Andy J. Pizza

Creative Pep Talk

Arts EN ↓ 567 episodes

A Weekly Podcast Companion for Your Creative Journey Transform your creative potential into reality by making your creativity a practice. A “creative discipline” can feel like an oxymoron. Creativity is about doing something new. Discipline is about doing something consistently. The aim of this podcast is to help you strike that elusive balance. Each week, New York Times Bestselling Author Illustrator Andy J. Pizza shares everything he’s learning about building a thriving creative practice. Through solo episodes and interviews with top-tier creatives, Pizza brings you the strategies and stori...

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Andy J. Pizza

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441 - 3 Solutions if Your Practice is Stuck in The Spinning Wheel of Death 14.02.2024 34:22

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440 - For When You're Stuck in The Old Thing & The New Thing’s Scary w/ Todd Henry 07.02.2024 31:46

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439 - How to Transform Risky Daydreams into Empowering Goals 31.01.2024 46:13

Listen to this episode if you: Want to dig deeper and personally interpret new expressions of your daydreams into actionable steps. Are looking for ways to get excited about what you’re dreaming up. Finding where those more fantastical dreams are valuable and practical in the world. Episode four celebrating January Dreamuary. SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it ris...

438 - Something that's a Quick Fix to Overcome a Creative Rut + More with Meera Lee Patel 24.01.2024 1:01:00

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437 - How To Start Your Year Right: The 12 Creative Essentials Checklist 17.01.2024 56:47

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436 - 3 Powerful Tools from Depth Psychology for Making Deeper Work with Lisa Marchiano, LCSW 10.01.2024 1:09:22

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435 - How to Dream Again When You're Tired and Unready for the New Year 03.01.2024 23:40

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434 - Creative Pep Talk's 10 Rules of A Thriving Creative Practice *REPLAY* 27.12.2023 1:05:49

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Our PATREON virtual meetup, now on the last Monday of every month! Join us for the next one on January 29th, 2024! ____ Bob Dylan - Magical Yout...

433 - Tried Everything but Nothing's Working? Studies Show This Creative Tactic is Often Overlooked *REPLAY* 20.12.2023 40:42

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432 - Creatively Drowning? The 3 Magic Words that Helped Me 13.12.2023 39:19

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Scott Erickson on Instagram - “I Get To” post Wonderworks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories by Angus Fletcher Frankenstein by Mary S...

431 - How to Get Out of Your Own Way When You Can’t Seem to Start or Finish Something 06.12.2023 53:27

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430 - How To Break Free From Serving Social Media In 3 Steps 29.11.2023 42:53

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429 - Insights on Juggling Multiple Art Forms Well with Melissa Villaseñor 22.11.2023 57:01

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428 - The Remedy for When You’re Running in Ten Different Directions & Getting Nowhere 15.11.2023 40:57

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs CALL TO ADVENTURE Convertible mooning! Top down, bottoms up assessment of your personal needs. Coin, community, conf...

427 - Do This When Your Tried and True Method is Now Killing Your Creative Spark 08.11.2023 45:47

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path OR get the Creative DIet Pyramid https://www.creativepeptalk.com/diet Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Fran Meneses (Franerd)’s Youtube Channel - [Rolling Stone Music Challenge]...

426 - Mind Tricks to Move Past Your Own Mountains with Lizzy Stewart 01.11.2023 1:17:27

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Lizzy Stewart’s Instagram Alison by Lizzy Stewart Walking Distance by Lizzy Stewart CALL TO ADVENTURE Redefine your mountain. How can you rethink...

425 - Creative Work Not Working? It's One of These 3 Things + How to Not Get Stuck In Your Head 25.10.2023 31:40

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Leave us a voicemail for a future Ask Dr. Pizza episode, by clicking the mic in the corner of https://www.creativepeptalk.com/! Austin Kleon’s De...

424 - Afraid Your Art is White Noise? Make People Feel with These 5 Tools 18.10.2023 38:52

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Wonderworks: Literary invention and the science of stories by Angus Fletcher Bill Burr's Comedy Writing Secrets (Feat. The Joke Doctor) Tomorrow,...

423 - How to Deepen Any Creative Work with Purposeful Symbol and Story 04.10.2023 1:31:46

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Third Eye Drops with Michael Phillip The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life by Dr. Lisa Miller Ho...

422 - 9 Ways to Get Creative with Your Time When You Have No Time to Get Creative 27.09.2023 48:54

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Broken Record Podcast - Belle and Sebastian Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear CALL TO ADVE...

421 - Which of These Crucial 7 Steps Are Your Stuck On? 20.09.2023 44:32

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life by Lisa Miller Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Buil...

420 - How to Free Your Creativity by Untying Some of it From Money Making with Mauro Gatti 13.09.2023 1:08:08

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Mauro Gatti’s Website Mauro Gatti’s Instagram The Happy Broadcast by Mauro Gatti CALL TO ADVENTURE Set your art free by doing free art. What coul...

419 - Should We Keep Creating When the World is Upside Down? 06.09.2023 32:52

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available at creativepeptalk.com/episodes! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com ___ BCG Growth Share Matrix Creative Pepped Growth Share Matrix CALL TO ADVENTURE Organize your practice through the lens of the BCG growth share...

418 - The Real Thing That Stops Me From Doing The Work and How to Break Through 30.08.2023 51:06

SHOW NOTES Episode Transcript Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com The One Thing by Jay Papasan and Gary Keller Atomic Habits by James Clear Lisa Congdon Jessica Hische Kate Bingaman-Burt The NOD Daily Drawing Project Gretchen Rubin - The Four Tende...

417 - The 2 Essential Elements of a Game Changing Creative Collaboration with Sophie Miller 19.07.2023 1:06:52

SHOW NOTES Episode Transcript Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Invisible Things – NEW PICTURE BOOK, OUT NOW! Follow Invisible Things on Instagram! CALL TO ADVENTURE Create a tension board. Similar to a mood board, but through the lens of a mediu...