Episodes

There are TWO choices that define your creative practice. The problem is if you don’t know what they are you might choose wrong by default!In this episode I want to help you type yourself: which way do you most often self sabotage? Awareness is the first step. If you can become aware of your pitfalls and the root of these derailments, you can start to recognize and conquer them!This is part 1 of our 3 Part Creative Elixir Series.

There are TWO choices that define your creative practice. The problem is if you don’t know what they are you might choose wrong by default! In this episode I want to help you type yourself: which way do you most often self sabotage? Awareness is the first step. If you can become aware of your pitfalls and the root of these derailments, you can start to recognize and conquer them! This is part 1 of our 3 Part Creative Elixir Series.

If you’re like me you have a standoffish relationship to the term “personal brand”. BUT what if this apathy is causing you to miss an incredible personal and professional opportunity?Today on the show we have brand author and public speaker Michelle Poler! Michelle’s book “Hello Fears” JUST CAME OUT!! I wanted to have Michelle on the show to talk about this inspiring new book on facing your fears, and we did that, BUT I had no clue that we would have such an exciting and interesting discussion on how powerful and meaningful finding your personal brand can be!!!This conversation was SO GOOD. Michelle is a creative career powerhouse and she has taught me so much in the past few years! CAN’T WAIT FOR YOU TO LISTEN!We talk about:Why your comfort zone may have you content, but getting out of it will make your life deeply meaningfulPersonal Brand as Finding YourselfContrasting not Comparing Yourself with OthersFinding and Defining Your Core ValuesMORE MORE MOREMichelle’s new bo…

If you’re like me you have a standoffish relationship to the term “personal brand”. BUT what if this apathy is causing you to miss an incredible personal and professional opportunity? Today on the show we have brand author and public speaker Michelle Poler! Michelle’s book “Hello Fears” JUST CAME OUT!! I wanted to have Michelle on the show to talk about this inspiring new book on facing your fears, and we did that, BUT I had no clue that we would have such an exciting and interesting discussion on how powerful and meaningful finding your personal brand can be!!! This conversation was SO GOOD. Michelle is a creative career powerhouse and she has taught me so much in the past few years! CAN’T WAIT FOR YOU TO LISTEN! We talk about: Why your comfort zone may have you content, but getting out of it will make your life deeply meaningful Personal Brand as Finding Yourself Contrasting not Comparing Yourself with Others Finding and Defining Your Core Values

For me, there is NOTHING more important to my creative journey than finding and staying in my creative center. Finding and creating from your creative center is about tuning into the pulse of your path.There’s nothing worse than creating from a place that feels untethered and imbalanced. In this episode I chat with actor and comedian Johnny Pemberton about how to find your creative center and create from a place of personal taste and intuition.This was such a good conversation!! So many great things came out of this chat for me!We also talk about:How to Find Your Center / Creating from that Centered PointMindset and Thought Experiment for Finding Who You Are As an ArtistHow Your Taste Changes and What to Do About ItWhy Not to Put a Hot Iron on Your Face!AND MUCH MOOOOORREEE!!!THIS EPISODE IS A PODSWAP! This conversation also appears on Johnny Pemberton’s podcast ‘Live to Tape’.

For me, there is NOTHING more important to my creative journey than finding and staying in my creative center. Finding and creating from your creative center is about tuning into the pulse of your path. There’s nothing worse than creating from a place that feels untethered and imbalanced. In this episode I chat with actor and comedian Johnny Pemberton about how to find your creative center and create from a place of personal taste and intuition. This was such a good conversation!! So many great things came out of this chat for me! We also talk about: How to Find Your Center / Creating from that Centered Point Mindset and Thought Experiment for Finding Who You Are As an Artist How Your Taste Changes and What to Do About It Why Not to Put a Hot Iron on Your Face! AND MUCH MOOOOORREEE!!! THIS EPISODE IS A PODSWAP! This conversation also appears on Johnny Pemberton’s podcast ‘Live to Tape’

Are you carefully and clearly communicating what opportunities you’re perfect for?So much of what comes your way is due to how you’re positioning yourself in the market. You can change a lot by being intentional with what you’re projecting in your personal brand.In this episode I chat with Co-Loop artist Meg Lewis about how she learned this the hard way and how course correcting made all the difference.We also talk about- Personal Brand- Collaboration as the Cure to Jealousy- Owning Your Strengths

Are you carefully and clearly communicating what opportunities you’re perfect for? So much of what comes your way is due to how you’re positioning yourself in the market. You can change a lot by being intentional with what you’re projecting in your personal brand. In this episode I chat with Co-Loop artist Meg Lewis about how she learned this the hard way and how course correcting made all the difference. We also talk about - Personal Brand - Collaboration as the Cure to Jealousy - Owning Your Strengths

I keep hearing the same four questions right now:What “should” I be doing right now in the lockdown?How can I make money with my creative work in lockdown?Is there a future for creative careers?How do I get motivated to make stuff right now?We do a deep dive into these questions with lots of tactics and fresh perspectives from experts on how to get through this lockdown in the best place possible!!!..........................................................................SHOW NOTESEsther Perel on Tim Ferriss’ Podcast - Judging Each Other’s Griefhttps://tim.blog/2020/04/02/esther-perel-relationships-in-quarantine/Grief Expert David Kessler on Brene Brown’s Podcasthttps://brenebrown.com/podcast/david-kessler-and-brene-on-grief-and-finding-meaning/David Nictern Meditation Expert on Duncan Trussell’s Podcast - Turn Prison into Gymhttp://www.duncantrussell.com/episodes/2020/3/30/david-nichternGeoff McFetridge - Houdini Isn’t a Magicianhttps://www.thedolectures.com/tal…

I keep hearing the same four questions right now: What “should” I be doing right now in the lockdown? How can I make money with my creative work in lockdown? Is there a future for creative careers? How do I get motivated to make stuff right now? We do a deep dive into these questions with lots of tactics and fresh perspectives from experts on how to get through this lockdown in the best place possible!!!

LAUREN HOM IS BACK!!!! Lauren’s first guest appearance back in 2017 was one of the most popular episodes of the show, and we are THRILLED to have her back!We talk about:- Why measuring your worth in numbers can destroy your soul- How to turn a passion project into a powerful campaign for your creative practice- Why you should build your practice on your voice and not your medium- Instagram tips!WE ALSO HAVE HUGE NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU IN THIS EPISODE!!!!!!!!

LAUREN HOM IS BACK!!!! Lauren’s first guest appearance back in 2017 was one of the most popular episodes of the show, and we are THRILLED to have her back! We talk about: - Why measuring your worth in numbers can destroy your soul - How to turn a passion project into a powerful campaign for your creative practice - Why you should build your practice on your voice and not your medium - Instagram tips! WE ALSO HAVE HUGE NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU IN THIS EPISODE!!!!!!!!

Be honest, there is some dark twisted part of you that wishes you were Instagram Famous.Quit trying to you hide it, you’re sick. You’re an egomaniac. I mean, you’d have to be to wish you were super successful on social media… right?OR is there a way to succeed on social media that’s actually the opposite of selfish?Do you have deep resources for social media success, hiding dormant in you, right under the surface?In this episode I want to share a few major mindset shifts and a few strategic tactics that will help you level up your social media game and start making consistent progress from here on out.If your social media approach up to now has been a pendulum swing from desperate sprints that leave you feeling gross and burnout, to the inevitable long breaks away from social media to recover, THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU!------------------This episode is Part 3 of our 3 Part CREATIVE PEPamorphosis Series! We are taking 3 weeks to do a REMOTE RETREAT, using social distancing …

Be honest, there is some dark twisted part of you that wishes you were Instagram Famous. Quit trying to you hide it, you’re sick. You’re an egomaniac. I mean, you’d have to be to wish you were super successful on social media… right? OR is there a way to succeed on social media that’s actually the opposite of selfish? Do you have deep resources for social media success, hiding dormant in you, right under the surface? In this episode I want to share a few major mindset shifts and a few strategic tactics that will help you level up your social media game and start making consistent progress from here on out. If your social media approach up to now has been a pendulum swing from desperate sprints that leave you feeling gross and burnout, to the inevitable long breaks away from social media to recover, THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU!

Certain episodes of this show are just SPECIAL. This is one of those.Do you ever have those times when life stops you and moving forward is completely out of your control? We all have these liminal times, where progress is paused and we feel stuck. It's easy in these times to feel like all is lost and hopeless.Right now I think a lot of us are experiencing this reality, and I want to share with you a practice I return to in the stuck times!! I think this might get your creative spirit on fire again!This episode is Part 2 of our 3 Part CREATIVE PEPamorphosis Series! We are taking 3 weeks to do a REMOTE RETREAT, using social distancing as a metaphorical cocoon for creative development!Share Your Inspiration on instagram by using hashtag #cptremoteretreat

Certain episodes of this show are just SPECIAL. This is one of those. Do you ever have those times when life stops you and moving forward is completely out of your control? We all have these liminal times, where progress is paused and we feel stuck. It's easy in these times to feel like all is lost and hopeless. Right now I think a lot of us are experiencing this reality, and I want to share with you a practice I return to in the stuck times!! I think this might get your creative spirit on fire again! This episode is Part 2 of our 3 Part CREATIVE PEPamorphosis Series! We are taking 3 weeks to do a REMOTE RETREAT, using social distancing as a metaphorical cocoon for creative development!

You know that feeling you get when you've been looking at your phone too much? You've refreshed twitter, instagram and Facebook 7 times each and there's NO NEW CONTENT.I don't know about you, but I end up feeling a little like the Very Hungry Caterpillar after consuming tons of JUNK FOOD.In today's episode we are going to dive deep into how only consuming creative junk food inspiration, like a heavy diet of social content, can make your creative work suffer.Tune in for 4 ideas for finding healthy vibrant creative inspiration, rich in creative nutrients and vitamins! PLUS one silly but effective tactic that will prompt unexpected ideas in your next creation!This episode is Part 1 of our 3 Part CREATIVE PEPamorphosis Series! We are taking 3 weeks to do a REMOTE RETREAT, using social distancing as a metaphorical cocoon for creative development!Share Your Inspiration on instagram by using hashtag #cptremoteretreat

You know that feeling you get when you've been looking at your phone too much? You've refreshed twitter, instagram and Facebook 7 times each and there's NO NEW CONTENT. I don't know about you, but I end up feeling a little like the Very Hungry Caterpillar after consuming tons of JUNK FOOD. In today's episode we are going to dive deep into how only consuming creative junk food inspiration, like a heavy diet of social content, can make your creative work suffer. Tune in for 4 ideas for finding healthy vibrant creative inspiration, rich in creative nutrients and vitamins! PLUS one silly but effective tactic that will prompt unexpected ideas in your next creation! This episode is Part 1 of our 3 Part CREATIVE PEPamorphosis Series! We are taking 3 weeks to do a REMOTE RETREAT, using social distancing as a metaphorical cocoon for creative development!

We all have a finite amount of time per week to pour into our creative work. If you’re like me, this question can be crippling!Often if I have 10 hours of creative time in a week, I’ll spend 9 hours trying to figure out what to make, and an hour making something halfheartedly, distracted by this question: did I choose the right thing? Is this what I should be making?That’s why over the past decade I’ve developed a framework for re-centering and refocusing myself as a creative. This framework is a pattern I witnessed and decoded from the careers of creatives that inspire me most.This episode will help you make progress in finding out who you are as an artist, determine what you really want and therefore ultimately decide where to invest your creative energies TODAY!

We all have a finite amount of time per week to pour into our creative work. If you’re like me, this question can be crippling! Often if I have 10 hours of creative time in a week, I’ll spend 9 hours trying to figure out what to make, and an hour making something halfheartedly, distracted by this question: did I choose the right thing? Is this what I should be making? That’s why over the past decade I’ve developed a framework for re-centering and refocusing myself as a creative. This framework is a pattern I witnessed and decoded from the careers of creatives that inspire me most. This episode will help you make progress in finding out who you are as an artist, determine what you really want and therefore ultimately decide where to invest your creative energies TODAY!

OK I know I get REALLY excited about our guests on this show, but OMGOOOOODNESS I have NEVER BEEN THIS STOKED BEFORE!!!FRIENDS!!!!! WE HAVE COMEDIAN AND ILLUSTRATOR ABBI JACOBSON ON THE SHOW!!!Other than the fact that I am just a HUGE fan of Abbi, I wanted to have her on the podcast because her creative career arc SO EMBODIES the Creative Career Path process from our show! The way her and Ilana Glazer turned a homemade web-series into the hit TV show Broad City on Comedy Central is A MASTER CLASS in making stuff happen!We talk about:- The Power of Pivots- Abbi’s early “illustration hustle” tactic- How the Web Series came about- Finding Your Next Path- AND SO MUCH MORE!!!

OK I know I get REALLY excited about our guests on this show, but OMGOOOOODNESS I have NEVER BEEN THIS STOKED BEFORE!!! FRIENDS!!!!! WE HAVE COMEDIAN AND ILLUSTRATOR ABBI JACOBSON ON THE SHOW!!! Other than the fact that I am just a HUGE fan of Abbi, I wanted to have her on the podcast because her creative career arc SO EMBODIES the Creative Career Path process from our show! The way her and Ilana Glazer turned a homemade web-series into the hit TV show Broad City on Comedy Central is A MASTER CLASS in making stuff happen! We talk about: - The Power of Pivots - Abbi’s early “illustration hustle” tactic - How the Web Series came about - Finding Your Next Path - AND SO MUCH MORE!!!

There were many times in my past when I felt I would never thrive creatively because I didn't live in the major creative markets. This is just one example of the many limiting creative beliefs that I've allowed to hold my creative practice back.In this episode I share with you my journey to Sioux Falls, South Dakota and all the creativity I found hiding there!!!The conversations in this episode are PACKED with creative strategies, tactics and tips that will prove to you that creativity can flourish anywhere and under any circumstance!I was SO ENERGIZED by this trip to South Dakota! I bet you will be too!!.....................................

There were many times in my past when I felt I would never thrive creatively because I didn't live in the major creative markets. This is just one example of the many limiting creative beliefs that I've allowed to hold my creative practice back. In this episode I share with you my journey to Sioux Falls, South Dakota and all the creativity I found hiding there!!! The conversations in this episode are PACKED with creative strategies, tactics and tips that will prove to you that creativity can flourish anywhere and under any circumstance! I was SO ENERGIZED by this trip to South Dakota! I bet you will be too!!