel https://www.waysidechapel.org.au/ The Morning Pages, from The artist's Way by Julia Cameron https://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/ 'An Artist's Duty' by Nina Simone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99V0mMNf5fo Vandana Shiva, Indian Eco Activist http://vandanashivamovie.com/ Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/books/big-magic/ 'You Are. That Is. Creative: Finding Your Way to Your Greater Creative Self' by Noula Diamantopoulos Krista Tippett On Being Podcast with Joanna Macy, 'A Wild Love for the World' https://onbeing.org/programs/joanna-macy-a-wild-love-for-the-world/ Midnight Oil, mixing art with politics https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-australias-midnight-oil-made-an-art-of-mixing-politics-with-music Russell Brand Under the Skin podcast with Brene Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM1ckkGwqZI Russell Brand Under the Skin podcast with Jameela Jamil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4UGYWj2lIY Fave C Words mentioned in the podcast: Conspire Captivate CaringThank you for hanging with us on the Creativity Couch!   If you have a creativity challenge you would like us to chat about please send them to letters@thecreativitycouch.com AND also feel free to send us your favourite C Word. You could WIN some Pukka Tea! For some delicious Pukka Tea https://www.pukkaherbs.com.au/ Check out Mama Creatives, we’re very social Website: https://mamacreatives.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MamaCreatives/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamacreatives/ Check out Creative Consultancies, she’s very social too Website: http://creativeconsultancies.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeConsultancies Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourbestcreativelife For Christina's music visit http://christinagiorgio.com https://www.facebook.com/christinagiorgiomusic

    46 min
  3. Creativity Couch - Episode 5 - Valuing The Arts

    26/07/2020

    Creativity Couch - Episode 5 - Valuing The Arts

    This episode’s special guest is Emilya Colliver, creative entrepreneur, curator, arts advisor and founder of the award winning Art Pharmacy and Director of Culture Scouts. We chat all about how to deal with the old get a real job slur, communicating the value of the arts, building a team of supporters around you and how to get taken seriously working in the creative industries. Thank you for listening to this episode of The Creativity Couch. Please have a look through our show notes if there’s anything you fancy following up a bit more. https://artpharmacy.com.au www.culturescouts.com.au/ NAVA https://visualarts.net.au/ Relationships Australia is a leading provider of relationship support services for individuals, families and communities.www.relationships.org.au https://whereshouldwebegin.estherperel.com/ https://www.estherperel.com Thank you for hanging with us on the Creativity Couch!  If you have a creativity challenge you would like us to chat about please send them to letters@thecreativitycouch.com AND also feel free to send us your favourite C Word. You could WIN some Pukka Tea! For some delicious Pukka Tea https://www.pukkaherbs.com.au/ Check out Mama Creatives, we’re very social Website: https://mamacreatives.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MamaCreatives/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamacreatives/ Check out Creative Consultancies, she’s very social too Website: http://creativeconsultancies.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeConsultancies/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourbestcreativelife/ For Christina's music visit http://christinagiorgio.com https://www.facebook.com/christinagiorgiomusic/

    57 min
  4. The Creativity Couch - Episode 4 - How To Monestise Your Creative Work

    25/11/2019

    The Creativity Couch - Episode 4 - How To Monestise Your Creative Work

    Want to take your creative hobby and turn it into a business? Then this episode with Jess Van Den, founder of Create & Thrive is for you. Since 2013, she has been teaching makers how to turn their handmade hobby into a successful part or full-time business via her blog, podcast, and membership community. Thank you for listening to this episode of The Creativity Couch. Please have a look through our show notes if there’s anything you fancy following up a bit more. For more information about Jess Van Den, visit: http://www.jessicavanden.com/ Jess' jewellery business, Epheriell http://epherielldesigns.com/ Jess on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/au/people/Epheriell Create and Thrive https://www.createandthrive.com/ Thriver Circle https://thrivercircle.com/ Wholesale Know-How & other online courses https://www.createandthrive.com/courses The Create & Thrive Podcast https://www.createandthrive.com/ctpodcast Instagram: Create and Thrive https://www.instagram.com/createandthrive/ Instagram: Epheriell https://www.instagram.com/epheriell/ Facebook: Create and Thrive https://www.facebook.com/createandthrive Facebook: Epheriell https://www.facebook.com/Epheriell/ 'How To Be An Artist Without Losing your Mind, Your Shirt, Or Your Creative Compass : A Practical Guide' book by Joanneh Nagler https://www.anartistrylife.com/books Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP: Angie & Dan Bastian on How I Built This with Guy Raz podcast https://www.npr.org/2019/07/23/744524398/live-episode-angies-boomchickapop-angie-dan-bastian For some delicious Pukka Tea https://www.pukkaherbs.com.au/ For more information about Anna Kellerman https://mamacreatives.com/about/ For more information about Christina Giorgio’s music visit http://christinagiorgio.com https://www.facebook.com/christinagiorgiomusic https://open.spotify.com/artist/0klQadhCbsWM3B5oZ5Nd6g?si=ZihCk93VSmm8gmZBfZKZTA Check out Mama Creatives, we’re very social Website: https://mamacreatives.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MamaCreatives/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamacreatives/ Check out Creative Consultancies, she’s very social too Website: http://creativeconsultancies.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeConsultancies/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourbestcreativelife/ Our favourite C Words Courage Chutzpah Clarity

    43 min

  5. 03/11/2019

    The Creativity Couch - Episode 3 - Resilience & Rejection

    Award winning contemporary artist Susie Dureau shares her wisdom around the theme of ‘Rejection & Resilience’.  This conversation explores how to keep going when you feel all your hard work is going nowhere and it all feels too much.  Susie has a very considered approach to sharing her attitude towards creativity and takes us to a deeper consciousness about this innately felt biological drive. Thank you for listening to this episode of The Creativity Couch. Please have a look through our show notes if there’s anything you fancy following up a bit more. For more information about artist Susie Dureau https://susie-dureau-0gfr.squarespace.com/aboutdureau Website: http://susiedureau.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susie.dureau Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sdureau/ Susie Dureau presenting at Mama Creatives https://youtu.be/NQgTN5tyzos Short film, ‘How the Light Gets In’, directed and produced by Siobhan Costigan https://susie-dureau-0gfr.squarespace.com/how-the-light-gets-in Gallery representation Curatorial + Co https://curatorialandco.com/susie-dureau/ Suki & Hugh Gallery http://www.sukihugh.com.au/susie-dureau-catalogue.html Brene Brown, ‘The Power of Vulnerability’ TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability?language=en Dr Sarah McKay, Neuroscientist, presenting at Mama Creatives ‘Are We Wired to Create?’ https://youtu.be/UenNyT2MDq4 NAVA Grants https://visualarts.net.au/nava-grants/ Oprah's Super Soul podcast with Deepak Chopra, ‘Belief Creates Reality’ https://podtail.com/en/podcast/oprah-s-supersoul-conversations/deepak-chopra-session-belief-creates-reality/ For some delicious Pukka Tea https://www.pukkaherbs.com.au/ Check out Mama Creatives, we’re very social Website: https://mamacreatives.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MamaCreatives/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamacreatives/ Check out Creative Consultancies, she’s very social too Website: http://creativeconsultancies.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeConsultancies Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourbestcreativelife For Christina's music visit http://christinagiorgio.com https://www.facebook.com/christinagiorgiomusic Our favourite C Words Conundrum Channel Challenge

    41 min
  6. The Creativity Couch – Episode 2 - The Writing Process & Knowing When Your Work is Ready

    20/10/2019

    The Creativity Couch – Episode 2 - The Writing Process & Knowing When Your Work is Ready

    Writing mentor and 10 times published author with over 750,000 book sales under her belt, Joanne Fedler  walks us through the writing process & helps unpack how to know when your work is ready to share. For more information about Joanne Fedler  Website: https://joannefedler.com/ Joanne’s books – https://joannefedler.com/product-cate… Joanne’s courses – https://joannefedler.com/courses/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/joannefedler… Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/joannefedle… Edward De Bono 6 hats http://www.debonothinkingsystems.com/… Toni Morrison, author of many groundbreaking books including ‘Beloved’  https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainmen… Alice Sebold, author of ‘The Lovely Bones’ https://www.barclayagency.com/speaker… ‘Cloud Atlas’ written by David Mitchell https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo… The Talmud https://www.myjewishlearning.com/arti… Ragdoll Cats (Snowflake) https://www.catster.com/cats-101/abou… For more information about Anna Kellerman https://mamacreatives.com/about/ For more information about Christina Giorgio http://creativeconsultancies.com/about/ More information about art therapy.

    45 min
  7. The Creativity Couch - Episode 1 - Creativity & Life

    20/10/2019

    The Creativity Couch - Episode 1 - Creativity & Life

    Thank you for listening to this episode of The Creativity Couch. Please have a look through our show notes if there’s anything you fancy following up a bit more. For more information about Anna Kellerman https://mamacreatives.com/about/ For more information about Christina Giorgio http://creativeconsultancies.com/about/ More information about art therapy. https://www.sydneyanxietyclinic.com/blog/art-therapy-why-getting-creative-can-help-improve-our-mental-state? The Benefits of Art Therapy for Children https://www.sydneyanxietyclinic.com/blog/the-benefits-of-art-therapy-for-children Published thesis by Anna Kellerman, The Role of Clay as an Art Therapy Intervention with a Child Who has an Anxiety Disorder http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/latrobe:37311 Check out Mama Creatives, we’re very social Website: https://mamacreatives.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MamaCreatives/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamacreatives/ Check out Creative Consultancies, she’s very social too Website: http://creativeconsultancies.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeConsultancies/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourbestcreativelife/ For Christina’s music visit http://christinagiorgio.com https://www.facebook.com/christinagiorgiomusic/ Our favourite C Words Community Connection Chutzpah Clarity Curiosity Courage Consciousness

    25 min
  • 7 Episodes

Ratings & Reviews

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3 Ratings

About

Welcome to “The Creativity Couch” podcast and video series, a space for creative lives and conversation.Come and connect as we take a deep dive into the sweet and salty realities of being a creator.We are your hosts and creative agony aunts; Anna Kellerman, founder & Chief Mama at Mama Creatives and Christina Giorgio founder at Creative Consultancies. We are creators, mothers and community builders. We are here to answer all your creative challenges, conflicts & conundrums. We can’t wait to hear about your creative lives as we answer all your questions with the help of expert guests, personal experience and qualitative research. No topic is off limits! We can’t wait to share time with you and hang on the Creativity Couch with a hot cup of tea and a bucket full of love as we hash out all those big and small creative life Q and As.Send us your Questions or connect with us through our socials.

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  • Creator
    Christina Giorgio and Anna Kellerman
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2021
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 The Creativity Couch
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    The Creativity Couch