The Artist Morning™ Podcast

Dear Artist, There is a lot happening in the world right now. War. Politics. Rising costs. Fear. Uncertainty. There are real reasons to feel overwhelmed, discouraged, and even hopeless. And somehow, despite all of it, I still feel hopeful. Not the passive kind of hope where we sit around, cross our fingers, and wait for the universe to fix everything. I’m talking about the kind of hope that begins...

Dear Artist, How much longer are you going to wait before you share the thing you know you’re here to share? I ask that with love because I am asking myself the same question. In this episode, I tell a real story about how resistance got me tangled up in perfectionism, comparison, and waiting for the “right” moment before sharing my next creation. Not because I don’t care, but because I care so da...

Dear Artist, The last time Lilian and I recorded a podcast together, something incredible manifested. It was the second-to-last day of 2023. I was near the end of my 365-day Substack experiment , where I shipped one new post a day. For this second-to-last post, I decided to ask Lil to join me for a deep dive podcast convo . I think I was partially exhausted from writing all year, and I wanted some...

Dear Artist, This one feels tender. This is the last podcast I will ever record in The Loft. Next week, my family and I are moving into a new home, and I couldn’t leave this space without telling the miraculous story of how this loft came to be. This loft became the birthplace for almost everything I’ve built over the last nine years. * The Artist Morning * The Creative Sanctuary * The Writers Clu...

Dear Artist, Some creative projects don’t die. They wait. They wait while life moves on. While we get busy. While we lose faith. While some part of us quietly wonders if maybe it’s too late. Jessica Amos wrote her poetic memoir, My Life in Moments , 13 years ago. And last week, she finally published it. This conversation is about that. But it’s also about much more. It’s about staying with yoursel...

Dear Artist, The last few weeks stirred up a lot in me. Stress. Rejection. Fear. Old stories. Old wounds. All of it came rushing to the surface while my family and I searched for a new home. In this episode, I share what helped me stop spiralling and reconnect with a deeper sense of trust, peace, and perspective. In this episode, we explore: * A very personal story about how I got lost in stress,...

Dear Artist, This conversation with Chris Assaad goes right to the heart of something I care deeply about: how we stay open and keep creating when life is heavy, messy, or uncertain. Chris is an incredible singer-songwriter, storyteller, and dear friend whose work has moved me for years. But what stands out to me most is not just what he creates. It’s the way he meets life. Chris has a real gift f...

Dear Artist, Six years ago, I nearly walked away from the greatest creative project of my life before it even began. In this episode, I share the story of how Artist Morning was born, the whispers I almost ignored, and the deeper lesson I learned about what it really means to be ready. In This Episode, We Explore: * What to do when a deeper calling keeps returning, but you still do not feel ready...

Dear Artists, I loved this conversation with my good friend Charles Freligh . He’s one of those rare people whose work feels both deeply grounded and deeply awake. Charles is an artist, author, meditation teacher, personal guide, and psychologist, and he has impacted my creativity in subtle yet profound ways. You may know him from Insight Timer, where he’s become one of the top teachers on the pla...

Dear Artist, In this episode, I explore what it means to stay on the path that is truly yours. I talk about the things that pull us away from it, like comparison, perfectionism, fear, and attachment, and the deeper frequency that helps us come back. The one I’ve been calling the God Frequency. I’ve been sitting with 2 questions lately: 1) What is my lane ? 2) What is my zone ? Let’s start there. Y...

Dear Artist, You’re not scared of failure. You’re scared of what failure could reveal about who you are. That you’re not good enough. Not talented enough. Not lovable enough. So you hesitate. You overthink. You wait. And most of all, you do whatever it takes to avoid failing. In this episode, I’m going to show you how to flip failure from something you avoid into something essential to any form of...

Today’s episode touches on a sensitive topic. I’m going to say the G word. God. If that word feels charged for you, I get it. There’s nothing you need to believe. Nothing needs to change. You get to have your own relationship with God, or no relationship at all. When I say “God” here, I’m not talking about religion. I’m talking about relationship. And I’m not sharing this as an abstract idea. In t...

Dear Artist, If you’ve been overthinking, procrastinating, or “almost writing”, that’s not a character flaw. That’s Resistance doing its job. And today, we take our power back. Resistance is an invisible force that will do whatever it can to keep you quiet, small, and unfinished, especially when you are close to something honest. What You’ll Get From This Episode * A clear definition of Resistance...

Dear Artist, Social media has trained many of us to treat writing like performance. Like proof. Like content. Like something we do to get something back. But writing is older than the Internet. Older than trends. Older than any algorithm. Writing is communion with your soul. In today’s 20-minute Artist Morning Podcast, we’ll do three things together: PART 1: A short lesson that reframes what writi...

Dear Artist, I have some exciting news to share with you. I’m officially launching the Artist Morning Podcast right here on Substack. The Artist Morning Podcast is a biweekly guided audio practice for writers and creators. One lesson. One meditation. One writing practice. To help you finally share your most soulful work with the world. Each episode is under 20 minutes and packed with tools and min...