Common Shapes

Cody Cook-Parrott
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Common Shapes

A podcast about Practices, Systems, and Rituals for a Creative Life, hosted by Cody Cook-Parrott.New episodes weekly on Wednesdays. Learn more at codycookparrott.com/commonshapes

  1. MAR 20

    A Flexible Office Hello 👋

    Hello Common Shapes listeners. 🔸 I wanted to pop in with a little mini-episode to check in between seasons and share a few updates. Take a few minutes to hear why I changed my name and how you can join us in Flexible Office this spring. 🔹LINKSGet the Creative Ideation PortalSign up for my weekly newsletter, Monday MondayFind all these links & more at codycookparrott.com/commonshapes 🖱️ Join me in Flexible Office: A Digital Co-working Space for all of us. We begin April 2nd!

    7 min
  2. Cultivating Creative Seasons with Jacqueline Suskin

    12/06/2023

    Cultivating Creative Seasons with Jacqueline Suskin

    This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m deep in conversation with poet, teacher, and my dear friend, Jacqueline Suskin.Jacqueline is a poet and educator who has been teaching workshops, writing books, hosting retreats and creating spontaneous poetry around the world since 2009. She’s published eight books, and her most recent one, A Year In Practice, was just released with Sounds True press.Together we talk about seasonal practices, radically reconnecting with the Earth, Fern Gully, writing m...

    51 min
  3. How to Tell the Truth with Fariha Róisín

    11/29/2023

    How to Tell the Truth with Fariha Róisín

    This week on Common Shapes podcast, I’m joined by my dear friend Fariha Róisín for a conversation at the intersections of writing, politics, care, and liberation.Fariha is a multi-disciplinary artist born in Ontario, Canada and raised in Sydney, Australia. As a Muslim queer Bangladeshi, she is interested in the margins, liminality, otherness, and the mercurial nature of being. She’s the author of five books and writes the Substack newsletter, How to Cure a Ghost.In this episode, Fariha shares...

    50 min

  4. 11/22/2023

    The Importance of the Personal Essay

    I’ve been writing personal essays for over a decade, and I believe that my personal essay practice allowed me to leave social media.So in today’s episode, I share how I blend the personal, the poetic, and the political in my writing. And I unpack how that supports me in speaking up and sharing my work without shying away from what’s happening in the world.I hope this episode inspires you to share your writing with the people. Tune in to learn about—The importance of your life storyHow to shar...

    39 min

  5. 11/15/2023

    Leaving Instagram or Exiting the Portal of the Validation Loop

    Welcome to season two of Common Shapes! Since last season, I took a big step in my life and logged out of Instagram for good.So in this episode, I’m going to share why I left and how I did it. Not from a place of knowing-it-all, but by asking the question, “what does it actually mean to be done with social media?”I hope this episode inspires you to take supportive steps that are right for you. Tune in to learn about—What it’s like to leave InstagramThe portal of the validation loopA big busin...

    32 min

  6. 07/20/2023

    Embracing Your Everchanging Job Description

    Making this podcast brought me into a business ecosystem crisis. Very little of my output changed, but my inner understanding of my work needed to shift.So in today’s episode, I’m sharing how my job description has changed since I launched this show. And I’m exploring how shifting your job description can transform your relationship to your work.Tune in to learn about—How to discover what you’re devoted toWhat are the themes of your jobWhat is not your jobHow to write your job descriptionAlig...

    41 min

  7. 07/12/2023

    Creating Your Offer Ecosystem

    Your offer ecosystem is how your creative offerings branch out of your artistry, fit together in the world, increase your income, and expand your reach.In this episode, I share how I’ve crafted my offer ecosystem over the past decade, and I tell you the stories of how a few of my offers have evolved and even ended.Tune in to learn about—What an offer ecosystem isMy favorite ways to get ideas for your offer ecosystemHow to choose a container for an offerWhy one-on-one work can be a great place...

    37 min

  8. 07/05/2023

    5 Reasons the World Needs Your Online Class

    Teaching online classes is how I’ve made the majority of my income since 2017. And it is a great joy of my career to have had such amazing, invested, weird, inspirational students.In this episode, I’m going to share my approach to creating an online class by walking us through how I teach my class A Quilt Is Something Human.I hope that this inspires you to become the teacher that you are meant to be. Grab a pen & paper, then tune in to learn about—How to decide what to teachReasons t...

    30 min
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A podcast about Practices, Systems, and Rituals for a Creative Life, hosted by Cody Cook-Parrott.New episodes weekly on Wednesdays. Learn more at codycookparrott.com/commonshapes

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  • Creator
    Cody Cook-Parrott
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Common Shapes
  • Show Website
    Common Shapes

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