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Who are your creative ancestors, and how can their stories influence your creative journey? Your creative ancestors are those people who make you, you. They build you up and inform your creativity through the things they teach you, even from a
Have you ever had a spiritual awakening that opened your eyes to a new or deeper creative practice? My friend Kim Roberts did. Her long-time yoga practice opened her eyes to the deeper dimensions of life, eventually leading her to Paris, where
How do you know when it is the right time to write and publish your book? And then, how do you find the courage to step back from a project that you’ve poured your heart into so you can create a larger body of work? Today, you’ll hear a convers
Sometimes we get stuck thinking that someone else’s way should work for us, then we get frustrated when it doesn’t. Today, on Stumbling Toward Genius, I talk with my friend Cory Huff about how he is navigating his creativity his way. Cory Huff
Do you have an unfinished project you’ve been working on for months, years, or maybe even decades? You know, the one you keep putting on the back burner for “some” day. But that day never seems to come? Today, we’re talking with Charlie Gilkey,
Have you ever heard someone say something that felt like a dart to your heart? My guest on the show today, Krissy Shields, had just such an experience when she heard Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams speak about racism at Camp Good Life Project a few y
Today on Stumbling Toward Genius I am excited to talk with one of my favorite people, Marcus McAllister. Marcus is a French-American professional artist based in Paris for the past twenty-five years. In his acrylic paintings and long-term Sketc
Who are you writing for? Who counts in determining what we create? Sometimes we get bogged down by the idea of what our audience, peers, or the people in our lives will think of our creative pursuits. That can lead to a muddying of the waters
What happens when you lose your mojo by making the stuff you are told to make instead of what you want to make? Today, we’re sitting down with Koosje Koene to talk about how burnout in her photography business led her to a series of dull “cubic
Why do you read books? We might read all kinds of books, but not have an intention for our time spent with that author. What if you read books more intentionally? Nicholas Hutchison of Bookthinkers, spends his days reading books with the aim of
You might have the dream of writing a book. Maybe you have more than one book idea. If you’re like me, you have an abundance of ideas. One of the biggest ways we stumble in our creative work is not choosing at all. This keeps us on the sideline
You might not be the most organized person in the world. Writing a book calls for some degree of organization - your time, content, and chapters need a bit of order. Wrangling your ideas from chaos to order is part of the job of writing a book.
So many people write books based on their life experiences. This does many things for us. One main gift of writing a book from your experiences is you get to reframe and process the experience more powerfully. Writing things down helps us get c
Here’s how it often goes. We have an idea for a book. It can grow inside us for years. We love this idea and we cherish it. Our idea expands and morphs and gives us a sense of having something precious. But I believe our ideas have a shelf life
Pam Slim seeks to connect people as communities. She believes that through our work together, we can build the kind of world we want to inhabit. Her latest book, The Widest Net, shows business owners how to connect within communities instead of
What are your plans for your creativity next year? Perhaps you have a project in mind and can’t wait to get started. That’s me! Or maybe you don’t know what you want to work on. There are possible projects. Your friends have clear goals. But yo
As a kid, Sean McMullin couldn’t stop drawing and making things. But an episode at a new school shut his artist down. Tune in to hear how Sean brought his artist back to life, and how he makes art a central part of his days.
At the end of the year, it’s tempting to just dive into planning for the next year. But if we don’t pause to reflect on the year we had, we rob ourselves of much of the empowerment and joy we earned through our actions. For creatives especially
Voice is one of the most important elements of writing. Somehow, even though our voice is right there within us all the time, it’s oddly elusive when it comes to expressing ourselves. Mark McGuinness, the host of the podcast A Mouthful of Air,
When you’re a writer, people will often say you have a gift with language. What if we used our words as a gift? I love the idea of being generous with your words. There are a million ways to do this. I suspect you give the gift of your words al
One decision to say yes more led Kelly Beck to drive across the US on a giving mission. But this one mission grew to so much more. Kelly’s story is an extraordinary example of how one move that is deeply aligned with our values can open up a wh
Who knew that a state of wonder is a powerful skill when it comes to resiliency? Author and guide Jeffrey Davis discovered that the wonder that made him a poet and world traveler also had a role to play in his resiliency as a business owner and
Have you ever wondered why it's so difficult to finish your creative projects? Why do you have so many great ideas but getting them across the finish line feels beyond your abilities? From helping hundreds of people through their creative stumb
When you see an illustrated journal, it’s almost like peeking into someone’s mind. Denver designer Marty Gregg has one of the most complex and interesting visual journals I’ve ever seen. In this episode, we look at how he uses modeling and jour
Have you ever done the NaNoWriMo challenge? That’s National Novel Writing Month, and it happens every November. The purpose of the challenge is to get 50,000 words out onto the page. In this solo episode, I share my experience and ideas for how
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