Building the Creative Life

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti-greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun shares her experience at BBG Con (Board Games and Geeks convention). Jenn talks about selling out of her books at River City Witch Market. They reflect on what they’ve learned and accomplished s...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun reflects on validation she’s received in her spiritual life and then talks about participating in the Breathless Jam with a new game. Jenn shares her struggle with a creative hangover in the wak...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun discusses the steps she’s taken to reduce her anxiety, physically and mentally. She reflects on events of the last few months and how they have affected her. Having done emotional and spiritual...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Jenn shares updates on her book sales and her first attempt at Facebook ads. Chrishaun discusses going to Leander Con and talking with other gamers about what they look for in a new game. She’s excited to...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun and Jenn talk about protein coffee and other ways to take care of themselves while they work towards new creative goals and projects. Chrishaun talks about changing her plans–including doing her...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti-greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun and Jenn math out the options for getting tarot cards printed. They discuss pricing options, including considerations for bulk vs small-batch orders, as well as the consequences for shipping fro...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun and Jenn talk about letting their creative moods guide them and remembering to take time out from the creative business to live the creative life - because being flexible and having fun is why w...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun has completed her class ( Full Stack Java Development at Per Scholas ) and plans to take the week to rest and process big changes that are coming. She talks about leaving the structure of the cl...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun and Jenn catch up on their projects, sharing the things they are most proud of–Jenn revised 32 chapters in a week, and Chrishaun has developed new branding to house all of her projects under one...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun and Jenn discuss the joys of making progress and seeing results. Chrishaun shares her work on a hunter encounter generator. Jenn talks about getting feedback on her manuscript and starting revis...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun and Jenn share their excitement about progress they’re making on their creative projects. Chrishaun talks about some of the reasons people make choices against their best interests, particularly...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun talks about transitioning from an author to a game designer. She opens up about how facing her own truths and embracing her creative work has helped her get through dark times. Chrishaun and Jen...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun addresses her white friends in a reflection on how political power shifts will affect them as members of a class over their race. Jenn expresses concern about the SAVE Act. Jenn and Chrishaun di...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Jenn and Chrishaun discuss struggles with scheduling and mental health. They commiserate over winter weather and geek out about Severance. Chrishaun shares plans for a side quest and does an unboxing of J...

Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. In this week’s episode, Chrishaun and Jenn discuss the power and challenges of self-validation. Chrishaun talks about valuing skills learned over academic success. Jenn shares her new response to no response when it comes to rea...

In this week’s episode, Chrishaun and Jenn catch up on what they’ve been working on since the end of season one. Chrishaun shares her reasons for making a big move and then celebrates small wins, including her coding coursework and developing the game mechanics for RPGs in her Shaman States universe. Jenn talks about her progress in drafting her third novel and gives some updates on her plans for...

Ep 16: seen and heard Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti greed. This week, in an episode filmed on Halloween, Chrishaun and Jenn geek out about the finale of Agatha All Along. They reflect on the first season of Building the Creative Life and share their goals for seaso...

Ep 15: be the one who asks the questions Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti-greed. This week, Chrishaun and Jenn discuss a challenge Jenn had with her son’s teacher, bridging that experience into a broader discussion of how to have open communication when you need quest...

Ep 14: embracing chaos Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti-greed. This week, Chrishaun talks about her plans for her newest project: the Chaos Machine. She discusses the courses she’s taking and other steps involved in building her own AI, as well as addressing the conce...

Ep 13: grounding Building the Creative Life is a podcast about choosing to prioritize creativity as we build a life that supports the lens of empathy, truth, joy, kindness, and anti-greed. This week, Chrishaun and Jenn talk about grief and making space in the creative life to process hard emotions. Chrishaun shares a technique she calls the Conversation, which helps her to ground herself and prepa...

We will continue to talk about Agatha All Along for as long as they make episodes!

Chrishaun and Jenn discuss episode 6 of Agatha All Along

Sique and Jenn's full talk about building strong connections through hard conversations

Sique (a djinn with 42 years in spiritual work) discusses the consequences of disrespecting closed practices. (and why is Jenn so tiny?)

Welcome to Building Bonus, where we share all those side conversations from the Building the Creative Life podcast. In this bonus, Sique (who is extremely food-motivated) shares what she loves about pork belly and how Kombucha has saved her tummy.