PODCAST · arts
Never Wear Boring Socks
by Maria Ramsey
A podcast for creatives about how to nourish our art and ourselves. Weekly discussions about creativity, art, writing, music...and sometimes fun socks. Our philosophies: 1. As artistic beings, we need to create in order to be well. 2. Creativity and structure are not mutually exclusive. 3. Why wear boring socks if you can wear fun socks?
Episodes
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087 | How Self-Trust Helps Me Live a Creative Life
I had a bit of an epiphany recently about what creativity means to me...and since creativity is the #1 thing we talk about here on Never Wear Boring Socks, I wanted to share it with you! In this episode, I'm talking about my current definition of creativity, and how trusting myself has helped me…
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086 | Is Your Inner Artist Sleeping? (+ how to wake them up!)
We all have an artist inside of us. If you don't believe me, it's possible your artist has gotten a bit bored and fallen asleep... In this episode, I'm sharing some other signs that your inner artist might be sleeping, and how you can start to wake them up. Schedule an Awaken Your Artist call Get...
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085 | Why Creativity Matters
How many times have you put off a creative project because something more "important" came up? If you've done this more times than you can count, you're most certainly not alone. Art often gets put on the back burner in favor of more pressing tasks, but in this episode Maria is making the case…
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084 | Which Version of Yourself Do You Want to Be?
Do you ever get tired of the advice to just "be yourself?" Of course we want to be authentically ourselves as creatives, but what does this really mean? In this episode, Maria is sharing a new way of thinking about this concept that has the potential to be way more actionable and helpful. We...
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083 | You Already Have Everything You Need to Be an Artist
Have you ever felt yourself putting off your creative projects until "someday"- some magical time when you have more time, more space, more support? In this episode, Maria is sharing why you DO in fact have everything you need to get started right now, why it's important that you get started…
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082 | What to Do When Creativity Feels Forced
Have you ever sat down to create your art and it just feels forced? Like you have to push and will yourself to write words on the page, and you just can't get into that flow state where things feel easy and inspired? In this episode, Maria is sharing her tips for how to move from trying to will...
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081 | What's REALLY Blocking Your Creativity
Have you ever felt like you're just not creative, or like you're just not that good at art or music or writing (or any other creative medium)? In this episode, Maria is sharing why you are in fact a creative and talented person, and the real reason you feel stuck. Join me in the Secret Garden of...
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080 | Why You Should Be Making Bad Art
Do you ever feel frustrated with your creative practice? Like you don't have enough ideas or talent? Do you ever feel like you're just not a creative person? In this episode, Maria is sharing her solution: make bad art. Listen in to learn how embracing "bad" art can help you break through your...
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079 | What Rose (the plant) Taught Me About Boundaries
Today we are talking about boundaries! A lot of us struggle with them, but strong boundaries are so important when it comes to making creative work consistently. In this episode, Maria shares what she has learned about boundaries from one of her favorite flowers, and how better boundaries helped...
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078 | How to Have More Creative Ideas
In this episode, we're discussing a very popular topic: How do you have more creative ideas? Whether you're a visual artist, a writer, a musician, or you just know you want to make something, you first need ideas. But where do they come from? Today Maria is sharing her experience and perspective…
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077 | How My Creative Practice Helped Me Connect to My Intuition
Today, Maria is sharing one of the most valuable things she's gained from a regular creative practice: a deeper connection to her intuition. In this episode, she shares how she used to be a super indecisive kid, how making more art connected her to her intuition, how intuition is related to...
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076 | How to Stay Inspired as a Creative
In this episode, Maria is sharing some of her tips for staying inspired as a creative. Often, we think of looking to other artists, writers, and musicians, but that's not the only place to look for inspiration. Maria talks about the importance of venturing outside your medium and genre for...
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075 | How Making the Bed Makes Room for Creativity
What does making your bed have to do with creativity? Listen to this episode to find out! Maria shares her philosophy on "making the bed" (both literally and metaphorically), how our daily rituals support creativity, and how creativity is like a plant. Sign up for a free coaching call. Join the...
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074 | Why Structure is Essential for Creativity
A lot of creatives are resistant to structure because it feels restrictive. However, as Maria shares in this episode, structure can be incredibly supportive - even an essential ingredient - in allowing creativity to flow. Sign up for a free coaching call. Join the creative space workshop on Nov…
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073 | Creating Space for Creativity: Part 3 - Energetic Space
This is the last in a three-part series about making space for creativity. In this episode, we're focusing on ENERGETIC space. Now that you've carved out space in your physical environment and your schedule to work on your art, it's time to look at whether or not you are energetically available…
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072 | Creating Space for Creativity: Part 2 - Time Space
This is the second in a three-part series about making space for creativity. In this episode, we're focusing on TIME space. It can be hard to find the time to work on your art. In this episode, Maria is sharing a few of the things that have helped her prioritize creativity in her schedule, and…
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071 | Making Space for Creativity: Part 1 - Physical Space
This is the first in a three-part series about making space for creativity. In this episode, we're focusing on PHYSICAL space. As creatives, we require some sort of physical space to do our creative work. Today, we're exploring how to carve out that space, even if you live in a smaller home and...
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070 | Revisiting Inspiration
Never Wear Boring Socks is back! In this episode, Maria shares her perspective on creative inspiration and what inspired her to get back into podcasting. Then, she shares a few reflection questions for anyone wanting to invite more inspiration into their life. Get in touch: @mariakatharine Email...
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069 | The Seriousness of Silliness
Things can often seem very serious in the art world, and also in the health and wellness world. But we’re here, for ONE LAST EPISODE OF SEASON 2, to make the argument that silliness and humor are just as important as their more serious friends. From the mind-body connection, to judgement, to the...
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068 | Creativity & Growth on Both Sides of the Atlantic
In the second to last episode of season 2, Anna and Maria give some updates on their lives on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Some common themes between their experience: growth, discomfort, creativity….AND an upcoming cousin reunion!
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067 | Giving Thanks (and Gifts!)
The holiday season is fast approaching, which means it’s time for the third annual Never Wear Boring Socks gift guide! In this episode, Maria and Anna share their thoughts on the importance of gratitude and how to develop a gratitude practice, and then describe some of their favorite items to…
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066 | Growing our Perspectives with Permaculture
This week, Anna and Maria discuss a new and exciting topic: permaculture! Permaculture is a form of agriculture that is based on a holistic system of people care, earth care, and future care. Our hosts talk about how permaculture works and why it’s important, how it relates to environmentalism…
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065 | Writing, Music, & Creative Motivation with Heather Sommerlad
Our co-hosts are joined this week by guest Heather Sommerlad. A musician and writer, Heather knows her way around the creative process—though isn’t afraid of admitting how difficult it is to create. In this episode, Heather shares her thoughts on the creative motivation and instinct, sharing your...
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063 | Transitions & Travel
Due to Anna’s recent departure from the U.S., our co-hosts are doing something a little different for this episode. Anna shares a voice memo about her first couple weeks of her abroad adventure, and Maria responds with her own updates and advice. Big takeaway this week: give yourself space and do...
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062 | Structuring Creativity
In this episode, Anna and Maria dive into the topic of structure as it relates to creativity. As creatives, many of us are resistant to structure; but as ambitious creatives, our desire to follow through and finish projects often requires some element of structure. Maria and Anna have been…
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061 | A Few of Our Favorite Things
This week, Anna and Maria are back from vacation (#cousinreunion), so to keep the vacation vibes going a little longer, they enjoy a summer vacation variety episode! With updates on creative and wellness pursuits, some interesting questions, and a lot of recommendations, our co-hosts keep things...
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060 | Intersectional Wholeness, Adulthood, and Self Care with Kris Mereigh
We’re SO excited to have wellness director, wholeness lifestyle consultant, writer, and podcaster Kris Mereigh joining us on the podcast this week! We talk about: - what it means to be an adult and Kris’ inspiration to start her podcast - intersectionality and wellness - what Kris discovered…
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059 | Following Your Own Advice
Here at Never Wear Boring Socks, we give out quite a bit of advice. Not because we are experts at life, but because we believe that everyone has valuable insight to share and we can learn a lot from each other’s experiences (and missteps). However, we often have a hard time following the advice…
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058 | Is Self Care Just a Fad?
Anna and Maria have talked about self-care before, but there’s still so much more to cover… and this week, they’re addressing the trendiness of self-care. Is self-care really beneficial, or just another consumer fad? Our fearless hosts dive into the complexities regarding self-care as they…
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057 | Navigating Change
This week, Anna and Maria talk about how we can best navigate the changes in our lives, and how change affects our creative endeavors and wellness practices. Changes of all kinds are inevitable for all of us: living situations, health circumstances, jobs, schedules, relationships...and perhaps...
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056 | The Well-Fed Artist
Here at Never Wear Boring Socks, we aim to be healthy and creative. Can we do both at the same time? This week, Anna and Maria talk about healthy ways to create. From getting enough sleep to finding the sweet spot between inspiration and hard work, they discuss how we as creative people can…
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055 | Music Careers, Anxiety, and Cat Snuggles with Ella Middleton
This week Anna and Maria are joined by the fabulous soprano and cat lover, Ella Middleton! The three of them discuss pressure surrounding art and career, how making music can be both a trigger and a relief for anxiety, and the importance of embracing your own definition of self care (whether it...
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054 | An Artist with Many Art Forms
Do you ever feel simultaneously excited and overwhelmed by all the creative ideas you have? Do you worry that you neglect some creative pursuits when working on others? Do you want to maximize your creative potential by working with different media? Yeah, so do we. So we talk about all these...
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053 | Out with the Old, In with the PMA!
Anna and Maria are taking a break from recording episodes until February due to Anna’s upcoming international adventure, so they decide to wrap things up with an end of year reflection episode. They discuss what they’ve accomplished and learned in 2018, both as individuals and with the podcast…
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052 | Anxiety
We don’t always talk about anxiety, but the truth is a lot of us experience it a lot of the time, and talking about it can help us feel less alone in dealing with it. In this week’s episode, Anna and Maria discuss some different ways anxiety has shown up in their lives, including anxiety caused…
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051 | Never Give Boring Gifts
The holidays are quickly approaching, so Maria and Anna continue their tradition of discussing all things gift giving! They begin with some insight into how to approach gift giving, some things to keep in mind when trying to surprise others with gifts, and how to be mindful during the hectic...
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050 | Holistic Health, Periods, Self Compassion, & Creativity with Nina Boyce
This week, Anna and Maria talk to holistic health coach and podcaster Nina Boyce, to discuss some of our favorite things here at Never Wear Boring Socks: periods, creativity, self compassion, and, of course, socks (get ready for some wild sock situations in this one!) Nina shares her perspective…
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049 | Beauty and the PMA
Tale as old as time, socks as old as rhyme…but don’t worry, we did wash our socks before sharing them with you today. The topic of beauty has come up so many times over the course of Never Wear Boring Socks that Anna and Maria decided to dedicate an entire episode to it this week. They both feel...
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048 | Home (and foot) Decor
Anna and Maria discuss decor this week, and how decorating our spaces can help us encourage creativity and wellness. They consider decorating as a creative act and project; a tool to promote mental health; a method through which we can curate body positivity; and much more! They also cover how...
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047 | Know Your Values
This week’s episode is all about values: how we can identify what they are, why we might want to, and what impact they have on our wellbeing and our creative lives. Anna and Maria discuss how values can help us in our decision-making process and understand the WHY behind what we do. They also...
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046 | Seizing the Season
As the fall colors start to hit their stride, Maria and Anna delve into the topic of living seasonally. They discuss how seasons can be opportunities for change and reflection, as well as sources of difficult transition, and how we can better adapt to these changes. They also dive into the…
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045 | Getting Creative, Staying Inspired, & Appreciating Beauty with Jackie Randall
This week, Anna and Maria talk to graphic designer and wellness enthusiast Jackie Randall. They get into many aspects of creativity, including creative collaboration, the importance of beauty, and the emotional impact of art. Jackie also talks about how she got into graphic design, her…
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044 | Style & Substance (& Socks)
On the podcast this week, Anna and Maria talk about style. (Considering we have a podcast dedicated to unboring socks, this may be long overdue...but oh well.) They discuss how the clothes we wear can affect how we feel, and how we can use clothes as a tool for body acceptance. They also delve…
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043 | Spiritual Material
In this week’s episode, Anna and Maria dive into the very complex topic of spirituality. Some of the questions they attempt to answer: How does spirituality play into wellness, and specifically the mind-body connection? Do we have to separate ourselves from our physical experience in order to…
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042 | Food is Not a Moral Issue
On this week’s episode, Anna and Maria assert that food is not a moral issue—what kind of food you eat does not make you a good or bad person! Societal norms have made us think this way, however, and our fearless hosts explore the roots of this deeply ingrained misconception. From diet culture to...
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041 | Creativity: Wellness for the World
How can creativity make a positive impact in the world? What is our responsibility as artists, musicians, writers, and people who are making things and sharing them with the world? From choices we make about our supplies, to carefully considering the content of what we share, to the added...
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040 | Ayurveda, Herbs, Craniosacral Therapy, & More with Alicia Hunter
This week, Anna and Maria are joined by Alicia Hunter, wellness wonder woman! Alicia is a massage and craniosacral therapist, Ayurvedic practitioner, yoga instructor, and herbalist, and we talked to her about many of these fascinating practices! Have you been wanting to learn more about Ayurveda?...
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039 | Making Life Spicy with Routines
One important factor in the realms of creative work and wellness is routine. Morning routines, evening routines, in-between routines...Anna and Maria discuss their value, and some of the things they personally do each day to set themselves up for success. They also talk about finding balance...
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038 | Stealing a Diamond is Hard
...and so is knowing yourself. On this week’s episode, Anna and Maria talk all about self knowledge: how it benefits our creativity and wellbeing, tools we can use to discover self knowledge, what your star sign is… Yep, our hosts get into everything from the Enneagram to astrology, and they’ve…
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037 | What's Good for Me? Creativity!
A fitting follow-up to last week’s episode, Anna and Maria dive deeper into the intersection between creativity and wellness. This time they focus on how we can view wellness with a creative and intuitive lens, rather than a rigid and dogmatic one. Our hosts discuss some of their favorite...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast for creatives about how to nourish our art and ourselves. Weekly discussions about creativity, art, writing, music...and sometimes fun socks. Our philosophies: 1. As artistic beings, we need to create in order to be well. 2. Creativity and structure are not mutually exclusive. 3. Why wear boring socks if you can wear fun socks?
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Maria Ramsey
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A podcast for creatives about how to nourish our art and ourselves. Weekly discussions about creativity, art, writing, music...and sometimes fun socks. Our philosophies: 1. As artistic beings, we need to create in order to be well. 2. Creativity and structure are not mutually exclusive. 3. Why wear...
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