Creative Reboot

As season 6 properly kicks off, we're super excited to introduce our very first guest, Sarah Sovereign, who joined us to talk all about creative boundaries.  If there's one thing we know, boundaries are super tough, especially from a neurodiverse perspective of wanting to keep everyone happy! But Sarah speaks about boundaries as a kindness and comes at it from a kind and accepting viewpoint. We re...

And then suddenly it was 2023 and a new season of Creative Reboot is gearing up! Honestly, we can't quite get our heads around where the time has gone and the fact that this is SEASON SIX! How on earth?! We're kicking off the season with a little intro episode because it's going to be a little bit longer before we get started with our episodes for this year. We're changing up the format this year...

Wow, it's our final episode of this season and for the year (although we *might* be bringing you a bonus Christmas episode, if we can pull our finger out and get it done in time!). This episode is a direct follow on from last week's episode about inspiration, because, of course, we can't just talk about the good stuff, we have to address the bad and how we can overcome it, right? The word "block"...

Consider this a part one episode if you will... because in this episode we talk about inspiration, what inspires us and how we find inspiration in our every day lives. And in part two, coming next, we'll be talking about creative blocks. Two big, but related topics, that needed a double-whammy of an episode to say everything we wanted to say. In this meandering part one episode, we find out a lot...

This episode is FIRE! Honestly, we're not fibbing. Within minutes of being on, Charelle Griffith dropped a shedload of wisdom all about marketing and we were blown away by how much information she shared with us! A Marketing Strategist and Business Mentor for coaches, consultants and service-based business owners with a passion for supporting solopreneurs and small business owners, Charelle focuse...

Bit of a rambling episode this week that started with an experience and an idea. So much so, we didn't even really know what to call this episode to start with! As we talked though, we realised we were talking about all those unfinished creative projects we've started and never finished over the years. Not because we don't want to finish them, not because we ran out of time, but maybe because it's...

In this episode, we were joined by the very lovely Melissa Hobson, a copywriter writing for marine conservation organisations, a PR consultant and a dream chaser. Melissa shares how she's living her dream life split between the UK and Mozambique, pursuing a career she loves combined with a pastime she adores. Listen in as she paints the most visual of pictures of her underwater adventures and drop...

In a Creative Reboot first, our guest, the very lovely Girl Friday, Emma McGregor joined Carla in her office to record this episode earlier this summer! Emma shared her experiences with us of a career filled with so much diversity and not even a little bit of niching in the most articulate way. She was a joy to listen to and she shared some wonderful pieces of excellent advice in amongst stories o...

A tough topic, especially as, for one of us at least, the feelings were definitely still recent and raw, but creative burnout is something we've all experienced definitely more than once in our creative journeys, so it felt right to have an episode about it this season. We talk all about our experiences of burnout, how we recognise it (eventually!) and how we feel it can be dealt with and, better...

We started with a rough idea of talking about personal projects, what they are and how we incorporate them into our busy schedules. But it quickly became apparent we had different ideas about what a personal project really was! What ensued was an interesting delve into this topic and, we'll be honest, we didn't really come up with any firm answers. But one thing's for sure, it was an interesting t...

A same-day epiphany for us both instigated this particular topic and chat and we think you can hear the joy and wonder and excitement in both our voices as we talk about it! We're talking about creative time in this episode, about making space to be creative not just to actually create something but also to enjoy creativity and let our brains mull things over and come up with new ideas. Join us as...

It's been a year of firsts for us at the Creative Reboot podcast, and one of our favourite firsts has to be this one - the opportunity to record a group episode while we were on our Writer's Retreat earlier this year with 3 epically awesome creatives! You've met Janine before, in an earlier episode, but we also had the lovely Alex and Alison along for the chat too and we're super excited to share...

Inspired by our writer's retreat earlier this year, we decided we wanted to tackle the subject of creative spaces in this episode. As we talked about it, though, the subject took us to places that we hadn't even really considered! What does creative space mean to you? Listen in and then let us know your thoughts. Enjoy the episode! We'd love it if you could rate us (5 stars please!) and write a re...

We're super excited to share this joyful episode where we talk about all things art and creative journeys with the super lovely Emma Lock this week. You'll definitely want to listen in to bask in the warm, creative glow that is our very special guest (plus also get her top tips on using social media - she's a bit of a whizz!). We can't wait to hear what you think! Enjoy the episode! We'd love it i...

Our first guest of the season and we've started with a lovely one! Meet the lovely Estelle Hakner, a website copywriter for eco brands. We had the most wonderful chat with her, finding out about how she went from being a generalist to really niching down and suddenly finding more freedom than ever. Enjoy the episode! We'd love it if you could rate us (5 stars please!) and write a review for us on...

As we properly kick off the season, we're tackling the green-eyed monster head on! JEALOUSY! In the context of creativity and professional jealousy of course. We won't deny it's a thing we've both experienced over the years (anyone who says they haven't is, frankly, lying!) but here's why it's not always a bad thing and how you can deal with it. We'd love it if you could rate us (5 stars please!)...

Better late than never, here we are with the first episode of season 5! After a crazy year of 3 seasons and 30 episodes, we decided we needed a little time to rest, think things through and figure out how we were going to carry this podcast forward into 2022. That started by actually taking a month off from even thinking about it and wow did we need that! We've learned a lot about running a podcas...

Welcome to Creative Reboot and season 4! We had so much fun recording our previous books episode that we knew we wanted to do it again! In this season, we took it Desert Island Discs style and chose our favourite books to take to a desert island (along with one luxury item). We think you'll love our choices! We'd love it if you could rate us (5 stars please!) and write a review for us on your favo...

Welcome to Creative Reboot and season 4! Now this is an interesting episode for you... What happens when you get two women diagnosed with ADHD (and one who might be!) recording an episode together?! Actually not as chaotic a discussion as you might anticipate but there was the need for an obnoxious alarm to help keep us on track! If you're wondering about neurodivergence, recently diagnosed or sus...

Welcome to Creative Reboot and season 4! We have to say this is probably one of the nicest and kindest episodes we've ever recorded. Which is hardly surprising when you realise it's because we're talking with one of the founders of the Dept of Kindness, Rhiannon Adler! Rhiannon tells us all about her creative journey and we know you're going to love what she has to say. Listen in for an episode fu...

Welcome to Creative Reboot and season 4! If there's one thing we both agree on, every day when you're running your business is a learning day! And, frankly, that makes us pretty darn happy. We love learning new things and we often try to make time to take courses and learn new skills as much as we can. So we're talking all about education and learning for joy in this episode. Have a listen and let...

Welcome to Creative Reboot and season 4! We're super excited to bring this episode to you with this wonderful guest this week. Lisa Russell has kindly taken the time to talk about being an introvert in business and we think you'll get so much from this episode if you struggle with extrovert marketing techniques! There are all kinds of gems dropping in this episode. We hope you enjoy it! We'd love...

Welcome to Creative Reboot and season 4! We're tackling a topic this week that many creatives in business struggle with - pricing! Knowing how to price your products and services is an eternal struggle. We obviously need and want to make money from what we do, but there's also the fear that we're underpricing and devaluing what we're doing. We talk about all the struggles of pricing yourself in th...

Welcome to Creative Reboot and season 4! We've got another great guest for you this week. She's a real inspiration and a woman who has done it all! (Honestly, wait until you hear her list, it's super impressive!) Lois J Elise talks to us about how she has tried all the things and found herself on this journey. We know you're going to really enjoy hearing all about it, so hit that play button! We'd...

Welcome to Creative Reboot and season 4! This week we're talking all about competition and community, how we feel it's important to make friends with your "competitors", and what does that term even mean? Slight spoiler... for us, creativity and running our businesses is all about community anyway! We'd love it if you could rate us (5 stars please!) and write a review for us on your favourite podc...