All Episodes

E171. Neurodivergent Burnout: Why It Happens and What It Feels Like

E170. Assessing Safe vs. Unsafe When Interacting with the Neurotypical World

E169. The Ironies of Being a Neurodivergent Writer

E168. Not Letting the Big Picture Sabotage Your Creativity

E167. Interview Episode! Featuring Kristin Kisska, Author of The Hint of Light

E166. Maintaining Motivation for Creative Work in Challenging Seasons

E165. How Doing Art Constitutes Resistance

E164. Is the Ability to Make Choices More Important to Art than Creativity?

E163. A New Theory of Talent

E162. Creative Practice and the Artist's Illusion

E161. What Taking on a Second Creative Practice Has Taught Me (+ Some Thoughts on Disruption)

E160. Learning to Use Conceptual Tools as an Intuitive Creative: Is It Possible?

E159. What Role Do Artists Play in Society? It May Not Be What You Think

E158. Interview Episode! What Health Looks Like Through the Lens of Creative Practice

E157. Finding Psychological Safety in a Tumultuous World as a Sensitive Creative

E156. How I Learned to Take Myself Less Seriously...and More Seriously

E155. Why You Really Really REALLY Shouldn't Listen to Advice (*With Some Exceptions)

E154. Does Structure Constrain or Free Us?

E153. Preliminary Thoughts on Being a Neurodivergent Creative

E152. Are the Things We Suck At Actually Special Talents in Disguise?

E151. When All You Have Is a Drum... Play

E150. The OG Society Thought Experiment: Why and How We Share Our Art

E149. Are Big Dreams Bad for Us? Learning to Not Miss the Stars

E148. Looking for Your Lights in the Dark

E147. In Search of Continuities in Our Artistic Identity

E146. In Which I Read My Short Story "The Trash House"

E145. Re-Envisioning the Creative Journey through the Kishotenketsu Lens

E144. Special Release: The Calming Effects of Kishotenketsu Narrative Structure

E143: The Writing Conference and Live Pitching Experience

E142. Handling Rejection Sensitivity for Neurodiverse and Highly Sensitive Creatives

E141. Following What's Alive in Your Creative Work

E140. Update Episode! Plans for Pitching My Novel

E139. Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Times in the Creative Process

E138. Recognizing and Recovering from a Creativity Injury

E137. Good vs. Bad Discomfort in Creative Practice and Life

E136. Crafting Your Artist Origin Story

E135. Magical Thinking in the Creative Life: Use and Misuse

E134. Celebrating Not Accomplishing Goals

E133. Connecting With Your Greater Purpose for Your Art

E132. Maintaining a Creative Practice Under Conditions of High Stress

E131. Developing Your Artistic Voice

E130. The Deadline Experiment

E129. How Not to Get Stuck in the Doldrums of Almost Done

E128. (Final) Summer Updates + Upcoming Programming

E127. Summer Updates + Creative Breakthrough

E126. Summer Updates + Redefining My Creative Identity

E125. Summer Updates + Thoughts on Humbling Yourself to Art

E124. Some Changes Going Forward

E123. A Defense of the Lone Wolf

E122. Three Kinds of Creative Boredom and How to Handle Them

E121. I Think I'm Done with Ambition

E120. Embracing Messy Art in the Age of AI

E119. Using Interruption Constructively in Life and Your Creative Practice

E118. Entropy as Art: Turning Pessimism and Negativity into Appreciation

E117. You Know What You Need To Do

E116. Catching Ladybugs (aka Cultivating Creative Inspiration)

E115. What Science Says About Creativity and Mental Illness (bonus cut)

E114. Casting Yourself in Your Role

E113. Three Types of Creative Risk and How to Take Them

E112. The Future of Art: A Discussion about AI and Creativity

E111. Has Magic Abandoned You?

E110. The Impossible Dream (Birthday Weekend Re-Release)

E109. A New Way of Understanding Done with Creative Projects

E108. The Anatomy of Creative Breakthroughs

E107. Playing the Long Game: Inspirational Hollywood Stories

E106. The Sneak-Attack Motivation Killer

E105. Dealing With Lack of Clarity in the Creative Experience

E104. Why Do We Feel Nervous When Things Are Going Well?

E103. Special Release: Aron vs. Dabrowski on Being Highly Sensitive

E102. Holiday Help: Dealing With Holiday & End-of-the-Year Blues

E101. Special Release: Eastern vs. Western Storytelling Structures

E100. Interview! Lindsay Getz on Combining Art & Spirituality

E99. Creative Courage Starts Small

Let the Holidays Begin + Thoughts on Social Media

E98. Two Perspectives on Art as Healing

E97. Art vs. Entertainment: What's the Difference?

E96. Why I Don't Try to Get Over Shit Anymore (and what I do instead)

E95. An Analysis of Elia Kazan's Actor's Vow (It's not just for actors!)

E94. Midlife "Crisis" My Ass

E93. Balancing Routine and Change in the Creative Life

E92. How to Handle Creative Boredom

Hurricane Coming Through

E91. How and Why Does Creativity Make Us Happy?

E90. Do You Have to Suffer to Create Good Art? Kind Of, but Also Not Really

E89. Mind-Wandering and the Default Mode Network's Role in Creativity

E88. Getting Through the Void Stage of the Creative Process

E87. My 2022 Update on Creative Entrepreneurship and Earning a Living as an Artist

E86. The Feedback Episode: When to Ask--and Not Ask!--For It and How to Deal With It

E85. What to Do When Your Artistic Plan Changes + When to Seek Feedback

E84. The Two Kinds of Hard Work and Which Is More Important for Creatives & Artists

E83. Interview! Jill Patterson and I Discuss Her Big Cycling Win + Handling the Ups and Downs of the Unconventional Life

E82. Reconciling the Tension Between Making Art and the Business of Art

E81. Do We Really Fear Success More Than Failure?

E80. How to Be Your Own Biggest Fan (And Why It Matters for Creatives & Artists)

E79. What the Heck Does "Trust the Process" Mean, Anyway?

E78: Something New! An Exercise to Help You Find More Fulfillment AND Reach Goals

E77. A Summer Update + Challenge

E76. Recognizing the Damage Formal Schooling Does to Creativity

E75. On Taking the Time You Need to Recover and Adjust

E74. When Change Comes

Interlude: My Cat Lucy

E73. What, Exactly, Is the Creative Life?

E72. Why I Don't Seek Balance and What I Do Instead

E71. Writing a Novel Without a Plan (The Intuitive Approach to Writing)

E70. Interview! Pete Mosley Discusses Being Quiet and His Work as an Advocate for Quiet Inclusion

E69. How to Write an eBook: The Indefinitive Guide

E68. Interview! Sophia van Hees Discusses Growing Up Shy in Australia and Her Life as an Artist

E67. Dealing With Writer's Block

E66. Becoming a Knight of Faith in Yourself

E65. In Which I Read One of My Short Stories

E64. How to Judge the Value of Your Creative Work

E63. Let's Normalize Complex Feelings, Shall We?

E62. Interview! Matthew Bellringer on Neurodiversity (ADHD & HSP) and Creativity

E61. Life as a Continuous Intentional Return to the Self

E60. The To-Do List Experiment

E59. How I Manage My Depression Through Creative Practice

E58. Think You Need More Self-Discipline? You Probably Actually Need Less

E57. Interview! Frances Khalastchi on the Many Meanings and Uses of Art

E56. It's Never Too Late, aka What Would Betty White Say?

E55. An Anti-Resolution New Year

E54. Making Friends With Your Ultradian Rhythm

E53. The Challenges of Creative Entrepreneurship as an Introverted HSP

E52. Doing Procrastination the Right Way (for Enhanced Creativity)

E51. Recognizing and Managing Burnout BEFORE It Gets Bad

E50. How Do We Know What We Really Want in Life?

E49. Interview! Jas Hothi Talks the Empowerment of Self-Publication and Taking the Downtime You Need as an Empath/HSP

E48. Dealing With Creative Rejection as an HSP Part 2

E47. Dealing With Creative Rejection as an HSP Part 1

E46. The Benefits of Seeing Creative Practice as Sacred

E45. Interview! Carlos Saba Talks Combining Creativity with Entrepreneurship

E44. The Uses of Irrationality. Or, What Listening to Your Feelings Really Looks Like

E43. Everyone Is Creative and Creativity Is for Everyone

E42. How I Went From Thinking Networking Is a Dirty Word to Loving It

E41. The One About Writing: My Writing Journey and Path Toward Publication

E40. Interview! Samara Powers Talks Ministry as a Non-Theist, Alternative Family/Relationship Models, and So Much More

E39. How Anti-Productivity Practices Help With Burnout Recovery and Creativity

E38. A Craving for Solitude + A Report From My Summer of Solitude

E37. How to Survive Periods of Inertia in a Transformation-Driven Life

E36. Interview! Chrissa Trudelle Talks Personality Typology (Myers-Briggs & Enneagram) and the Cognitive Side of Flow

E35. Oops, I Went and Made a Manifesto: Thoughts On Doing Creative Entrepreneurship My Way

E34. The One About Mental Health: All About My Struggles With Depression As a Creative Sensitive Type

E33. What I've Learned About Maintaining a Consistent Creative Practice

E32. Interview! Ann Wainscott Talks the Alchemy of Teaching and Creativity as Transformation

E31. Using Active Flow in Your Creative Practice: Here's How I Do It

E30. Do You Remember When You Stopped Having Fun?

E29. Are You Ready to Feel Proud That You're an Introvert? Here's How to Start Seeing Our Deficit as Our Advantage

E28. Interview! Lauren Sapala Talks Intuitive Writing, Guarding Your Creative Energy, and Alcohol Abuse Among Creatives

E27. Breaking Into the Chocolate Factory (or Hogwarts, If You Prefer)

E26. Demystifying Flow: Active vs. Passive Flow and How They Work for Creativity and Life

E25. Experimental Types Are Especially Prone to Creative Impasse. Here's How I'm Dealing With Mine

E24. Interview! Jill Patterson Talks Being a Competitive Cyclist and Living Life Experimentally

E23. Insecure About Your Creative Product? Have Imposter Syndrome? Me Too. Here's How I Deal With It

E22. The One About Money! All About My Finances, My Creative Business, and Being a Creative Trying to Earn a Living in 2021

E21. Why Burnout May Be an Inevitable - and Positive! - Developmental Stage for HSPs

E20. Interview! Andy Mort Talks Working As an Undertaker and Being an Experimental Creative

E19. This Episode's Topic Is the Most Exciting Yet: Boredom! Oh, and There's Some Neuroscience, Too

E18. It's Maladaptive to Be Gentle but I Don't Care, I'm Gonna Be Me Anyway!

E17. The Place Where Time Isn't Linear (Stop Bullying Your Creative Self)

E16. Interview! Manuel Cordero Talks Building Haunted Houses for a Living and the Creative Process in Fine Arts Painting

E15. I Almost Ruined My Life Using Reasoning to Make Decisions, But You Don't Have To!

E14. How to Be a Late Bloomer

E13. This One Skill Can Be a Secret Superpower for Creatives During Times of Turmoil

E12. Cultivating a Generalist Mindset for the New Era, aka I Love Being a Generalist!

E11. My Experience With Severe Burnout and How I Got Through It

E10. Does Rational Cognition Impede Creativity? (Spoiler: Yep, It Definitely Can)

E9. How to Steal Fire from the Gods (The Radical Rebellion of Living a Creative Life)

E8. We Have a Societal Addiction to Goal Setting and It's Draining Our Joy

E7. Let's Stop Playing to Our Strengths

E6. Feel Like a Late Bloomer? This May Explain Why

E5. Embracing the Ugly to Increase Creativity and Banish Judgy Voices

E4. Being a Gentle Soul (HSP/Intuitive/Empath) in an Ungentle World

E3. Anti-Productivity and My Intentional Practice of Wasting Time

E2. Using Generative Energy to Tap Into Your Creative Potential

E1. One Thing I Got Wrong About "Follow Your Bliss"