The Creative Momentum Podcast
by Jen Moulton
The Creative Momentum Podcast is for creative women who have amazing creative project ideas they daydream about doing, but never seem to get done because of self-doubt and perfectionism. If you find yourself making plan after plan, learning one more thing so you can feel ready, doubting your abilities (and why it even matters), and fretting over time passing while you still haven’t done the thing, this podcast is for you. In each episode Jen Moulton, Master Coach + Creative Guide, will teach you how to show up and keep showing up for yourself AND the work. You’ll learn how to work with your self-doubt, how to create motivation, and how to rediscover your creative joy and get into flow. Life is a creative act, if you need inspiration and support you’ve come to the right place. If you want to learn my method for how to make your passion project a real thing, head over to www.jenmoulton.com/passionproject to get the Creative Momentum workbook and learn how to plan your passion project in
Episodes
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How I’m Approaching Goal Setting for 2024
Join me this week as I share how I’m approaching goal setting for 2024. I’ve been having conversations about goal setting for 2024, and talking about it made me realize that my approach to setting goals has changed dramatically over the past year or so. Here’s what I share in Ep.58: How I’m...
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Taking a Pause
Join me this week as I share the BTS of deciding to take a pause on the pod (and what led me to know it was time). I share: The WHY behind the decision How I’m handling being in this unknown-inbetween stage What I’ve learned from being here before Why I wish other Creators would share when…
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How to Establish a New Habit (w/compassion!)
Join me this week as I share exactly HOW I create new habits from compassion and self-kindness. I share: My exact four step process How to uncover WHY you want to have a specific habit, and what knowing WHY opens up for you How to make a habit so easy to do you’ll still do it on your busiest days...
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My Top Two Habit Tips
Join me this week as I share my top two HABIT TIPS, including: WHY - and why uncovering the deeper driver is imperative to building a sustainable habit Three questions to uncover your deeper WHY Two pieces of writing advice that are applicable to any habit (that I think about all the time)…
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The Great Reorganization
Join me this week as I share what’s REALLY happening when we’re doing something new and everything feels terrible. I promise it is not what you think! What the Great Reorganization means - and the exact cycle so you know what to expect What things are happening beneath what you can see How all of...
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What You Do to Get It, You Have to Do to Keep It
Join me this week as I share why we have hustle culture wrong. The most important takeaway is - whatever you do to get what you want, you have to keep doing to keep it. Knowing this, you can uncover what you’re really desiring, and use that to fuel what you create. Here’s what’s possible when you...
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At the Speed of Your Nervous System
Join me this week as I share about how to stop making decisions from external pressure, and begin making decisions and choices based on your nervous system (using your inner knowing). Sometimes we gain awareness around something and our nervous system truly needs time to integrate that…
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Meditation as a Lifestyle (vs a Strict Practice)
Join me this week as I share how I’ve changed my thinking about having a consistent practice - I no longer think it’s better than doing what actually feels in service (it changes day to day). I have been challenging and questioning what I’ve taken on as meditation student, and how it applies to…
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Five Questions to Discover + Connect
Join me this week as I share my five favorite questions you can use to connect with yourself, with your partner, with a cherished friend, or with a new friend. These are some of my favorite questions to ask ever, and I want to share them with you. In this episode, I share: Five thought provoking...
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What I’ve Learned About Creative Process from a Year of Podcasting
Join me this week as I share the top two things I’ve learned about Creative Process + Creative Practice in the past year of podcasting. I share: How to know when you’re actually ready to start a project idea How I’ve developed a creative process that follows flow, intuition, curiosities, and…
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Living an Intuition-Led Life
Join me this week as I share what it looks like to live an intuitive life, with real-life examples. I share: The most compelling reason to pay attention to our intuition in our life choices How living aligned with our intuition can lead us to create a life that is more than we think is possible…
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Mapping Your Intuition
Join me this week as I share a new concept I’ve been tinkering with: Mapping Your Intuition. I explain how to unravel the steps and actions taken to create something you want, and remind you of how important it is to take ownership of your role in the things you’ve created. In this episode, I...
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Three Practices to Feel More Intuitive
Join me this week as I share my three favorite practices to feel more intuitive: Writing daily-ish (and why I believe doing something every.single.day is not better) Mental rehearsal + how to do it (plus a free resource) Little nudges (and how to set up a day of following your intuition) These...
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It’s Better When You Don’t Know HOW [REAIR]
Join me this week as I share a personal episode reflecting on 18 years of making decisions based on following my intuition. In this episode, you’ll learn: HOW to pursue what you want intuitively What it looks like to *not know* and follow your intuition How the best experiences in life are ones…
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What’s Your WHY?
Join me this week as I share the importance of understanding your WHY in creating and sharing your art. It is an amazing tool that: Provides mission clarity Helps in decision-making And you can filter decisions through (big and small). Exploring and defining your WHY, and understanding what…
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The Pleasure of Being a Beginner
Join me this week as I share about the simple pleasures of being a beginner - and why we need to slow down and relish the present moment instead of rushing towards the next achievement. There’s an offer at the end of the show for listeners to get a unique process to tap into their intuition…
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When Life Feels Boring
Join me this week as I share the difference between life feeling boring vs. stabilized, and what it feels like firsthand to be in the middle of a big (unknown) personal transformation. In this episode, I share: The difference between feeling bored with life vs. stability (hint: it often takes…
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Esalen Diary: Process Painting Workshop Takeaway, Part 2
Join me this week as I share Part 2 of an audio diary I kept while I was on a process painting retreat at Esalen in Big Sur, California. In today’s episode, I share: How perfectionism led me to stop painting as a teenager The intention I set for the painting retreat (which surprised me) How it...
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Esalen Diary: Process Painting Workshop Takeaway, Part 1
Join me this week as I (vulnerably!) share parts of an audio diary I kept while I was on a process painting retreat at Esalen in Big Sur, California. In today’s episode, I share: What I was thinking about on the first day of the retreat Realizations around achievement, performance, and attachment...
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Precision Over Perfection
Join me this week as I share how and why to use precision in creative work over perfectionism. I share: My journey from perfectionism to precision using throwing pottery as a metaphor The problem with perfectionism, and how it stops creativity How to define precision for yourself, and a practice…
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Seek Boredom
Join me this week as I share my case for why we should be actively SEEKING boredom in our lives. You’ll learn: Why I advocate for seeking boredom (spoiler: it’s so you can hear your actual desires and callings more loudly than what you consume) Eight ideas to intentionally experience boredom What...
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Birthday Review
Join me this week as I share the exact review process I use on my birthday and half-birthday to reflect, review, and powerfully plan for the next six months. You’ll learn: My five step review process Why we aim at something (to begin moving towards something, gain feedback and wisdom, incorporate...
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When You Don’t Know (Yet)
Join me this week as I share how I think about being in periods where you don’t quite know what is happening (or why). You’ll learn: Why I believe we don’t know things when we might really want to A question for you when you really want to know (or want to be further along than you currently are)...
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Settled Worth
Join me this week as I share how I think about self-worth, how we can’t earn our worth (though I know we all try!!), and an exercise to uncover how to feel worthy (using what’s already in your life). Settled Worth Exercise Steps: Choose a life area where you don’t feel settled worth Compare it to…
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The Past Has Nothing to Do with Future Potential
Join me this week as I break down how and why the past (and all your past evidence) has absolutely nothing to do with your future, and all the potentials and possibilities in your future. You’ll learn: How and why the past and future and unrelated How to tap into the wisdom and feedback your body...
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If You Feel Stuck
Join me this week as I share what to do when you feel stuck. You’ll learn: How to source wisdom from an old ‘forcing it’ pattern The 1% different strategy How to create compassionate, generous, self-led change (vs. pushing, forcing, urgent change) Why it’s a good thing it’s not working for you…
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Trusting Myself
Join me this week as I share a personal episode about what’s been happening in my life the past few months, and how I’m handling stressful life things differently than I did in the past. I’m sharing: BTS on our house renovation My top thing I do for my health since having cancer The life strategy...
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What I Know After 10+ Years as a Creative Entrepreneur
Join me this week as I share the top thing I’ve learned in my 10+ years as a Creative Entrepreneur. In this quick but potent episode, you’ll learn: 🎯 Why it can take hundreds of trying things to find YOUR unique path 🎯 How unlikely it is that someone else’s way is your way 🎯 The one thing you...
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How to Make Things in Five Steps
Join me this week as I share with you the five steps I use to take projects from a glimmer of an idea into a completed, finished thing that lives in the world. I’ve made (and launched) so many projects over the years and I’ve deduced the process down into five steps. Here’s the best part - you…
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You Have to Start
Join me this week as I show you why you have to start on the idea that you have right now, and you can't be precious about it being the one or working out. Why do I say this? Because you won't know the path or wisdom your idea holds until you take action and get feedback. You'll learn: What...
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The Cure for Perfectionism in Creative Work
Join me this week as I share why chasing perfection for perfection's sake is hollow, and what we’re actually seeking through perfectionism (it’s not what you think). You’ll learn: What creative work lacks when perfectionism is centered and prioritized What it means to have our energy imbued in…
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Why Are We Here?
Join me this week as I share with you my answer to this question, why are we here? I'm also going to share some of my personal beliefs, where they come from, how I approach having beliefs that I can't prove, and my greater life vision, which I hope to impart on you as well. You’ll learn: My…
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Intuition + Creativity = Flow
Join me this week as I explore intuition and creativity (they are interconnected, if not two sides of the same coin), and the magic that they generate when used in coordination (FLOW). You’ll learn: How taking exquisite care of yourself is part of the equation A new way of looking at why you…
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The Intuition Equation
Join me this week while I share my ‘Intuition Equation’. I break down the process I use to tap into my intuition to create my goals, and how I make intuition-led decisions along the way. In this episode, you’ll learn: A process to reliably 'tap in' so you can strengthen your intuition Two things...
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Be More YOU
Join me this week as I share the *very big* difference between trying to ‘be the best’, rather than being more YOU. We are conditioned to ‘be the best’ - 1. WHY? 2. Who cares?? When you compete to be the best, you cut off other facets of yourself that make you uniquely you. No one - NO ONE on…
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What to Do When You Feel ‘Whelmed’ (a BTS of my journal)
Join me this week as I do something a little different today and share an excerpt from my daily-ish writing practice with you. We're going to go on a journey from feeling overwhelmed, to a three-step process I do when I'm feeling the feels, and then into an homage to creativity and creative acts....
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Four Step Process to Find What’s in the Way
Join me this week as I share with you the four step process I use (and teach) to find what’s in the way of feeling how you want to feel (and experiencing life the way you want to). If you haven’t already, go listen to Episode 19. Two Most Important Things I Can Teach You before this one - it will...
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You Are Not Your Thoughts
Join me this week as I share with you the first two concepts that I teach everyone who works with me: 1. You are not your thoughts (you are the awareness of your thoughts) and 2. You have an inner narrative running at all times - and how important it is to intentionally craft the narrative you…
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You Don’t Need More Time
If you've ever thought to yourself, 'if I just worked part-time or if I didn't have to work at a full-time job and I could work for myself, then I would have time to create what I want.' This week I share with you why that's not true, and why having having time constraints can actually be...
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The Story We Tell Ourselves is Everything
Join me this week as I share how subtle differences in our inner narrative have a major impact on what we create (and what we think is possible). Excerpt from today’s episode: “Like that is such a privilege when you really think about it. If you are privileged enough to be able to spend some of...
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What it Means When it Feels Like Nothing is Happening
Join me this week as I share some of my own inner wisdom dialogue, and then expand on it with a metaphor that I think captures creative work beautifully. Plus I tell you how I consulted my inner wisdom for guidance. Excerpt from episode: “We are so often in a rush to get to the minute the project...
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Bottom Up Making
Join me this week as I share the concepts of Bottom Up Making and Top Down Making. One opens up your creativity, and your intuition, while making. The other is rooted in perfectionism, efficiency, and productivity. Excerpt from the episode: “We don't know, but the important thing is that you're...
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You Are Already Good
Join me this week as I share about what led me to reflect on the past ten years of my creative work. My top takeaway is that even if you want to improve and you want to keep working at what you're doing and want to improve your technique or learn new skills, do it from a place of believing in…
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THESE are the ‘Good Old Days’
Join me this week as I tell you why TODAY is the ‘good old days’. Someday you will look back so fondly on today, why not appreciate it while you’re in it? SUBSCRIBE to the pod: Apple | Spotify FOLLOW on IG RECEIVE Weekly Newsletter GET Coaching
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There is No Such Thing as a 'Wrong' Project
Join me this week as I tell you why TODAY is the ‘good old days’. Someday you will look back so fondly on today, why not appreciate it while you’re in it? Get the full show notes and more information here: https://www.jenmoulton.com/episode-12-there-is-no-such-thing SUBSCRIBE to the pod: Apple |...
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Creating Goals We Don’t Believe Are Possible (Yet)
Join me this week as I chat about why I think we choose to do creative projects, why working on projects that stretch you is so very valuable, and a project that challenged me big time (and how I worked with it - and ended up creating something I didn’t believe I was ‘capable’ of doing). In this...
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Being Okay With Not Knowing
Join me this week as I share what to do when you’re feeling pressure (or desire) to make a decision or have information that you don’t yet have. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why you need to normalize NOT KNOWING What I do when I feel pressure (or desire) to make a decision or have information...
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The Two Skills Every Creative Needs
Join me this week as I share the two skills every Creative needs to have, and to continue to cultivate. In this episode, you’ll learn: The two skills every Creative needs: self-efficacy and emotional resilience The difference between self-efficacy and confidence The best way to build emotional...
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It’s Better When You Don’t Know HOW
Join me this week as I share a personal episode reflecting on 18 years of making decisions based on following my intuition. I look back and see all the things I made happen for myself (it was never luck). And I talk about how the best experiences in life are often ones we don’t plan for - and how...
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The Right Time to Make an Idea a Real Thing
Join me this week as I share how to know when an idea is ‘ready’ to make it a real thing. In this episode, you’ll learn: What a turkey timer has to do with when an idea is ready A beach ball analogy that demonstrates when NOT making a project is harder than making it How to know it’s time to make...
About this show
The Creative Momentum Podcast is for creative women who have amazing creative project ideas they daydream about doing, but never seem to get done because of self-doubt and perfectionism. If you find yourself making plan after plan, learning one more thing so you can feel ready, doubting your abilities (and why it even matters), and fretting over time passing while you still haven’t done the thing, this podcast is for you. In each episode Jen Moulton, Master Coach + Creative Guide, will teach you how to show up and keep showing up for yourself AND the work. You’ll learn how to work with your self-doubt, how to create motivation, and how to rediscover your creative joy and get into flow. Life is a creative act, if you need inspiration and support you’ve come to the right place. If you want to learn my method for how to make your passion project a real thing, head over to www.jenmoulton.com/passionproject to get the Creative Momentum workbook and learn how to plan your passion project in
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