Creative Pep Talk

By Andy J. Pizza

A Weekly Podcast Companion for Your Creative Journey

Transform your creative potential into reality by making your creativity a practice. A “creative discipline” can feel like an oxymoron. Creativity... more

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The podcast currently has 671 episodes available.

Creative Pep Talk episodes:

October 15, 2025 526 - Your Niche is Hiding in The Last Place You’d Look
Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter: http://andyjpizza.substack.com
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Find your niche. Stand out from the competition. Find your unique selling point.
Easier said than done. Right? In this episode we explore where your creative edge might be hiding and how to strategically think about your place within the creative markets you find yourself in.

SHOW NOTES:
Get the Creative Career Path Handbook by signing up to the newsletter: andyjpizza.substack.com
Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com

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32min
October 08, 2025 525 - The Prerequisite to Connecting with Potential Fans
Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter: http://andyjpizza.substack.com
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Do you feel like the stuff you’re putting out is white noise in an already noisy world?
In this episode we explore what you need to cut through and connect with the hearts of your potential fans.

SHOW NOTES
Study: “Seeing your life story as a Hero's Journey increases meaning in life”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36972106/
The Awakened Brain
https://www.lisamillerphd.com
Primal Intelligence
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740110/primal-intelligence-by-angus-fletcher/
Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com

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43min
October 01, 2025 524 - How to Know Whether to Push On or Give Up
Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter: http://andyjpizza.substack.com
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Does this sound familiar? You find a new thing. You’re certain this is THE thing. It all makes sense! You get started with tons of energy… but then you hit a wall. It all feels wrong. You bail. Find a new thing and the loop starts all over.
If you can relate. This episode is for you!!!
Stick until the end for a checklist that can help you decide whether to stick to the path or give up the thing you’re currently working on!

SHOW NOTES:
Eustress the Good Stress
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/be-the-sun-not-the-salt/202408/eustress-the-good-stress
Eustress vs Distress
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/eustress-vs-distress
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
https://www.aaspa.org/products/flow-the-psychology-of-optimal-experience
Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com

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40min
September 24, 2025 523 - The Power of Finding Your Attention Aperture, Neurotype and School of Thought
Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter: http://andyjpizza.substack.com
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This episode contains three small things that made a huge difference in my creative practice!
Tune in if you know you need a creative boost, but you’re not EXACTLY sure what it is you need because this is like THREE mini episodes in ONE.

SHOW NOTES:
Strengthsfinder Assessment:
https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/254033/strengthsfinder.aspx
Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com

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46min
September 17, 2025 522 - The Unexpected Thing that Suddenly Unlocked My Creative Brain
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If you’re a creative type, you probably don’t quite fit into the systems you were born into. This can be VERY DIFFICULT. There’s a lot of pressure for folks like us to beat ourselves up into a shape that fits society.
In this episode, I want to share the number 1 thing that changed my life as a creative person, and resources that can help you adopt this shift too!!

SHOW NOTES:
Right Side Out Series
andyjpizza.com/rso
No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, PhD
https://ifs-institute.com/nobadparts
Good Inside by Dr. Becky
https://www.goodinside.com/book/
Simulacra and Simulation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation
Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com

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34min
September 15, 2025 CPT Presents: Origin Stories - Dan Taberski on Hysterical
Sharing a new podcast from Campside Media called Origin Stories, about the creative process and the craft of writing and reporting. Each episode drills down on a single work. What inspired it? How was it created, and why? What kind of challenges and hurdles cropped up along the way? And above all, what can the rest of us learn from the guest’s creative process?
In this episode, Matt talks to Dan Taberski about his podcast “Hysterical,” which centers on a strange illness that afflicted a group of girls in the New York town of LeRoy. Dan discusses his reporting and outlining approach and the importance of treating subjects (and their stories) with care and respect. You can listen to more episodes of Origin Stories at https://link.mgln.ai/creativepeptalk

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35min
September 10, 2025 521 - How to Quit Worrying About Other’s Opinions & Finally Create What You Want
Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter: http://andyjpizza.substack.com
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Are you so worried about other people’s opinions you don’t make or share anything?
Need a tool for finding the thing you’re so passionate about that you’ll finally have the courage to put yourself out there?
If so, this episode is for you!
We all wish we could quit caring so much about what other’s think, but what if it’s a hopeless cause? In this episode we examine how caring about others might actually unlock the boldness we need to finally put our deepest selves into our work and rise above our imagined critics!

SHOW NOTES:
Angus Fletcher - Primal Intelligence
https://www.angusfletcher.co
Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com

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41min
September 03, 2025 520 - Does Creating Feel Hollow Right Now? How to Unlock New Fire
Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter: http://andyjpizza.substack.com
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This episode is for you if:
- The chaos of the world is making creative work feel meaningless
- Need to remember why making creative work is your passion
- You need a dose of art that makes you remember what life is about

SHOW NOTES:
Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com

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35min
August 27, 2025 519 - Access Imagination and Intuition that Ai Can’t Touch with Angus Fletcher PhD
This episode is for you if you need:
- To tap into your intuition and imagination in a deeper way than ever before
- A boost of hope for your creative future and the future of human creativity
- To hear two creativity nerds getting EXTREMELY excited about art, story and human potential!!!
Pretty much everyday you are told that AI is coming for your job, but NOT TODAY, because today we talk with Angus Fletcher PhD.
Angus is an expert in story AND neuroscience, and in this episode, we will dive into Fletcher’s research that will show you how to access your “Primal Intelligence” AKA something AI cannot do!!
Angus Fletch has a PhD in Literature from Yale studying Shakespeare and a BS in neuroscience from the University of Michigan. This unique blend of story and science makes him one of the most fascinating people I have ever met and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED this conversation!
I HIGHLY recommend you pick up Angus' new book “Primal Intelligence:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740110/primal-intelligence-by-angus-fletcher/
Learn more about Angus Fletcher here: https://www.angusfletcher.co

SHOW NOTES:
Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com

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1h 39min
August 20, 2025 518 - The Hope I Found in This Rapidly Changing Creative Landscape
Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter: http://andyjpizza.substack.com
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The chaotic changes we are currently experiencing are truly unreal. Tech. Platforms. Politics. Economy. It’s an upheaval. It’s very easy to slip into a full on panic when looking into your creative future. In this episode I want to share something that helped me find hope in this new ever changing landscape, and more than just hope, real creative career growth too!

SHOW NOTES:
Creative Pep Talk on YouTube
YouTube.com/creativepeptalk
Creative Pep Talk on Substack
andyjpizza.substack.com
Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com

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38min

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