EP096: Creating Space for Silence

This week Melissa talks about how creating space every day for silence has made it easier for her to weather bad news cycles and stressful social media environments. Creating space for silence and embracing that silence can act as a reset button in a world where even opening your Instagram app exposes you to a frenetic cacophony of noise and movement. This episode is brought to you by Fine Lime Designs IllustrationsThis is a great episode for anyone who:struggles with finding peace, focus or inspirationfeels in a constant state of fight or flight or stressstruggles with being able to disconnect from screens, even for a few momentshas trouble letting themselves feel peacegets caught up in negative news cycles and struggles to break freeFor a summary of this episode and all the links mentioned please visit:Episode 96: Creating Space for SilenceYou can find Melissa at finelimedesigns.com or on Instagram @mhchipmunk.You can connect with the podcast  on:Instagram at @andshelookedup Facebook YouTube For a list of all available episodes, please visit:And She Looked Up Creative Hour PodcastAnd She Looked Up was born from belief that creating for a living takes a special kind of person: one part artist and one part businessperson. Each week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the creative and business mindset issues all creative entrepreneurs struggle with. This podcast is for Canadian artists, makers and creators who want to find a way to make a living doing what they love. Your host, Melissa Hartfiel (@mhchipmunk), left a 20 year career in corporate retail and has been happily self-employed as a working creative for 12 years. SheYou can connect with the podcast  on:Instagram at @andshelookedup Facebook YouTube Tik Tok at @AndSheLookedUpFor a list of all available episodes, please visit:And She Looked Up Creative Hour PodcastEach week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the creative and business mindset issues all creative entrepreneurs struggle with. This podcast is for Canadian artists, makers and creators who want to find a way to make a living doing what they love. Your host, Melissa Hartfiel (@finelimedesigns), left a 20 year career in corporate retail and has been happily self-employed as a working creative since 2010. She's a graphic designer, writer and illustrator as well as the co-founder of a multi-six figure a year business in the digital content space. She resides just outside of Vancouver, BC.