Talent Free

Today I'm talking with my friend Asya. She works in HR and career development and does not consider herself a creative person, but she wanted to explore creativity anyway. How do you let it into your life? What even is it? And how do we make sure the creative process doesn't become just another thing we're supposed to be doing to stay mentally healthy? This conversation gave me new ang...

Today we are talking with Carmen. She is an author, poet, mentor, creative practitioner and campaigner. We started with differences between spoken and written stories and why retelling fairytales can be so powerful. Why it is better to be the Witch than the Muse and how fictional and even mystical narratives can help us cope with very real life circumstances and what that tells us about creativity...

This episode is with Annie Guest — a mental health therapist and author who inherited her family home after years of caregiving and turned the renovation into a way to process grief. We talk about using objects and interior design to redirect memory toward the moments we cherish, how the creative process of making a home can support emotional healing, finding creative freedom within limitations, a...

In this episode, I speak with Yuliya who is a costume designer and Butoh dancer. We talk about how attached we become to our masks, and how costume can shift from something we hide behind into a tool for exploration, play, and communication. Yuliya shares how Butoh is not only a dance form, but a philosophy of life and presence that invites slowness, attention, and transformation. This conversatio...

Today I’m speaking with Lilit — a photographer, filmmaker, and photography teacher — about lens-based practices that quickly open into something deeper: personal archives, memory, and the emotional power of images. We unpack  therapeutic photography vs. photo therapy , and how working with personal photos can support  mental health and the creative process  through reflection, meaning-making, and...

This episode is with Spring Groove singer, performer, and music therapist who treats music as medicine. We talk about voice as something you’re born with and how the inner critic, overthinking and other mental habits might silence it - and what that silencing costs us mentally and creatively. We also talk about choir and group singing and what magical powers it can hold. It’s in our power to becom...

In this episode we continue our journaling series. I talk to Baroque Anarchist — an artist who used art journaling throughout her IVF treatment. We speak about the stigma around infertility, about building your own support system, and what IVF can feel like when you’re living it from the inside: an explorer’s journey where you’re experimenting on your own body — sometimes feeling like you’re stand...

This episode is with Marusha a journalist and journaling guide who helps others enter the world of journaling and expressive writing. We talk about why finding our own “naked words” can transform the way we feel, how writing about the inner weather is good for emotional clarity and awareness, what a broccoli can tell you and why it’s worth checking if there are writing groups or journaling circles...

This episode is with Alex Mackay, 5Rhythms facilitator and teacher. We talk about dance and why moving from “How do I look when I do it?” to “How does it feel when I do it?” is not as simple as it may sound. We talk about stories our body holds and how we can let it speak. Today’s guest Alex Mackay https://www.alexravensister.com/alex.html https://www.instagram.com/alexravensister?igsh=YjZydW1jbnZ...

This episode is with my old friend and an amazing artist, Anastasia Tribambuka. We discuss what we DO NOT HAVE the right for (spoiler: being angry, being old and EVEN BEING ARTISTS) and how art can act as a spiritual practice. Today’s guest Anastasia Tribambuka https://tribambuka.art/ https://www.instagram.com/tribambuka/ The project Right to Rage, a project embracing women’s anger as a cathartic...

This episode is with Natalia, a self-taught artist and art marketer. We talk about how art can give us a sense of control, how our inner critics sound, and what we actually do with them (or don’t), and how our creativity can help us (a bit like Baron Munchausen) pull ourselves out of the mire by our own hair. Today’s guest Natalia Karpman — https://nataliakarpman.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@yesa...

Teaser for Talent Free – a podcast about creativity as a way to hear and understand yourself, beyond “talent” and perfection. In this short intro, I share what the show is about and what to expect from Season 1.