Version 1

Waverly Colville
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Version 1 is a show all about how your favorite creative people create! Go behind the scenes as they describe what their creative process is, how they overcame failures, their thoughts on imposter syndrome, and more.

  1. MAY 5

    Combinging Mindfulness and Art with Mindful Creative Muse Founder Cynthia Hauk

    Cynthia Hauk is an artist, educator, and the founder of Mindful Creative Muse. Cynthia helps people reconnect with creativity in simple, kind, and realistic ways. She began using art as a way to move through anxiety, illness, and burnout, and that personal practice grew into work that now supports thousands of creatives and educators around the world.   Cynthia believes creativity isn’t about being perfect or producing more—it’s about showing up, paying attention, and trusting the process. In this conversation, we talk about creative blocks, imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and how small, mindful practices can help creativity feel supportive instead of stressful.   In this episode, we talk about how mindfulness and creativity are linked, how she incorporates yoga into her practice, the mind-body connection, how she teaches people the business side of living a creative life, how to stop judging your art, and more.    Follow Mindful Creative Muse on Instagram: ​​https://www.instagram.com/mindfulcreativemuse/  Visit Mindful Creative Muse’s website: https://mindfulcreativemuse.com/  Check out Mindful Creative Muse’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MindfulCreativeMuse  Art as Mindfulness Workshop: https://learn.mindfulcreativemuse.com/art-as-meditation-workshop  Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/  Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville

    57 min

  2. APR 21

    Honoring Women Through Sustainable Fashion with No More Nobody Founder Silva Hrabar-Owens

    Silva Hrabar-Owens is the founder of No More Nobody, an independent London-based fashion brand rooted in sustainability, storytelling, and female empowerment. She creates limited-edition pieces using deadstock and leftover fabrics, championing ethical production and conscious consumption. Through No More Nobody, Silva is building a community that celebrates individuality, confidence, and clothing with purpose. In this episode, we discuss Silva’s upbringing in Croatia and London and how it impacted the work she does now, her switch from being an accountant to fashion, what she learned about the fast fashion industry that was the catalyst to launch her own sustainable brand, growing up with ADHD and dyslexia, why she’s inspired by the 1800’s, why it’s important to pay attention to the fabrics that touch your skin,    Follow No More Nobody on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorenobody_studio/  Check out No More Nobody’s Website: nomorenobody.com  Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/  Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville

    54 min

  3. APR 14

    The Art of Scent and Perfumery with Pink MahogHany Founder Chavalia Mwamba

    Chavalia Mwamba is the founder of Pink MahogHany, an independent fragrance brand. She is a self-taught niche perfumer from Longview, Texas (by way of Dallas.) With a background in both music and education, Chavalia treats each composition as an alluringly intriguing song that takes the wearer on a unique, unforgettable journey.     Chavalia founded Pink MahogHany in 2005, when she began to notice the scents of once favorite fragrances changing without notice. Amidst these changes also came an influx of complaints from those whom she conversed with. Frustrations from an inability to wear or use certain fragrances due to adverse reactions such as headaches, rashes and other allergy-like symptoms placed urgency on her quest to create a line of products that gratify the senses without the addition of some of the less than desirable ingredients. Through her constant research and many forms of trial and error, Chavalia aims to educate and provide transparency, all while helping others feel more confident about using fragrance on their skin and in their space.   In this episode, we discuss Chavalia’s journey from a music teacher to a perfumer, why scent is so important to her, what phthalates are and why Pink MahogHany never uses them, the surprising parallels between scent and music, her creative process behind designing a scent, how she evokes emotion to design her fragrances, how she designs fragrances in layers, how she finds inspiration from music, experiences, words, and other unique places and how she translates those to scents, the unique ways she tests her fragrances, and more.    Follow Pink MahogHany on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pink_mahoghany  Visit Pink MahogHany’s website: https://www.pinkmahoghany.com/  Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/  Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville

    35 min

  4. APR 10

    How To Identify Your Creative Allies and Overcome Self Doubt with Amy Bernstein

    Amy L. Bernstein is an award-winning author, a former journalist, and a professional nonfiction book coach helping authors find their best path to publishing. She teaches writing and creativity workshops and brings an empowering message to writers and multi-media artists around the world. Her nonfiction book, Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration, won first place from BookFest 2025 for self-help and inspiration. In this episode, we discuss Amy’s writing career, why she loves storytelling, why Amy struggled with calling herself a writer, why creative people specifically suffer from self doubt, where self doubt comes from, how to identify and deal with your creative allies and adversaries, how to be a better ally, why women are affected by self doubt more than other identities, how to stop comparing yourself to others, how to shift validation from external to internal, and more.    Follow Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amylbernstein/  Visit Amy’s website: https://amywrites.live/  Buy Amy’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Wrangling-Doubt-Monster-Fighting-Inspiration/dp/1610886380  Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/  Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville

    55 min

  5. MAR 31

    Building Connection Through Food Blogging and Education with Life As A Strawberry’s Jessie Johnson

    Jessie Johnson is the founder of Life As A Strawberry, a food and recipe website that helps home cooks make food they're proud of. Her superpower is breaking complicated recipes and techniques into accessible, easy-to-follow action steps. Jessie grew up working in catering and community kitchens, and spent her academic career studying sustainable food systems and food security. Her graduate work at Cornell University focused on the stigma of hunger in America. After grad school, Jessie went full-time with Life As A Strawberry and never looked back. Today, Life As A Strawberry is a full-fledged food media company reaching millions of readers every year, with multiple verticals and team members in seven states.  In this episode, we discuss how Jessie’s background in working in food kitchens and studying food access and food security influences her work as a food writer, being a food blogger in the early 2000’s, how she turned blogging into her career, why educating her audience about food is important,  growing an intentional community, growing her team,  lessons she’s learned, how she’d like Life As A Strawberry to evolve, and more.    Follow Life As A Strawberry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifeasastrawberry/  Visit Life As A Strawberry’s website: www.lifeasastrawberry.com  Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/  Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville

    1h 3m

  6. MAR 24

    Scones and Storybooks with Mrs. Bakewell’s Founder Rose Bakewell

    Rose Bakewell is the founder of English scone company Mrs. Bakewell’s, and the author of the Lottie book series. An award-winning author with a deep love for history and a particular fondness for British history, it seems only fitting that she would launch a business devoted to one of Britain’s most cherished traditions. She founded Mrs. Bakewell’s after discovering Maryland’s shocking shortage of proper English scones. The Lottie book series was inspired by Rose’s daughter Charlotte and her wish to give readers that comfy-cozy feeling of home. She is a devoted mother to three beautiful children and two beloved dogs, Ollie and Lucy, who remain convinced they run the household. In this episode, we discuss Rose’s journey to becoming a professional baker, why she loves British history, what Americans get wrong about British scones, her timeless brand design, creativity in baking, how her business growth has mirrored her personal life, why she decided to write a series of children’s books, her personal journey in parenting, creating memories through her books with her children, and more.    Follow Mrs. Bakewell’s on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrsbakewells/ Visit Mrs. Bakewell’s website: mrsbakewells.com  Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/  Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville

    54 min

  7. MAR 17

    “Santa for Nerds”: custom collectibles and the business side of a creative life with Paul Pape

    Paul Pape is a TEDx speaker, author, and business consultant for creative entrepreneurs, known professionally as "Santa for Nerds." With 30+ years in the arts—including over 20 years designing custom props and experiences for Disney, Universal, and Nickelodeon—Paul brings real-world creative credibility to his transformation work. Paul is the creator of Gamify Business and author of four books: The Creative Player's Handbook to Business, The Creative Player’s Workbook, The Game Master's Guide to Business and his latest book, Quit Selling Your Sh*t. His approach uses gaming frameworks and RPG mechanics to help artists, designers, makers, and creative entrepreneurs build profitable businesses without selling out to corporate business culture. His mission is clear: destroy the starving artist mindset. Paul proves that creative entrepreneurs don't have to choose between artistic integrity and real profit—and that the business side of creativity can be just as innovative and fulfilling as the art itself. Business is an Adventure, so don’t be an NPC. In this episode, we discuss his custom approach to building unique objects, all the modalities he uses to create custom items, his work in TV and film, why he can build items fast, his creative process, why you should sell yourself as a creative instead of your items, how to approach building a business like a game, what Paul’s “rule of 100” is, and more.     Follow Paul on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulpapedesigns/  Check out Paul’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_HqOy0Fn4YYW_aYjneS8g  Check out Paul’s Website: paulpapedesigns.com  Check out Gamify Business: gamifybusiness.com  Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/  Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville

    59 min

  8. MAR 10

    Happy One Year of Version 1! Life Updates and Lessons Learned from Host Waverly

    It’s been a year since Version 1 came to life!! The mic gets turned on the host, Waverly, as she sits down with John Guilyard (from the first episode!) to talk about a year of podcasting, the lessons learned, the common themes she’s seen among creative people of all disciplines, which guests have intimidated her, how she helps guests open up and get vulnerable, how she wants the show to change and evolve, and how her life is changing this year (and involves going away for two months!)    Follow Waverly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wavescolville/  Follow John on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mynameisgilly/  Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/  Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville

    58 min
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Version 1 is a show all about how your favorite creative people create! Go behind the scenes as they describe what their creative process is, how they overcame failures, their thoughts on imposter syndrome, and more.

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  • Creator
    Waverly Colville
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    60
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2025 All rights reserved.
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