8: Creative Confidence: Building Trust in Your Process and Ideas

8: Creative Confidence: Building Trust in Your Process and Ideas Building Creative Confidence: Trusting Your Process and Overcoming Self-Doubt In this episode of The Textile Creative Podcast, Virginia Wygal discusses the journey of building creative confidence and trusting one's process, despite fears and doubts. She shares her personal experiences, tips, and actionable steps for overcoming barriers like fear of failure, fear of success, overthinking, and comparison. Virginia emphasizes the importance of clarity, competence, resilience, and the messy middle in the creative process. She introduces practical tools such as a 'brag file' and celebrates viewing projects as experiments. Join us to learn how to build a fulfilling creative practice or business and redefine success on your own terms. The VirginiaLeighStudio Home page: https://www.virginialeighstudio.com 00:00 Trust in Your Process 00:57 Introduction to The Textile Creative Podcast 02:16 Building Creative Confidence 09:24 Overcoming Barriers to Confidence 14:49 Practical Exercises for Confidence 24:17 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Connect with Virginia: Website = https://www.virginialeighstudio.com Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/virginialeighstudio/ Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/virginialeighstudio The Sew Successful Workshop: https://www.virginialeighstudio.com/sewsuccessfulworkshop Steven Pressfield’s “The War of Art” https://www.virginialeighstudion.com/resources