Tracy Matthews

Creatives Rule the World

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This show is for creators who are done playing small, the ones who know their ideas aren’t just a passion… they’re a portal  Here, we’re rewriting the rules of entrepreneurship. Forget cookie-cutter blueprints and burnout culture, I’m here to help you grow a business that feels good, pays well, and the kind of personal freedom that only comes when you’re brave enough to do things your own way. Through solo episodes and honest conversations with creative entrepreneurs, artists, and founders, I’ll give you the mindset shifts, marketing moves, and business tools you need to grow with clarity, flo...

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Tracy Matthews

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Jun 25, 2026

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Episode #589: The Financial Stability Number Every Creative Business Owner Needs to Know with Megan Hale 25.06.2026

What if more revenue was never the thing standing between you and financial peace? In this episode I sit down with my friend Megan Hale, a former psychotherapist turned financial leader and the creator of Dream Money, a financial operating methodology and software platform built for solo CEOs. Megan and I get honest about the moment she opened a spreadsheet for the very first time, during one of t...

Episode #588: Why Your Nervous System Is Capping Your Income, with Dr. Farya Barlas 18.06.2026

Have you ever pushed harder, bought the course, built the funnel, and still hit the exact same income ceiling you have been bumping up against for years? In this episode I sit down with my friend Dr. Farya Barlas, a chartered psychologist who has spent more than two decades helping entrepreneurs, founders and leaders work with the invisible barriers that mindset hacks and business strategy simply...

Episode #587: The Miracle Hour with Kelly Roach 27.05.2026

What if one focused hour a day was all it took to double your revenue? That's the premise behind The Miracle Hour, the framework from eight-figure entrepreneur Kelly Roach, and in this episode, she breaks it all down. Kelly built a seven-figure business from her car on her lunch break, with zero paid ads, using nothing but intentional relationship-building. In this conversation, she walks us...

Episode #586: Why Curiosity Is Your Greatest Manifesting Superpower (and the Simple Askfirmation Practice That Changes Everything) 21.05.2026

What if the reason your affirmations are not working has nothing to do with how hard you are trying, and everything to do with how your brain is wired? In this birthday special solo episode, I am pulling a teaching straight from inside the Creative Frequency to introduce you to one of the most powerful mindset tools I have ever used: askfirmations. These are not affirmations. They are curiosity-dr...

Episode #585: Community, Ceremony, and the Art of Evolving: A Conversation with Chelsea Renee 16.04.2026

I have been on a healing journey with plant medicines and ceremony for years, and when I get to sit down with someone like Chelsea Renee, someone who facilitates transformation for others for a living, I am fully in my element. Chelsea is a serial entrepreneur, community architect, ceremony facilitator, and the creator of Fempire, a biannual business summit for wild female entrepreneurs with a dre...

Episode #584: How to Stretch Yourself to Make 10K (or More) This May and Bring Your Clients Along for the Ride 15.04.2026

What would happen if you set a big, unreasonable sales goal for May and actually brought your customers along for the ride? In this episode, I am breaking down the stretch goal mindset that has helped hundreds of jewelry designers hit $10K months and beyond, even when it felt completely impossible. I share the real story of Lindsay, a student mentor inside the DBE Sales Accelerator, who had never...

Episode #583: Why You Keep Ghosting Your Audience: The Nervous System Truth About Fear of Visibility with Anna Holtzman 07.04.2026

Have you ever said you want to be seen, that you want to sell more, that you're ready to show up, and then found yourself hiding again without even knowing why? That's the question at the center of this episode, and my guest Anna Holtzman has the answer. It's not a discipline problem. It's not laziness. It's your nervous system. Anna is a therapist-turned-coach who helps s...

Episode #582: Human-First AI: How to Stay Creative, Free, and Ahead of the Curve with Callan Faulkner 01.04.2026

Let's just say it: the AI conversation is getting loud, and a lot of what you are hearing is flat-out wrong. Is AI destroying creativity? Is it stealing jobs? Is it guzzling all the water? My dear friend and AI powerhouse Callan Faulkner is back on the show to cut through the noise and give it to you straight. Callan is the founder of The Uncommon Business, where she runs a multi-million doll...

EP581: The War on Creative People (And Why the Wealthy Creative Wins) 27.03.2026

For generations, we've been fed a lie: that real artists starve, that creatives are bad at business, that making good money means you're selling out. I call this the createriarchy, and I am done letting it have power over you, over me, or over the next generation of creative entrepreneurs. In this episode, I'm breaking down exactly why this war is happening, how AI is reshaping the...

Episode #580: You Cannot Fake Believe: Universal Laws, Self-Image, and the Mindset Shift That Changes Everything with Danielle Amos 24.03.2026

What if the reason you're stuck has nothing to do with your strategy and everything to do with what you actually believe? In this episode of Creatives Rule the World, I sit down with Danielle Amos, one of Bob Proctor's top-certified experts and a teacher of 22 universal laws, to dig into the inner work that actually changes results. Danielle shares her personal journey from six-figure de...

Episode #579: Intuitive Therapy, Ancestral Trauma, and the 5 Anxiety Languages with Annamarie Green, LCSW 20.03.2026

What if your anxiety isn't something to fix? What if it's been trying to protect you this whole time? In this episode, I sit down with Annamarie Green, licensed clinical social worker and founder of The Intuitive Therapy Method, to talk about why traditional therapy often misses the mark, how ancestral trauma lives in the body, and her groundbreaking framework: the 5 Anxiety Languages. A...

Episode #578: The Sales Rhythm Your Business Is Missing (And Why Willpower Won't Create It) 12.03.2026

Are you stuck in a cycle of consuming content, joining programs, and learning everything, yet your sales are still inconsistent? In this episode, I get real about one of the most common traps I see creative entrepreneurs fall into: using learning as a substitute for execution. I’ve been having this conversation live inside the OBSESSED sales challenge, and it’s too important to keep behind closed...

Episode #577: How to Scale Solo: The Business Model That Took Pia Silva from $40K in Debt to $500K in 12 Months 06.03.2026

What if the secret to scaling your business wasn't doing more, but doing less, better? That's exactly what Pia Silva discovered when she went from $40K in debt to $500K in revenue in just 12 months, simply by flipping her entire service model upside down. In this episode, I sit down with Pia Silva, author of the brand new book Scale Solo, to break down the Intensives Model, a business fr...

Episode #576: Why You're Posting Consistently But Still Not Selling Consistently 04.03.2026

You’re showing up. You’re posting. You’re doing all the things the marketing gurus told you to do. So why aren’t the sales following? In this episode, I am getting into the real gap between posting consistently and selling consistently, and it has nothing to do with how much content you create. I unpack why treating content and sales as the same mechanism is the root cause of the content hamster w...

Episode 575: The $22M Creative Journey: What Building Multiple Iconic Brands Actually Taught Me 27.02.2026

What does it actually take to generate $22 million across multiple creative businesses over 30 years? In this raw, behind-the-scenes solo episode, I pull back the curtain on the real highs, the hard lows, and the identity shifts that made all the difference. From leaving my Nordstrom job with a dream and a prayer, to scoring a $4,000 fax order from Twist in Portland, to experiencing bankruptcy and...

Episode #574: Why Most Creative Founders Build Busy Businesses Instead of Iconic Brands 24.02.2026

If you have ever felt like you are doing all the things, posting every day, showing up consistently, working late, and the sales are still not reflecting that effort, this episode is for you. I am diving into one of the most important distinctions I have made in my entire business journey: the difference between building a business and building a brand. A business sells things when people need thi...

Episode #573: Why Going Viral at 50 Taught Me That Confidence Is a Practice, Not a Personality with Jen Polt 12.02.2026

After 25 years in corporate America, Jen Polt took the biggest risk of her life - quitting her executive job to become a full-time content creator and confidence coach. Three weeks later, her husband told her he didn't want to be married to her anymore. Instead of retreating, she used this devastating moment to build something even bigger and discovered that confidence isn't a personalit...

Episode #572: How to Build a Founder-Led Brand That People Remember and Trust 29.01.2026

Are you the world's best kept secret? Ready to stop playing small and step into your iconic era as a creative founder? In this episode, I'm sharing my ICONIC framework for building a founder-led brand that people remember, trust, and buy from. We're talking about Identity, Conviction, Orientation, Narrative, Influence, and Cultural Imprint, and how these six pillars work with the 4V...

Episode #571: Why Your Brand Feels Misaligned (And How to Realign Your Vision, Voice, Visibility, and Vibration) 21.01.2026

If your brand feels misaligned, this episode is your roadmap back. After a year of feeling completely disconnected from my business, I discovered the exact framework that helped me step into the most creative, wealthy, and aligned version of my brand yet. In this episode, I'm sharing the 4V Frequency with you: Vision, Voice, Visibility, and Vibration. Whether you're feeling out of sync w...

Epiosde #570: From Cringe to Cult Following: What Happens When You Stop Playing Small 14.01.2026

Your fear of being cringe is actually destroying your business. And I know you might not want to hear this, but the truth is: when you play small because you're worried about what people think, you become invisible to the people who actually need your transformation. In this raw and honest episode, I'm sharing what it really takes to build an iconic, founder-led brand with a cult followi...

Episode #569: The Pivot: Why I Refuse to Put Creatives in a Box (And What an Iconic Founder-Led Brand Actually Looks Like) 07.01.2026

Have you built a successful business but feel like it's trapped you in a box? If you're a creative entrepreneur feeling bored, resentful, or ready for something more, this episode is your permission slip to evolve. I'm pulling back the curtain on my biggest business pivot yet: from the Art of Reinvention to Iconic. This isn't just about rebranding. It's about refusing to p...

Get Your Creative Energy BACK When You’re Burnt Out (New Year's Refresh) 31.12.2025

Feeling burnt out and wondering why another planner or goal list isn't fixing it? That's because more strategy won't help if you're still dragging the old version of you into the new year. In this episode, I'm breaking down why resolutions fail (they're behavior-based, not identity-based) and sharing the exact prompts I use to help creatives step into a higher capacit...

The Breakthrough Year: Make 2026 The Year It All Clicks 23.12.2025

If you're the best-kept secret in your world and you know you're meant for a bigger year, this episode is for you. I’m breaking down what actually creates breakthrough years (hint: it's not better goal-setting). I’m sharing real transformation stories from my clients Shirley and Amelie, revealing the manifestation strategy that brought my partner into my life at 45, and challenging...

From Stripper to CEO: How One Woman's AI Bot is Replacing $10K Coaches With Andrea Crowder 17.12.2025

What happens when you accidentally build an AI that coaches better than you do? Andrea Crowder wasn't trying to become an AI expert. Six months ago, she'd barely touched ChatGPT. But when she uploaded her coaching content into a custom bot for her $59/month subscription program, something extraordinary happened. Legend AI started transforming lives. People started messaging her: "Th...

2026 The Year of Overflow: How To Unlock Limitless Abundance and Wealth as a Creative 10.12.2025

What if 2026 could be your most creative AND most wealthy year yet? In this powerful solo episode, I'm breaking down why the Year of the Horse is inviting creatives everywhere to step into overflow energy, limitless abundance, and a whole new paradigm of what it means to be a wealthy creative. We're leaving behind the Year of the Snake (shedding old patterns) and galloping full speed int...

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