Wildly Creative Life with Brooke Schultz

Motherhood can often seem in opposition to a creative life (interruptions! constant needs! daily mundane logistics when you're tryna transcend and make art!)--but in this episode I make the case for how motherhood can make you more creative, not less. In this episode: -how to use interruption as fuel and raw material for your creativity -all the ways you're already being creative (constantly, with...

Amy Grace is on the podcast today with some poetic and practical application about how to honor your own life with your own art in a more full way. In this episode: -how to make our creativity as informal as we can -how to just get started in the middle -how to tell your own story for and through your art -how to know yourself deeply so we can introduce others to themselves

Great creativity leaves clues, and today we're dissecting what the most prolific creators past and present across a bunch of mediums have in common, debunking some long-held myths of creativity along the way. Allen Gannett is here to shed some light from his experience as a CEO working with clients like Microsoft, Marriott, and Saks Fifth Avenue, and being on both Inc + Forbes' 30 under 30 lists a...

Have you ever heard the saying 'you are what you eat?' the same goes for what we consume creatively. Whatever you consume gets mashed up into this hodge podge beautiful mess that you then mold and shape into creative work that's completely your own. In this episode you'll learn: -how to curate the ultimate creative diet specific to YOU -how to clean up your current consumption habits in virtual an...

We know in theory that discomfort is the only way to grow, but discomfort feels AWFUL. So how do we trick ourselves into putting ourselves into more of the RIGHT discomfort so we can grow creatively and in our lives? In this episode we cover: -hard fun vs. easy fun + how to get the best of both worlds -the wrong discomfort vs. the right discomfort for boosting your creativity -5 ways to get less c...

My grin is a mile wide because i have one of my fave conversations yet to share with you. If you don't know andy j pizza, he's the host of the podcast creative pep talk which helps you build a thriving creative career. He's also an illustrator for the likes of the new york times, amazon, nickelodeon, youtube + warby parker and he's all about saying YES to life, making creations that inspire that i...

The best lies are half true! Do you remember when you were a kid and you wanted to lie to your parents, if you were good, you never just told a giant whopper where everything was totally made up. You took the truth, and you stretched it a lil bit. This is exactly how it is with how we talk to each other now. We're unintentionally spreading half truths especially about creativity, and all with good...

There are things you want to do creatively, and things other people want to pay you for. Some artists feel constantly pulled in one direction or the other, but every artist has a point where those two intersect--this is the magic sauce to selling creativity without selling out, to making money without feeling like a sleazy salesball while you're doing it. In this episode you'll learn: -4 ideas to...

It can be easy and wonderful and rainbow-laden to create when conditions are perfect. It can also be hard to get yourself to create even when you have ideal conditions, so what about when LIFE inevitably happens and you just wanna hide under the covers, throw in the towel, play the victim? How can you keep your creativity alive both in a formal sense, and in the sense of taking an active role in c...

We all want to feel better, right? More of those beautiful feelings, more connection, more creativity? And yet, we stay stuck in our same patterns and thoughts without a path to change. In this episode Jesh De Rox brings his decades of studying joy, human emotion, philosophy and art to discuss how we can create more of the emotions we want to create so we can create more of the art we want to crea...

We know about superfoods in nutrition--foods that are nutrient dense and give you tons of health bang for your eatin' buck. But what about superfoods to nourish your creative life? We can feel full whether we're eating nutrient rich superfoods or crackers and soda; the same is true of our creative lives. In this episode you'll learn: -the two flavors of creativity "superfood" and why you need 'em...

Wow, wow. My guest for this episode is someone i've admired for a long time and getting to talk to him about something we both care so deeply about--creativity + answering your creative calling--was a thrill I'm so excited to share with you. Chase Jarvis is an artist, an entrepreneur, an innovator and a creator of so many incredible resources and the work he's doing in the world is spreading chang...

Carrie is an artist, photographer, and graphic designer. She came to me because she felt pulled in too many directions and felt she was going nowhere as a result. Can we get Carrie some clarity and focus in creating a business around one or all of her passions? In this episode we work through Carrie's creative blocks + gain insight for what's holding YOU back in your own creativity! Mentions: Book...

A creative life consists of an array of moving parts, and we can often get lost in the weeds and forget the VERY most important thing in creativity. It's deceptively simple: do the work. Make the creations. CREATE. And yet, there are so many ways we mess this up and get it wrong. In this episode you'll learn: -the most common traps that hold creators back from doing the work -hidden dangers that k...

Miesh is a wardrobe stylist, photographer and fashion blogger who's not your typical fashion blogger, she has a great eye for vintage and secondhand finds, she's very thoughtful about the process and the 'why' behind why we wear what we wear. She marries the fantasy world she creates in her editorials with the real-life world of dressing and you're gonna love her romantic but practical approach. W...

Mentors help you see the forest through the trees, give you perspective and the kick in the booty you need to take your creativity to the next level. But what about imaginary mentors? Before, during and after real-life mentoring relationships, successful peeps of all kinds have interacted with imaginary mentors. It's a simple thing you can do too that will boost your clarity and inspire you to tak...

Boredom is almost extinct in our modern lives + we're paying the price in our creative work. If you're bored with your creative output, the ironic cure might be actively seeking out boredom, white space, and wandering. But HOW can we include these when we hafta get.stuff.done? And when does wandering become just avoiding our creative work and giving into resistance? In this episode you'll learn: -...

Starting over holds all kinds of power for unleashing your capacity to create. But how do you know when to persevere and when to start over? What's the difference between quitting and starting over because it's in your creativity's best interest? And how do we find the courage to start over when it doesn't make any sense and everyone thinks we're crazy pants? In this episode you'll learn: - How to...

For this episode my MOM is in the house! (Everyone who has a podcast prob figures out a way to get their mom on but in this case she is doing me a huge favor bc this woman is a genius.) She is a mindfulness and meditation teacher + a writer and in this episode we're gonna tell you why mindfulness is literally magic for improving your creativity both in your formal creative thing AND in creating yo...

Sharing your work can be fun, or it can be drudgery. Where do you want your creations to live, and how do you want people to experience them? Whether you want more outlets for your work to grow your creative biz or simply as a next step in your creative journey, this episode's gonna help you think about sharing your work in a whole new way. In this episode you'll learn: -how to know if you're read...

"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity." -charles mingus "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing." -stephen covey Being creative isn't about being weird for the sake of being different or adding fluff or random things to differentiate your creation. The most admired creations in the world are simple. Coco C...

If you feel like you have no shortage of ideas but at the end of the day you don't have a lot to show for all your ideas, that your problem is not in GENERATING creative ideas but in following through and bringing those ideas to life, this episode is for YOU. In this episode imma show you why productivity and focus tips are gonna mean absolutely zilch without this one thing, how to pinpoint EXACTL...

I am freaking good at celebrating. Learn to make celebration a key part of your creative process in art and in life so you can create what you truly want. In this episode you'll learn: -9 ways to boost your creativity with celebration. -different types of celebration(it's not just throwin a party) -the answer to the question, don't super successful super creative people just constantly create, isn...

Let's talk about TERRIBLE ideas. Because we all want great ideas, but we cannot have great ones without sucky ones. Let me sell you in this episode the 3 gifts of terrible ideas and convince you that bad ideas are JUST as valuable and important as brilliant ideas to move your creativity forward. In this episode: -What the most creative people in the world are collectively bad at -How to stop judgi...

Trends are everywhere, and their affect on you is unavoidable but you CAN use trends to get in the driver's seat with how you create and where it falls in the culturescape. In this episode you'll learn: -how to start a trend, and why you may not want to -the 5 phases of trends -how to use trends to boost your creativity and/or your cash flow without feeling icky -the thing your idea CANNOT spread...