Episodes

March 13, 2024

445 - A Surprising Mechanism for Finding Powerful Momentum

Unable to choose or finish a project? This episode is for you.

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March 6, 2024

444 - Unlock Your Creative Superpower with This Hidden Key

This episode is for you if you: - Can’t seem to stand out in your creative field - The competition is too steep or too crowded in your creative world - Feel like there’s a cutthroat / gossipy culture in …

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Feb. 28, 2024

443 - Which of the 4 Inspiration Types Do You Need Now?

Today’s episode is for you if: 1 - You’re feeling desperately uninspired 2 - The stuff that used to do it for you is no longer doing the trick 3 - OR WORSE: you can’t even remember what it felt …

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Feb. 21, 2024

442 - How Pain Points Can Point To New Possibilities with Amy Devers

Are you so hard on yourself that it's holding you back? If you're afraid this is true, this episode is for you. Sometimes we focus so much on what we're not that we miss out on what we are and …

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Feb. 14, 2024

441 - 3 Solutions if Your Practice is Stuck in The Spinning Wheel of …

Hastily throwing a million solutions at your broken creative practice? Maxed out, doing more than is healthy, and still feel like it's not even close to enough? One of these 3 Things is probably out of whack.

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Feb. 7, 2024

440 - For When You're Stuck in The Old Thing & The New Thing’s Scary …

When everything‘s working, it’s easy to try new things. However, when the things you’re doing all quit working, it feels really scary to try anything new. And yet, this is when trying new things is most important. And today’s episode …

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Jan. 31, 2024

439 - How to Transform Risky Daydreams into Empowering Goals

Listen to this episode if you: Want to dig deeper and personally interpret new expressions of your daydreams into actionable steps. Are looking for ways to get excited about what you’re dreaming up. Finding where those more f...

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Jan. 24, 2024

438 - Something that's a Quick Fix to Overcome a Creative Rut + More …

Listen to this episode if you: - Wonder how to get out of a fixed mindset - Embrace the combination of the skills that both are challenging and come naturally to you - Are learning to accept your multiple perspectives

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Jan. 17, 2024

437 - How To Start Your Year Right: The 12 Creative Essentials Checkl…

Listen to this episode if you: - Don’t want to forget and leave an important project, idea, or creative lesson behind - Want to learn from past experiences to face current challenges - Need some CREATIVE PEPto Bismol for your …

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Jan. 10, 2024

436 - 3 Powerful Tools from Depth Psychology for Making Deeper Work w…

Listen to this episode if you: - Want to learn how to develop your symbol muscles - Want to better understand how to do a reading of a dream or a story - Want to practice active imagination and exploring …

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Jan. 3, 2024

435 - How to Dream Again When You're Tired and Unready for the New Ye…

Happy New Year!! This episode might be for you if: - You’re tired! - You feel the world is drastically changing and you’re not sure what to expect for the future. - You want to practice your creative daydreaming (or …

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Dec. 27, 2023

434 - Creative Pep Talk's 10 Rules of A Thriving Creative Practice *R…

Why do doctors and pilots both need checklists? Because even life saving information is easy to forget! That’s why in this episode we establish the ten ideas that define this show and what we think staying on track in your …

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Dec. 20, 2023

433 - Tried Everything but Nothing's Working? Studies Show This Creat…

This episode is for you if: - You’re burnt out by everything you’re trying to keep up with - You’ve tried adding everything you can think of to your creative practice and you still can’t seem to progress any further …

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Dec. 13, 2023

432 - Creatively Drowning? The 3 Magic Words that Helped Me

Listen to this episode if you: - Feel like to be a creator today is to be a professional emailer and other miscellaneous tasks - Find yourself often deeply distracted, deeply overwhelmed, and not knowing how best to spend your …

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Dec. 6, 2023

431 - How to Get Out of Your Own Way When You Can’t Seem to Start or …

Listen to this episode if you: - Are struggling with obstacles not only outside of yourself, but inside of yourself - Want to figure out how to stop self-sabotaging your important work - Want to figure out which inner voice …

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Nov. 29, 2023

430 - How To Break Free From Serving Social Media In 3 Steps

Listen to this episode if you: - Feel like social media is destroying your creative practice - Want to find ways to invest your creative energy where it matters - Want to recognize the traps of working for free and …

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Nov. 22, 2023

429 - Insights on Juggling Multiple Art Forms Well with Melissa Villa…

Listen to this episode if you: - Feel overwhelmed because you like to do many different things - Want to show up for yourself even when you’re not feeling it - Follow the beat of your own drum and share …

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Nov. 15, 2023

428 - The Remedy for When You’re Running in Ten Different Directions …

Listen to this episode if you: - Feel mixed up, uninspired, or overwhelmed by too many options - Are figuring out where to focus your creative energy and personal needs - Are looking for ways to boost your creative confidence

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Nov. 8, 2023

427 - Do This When Your Tried and True Method is Now Killing Your Cre…

Listen to this episode if you: - Feel left out in the cold and need to bring back the heat - Your comfort zone is no longer comfortable - Want to open yourself up to new ideas

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Nov. 1, 2023

426 - Mind Tricks to Move Past Your Own Mountains with Lizzy Stewart

Listen to this episode if you: - Get overwhelmed by some of your creative dreams. - Struggle with resistance to your goals. - Want to practice moving out of your comfort zone.

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Oct. 25, 2023

425 - Creative Work Not Working? It's One of These 3 Things + How to …

This episode is for you if you: - Have overanalyzed your creative practice and it's no fun anymore and the work is worse off - Like your work but no one else seems to - Can't seem to figure out …

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Oct. 18, 2023

424 - Afraid Your Art is White Noise? Make People Feel with These 5 T…

This episode will help you: - See new ways to add depth to whatever type of art you make - Quit churning out work that people ignore - Find fresh excitement for creating your art again

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Oct. 4, 2023

423 - How to Deepen Any Creative Work with Purposeful Symbol and Story

This episode is for you if you: 1 - Want new ideas on how to make your work deeper 2 - Are interested in diving deeper into Joseph Campbell / Carl Jung 3 - Love episodes like our Ghostshrimp interview …

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Sept. 27, 2023

422 - 9 Ways to Get Creative with Your Time When You Have No Time to …

This episode will help you: - Find ways to make your work even if you feel you have no time - Specific productivity hacks that help you find more bandwidth to create - Eliminate stuff you shouldn't focus on and …

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