Creatives Do Money

Creatives Do Money

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  • Surviving the Holidays

    Have a question you want answered on the podcast? Email Eowyn your Q in text or audio form: [email protected] I can’t wait to hear from you! This week is a short and sweet episode with a friendly reminder that you can opt out of holidays OR take advantage of them in a conscientious way, shop ethically with those higher prices, OR not, if that’s where you life is just now. You do you ❤️ “Today’s episode is really your invitation to just remember what’s really important to you, and what’s the best thing for your life, independent of all the sales language, all the ethical shopping messaging that you might be seeing, just to stay true to yourself.”Eowyn Levene, Creatives Do Money Podcast, Episode 14 This week on the Creatives Do Money Podcast, Episode #14 Welcome to Creatives Do Money!  Each week we explore the topics of everyday money management, solo business ownership, and how we are fueling our creative futures.  I’m your host, Eowyn Levene, money mentor, massage therapist, and watermelon enthusiast.  And I’m on a mission to help you build the lasting financial stability that frees you up to do your work without hustling anxiously for the next dollar.   In this episode Pressure to purchase around the holidays (01:02) Big emotions come with holiday stresses and it’s easy to use buying things to self sootheThere’s a lot of manipulative sales messaging encouraging you to buyIf you do buy, do it intentionally, with a plan, and don’t go into debt for it. There’s no need to prove your worth by how you shop (04:56) Messaging about ethical shopping and minimalism can be oppressive and shamingIf you need and want to, take advantage of big sales without shameBring your own life circumstances and needs/wants into the forefront and be intentional “you don’t need to prove your perfection or your goodness through just the right kind of shopping” Eowyn Levene, Creatives Do Money Podcast, Episode 14 Related content Other resources Three Simple Steps to Improve Your Finances When Your Money is a Mess Connect with me further Instagram @plumtreemoneyFacebookLinkedIn Please share, subscribe, and review Thank you for listening to this episode of Creatives Do Money Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode or know someone working to get better with money on a creative’s variable income, please share, subscribe and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more folks can find the show and enjoy it too. Creatives Do Money Together  Money work can be hard, and we’re in it for the long haul! Join us in the Plum Tree Community for companionship, accountability, and education around personal finance as a solopreneur.   Theme Music and Podcast Production


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    9 min
  • Human Design, Chronic Illness, and Investing with Clare Marie Edgeman
    This week on the Creatives Do Money Podcast
    Clare and I talk all about health insurance, working for yourself when you have an expensive chronic illness, beginner investing, and conscious divestment, and much much more in this rich episode!
    Clare Marie Edgeman is a multi-disciplinary author and creative with a background in theater arts.  Lately she’s been diving deep into Tarot and Human Design for creatives, sharing insights and tools with clients and her community. 
    Her latest project is The Big Little Book: A Poetic and Practical Guide to Your Unique Design which we’ll learn more about in the episode.  
    Clare is offering all Creatives Do Money listeners 15 percent off any Human Design session with her. When you book via her website, use the code “CREATIVESDO15” when you book to receive the discount.
    Creatives Do Money Podcast Episode #13
    Welcome to Creatives Do Money!  Each week we explore the topics of everyday money management, solo business ownership, and how we are fueling our creative futures.  I’m your host, Eowyn Levene, money mentor, massage therapist, and watermelon enthusiast.  And I’m on a mission to help you build the lasting financial stability that frees you up to do your work without hustling anxiously for the next dollar.  
    I think that there is a lot of guilt associated with that for some creatives that there’s this need to hustle and need to grind and if you have the resources you don’t want to appear to not be the starving artist because there’s a martyrdom in being the starving artist.Clare Marie Edgeman on Creatives Do Money Podcast, Episode 13
    Episode Summary
    In today’s episode, Clare and I explore the following questions:
    How needing health insurance impacts work decisions, and the burden of chronic illnessLearning to let go of financial wants influenced by beliefs not true to ourselvesFinding freedom in creative work by listening to our curiosity and interestThe importance of knowing our money numbers
    In this episode
    On getting fired from your dream job and the money implications
    How do we know that’s enough, what’s necessary, and important to us in how we spend our money and our time with peopleEmployment and health insurance. How to get adequate health insurance in the USA when you’re self-employed.Why good health insurance is a life or death questions for her
    How Clare manages her money in her Writing, Tarot and Human Design business
    Using well-organized business income numbers to direct your creative and marketing effortsHer different services and streams of incomeDiscovering the value of offering Human Design interpretation for folksFinding her integrity within sharing Human Design as a service
    Part of that realism is using the resources that you have to really support the creative practice that you want to put into the world, and part of valuing your creativity is understanding that the first step to anybody else valuing it is you valuing your own output.Clare Marie Edgeman on Creatives Do Money Podcast, Episode 13
    Navigating available energy and work requirements
    Realizing the limits
    54 min
  • How to Tackle Debt as a Self-Employed Creative
    This is the second of a 3 Part Series tackling some essential money management questions: Savings, Debt Payoff, and Retirement Investing for the Self-Employed Creative.
    Today we’re continuing with How to Tackle Debt as a Self-Employed Creative.
    “it’s an act of resistance and revolution to choose to do things differently with your money and to live without debt”Eowyn Levene, Creatives Do Money Podcast, Episode 12
    This week on the Creatives Do Money Podcast, Episode #12
    Welcome to Creatives Do Money!  Each week we explore the topics of everyday money management, solo business ownership, and how we are fueling our creative futures.  I’m your host, Eowyn Levene, money mentor, massage therapist, and watermelon enthusiast.  And I’m on a mission to help you build the lasting financial stability that frees you up to do your work without hustling anxiously for the next dollar.  
    In this episode
    Manage Your Mindset for your Debt Payoff Journey (03:42)
    Let go of judgement and shame around debtDiscover your why for paying off debt, and commit to it!
    Gather your Numbers (00:00)
    Figure out your minimum monthly expensesCalculate your average monthly incomeList all your debts out
    “{when you learn to live debt free} you no longer enmesh your future self, you leave yourself more free. And you offer yourself more choice, and more rest” Eowyn Levene, Creatives Do Money Podcast, Episode 12
    Make your plan to pay off your debt (06:37)
    Ask yourself the right money questions before creating your planUse the Avalanche or Snowball Debt Payoff Method?Get yourself whatever help your need to support you in paying off debt
    Carry out your debt payment plans (15:00)
    Use a budget for success, and specifically a kind of money planning that’s tailored to the variable inconsistent income of the self-employed creativeThe essentials of a budget that works when you’re a solopreneur
    How to Maintain Motivation over your Debt Payoff Journey (17:33)
    Reference the strategies I outlined in the Savings 101 for the Self-Emplyed Creative podcast episodeCommit and recommitKnow your triggersImpulse control and deprivation defense to keep our spending on an even keelCreate a financial freedom community for yourself and join ours <3
    Resources
    7 Step Checklist to Prepare you for your Successful Debt Payoff Journey
    Related content
    Other resources
    Three Simple Steps to Improve Your Finances When Your Money is a Mess
    Connect with me further
    Instagram @plumtreemoneyFacebookLinkedIn
    23 min
  • Savings 101 for the Self-Employed Creative
    Savings 101 for the Self-Employed Creative. We get in to how to get started with savings, freeing up money for building savings on variable income, and some of my best strategies for staying motivated on your financial journey.
    31 min

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Creatives Do Money is a podcast for self-employed creatives all about money, mindset, and solo small business ownership. Tune in weekly with your host, Eowyn Levene, money mentor and longtime massage therapist in New York City. Listen for inspiring, surprising, and insightful money and business stories from your peers, interviews with money experts, and actionable teaching that guides you to build lasting financial stability and freedom.