Art Creativity & Wellbeing

Greetings! Today’s is another in this series of "lost" Tools Chats recorded with my friend and colleague Andrew Moss . It's about an important tool on my journey that I still find extremely helpful even today. This was done as a LinkedIn live back in Spring 2025, so the production and sound quality is a little different than what you’re used to… But we hope that this will be a super helpful episod...

Greetings! Today's episode is the first-ever chat with my friend and colleague Andrew Moss regarding the tools that we developed together as I was training to solo-hike across northern England in 2023.This was done as a LinkedIn live back in Winter 2025, and I hear a little bit of nervous energy in my voice as we get rolling in the conversation. I wonder if you'll hear that as well? Today we chat...

Greetings! It’s time for another chat with my friend and colleague Andrew Moss regarding the tools that we developed together as I was training to solo-hike across northern England in 2023. Today you’ll hear about a tool we call Periods. Not commas . Back when Andrew was my coach and I was training to cross northern England on foot, this was the first tool that my brain was able to take in. It's b...

I am excited to bring you this one, an update as the upheaval settles after my life partner and I relocated from where we just kinda ended up… to where we really wished to be. Paid Supporters: Your Chapter Is Here

Greetings! It's time for another great conversation with my friend and colleague Andrew Moss regarding the tools that we developed together as I was training to solo-hike across northern England in 2023. Today you’ll hear about a tool we call Negative Thoughts are Opportunities for Growth . It’s a conversation that will feel relevant and helpful, if you've ever been derailed by the thoughts inside...

Today's episode is another one that I have been WAITING FOR SO LONG to bring you! Please welcome Jeff Lamb , creator of the Pathfinders original podcast series and cofounder of Pathfinders for Good, which is all about celebrating and supporting everyday heroes. This episode is uniquely done – I get to bring the wonderful framework that Jeff developed for the Pathfinders show, on him! The result is...

Greetings from Maine, USA, where I LIVE now, after 28 years of trying! I am OVER the MOON and sharing this short update celebrating dreaming, doing, and changing systems. It was recorded on my epic 1 mile walk to the mailbox this morning! I'll be back a little later this week with an interview that I'm super excited to bring to you :) In the meantime, if changing systems from a place of feeling go...

Greetings friend! Today's a quick update on what-all is happening around here.. and gets into a bit of what 'here' means for my life partner and I right now! Here's the poem that I read for you in this episode: The Taste of Freedom I couldn’t find a fork Or oil Or salt. The pan had been packed. Couldn’t make my preferred breakfast No eggs Quinoa Avocado Available even if I could. So I ate my break...

Today's episode is another one that I have been WAITING FOR SO LONG to bring you! Please welcome Mike Michalowicz , the author of many best-selling books, one very formative one for me and which we talk quite a bit about today, Profit First . Mike specializes in helping entrepreneurs and creative people figure out their financial stuff in a way that is truly life changing. It's changed my life, an...

Greetings friend! It's time for another great conversation with friend-of-the-podcast and my colleague Andrew Moss regarding the tools that we developed together as I was training to solo-hike across northern England in 2023. Today you’ll hear about a tool we call Trust Evidence Over Thoughts , and it’s a conversation that will feel relevant and helpful, if you’ve ever been carried away by your th...

I've been waiting to bring you this one for a long time! A great conversation with my longtime friend Bill Dwinnells LMHC, NCC, CCMHC . Bill is making a difference in the lives of many people through his work as a therapist. Today you'll hear about how Bill got his start and how he started something amazing in Massachusetts when he became the first therapist to ride along with first responders as...

How cool is this – our (AI) friends at Notebook. LM made this Deep Dive about my idea for changing systems that we don't like! A few weeks ago I wrote an article on this very topic , how to change a system that we don't like. Today you'll hear our friends talk about this method and how to make it work for you, if there is a system or systems that you'd like to change. Workshop on Changing Systems...

Hail and well met! It's time for another great conversation with friend and colleague, coach Andrew Moss regarding the tools that we developed together as I was training to solo hike across northern England in 2023. Today you’ll hear about a tool we call The Midline, how it’s shaped each of our lives and how it’s evolved to be even more helpful in the years since it first entered our coaching work...

Hello friends! Today's is a quickie, in which I share about this upcoming season of Art Creativity & Wellbeing and what we will be doing around here through September! And I wrap up with some words that meant a lot to me when I saw them last summer – I'm offering them out in case you need to hear them today. Wishing you very well! Talk soon. Love, Kay Consider subscribing to this newsletter so tha...

Greetings friends! Today's guests are two close friends who've been incredibly inspiring to me on my journey, Gail Clanton and Janine Halloran ! I know they'll be super inspiring for you as well. Before we jump in: Consider subscribing to this newsletter so that it shows up in your inbox , instead of you having to go search for it :) Today's is a special conversation sharing about the books that w...

Hello friends! Settle in for a story! I'm taking you into an exciting development in my life as an artist: my first five-figure art commission. Listen for the story.. here in these show notes I'll give you: The brief answers to the questions I've been asked about this The five-step plan through which I brought it about. Before we jump in: Consider subscribing to this newsletter so that it shows up...

Back when I did not have a clear understanding of the values that I held most dear, it's no coincidence that I didn't feel like a creator. It turns out: one of my most deeply held values is Freedom. I was not giving myself permission to feel like a creator. How do your most deeply held values align with your self, and your view of yourself as a creator? Today I'm taking you into an exercise that's...

Hello friends! Welcome to the 8th out of 10 editions of this season of Art Creativity & Wellbeing, the newsletter! Today we're discussing collaboration in art and creativity. Who are collaborators that you admire? Who do you love to collaborate with? Hope you enjoy! And if you're seeing this in your podcast app and you'd like to subscribe to get future episodes of Art Creativity & Wellbeing right...

Hello dear friends! I'm excited to share my conversation with a beloved coaching colleague, Heather Egginton . Heather joins us to discuss how it feels to be a millionaire! Recently, Heather's net worth topped $1 million. We discuss how that intersects with her feelings of worth inside herself. It's a fascinating conversation and Heather brings curiosity herself, inviting me to share about how I c...

Hello friends! It's the second Thursday of the month and that means a great conversation with friend and and now-former colleague Andrew Moss regarding the tools that we developed together as I was training to solo hike across northern England in 2023.This one's about the tool that is really behind all the other tools: “I am not my thoughts.”In today's conversation you'll hear about how this idea...

My dudes! TODAY IS THIS PODCAST'S 10TH BIRTHDAY! How did that happen!! From a show that existed to support parents of young children starting in 2015… To one that celebrates the doers and the dreamers like the one you will hear from today… It has been a wild ride. For those of you who've been here since the beginning, please know how grateful I am that you've rolled with the changes. You rock! And...

Happy April friends! As you'll hear I am creating quite a bit this month, all very joyful and thankfully I have given myself the time and space to do this from a full cup. Here are two things that are so new, they didn't even make the video! 1. For pretty obvious reasons I called this painting Up On the Roof of the World ! It's of a special place in Colorado, and I just completed it this morning....

Hello friends! I hope you've been enjoying yourselves as we have been on our hiatus! It's been a little longer of a hiatus than I had originally intended. Sometimes life throws curveballs, and there've been some fascinating curveballs in these last several months! I hope to share about them with you soon! We are on hiatus for a little longer, but behind the scenes I have been having some epic conv...

Hello friends! I hope March is starting off very well for you! What are you up to creatively? I see that I have been feeling better by creating. Late last year I decided to spend at least one hour per day in what I think of as "creative enjoyment." This is everything from taking a walk or hike – or over the last week or so, getting out to go skiing where I'm staying with my parents in the Colorado...

Hello, friends, and welcome to Art, Creativity and Wellbeing! I'm really glad you're here! Today I’m sharing: * What I’m up to creatively * What’s new here at Art Creativity & Wellbeing * My curiosity about what YOU’RE up to creatively :) One thing that’s new! I decided to give everyone the opportunity to view everything, whatever your situation is, and regardless of whether you choose to support...