Artist Recovery Podcast

Rich Wright
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Artist Recovery Podcast is Bringing Light to the Darkside of Art. I’m Rich Wright, your host — and here we're redefining recovery as Renewal, Resilience and Creative Transformation. Because for artists, it’s more than survival… it’s Remembering.This show is about the real journey of being a working creative — the highs, the lows, the pivots, and the reinventions that shape who we are. Together we’ll explore how setbacks can spark transformation, how loss can open new paths, and how resilience fuels the heart of every artist’s story.If you’ve ever faced doubt, setback, or the call to reinvent yourself, you’re in the right place. Let’s recover — and create — together.” Want to be a guest on Artist Recovery Podcast? Send Rich Wright a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/artistrecovery

  1. 15h ago

    Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 31: Noah May on Mental Health, Bullying & Building a Podcast Business

    Noah May turned a lifetime of being the kid nobody wanted to hear into three podcasts, a journalism degree from Auburn, and a growing platform for mental health advocacy. He joins Rich Wright to trace the full arc, from a small farm town in northeast Alabama to the mic he now sits behind every week. Growing up an only child in a loving but atypical household, Noah found early refuge in cartoons, animal books, and PC games like Chuzzle and Feeding Frenzy. But by middle school, the bullying began. Verbal abuse, being treated as invisible, and a class so troublesome teachers warned each other about it. Noah opens up about the depression that surfaced around age 13, the anxiety that struck his senior year as physical stomach illness, and the suicidal ideation he faced at his lowest points. He speaks candidly about learning to hide it all, becoming a chameleon, and finding peace at the lake with his headphones on. This conversation goes deep on generational patterns of mental health, the stigma that kept a self-diagnosing family away from therapy, and why depression may be something Noah carries for life while learning to make it smaller. Rich shares his own parallel journey with anxiety, stomach issues, and survival, offering Noah and the audience a reminder: recognizing your triggers and becoming your own advocate is the work that keeps you moving forward. The back half turns to reinvention. Noah reveals how podcasting fell into his lap after graduation, how a single email from PodMatch founder Alex catapulted Lethal Venom into rapid success, and why he named a show after the idea that truth, like venom, can be lethal to hear. He and Rich talk about the creative craft of podcasting, the challenge of running three shows at once (Lethal Venom, Music Talks, and Southern Reads), and what it feels like when one project takes all the spotlight while the others wait their turn. This is a story about resilience, courage, and the strange grace of being heard at last. Connect with Noah: Website: https://noahspodcasts.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-c-may Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethalvenompodcast Artist Rich Wright’s WOW Essential Spirit Paintings: ⁠⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com/white-owl-wisdom-1 Support and Shop Art Rec Merch: https://www.artrecshop.com Join Podmatch: ⁠https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistrecovery Dyslexia Classes: ⁠https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes⁠ #MentalHealth #DepressionAwareness #Anxiety #SuicideAwareness #Bullying #MentalHealthWarrior #Resilience #Courage #Podcasting #PodMatch #LethalVenom #NoahMay #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #RichWright #Journalism #AuburnUniversity #SelfAdvocacy #GenerationalTrauma #MentalHealthStigma #Therapy #SurvivalStory #CreativeRecovery #Storytelling #Outcast #MentalHealthAdvocacy #Healing #SuicidePrevention #PersonalGrowth #MentalHealthJourney #PodcastInterview #richwrightartist #richwrightunlimited #richwrightunltd #beaguest #podmatchguest  @PodMatch_com  @noahspodcasts ​ Support the show Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com Connect: Instagram Facebook X TikTok Linkedin

  2. Jul 24

    Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 30 | Vanessa Younts on Burnout, Reinvention & Amplifying Humanity

    Vanessa the Vivacious Younts is a podcaster, filmmaker, video journalist, musician, and founder of Vanessa the Vivacious Productions, a female-owned, Latina-led creative production company.   As creator of the series and podcast Humanity 2.0 and the former managing director and contributing video journalist for Are You Happy (a platform with four million followers), she has traveled coast to coast interviewing thousands of people about happiness while overseeing a network of 3,000 contributing video journalists.   Born dirt poor in San Antonio, Texas, with dirt floors and windows that would not open, Vanessa learned resilience early. She started working at 13, tended bar at a Christian rock venue selling pop and water, waitressed through high school, and eventually became a first-generation college student before life pulled her in a hundred directions. She talks openly about experiencing homelessness in Seattle, serving in a soup kitchen one week and receiving food from those same volunteers the next, and how that lived understanding of both sides of the line shaped her lifelong servant's heart. This episode goes deep on creative burnout. Vanessa shares how absorbing other people's energy as an empath made her exceptional at her work but also drained her, how her income and acknowledgment stopped matching her output, and how she spent months in her bedroom doing nothing before returning to the corporate world as a claims adjuster.  She describes the tingling face, the nightmares, and the moment she realized she would be furious with herself if she died at her desk. Her advice on knowing your worth, raising your prices, and refusing to let creativity be undervalued is essential listening for every freelancer and creative. Along the way, Vanessa and Rich explore music as a lifesaver, self-taught piano and classically trained flute, singing concerts to the grass as a child, analyzing films at 13, and the freedom of never asking permission and never subscribing to a formula. They discuss reinvention at any age, why the real education happens in the life lived between classes, and the belief that you are never done until you are gone. The conversation also touches grief and the loss of Vanessa's brother and mother, the belief that our loved ones' energies never truly leave us, her Native heritage and the documentary she is making to find her family's tribe, and her survival of mental illness. She opens up about a bipolar diagnosis, a doctor who told her she would never get better, and how that fueled her to become an advocate and to write her book, Complications and Metamorphosis. Vanessa is more than an amplifier of voices. She is a warrior for humanity, for creatives, and for compassion. Her mission is simple and urgent: remind us that we are all human, all valuable, and worthy of being heard. Connect with Vanessa: Website: https://vanessathevivacious.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessathevivacious Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanessathevivacious Artist Rich Wright’s WOW Essential Spirit Paintings: ⁠⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com/white-owl-wisdom-1 Shop Art Rec Merch: https://www.artrecshop.com Join Podmatch: ⁠https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistrecovery Dyslexia Classes: ⁠https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes⁠ #VanessaYounts #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #RichWrightartist #richwrightunlimited #richwrightunltd #CreativeBurnout #EmpathBurnout #Humanity2point0 #VideoJournalist #Filmmaker #FemaleFounder #LatinaCreative #ServantsHeart #HomelessnessSurvivor #Reinvention #KnowYourWorth #FreelanceRates #CreativeValue #MentalHealth #BipolarAwareness #MentalIllnessSurvivor #SuicidePrevention #Advocacy #NativeHeritage #Grief #MusicAsTherapy #ClassicallyTrained #NeverAskPermission #CreativeResilience #Storytelling #AmplifyingVoices #Compassion #Humanity @podmatch #beaguest Support the show Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com Connect: Instagram Facebook X TikTok Linkedin

  3. Jul 22

    Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 29 | Greig Watts: Eurovision, K-pop & the Songwriter's Journey

    Greig Watts spent his teenage years being told a songwriter was not a real job. Decades later he is a co-founder of DWB, one of the UK's most successful independent songwriting and publishing teams, a Eurovision trailblazer with 18 entries across 11 years, and the bestselling author of "Keeping the Dream Alive." Greig walks Rich through a childhood in Surrey defined by a house that welcomed foster kids, church youth groups, and a record player that never stopped spinning. He talks candidly about being a deeply shy child who built a character just to survive being called on in class, and how one humiliating first day of secondary school became the moment he decided to always go first instead of last. The conversation moves into the years most creatives never talk about out loud. Greig describes taking a "safe" job at a bank to prepare for marriage, watching the commute to London slowly bury his songwriting dream, and the 2003 turning point when his wife told him it was time to hand in his notice and give music one real year. That leap led to a publishing deal that let him write songs while building a department around himself. From there, Greig unpacks how DWB became a top UK publisher in Japan years before K-pop and J-pop were on anyone's radar, how a festival in Cannes changed his career, and why he chased Eurovision, a stage that reaches 250 million viewers, when other UK songwriters dismissed it as too cheesy. He breaks down how Eurovision works for American listeners who have never seen it, and shares the mindset that took his songs from quiet at home to number one abroad. Greig also opens up about neurodiversity in songwriting, a topic close to his own family. He estimates half the songwriters he mentors are on the ADHD or autism spectrum, and argues neurodiverse thinkers change history because they refuse to accept "you're not good enough" as an answer. That perspective drives his mentoring work, built since 2022. The episode closes with a grounded conversation about AI tools like ChatGPT and Suno in songwriting, why authenticity matters more as AI floods the market, and the copyright gray areas every collaborative songwriter should understand. Connect with Greig: Website: https://www.dwbmusicgroup.com Linkedin:   / greigwatts  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greigwatts/... Artist Rich Wright’s WOW Essential Spirit Paintings: ⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com/white-owl-wisdom-1 Get some Art Rec Merch: https://artrecshop.com/ Join Podmatch: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistre... Dyslexia Classes: https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes #GreigWatts #Eurovision #KPop #JPop #DWB #MusicPublishing #Songwriter #Songwriting #KeepingTheDreamAlive #Neurodiversity #ADHD #AutismSpectrum #MusicIndustry #UKMusic #CreativeResilience #Midem #SongwritingMentor #AISongwriting #ChatGPT #MusicCopyright #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #PodcastInterview #IndependentMusic #richwrightartist #richwrightunlimited #richwrightunltd #beaguest #podmatchguest ‪@PodMatch_com‬ Ask Support the show Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com Connect: Instagram Facebook X TikTok Linkedin

  4. Jul 10

    Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 28 | Lindsey Kirkendall: Neurodivergence, Trauma & Creative Identity

    Lindsey Kirkendall is the founder and CEO of Revolution, a business consultancy helping musicians and artists build sustainable, scalable, and profitable businesses through non-traditional revenue streams. She's also co-founder and VP of Storyteller Media in Tampa, a 15-plus-year veteran of B2B/B2C sales, national radio promotion, and entertainment production for CMT and MTV, and a hypnotherapist working toward master-level certification in Rapid Resolution Therapy and Rapid Transformational Therapy. This conversation traces Lindsey's journey from a lonely Southern Baptist childhood in Southern California through undiagnosed neurodivergence, gymnastics and competitive cheerleading, teen acting auditions, and a chaotic path through California State  Long Beach and USC's recording arts program.  She opens up about autistic burnout mistaken for depression, a womb-memory recovered through subconscious regression work tied to an amniocentesis at 40, imposter syndrome after moving to Nashville's music scene, and building a 20-year marriage and creative partnership with her music-producer husband Dustin. Together, Rich and Lindsey dig into Human Design and Enneagram frameworks, the hidden cost of zero scaffolding for gifted and neurodivergent kids, the grief of being valued for appearance over intellect, the shift in identity that motherhood brings for female artists, and why rapid, evidence-based hypnotherapy modalities can outperform decades of traditional talk therapy.  Lindsey also shares how Storyteller Media and its predecessor, Popgun Entertainment, were born from an ethical breaking point in the music industry, and why she believes most creatives carry some degree of neurodivergence. This episode speaks directly to sensitive creatives, neurodivergent professionals, entrepreneurs healing from childhood trauma, and artists trying to reconcile ambition with family life. Topics covered: ~Growing up neurodivergent and undiagnosed in a religious household ~The blank face experiment and attachment theory ~Gifted kids, masking, and academic burnout ~Human Design, Manifesting Generators, and Time Benders ~Enneagram types 3 and 4 in creative achievers ~Teen acting, gymnastics, and imposter syndrome ~College burnout and the myth that college guarantees success ~Womb memory recovery through subconscious hypnotherapy ~PTSD, ADHD, and Rapid Resolution vs. Rapid Transformational Therapy ~Nashville's music industry culture and independent artist management ~Motherhood as a shift in artistic identity ~Medical intuitives and energetic healing modalities Connect with Lindsey: Website: https://www.lindseykirkendall.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsey-kirkendall-58072b20 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindseykirkendall/?hl=en Join Podmatch:  https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistre... Dyslexia Classes: https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes #LindseyKirkendall #Neurodivergence #UndiagnosedAutism #AutisticBurnout #ImposterSyndrome #HumanDesign #ManifestingGenerator #TimeBender #Enneagram #GiftedKids #Masking #Hypnotherapy #RapidResolutionTherapy #RapidTransformationalTherapy #PTSDHealing #ADHD #WombMemory #NashvilleMusic #StorytellerMedia #CreativeEntrepreneur #MotherhoodAndIdentity #WomenInCreativeIndustry #MedicalIntuitive #EnergeticSensitivity #SensitiveSoul #ChildhoodTrauma #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #CreativeRecovery #richwrightartist #richwrightunlimited #richwrightunltd #artistsoninstagram #artistlife Support the show Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com Connect: Instagram Facebook X TikTok Linkedin

  5. Jul 3

    Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 27 | Dr. Rod Berger: The Narrative Edge of Authentic Storytelling

    What does it take to interview Magic Johnson, Pope Francis, and refugees in camps across Africa with the same depth of curiosity? On the Artist Recovery Podcast, host Rich Wright sits down with Dr. Rod Berger, clinical psychologist, journalist, and author of The Narrative Edge: Authentic Storytelling That Meets the Moment. This conversation revolves around the real roots of a storyteller's life and what it means to finally own your own story. Dr. Berger has conducted over 4,000 interviews for outlets including Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Los Angeles Magazine. He holds a BA in psychology from Michigan State University and a doctorate in clinical psychology from Phillips Graduate University. He is a longtime guest lecturer at Vanderbilt University, a keynote speaker with over 350,000 social followers, and holds a television development deal with the Jim Henson Company. His subjects have included Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Sammy Hagar, United Nations officials, Pope Francis, and the Crown Princess of Sweden, plus refugee camps across Africa. Before the bylines, Rod was a serious, observant kid in Metro Detroit, raised by a German father who survived World War II and rarely spoke of it. That silence became the spark. Rod traces his curiosity to Sunday nights watching 60 Minutes, a childhood trip to Germany to meet a grandmother he could not speak to, and years spent studying adults instead of playing with peers his own age. What followed was a path through Columbia College Chicago, a psychology degree from Michigan State, clinical work on the streets of Watts and Compton, and a career built on asking questions most people are afraid to ask. THIS CONVERSATION REVOLVES AROUND: ~Growing up in a strict German immigrant household in Metro Detroit and how silence shaped a lifelong curiosity. ~A childhood trip to Germany at age nine and the grandmother he could not understand. ~Watching 60 Minutes as a boy and the early roots of a storytelling obsession. ~Competitive soccer and basketball, and how sports parented him when guidance was scarce. ~Public speaking to hundreds of students as a teenager and the mentor who pushed him onto the stage. ~Studying media at Columbia College Chicago before returning to Michigan State for psychology. ~Clinical training at King Drew Medical Center in Watts and Compton, sitting with people in crisis. ~The move from Los Angeles to Nashville and building a career around Vanderbilt University. ~Writing The Narrative Edge and its central question: if you are not in control of your own story, then who is. ~Why creatives need permission to be seen, not just their work.~Whether artificial intelligence is a disruptor or a tool for storytellers.~Why every story matters, including the ones that never traveled anywhere at all. WHY THIS EPISODE MATTERS FOR CREATIVES:Rod's story is proof that the questions left unanswered in childhood often become the questions we spend a lifetime learning to ask. For every creative who has wondered if their story is worth telling, this conversation offers a clear answer. Your story matters, and if you do not own it, someone else will write it for you. Connect with Dr. Berger: Website: https://www.drrodberger.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodbergerpsyd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drrodberger Youtube:  ⁨@drrodberger⁩ Artist Rich Wright’s WOW Essential Spirit Paintings: ⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com/white-owl-wisdom-1 Join Podmatch: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistrecovery Dyslexia Classes: https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes #DrRodBerger #TheNarrativeEdge #AuthenticStorytelling #StorytellingPodcast #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #RichWright #ClinicalPsychology #ForbesContributor #VanderbiltUniversity #KeynoteSpeaker #CreativeCoaching #FindYourVoice #PermissionToTellYourStory #PsychologyOfStorytelling #NarrativePsychology #Curiosity #Resilience #HumanConnection #MentalHealthJourney #MichiganPodcast #HeartCenteredCreatives #AuthorInterview #AIStorytelling #CreativeConfidence #PersonalGrowthPodcast #richwrightartist #richwrightunlimited #richwrightunltd #beaguest #podmatchguest  ⁨@PodMatch_com⁩   Support the show Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com Connect: Instagram Facebook X TikTok Linkedin

  6. Jun 26

    Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 26: Deanna Scaldaferri on Reiki, Sensitivity & Healing the Soul

    What happens when a sensitive soul stops hiding their gifts and starts using them to heal? This conversation goes very deep as Rich Wright sits down with Deanna Scaldaferri, a Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist, Usui Holy Fire Reiki Master, and Intuitive Life Coach, and walks through her story from a childhood in suburban New York all the way to the sacred space of energy healing. Deanna is the founder of Healing Hands by Deanna, offering massage, Reiki, and transformational coaching that support the mind, body, and spirit as one connected system. As a survivor and advocate, she also facilitates narcissistic abuse recovery support groups and speaks publicly on healing, integrity, and reclaiming your power. This episode is for the creatives, the empaths, and the highly sensitive people who were told their feelings were too big, their tears too frequent, and their intuition too strange. Rich and Deanna share an uncanny number of parallel experiences, from being labeled "too sensitive" as kids to discovering that the gifts they once hid were always meant to be their superpowers. This conversation revolves around: ~How childhood sensitivity gets mislabeled as shyness, and why so many of us learn to dim our light early ~The connection between people pleasing, perfectionism, codependency, and narcissistic relationship patterns ~Why the body keeps the score, and how repressed emotion becomes physical pain ~What Reiki actually is, explained in the simplest, most beautiful way you will ever hear ~How energy gets stuck in the body and what energy healing does to restore natural flow ~The truth about Western and holistic medicine working in synergy rather than opposition ~Why healing is a process, not a quick fix or a Band-AidHow to recognize narcissistic abuse, the love bombing phase, and the slow erosion of your spirit ~The role of trust, faith, and divine timing when you follow a true soul calling ~Why creatives are doing the Creator's work, and how to reconnect to the gift you were born to share Deanna also shares her own pivotal awakening, the moment in a quiet spa that redirected her entire life from corporate finance into the healing arts, and how learning to deliver intuitive messages, even through fear, became central to her purpose. Rich opens up about a profound healing session exploring betrayal, a spiritual awakening delivered through a psychic medium, and the realization that the only thing we can truly control is how we respond. Whether you are navigating anxiety, recovering from a toxic relationship, searching for your purpose, or simply curious about energy healing for the first time, this episode offers comfort, clarity, and an invitation to shine brighter. Connect with Deanna: Website: https://www.healinghandsbydeanna.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/healinghandsbydeanna Insta: https://www.instagram.com/healinghandsbydeanna Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCw4Sv8POfGX8H6KJXnh4kJw Artist Rich Wright’s WOW Essential Spirit Paintings: ⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com/white-owl-wisdom-1 Join Podmatch: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistre... Dyslexia Classes: https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes #Reiki #EnergyHealing #ReikiMaster #HighlySensitivePerson #HSP #Empath #IntuitiveHealing #IntuitiveCoaching #NarcissisticAbuseRecovery #HealingJourney #SpiritualAwakening #MindBodySpirit #MassageTherapy #HolisticHealing #EnergyWork #Chakras #AnxietyRelief #TheBodyKeepsTheScore #TraumaHealing #PeoplePleasing #Codependency #DivineTiming #SoulCalling #LifePurpose #CreativeHealing #SensitiveSoul #EmotionalHealing #HolisticWellness #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #RichWright #DeannaScaldaferri #HealingHandsByDeanna #VirtualReiki #LifeForceEnergy #richwrightunlimited #richwrightartist #richwrightunltd #beaguest #podmatchguest  @PodMatch_com ​ Support the show Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com Connect: Instagram Facebook X TikTok Linkedin

  7. Jun 19

    Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 25: James Walters: Joyful Rebellion & Reinventing Your Creative Life

    What happens when hard-earned success starts to feel empty?  This deeply honest conversation of the Artist Recovery Podcast, host Rich Wright sits down with accomplished wedding photographer turned storyteller James Walters to explore three-plus decades behind the camera, the slow unraveling that comes with life's hard resets, and the path back to joy, creativity, and authentic self-expression. James is the author of the memoir "Accessory to Marriage: Chronicles of Outrageousness from My Life as a Wedding Photographer," host of the Joyful Rebellion podcast, and a creative mentor helping others tell their stories through photography, video, and audio. A self-described INFP innovator, dad, and educator, James blends humor, southern roots, and deep introspection into a conversation every sensitive, heart-centered creative needs to hear. From a sleepy 1970s beach town in Wilmington, North Carolina to the windowless commercial studios of High Point, James shares how a kid who rode his bike everywhere and observed the world from the corner of the room became a master of light and story. He opens up about the moment a high school guidance counselor changed his life, why he learned to advocate for himself early, and how he discovered that the camera matters far less than the human relationships in front of it. This conversation goes far beyond photography. James and Rich dig into the cost of "robot mode," the trauma response many creatives recognize when life demands we hold it all together. James shares his journey through loss, the end of a marriage, a late ADD diagnosis at 40, and the systems he built to reclaim his life. Together they explore the courage it takes, especially for men, to sit down with a therapist and let the guard down. You will hear powerful, practical wisdom for creatives at every stage: Why saying no protects your creative journey, and why "no" feels scary for different reasons early and late in your career. ~How to problem-solve in impossible moments and turn a hard situation into something beautiful. ~Why work that captures people increases in value over time, while commercial work fades. ~How to ramp up complexity and challenge yourself so your craft keeps growing. ~The Steve Miller "greatest hits" lesson that reshaped how James thinks about creativity and meeting your audience where they are. This is a conversation about personal reinvention, self-discovery, and using art to author your own life. If you have ever done all the things you were told would make you happy and still felt empty, James offers a roadmap for the joyful rebellion that follows. Connect with James: Website: https://jameswalters.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-walters-57136326 Join Podmatch: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistrecovery Dyslexia Classes: https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes #JamesWalters #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #richwrightartist  #JoyfulRebellion #CreativeReinvention #WeddingPhotography #photographers  #CreativeBurnout #FindingJoy #PersonalReinvention #MentalHealthForCreatives #ADDDiagnosis #TherapyForMen #SayingNo #AuthenticExpression #HeartCenteredCreatives #SensitiveSoul #StorytellingThroughPhotography #CreativeMentor #INFP #LifeHardResets #RobotMode #CreativeJourney #PhotographyCareer #ObserverMindset #SelfAdvocacy #CommercialPhotography #Memoir #AccessoryToMarriage #ReclaimingCreativity #richwrightunlimited #richwrightunltd #beaguest #podmatchguest  ⁨@PodMatch_com⁩   Support the show Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com Connect: Instagram Facebook X TikTok Linkedin

  8. Jun 12

    Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 24: Courtney Barriger, Eco-Fashion Designer, Artist and Author

    What happens when a homeschooled girl from suburban Florida follows the spark of creativity across continents, careers, and a complete reinvention of the fashion industry? This conversation of the Artist Recovery Podcast revolves around the life of Courtney Barriger, author, eco-fashion designer, filmmaker, and founder of the sustainable clothing label Holding Court. Courtney shares the full arc of her creative journey, from making weekend movies at her aunt and uncle's house as a kid, to being discovered at 16 for an MTV music video, to walking London Fashion Week and winning awards on the film festival circuit. Along the way she opens up about the lessons that shaped her: learning that finishing a project does not always bring the recognition you imagine, releasing the grip of ego, and discovering that you can do everything you love, just not all at the same time. This conversation goes deep into the heart of what it means to be a multi-passionate creative. Courtney and Rich explore the difference between chasing outcomes and honoring the experience of making art, the strange and humbling world of casting calls and reality television, and the moment a car accident and a long recovery led Courtney to commit fully to a life as an artist. We also dig into the work that ties it all together: sustainable fashion. Courtney explains how a reality show called America's It Girl, prizes that evaporated and all, ultimately pointed her toward a mission of healing the planet through ethical design. She breaks down the three pillars of Holding Court: information on sustainability, the sustainable clothing itself, and storytelling. That storytelling now includes Refashion Workshop, her book that is being used in design school curriculums, and The Royal Robe, an environmental fable for children that is being developed into an animated film. Courtney and Rich return to a theme close to every sensitive soul and heart-centered creative: Where do ideas come from? Courtney describes inspiration as something that falls from the sky, pieces of information clicking into place, and the artist's obligation to honor that fleeting spark before it disappears. They talk honestly about the darkness that can take root when creativity goes unexpressed, and the freedom that comes from finally putting your work out into the world. Connect with Coutney: Website: https://www.courtneybarriger.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-barriger-4764402a Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/courtneybarriger Connect with Rich: Artist Rich Wright’s WOW Essential Spirit Paintings: ⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com/white-owl-wisdom-1 Join Podmatch: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistrecovery Dyslexia Classes: https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes #CourtneyBarriger #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #EcoFashion #SustainableFashion #EthicalFashion #HoldingCourt #RefashionWorkshop #TheRoyalRobe #CreativeJourney #MultiPassionate #ArtistInterview #FashionDesigner #AmericasItGirl #CreativePath #CreativeInspiration #ArtistMindset #SustainableClothing #HeartCenteredCreative #CreativeEntrepreneur #AuthorInterview #AnimatedFilm #FollowYourCreativity #richwrightartist #richwrightunltd #richwrightunlimited #beaguest #podmatchguest  ⁨@PodMatch_com⁩   Support the show Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com Connect: Instagram Facebook X TikTok Linkedin

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Artist Recovery Podcast is Bringing Light to the Darkside of Art. I’m Rich Wright, your host — and here we're redefining recovery as Renewal, Resilience and Creative Transformation. Because for artists, it’s more than survival… it’s Remembering.This show is about the real journey of being a working creative — the highs, the lows, the pivots, and the reinventions that shape who we are. Together we’ll explore how setbacks can spark transformation, how loss can open new paths, and how resilience fuels the heart of every artist’s story.If you’ve ever faced doubt, setback, or the call to reinvent yourself, you’re in the right place. Let’s recover — and create — together.” Want to be a guest on Artist Recovery Podcast? Send Rich Wright a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/artistrecovery

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  • Creator
    Rich Wright
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    83
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    © 2026 Artist Recovery LLC
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