Creative Pep Talk

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 SPONSORS Riverside - The easiest way for you and your team to record, edit and share professional grade Videos and Podcasts, from anywhere in the world. https://creators.riverside.fm/creativepeptalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 -------- 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/ -------- SPONSORS Riverside - The easiest way for you and your team to record, edit and share professional grade Videos and Podcasts, from anywhere in the world. https://creators.riverside.fm/creativepeptalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 ------------- SHOW NOTES Cal Newport https://calnewport.com/ Slow Productivity https://calnewport.com/slow/ Jenny Blake - Free Time https://itsfreetime.com/book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 ---------------- 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if: You want to get more personal or deep in your creative work but you don’t know practically where to start You struggle to take a personal interest in yourself and you feel like every one else is more interesting or worthy You are prone to low self and esteem and sometimes feel like why even bother making anything at all STICK TIL THE END of this episode I am going to share a prompt that unlocked the most significant creative breakthrough in finding my own creative voice SHOW NOTES EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Stuff by Andrew Neyer: https://andrewneyer.com/ Color Me Collaborative Exhibit: https://andrewneyer.com/projects/color-me Charles Schulz on 60 Minutes in 1997: https://youtu.be/kjTpdUs-pfw Creative Mornings: https://creativemornings.com/ https://creativemornings.com/talks/aaron-james-draplin/1 https://creativemornings.com/talks/kate-bingaman-burt/1 https://creativemornings.com/talks/joseph-wu/1 IFS: https://ifs-institute.com/ BOOK 'No Bad Parts' by Dr Richard C. Schwartz https://ifs-institute.com/nobadparts 'Muppet Guys Talking' Dave Goelz and Jerry Nelson https://muppetguystalking.com/ Yoni Wolf / WHY? https://whywithaquestionmark.com/ AOKOHIO https://yoniwolf.substack.com/ Sophie Miller https://www.sophiemiller.co/ Connor Jones / Pending Beautiful https://www.pendingbeautiful.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You struggle to find where the literal voices of others and the metaphorical creative voices of your hero’s end and where you begin If limitations were put on you by others that you have a hard time shaking off You need help finding a starting place to build off of in terms of building your creative identity Stick til the end for an exercise to kickstart finding your creative voice SHOW NOTES Dr Ken Benau https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/ken-benau-kensington-ca/279286 NPR - Social media posts warn people not to call 988. Here's what you need to know https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/08/11/1116769071/social-media-posts-warn-people-not-to-call-988-heres-what-you-need-to-know Yoni Wolf / WHY? https://whywithaquestionmark.com/ AOKOHIO https://yoniwolf.substack.com/ Sophie Miller https://www.sophiemiller.co/ Connor Jones / Pending Beautiful https://www.pendingbeautiful.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if: You need some ideas on how to tap into a more timeless sense of yourself You cant figure out what’s you and what’s you trying to be cool Or you need help breaking free from your creative influences and find something that truly unique to you to build a more unique creative sensibility STAY TIL THE END and I will give you a creative thought exercise that broke open the development of my creative identity in a major way early on in my practice SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Yoni Wolf / WHY? https://whywithaquestionmark.com/ AOKOHIO https://yoniwolf.substack.com/ Sophie Miller https://www.sophiemiller.co/ Connor Jones / Pending Beautiful https://www.pendingbeautiful.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You want to find your style and voice and make authentic work If you know to do so you have to put yourself into the work But you don’t know how to do that or worse you don’t really know who you are! This episode is the start of a new series all about that - and is especially relevant to neurodivergent ppl or those of us that constantly feel like we have had to hide ourselves or become smaller to get by in society Stay until the end and I will share a creative prompt that didn’t just break open my creativity - it broke open whole layers of my self and my life SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Lulu Miller https://www.instagram.com/lutimestwoo https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Trucky-Roads/Lulu-Miller/9781665919173 Yoni Wolf / WHY? https://whywithaquestionmark.com/ AOKOHIO https://yoniwolf.substack.com/ On Air Fest https://www.onairfest.com/ Connor Jones / Pending Beautiful https://www.pendingbeautiful.co/ Charley Locke https://charleylocke.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You feel super inconsistent in your creative practice You’re work isn’t going anywhere because it happens in fits and starts You’re relationship to your work is like a on again off again thing and you’re ready to make at least a short term commitment STICK UNTIL THE END: I will give you are the 4 essentials to a thriving creative practice and a journal prompt to figure out which you’re missing - or which you need to add SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Book Mentions: "A Sunday with Everything on It" by Andy J. Pizza and Kyle Scheele "Emotional Agility" by Susan David "Deep Work" by Cal Newport "Slow Productivity" by Cal Newport "Invisible Ink" by Brian McDonald Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You feel like you’re being left behind ALL THE TECH advancements and shifts in the past couple years has you scrambling OR you just feel like you’re not locked into making progress in a meaningful direction that your whole heart and soul can embrace IF YOU STAY UNTIL THE END - I will come back with a CALL TO ADVENTURE called THE HEADS UP 7 SECONDS exercise that you can use TODAY to make your creative session more aligned with where you are in the moment right now and make that effort count SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Josh Linkner - https://joshlinkner.com/ Josh's podcast Mic Drop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if: No longer having fun making stuff Your passion and enjoyment have been replaced by anxiety and pressure You always find yourself trying to outdo the last thing you made and end up overthinking Or you worry if you don’t stay afraid you’re going to end up washed up Stay til the end for a practice for finding fun, focus and clarity again called “Rename the Game” SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Atomic Habits by James Clear The Weeknd Dr Rex Jung Ted Talk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if you: Feel your work lacks depth Don’t know what to make Or you have lots of ideas and don’t know which to choose next If you stick until the end of the episode I’m going to give you a tool called CREATIVE KINDLING that you can use to help you decide what to focus on and keep you fueled throughout a project, even when you feel you’re running on fumes SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Rian Johnson on Creative Processing J Gonzo El Mano Del Destino Zone of Interest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 your creative industry because everyone sees each other as competition and you feel lonely in your creative community - IF YOU STICK TIL THE END: I’m going to share the hidden place where your attention grabbing creative superpower might be hiding - and an action you can do today to get you one step closer to cutting through the noise in your genre: it’s called WEDDING CRASH LANDER SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! On Air Fest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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 fantastical dreams are valuable and practical in the world. Episode four celebrating January Dreamuary. SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Episode 435 - For drawing your dreams without judgement. CALL TO ADVENTURE Find the best exchange rate. Where are people who most value what you do? Look for the folks from similar life experiences and non-negotiables, create a possible unique selling point. SUPPORT THE SHOW You can support Creative Pep Talk and my creative practice on Patreon (patreon.com/creativepeptalk) or Substack (andyjpizza.substack.com). Either membership provides you access to our monthly Creative Pep Rally Zoom calls, tentatively planned for the last Monday of each month! Join us for the next virtual meetup on February 26th, 2024! You can also support the show by getting merch in our online shop: creativepeptalk.etsy.com SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Meera’s Substack Meera’s Website Meera’s illustration on Instagram mentioned around 18min. CALL TO ADVENTURE Flip the script. Be mindful the next time you create something and come at it from the opposite end. SUPPORT THE SHOW You can support Creative Pep Talk and my creative practice on Patreon (patreon.com/creativepeptalk) or Substack (andyjpizza.substack.com). Either membership provides you access to our monthly Creative Pep Rally Zoom calls, tentatively planned for the last Monday of each month! You can also support the show by getting merch in our online shop: creativepeptalk.etsy.com SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path CALL TO ADVENTURE Review any of these 12 ideas/episodes that stood out to you from last year of Creative Pep Talk: 🌊 410 - How to Build The Foundation of a Creative Practice that Cultivates Superfans 🐾 385 - How to Reverse Engineer What Creative Goal to Focus On Next 🤖 377 - 3 Steps on Building The Essential Relationships in Your Creative Sphere 🌷 390 - How to Make Work that's More Creative and Less of a Grind 🍔 383 - 3 Steps for Creating the Work that Gets You The Work You're Perfect For 🥤 384 - 3 Sources of Creative Fuel for When You're Running on Empty with Hanif Abdurraqib 🚀 381 - Tried Everything but Nothing's Working? Studies Show This Creative Tactic is Often Overlooked 🐌 412 - A Process for Using Creative Influences to Find A Unique Path for Yourself ⏰ 396 - The 5 Flavors of Creativity & How Knowing Yours Can Reignite Your Spark 💀 413 - Step by Step How to Insert Yourself Into Your Work in a Powerful Way 🕹️ 415 - The Dream Unlocking Art of Mastering How to Give Up 🦅 417 - The 2 Essential Elements of a Game Changing Creative Collaboration with Sophie Miller SUPPORT THE SHOW You can support Creative Pep Talk and my creative practice on Patreon (patreon.com/creativepeptalk) or Substack (andyjpizza.substack.com). Either membership provides you access to our monthly Creative Pep Rally Zoom calls, tentatively planned for the last Monday of each month! You can also support the show by getting merch in our online shop: creativepeptalk.etsy.com SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! JAKPRINTS Special thanks to our wonderful Ohio based printer, Jak Prints (Jakprints.com) for their help with the 2024 Creative Pep Talk Calendar – be sure to check them out for your print needs! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Our PATREON virtual meetup, now on the last Monday of every month! Join us for the next one on January 29th, 2024! This Jungian Life Podcast Episode 076 on Animus and Anima Lisa Marchiano’s Website The Vital Spark: Reclaim Your Outlaw Energies and Find Your Feminine Fire by Lisa Marchiano – Out February 6th, 2024! Other mentionings: Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph. D. The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore Vasilisa the Beautiful - Fairy Tale Inanna's Descent: A Sumerian Tale of Injustice The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist Dionysis - Greek Mythology Hephaestus - Greek Mythology The Elves and The Shoemaker by The Brothers Grimm - Fairy Tale SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Our PATREON virtual meetup, now on the last Monday of every month! Join us for the next one on January 29th, 2024! CALL TO ADVENTURE Create your daydream. Dream in your medium! SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Our PATREON virtual meetup, now on the last Monday of every month! Join us for the next one on January 29th, 2024! ____ Bob Dylan - Magical Youth Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_wAZ02JUtM Original Creative Pep Talk on Booby Traps https://www.creativepeptalk.com/episodes/2018/10/9/202-for-when-you-feel-like-giving-up Right Side Out Pizza Story https://www.instagram.com/p/CAX66GsgYfX/ Lynda Barry https://drawnandquarterly.com/author/lynda-barry/ Dieter Rams Good Design Rules https://designmuseum.org/discover-design/all-stories/what-is-good-design-a-quick-look-at-dieter-rams-ten-principles Sister Corita Kent Art Class Rules https://www.creativelivesinprogress.com/article/corita-kent Everything is a Remix Kirby Ferguson https://www.everythingisaremix.info/ George Carlin Cardboard Cut Out Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CewUVZZMXT8 Seth Godin More Good Ideas by Having More Bad Ideas https://seths.blog/2018/06/the-two-simple-secrets-to-good-ideas/#:~:text=Secret %231 is the biggest,easier than the opposite approach. James Clear Atomic Habits https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits Twyla Tharp The Creative Habit https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Creative-Habit/Twyla-Tharp/9780743235273 1000 True Fans Kevin Kelly https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/ Austin Kleon Seasons https://austinkleon.com/2016/08/11/seasons/ Todd Henry Seasons https://accidentalcreative.com/podcasts/ac/ac-podcast-seasons/ Pantsers vs Plotter https://whenyouwrite.com/plotter-vs-pantser/#:~:text=A plotter is someone who,their pots on the stove SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available at creativepeptalk.com/episodes! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Our PATREON virtual meetup, now on the last Monday of every month! Join us for the next one on January 29th, 2024! Human Rhythms Series: Part Four Do Less - Hidden Brain episode with Leidy Klotz Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less - Book by Leidy Klotz Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - Book by Greg McKeown Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Book by Cal Newport Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals - Book by Oliver Burkeman CALL TO ADVENTURE The Zeigarnik Cache Clearing Brain dump for 10 minutes on a piece of paper. 80-20 your list. How much time will they take? Do as many of the shorter tasks as possible in one chunk of time! SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Scott Erickson on Instagram - “I Get To” post Wonderworks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories by Angus Fletcher Frankenstein by Mary Shelley “Give what you didn't get.” — Garry Shandling CALL TO ADVENTURE Three magic words. I Choose You SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday The Artist’s Journey by Steven Pressfield CALL TO ADVENTURE Brain dump. Brain buckets. Brain balance. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Marlee Grace’s Podcast, Common Shapes Off the Grid Podcast CALL TO ADVENTURE Three questions before you make anything for free: Is this the right channel for the medium? What is the purpose? Is that the purpose I need to be focused on? SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs CALL TO ADVENTURE Convertible mooning! Top down, bottoms up assessment of your personal needs. Coin, community, confidence, and connotation. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path OR get the Creative DIet Pyramid https://www.creativepeptalk.com/diet Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Fran Meneses (Franerd)’s Youtube Channel - [Rolling Stone Music Challenge] CALL TO ADVENTURE Turn the other cheek! Find your guide and humble yourself, lean into the discomfort, and feel the burn anyway! SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Lizzy Stewart’s Instagram Alison by Lizzy Stewart Walking Distance by Lizzy Stewart CALL TO ADVENTURE Redefine your mountain. How can you rethink the things you want to do? How can you downsize it in your mind to make it less intimidating? SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Leave us a voicemail for a future Ask Dr. Pizza episode, by clicking the mic in the corner of https://www.creativepeptalk.com/! Austin Kleon’s Desk(s) Design Matters Podcast with Debbie Millman Brad Montague on the Insatiable Monster Internet 1000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly BCG Growth Share Matrix Creative Pepped Growth Share Matrix at https://www.creativepeptalk.com/p/growth/ SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Wonderworks: Literary invention and the science of stories by Angus Fletcher Bill Burr's Comedy Writing Secrets (Feat. The Joke Doctor) Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin There's a Wocket in my Pocket! by Dr. Seuss Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins East of Eden by John Steinbeck Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything by Viktor E. Frankl CALL TO ADVENTURE Pick a feeling and then find a mechanic/method of how you can create that feeling. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Third Eye Drops with Michael Phillip The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life by Dr. Lisa Miller How to Awaken Your Brian with Dr. Lisa Miller - Episode of Third Eye Drops Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories That Resonate by Brian McDonald The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images The Red Book: Liber Novus by C.G. Jung SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Broken Record Podcast - Belle and Sebastian Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear CALL TO ADVENTURE Be creative with your time to have more time to be creative. Find the fulcrum Make a mosaic Do a batch day 60-minute (or 90-minute) morning Sprint (scan-tron it) Trim the fat Plan it Energy clock Quit something Sharpening the axe SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life by Lisa Miller Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear CALL TO ADVENTURE This whole episode is a call to adventure! The quest to find and progress your main quest. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Mauro Gatti’s Website Mauro Gatti’s Instagram The Happy Broadcast by Mauro Gatti CALL TO ADVENTURE Set your art free by doing free art. What could you afford to do happily for free? SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available at creativepeptalk.com/episodes! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com ___ BCG Growth Share Matrix Creative Pepped Growth Share Matrix CALL TO ADVENTURE Organize your practice through the lens of the BCG growth share matrix. What is your dog, cash cow, question mark, and star? SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Episode Transcript Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com The One Thing by Jay Papasan and Gary Keller Atomic Habits by James Clear Lisa Congdon Jessica Hische Kate Bingaman-Burt The NOD Daily Drawing Project Gretchen Rubin - The Four Tendencies SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Episode Transcript Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Invisible Things – NEW PICTURE BOOK, OUT NOW! Follow Invisible Things on Instagram! CALL TO ADVENTURE Create a tension board. Similar to a mood board, but through the lens of a medium that feels opposite to you, being yourself in a place that is completely uncomfortable to you. What are the similarities to how you approached this, to how you approach your work? SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES Episode Transcript Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Follow Invisible Things on Instagram! PRE-ORDER INVISIBLE THINGS! Upcoming picture book out July 18th, 2023! *Currently with all pre-orders you can get a FREE poster! Hrishikesh Hirway’s Website What you discover when you really listen - TED Talk by Hrishikesh Hirway CALL TO ADVENTURE The Creative Key. Break down a favorite piece of your work into some behind the scenes kind of way, then create some new work that really makes this idea accessible. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Follow Invisible Things on Instagram! PRE-ORDER INVISIBLE THINGS! Upcoming picture book out July 18th, 2023! *Currently with all pre-orders you can get a FREE poster! ___ The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit - Book by Seth Godin The Gap by Ira Glass CALL TO ADVENTURE Focus on the locus of your control. Write down an action that is still able to move the needle towards what you’re after. If you don’t have an action, what is an opportunity you can pivot towards? Determine where to stick with the line you’re stuck in, or just keep pivoting. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Follow Invisible Things on Instagram! **PRE-ORDER INVISIBLE THINGS! Upcoming picture book out July 18th, 2023!** *Currently with all pre-orders you can get a FREE poster! ___ Grace Miceli’s Instagram Grace Miceli’s Website Draw It Out: Transform a Journal Entry into an Evocative Comic - Skillshare Class by Grace Miceli The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images "The Kekulé Problem" - Nautilus Article by Cormac McCarthy CALL TO ADVENTURE Write a life list (with no judgement). What do you associate with those things? What do they represent for you personally? SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS VOICE123 This episode is sponsored by Voice123, the first online marketplace for voice actors to grow their voice over business. Got a creative project you’d like to bring to life? Download our free step-by-step guide at voice123.co/creativepeptalk to successfully find the right voice for your projects. You’ll see why signing up for a free Voice123 account at voice123.com is your most hassle-free way to post your first project and hire a voice actor today! OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Follow Invisible Things on Instagram! PRE-ORDER INVISIBLE THINGS! Upcoming picture book out July 18th, 2023! *Currently with all pre-orders you can get a FREE poster! ––– Greek Myth - Theseus and the Minotaur CALL TO ADVENTURE Active Imagination Take the connections from your collections, put them on the page and start asking yourself, what are these about? Daydreaming into intention, without judgment. (The Creative Self Excavation Series) SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS ADOBE FRESCO Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app built for the latest stylus and touch devices. Fresco brings together the world’s largest collection of vector and raster brushes, plus revolutionary live brushes, to deliver a completely natural painting and drawing experience. For artists, illustrators, animators, sketchers, and anyone who wants to discover, or rediscover, the joy of drawing and painting. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Windows. https://adobefresco.app.link/CPT VOICE123 This episode is sponsored by Voice123, the first online marketplace for voice actors to grow their voice over business. Got a creative project you’d like to bring to life? Download our free step-by-step guide at voice123.co/creativepeptalk to successfully find the right voice for your projects. You’ll see why signing up for a free Voice123 account at voice123.com is your most hassle-free way to post your first project and hire a voice actor today! OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Follow Invisible Things on Instagram! PRE-ORDER INVISIBLE THINGS! Upcoming picture book out July 18th, 2023! Currently with all pre-orders you can get a FREE poster! ––– Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon The Marginalian (formerly known as Brain Pickings) by Maria Popova Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity - The Marginalian by Maria Popova EPISODE 392 with Kirby Ferguson Everything Is A Remix by Kirby Ferguson CALL TO ADVENTURE Make a dry bones collage. Erase the boundaries and find connecting points between the collections you’ve unearthed. (The Creative Self Excavation Series) SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS ADOBE FRESCO Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app built for the latest stylus and touch devices. Fresco brings together the world’s largest collection of vector and raster brushes, plus revolutionary live brushes, to deliver a completely natural painting and drawing experience. For artists, illustrators, animators, sketchers, and anyone who wants to discover, or rediscover, the joy of drawing and painting. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Windows. https://adobefresco.app.link/CPT VOICE123 This episode is sponsored by Voice123, the first online marketplace for voice actors to grow their voice over business. Got a creative project you’d like to bring to life? Download our free step-by-step guide at voice123.co/creativepeptalk to successfully find the right voice for your projects. You’ll see why signing up for a free Voice123 account at voice123.com is your most hassle-free way to post your first project and hire a voice actor today! OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Follow Invisible Things on Instagram! PRE-ORDER INVISIBLE THINGS! Upcoming picture book out July 18th, 2023! *Currently with all pre-orders you can get a FREE poster! Greek Myth - Theseus and the Minotaur CALL TO ADVENTURE Psychological mudlarking! Unearthing psychically charged symbols, stories, and archetypes from your life. Digging into, collecting the things holding energy. mud•lark (n): a person who scavenges in river mud for objects of value. (The Creative Self Excavation Series) SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS ADOBE FRESCO Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app built for the latest stylus and touch devices. Fresco brings together the world’s largest collection of vector and raster brushes, plus revolutionary live brushes, to deliver a completely natural painting and drawing experience. For artists, illustrators, animators, sketchers, and anyone who wants to discover, or rediscover, the joy of drawing and painting. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Windows. https://adobefresco.app.link/CPT VOICE123 This episode is sponsored by Voice123, the first online marketplace for voice actors to grow their voice over business. Got a creative project you’d like to bring to life? Download our free step-by-step guide at voice123.co/creativepeptalk to successfully find the right voice for your projects. You’ll see why signing up for a free Voice123 account at voice123.com is your most hassle-free way to post your first project and hire a voice actor today! OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Follow Invisible Things on Instagram! PRE-ORDER INVISIBLE THINGS! Upcoming picture book out July 18th, 2023! *Currently with all pre-orders you can get a FREE poster! James Acaster’s new project, “Temps” CALL TO ADVENTURE Flip the pyramid. Maslow’s upside down flow chart – finding self, finding the scene, and finding the superfans. (The Creative Self Excavation Series) SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS ADOBE FRESCO Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app built for the latest stylus and touch devices. Fresco brings together the world’s largest collection of vector and raster brushes, plus revolutionary live brushes, to deliver a completely natural painting and drawing experience. For artists, illustrators, animators, sketchers, and anyone who wants to discover, or rediscover, the joy of drawing and painting. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Windows. https://adobefresco.app.link/CPT VOICE123 This episode is sponsored by Voice123, the first online marketplace for voice actors to grow their voice over business. Got a creative project you’d like to bring to life? Download our free step-by-step guide at voice123.co/creativepeptalk to successfully find the right voice for your projects. You’ll see why signing up for a free Voice123 account at voice123.com is your most hassle-free way to post your first project and hire a voice actor today! OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHOW NOTES TRANSCRIPT Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Anoosha Syed’s Website Anoosha’s YouTube Channel CALL TO ADVENTURE Own your monster. What do you think is the number one thing holding you back? Can you face it head-on? SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS STORYBLOCKS Video is one of my most effective ways to stand out as a creator online these days - and with Storyblocks you can take your videos to the next level - with Affordable Subscriptions, Unlimited Downloads, and 1M+ Royalty Free Assets - you can level up your content at storyblocks.com/CreativePepTalk ADOBE FRESCO Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app built for the latest stylus and touch devices. Fresco brings together the world’s largest collection of vector and raster brushes, plus revolutionary live brushes, to deliver a completely natural painting and drawing experience. For artists, illustrators, animators, sketchers, and anyone who wants to discover, or rediscover, the joy of drawing and painting. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Windows. https://adobefresco.app.link/CPT OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices