S2 E5: Finding Your Creative Flow with Wildly Creative Wellness Founder Vicky Winkler

In this episode of 'Good Ideas + Bad Decisions,' hosts Kat and Ellen welcome Vicky Winkler, founder of Wildly Creative Wellness, an art journaling and creative wellness community. Vicky shares how art journaling helped her move from feeling "only okay" to finding real purpose and fulfillment. She describes art journaling as focused on process over outcome with no perfectionism required, and explains how that mindset can build confidence to experiment in other areas of life too. She outlines her Wildly Creative’s monthly themes, weekly prompts, live creation calls, and co-working sessions, and the group discusses why rigid routines like The Artist's Way can fall short and how to start simply instead.Vicky Winkler is the founder of Wildly Creative Wellness, a space where everyday people discover that creativity has always lived inside them. Through art journaling workshops, online retreats, and one on one support, she helps people slow down, reconnect with themselves, and find fulfillment through self-expression. Her work is rooted in the belief that making art isn’t just for “artists.” It’s for anyone who wants to feel more alive.Kat is the Founder of kat&co, a Creative Operations Consultant, and the Co-Owner and Director of Operations at Benchwork Fabrication. She helps interior designers and creatives turn ideas into streamlined, sustainable businesses. With a background in psychology and deep experience in creative business operations, she’s known for navigating the intersection of creativity and systems with both strategy and empathy. Join her newsletter, The kat&co Download.Ellen Hockley is a three-time entrepreneur, small business consultant, community builder, and the founder of Ellen Hockley Consulting and SAGE Women. She guides female founders to build intuitive, values-driven businesses aligned with the life they want for themselves and their families. Join her Substack newsletter, ⁠The Quiet Wins⁠.00:00 Podcast Welcome01:09 Meet Vicky Winkler02:34 Why Art Journaling04:59 Perfectionism Blocks06:26 Journal Not Canvas08:00 Creative Without Selling10:36 Membership Breakdown14:07 Calls And Sanctuary15:20 Artists Way Debate20:06 Five Minute Practice21:17 Tools For Regulation23:51 No Rules Mindset25:30 Leap of Faith Art25:49 Cortisol and Creativity26:42 Blank Page Tricks27:27 Five Minute Time Paradox28:45 Timers Flow and Breaks32:03 Finding Art Journaling35:01 Creative Identity Blocks36:35 Easy Supplies to Start38:56 Healing Through Drawing42:18 Try It and Connect43:38 Episode Wrap Up