Episodes
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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
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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/
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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/
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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
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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/
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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SHOW NOTES
Josh Linkner - https://joshlinkner.com/
Josh's podcast Mic Drop
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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”
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SHOW NOTES
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Weeknd
Dr Rex Jung Ted Talk
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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
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SHOW NOTES
Rian Johnson on Creative Processing
J Gonzo
El Mano Del Destino
Zone of Interest
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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
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On Air Fest
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SHOW NOTES
Angus Fletcher Wonderworks
Moomin - Comet in Moominvalley
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Amy Devers is the host of the design podcast Clever, Check it out here: https://www.cleverpodcast.com/
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Todd Henry
Daily Creative Podcast
Born Standing Up by Steven Martin
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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.
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SHOW NOTES
Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode!
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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
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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
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CALL TO ADVENTURE
Create your daydream.
Dream in your medium!
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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
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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!
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