The Artist Cooperative Podcast

What happens to your creativity when stress and exhaustion become... a bit more than you can handle? Burnout happens when you live so long in the stress cycle that your body quite literally shuts down (usually because you weren't able to rest on your own), and it can be so so debilitating. In this discussion, let's chat about burnout and how to navigate/nurture your creativity when it feels like y...

​Do you have a particularly loud inner critic? Making art can feel  impossible when you have a constant stream of negative stories playing in your brain. Luckily, there're a ​few tricks to dealing with a needy inner critic to help your creativity flourish, without shaming yourself along the way. Let's discuss!

Many of us discover in adulthood that we've been suppressing or masking A LOT since childhood, and we're on a journey to rediscover who we are and who we want to be. How can we use creativity and art specifically to help us through that journey? Let's discuss!

What's holding you back most from creativity? Is it your fear of failure? Or is it a little deeper than that? In this discussion, let's dive into the relationship between creative block + confronting both your fears AND desires.

Ah, that age-old question every artist eventually asks themselves: What IS my style, anyway? In this discussion, we'll talk about what "style" means to you and how to explore creative themes and activities that help you both explore and express yourself.

The end of the year is a time of reflection, thinking back on the progress you've made toward your goals and what might be in store for the future. In this discussion, let's chat about what progress means to you and how to define it in a way that lifts you up and motivates you to keep moving forward. 

One-and-done projects can be great, but what happens when your creative aspirations and ideas get a little bigger? In this discussion, we'll chat about how to manage big ideas and tasks so your long-term creative projects can actually come to life.

Goal-Setting can feel so good, but what happens when you don't actually achieve your goals? What happens when you plan everything perfectly… and your progress still doesn't go according to plan? Let's discuss how to approach revisiting "failed" goals with self-compassion, and pivoting or plotting a course that may help you actually achieve them.

Habits – can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em! If you're anything like me, building sustainable habits has been a lifelong struggle for you. In this discussion, let's talk about what makes habits so tricky and how to make them more… sticky! Especially when it comes to our creative practice.

We all know taking a break is a necessity — but how does one actually take a break and make it worth it? Let's chat about using creativity for rest and rejuvenation, and how to intentionally incorporate rest into our creative practice.

How can we make creative joy an everyday occurrence? No matter where or who you call home, let's talk about how to channel creativity into a practice that will serve you whether you make it to your desk or not! We'll talk a lot about the four creative habits (rest, play, focus, community) and ways to intentionally incorporate them not just into your creative sessions but also your everyday life.

Failure is not only inevitable in your creative journey – it's necessary. That doesn't make it hurt any less! So how do we reconcile the hurt and unmask the benefits? In this conversation, let's discuss ways to turn failure into opportunity. 

The dreaded learning gap – the space between where you are and where you want to be. How do you bridge that gap while still maintaining a healthy sense of self? In this conversation, we'll discuss what the learning gap is, common frustrations, and ways to maintain self-compassion while still reaching for progress. 

What stories do you tell yourself, and how do they affect your creativity and self-worth? In this conversation, we'll discuss negative and positive core beliefs and how to build a stable inner story-building process to empower your creative practice. 

We always say creativity requires courage -- it also requires a tolerance for uncertainty. This month, let's chat about how to not only tolerate but EMBRACE uncertainty so we can truly let creativity thrive. 

Too many possibilities and expectations cluttering your creative practice? In this mindset training, let's discuss DECLUTTERING -- physical, mental, and emotional -- to make way for curiosity, ease, and joy as you embark on any creative journey!

I know, I know... not another workshop on goal-setting... !  January's mindset training is all about identifying where the shame lies in goal-setting and how to root it out so you can actually set goals that are attainable and feel good! This is the goal-setting workshop I wish existed when I first learned about New Year's Resolutions, lol.

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the creative choices ahead of you? Do your fears about whether or not you're doing "the right" thing ever cause you to shut down and freeze rather than create? We're diving into these exact challenges to figure out what causes decision freeze, how to prevent it, and ways to cope when you're in the middle!