Yes Ma'am! A Comedy Podcast for Creative Recovery

In this episode, we’re taking on the Crazymakers. Again. How do we deal with them? Can rejection actually be useful if we pay attention to what it’s telling us? Have phones ruined our lives? Probably! Anna is also looking for someone to help her destroy publishing as we know it, so DM us if you’re game! We wonder if there are seasons for our different dreams and ask: what synchronicities are you w...

This week we’re asking a radical question: what if we rested? Like… for real? 😳 How much rest can a person actually get? Can you bring rest with you instead of waiting for later? And if we all did that, would society immediately collapse or would everything actually be better? We also tackle the important questions:  ⚔️ Who is your Xena: Warrior Princess?  🤝 What’s a loose connections?  💔 Is av...

Okay lovies… it’s Week 1. Again. And honestly? Aren’t you kind of scared all the time too? Cool. Same. This week we’re diving into fear, blurts (WHAT are those and why are our brains doing them??), and the deeply unsettling realization that adults apparently have to learn how to play again. Why is play so hard?  Why does creativity make us feel exposed?  And why does every life risk feel like we’r...

Season 2: In Which We Do It Again  Oh wow! We’re back! And guess what… we’re doing The Artist’s Way . Again. WHAT. Here’s the deal: theory doesn’t actually matter. It’s the practice. And apparently, we need more of it. So here we are, back in it, and we’re ready to see what happens when we actually show up again. In this intro episode, we recap what The Artist’s Way even is (for the newbies), what...

BONUS EP ALERT Surprise! We’re dropping a little bonus episode! We recorded it at our holiday party actually. Think of this episode as part reflection, part Season 2 teaser, and part cozy corner to hide in when you just need a break from ALL THE THINGS. Because same. Did we plan to release it between Christmas and New Years? Yes. Did life, holidays, and a million things get in the way? Also yes. B...

We did it. We actually did The Artist’s Way! We read all the words in all the chapters—with our eyes and ears. And now?  It’s time to debrief! In this post-lude season 1 finale, we’re pulling back the curtain and giving you a behind-the-scenes look at what it was like to make a podcast while doing The Artist’s Way . Then we answer five burning questions (you know, so we can stay on track!) What su...

It’s Week 12! The final chapter! WHATT!  We’re asking the big questions and, as usual, bringing zero answers. What are we even working for? What are we hurrying toward? And seriously… what’s so bad about this moment, right now? Can you ever really arrive —or, oh no, is the journey literally… the whole thing? What happens when we’re just okay with where we are? Are we allowed to do that? We also wo...

It's Week 11 WHAT?!?!?! This week, we’re breaking free and asking: what is creative autonomy, actually? Does cutting yourself off from creativity turn you into some kind of wild, feral creature? (Maybe.) How do you get all the things done without strangling your creative spirit in the process? Do you even know your artist temperament? And once you figure it out, how do you support it so you’r...

This week: spiritual perils, creative blocks, and the wild idea that maybe… we don’t have to strain so hard?? Can you actually be an artist without the suffering and the constant striving? Apparently that’s the goal. Why do we feel like if we’re not straining, we’re not doing it right? What does self-protection around your creativity look like, and how do you make it about the journey instead of c...

This week, we’re talking U-turns, and asking the big question: Are you lazy, or are you just blocked? Because spoiler alert—it’s not always easy to tell. We dig into whether your so-called laziness is actually just fear in a really good disguise. We’re also getting real about fame culture and whether it’s secretly ruining your life. Is it possible that not feeling your feelings is what’s keeping y...

How do you even podcast?! We’re officially releasing episodes and recording AT THE SAME TIME! Anna spirals (hello, self-awareness overload) but also shares how wild and powerful it’s been to listen to yourself learn in real time. It’s cringey! It’s growth! It’s both! This week is packed with big, juicy questions: 🧠 Is understanding something intellectually different from understanding it emotiona...

It’s Week 7! This chapter hit us with a big one: “Art is not about thinking something up, it’s about getting something down.” Um… WHAT. You mean no straining? Just ease? Openness? Receptivity?! Okay but… how do you actually do that? Is it a mindset? A lifestyle? Can you really just show up and make the thing, or are we all too tangled in our own perfectionism to even start? This week, we wrestle w...

Welcome to another week of Yes Ma’am Pod !  Surprise—there’s no chapter this week.  Instead, we bring you what we’re officially calling an interlude . You know, that moment when life completely takes over (hello, holidays) and your creative project gets sidelined by the chaos of being a human. We could’ve kept this part of our journey creating this podcast quiet and pretended we were right on trac...

It’s Week 6, and yes—we’re talking about money. Again. Because it turns out, money is kind of a big deal. It’s a constant consideration, a major stressor, and, let’s be honest, a very convenient excuse to stay creatively blocked. In this episode, Anna and Sarah unpack their personal money systems and ask some real questions: How does the way we think about money control our creative lives? How is...

Welcome to Week 5, folks. Buckle up, this one’s a long one. 🏎️💨  This chapter had us going wait. like. what?! on repeat. Real talk: God has a LOT of money. Like, unlimited?  We dive headfirst into the deep end of God, spirituality, and organized religion and ask: Are they the same thing? (spoiler alert: they are NOT). How do we, as artists in recovery, reclaim a spirituality that supports us with...

WELCOME TO WEEK 4! Dude, what does reading deprivation even mean in a world dominated by the internet and social media? Sarah actually does it. Anna? Absolutely not. But that leads us to the real question—how do we make space inside ourselves?  This week, we examine what we do to numb out, what distracts us, and what pulls us back into our bodies. Anna discovers that, shockingly, the Artist Date a...

It’s Week 3, and we’ve got a lot of questions. Anna spirals into the weeds of her daily life, wondering where the heck she’s supposed to find space for this work. We dive into the connection between power, lifestyle, and what’s considered “normal,” and then—because why stop there?—we wrestle with success vs. significance. Meanwhile, Anna realizes TV ruined her brain, yet she still wants to write f...

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS EPISODE!  Anna is angry about how hard this all is, and we question how we use our time—because, surprise, time feels different every week. How are we supposed to deal with that?! 🙃 Busyness is the ultimate humblebrag, Anna confronts her aggressive perfectionism, and oh yeah… there’s a pear explosion. 🍐💥 We explore whether you can do The Artist’s Way without acc...

Week one or...session one of the twelve-week artistic recovery guide outlined in Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way. Follow along as we stumble through our very first Zoom recording and send it anyway—because you can’t learn something new and look perfect at the same time. 🚀💀 In this episode, we commit to The Artist’s Way journey—signing the contract, meeting the shadow artist, confronti...

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