455 - How to Work with Your Brain Instead of Against it with Jessica McCabe

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 SPONSORS:  Riverside - The easiest way for you and your team to record, edit and share professional grade Videos and Podcasts, from anywhere in the world.  https://creators.riverside.fm/creativepeptalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 SPONSORS Riverside - The easiest way for you and your team to record, edit and share professional grade Videos and Podcasts, from anywhere in the world.  https://creators.riverside.fm/creativepeptalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 -------- 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/ -------- SPONSORS Riverside - The easiest way for you and your team to record, edit and share professional grade Videos and Podcasts, from anywhere in the world.  https://creators.riverside.fm/creativepeptalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 ------------- SHOW NOTES Cal Newport https://calnewport.com/ Slow Productivity https://calnewport.com/slow/ Jenny Blake - Free Time https://itsfreetime.com/book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 ---------------- 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if: You want to get more personal or deep in your creative work but you don’t know practically where to start You struggle to take a personal interest in yourself and you feel like every one else is more interesting or worthy You are prone to low self and esteem and sometimes feel like why even bother making anything at all STICK TIL THE END of this episode I am going to share a prompt that unlocked the most significant creative breakthrough in finding my own creative voice SHOW NOTES EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee!  Stuff by Andrew Neyer: https://andrewneyer.com/ Color Me Collaborative Exhibit: https://andrewneyer.com/projects/color-me Charles Schulz on 60 Minutes in 1997: https://youtu.be/kjTpdUs-pfw Creative Mornings: https://creativemornings.com/ https://creativemornings.com/talks/aaron-james-draplin/1 https://creativemornings.com/talks/kate-bingaman-burt/1 https://creativemornings.com/talks/joseph-wu/1 IFS: https://ifs-institute.com/ BOOK 'No Bad Parts' by Dr Richard C. Schwartz https://ifs-institute.com/nobadparts 'Muppet Guys Talking' Dave Goelz and Jerry Nelson https://muppetguystalking.com/ Yoni Wolf / WHY? https://whywithaquestionmark.com/ AOKOHIO https://yoniwolf.substack.com/ Sophie Miller https://www.sophiemiller.co/ Connor Jones / Pending Beautiful https://www.pendingbeautiful.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You struggle to find where the literal voices of others and the metaphorical creative voices of your hero’s end and where you begin If limitations were put on you by others that you have a hard time shaking off You need help finding a starting place to build off of in terms of building your creative identity Stick til the end for an exercise to kickstart finding your creative voice SHOW NOTES Dr Ken Benau https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/ken-benau-kensington-ca/279286 NPR - Social media posts warn people not to call 988. Here's what you need to know https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/08/11/1116769071/social-media-posts-warn-people-not-to-call-988-heres-what-you-need-to-know Yoni Wolf / WHY? https://whywithaquestionmark.com/ AOKOHIO https://yoniwolf.substack.com/ Sophie Miller https://www.sophiemiller.co/ Connor Jones / Pending Beautiful https://www.pendingbeautiful.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for you if: You need some ideas on how to tap into a more timeless sense of yourself You cant figure out what’s you and what’s you trying to be cool Or you need help breaking free from your creative influences and find something that truly unique to you to build a more unique creative sensibility  STAY TIL THE END and I will give you a creative thought exercise that broke open the development of my creative identity in a major way early on in my practice  SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Yoni Wolf / WHY? https://whywithaquestionmark.com/ AOKOHIO https://yoniwolf.substack.com/ Sophie Miller https://www.sophiemiller.co/ Connor Jones / Pending Beautiful https://www.pendingbeautiful.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices