The Creative Impostor

Episode 084. "Take a deep breath (it's going to be okay), and go for it because the other option is to not do it and going back to that physical sensation that you get in your body when you think about... not getting your voice out there... how does that feel physically?... Usually, that gut instinct is going to let you know." ~Clara Harris Head over to Clara Harris' website and, right away, you'l...

Episode 083. "So, all these things I learned from acting: rehearsing, relentlessly planning, thinking of your audience, inhabiting the character, bringing energy to the room… Those are all critical." ~Rob Biesenbach Quick! How do you introduce yourself (your business, your big idea, your creative project) to the world? Cue the impostor! If you've just broken into a cold sweat, I understand. This i...

Episode 082. "There is a vulnerability that comes with the voice because it is a natural expression… of who we are. The sound of my voice carries with it the story of my life." ~Davin Youngs Honestly? I shouldn't even write show notes for this one. I mean, this episode is about voice . How we use it. How we experience it. Where it comes from. How do you summarize it with words ? Davin Youngs does...

"One of the things that I hear from clients and potential clients and podcasting community members is that a lot of people really don't like the sound of their own voice." ~Andrea Klunder, episode 081. Lately I've honestly been feeling a little bit apathetic. I've had a hard time connecting with things that I love, things that inspire me, things that energize me, things that bring me joy. And so I...

"I think it is a normal reaction to a major event in your life to want to make all of these changes at once and you know what? I think it is also impossible." ~Andrea Klunder Recently it has come to my attention that I have been trying to change everything all at once. The health crisis that I've experienced this year with surgery and recovery has set me on a trajectory where I am fully aware of a...

Every time I lose my voice to laryngitis, I have a fear that it won't come back. ~Andrea Klunder What are you scared of? Having a major health crisis changes the lens on how you perceive things. Long-time fears can resurface with a vengeance and new ones you never considered before can materialize. I was inspired to do this episode and post by Sarah Buino of the Conversations with a Wounded Healer...

"It's amazing to me how very hard we are on ourselves whenever healing is involved. Whether one has had a hysterectomy, a fibroid removed, given birth, or "just" had a broken bone set, we expect expediency... capitalism demands it... And consumerism has co-opted self-care to mean things like manicures, cupcake breaks, and long weekends." ~Lisa Widder I AM A SELF-CARE IMPOSTOR!!! Before I was a pod...

"Be patient with yourself. It may take longer than you think." ~Nilsa Reyna A stroke in your mid-30s. A maze of medical appointments with no answers. 6 years of searching for a diagnosis. Brain surgery. Anxiety. And recovery. Actor, writer, director Nilsa Reyna is creating performances centered around her own health journey with the hope that it helps other people connect with their own stories. M...

"I just decided when I got the diagnosis that there must be some things that I don't know about me so what can I do that will help me engage in a deeper self-study?" ~Aya-Nikole Cook What happens when you are an artist following your passion, building a name for yourself in your field, and doing work you love... and then suddenly a major health crisis comes out of the blue? That's what happened to...

This episode is a special treat for you (and for me!) I asked my friend and colleague Tina Conroy from The Intuitive Woman podcast to do a personal reading for me that I could share with YOU! This is a forecast for the entire year of 2019 calling upon spirit guides, oracle cards, clairvoyance and intuition. You may be thinking: well what does YOUR 2019 forecast have to do with ME? Or you may be th...

What do you do when all of your creative entrepreneurial plans come to a screeching halt due to an unexpected health crisis? (Or any kind of emergency, for that matter!) Do you have a contingency? And how does shifting your priorities and relationship to work effect your self-identity? Not to mention the diagnosis itself??? Listen to the episode or read on at http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/074...

"I just sort of went into this existential crisis of -- What is The Creative Impostor? Why do I need this show?" ~Andrea Klunder It has been a while since I have released an episode here for you. My last episode was this past summer with the fabulous Matt Marr. It was a really good one. And now... I have to tell you something really strange has happened or is happening, which is that I did not pla...

I have been thinking about today's guest for 2 years — ever since my first Podcast Movement conference in Chicago when he hosted the PMx talks before the OFFICIAL start of the conference — hilarious, welcoming, the best of MCs! In this episode, you'll get a healthy dose of "GayDD", shirtless Archie from Riverdale, and #truthtalk about identity, creativity, and vulnerability with Matt Marr. Matt Ma...

Announcing Power Your Story Season 3, a podcast produced by my students from the Podcast Tech mentoring program at a high school in Chicago! Today I'm giving you a first-hand sneak peek of Season 3 of our student-produced podcast, Power Your Story. We are rolling out Season 3 June-August 2018! Featured Interview Clips Musician Sam Trump with Mark and Nate Artists Sam Kirk and Jenny Q with Alfred a...

Episode 070. "But everyone keeps saying just find your passion -- find that one thing and follow your bliss and I thought well... I have a bunch of passions, so which passion are we talking about? And that's why I kept feeling really stuck in that decision of needing to pick one thing." ~Monica Rivera I'm obsessed with podcasts and I always want MORE so there's this thing I do once a week in the S...

Episode 069. "I had to be able to sit there in that uncomfortable place of this is not as good as I want it to be — and that's okay."~Robyn Conley Downs I discovered Robyn when she needed a podcast editor for her new show the Feel Good Effect. That was a year ago and since then, I have listened in detail to every single one of her episodes and she continues to amaze me with her big heart, inquisit...

Episode 068. "They haven't discovered I'm a fake yet — THIS is the moment they're going to figure out they're wasting their time and money working with me." ~Andrea Klunder Sometimes you need to take a break — play, sleep and trust your instincts even when it feels like you SHOULD be working… Want to know what I've been up to? Oh just getting in my own head, vacillating between creative exhilarati...

Episode 067. "The connecting thread for me is the idea of tranquility... it's not because I have it all figured out. It's because I'm always seeking it out too." ~Kimberly Wilson Yoga. Mindfulness. Eco Fashion. Writing. Podcast. Conscious Business E-course. Psychotherapy. A charitable foundation called Pigs & Pugs... Kimberly Wilson has created the multi-passionate lifestyle brand of my dreams! (o...

Episode 066. "And when I was in finance, I wasn't practicing a lot of self-care... I kind of hit a wall where I needed to change my entire lifestyle because the path I was taking was going to lead me to an early grave." ~Susan Chu Susan Chu is a holistic practitioner who works with people to move past fear, take better care of themselves, and find their passion for a more authentically aligned lif...

Episode 065. "She asked me how could I express gratitude. My first thought was "to whom?" But she meant… gratitude to mySELF." ~Andrea Klunder Pause, take a deep breath, lift your head, and look around... I just released an episode in my new-ish podcast about the craft of podcasting, Podcast Envy, about downloads, numbers, stats, etc and you probably know already how I feel about using those metri...

Episode 064. "Self-consciousness is the assassin of authenticity." ~Stacey Herrera Stacey Herrera is the producer and host of the podcast The Sensuality Project. I love it, it makes me blush and it makes me think about topics we often don't get to talk about in a constructive way. And I don't mean just sex -- but what the experience of being in this physical, sensual body is like; relationships; p...

"It's about being happy, it's about living your life- not anyone else's life. But it's the life that YOU want to live, the life that makes you happy, that makes you share with the world what it is that you want to share. ~Aimee DuFresne, Episode 063 Do you ever find yourself dangling the proverbial carrot in front of yourself? "I'll be happy when I..." or "If only I could just..." or "I'll take a...

"If you keep telling yourself you can't do things, just stop it. Cut that inner critic out of your life and be more open to 'I could do that.'" ~Jeannette Bridoux, Episode 062 Commit to yourself, your goals, your dreams, your purpose… Spending time with Jeannette Bridoux is like a really good cup of afternoon coffee for my soul. Her energy, her bottomless well of fresh ideas and her laugh are cont...

"She has always been, among other things, a teacher to me… I learned a lot about patience, I learned a lot about meeting someone where they are… and also she taught me how to have unconditional love for her even when she was peeing on everything and wanted nothing to do with me." ~Andrea Klunder, Episode 061 Grief, isolation, and the power of community in times of transition… My muse, Tytania. She...

"If you're brave enough to follow your curiosity, then that place that you end up will often be a place that nobody else has been." ~David Kadavy, Episode 060 I've been binging David Kadavy's podcast, Love Your Work , ever since I discovered him on Jennifer Gardner's podcast, RoamHowl . And then I read his new book The Heart to Start AND now it's available as an audio book on Audible . David's wor...