After a long period away, Rachael found herself packing it all in when she returned to Detroit. Lauren was there to bear witness and support Rachael through the overwhelm, which inspired today’s discussion. They debrief on Rachael’s chaotic week, and talk ways to do all of what you truly want, while incorporating guardrails to prevent spiraling into burnout.

Episode Mentions

• The Wedding People: A Novel by Alison Espach
• Watch a recap of our Marshalls Workshop in Detroit!
• Check out Rachael’s Online Community, The Juice Box here!

We are now booking workshops and speaking engagements as a duo! To bring us to your conference or organization, reach out to us at [email protected]. 

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

Say hi or tell us a silly lil joke: [email protected]

Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

Lauren and Rachael discuss the tools and rules they use to navigate running their creative businesses online. They talk about the line between convenience and spoon feeding, pitching clients, and accepting the pros and cons that come with going your own way.

Episode Mentions

• Check out Rachael’s Online Community, The Juice Box here!
• Please explore “River Scars,” the work of Robert Hodgin who presented at OFFF MX 2025
• If you liked this episode, check out Episode 12 “The Spark: How Advice for Dating is Advice for Creating”

We are now booking workshops and speaking engagements as a duo! To bring us to your conference or organization, reach out to us at [email protected]. 

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

Say hi or tell us a silly lil joke: [email protected]

Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

This episode is all about the “secret menu”, a concept that Lauren dreamed up for offering unprofitable skills that she still enjoys doing for herself and others. The hosts discuss the value of thinking of your own secret menu and how it can become a creative form of community care. This conversation is an invitation to pull your untapped abilities out of skill purgatory and put them to good use.

Episode Mentions:

• Rachael’s Soup Gala Birthday Party
• Rachael’s Orange-Themed Birthday Party

We are now booking workshops and speaking engagements as a duo! To bring us to your conference or organization, reach out to us at [email protected]. 

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

Say hi or tell us a silly lil joke: [email protected]

Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

Rachael is ready to get serious about being an artist; so she and Lauren discuss a common component of presenting yourself as one: a portfolio. When describing your creative work and ambitions, it can be extremely helpful to have a curated selection of pieces to back it up; but many questions arise when attempting to build an online portfolio. In this episode, you’ll gain some insight towards answering those questions for yourself. Is it okay to have one-off works vs a series? How can you focus your practice around certain theme or through-line while allowing yourself to follow all of your curiosities? Listen to learn more!

Episode Mentions:

• Check out The Juice Box here!
• For more portfolio advice, watch Lauren’s Adobe course.

We are now booking workshops and speaking engagements as a duo! To bring us to your conference or organization, reach out to us at [email protected]. 

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

Say hi or tell us a silly lil joke: [email protected]

Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

Lauren sold most of her things in the months leading up to moving back to BK and absorbed helpful lessons around sales, customer service, and communication that she brought back to her business. In this episode she shares these lessons with Rachael and reflects on how they were more easily absorbed when she was selling “stuff” (chairs, furniture, etc) as opposed to her creative work and services.

Episode Mentions

• Lauren’s NYC Bedroom Storage Project
• Lauren at Creative Mornings NYC

We are now booking workshops and speaking engagements as a duo! To bring us to your conference or organization, reach out to us at [email protected].

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

Say hi or tell us a silly lil joke: [email protected]

Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

In the conclusion of this first Crash Course mini-series, the hosts are sharing some of the commonly overlooked aspects of selling a workshop. They discuss how to navigate specific scenarios that they've encountered in hosting creative events and send you off with some encouraging words. 

Join us for this special in-person creative workshop in NYC on November 13th! Get tickets here!

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

Say hi or tell us a silly lil joke: [email protected]

Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

With a workshop concept locked in, Lauren and Rachael begin developing their idea into a more well-rounded offering. They work through how to provide the most valuable experience for workshop attendees, how to market the event, and what price point will cover costs while making a worthwhile profit for them as hosts. Throughout this phase of planning, they provide nuanced insight on what to consider when tailoring a gathering toward your own goals. 

Join us for this special in-person creative workshop in NYC on November 13th! Get tickets here.

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

Say hi or tell us a silly lil joke: [email protected]

Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

Lauren and Rachael brainstorm on a guided experience that merges both of their skills and teaching styles. In pitching ideas to one another, they land on a workshop that they are both jazzed to facilitate! The big question is: Can they develop this idea into a strong, marketable offering?

Episode Mentions:

• Lauren's Tutorial on Turning Junk Mail into Paper Clay for Crafts  
• Lauren's Upcycled Croissant  
• Lauren's Upcycled Pedestal Planter  
• Shoutout to Meg Lewis and their 'taper mache' method. Check out their work here!  

Join us for this special in-person creative workshop in NYC on November 13th! Get tickets here!  

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

Say hi or tell us a silly lil joke: [email protected]

Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

Welcome to Crash Course! A Chaotic Creative mini series about gathering in the material world. Follow Lauren and Rachael as they plan a workshop that you can actually attend this November in New York City! In part one, the gals share how they began teaching and why they believe workshops are a great way to grow your creative community and business. 

Shoutout to The Dugout Podcast, which was an inspiration for this format. Go check them out!

Join us for this special in-person creative workshop in NYC on November 13th! Get tickets here.

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

Say hi or tell us a silly lil joke: [email protected]

Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

In this wide-ranging conversation, Rachael and Lauren discuss how they stay creatively grounded in periods of grief; they then realize that the conversations they’ve had as friends and co-hosts have had a grounding effect as well. This season’s closing coincides with the closing of chapters in the respective lives of the Chaotic Creatives team and in this long indulgent sendoff, your gals are looking forward even while holding the sadness that comes with change.

Episode Mentions

• Brené Brown: The Fast Track To Genuine Joy (HuffPost 2013)  
• King’s Hawaiian Lilikoi Crunch Cookies  
• How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis 
• Lauren’s (mysterious) Adobe course, Perfecting Your Portfolio is out now! 

 Sponsors 

• Creative Coaching with Rachael Renae  
• Mural Mockups by Hom Sweet Hom

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

Say hi or tell us a silly lil joke: [email protected]

Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching