Create Shift

Ellen Franklyn-Carr

Conversations in the space between arts, creativity, holistic wellbeing and entrepreneurship. Hosted by Ellen Franklyn-Carr - holistic & trauma sensitive coach for artists and creatives; trauma sensitive yoga teacher & creative practitioner. Creating a rebel army of nourished artists, creating heart-led work with the potential to change the world. ellenfranklyncarr.substack.com

  1. Making money as a creative with Ray Dodd

    15/08/2024

    Making money as a creative with Ray Dodd

    Hello! It’s another interview episode of the Create Shift podcast. This time with a coach I’ve been working with since 2020, the wonderful Ray Dodd. In this episode we talk all things money making and creativity. We also manage to discuss Lin Manuel Miranda (why not?!), the spreadsheet olympics (because apparently that’s a real thing) and Ray wins the prize for first use of the phrase ‘raw dogging’ on the podcast. Get your notebook out, there’s plenty of juicy stuff in this conversation! Topics covered: * Ray’s approach to money goals, why you need to go for more than enough * The most common money challenges Ray sees amongst her clients who are artists/creatives * The need to realise you’re a business owner as an artist/creative * Being your real self in your art & your money making * Not judging your own path * Developing your own relationship with money * Artists need coaching more than anybody (and if you want it with me, here’s the info) * How society has shaped our relationship to money & to creativity Links & resources mentioned * Listen to Ray’s podcast Real You,Real Money * Find Ray on Instagram @ray_dodd * My Alchemy single session coaching package is currently on sale (but only until Fri 16th August) at £175, usual price £385. Buy now. Thanks for listening! If you’re enjoying the podcast please take the time to rate and review it over on Apple podcasts so more people can find it. Until next time. Stay curious, stay inspired, stay connected. Ellen x Thanks for reading Creative Embers with Ellen Franklyn-Carr! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellenfranklyncarr.substack.com

    55 min
  2. 13/06/2024

    Following your own creative path with Kimberly Kuniko

    It’s time for another episode of the Create Shift podcast! I hope you enjoy listening to this conversation with my guest Kimberly Kuniko (aka Lacelit). This is a beautiful conversation filled with magic all about creativity, the ‘rules’ around it and our mutual desire to abandon them. If you’re in a place where you feel your artistic identity is shifting, where you’re questioning if you’re allowed to do something - if you have the ‘right’ experience - this conversation will be like a magic balm for you. Kimberly Kuniko (she/her) is a mixed-race Nikkei American illustrator, collage + mixed media artist, and poet based in what is now known as Los Angeles, California (unceded Tongva land). Her Japanese roots inform her art through a love of paper, finding the connection between things, balancing delicate detail and texture, and layering stories together. She enjoys designing for her stationery brand Lacelit, hosting guided retreats for creatives of all mediums, and facilitating the Dream & Scheme Community for Small Business Owners. Find her creations and community spaces online in these cozy spaces: home // lacelit.comsubscribe // bit.ly/lacelit shop // lacelit.com/shop create // lacelit.com/creativity-club dream & scheme // lacelit.com/ds-community retreat // lacelit.com/workshops read // kimberlykuniko.substack.com ig // @lacelit cara // @lacelit Topics discussed * Kimberly’s own winding creative journey from performing arts to visual arts * ‘Expert’ status and questioning our right to do things as self-taught artists * Challenging the arbitrary rules of who can and can’t access creativity * How following curiosity is such a big part of creativity * There is no one route to creativity * The value of not knowing the ‘rules’, not being an ‘expert’ Quotes “I find I make the most interesting things when I’m taking those restraints away” “part of the expression is the sharing of it” “there’s no wrong time to start” “when you are a creative person and you have ideas, any kind of different stumuli or ideas can give you more inspiration” “a creative life is one that is open to experimentation and play” Links * Previous Create Shift episode on the audience as part of the creative process * Coach with me - I’m currently taking on new 1:1 clients and would love to work together. Book a curiosity call here. * Trauma Sensitive Theatre & Performance Making Course - earlybird spaces available for booking until 31/07/2024. * Sign up to my newsletter here. * Come to the Rebellious Artists’ and Creatives’ Café monthly free gathering space. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellenfranklyncarr.substack.com

    56 min
  3. Ambition, integrity and slowing down with Tutku Barbaros

    11/04/2024

    Ambition, integrity and slowing down with Tutku Barbaros

    Welcome back to the Create Shift podcast. It’s been a little while since I released a new episode, and even longer since I did an interview. I’m so excited to share today’s interview episode with writer Tutku Barbaros. Tutku is a writer – across forms  – of Turkish Cypriot heritage from south-east London. She is an alumna of the Royal Court Writers' Programme as well as Sphinx Theatre's year-long writer's development programme, Sphinx 30. Her play debut Layla and Youssef was longlisted for the Bruntwood prize and the Paines Plough Women's Prize For Playwriting. "All The Women She Knows"  is her debut book. Tutku also leads creative writing workshops designed to playfully and joyfully help adults unlock their imagination in relaxed settings. Follow Tuts on Instagram @Tutku_Barbaros (this is also the place to get all the info on the writing workshops Tuts runs) Order Tuts’s debut short story collection (I really recommend it) All The Women She Knows Topics covered in the episode * Writing as a practice for survival, and creativity for the sake of creativity * Success, finding your own definition of it & how it’s “not about what success looks like, it’s about what it feels like” * Writing trauma * Tuts’ process of writing All the Women She Knows, and how she allowed herself to slow down and enjoy the journey of it - “allowing myself to just sit in the world and go slowly” * Burnout, Tuts’ experience with this in 2019 and how the pandemic was a time for her to re-assess and re-connect with writing * How there’s a need for a radical overhaul in the theatre industry * The importance of artist dates, and of surrounding yourself with inspiration  * Movement and creativity, and the importance of embracing the weird and the uncertainty * Trigger warnings in creative work Links & resources * Dear Damsels So Long As You Write club * My recent post on the myth of the tortured artist * My upcoming workshop A seasonal approach to creativity and artistic practice * Upcoming Rebellious Artists' and Creatives' Café on the theme of inspiration. April 26th (not the 27th as I said in the episode), 12pm BST. Book your free space here. ) * All the info on 1:1 coaching Thanks for listening. Until next time. Stay inspired, stay curious and stay connected. Ellen x This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellenfranklyncarr.substack.com

    1h 2m
  4. Discover the magic of going with your own flow

    30/01/2024

    Discover the magic of going with your own flow

    It’s another episode of Create Shift! In this episode I am talking about: * My practice of flowing with the energy of nature & resistance felt towards this * The magical things that happen when we start to trust our own intuition and flow (lessons learned from my own experience & my clients’) * Building up evidence that going with your own flow (and against the constant push of society) works and how this supports new beliefs Links: * My Trauma Sensitive Theatre and Performance Making Course is now available to book onto. This course is a must for anyone serious about increasing accessibility of theatre and performance making spaces, and ensuring practices are more supportive of everyone’s wellbeing. More info & booking. * I have space for 4 wonderful new 1:1 coaching clients to work together over either 3 or 6 months. Are you ready to figure out how to have a more sustainable creative work life, and want some help with that? More info & booking here. * Sign up to be part of my artist & creative newsletter community to receive weekly(ish) inspiration, support and encouragement. Breathe a deep breath and let’s shake off patriarchal capitalist conditioning together. Yeah? Thanks for reading Creative Embers with Ellen Franklyn-Carr! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellenfranklyncarr.substack.com

    23 min
5
out of 5
11 Ratings

About

Conversations in the space between arts, creativity, holistic wellbeing and entrepreneurship. Hosted by Ellen Franklyn-Carr - holistic & trauma sensitive coach for artists and creatives; trauma sensitive yoga teacher & creative practitioner. Creating a rebel army of nourished artists, creating heart-led work with the potential to change the world. ellenfranklyncarr.substack.com