Creative Dirt

In this conversation, Honor sits down with Jasmine Dominique, a mental health clinician, fellow podcaster, and a true Renaissance woman, to define and discuss creative self care. Jasmine highlights the importance of brain health, chilling out, and resisting societal peer pressure- something I really needed to hear lol. She also shares her experience of taking a social media detox and encourages listeners to embrace creativity in self-care through self-exploration and embracing your inner child.

Don't forget to check out Jasmine’s podcast, Beyond the Limits, a safe space for real, deep, and inspiring conversations about living authentically.

And if you want even more…

Here’s some info on what heck nervous system regulation is.

And here is the case for a social media detox. Give it a try.

Welcome back! Explore the cross between mental health and creativity in this season of Creative Dirt, all about Creative Self Care. This season we'll be discussing different methods of creative self care, in an effort to detach self care from consumption and help you define what genuine self care looks like for you. Join us as we learn about the creative self care practices of journaling and self-reflection, designing your environment, getting outside, retail therapy, persona spa creation, giving back to your community, crafting, and more!

Have a creative goal but don't how to get started? Today, Honor speaks with Kristen Merritt all about diving headfirst into a creative project. Kristen released her debut album, Joi, back in 2021, and as an independent artist she had a lot to learn about how to go from singer/songwriter to singer/songwriter/producer/mixer/masterer/editor/fundraiser/et cetera! Listen to Kristen's story about how her curiosity and love for songwriting pushed her to learn more, take her skills to the next level, and accomplish a creative goal.

Today's creative challenge:

Listen to Kristen Merritt's music and follow her on Instagram!

Ever spent time mulling over a creative idea but not actually doing? Join us today as host Honor chats with Anna Hardymon, shoe cobbler-hobbyist-extraordinaire, to delve into what it looks like dive head first into a new creative passion! Anna recently started learning to make shoes and has quickly become a shoe savant!

Can laundry be fun, or is it doomed to bottom-of-the-wet-hamper-mildew-boredom? Honor explores this topic while suggesting some ways to make your weekly (or daily) laundering experience more creative!

SHOW NOTES

DIY laundry detergents & more from The Spruce

The Laundry Guy, Patric Richardson

Life Kit episode with Patric Richardson

3 towel folding techniques

The Swan towel fold

Honor talks with professional violist and longtime friend, Sara Dudley, about how she relentlessly pursued viola mastery, why she never gave up, and how you can build a consistent creative practice in your life.

LaDarius Lee, a dance fitness instructor living in New York, teaches us how creativity can blossom when you allow yourself to be a big, bold creator and provide space for others to do the same.

It's finally October! Join Honor to learn about 8 of the most popular design aesthetics and crafting phenomenons for this year's All Hallows Eve.... if you dare.

PUMPKIN SPICE SYRUP RECIPE (from The House and Homestead)

Honor & Nashville photographer Fiona Battersby sit down for a chat about her photography business and the joys and challenges that come along with being a creative entrepreneur.

Show Notes:

Fiona Battersby Photography

Harvard Business Review - "47 million individuals left the workforce in 2021"