Creating Your Own Path

I’m back with Melanie Biehle today for another co-hosted chat! As many of you know, Melanie is the 2017 CYOP Artist Resident and today we’re talking all about taking a step back from your business in an effort to gain clarity, do some strategic planning, and figure out what’s working. 

In this episode, we cover a little bit about what taking a step back means to each of us in our respective businesses, what taking a break might look like from day to day, and what happens — both the good and the bad — when we get out of production and promotion mode and give ourselves the opportunity to see the forest for the trees.

SHOW NOTES:

Check out Melanie's art

Melanie on Instagram, Pinterest + Twitter

Melanie's pop-up event in Seattle

Me on Instagram, Pinterest + Twitter

Episode 101

Episode 106

Episode 110

Saatchi Art

Society 6

Minted

Digital Kitchen

The Creative Digest (Extra interview snippets + the CYOP Slack Community!)

Find the full episode + show notes at creatingyourownpath.com.

Today’s episode is the last in my series with Moorea Seal and it’s a powerful one. If you’re just tuning in, be sure to go back and listen to episodes 114 and 115 before diving into this one. If you’ve already listened to past episodes, you know that Moorea is an author, designer and shop owner and she has been very open about the experiences that have set her on her path.

This episode is no exception. We’re diving pretty deep into some serious topics. On the show, we chat about why mental health advocacy is so important to Moorea, what therapy has helped her realize over the years, a how discussions about mental health, wellness, and advocacy are approached within her business.

SHOW NOTES:

Moorea Seal

Moorea's blog

Moorea's 52 Lists books

Pre-order Moorea's new book

Moorea on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook + Twitter

Suicide Prevention Hotline

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Find the full episode + show notes at creatingyourownpath.com.

I’m back today with another segment with author, designer and shop owner Moorea Seal. If you haven’t listened to last week’s episode yet, I highly recommend you go back and download that one first. It’s Episode 114 in the archives. 

 

In today’s interview, we talk a lot about growth and what it’s looked like for Moorea both personally and in business. She goes into detail about how her multi-book book deal came to fruition, why Moorea Seal (the shop) wouldn’t be where it is today without a team of people, and how she's known when to take the next big steps with her business.

SHOW NOTES:

Moorea Seal

Moorea's blog

Moorea's 52 Lists books

Pre-order Moorea's new book!

Moorea on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook + Twitter

Sasquatch Books

Justina Blakeney

Elsie Larson from A Beautiful Mess

Julia Manchik

Learn more about upcoming workshops here.

See the new art prints in the shop here!

The Creative Digest

(Extra interview snippets + the CYOP Slack Community!)

Find the full episode + show notes at creatingyourownpath.com.

Today, I'm talking with Moorea Seal, who is an author, designer and shop owner based out of Seattle! In today’s interview, she walks us through the early days of her career and how blogging, art, and Pinterest all played a roll. We also chat about what it’s like to name your business after yourself, how early trauma in her life set her on her path, and why our identities don’t need to be tied to our outputs.

 

Moorea’s story is one that is full of both dark and light moments and you’ll hear a little bit of both over the next three episodes. I really hope you’ll take the time to listen to the underlying drivers that are at play in everything she does. While we may not all be able to relate to exactly what she’s gone through, her tenacity to just keep going and to trust her gut is one that I think we can all learn from.

SHOW NOTES:

Moorea Seal

Moorea's blog

Moorea's books

Moorea on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook + Twitter

Moorea's music on Myspace (!!)

Artist John Grade

Myers-Briggs Test

Learn more about upcoming workshops here.

See what art prints are coming to the shop here.

The Creative Digest (Extra interview snippets + the CYOP Slack Community!)

You can find the full episode + show notes at creatingyourownpath.com.

Today is our last segment with Christine Herrin, who is a designer and hand letterer who has launched her own line of memory-keeping products. She just recently wrapped up her time as an Adobe Creative Resident and today’s episode is all about her experience.

In the interview, we talk about her specific project and why she proposed it to the Adobe team. We also get into some behind-the-scenes stuff regarding how the residency works, why the public speaking aspect of the residency turned out to be huge for her, what it was like to share her process along the way, and how her experience taught her to be both a creative and a business person.

SHOW NOTES:

Christine Herrin

Everyday Explorers

Christine on Instagram, Pinterest + Twitter

Adobe Creative Residency

Kelly Purkey

Ali Edwards

Sara Dietschy

SXSW Festival

Behance

The Creative Digest (Extra interview snippets + the CYOP Slack Community!)

You can find the full episode + show notes at creatingyourownpath.com.

Today we’re hearing once again from designer and letterer Christine Herrin. If you listened to last week’s show, episode 111, you know that Christine’s passion is memory keeping and she’s built a business around designing modern products for those who love to capture and save memories. She also has a full freelance schedule as a designer and hand letterer and just recently wrapped up her stint as an Adobe Creative Resident.

In today’s interview, we talk about how travel is essential for jolting her creative brain into action. We also discuss the surprising places she’s found product design ideas in her travels, why she’s okay with both digital and physical types of memory keeping, and how she blends work and travel as a way to see the world and get stuff done at the same time.

SHOW NOTES:

Christine Herrin

Everyday Explorers

Christine on Instagram, Pinterest + Twitter

Adobe Creative Residency

Total Girl magazine

Anne Ditmeyer's CYOP Interview

Anne Ditmeyer's work

Blurb Books

The Creative Digest (Extra interview snippets + the CYOP Slack Community!)

You can find the full episode + show notes at creatingyourownpath.com.

I'm back today with another three-part series and this time I’m talking with graphic designer, hand letterer, and product designer Christine Herrin. You may also know her from her recent stint as an Adobe Creative Resident where she launched her shop, Everyday Explorers Co.

In the interview, we talk at length about memory-keeping and why she feels that capturing bits of life is so important. She also opens up about her decision to move from Manila to San Francisco to go to grad school, why she decided not to finish her advanced degree, and she offers some really great advice about putting yourself in the way of cool people and projects.

SHOW NOTES:

Christine Herrin

Everyday Explorers

Christine on Instagram, Pinterest + Twitter

Adobe Creative Residency

Academy of Art University, San Francisco

Kelly Purkey

Albertson Design

TED Talks

Makeshift Society + Rena Tom

Creative Live

The Creative Digest (Extra interview snippets + the CYOP Slack Community!)

You can find the full episode + show notes at creatingyourownpath.com.

I’m back with Melanie Biehle today for another co-hosted chat! As most of you know, Melanie is the 2017 CYOP Artist Resident and is an incredibly talented artist and designer. If this is your first time listening to the show, I want to welcome you, but I also want to advise you to go back to episode 101 and 106 to learn more about Melanie, her work, and some topics we've covered in the past.

In today's episode, we cover a few topics that we both find a little bit challenging from time to time—motivation, focus, and organization. I think oftentimes all of those things go hand in hand whether you have a 9-5 or you run your own business. We talk about the challenges we both face, what’s worked for us in the past, and things we want to be better at moving forward.  

SHOW NOTES:

Check out Melanie's art

Melanie on Instagram, Pinterest + Twitter

Melanie's pop-up event in Seattle

Me on Instagram, Pinterest + Twitter

Episode 101

Episode 106

Pomodoro Technique

Google Calendar

TeuxDeux

Swiss Miss

Bullet Journal

​​​​​​Get to Work Book

Elise Blaha Cripe on CYOP

The Creative Digest (Extra interview snippets + the CYOP Slack Community!)

You can find more by visiting creatingyourownpath.com.

I’m back one final time with Rebecca Plumb and Meghan Phillips of Honey Agency, a creative agency here Sacramento that focuses specifically on food and beverage brands. Today, however, I’m talking with them about starting Sacramento’s Creative Mornings chapter.

In the interview, we cover a lot of information that might be helpful for those of you who want to start a Creative Mornings chapter in your city. And honestly, it’s helpful even if you want to create an even that isn’t affiliated with Creative Mornings. Rebecca shares the reasons she wanted to start the event series, Meghan talks about what it’s been like trying to get sponsors on board, and they both discuss what the speakers have taught them over the last several months.

SHOW NOTES:

Creative Mornings Sacramento

CM Sacramento on Instagram, Facebook, + Twitter

Honey Agency

Honey Agency on Instagram, Pinterest + Facebook

Rebecca on Instagram

Meghan on Instagram

Amanda Sebastiani

Tina Roth Eisenberg of SwissMiss + Tattly

Amal Iqba

Adam Federico

The Creative Digest (Extra interview snippets + the CYOP Slack Community!)

You can find the full episode + show notes, along with all of the CYOP archives at creatingyourownpath.com.

I’m back this week with more from my interview with Rebecca Plumb and Meghan Phillips of Honey Agency, which is a creative agency here Sacramento that focuses specifically on food and beverage brands. Several months ago, they also led the charge to start Sacramento’s Creative Mornings chapter.

On today’s show, we get into a pretty real conversation about how they see their business partnership as a marriage and why they’ve had to seek help from third parties like therapists and coaches as they’ve grown the business. They also talk about why they’ve implemented what they call “collaboration hour” at their office, how they believe in the fishbowl theory—which Rebecca explains quite well—and why they’ve had to shift their mindset so they can grow a business that will live on without them.

SHOW NOTES:

Honey Agency

Honey Agency on Instagram, Pinterest + Facebook

Rebecca on Instagram

Meghan on Instagram

MARRS Building

Creative Mornings HQ

Creative Mornings Sacramento

The Creative Digest (Extra interview snippets + the CYOP Slack Community!)

You can find the full episode + show notes for this episode, along with all of the CYOP archives at creatingyourownpath.com.