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Inspiring Stories & Actionable Strategies for Building a Thriving Creative Practice

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Inspiring Stories & Actionable Strategies for Building a Thriving Creative Practice

    458 - How to Get Yourself to Finish Bigger Projects Well

    458 - How to Get Yourself to Finish Bigger Projects Well

    This episode is for you if:

    You’re stuck in the middle of a never ending project and you need a fresh perspective 

    You feel distracted by so many ideas

    You have felt discouraged by the response to your work/projects after putting so much time and effort in

    you’re interested in picture book making or storytelling 


    SHOW NOTES
    A Sundae with Everything On It
    https://smarturl.it/SundaewithEverythingOnIt

    A Pizza with Everything On It
    https://www.etsy.com/listing/1341177986/hardback-book-a-pizza-with-everything-on?click_key=5e66d965c915b93862cf7c4786572f45e020a8c0%3A1341177986&click_sum=5bf1f093&crt=1&ref=shop_home_recs_6

    Cal Newport
    https://calnewport.com

    Childish Gambino - Atavista
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atavista

    John Cleese - Creativity
    https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Short-Cheerful-John-Cleese/dp/0385348274

    Eliza Kinkz
    https://www.elizakinkz.com
    https://bookshop.org/p/books/papa-s-magical-water-jug-clock-jesus-trejo/18822245?ean=9781662651045

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    • 50 min
    457 - The Big Breakthrough Power of Finding Your Small Focus with Rosalie Haizlett

    457 - The Big Breakthrough Power of Finding Your Small Focus with Rosalie Haizlett

    This episode is for you if:

    You’re overwhelmed by the demands of social media

    You feel pressure to MAKE IT BIG or give up trying

    You’re burnt out from trying to DO IT ALL

    You need an example and and an action plan on how to stay focused and get results


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    SHOW NOTES
    Rosalie Haizlett
    https://rosaliehaizlett.com/
    instagram.com/rosaliehaizlett
    Books:
    Watercolor in Nature (2021)
    https://rosaliehaizlett.com/collections/books/products/watercolor-in-nature-book-by-rosalie-haizlett
    Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains (Preorder 2024)
    https://rosaliehaizlett.com/pages/tiny-worlds-bookhttps://rosaliehaizlett.com/pages/tiny-worlds-book

    Naturalist/illustrator Roger Tory Peterson
    https://rtpi.org/

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    • 1 hr 8 min
    456 - How to Quit Hustling AND Be More Productive with Cal Newport

    456 - How to Quit Hustling AND Be More Productive with Cal Newport

    This episode is for you if:

    Hustle culture and social media are destroying your creativity

    You’ve lost hope of ever being able to do enough

    You intuitively know the pace of the world and industry isn’t conducive to creative productivity but need language to understand why

    You need a map to more satisfying work life balance that improves both


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    SHOW NOTES

    Cal Newport
    https://calnewport.com/

    Slow Productivity
    https://calnewport.com/slow/

    Jenny Blake - Free Time
    https://itsfreetime.com/book
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    • 44 min
    455 - How to Work with Your Brain Instead of Against it with Jessica McCabe

    455 - How to Work with Your Brain Instead of Against it with Jessica McCabe

    This episode is for you if:

    You need a boost of encouragement from someone who has also felt the burden to conform to expectations of others

    You need examples and ideas on how to creatively adapt your lifestyle to be more conducive to your nature

    You want to learn about leaning into your strengths and tips on following curiosity and how to work with who you are and not against it!


    SHOW NOTES
    Jessica McCabe https://howtoadhd.com/
    How to ADHD Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710890/how-to-adhd-by-jessica-mccabe/
    How to ADHD YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/howtoadhd
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    • 57 min
    454 - Show & Tell (Right Side Out 6 of 6)

    454 - Show & Tell (Right Side Out 6 of 6)

    This episode is for you if you get in your head and struggle to share your story and your work with the world, if you worry that it’s just not relevant or interesting or maybe that it’s too weird… and just a heads up - we’ve been doing a series called Right Side Out - this is episode 6 and the last episode of the series - it really won’t make sense without working through the episodes - go back to episode 449 of this show to start back at episode one.

    Episode 1 of Right Side Out

    SHOW NOTES
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    Sophie Miller
    sophiemiller.co
    https://www.sophiemiller.co/

    Yoni Wolf / WHY?
    https://whywithaquestionmark.com/
    AOKOHIO
    https://yoniwolf.substack.com/

    Angus Fletcher
    https://www.angusfletcher.co/
    Wonderworks
    https://swiftpress.com/book/wonderworks/

    Connor Jones / Pending Beautiful
    https://www.pendingbeautiful.co/

    CreativeMornings
    https://creativemornings.com/
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    • 53 min
    453 - Let Her Be (Right Side Out 5 of 6)

    453 - Let Her Be (Right Side Out 5 of 6)

    All the parts come together and I share the conversation with my mom.
    Part 5 of Right Side Out

    SHOW NOTES
    Lulu Miller
    https://www.instagram.com/lutimestwoo/?hl=en

    CreativeMornings
    https://creativemornings.com/

    SWISSMISS / Tina Roth Eisenberg
    https://www.instagram.com/swissmiss/?hl=en

    James Acaster
    https://www.jamesacaster.com/

    A Pizza with Everything On It
    https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/a-pizza-with-everything-on-it
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    • 57 min

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