Giana left corporate when we recorded this episode! She’s worked as a teacher, in government, as a prison, and in corporate. She breaks down why most creative entrepreneurs unknowingly recreate corporate culture in their own businesses, how to identify the conditioning running your decisions, and offers exercises that help you finally build from who you actually are.

Giana Cerasia is a teacher, systems change expert, and anthrophilosopher whose work sits at the intersection of human behavior, power, and transformation. She has spent her career studying systems that shape us — from corporations and institutions to families, relationships, governments, and culture.

Now, she works with the people who power every system we live inside: the humans carrying the stories, grief, power, rage, and possibility that make change either repeat or rupture. Her work blends systems thinking, embodiment, breathwork, and witchy elder-wisdom practices to help people descend beneath the performance of growth and return to the wild, ungovernable, honest intelligence of their own aliveness.

This episode is an invitation to go deeper than any course ever could.

Connect with Giana

Website: ravish.life/apprenticeship

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giana.cerasia/Podcast:

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6RA1zd2Oyp756h4X2bzhB3?si=a6bdb1abbc084021

Substack: https://atomsinmeatsuits.substack.com/

Free Women’s Circle: https://www.notion.so/Free-Women-s-Circle-29439179192f80a3ba9fed0395f30f8f?source=copy_link

Sarah Edwards is a creative success coach who has taught over 8,000 creatives worldwide how to build businesses that work with their brains and bodies — not against them.

In this episode, she shares her Storyline Method, nervous system tools, and why your limitations might be your greatest business asset.

Connect with Sarah

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/setapart_company/

Creative to Cash Strategy Audit: https://www.setapartcompany.net/creative-audit

E-Book "Unscrambled: The Creative's Guide to Clarity & Cash": https://www.setapartcompany.net/unscrambledcreativebook

this month felt like a turning point in how i think about motivation and work itself.

in this may reflection, i’m getting honest about something i rarely say out which is how i don’t feel motivated. i don’t really want to work. but i keep showing up anyway… not because of discipline or hustle, but what i’m building feels like something bigger than just a job.

this episode is for the creators and entrepreneurs who are tired of being asked “what keeps you motivated?” when the real answer is messier and more human than that.

it’s about purpose, freedom, fulfillment and about the quiet, sustaining feeling of helping others even on the days you’d rather do anything else.

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What if booking a photographer to capture special moments also meant walking away with a mindfulness practice that changed your life?

Taylor Sliwa is a lifestyle documentary photographer and certified yoga instructor. Capricorn through and through. She brings a grounded, intentional presence to everything she does. Taylor is passionate about helping people feel seen, heard, and fully themselves—while capturing it all in photos that speak volumes.

We talk about how she weaves breath work, meditation, crystals, and somatic rituals into every photo session, and why she believes the experience her clients have in front of the camera matters just as much as the images they take home.

We also get real about life as multi-hyphenate creatives. For example, juggling burnout, building intentional morning and evening routines, staying organized across calendars, and knowing when to rest vs. push forward.

Topics covered:

• How somatic healing and breath work enhance the photography experience
• What "holding space" actually looks like before, during, and after a session
• Simple daily rituals to regulate your nervous system as a creative entrepreneur
• Why Taylor separates identity from job titles
• Working with youth dancers on mindfulness, self-worth, and emotional regulation
• Burnout prevention, seasonal rhythms, and building a business around your life

Connect with Taylor

Website: https://www.tsphotography.co/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/t.s_photographyy/

TikTok: @tsphotos29

Connect with Morgan

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morganmarkowski

Website: https://www.morganmarkowski.com/

Welcome back to Dear Creator!! This is Solo Entry 4 where I reflect on my experiences, ideas, and conversations with friends for the month of April 2026.

A core theme that I talk about is creative identity vs self worth. Specifically how creative entrepreneurs tie their professional roles and skills to who they are but is this why they can experience burnout, pressure or losing a sense of self?

I also talk about the tension between showing up authentically online and the real world constraints like environment, space, and lighting that make content creation harder than social media advice may suggest.

As well as the future vision for Dear Creator!! :)

I hope you enjoy and of course, I'm always down to chat more about these topics if you want to DM me on Instagram or leave comment.

Thank you so much for listening!! xx

https://www.instagram.com/morganmarkowski

https://www.instagram.com/dearcreatorpod/

Website: https://www.morganmarkowski.com/

What if the thing standing between you and being consistent with your content wasn’t the motivation but the structure of it all?

Michelle is a social media content strategist. After a decade in corporate marketing, she left it all to create Hello Lemon, by turning her skills into a business -- and socials became her go-to way to grow it.

Now, she helps solo entrepreneurs make Instagram content the easiest part of their business with a plan they can stick to and ALWAYS a beverage in hand :)

She’s back on Dear Creator for her second appearance and this time we’re going deep on the systems, mindsets, boundaries, and strategies that transformed her business from reactive posting into a content machine she actually loves running.

In this episode we cover:

• Why showing your face online is no longer optional
• The content planning strategies and frameworks Michelle learned from corporate marketing that saved her sanity
• How to filter a flood of content ideas using themes, so you only create what moves the needle in your business
• The personal vs. professional blend rations and how to decide what you actually share online
• Why structure doesn’t hurt your creativity but creates the conditions for it
• The enough goal method for posting consistently without burning out
• How to show up confidently during an offer launch across multiple platforms
• What to ask yourself when you feel like you’re losing yourself inside your business

Listen to Michelle’s first Dear Creator episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5VeUk2Cpz3EGggsdTrKjfo?si=22ee1f84c90548ac

Listen to Michelle’s first Dear Creator episode on Apple:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-creator/id1777121746?i=1000683321038

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If you have a moment to leave a review, it’d be greatly appreciated.

Kelsey’s Dear Creator Episode Mentioned: https://open.spotify.com/episode/61KIlngJiihCDFxQuRMLbD?si=b4a6a0e83e9e473e

What happens when a one-week trip to Mexico City changes your entire life?

In this episode, I sit down with Ciara, founder of Kiyoko Verde, host of the Business Circle, and one-on-one mentor for founders to talk about her Saturn return, the moment she stepped off the "conveyor belt" of a life she didn't choose, and how she rebuilt from the inside out.

We go deep on Human Design like what it actually means to experiment with your design (not just read about it), how it helped Ciara restructure her days as a Projector, and why starting with just ONE piece of your chart can be more powerful than trying to understand it all at once aka information overload.

Whether you're in the middle of a Saturn return, curious about Human Design, or just feeling like something needs to shift… this conversation will feel like permission to trust yourself again.

In this episode, we cover:

• Ciara's Saturn return story and the Mexico City trip that flipped everything
• The "conveyor belt" metaphor and how to recognize when you're on it
• Human Design for entrepreneurs: how to stop following everyone else's blueprint
• Why projectors burn out — and what to do differently
• How to start experimenting with your design (without getting overwhelmed)
• The one thing Ciara would tell her younger self

Connect with Ciara:

LinksInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiyokoverde/

E-mail List:https://bykiyokoverde.myflodesk.com/jointhelist

Gate 13 Podcast: https://gatethirteen.substack.com/

Business Circle: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/community-business-circle-summer-registration-1985241382416?aff=oddtdtcreator

Human Design Sessions: https://kiyokoverde.notion.site/HUMAN-DESIGN-OFFERINGS-1ed79b1db07180e3b15bd4b9c37a5909

In this episode, I talk to Kelsey from Coming Up Roses who’s a launch strategist.

She breaks down how creative service providers like designers, copywriters, creators, and everyone else in between can use launch campaigns to stop waiting for inquiries and start booking out their services consistently. 

She covers what a launch campaign actually is, how to structure a warm up period, and the three questions every piece of launch content needs to answer.

She also shares how simplifying to one signature offer transformed her business, how to read whether your audience is warm or cold and why she made the bold decision to go completely AI-free!

Whether you’re launching for the first time ever or refining your approach, this conversation will change the way you think about selling your services.

Connect with Kelsey
Instagram

TikTok

Launch Your Own Way (affiliate link!)

Connect with Morgan

Instagram

Website

Dear Creator Blog

YouTube

Do you ever feel torn between too many interests to the point where you feel scattered when it comes to building your brand?

In this episode of Dear Creator, personal branding strategist CK shares how she went from burned-out lawyer to a thriving multi-passionate founder and her advice for building an authentic personal brand without having to choose just one thing.

Connect with CK

https://www.instagram.com/czarcreatesart

https://www.instagram.com/czarcreatesbrands/

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Website / Work With Me: https://www.morganmarkowski.com/

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In this episode, I bring awareness to the symptoms of burn out, which I started to feel and tell you how I completely pivoted out of the burn out creep.

Then I do a deep reflection into everything I did to restructure and refine the direction of my business, goals, and life operations for Quarter 2.

Strap in, grab a note pad -- we're doing some spring cleaning.

Resources I mentioned in this episode:

Free Life System Reset

3 Recurring Business Checklists Blog Post

Momentous Business Consulting Waitlist

Velocity Offer Design Program Waitlist

Sara from BTL Dear Creator Interview