Carmen Allan-Petale

The Committed Creative Podcast

Business EN ↓ 82 episodes

Are you a creative who wants to make a full-time living from your passion project? Then this podcast is for you. Each week, Carmen interviews a successful creative who quit the corporate business world and made their creative dream pay. Forget navel-gazing, highfalutin creative talk, and learn actionable business steps from creative minds who have turned their creative passion into their life's work...creative work that pays good money. Forget the saying 'poor and struggling artist' and hear from artistic people who earn more than they ever did in a 'traditional' job. Brought to you by creativ...

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Author

Carmen Allan-Petale

Episodes

#6 Telling Your Story with Jas Rawlinson 16.02.2022 49:03

Jas Rawlinson is a storyteller, resilience speaker, non-fiction book coach and best-selling author living in Brisbane who know what it’s like to be stuck in telling your story. Family violence and her father’s suicide while she was a teenager left her deeply traumatised, but determined to find her own voice through writing. She became a magazine writer – but it wasn’t creative enough – tat corpora...

#5 Discovering Your Why with Joanne Shepherd 09.02.2022 43:38

Entrepreneur Joanne Shepherd founded her business, MummActiv after realising a gap in the market for pre and postnatal activewear. Joanne launched her business MummActiv after her struggles with postnatal depression showed her exercise was key in improving her mental health. But she quickly noticed there weren’t any breastfeeding sport bras on the market to support her when she went for a jog. And...

#4 Writing Your Own Success with Barry Divola 02.02.2022 40:32

Journalist, author, and a self-confessed “total music nerd,” Barry Divola was born and raised in Sydney, but in recent years moved to Perth with his wife and children. In this episode, David chats to Barry about how he created his own writing career through persistence, hard work, and routine. They discuss how putting on your pants in the morning is a must, and that even when you're good at y...

#3 Embracing Your Art with Ann Steer 26.01.2022 32:24

Ann Steer is a pastel and acrylic artist based in the northern suburbs of Perth. Alongside painting her stunning seascape artworks, she also teaches classes and sells merchandise. In this episode of The Committed Creative, I talk to Ann about how to get clients when you’re just starting out in your business, how she’s mastered the art of pivoting in COVID to generate more revenue streams, and whet...

#2 Tailoring the Perfect Fit with David Ward 19.01.2022 51:41

David Ward is a Savile Row bespoke tailor who has devoted his working life to creating fashion perfection. He has crafted suits for actors on Downton Abbey, and worked with designers Christopher Kane, Henry Holland, and Kim Jones. He's worked with fashion brands including The Kooples and Nike, and was the personal Savile Row cutter to Alexander McQueen. He has even tailored suits for the Roya...

#1 Finding Your Bliss with Chandrika Gibson 12.01.2022 41:52

Chandrika Gibson is the founder of Suyra Health and co-founder of the Wisdom Yoga Institute. She specialises in yoga therapy for those fighting the battle with cancer, having previously struggled with facial skin cancers herself. In this podcast, Chandrika talks about how her own personal story steered her towards uncovering this niche, and how she was never destined for a typical 9-to-5 working l...

The Committed Creative Trailer 04.01.2022 3:31

Join Carmen and David Allan-Petale, founders and directors of Red Platypus Creative, as they take you through the promo for their upcoming podcast - The Committed Creative. The real talk podcast is dedicated to helping creative souls take the leap from uninspiring corporate jobs to exciting creative freelance work. Is 2022 the year you start to live your dream? We think so!