In this conversation, Brandon and I dive into the colourful spectrum of emotions as he shares his journey into creating Happy Tears and The Connect Deck, his perspective on finding the balance between self-improvement and allowing yourself to just be, his exciting new collaborations to further support the LGBTQIA2S+ community, pursuing your creative curiosities, mental health... and so much more!

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About Brandon + Happy Tears

Meet Brandon (he/him), a self-identified recovering loner, colour enthusiast, and mental hygienist, not to mention the queer Founder behind HappyTears.ca! Brandon thrives on helping humans clean the mind of all the noise in order to connect themselves with who they truly are. Happy Tears is no exception. Launched in late 2018, Happy Tears set out on a mission to make people happy(er). From bags and apparel to a growing collection of connection card games (The Connect Deck), Brandon's creations have helped inspire its community to prioritize their mental health each day while building resilience through powerful mindset shifts and practical tools. Brandon believes wholeheartedly that to be human is not simply to feel good; to be human is to feel everything.

About me

Hello, I'm Pascale! I coach artists, makers and creatives of all kinds because I believe in the cathartic power of art, and the important role you're here to play. Through coaching, we co-create a sacred space to gently untangle the knots on your rebellious path, support your wellbeing and elevate your soulful work. My clients come to me with a heart full of creative ideas... and a mind tangled in self-doubt. My role is to help them find their way back to self-trust so they can fully step into the next level of their creative vision, business and self. Together, we work on softening the inner wars they host, building emotional resilience and stepping away from the cycle of self-betrayal. Curious about working together? You're welcome to ⁠⁠⁠book a complimentary call⁠⁠⁠ so we can meet and explore coaching support options.

About the podcast

The Dear Creative Mind Podcast explores the depths, textures, colours and intricacies of our creative mind. Pascale Cote, coach for artists and creative entrepreneurs shares guidance on untangling the knots that often keeps us stuck in a cycle of burnout and stagnation. You’ll find grounding meditations to soothe your mind, coaching notes to help you find more focus + flow, and conversations with other artists to inspire you… in the hopes of helping you better understand your creative mind, and elevate your creative work.

Get support for your creative mind

This is a short meditation practice to foster a sense of self-partnership and truly welcome all parts of yourSelf here, so you can soften the inner wars you may be hosting within yourself.I hope this practice supports you when you’re experiencing resistance in your creative process, or whenever you need to ground back into inner peace so you can find more flow, more space, more harmony. 

Leave your voice notes + questions here: https://www.speakpipe.com/DearCreativeMind

About me

Hello, I'm Pascale! I coach artists, makers and creatives of all kinds because I believe in the cathartic power of art, and the important role you're here to play. Through coaching, we co-create a sacred space to gently untangle the knots on your rebellious path, support your wellbeing and elevate your soulful work. My clients come to me with a heart full of creative ideas... and a mind tangled in self-doubt. My role is to help them find their way back to self-trust so they can fully step into the next level of their creative vision, business and self. Together, we work on softening the inner wars they host, building emotional resilience and stepping away from the cycle of self-betrayal. Curious about working together? You're welcome to ⁠⁠⁠book a complimentary call⁠⁠⁠ so we can meet and explore coaching support options.

About the podcast

The Dear Creative Mind Podcast explores the depths, textures, colours and intricacies of our creative mind. Pascale Cote, coach for artists and creative entrepreneurs shares guidance on untangling the knots that often keeps us stuck in a cycle of burnout and stagnation. You’ll find grounding meditations to soothe your mind, coaching notes to help you find more focus + flow, and conversations with other artists to inspire you… in the hopes of helping you better understand your creative mind, and elevate your creative work.

Get support for your creative mind

How do I stop rebelling against my own structure? Many creative minds (including mine) struggle with setting and maintaining structure. We often end up rebelling against it. In this episode, we're exploring the resistance we experience regarding structure. I'm sharing some reasons why you might be experiencing this in your life, including the internal conflict that can arise when a part of us craves freedom while another part seeks structure. We also discuss what we can do about it so we can build a healthier relationship with ourselves, our art, and structure. 

Join Devotion, a 5-week series to make progress on your creative goals this fall: https://www.dearcreativemind.com/the-creative-playground-events

About me

Hello, I'm Pascale! I coach artists, makers and creatives of all kinds because I believe in the cathartic power of art, and the important role you're here to play. Through coaching, we co-create a sacred space to gently untangle the knots on your rebellious path, support your wellbeing and elevate your soulful work. My clients come to me with a heart full of creative ideas... and a mind tangled in self-doubt. My role is to help them find their way back to self-trust so they can fully step into the next level of their creative vision, business and self. Together, we work on softening the inner wars they host, building emotional resilience and stepping away from the cycle of self-betrayal. Curious about working together? You're welcome to ⁠⁠book a complimentary call⁠⁠ so we can meet and explore coaching support options.

About the podcast

The Dear Creative Mind Podcast explores the depths, textures, colours and intricacies of our creative mind. Pascale Cote, coach for artists and creative entrepreneurs shares guidance on untangling the knots that often keeps us stuck in a cycle of burnout and stagnation. You’ll find grounding meditations to soothe your mind, coaching notes to help you find more focus + flow, and conversations with other artists to inspire you… in the hopes of helping you better understand your creative mind, and elevate your creative work.

Get support for your creative mind

In this episode, Maggie and I chat about letting ourselves be human in business, stepping away from social media, planning solo business retreats and the concept of flexible consistency. 

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About Maggie

Maggie is a thought partner to coaches and creative entrepreneurs looking to intentionally scale with a focus on marketing operations. She helps her clients create proactive, sustainable marketing plans and effective systems that support both the business and the business owner. Her approach lets values lead, prioritizes people over profit, and focuses on long-term sustainable growth over short-term gains.

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About me

Hello, I'm Pascale! I coach artists, makers and creatives of all kinds because I believe in the cathartic power of art, and the important role you're here to play. Through coaching, we co-create a sacred space to gently untangle the knots on your rebellious path, support your wellbeing and elevate your soulful work. My clients come to me with a heart full of creative ideas... and a mind tangled in self-doubt. My role is to help them find their way back to self-trust so they can fully step into the next level of their creative vision, business and self. Together, we work on softening the inner wars they host, building emotional resilience and stepping away from the cycle of self-betrayal. Curious about working together? You're welcome to ⁠⁠book a complimentary call⁠⁠ so we can meet and explore coaching support options.

About the podcast

The Dear Creative Mind Podcast explores the depths, textures, colours and intricacies of our creative mind. Pascale Cote, coach for artists and creative entrepreneurs shares guidance on untangling the knots that often keeps us stuck in a cycle of burnout and stagnation. You’ll find grounding meditations to soothe your mind, coaching notes to help you find more focus + flow, and conversations with other artists to inspire you… in the hopes of helping you better understand your creative mind, and elevate your creative work.

Get support for your creative mind

This is a short meditation practice to help you dissolve self-doubt and boost your confidence so you can go after what you truly want and bring your vision to life, bravely.

About me

Hello, I'm Pascale! I coach artists, makers and creatives of all kinds because I believe in the cathartic power of art, and the important role you're here to play. Through coaching, we co-create a sacred space to gently untangle the knots on your rebellious path, support your wellbeing and elevate your soulful work. My clients come to me with a heart full of creative ideas... and a mind tangled in self-doubt. My role is to help them find their way back to self-trust so they can fully step into the next level of their creative vision, business and self. Together, we work on softening the inner wars they host, building emotional resilience and stepping away from the cycle of self-betrayal. Curious about working together? You're welcome to ⁠⁠book a complimentary call⁠⁠ so we can meet and explore coaching support options.

About the podcast

The Dear Creative Mind Podcast explores the depths, textures, colours and intricacies of our creative mind. Pascale Cote, coach for artists and creative entrepreneurs shares guidance on untangling the knots that often keeps us stuck in a cycle of burnout and stagnation. You’ll find grounding meditations to soothe your mind, coaching notes to help you find more focus + flow, and conversations with other artists to inspire you… in the hopes of helping you better understand your creative mind, and elevate your creative work.

Get support for your creative mind

⁠In this episode, I'm reading a past letter I sent to the community last year to share guidance around staying true to our colours and stop diluting our art to fit in.⁠ How can we stay true to our vision and feel at home in our creative work?⁠

⁠We can easily dilute our true colours as artists, creative minds and unconventional humans, when our creative vision gets tinted by the demands, 'shoulds' and distractions of the outside world... or the impossible standards we hold for ourselves. ⁠

⁠Fully honouring who we are will also inevitably bring out where we contrast with others. That’s where our truth gets to exist, that’s where our beauty lies. ⁠

⁠How can you stay true to the version of yourself, here and now? How can you own the boldest hues of your truest colours?⁠

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Prompts shared in this episode:⁠

+ Where am I diluting my essence and my art to keep the peace or please others? ⁠

+ How can I be kinder to myself and let go of the red editor’s pen? ⁠

+ What beauty can I choose to see in the messiness of this process? ⁠

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Read the letter here.

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About me

Hello, I'm Pascale! I coach artists, makers and creatives of all kinds because I believe in the cathartic power of art, and the important role you're here to play. Through coaching, we co-create a sacred space to gently untangle the knots on your rebellious path, support your wellbeing and elevate your soulful work. My clients come to me with a heart full of creative ideas... and a mind tangled in self-doubt. My role is to help them find their way back to self-trust so they can fully step into the next level of their creative vision, business and self. Together, we work on softening the inner wars they host, building emotional resilience and stepping away from the cycle of self-betrayal. Curious about working together? You're welcome to ⁠⁠book a complimentary call⁠⁠ so we can meet and explore coaching support options.

About the podcast

The Dear Creative Mind Podcast explores the depths, textures, colours and intricacies of our creative mind. Pascale Cote, coach for artists and creative entrepreneurs shares guidance on untangling the knots that often keeps us stuck in a cycle of burnout and stagnation. You’ll find grounding meditations to soothe your mind, coaching notes to help you find more focus + flow, and conversations with other artists to inspire you… in the hopes of helping you better understand your creative mind, and elevate your creative work.

Get support for your creative mind

How can I find more ease in my creative work? How can I bring my mission further? And more importantly, how can I avoid exhausting myself in the process?

You may have witnessed your creative mind oscillating between burning out and giving up, between pushing through and declaring defeat. 

This episode is a loving reminder that you don't have to carry your creative mission alone, and how collaboration can not only relieve the pressure but bring your ideas much further. This gets to be a shared experience, and it has to. We cannot create that big change on the collective by working alone… we need to work together to make a real impact on the collective.

I hope you'll join us this summer for The Creative Playground, a bi-weekly community gathering that happens around the New Moon and Full Moon this season. Also, Momentum is coming back later this fall! This is a 5-week intimate group coaching experience to make progress on your creative goals. You can sign up to the waitlist to be the first one to know about it + receive a bonus :)

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About me

Hello, I'm Pascale! I coach artists, makers and creatives of all kinds because I believe in the cathartic power of art, and the important role you're here to play. Through coaching, we co-create a sacred space to gently untangle the knots on your rebellious path, support your wellbeing and elevate your soulful work. My clients come to me with a heart full of creative ideas... and a mind tangled in self-doubt. My role is to help them find their way back to self-trust so they can fully step into the next level of their creative vision, business and self. Together, we work on softening the inner wars they host, building emotional resilience and stepping away from the cycle of self-betrayal. Curious about working together? You're welcome to ⁠⁠⁠book a complimentary call⁠⁠⁠ so we can meet and explore coaching support options.

About the podcast

The Dear Creative Mind Podcast explores the depths, textures, colours and intricacies of our creative mind. Pascale Cote, coach for artists and creative entrepreneurs shares guidance on untangling the knots that often keeps us stuck in a cycle of burnout and stagnation. You’ll find grounding meditations to soothe your mind, coaching notes to help you find more focus + flow, and conversations with other artists to inspire you… in the hopes of helping you better understand your creative mind, and elevate your creative work.

Get support for your creative mind

Private coaching is now open! You're welcome to schedule a complimentary clarity call so we can meet, talk through your current challenges and aspirations, and identify what kind of support may benefit you right now. 

In this episode, I'm answering the most frequently asked questions about working with a coach: What is coaching? What's the difference with other modalities? What can we work on together? Our coaching partnership is a space we co-create to explore questions like: What might happen if I was courageous enough to truly be me? What if I listened to my intuition and followed the muse? What if I just went for it? I’ve had the honour to witness such beautiful things + magic come out of bravely exploring those questions. 

Through coaching, we can help you:

+ Ground your big vision into reality, with more focus, less overwhelm
+ Support your creative wellbeing to find more flow, less resistance
+ Shift self-sabotage patterns and soften the inner wars you host (hello there, inner critic!)
+ Step away from overwhelm and build emotional resilience
+ Design aligned strategies to elevate your creative business with calm and confidence
+ Reunite with joy + ease in the messiness of the creative process

PS. Thank you for the important work you do, dear creative mind. If receiving support this season would feel like a big exhale, I can't wait to meet you!

About me

Hello, I'm Pascale! I coach artists, makers and creatives of all kinds because I believe in the cathartic power of art, and the important role you're here to play. Through coaching, we co-create a sacred space to gently untangle the knots on your rebellious path, support your wellbeing and elevate your soulful work. My clients come to me with a heart full of creative ideas... and a mind tangled in self-doubt. My role is to help them find their way back to self-trust so they can fully step into the next level of their creative vision, business and self. Together, we work on softening the inner wars they host, building emotional resilience and stepping away from the cycle of self-betrayal. Curious about working together? You're welcome to ⁠book a complimentary call⁠ so we can meet and explore coaching support options.

About the podcast

The Dear Creative Mind Podcast explores the depths, textures, colours and intricacies of our creative mind. Pascale Cote, coach for artists and creative entrepreneurs shares guidance on untangling the knots that often keeps us stuck in a cycle of burnout and stagnation. You’ll find grounding meditations to soothe your mind, coaching notes to help you find more focus + flow, and conversations with other artists to inspire you… in the hopes of helping you better understand your creative mind, and elevate your creative work.

Get support for your creative mind

Today's meditation is a guided practice to self-inquire and set loving boundaries with your mind, heart, body, and anchor you back into the present moment. ⁠⁠You may also choose to use this as a journaling practice to help call back all the parts of you that are plugged in places that deplete you of your precious energy, so you can rekindle your creative fire.⁠

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About me

Hello, I'm Pascale! I coach artists, makers and creatives of all kinds because I believe in the cathartic power of art, and the important role you're here to play. Through coaching, we co-create a sacred space to gently untangle the knots on your rebellious path, support your wellbeing and elevate your soulful work. My clients come to me with a heart full of creative ideas... and a mind tangled in self-doubt. My role is to help them find their way back to self-trust so they can fully step into the next level of their creative vision, business and self. Together, we work on softening the inner wars they host, building emotional resilience and stepping away from the cycle of self-betrayal. Curious about working together? You're welcome to ⁠⁠book a complimentary call⁠⁠ so we can meet and explore coaching support options.

About the podcast

The Dear Creative Mind Podcast explores the depths, textures, colours and intricacies of our creative mind. Pascale Cote, coach for artists and creative entrepreneurs shares guidance on untangling the knots that often keeps us stuck in a cycle of burnout and stagnation. You’ll find grounding meditations to soothe your mind, coaching notes to help you find more focus + flow, and conversations with other artists to inspire you… in the hopes of helping you better understand your creative mind, and elevate your creative work.

Get support for your creative mind

Have you ever caught yourself ruminating on the same idea, overwhelming yourself and getting dizzy with your own thoughts? Maybe you’ve explored so many options and scenarios that you don’t even know what you want to create anymore. Maybe you’re ruminating on a project, redoing things that don’t seem to make much difference. Or maybe you feel like your thoughts are running on a hamster wheel in your mind. Whatever it looks like, the result is usually the same: we paralyze and we feel stuck. It happens to all of us. For many reasons.

Your mind is creative… you have a vivid imagination, you have this ability to invent things. That includes thoughts and scenarios and options and layers of options. So, let’s explore a few things together to help you soften the mind chatter, get out of overthinking mode and get back into creating mode.

About me

Hello, I'm Pascale! I coach artists, makers and creatives of all kinds because I believe in the cathartic power of art, and the important role you're here to play. Through coaching, we co-create a sacred space to gently untangle the knots on your rebellious path, support your wellbeing and elevate your soulful work. My clients come to me with a heart full of creative ideas... and a mind tangled in self-doubt. My role is to help them find their way back to self-trust so they can fully step into the next level of their creative vision, business and self. Together, we work on softening the inner wars they host, building emotional resilience and stepping away from the cycle of self-betrayal. Curious about working together? You're welcome to ⁠⁠book a complimentary call⁠⁠ so we can meet and explore coaching support options.

About the podcast

The Dear Creative Mind Podcast explores the depths, textures, colours and intricacies of our creative mind. Pascale Cote, coach for artists and creative entrepreneurs shares guidance on untangling the knots that often keeps us stuck in a cycle of burnout and stagnation. You’ll find grounding meditations to soothe your mind, coaching notes to help you find more focus + flow, and conversations with other artists to inspire you… in the hopes of helping you better understand your creative mind, and elevate your creative work.

Get support for your creative mind