I was thrilled to have this conversation with Karen Cubides, a coach, educator, and CEO of the Karen Cubides Agency, which holistically supports musicians of all backgrounds in their careers and also their whole lives. She’s an incredibly passionate person who is always finding new ways to help people and things to explore, and creating new resources for musicians and creatives. KCA’s Emerging Artist program is everything I wish I had had in my early 20s as a young musician.

Tune in to hear us talk about Karen’s experience with burnout (which led her to change almost everything in her life), juggling instead of balancing, finding pleasure in personal development and learning by appreciating the process, trusting your gut in order to figure out your own priorities and wellness, the Enneagram, and approaching personal development from a place of self-love rather than lack.

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FREE CREATIVE COWORKING SESSION: Wed. 6/30 @ 4:30-6pm PDT (Date change)

For everyone who wants to make time to focus on their most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done), with supportive accountability in community, join me for this free coworking session - let's practice compassionate productivity together!

Sign up at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking - hope to see you there!

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I'll be back with a regular episode next week - in order to be kinder to myself during a busy time, this show is going on an every-other-week schedule for the rest of the summer. 

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FREE CREATIVE COWORKING SESSION: Tues. 6/29 @ 4:30-6pm PDT

For everyone who wants to make time to focus on their most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done), with supportive accountability in community, join me for this free coworking session - let's practice compassionate productivity together! 

Sign up at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking - hope to see you there!

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Podcast guest appearances to tide you over until the next episode: 

1) You, Me, Empathy with Non Wels - Anxiety, Hustle Culture, and Your Self Care Survival Kit

2) Fan Funded with Laser Malena-Webber - Creative Burnout - helpful tips for creators on finding the balance between creation and burnout

There are many things I wish I had known when I graduated from music school in 2005, and was just starting my creative career, but all life experiences are part of our own personal evolution, and teach us so much. Listen in as I reflect on 6 more lessons I’ve learned (and will continue to learn) along the way, and some advice I might have for that earlier version of myself that you might find helpful, too, no matter your creative discipline!

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If you want to integrate managing your time and energy, so you have enough to accomplish the projects that are most important to you - that’s what my PDF workbook Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity helps you do!

It’s full of amazing tools for creating a humane to do list and schedule that you can actually complete, no matter your level of energy and overwhelm, along with ways to self-compassionately adapt when things don’t work out as planned.

Head over to https://bit.ly/cfcwworkbook to get your copy!

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Sign up for the free Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge (5 days of super easy creativity + wellness prompts)

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There are many things I wish I had known when I graduated from music school and was just starting my creative career, but all life experiences are part of our own personal evolution, and teach us so much. Listen in as I reflect on the lessons I’ve learned (and will continue to learn) along the way, and some advice I might have for that 2005 version of myself that you might find helpful, too, no matter your creative discipline!

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1️⃣ Build Your Seasonal Self Care Survival Kit workshop - W 6/9 at 10am PDT ($15)

In this workshop, you’ll build your seasonal self care survival kit of bite size, manageable actions that won’t stress you out or add to your schedule - having practices to support yourself in times of depletion and celebration will have a huge impact on how you feel and what you can accomplish!

W 6/9 at 10am PDT, $15 - sign up at https://feelyhuman.co/self-care-kit

2️⃣ My coaching rates are going up June 7, so if you've been thinking about working with me, now's a great time! Book a free (no pressure, ever) discovery call to experience a tiny coaching session firsthand, see if we’re a good match, and hear (at least) 1 specific strategy that you can use to get started with solving this on your own.

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Sign up for the free Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge (5 days of super easy creativity + wellness prompts)

Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook

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My Brazilian album Florescer

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Get the show notes and transcript at coachingforcreativewellness.com/podcast-blog/advice-lessons-starting-creative-career-1

There are so many reasons why you might not prioritize creativity, even when it’s really important to you. (Zero judgment here!) I share 10 common obstacles to putting your creative practice first, along with tips and prompts to overcome each one, in a way that works within your full, busy life - let’s embrace the small steps forward!

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If any of these obstacles are ringing true for you, but you’re not quite sure what steps to take next so you actually follow through on your creative goals, I’d love to help you get unstuck!

My coaching rates are going up June 7, so if you've been thinking about working with me, now's a great time! Book a free (no pressure, ever) discovery call to experience a tiny coaching session firsthand, see if we’re a good match, and hear (at least) 1 specific strategy that you can use to get started with solving this on your own.

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My Brazilian album Florescer

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In this episode I had a great conversation with Dacy Gillespie, a personal stylist who helps women let go of the external messages they’ve been given about what they should wear and discover what they feel best in, so they can unapologetically take up space in the world. She also shares about her journey of letting go of her identity as a musician and how this career pivot now gives her a more emotionally sustainable lifestyle.

Tune in to hear us talk about all the things we want to unlearn from music school and musician hustle culture, the challenges of being a highly sensitive person and parent, why she didn’t consider herself “creative” as a musician, and how important and empowering it is to make your own rules, and show up in the world as truly yourself.

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If it's felt hard to create lately, and you need some fun ways to connect to your creativity and spark some inspiration, sign up for the (totally free and really fun) Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge:

5 days of bite-size creativity and wellness prompts that are ridiculously easy to do and will help soothe your nervous system to put your mind in the right place for creating!

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As ambitious creative people, we often try to hold ourselves to sky-high expectations and unrealistic standards, but there's nothing wrong with not being able to do everything on your own! Sometimes the most ambitious people are the most in need of help, but also the least likely to ask for it, so it's no surprise that many of us are burned out.

Tune in to hear about the many types of support that can replenish your energy and fuel your creativity, why we don't always ask for the support that we need, and some real life ways to seek it out. We often underestimate the amount of impact that just a little bit of support can have - you don't have to be afraid to seek out and ask for what you need!

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FREE CREATIVE COWORKING SESSION: Thurs. 5/20 @ 9-11am PDT

For everyone who wants to make time to focus on their most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done), with supportive accountability in community, I’m doing a free coworking session on Thursday 5/20. Let's practice compassionate productivity together- sign up at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking to join us!

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• Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook

• Sign up for the free Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge (5 days of super easy creativity + wellness prompts)

• Self-compassion meditations + exercises from Dr. Kristin Neff

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My Brazilian album Florescer

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Have you ever taken a break from your creative practice and had a hard time getting back in the habit again? Whether you've taken a long or short break, if it's feeling tough to restart again, or to regain creative momentum, it’s not hopeless! In this episode you’ll learn some easy ways to get unstuck from the resistance and self-compassionately begin again (and again) as many times as needed.

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FREE CREATIVE COWORKING SESSION: Thurs. 5/20 @ 9-11am PDT

For everyone who wants to make time to focus on their most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done), with supportive accountability in community, I’m doing a free coworking session on Thursday 5/20. Let's practice compassionate productivity together- sign up at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking to join us!

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• Sign up for the free Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge (5 days of super easy creativity + wellness prompts that are ridiculously easy to do and will help soothe your nervous system to put your mind in the right place for creating!)

• S3 E34: Balancing Novelty and Routine in Your Creative Life

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Routine and novelty sometimes seem like they're at odds with each other, but sparking our creativity really depends on both of them working together. It can seem like they’re on a continuum that we move back and forth on from day to day, but novelty can also coexist within routine. In this episode, I share some easy and accessible ways to create novelty in our daily lives, to help you cultivate creative inspiration, and feel more present and joyful in your life.

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If it's felt hard to create lately, and you need some fun ways to connect to your creativity and spark some inspiration, sign up for the (totally free and really fun) Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge: 

5 days of bite-size creativity and wellness prompts that are ridiculously easy to do and will help soothe your nervous system to put your mind in the right place for creating!

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Free Discovery Call - learn more about creative coaching

Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook

My Brazilian album Florescer

⭐SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and help the show reach more people!

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If you’ve ever been frustrated by the pressure to “choose one thing” in your creative work, this episode is for you! I had a lovely chat with D'Ana Joi Spencer, a multi-passionate, educator, community builder, and content creator who believes having many passions is a gift, not a burden. She teaches creatives how to make friends with focus, overcome overwhelm, and step into their Multi-Passionate Mastery, a message that I really resonate with.

We share a passion for relaxation as the way to restore your creative spark, and celebrating all of the beautiful ways that our various experiences come together to make us who we are, make our creative work what it is, and enable us to support others - the important stuff. As a fellow multi-passionate musician and creative person, I felt really validated by this conversation, and I hope that you will, too!

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FREE CREATIVE COWORKING SESSION: Tues. 4/27 @ 10-11am PDT

Let’s practice compassionate productivity together and make progress on our most important creative work, in supportive community! Sign up here to join in.

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WORKSHOP RECORDING: Build Your Seasonal Self Care Survival Kit Workshop (sliding scale: $10-35)

If you missed the live workshop, you can still build your own seasonal self care survival kit of bite size, manageable actions that won’t stress you out or add to your schedule - having practices to support yourself in times of depletion and celebration will have a huge impact on how you feel and what you can accomplish!

Get the recording at coachingforcreativewellness.com/seasonal-self-care-workshop before April 30.

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