This episode is for you if:

• Your schedule is too full
• Your stress is too high
• You don't know how to change anything
• You've overwhelmed but don't know what to cut

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Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller sophiemiller.co

Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones pendingbeautiful.co 

Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? whywithaquestionmark.com



Mentioned:

Dave Ramsey and the 80/20 rule

Susan David's book 'Emotional Agility' https://www.susandavid.com/book/

Angus Fletcher's book 'Wonderworks' https://www.angusfletcher.co/

Adam Grant https://adamgrant.net/

This episode is for you if:

• You find yourself trying on hats as you try to figure out what you want to be and what you should be doing 
• You’re someone who loves the creative process, the behind the scenes, the supporting roles
• You’re in a creative career that has intense and exciting projects with weird down time between them

This episode is a conversation with Mark Eshleman @reelbearmedia the creative and content director for the band Twenty One Pilots.

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Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller sophiemiller.co

Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones pendingbeautiful.co 

Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? whywithaquestionmark.com  

Reel Bear Media: www.reelbearmedia.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelbearmedia/

Twenty One Pilots https://www.twentyonepilots.com/

https://www.instagram.com/twentyonepilots/

Also mentioned:

Flor https://www.instagram.com/flor/

Skateboarding video: Girl- Yeah Right

Twenty One Pilots Graphic Design by Brandon Rike https://brandonrike.com/

Jim Henson documentary https://ondisneyplus.disney.com/movie/jim-henson-idea-man

'The last of Us' video Game and hit tv show

The Band 'Men I trust' https://menitrust.com/

Chappell Roan https://www.iamchappellroan.com/

This episode’s for you if:

• You’re tired of trying to do it all
• You feel like giving up
• You’re wondering how to pep talk yourself or a friend or loved one who’s struggling on the creative journey. 
• Stick to the end for some time travel and something new that I’m calling a CTIA

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Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller sophiemiller.co

Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones pendingbeautiful.co 

Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? whywithaquestionmark.com  

Old episode clip from Episode 5- The Obvious Thing You're Missing

https://www.creativepeptalk.com/005-the-obvious-thing-youre-missing/

Movie referenced for the anti-pep talk is School of Rock with Jack Black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37oJqWp4rJM

Book: The Heroine's Journey by Gail Carrier

https://gailcarriger.com/books/hj/

We all want to make work that’s authentic and has our creative fingerprints on it. But it’s easier said than done. There’s lots to learn from folks who literally put themselves into the work. In this episode we chat with Ronald Young Jr. about his award winning audio memoir series “Weight for It” and glean what all of us can learn about injecting your DNA into your work. So whether you’re literally making a self portrait / memoir project or not, this episode is chocked full of takeaways on how to make your work more you!

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Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller sophiemiller.co

Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones pendingbeautiful.co 

Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? whywithaquestionmark.com  

Ron Young Jr Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/ohitsbigron

Weight For It Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/weight-for-it/id1686599391

Leaving The Theater Podcast:

https://www.ohitsbigron.com/leaving-the-theater

On Air Fest:

https://www.onairfest.com

Angus Fletcher: 

https://www.angusfletcher.co

Book- Wonderworks

“There is no art which does not conceal a still greater art." – Percival Wilde

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This episode is for you if:

-You are exploring your voice and how you can insert it into your work in a more genuine way

-You are exploring being seen, heard and understood through your creative work

-You are considering or working on a collaboration 

-You want to strengthen the connection between yourself and your audience

SHOW NOTES:

Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller sophiemiller.co

Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones pendingbeautiful.co 

Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? whywithaquestionmark.com  

Book ‘Super Communicators’

https://www.charlesduhigg.com/supercommunicators

‘The Power of Habit’ book

https://www.charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit

Artist Kara Walker

http://www.karawalkerstudio.com

Ai Weiwei

https://www.aiweiwei.com

Lynda Barry

https://drawnandquarterly.com/author/lynda-barry/

Abstract artists mentioned:

Mark Rothko

Frank Philip Stella

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This episode is for you if:

• You’re stuck in the middle of a never ending project and you need a fresh perspective 
• You feel distracted by so many ideas
• You have felt discouraged by the response to your work/projects after putting so much time and effort in
• you’re interested in picture book making or storytelling 

SHOW NOTES

A Sundae with Everything On It

https://smarturl.it/SundaewithEverythingOnIt

A Pizza with Everything On It

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1341177986/hardback-book-a-pizza-with-everything-on?click_key=5e66d965c915b93862cf7c4786572f45e020a8c0%3A1341177986&click_sum=5bf1f093&crt=1&ref=shop_home_recs_6

Cal Newport

https://calnewport.com

Childish Gambino - Atavista

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atavista

John Cleese - Creativity

https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Short-Cheerful-John-Cleese/dp/0385348274

Eliza Kinkz

https://www.elizakinkz.com

https://bookshop.org/p/books/papa-s-magical-water-jug-clock-jesus-trejo/18822245?ean=9781662651045

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This episode is for you if:

• You’re overwhelmed by the demands of social media
• You feel pressure to MAKE IT BIG or give up trying
• You’re burnt out from trying to DO IT ALL
• You need an example and and an action plan on how to stay focused and get results

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SHOW NOTES

Rosalie Haizlett

https://rosaliehaizlett.com/

instagram.com/rosaliehaizlett

Books:

Watercolor in Nature (2021)

https://rosaliehaizlett.com/collections/books/products/watercolor-in-nature-book-by-rosalie-haizlett

Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains (Preorder 2024)

https://rosaliehaizlett.com/pages/tiny-worlds-bookhttps://rosaliehaizlett.com/pages/tiny-worlds-book

Naturalist/illustrator Roger Tory Peterson

https://rtpi.org/

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This episode is for you if:

• Hustle culture and social media are destroying your creativity
• You’ve lost hope of ever being able to do enough
• You intuitively know the pace of the world and industry isn’t conducive to creative productivity but need language to understand why
• You need a map to more satisfying work life balance that improves both

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Cal Newport

https://calnewport.com/

Slow Productivity

https://calnewport.com/slow/

Jenny Blake - Free Time

https://itsfreetime.com/book

This episode is for you if:

• You need a boost of encouragement from someone who has also felt the burden to conform to expectations of others
• You need examples and ideas on how to creatively adapt your lifestyle to be more conducive to your nature
• You want to learn about leaning into your strengths and tips on following curiosity and how to work with who you are and not against it!

SHOW NOTES

Jessica McCabe https://howtoadhd.com/

How to ADHD Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710890/how-to-adhd-by-jessica-mccabe/

How to ADHD YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/howtoadhd

This episode is for you if you get in your head and struggle to share your story and your work with the world, if you worry that it’s just not relevant or interesting or maybe that it’s too weird… and just a heads up - we’ve been doing a series called Right Side Out - this is episode 6 and the last episode of the series - it really won’t make sense without working through the episodes - go back to episode 449 of this show to start back at episode one.

Episode 1 of Right Side Out

SHOW NOTES

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Sophie Miller

sophiemiller.co

https://www.sophiemiller.co/

Yoni Wolf / WHY?

https://whywithaquestionmark.com/

AOKOHIO

https://yoniwolf.substack.com/

Angus Fletcher

https://www.angusfletcher.co/

Wonderworks

https://swiftpress.com/book/wonderworks/

Connor Jones / Pending Beautiful

https://www.pendingbeautiful.co/

CreativeMornings

https://creativemornings.com/

All the parts come together and I share the conversation with my mom.

Part 5 of Right Side Out

SHOW NOTES

Lulu Miller

https://www.instagram.com/lutimestwoo/?hl=en

CreativeMornings

https://creativemornings.com/

SWISSMISS / Tina Roth Eisenberg

https://www.instagram.com/swissmiss/?hl=en

James Acaster

https://www.jamesacaster.com/

A Pizza with Everything On It

https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/a-pizza-with-everything-on-it