Episode 1 - Creative Depression. Ignoring One's True Joy.

In this episode, I use my own experience with social comparison so Ellen can give me some techniques to overcome social comparison. Listen to this episode so you can know that social comparison is a normal way to feel and why you need to be a racehorse.

I chat to Kimberly from The Little Plantation about how the creative process shouldn’t be connected to likes and comments. Her journey with becoming addited to likes and comments on social media, and her realisation that she wants to do what her creative heart desires - authenticity. Taking some time off from creating and bullet journaling has allowed her to come back to her passion with a new mindset. She no longer questions her self worth or validity as a creative. Listen to her journey.

Natalie will share why she thinks community over connection is so important, why she started the Rising Tide Society and the steps you can take to find the right community to connect with.

In this episode I talk about the mistake I made of following someone else's journey and the important distinction of feeling inspired vs reliving the journeys of those we deem successful. Why listen to this episode? Well if you're constantly looking to other to inspire action for your journey, you'll also look to their benchmarks for success. Come chat with me as I go through why success will never be achieved by pretending to be someone else.

Talking with Michelle Swan about overcoming self-criticism to allow us to see our lives and creativity with eyes of love, rather than judgement. Michelle talks about how an affirmation she's said throughout her life has now become her creative business.

This episode Lauren and I are exploring the idea of embracing your authentic inner voice, and why it is not only important in standing out in a cookie cutter industry, but is vital in pursuing a fulfilling creative journey. We’re going to chat about what it means to show up to the part, even if you are wearing a lobster costume.

In this episode, Marisa and I connect through our mutual journey with anxiety and how managing your anxiety can shift those dark shadows to be lead of the bright lights of creativity. Marisa shares some of her experiences with anxiety and how this shows up in her business of art direction and styling. We chat about fear of success, fear of failure, perfectionism and over delivering.

Anxiety and excitement have very similar physiological responses in the body, so with the help of our mind we can shift feelings of anxiety into something more prosperous like excitement. This can then lead you to a state of inspiration. In this episode, I chat with fellow self-taught food photographer Beata Lubas about how she achieves this, whilst focusing on social media.

In this episode, I am exploring one of the major events in my creative journey as a freelance food photographer that prompted me to get in conversation with our community about emotional health for creative wealth. I chat about how feelings of guilt and ignoring what brought me creative joy lead to being creatively depressed.

What's The Mindful Creative all about? In this introductory episode, I share what prompted me to start this podcast and what Emotional Health for Creative Wealth actually means.