Myths aren't just the stories we tell kids to get them to shut up! In this episode of The Creative Introvert, I'll be sharing my musings on mythology, the value it has in our lives and how to embrace myth and actually live in your own mythos.
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Today’s podcast guest is someone who has had a very significant impact on my life over the past year or so, ever since I had the pleasure of moderating meditation classes he runs on the app Wellness Coach. John Siddique does much more than run guided meditations though, and today’s conversation covers a wide range of his expertise, from writing to self enquiry to love and much more.
I hope you enjoy our chat as much as I did.
You can find John at https://www.authenticliving.life/
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Starting something new OR re-starting something after we've had a long break, can be incredibly challenging, especially if we feel like we totally suck at it! In this episode of the Creative Introvert, I'm sharing some personal stories about being a n00b, and some tips I've learned that can help us ease into something new.
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Have you fallen off the "creative horse"? Have you found yourself prioritising other activities, or maybe you had a creative flop and feel a bit discouraged? Or maybe you've simply lost your mojo, and you lack inspiration to move forward? Falling off the creative horse is all part of the journey, and this episode is for anyone who is eager to get back on that horse, and start creating again!
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This is a recording of the most recent monthly astrology forecast meetup I ran, for the month of October 2020. If you’re interested in attending the next astro meetup live and the next Creative Moon Circle, you can! Just visit https://www.patreon.com/creativeintro to support the show and get access to these events.
This episode is titled something like 5 tips for embracing your inner weird, and creating great work but the real title, the secret title is actually: 5 Lessons From a 6 ft 3.5” Rabbit.
So this rabbit I mentioned goes by the name of Harvey, and he is a pooka. (I’m not going to go into it in the episode but you should totally google what is a Pooka P-O-O-K-A)
Some of you will already know who or what I’m talking about but for everyone else, don’t worry, I haven’t totally lost the plot: I’m talking about the rabbit from the 1950s classic film Harvey, based on a play and featuring the charming James Stewart.
Why is this relevant?
I could be making an episode about any of my other fave films (Dumb and Dumber, Jacob’s Ladder, Spirited Away…) but I’m not, don’t worry. The reason Harvey is so relevant I feel, is because I’m interested in the sense that many creative introverts I know have, which is that we’re somehow on the outside, that we don’t fit in, that we’re not approved of by society, that we’re somehow doing “it” wrong (whatever it is.) Just that sense of otherness.
And that can make living the life of a creative and actually fulfilling our true dreams and pursuing our true calling/path VERY difficult. I touched on this in the Self-esteem episode, but basically: we’re all programmed to do our best to fit in to society because it makes us feel safe, it’s the smart thing to do in order to survive and not be totally outcast and left to defend ourselves.
The problem is of course, we end up squashing our creative spirit, going against our daimon in many cases, and ultimately feeling quite miserable.
So. Thankfully I have some help from my rabbit friend, and that's what I'm sharing in today's episode of The Creative Introvert!
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On today's show, I'm having a conversation with Connor Frost, a Musician and Educator, hailing from just outside New York City. He has toured extensively both as a solo act and with his band, Dizzy Bats, throughout the US, as well as internationally, and has self-released seven albums over the last decade.
We talk about the fear of taking first steps, one quick tip for getting started, the situation musicians find themselves in during the pandemic and much more.
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This picks up on the thread I started in the recent episode on People Pleasing, when I mentioned our habit to people please stems from our need to bolster our self-esteem, and promised an episode focussing more on that.
Since reading the book, "Birth and Death of Meaning" by Ernest Becker, I have a lot of new ideas about self-esteem and about “fitting in” to society… and about how we make meaning in our lives, full of suffering as they are.
In this week's episode of the Creative Introvert, I'll be diving into the topic of self-esteem, explaining what it is, why there isn't a problem in seeking to build our self-esteem - but that there may be a better way for us to get it.
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This is a recording of the most recent monthly astrology forecast meetup I ran, for the month of September 2020. If you’re interested in attending the next astro meetup live and the next Creative Moon Circle, you can! Just visit https://www.patreon.com/creativeintro to support the show and get access to these events.
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According to the good ol Merriam-Webster: “A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or objects, performed in a sequestered place and according to a set sequence.”
Whatever it is, ritual can be seen in a wide variety of symbolic behaviours and are incredibly common regardless of where - or when - you are on the earth.
In this week's episode of the Creative Introvert, I'm taking a look at ritual. More specifically: how we can add a sense of ritual to our creative process and by doing so, imbue our daily lives with more meaning.
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On today's show, I'm having a conversation with Peter Limberg, creator of the Stoa, an online space, "where we can gather and talk about what matters most right now, at the razor’s edge." I absolutely loved having this opportunity to talk to Peter about what it means to live truthfully, facing the unknowingness, and - a pet topic of mine - the Daimon!
I hope you enjoy this chat with Peter as much as I did, and leave with even more questions than before you had before.
Find Peter and the rest of the community at: https://www.thestoa.ca/
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In this week's episode of the Creative Introvert, I'm exploring my changing definition of WHY, but also: what happens when your WHY (reason to do/be whatever it is you do/are) needs to change. What happens when thought you had a WHY and it’s sort of... stopped working?
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Are you a "people pleaser"? This is something that I hear creative introverts say a LOT about themselves, and I thought it was time to tackle this in today's episode. I cover why people pleasing isn't necessarily a bad thing, as well as what happens when it gets out of control - and what to try in order to remedy that.
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This is a recording of the most recent monthly astrology forecast meetup I ran, for the month of August 2020. If you’re interested in attending the next astro meetup live and the next Creative Moon Circle, you can! Just visit https://www.patreon.com/creativeintro to support the show and get access to these events.
References & Further Reading:
The Mercury phases article: https://khaldea.com/planets/merc_px.shtml
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You might have heard of the concept of a Muse before. Even if you haven’t considered it in the way I’ll speak of it today, you’ll have said it: amusement, bemused, museum, music
I argue it’s more than just mere entertainment - we’re speaking about something that captivates us - like a great work of art in a museum or the first time you heard your favourite band live - more of a trance, when we encounter the muse.
Nine journal prompts and an customisable invocation to the Muse, available at thecreativeintrovert.com/muse (nine because the Muses in greek myth were the nine sisters, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, which means ‘memory.’ Their job was to inspire artists and each Muse was responsible for a different art.)
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Today's podcast guest, Azhelle Wade, has worked in the toy industry for over 10 years with companies like Toys R Us, Horizon Group USA, and now Creative Kids, as the VP of Brand and Product. Azhelle launched The Toy Coach when she noticed that too many inventors attend toy shows or pitch meetings with “half baked” ideas that they’d spent too much money on. Her podcast, Making It in The Toy Industry teaches inventors how to keep their toy and game ideas toyetic, cost-effective, and how to answer buyer needs.
We discuss Azhelle's 5-step process to unlocking your ideas, which are game changers whether you're designing toys or anything else for that matter!
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This episode of The Creative Introvert has come about from my personal, recent experience with "re-branding" (I also cover why I'm so averse to that word) and the tips I have for you, if you're feeling like you have outgrown your current "brand" and want to give it a refresh.
I've also made a handy dandy little pdf guide to guide you through the steps I share in this episode, as well as a checklist for guiding a website redesign project. Find that at http://thecreativeintrovert.com/rebrand/
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This is a bit of a different episode of the Creative Introvert… I’m going to share the recording of my recent monthly astrology forecast meetups with you. Already I can here many of you skipping this podcast, I know not everyone will be into this – I’m sharing it for those who are and for those who are maybe a bit astro-curious…
I know before I got the astrology bug, I thought it was complete nonsense… I actually had no idea how diverse the field is, and so even if you think you know what astrology is about, I hope this will give you a taste of the kind of astrology I’m learning, practicing and loving.
So if this is well received, I’ll start playing the recording each month. If it’s not for you, no worries, hopefully you’ll stick around for the other shows – I see it like the Joe Rogan MMA episodes, which I always skip. I still love Rogan, but I’m not going to listen to those fight ones: not for me.
Last thing, if you’re interested in attending the next astro meetup live and the next Creative Moon Circle (next weekend, 5th July) you can! Just visit patreon.com/creativeintro and you’ll see the options to support the show and get access to these events.
https://khaldea.com/planets/merc_px.shtml
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We need to discern what works from what doesn’t, what we’re going for and whether or not what we’ve done hits the mark.
It’s built into our genetic code or something. We are discriminating creatures, all living beings are - and when we fail, it can mean the difference between life and death. Naturally it’s a big deal to us.
But "bad" judgement is *really* bad.
Judging whether a line you put down is right or wrong is what makes art better. It makes us better. It’s what gets us closer to the mark, the ideal.
But the fear that creeps up before we’ve even put down the mark, for fear it might be wrong, that’s the kind of judgement that kills our creativity.
That's what I'm going to be tackling in today's episode of The Creative Introvert. I hope you enjoy it!
References & Further Reading:
https://www.positivelypresent.com/2009/05/stop-judging.html
Playful Mind Hardcover by James Downton https://amzn.to/2zNpDjq
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Today I'm talking with Scott Stroud about how we can use our imagination to unlock our creativity, find meaning and basically feel like we can take on the world.
Scott works with various types of individuals and teams from artists to software developers, managers to medical professionals, and every day normal people navigate their own language and metaphors to get clear about what they want exactly and how to get it. He's also volunteered with the long-term unemployed at a local meal center to help them find purpose using the same techniques. The venture was a success and culminated in some of the attendees leading their own groups at the center.
Scott's website
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“Loneliness is as much a reality of life as night and rain and thunder, and it can be lived creatively, as any other experience. So I say, let there be loneliness, for where there is loneliness there is also love, and where there is suffering, there also is joy.”
~ Clark Moustakas
In today's episode I'm going to be taking a deeper dive into the subject of loneliness, and hopefully sharing a new way to look at loneliness, especially if you're a creative introvert.
Resources mentioned:
Loneliness by Clark E. Moustakas
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/07/11/the-lonely-city-olivia-laing/
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/06/16/virginia-woolf-loneliness/
https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/04/17/delacroix-journal-solitude/
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Why am I talking about dragons? Well... these fearsome creatures have become quite a dominant part of my inner landscape over the past year or so, and I think it's high time they get some recognition through my creative work.
I also feel there's a lot we can learn from our dragon friends, from coping with anxiety to finding your buried creative treasure to feeling more confident and self-assured.
Also, with eclipse season on the horizon, we're entering the mouth of the dragon, whether we want to or not. So, might as well try to prepare.
Along with this episode, I've created a little PDF guide that walks you through the upcoming eclipses, what eclipses actually mean and what to expect over the coming months. If you'd like to grab your free guide, sign up below and you'll be sent to the download page!
Dancing with Dragons by DJ Conway
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A Little History of Dragons by Joyce Hargreaves
The Traditional Meaning of the Nodes of the Moon
Don’t let slaying dragons become an addiction!
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I’ve been thinking a LOT about calling. What we’re destined for. This idea of a path that we’re meant to walk and if we just figure out what that is, we’ll be happy.
My problem is, that I - and maybe you too - had been convinced that our calling is something like: shaping the universe around us to meet our desires. Oh, and that when it’s shaped just how we want, we’ll be happy.
In today's episode, I share my current outlook on what it really means to have a calling, and hopefully provide some comfort, if you're feeling a bit lost.
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Today I’m tackling a topic I’ve been musing over for some time now. Maybe even years at this point. I’ve also had people - clients, listeners of the podcast, people in the League - all asking about this, and quite frankly I find myself asking questions about it regularly too. The mysterious topic is: intuition.
Now, like with all of these episodes, I’m not claiming to have a definitive answer, now or ever, on these things, but I am aiming to provide us with some material, some "prima materia" perhaps, we can use to deepen our understanding of the intuition.
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Studies have shown that people would rather definitely get an electric shock now than maybe be shocked later, and show greater nervous-system activation when waiting for an unpredictable shock (or other unpleasant stimulus) than an expected one.
I think we can all agree that uncertainty is something we all want to avoid, and we can go to extreme lengths to do so. Living in these uncertain times is understandably, a cause for anxiety. I'm hoping though, in this episode, I can help you find a way to live with uncertainty - and actually find some peace.
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