Kimberly Stuart Kimberly Stuart started writing when she became a stay-at-home mom, and hasn’t stopped since. As you’ll hear, her path changed dramatically thanks to a gift from her mother, who was a professional musician. She’s the author of eight novels, and has branched into writing coaching as well. Kim and I talk about the… Continue reading You Are Not Your Work with Kimberly Stuart
Do you feel like you have to be "ready" before you start something new? Are you even sure what "ready" would mean? I'm here this week to talk about why "ready" is mostly an illusion, and why you should start now instead of waiting for that illusion to magically become real. I think ready is… Continue reading Creative Pep Talk #5: Being “Ready”
Lynda Schwartz If you've been listening for a while, you know I believe there's hardly anything that's NOT creative. I love to talk to people from so-called "non-creative" professions to find out how those perceptions are wrong. Accounting is not something most people associate with creativity—except in the familiar, negative sense—but I knew it had… Continue reading Forensic Accounting with Lynda Schwartz
If you're struggling to come up with ideas, this episode is for you! You might be surprised at the power of just paying attention. That may sound too easy, but if you really do it (and it's SO simple), you'll find unexpectedly interesting things all around you. Notice the things that are around youNancy Norbeck… Continue reading Creative Pep Talk #4: Pay Attention
Tosca Lee Tosca Lee originally wanted to be a ballerina, but ended up switching to writing with some help from her dad while she was in college. Since then, she’s become a bestselling author of a wide variety of books, including The Line Between and its sequel, A Single Light. Tosca talked with me about… Continue reading Knowing Your Strengths with Tosca Lee
Welcome back for Creative Pep Talk #3! This week, we're delving into the deep, dark world of perfectionism. This is an overview of the evils of perfectionism, because to truly explore it would take more than 8 minutes, but I hope it'll get you thinking about how you fall into this trap, and what you… Continue reading Creative Pep Talk #3: Perfectionism
Lisa Townsend Lisa Townsend spent her first 27 years believing she wasn’t before having a creative awakening that led her to try EVERYTHING. We talk about what that looked like for her, and what she learned about fear, knowledge—what we have, what we don’t, and what we just think we have—and courage. These days, through… Continue reading You Don’t Need to Know Everything with Lisa Townsend
It's time for our second pep talk, and this time, I'm tackling a subject so important that you might not ever have thought about it: permission. If you think permission slips are just for elementary school kids going on field trips, think again. Permission is absolutely vital to a healthy creative process. Listen for permission… Continue reading Creative Pep Talk #2: Permission
Dale Travis My guest this week is opera singer Dale Travis, who has performed with companies all over the world in a career he never imagined as a child. Dale always loved to sing, but went to school for football. When an injury thwarted that plan, he auditioned for the choir, setting him on an… Continue reading The Unexpected Path to Opera with Dale Travis
Welcome to the first in a series of creative pep talks—topics to help you get and stay unstuck in your creative process (aka your life). In this inaugural pep talk, I share my plan for these mini-episodes and tackle the age-old question of just who is creative—and why a lot of people believe they're not.… Continue reading Creative Pep Talk #1: Who’s Creative?