148: Give Creativity Space to Breathe with Kate Carman

Are you running your business with ease and enjoyment, or do you find yourself procrastinating, getting anxious, and trying to fill your hours with tasks that keep you busy? Creativity is energy, and it needs space to breathe – when it’s forced, it shuts down. Today, we’re talking about embracing a slow-business mentality while giving creativity the space it needs to thrive.In this episode, you’ll learn:The recent major shifts in the landscape for creative small businessesWhat leaning into your feminine energy and slow business looks likeThe importance of regularly pausing, reassessing, and bravely changing what doesn’t feel rightEveryone is creative, it’s about exploring ways that you can bring that outYou are allowed to grow and change your business as you grow and changeWhat slow business is really all aboutCreativity needs time to breathe so give yourself permission to pauseRecognizing the cycles of your creativity and how to support itKate Carman is the Founder & Creative Director of Studio Wilding, a full-service digital design studio in Melbourne, Australia that creates heartfelt branding, packaging, and website design for purpose-driven brands. Kate applies elements of slow living and mindful design to everything she does because creativity needs space to breathe (and so do we).NOTE: Since recording this episode, Kate put what we talked about into practice and shook things up in her business. She changed the name from Rabble Rouse, which you’ll hear mentioned in the episode, to Studio Wilding.Resources from this episodeAccess Kate’s mini-workbook Create An Ethical Brand to help you create a little brand manifesto, leaning into all of that nice juicy feminine, creative energy, as well as two other valuable free resources.Join the Gutsy Collective - a community of energetically driven female entrepreneurs + visionaries who desire meaningful growth – mentally, physically, and energetically. Join us online or in person for monthly mentorship to reignite your fire and get the answers you seek.Alignment Sessions: get fast + clear answers – 90-min individual coaching sessions designed to help you realign your energy and get a clear action plan so you can save time and start growing.1:1 Coaching with LauraAura – I combine energy work with grounded, practical action, and together we’ll acknowledge the limiting beliefs and habits that may be holding you back while leaning into who you truly are and how you work most efficiently.Connect with Kate CarmanFacebook: @studiowildlingInstagram: @studiowildlingWebsite: studiowildling.comConnect with LauraAuraTikTok:  @thatlauraauraInstagram: @thatlauraauraWebsite: LauraAura.comSupport the showLeave a Review!We love, love, love to read your comments, feedback, and reviews. It also helps other women like you know they're in the right place to get support.https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/the-gutsy-podcast/id1445481970