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The Creative Threshold
by Leeanne Brennan
If you feel like you have no time to create, are feeling overwhelmed by starting or sticking with your personal creative work, or have lost your purpose, and want to start finding ways to return to your creativity again, this is the podcast for you! I'm your host, Leeanne Brennan, Artist and Mindset & Accountability Coach. Listen to learn how to release perfectionism, fit your art, writing, music or making into your impossible day and come alive to create work you love!
Episodes
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Why Working in Collections Helps You Create & Sell Your Art with Katelynn Noel Knick
73. Katelynn Noel Knick is an abstract artist who has built a beautiful brand and life with her art. Today we talk about working in collections and why that helps you as the artist stay motivated and intentional with the work, but it also really helps people get behind what you're making and feel...
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What's Working Right Now as a Full-Time Artist with Abby Williams
72. From art markets and conventions to selling online and taking commissions, Abby Williams shares how she's finding a cadence for her year as a full-time artist and making it happen! Abby creates gorgeous art in the dark, romantic, fantasy realm that will drum up your inner feminine power. Her...
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How to Stay Motivated & Stick with Your Art Goals
71. You have a great idea for a painting, book or song...but you struggle to follow through and finish it - sound familiar? In this episode I use the movie, The Wild Robot, to break down what it takes to acquire a task (your art project) and complete it with ease. This one is really fun and super...
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Building My Art & Business (Epic Bones) Behind the Scenes with Nikki Whitt from Not Your Day Job Radio
70. Hear the back story behind my brand, Epic Bones. Learn what inspired the art, how it morphed into affirmation decks and what I'm doing now to scale my business. This is a really fun interview on my local public radio show, WCOM-FM 103.5 Not Your Day Job with Nikki Whitt. *My Kickstarter...
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Returning to the Canvas after Intense Life Events with Megan Craft
69. A bunch of intense personal life events transpired and rightly so, Megan was having trouble retuning to her painting practice. In this episode we see that it is possible to get back in the flow when life turns your emotions upside down. Through Awaken, Channel & Create and 100 Epic Days…
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How to Write a Book Amidst the Chaos of Life: 100 Epic Days with Leslie Bishko
68. Leslie had a book on her heart, and decided her day job and busy personal life didn't have to stand in the way of getting it done! In this episode you will hear how 100 Epic Days helped Leslie release the pressure, stabilize a solid daily writing practice, and feel empowered to write her book...
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How I'm Buying My Freedom as an Artist & Mother
67. In this episode I share my personal approach to making art and building a business around it and mostly importantly the motivating factors for why and how I'm doing that. If you find yourself constantly saying, "I want to make a living from my art," this episode is for you. My art: Epic Bones...
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"I'm confused on where to start and what to pick for my creative practice" [Coaching Session]
66. Want to return to your personal art...but you're not sure where to start? You're going to love this coaching call with Melissa where I help her sift through her ideas, lower the stakes, and make a game plan for her new daily creative practice given her day job, ability and larger goals that…
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The 6 Steps to Return to Your Art & Make a Living Doing What You Love
65. If you're an Artist that has been wanting to return to your personal work and build a business doing what you love, this episode is for you. I detail out the 6 steps that will take you from zero art to in the flow making a living from your work. This is what I unknowingly did to get back to…
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"How do I find clarity to start a painting series?" [Coaching Session]
64. If you have already stabilized your consistent creative practice and are ready to get the next step underway (creating a series / body of work) this episode is for you! Megan Craft, a client from my latest round of Awaken, Channel & Create was kind enough to share this 1:1 coaching session...
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How Lauren Started From Scratch as a Drummer and Has Been Rocking Out in Bands Ever Since
63. Lauren Recchia, aka LoWreck, and I were in a punk band together about 20 years ago. In this episode she shares her incredible story of joining that first band with no formal training in drums and a $200 drum kit...and how that led to her growing a music practice that she loves and being a…
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How Kate Developed Her Style & Process Inside 100 Epic Days
62. Kate wasn't really sure how it would all work, but she really wanted to become the type of person that could create her digital drawings without the mental friction, and feel a solid path for it leading eventually to a cohesive body of work. Through her journey inside 100 Epic Days of…
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Why You're Getting Bored & Giving Up Your Creative Practice & What to Do About it
61. You all are hearing me on lowering the bar and making your creative work approachable and easy if you don't have a lot of time to work on it. However, then you're coming to me and saying you're getting bored and giving up on it. I TOTALLY get it because I forgot to tell you these 2 very...
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Jessica's Spiritual Activation Inside Awaken, Channel & Create
60. Jessica Flynn was already in the flow with her art and creative workshops that she runs, but Awaken, Channel & Create amplified her passion! She said the 7 weeks together was like a study session with herself through the lens of magic, and that she got a unique spiritual toolkit to…
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How Angela Stopped Overthinking and Got to Work Inside Awaken, Channel & Create
59. Angela Montano identified for herself that in order to make progress on her Art, she really needed to pick one direction and...get started. That's exactly what happened for her inside Awaken, Channel & Create. In this episode she shares how the different magical modalities and community…
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How to Return to Your Creativity Through Healing & Magic with Helena Krolak
58. Despite a demanding day job in the software and tech industry, Helena was able to courageously return to her Art. In this episode we learn what it was like taking those first baby steps back to the canvas, and how personal development work and incorporating magic into the equation really…
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How to Make Epic Progress on a New Music Album by Sharpening Your Intuition with Elena Seigman
57. Tapping into the spiritual realm was a key factor in helping Elena Siegman finish producing her new cover album. Through the different lessons and guest experts inside Awaken, Channel & Create, Elena shares how she is now more open to following her intuition and allowing herself to go towards...
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How Writing a Children's Book Inside 100 Epic Days Led Rosanna to Launch a Mindset Coaching Business
56. Despite a demanding day job, new baby, and moving house, Rosanna Collars followed her intuition and joined 100 Epic Days so that she could write a children's book based on her pregnancy journey. While it is absolutely incredible that she did just that, and finished the book - what's even more...
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How Design Director Sean Brennan Makes a TON of Art Outside of Work...Without the Fuss
55. This will be super expansive for anyone who finds themselves piling on the pressure with their Art, and stalling out because of it. Design Director for Deloitte Digital, Sean Brennan, has a very demanding day job, and yet he does not let that stop him from making his own personal art on the...
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The BIGGEST Manifestation Mistake Artists are Making & How to Fix it
54. Learn how to apply the powerful practice of manifestation to your desires as an artist, writer, musician or maker, and how to course correct the most common mistake that's being made out there. This episode is all about wielding the power of the Universe to bend in your favor. Your biggest...
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Helen's Epic Return to the Stage After a 10 Year Music Hiatus + Turning Your Gap in Skill Into a Superpower
53. Helen McWilliams has navigated some serious life stuff in this past decade- everything from becoming a new mom, advancing in her day job to divorce. In this episode she shares her miraculous comeback story of how she returned to making music and performing live after 10 years away. We also…
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052. How to Overcome Time & Energy Constraints by Rescoping Your Personal Work
If you don't have time to create personal art... what you've taken on is TOO BIG! Take it down a notch and lower the stakes. Your ego will push back with "this isn't good enough," but I want you to ignore that. In this episode, I explain how to overcome limitations on time, energy, and overwhelm...
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051. How Lynda Stabilized a Daily Painting Practice Despite a Stressful Day Job Inside 100 Epic Days
Lynda had just had 2 people quit at her day job, and she was working hard to do the work of 3 people! On the outside, it may have seemed illogical to enroll in a program like 100 Epic Days at this time, but Lynda had the intuitive pull that she needed to do something that brought her joy and...
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050. Why Technical Skill Alone Will Never be Enough to Walk the Art Journey you Desire
A lot of people think if they can just be the BEST at their craft, then everything will click into place. However, in this episode, I share the different phases you will move through in your Art journey, and how ALL of them involve very specific mindset work in order to graduate to the next phase...
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049. 5 Lessons I'm Taking with Me into 2024 to Grow as an Artist
I had a HUGE up level this year with my Art and business, and what I share in this episode will reveal the inner workings of a speedy transformation. Go into next year ahead of the game after listening to this one. This is the short cut! FREE Clarity Workshop (immediate access) 100 Epic Days...
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048. Tips for Returning to Your Creativity that I REALLY Wish I Knew Earlier
Proof that time, day jobs, health challenges...etc...are not the problem preventing us from returning to our creative goals. WE are the problem. Our unwillingness to compromise on what our Art will be given our limitations is the real problem. If only someone had explained this to me in this way…
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047. Reasons to Share Your Personal Work... and Not to Share
Sometimes it's hard to know when it's time to share the personal Art that you've been making for yourself. In this episode, I walk you through reasons not to share your work, and arguments to absolutely share with the world. There's more than meets the eye with this concept of sharing, and we dig...
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046. ADHD Artist on How to Work with Your Constraints and Build a Full-time Career Doing What You Love with Kyla Yager
Overwhelm and procrastination are one of the BIGGEST reasons artists find it hard to show up and create their personal work. However, add ADHD on top of that, and now you've got a tricky nut to crack. Kyla Yager, a visual artist based in Toronto shares with us tips and tricks on how to work with...
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045. An Established Artist's Journey of Intuitive Pivots: From Tattooing to Macramé to Painting with Abby Williams
What does an established Artist's career look like? It's not always a straight linear shot to the work you see them doing now. Abby Williams is a Painter creating beautiful work with a growing following and business, but it didn't start there. In this episode, we learn how Abby followed her...
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044. How Kate Released Expectations and Relaxed into the Process Inside Awaken, Channel & Create
We're all guilty of grasping onto the outcome a little too tight as we chip away at our creative goals. It can be so difficult to let go, release expectations and just relax into the preset moment. This is why I love magic so much! Inside Awaken, Channel & Create, learn how Kate was able to…
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043. How Jennifer Leveraged Magic to Return to Her Art Inside Awaken, Channel & Create
Sometimes it takes tapping into spirit, magic and mystery to create the shifts within us that inspire true change. Jennifer Karnik shares her inspiring story of how she stepped out of her thinking mind to activate that playful, mystical, joy-filled side of the heart that allows for ease and...
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042. How to Let Intuition Guide Your Art... and Life
You know what intuition is...but are you truly listening to the little voices in your head in relation to your creativity? In this episode I walk you through different ways to view that whisper that steers the ship of your soul, and how you can apply it to your life. I give some really fun…
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041. Surviving the Holidays with a Mini Adjusted Creative Practice
Holiday season is fast approaching...and I know it seems like taking on one more thing would stress you out, but having a small, easy daily practice to go to during travel, time with family, the intense emotions that come up during this time - it can really serve as a grounding act of self-care.…
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040. An Unlikely Road to Photography: 100 Days of Walking with Greg Steed
When you're first starting a habit or daily practice it can feel odd that this thing that is supposed to bring you joy...actually feels like a chore. Greg Steed explains his experience taking on a 100 day journey to walk every day and the transformation that ensued because he stuck with it. This...
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039. The Energetics of Capacity Expansion as it Pertains to Art
While yes, burn out is part of the story...this topic goes deeper. Our capacity to hold what we desire with our creative pursuits can expand and contract based on where we are at in skill level, life circumstances, and conditioning. To expand our capacity in what we are able to create is a…
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038. How to Claim a New Creative Identity
If you've ever wanted to start something new or step into a new direction with your creative work that is different than what you normally do - but felt hesitant in your ability or fearful of what others would think...this episode is for you. There are some key mindset tools in here that will…
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037. How Artists Can Move Through Self-Sabotage Using Hypnotherapy with Sarah Hunter
Creatives often suffer from the crushing pressure of which direction to take, whether their Art is "good," wondering if people will like, building the courage to share it - the list goes on. Sarah Hunter, a clinical Hypnotherapist, shares how she helps people quiet the noise in their minds so…
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036. How Shu Milne is Now a Completely Unleashed Artist and onto Her THIRD Children's Book
Shu went from putting off her dream to create her children's books for 20 YEARS, to publishing TWO BOOKS with a third on the way in a very short amount of time. If you've been stalling out on your creative goals, this episode will remind you that is it all possible. There's also an incredible...
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035. Why Sigil Magick is the Missing Link in Your Creative Process with Vlada Benedetti
What better tool to serve as a reminder, and compass for where you're going than a custom tailored shortcut visual. Learn what a sigil is and how to use it with your creative process in this inspiring episode with Vlada Benedetti. Magick is available to all of us, and there are no rules. Get…
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034. How Somatic Movement Helps Unlock Authentic Creativity with Drea Guinto
We've all heard about the benefits of exercise...but that's not the kind of movement we're talking about here. Drea Guinto shares with us, how Somatic Movement (going inward and moving our body without an outcome in mind) can help our creative process. Returning to the body, using it as a channel...
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033. 4 Ways to Fight Back Against Perfectionism
I refuse to be pushed around by this story that is completely made up. Building the awareness of what's actually running the show, and keeping you stalled out or dragging your feet with your personal work is the key to setting yourself free. Perfectionism runs a lot deeper than we may realize…
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032. How Cindy's 100 Drawings Led to a Unique Business
Cindy Blaser entered back into her creativity by showing up to doodle every day. Simple sketches, straight from the heart - as an act of self-care. It was a grounding, meditative practice that gave her peace of mind and self-satisfaction. As they days went on, she listened to her intuition, and...
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031. My Struggle with Motherhood and Path Back to Art
This interview was so honest and important for any parent out there struggling with their identity, that I had to share to it. Thank you to Julie Browne from the Bold Becoming podcast for interviewing me, and allowing me to share this story on my own podcast. Parent's, but especially Mom's - this...
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030. How to Form a Daily Creative Practice that Sticks with Krysia Tinkers
Going from furlow during the pandemic to working from home, Krysia's routines got thrown off balance. Through starting up a daily creative drawing practice, she was able to anchor into a habit that grounded her during the day giving her a sense of peace and freedom, and reclaim her identity as an...
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029. How to Find Clarity & Pick a Direction with Your Personal Work
One of the BIGGEST questions I get asked is...how do I know if I'm picking the right idea to move forward with? People are terrified to "waste their time" on something that may or may not "work out" in the end. Trust me I get it - this was me not too long ago. In this excerpt from my recent…
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028. Healing Body Image & Relationship with Health Through Art: 100 Days of Drawing with Cherry Crooks
Cherry's initial intention was to draw about her health journey in 100 Epic Days...and she did - however, what came out of this act was not what she expected. The drawings took an interesting turn as she showed up day after day, and a deep level of healing, compassion, listening, and self-care...
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027. Falling Back in Love with Creativity: 100 Days of Intuition & Magic with Ray Brisendine
What happens when you make a conscious intention to follow your intuition for a sustained amount of time with out judgment? A reconnection with self and creativity, that can only be compared to the powerful feeling of falling in love! Ray's story takes such interesting twists and turns, and what...
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026. Epic Progress on a Children's Book & Healing Perfectionism with Hannah England
If you've ever felt that temptation to go full throttle on your personal project...until you burn out, Hannah can relate. In this episode she shares how she was able to learn intentional restraint while writing and illustrating her first children's book inside of 100 Epic Days. There are so many...
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025. How 20 Minutes a Day...Really Does Add Up: 100 Days of Interior Design with Theresa Murphy
With a stressful day job as an ultrasound technician during the day, and caring for her Father, Theresa was wanting to carve time out of her day to do something for herself. In just 20 minutes a day, she was able to stack the evidence that she really could follow through on her creative projects....
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024. Rebuilding Creative Confidence: 100 Days of Music with Elena Siegman
Despite a demanding day job as a Video Game Producer, and a long time away from a consistent creative practice, Elena was able to push through it all to rebuild her creative confidence and get back in the flow with her music inside 100 Epic Days! If you've been feeling stuck or confused about…
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If you feel like you have no time to create, are feeling overwhelmed by starting or sticking with your personal creative work, or have lost your purpose, and want to start finding ways to return to your creativity again, this is the podcast for you! I'm your host, Leeanne Brennan, Artist and Mindset & Accountability Coach. Listen to learn how to release perfectionism, fit your art, writing, music or making into your impossible day and come alive to create work you love!
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