The TRUTH About Creative Burnout - Nurture Your Zest with Emma Krebs

The new season of Nurture Your Zest launches with Ashleigh King interviewing the enthusiastic, creative and curious Emma Krebs. Emma is a freelance producer who started out in podcasting and is shifting into YouTube and the creative economy. 🌵Emma shares her journey from starting her podcast, 'The Curious One' to navigating new opportunities. Emma loves chatting to people who are living unconventionally, learning from every conversation. 🌵Emma shares how the container of 'The Curious One' has changed and evolved, and ponders whether this is still something she wants to work on.Emma tales through her journey to podcasting and the realisation that you don't have to create a podcast to be involved in the podcast industry. 🌵Emma is originally from Calgary, Alberta and followed her heart, for love, relocating to the North East of England to a sleepy town called Seaham. 🌵Ash and Emma's musing on the podcasting industry. How do you navigate cancel culture? How do you lean into sharing yourself online and when should you protect your privacy? 🌵Emma's career has offered opportunities to work across the globe including working as an intern on 'The Minimalists' Podcast which led her to relocate to LA to follow her creative dreams. 🌵Emma shares how she felt calm in the chaos of LA, before experiencing VISA challenges, and how working in this fast-paced environment helped her to re-evaluate what was important to her.🌵 Emma has long looked to seek connection online, following the YouTube journey from a young 12 years old. Feeling lonely, she watched people's lives through her screen, learning about how they viewed the world. 🌵 Navigating loneliness and learning how to make friends. Making friends is a muscle, which anyone can learn and use.🌵 Emma's enthusiasm and passion have led to paid work and we discuss how important as a creative to make the transition to getting paid to cover your passion projects. 🌵The power of your network and how these networks can bring work for yourself as a freelancer. Asking to help people and collaborate with them.Shout outs to some cool people mentioned in this episode: 'The Minimalists' Podcast https://www.theminimalists.com/podcast/ Tim Traux https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-truax-212931a4/ Pod Summit https://www.podsummit.com/ Naomi Mellor https://www.linkedin.com/in/naomi-mellor-171550150/ International Women in Podcast Awards https://everybody-media.com/awards/ You can find Emma online at:💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-krebs-2783701ba/ 💻 Website: https://www.emmakrebs.com/💻 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-curious-one/id1497587596 📲 https://www.instagram.com/byemmakrebs/ If you like what you see please give us a like, comment and subscribe! It really helps us to grow our channel, and it’s a free way you can support us in bringing your more stories! 🎙️🫶This podcast was filmed at Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio.🦩If you would like to record a podcast or have any questions about starting a podcast please write to: 💌 [email protected]