7 episodes
In the Boat With Ben and Rachel Ben Toalson and Rachel Toalson
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Weekly inspiration for your creative journey. Ben and Rachel, parents of 6 and full-time creators (a video marketer and author respectively), understand the challenges of balancing creativity, work, and life. Each 30-45 minute conversation covers topics like struggling to make time for creativity, feeling stuck and in a rut, uncertainty and self-doubt, productivity, maintaining mental health, and more. If you're looking for inspiration, encouragement, or stories that help you feel less alone in your struggles, tune in! You can also join the conversation and get the latest updates on what we're doing with the show by subscribing to our newsletter at intheboatpodcast.com.
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007 - How to Manage Your Creative Energy
You can have all the time in the world, but if your creativity has dried up, it can feel like you're running in place. In this episode, Ben and Rachel discuss their approaches to managing their creative energy and what they do to get out of a creative slump.
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006 - Maintaining creativity while raising 6 kids
The question comes up often when people find out we have 6 kids... how do you do it all? In this episode, we thought we could get into the details of how we structure our schedule to maximize our creative time while still having time to run a household of 8.
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005 - Can you have too much structure in your schedule?
There's a popular piece of advice that says if you want to make something a priority, put it in your calendar. Ben and Rachel have wildly different approaches to scheduling. In this episode, they get into the pros and cons of each.
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004 - Can You Dream Too Big?
"They" say you should dream big, but could your big dreams be holding you back? In this episode, Ben and Rachel talk about their different approaches to thinking and dreaming about the future and which might actually be better.
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003 - Is Your "Locus of Control" Hurting Your Creativity?
When it seems like the universe is against you, creativity can feel hard to come by. In this episode, Ben and Rachel talk about where our sense of control comes from and how it affects our creativity.
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002 - Staying Creative During Crisis
As if the last couple of years weren't challenging enough, the world seems to continue in crisis mode. In this episode, Ben and Rachel talk about how they've managed to stay creative and find a balance between making things and doom-scrolling.