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  • Inside the Mind of Radical Artist Kim Noble

    Ceri invites playfully provocative artist Kim Noble to speak candidly about his unique and multifaceted work. Kim shares funny and poignant stories about lessons from art school, making experimental comedy and theatre, living with foxes, and pushing creative boundaries. He shares challenges like monetising his art, overcoming self-doubt, and managing perfectionism. Kim offers rare insights into an artist’s psyche, revealing the intense commitment and vulnerability required behind all the absurdity and humour he brings to his work.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • Kim sometimes struggles to introduce and define the breadth of his work, a common issue for interdisciplinary artists
    • A drunken conversation with his rebellious artistic brother directed Kim firmly onto the path of fine art instead of graphic design
    • A transformational art college tutorial with visiting artist Lucy Gunning unlocked Kim’s understanding of his practice
    • Comedy audiences were an unlikely but welcoming testbed for Kim’s early performance pieces
    • Creative partnerships provide vital mirrors and feedback, though require careful navigation as both artists evolve
    • Ruthless editing is crucial to condense years of artistic “research” into a potent one-hour theatre show
    • Teaching and directing offer respite from creating his own work
    • Financial stability is a perpetual worry for artists like Kim without stable galleries or institutions supporting their work

    BEST MOMENTS 

    "He was like you f*cking c*nt. You're not a f*cking graphic designer. Are you? Proper artists go to art school.”

    “Sometimes I lose a sense of that thing that my tutor said - remember these other things, the things that might be a bit shit or gonna be a bit shit for a day.”

    "Just getting my knob out and showing it to people on a, on a theatre stage...again, it comes back to just enjoying poking things slightly."

    "When I got to art school, it was the first time I thought I'm not an artist...It taught me how to not be an artist."

    "I realised that...I wasn’t very good at being human."

    "Sometimes I forget that those times are important and not being creative is important and being okay with not being creative."

    "Can I call myself an artist? And if I'm not an artist, then I'm f*cked.”

    PODCAST HOST BIO

    Meet Ceri Hand, the driving force behind countless creative success stories. A creative coach, entrepreneur, and dynamic speaker, she's committed to empowering creatives to realise their dreams and make a meaningful impact through her creative coaching, mentoring and training company. With three decades in the arts under her belt, Ceri has ridden the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Now, she's here to help you achieve your goals, your way.

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    1 hr 39 min
  • Behind The Scenes: Crafting Captivating Theatrical Worlds with Stage Designer Chloe Lamford

    Ceri is in conversation with ingenious stage designer Chloe Lamford, recognised for crafting unexpected performance spaces that captivate audiences. Learn Chloe's insights on cross-cultural collaboration, overcoming creative burnout, and carefully considering the audience experience. Hear how she creates emotional spaces by colliding references and objects, and her shift towards more precise, architectural designs. Chloe also shares her criteria for selecting projects and her commitment to boundaries for self-care.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • Chloe creates emotional performance spaces by bringing together eclectic references and objects.
    • She has shifted towards more precise, architectural set designs in recent years.
    • Scenery and staging choices shape the audience's perception of time passing.
    • Cross-cultural collaborations provide rich opportunities for learning.
    • Chloe overcame creative burnout by establishing clearer boundaries.
    • She has insightful criteria for selecting which projects to work on.
    • Past mentors like Vicki Featherstone taught her to focus on the art rather than reviews.
    • Chloe remains open to exciting new creative adventures across disciplines.

    BEST MOMENTS 

    "I create feeling spaces or emotional spaces."

    "I think I'm really good at [collaboration]. It doesn't sound ridiculous to say that. I think it would be my superpower."

    "Just go to bed. Stop and go to bed and you'll feel loads better the next day."

    "I can talk to a scenic pace and I can be using all these kind of squishy, brilliant English words."

    "I'm very reliant on other people."

    "I try really hard to be joyful in a lot of situations because it's called a play."

    PODCAST HOST BIO

    Meet Ceri Hand, the driving force behind countless creative success stories. A creative coach, entrepreneur, and dynamic speaker, she's committed to empowering creatives to realise their dreams and make a meaningful impact through her creative coaching, mentoring and training company. With three decades in the arts under her belt, Ceri has ridden the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Now, she's here to help you achieve your goals, your way.

    ****

    Want to be coached by Ceri?

    Ceri’s transformative coaching empowers creatives to 10x their impact in the world. By providing tailored guidance, new techniques, and fresh perspectives, Ceri will help you to overcome blocks, boost income, and cultivate resilience for lasting career change in your creative career.

    Speak to our team to discover how Ceri can elevate your creative career:

    https://www.cerihand.com/coaching_with_ceri/

    1 hr 14 min
  • How Collaboration And Play Shape Artistic Work with Paul Kindersley

    Join Ceri as she speaks to artist Paul Kindersley, whose multimedia work spans drawing, performance, film, and ceramics. With painted faces and elaborate costumes, Paul creates absurd, poetic pieces that teeter between the beautiful and grotesque. He discusses merging art with daily life, embracing playfulness in his process, and establishing frameworks for creative collaboration. Discover in this episode how Paul pushes boundaries with discipline, translating concepts between mediums, and figuring out how different modes of communication can uncover new creative possibilities.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • Paul views all his work, across mediums, as part of one interconnected story that is ever-evolving.
    • Constraints like limited space and found materials guide Paul's process and help him focus on creativity.
    • Silliness and play get Paul out of his head so he can tap into intuition and generate unexpected outcomes.
    • Paul works collaboratively to introduce new interpretations, then relinquishes a degree of control to enable unplanned magic.
    • Translating ideas between mediums like drawing, film, and ceramics fuels Paul’s process and sparks new directions.
    • Paul paints figures ambiguously so they convey myriad meanings that shift from different vantage points.
    • Paul establishes frameworks so he can trust spontaneity to yield something exciting and unanticipated.
    • Communicating visually resonates more powerfully for Paul than verbal expression.

    BEST MOMENTS 

    "I initially didn't like the name artist because...so much pressure comes in, but then I changed my mind that artist was such a great word because it means absolutely everything and nothing."

    "The key to my artwork and artwork in general is often storytelling so I often explain my artwork in...parameters of a storyteller."

    "Having different ways of communicating...often verbal communication maybe isn’t the best way of communicating with people...that's why lots of art is so powerful to me."

    "I put in all the framework and working hard on all of that so you can build those exciting things that you’re not expecting."

    "Being awkwardly balanced in between these things is always where I like things to be."

    "I'm bringing absolutely everything to it at that situation...everything up to that moment has led to that thing."

    "Words almost being these lies, but very beautiful ones and the same with all art...It’s like a very beautiful lie and like what’s hiding behind it."

    "Having the equipment on your hands and valuing the equipment...just need to do it."

    PODCAST HOST BIO

    Meet Ceri Hand, the driving force behind countless creative success stories. A creative coach, entrepreneur, and dynamic speaker, she's committed to empowering creatives to realise their dreams and make a meaningful impact through her creative coaching, mentoring and training company. With three decades in the arts under her belt, Ceri has ridden the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Now, she's here to help you achieve your goals, your way.

    ****

    Want to be coached by Ceri?

    Ceri’s transformative coaching empowers creatives to 10x their impact in the world. By providing tailored guidance, new techniques, and fresh perspectives, Ceri will help you to overcome blocks, boost income, and cultivate resilience for lasting career change in your creative career.

    Speak to our team to discover how Ceri can elevate your creative career:

    https://www.cerihand.com/coaching_with_ceri/

    @cerihand

    cerihand.com

    1 hr 11 min
  • Prototype Your Artistic Evolution with Lucy McRae

    Join Ceri as she interviews artist and designer Lucy McRae, recognised by Fast Company as a pioneer who's shaping the future. We get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Lucy's artistic process as she creates conceptual sculptures, films, and wearables, exploring the impacts of emerging technologies on the human body. Tapping into her unique childhood and ballet training, Lucy explains how constantly adapting led her to approach spaces and materials as malleable.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • Lucy's work investigates how technologies could alter human evolution, using fashion, film, and sculpture to spark ethical discussions.
    • She transforms familiar materials to envision unfamiliar futures, helping people emotionally relate to new developments in science, technology and the natural world.
    • Lucy uses her body as an experimental canvas, prototype and barometer.
    • As an outsider, she learned how to adapt to new environments and situations quickly.
    • She practices radical candour in collaborations, while protecting her vision.
    • Rest is resistance - Lucy seeks productivity without burnout and advocates for every artist to do the same.
    • She views the studio itself as her biggest ongoing creative project.
    • Lucy aims to bring science to street level through creativity.

    BEST MOMENTS 

    "I use the camera as a microscope to determine what is working or what needs to be changed."

    "Honesty is a great starting point - saying how I'm feeling, whether I'm tired or not feeling a project."

    "The process of making...you should put in another two weeks as a kind of antechamber for what came before."

    "I learned to exist on that edge and that sense of being an outsider became a natural habitat for me."

    "Discomfort and that darkness helps you grow, even though it's unpleasant."

    "My body is a barometer...when I take something on, it kind of goes through me."

    "I'm only one person...that platform for belonging and experimentation is where I'm putting my energy."

    "I'm trying to bring science to street level through conceptual fashion, short film and sculpture."

    PODCAST HOST BIO

    Meet Ceri Hand, the driving force behind countless creative success stories. A creative coach, entrepreneur, and dynamic speaker, she's committed to empowering creatives to realise their dreams and make a meaningful impact through her creative coaching, mentoring and training company. With three decades in the arts under her belt, Ceri has ridden the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Now, she's here to help you achieve your goals, your way.

    ****

    Want to be coached by Ceri?

    Ceri’s transformative coaching empowers creatives to 10x their impact in the world. By providing tailored guidance, new techniques, and fresh perspectives, Ceri will help you to overcome blocks, boost income, and cultivate resilience for lasting career change in your creative career.

    Speak to our team to discover how Ceri can elevate your creative career:

    https://www.cerihand.com/coaching_with_ceri/

    ****

    https://www.cerihand.com

    [email protected]

    @cerihand

    1 hr 10 min
  • Neurodivergence in Art | Disrupting Shame with Claire Morgan

    Ceri interviews internationally acclaimed artist Claire Morgan, who faced challenges growing up in Northern Ireland with undiagnosed Tourette's and autism. Claire shares how recent diagnoses in her 30s and 40s have shaped her life, confirming her unique strengths that enable ambitious, impactful artwork and a sustainable career. She provides insights on how the art world could better support neurodivergent artists and reflects on advice she'd give her younger self. Claire also talks about her creative process, use of potent materials, collaborating with a live model, risk-taking with new work, reactions to her raw, bold exhibitions, and more.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • Diagnoses in her 30s/40s helped Claire understand her skills and "superpowers" that drive her prolific artwork
    • Claire thinks the art world could provide more transparency about needs/offerings to better support neurodivergent artists
    • She works across public commissions and commercial gallery representation to sustain her practice
    • Her process involves extensive drawing, writing, connecting words and shapes, and playing with new materials
    • Collaborating with a live model enabled emotive drawings conveying fragility and vulnerability
    • Recent liberating exhibitions with challenging themes prompted strong reactions confirming her direction
    • She would advise her younger self to reject shame, realise her differences are assets, and that ideas come through living, not forcing

    BEST MOMENTS

     "I had such intense messaging as a kid and a neurodivergent girl, that I was wrong or broken, which in hindsight I think is bullshit."

    "If I presented a really small drawing in an atrium space of a museum, it probably wouldn’t really work."

    "Whenever I get into a project or a body of work, I do kind of switch off completely everything else."

    "I felt like I was going to be sick before they opened it and it was awful."

    PODCAST HOST BIO

    Meet Ceri Hand, the driving force behind countless creative success stories. A creative coach, entrepreneur, and dynamic speaker, she's committed to empowering creatives to realise their dreams and make a meaningful impact through her creative coaching, mentoring and training company. With three decades in the arts under her belt, Ceri has ridden the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Now, she's here to help you achieve your goals, your way.

    ****

    Want to be coached by Ceri?

    Ceri’s transformative coaching empowers creatives to 10x their impact in the world. By providing tailored guidance, new techniques, and fresh perspectives, Ceri will help you to overcome blocks, boost income, and cultivate resilience for lasting career change in your creative career.

    Speak to our team to discover how Ceri can elevate your creative career:

    https://www.cerihand.com/coaching_with_ceri/

    ***

    https://www.cerihand.com

    [email protected]

    @cerihand

    1 hr 9 min
  • Embracing Absurdity and Humour with Artist Rosie Gibbens

    Ceri interviews performance artist Rosie Gibbens, who creates provocative and humorous artworks using her own body. Rosie shares her creative journey, from making animal sculptures out of toilet rolls as a child to pushing boundaries at art school with bold performances. She discusses what drives her interest in gender, sexuality, labour, and consumer desire, and the unusual yet thoughtful logic behind her work. Rosie opens up about formative relationships and learning experiences that still inform her practice today. She also offers advice to aspiring artists on practicalities like asking for what you need and not having to live up to the 'tortured artist' stereotype to make great work.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • Rosie creates performances, sculptures, videos using her own body to explore identity, gender assumptions, and problematic desires.
    • She builds fictional worlds with their own internal logic as a structure for absurd, humorous artworks that invite deeper reflection.
    • Early experiences made her question ideas of femininity, sexuality and the male gaze, which still drives her practice.
    • Studying under different performance artists showed her the value of playfulness alongside intensity and confrontation.
    • Rosie has learned to ask directly for what she needs to produce her best work and manage conflict better.
    • She advises aspiring artists you can have a practical creative life alongside other jobs.
    • Her aesthetic combines the handmade and human with technology to highlight our fraught relationship with progress.
    • Rosie demonstrates a commitment to fully execute her vision, however bizarre, while keeping tight control.

    BEST MOMENTS 

    "I had a relationship with a much older person at the time...I was kind of trying to imagine myself as an older woman and what a sexualized women what that kind of looked like to me."

    "I was kind of playing with the dynamic a little bit between audience and performer and there were some things I did which I felt like I didn’t have the control in the situation."

    "I always want to have the control.”

    "...there's some element of like maybe harm going on, but it’s also simultaneously a kind of joy that I have in the making of these contraptions."

    "I think that talks about the kind of cognitive dissonance that we have in terms of the things that we desire, that we know are kind of problematic or that might harm us, but there’s still like a conditioned understanding."

    "I think humour is really important in my work. In fact, it’s kind of a mindset that’s brought me through most of my creative career."

    " I just didn’t really see it as risky, because I think within my work there’s a real internal logic...even though it might not seem very, like, rational from the outside..."

    PODCAST HOST BIO

    Meet Ceri Hand, the driving force behind countless creative success stories. A creative coach, entrepreneur, and dynamic speaker, she's committed to empowering creatives to realise their dreams and make a meaningful impact through her creative coaching, mentoring and training company. With three decades in the arts under her belt, Ceri has ridden the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Now, she's here to help you achieve your goals, your way.

    ****

    Do you love making art and long to make more money from your work?

    If the answer is yes, we have exciting news for you!

    Ceri Hand's transformative course ‘How To Price And Sell Your Art’ is now available for a very special price, only for the month of January.

    This course offers an incredibly rare opportunity to take part in monthly group coaching calls with Ceri herself. Alongside these unique sessions, you'll receive self-study course materials packed with insider intel, guidance and advice, teaching you all you need to know to understand the commercial art world and make more money doing what you love.

    What are you waiting for?

    https://www.cerihand.com/price-and-sell-your-art/

    [email protected]

    @cerihand

    1 hr 2 min
  • How to Sustain Creativity, Nurture Diversity and Generate Talent with Titania Altius

    Ceri is joined in this episode by Titania Altius, a creative trailblazer with over 20 years in the music and creative industry. Learn Titania's invaluable insights on how artists can sustain thriving careers and the pivotal elements for successfully sharing creative work. Hear Titania's experiences in championing musicians, unlocking funding and enabling artists to turn passions into purpose. Discover who Titania considers true creative leaders and role models. Plus find out the change Titania intends to spark within the industry regarding opportunity and equality.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • Music licensing ensures musicians get fairly paid when their work gets used, providing long-term income streams
    • Artists should focus both on the now and on building future revenue foundations
    • The industry landscape can be confusing for artists - connect with licensing bodies for support
    • Collaboration across creative disciplines like music, dance and visual arts can be very powerful
    • Funders want to back compelling projects but need artists to articulate their vision and goals
    • Networks, mentors and teams are invaluable for progress
    • Ask yourself what's missing and address gaps impeding your ambitions
    • Diversity requires more than just hiring - ongoing nurturing of rising talent is key

    BEST MOMENTS 

    "If you don't attend to that creative itch, you're no use to anyone. Sometimes you've just got to stop and go and just do something creative for yourself."

    "I want to see people come together, create their own communities, whether it's a network or it's an event. It is beautiful."

    "Don't just bring someone in and plonk them in...It's about building so that when opportunities arise, that person you're looking for is ready."

    PODCAST HOST BIO

    Meet Ceri Hand, the driving force behind countless creative success stories. A creative coach, entrepreneur, and dynamic speaker, she's committed to empowering creatives to realise their dreams and make a meaningful impact through her creative coaching, mentoring and training company. With three decades in the arts under her belt, Ceri has ridden the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Now, she's here to help you achieve your goals, your way.

    ****

    Do you love making art and long to make more money from your work?

    If the answer is yes, we have exciting news for you!

    Ceri Hand's transformative course ‘How To Price And Sell Your Art’ is now available for a very special price, only for the month of January.

    This course offers an incredibly rare opportunity to take part in monthly group coaching calls with Ceri herself. Alongside these unique sessions, you'll receive self-study course materials packed with insider intel, guidance and advice, teaching you all you need to know to understand the commercial art world and make more money doing what you love.

    What are you waiting for?

    https://www.cerihand.com/price-and-sell-your-art/

    [email protected]

    @cerihand

    53 min
  • Paula Orrell | The Artist-Curator Shaping the Arts Nationally

    Ceri interviews artist and curator Paula Orrell, Director of the Contemporary Visual Arts Network England, about making the arts more equitable. Paula shares how artists can be effective leaders in creating change, gives advice for creatives on using tools like programming and art writing to build community, and makes recommendations on advocating for the arts. She discusses key skills needed today like lateral thinking, holding complexity, and "deeper listening" across differences. Paula also opens up about managing dyslexia and finding the courage to influence government ministers on the value of contemporary art.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • Contemporary art questions ideas, transforms people's lives and serves a public purpose even if not everyone visits galleries. Its value must be reimagined.
    • Funding cuts over decades are severely impacting artists and arts organisations; we likely won't see change for 5+ years.
    • Connect with those working toward equity like Migrants in Culture to exchange ideas. Break boundaries between arts institutions.
    • Centre artists' positions and insights to understand what society needs now. Policymakers must listen more deeply.
    • Develop thick skin yet retain ethical passion. Influence happens through relationships, not just facts and figures.
    • Create visual systems to manage tasks and shake off worries so you can think clearly. Go outdoors.
    • Show courage by continually learning history and discussing issues, even when uncomfortable.
    • Success includes substantively tackling ableism and racism through staff roles focused on equity.

    BEST MOMENTS 

    "It's about creating, curating exhibitions in a way to talk about things happening in the world."

    "I have to communicate the distinction between a museum and an artist-led project in a studio."

    "I've seen it transform people's lives...That opportunity often isn't there for people to see art as a career."

    "Taking our egos out of it is important, to really think about others and listen, even if you don't agree."

    "I knew nothing about Palestine's history. Why weren't we talking about this at university?"

    "I use sticky notes because I see that word and it reminds me, I need to do that."

    "If I can create a new job focused on equity, that would be an incredible success."

    PODCAST HOST BIO

    Meet Ceri Hand, the driving force behind countless creative success stories. A creative coach, entrepreneur, and dynamic speaker, she's committed to empowering creatives to realise their dreams and make a meaningful impact through her creative coaching, mentoring and training company. With three decades in the arts under her belt, Ceri has ridden the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Now, she's here to help you achieve your goals, your way.

    ****

    Do you love making art and long to make more money from your work?

    If the answer is yes, we have exciting news for you!

    Ceri Hand's transformative course ‘How To Price And Sell Your Art’ is now available for a very special price, only for the month of January.

    This course offers an incredibly rare opportunity to take part in monthly group coaching calls with Ceri herself. Alongside these unique sessions, you'll receive self-study course materials packed with insider intel, guidance and advice, teaching you all you need to know to understand the commercial art world and make more money doing what you love.

    What are you waiting for?

    https://www.cerihand.com/price-and-sell-your-art/

    [email protected]

    @cerihand

    1 hr 7 min
  • Insights from 30 Years Collaborating with Extraordinary Creatives

    As we say goodbye to 2023, Ceri shares decades' worth of wisdom on creativity, distilling it into her 5Cs Framework she draws on when coaching artists and arts professionals: 1. Create 2. Communicate 3. Community 4. Confidence 5. Cash.

    Listen in as she dives deep into the first and most vital C - Create. Learn Ceri’s top tips on finding your rhythm, defining your space, producing prolific work, understanding your process and editing often. Gain insight on pivotal decisions like discerning when a piece is finished and finding the medium that amplifies your voice.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • Establish a consistent creative routine and regular practice to stay in flow.
    • Select or build an inspiring space tailored to your process to get in the zone quicker.
    • Make lots of work and edit often to increase your chances of creating something great.
    • Articulate your unique process, subject matter and medium to enrich meaning.
    • Continuously refine and review work over time to track progress.
    • Work on your ability to determine the precise final touch that completes a piece.
    • Committing to a medium builds confidence but stay open to experimenting.
    • Authentic self-expression aligned to your beliefs makes the biggest impact.

    BEST MOMENTS 

    "Maintaining a rhythm aids your brain in swiftly re-engaging and elaborating on ideas."

    "It ensures a process of steady, cumulative progress and moves you from a boom or bust way of working."

    "The pathway to greatness often means creating a ton of mediocre work."

    "Art doesn’t necessarily need to be political with a big P, but it should be personal, accessible, authentic, and delivered with deliberate intention."

    "Building a body of work is like making a series of gorgeous film stills with the right set, lighting, props, actors, costumes, all compelling on their own."

    "Identify what makes your work unique to you. What’s your story? What are the recurring themes, concepts, motifs and mediums?"

    "Even if you occasionally step outside your personal lens while creating. Your unique experiences and perspectives inevitably shape your artistic expression."

    PODCAST HOST BIO

    Meet Ceri Hand, the driving force behind countless creative success stories. A creative coach, entrepreneur, and dynamic speaker, she's committed to empowering creatives to realise their dreams and make a meaningful impact through her creative coaching, mentoring and training company. With three decades in the arts under her belt, Ceri has ridden the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Now, she's here to help you achieve your goals, your way.

    ****

    Subscribe to receive my weekly coaching message to nurture your creativity and be the first to hear about our latest creative coaching, mentoring opportunities and course announcements: https://www.cerihand.com/subscribe/

    Explore our website and discover how we can help you live your best creative life: https://www.cerihand.com/

    29 min
  • Designing Work Around Your Strengths with Dave Stachowiak

    Ceri interviews long-time podcast host Dave Stachowiak about his journey of building Coaching for Leaders from scratch. They discuss what motivates him, how he transformed it from a side project into a full-time pursuit, his approach as an introverted leader, and key insights on leadership, collaboration, and unlocking creative potential. Dave shares the story behind his "aha" moment with powerful listening and the questions that open people up.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • Dave started the podcast out of boredom driving in LA traffic, and saw a gap for a consistently released, high-quality leadership show.
    • He then quit his part-time teaching gig he loved, to focus fully on the podcast and coaching work as it gained traction.
    • As an introvert, Dave designs work around his introverted strengths and finds people to complement the skills he lacks.
    • Success is finding the sweet spot of the intersection of several things you are good at - for Dave it's academic expertise, tech/communications, and practitioner experience.
    • Involve others early when you are facing decisions or feel stuck, then test and iterate quickly to combat procrastination tendencies.
    • Your engaged audience can give you clues to how you develop your content; for Dave it's his Academy members who shape the show by sharing real struggles, making content resonate widely.
    • Working directly with clients fuels Dave’s podcast topics and keeps him connected and grounded.

     

    BEST MOMENTS 

    "I wish I could tell you I had some grand plan of how all this was going to work. But the reality was, I was bored, driving around Los Angeles."

    "If I'm going to do this job, which I had committed to do both to myself and others, I'm going to have to figure out a better way, because I could knock door to door. It's not that I couldn't do it...it's just that this is not going to work well for me."

    "Just asking a question like that to invite someone to say more...don't worry about (like) getting better at everything. Just ask one more question..."

    "When that happens and when that comes together and someone says. 'Hey, this episode you just aired or this conversation or this expert you had on helped me to have a tough conversation or work through something that I'd really been struggling with'. Wow. That's so much joy."

    "You having shown up to create this space for the people you work with, I think is like so wonderful and beautiful that you've done this and the people who've come together and have found community in your work. I'm so in awe of what you've done and your bravery in creating this."

    PODCAST HOST BIO

    Meet Ceri Hand, the driving force behind countless creative success stories. A creative coach, entrepreneur, and dynamic speaker, she's committed to empowering creatives to realise their dreams and make a meaningful impact through her creative coaching, mentoring and training company. With three decades in the arts under her belt, Ceri has ridden the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Now, she's here to help you achieve your goals, your way.

    ****

    Subscribe to receive my weekly coaching message to nurture your creativity and be the first to hear about our latest creative coaching, mentoring opportunities and course announcements: https://www.cerihand.com/subscribe/

    Explore our website and discover how we can help you live your best creative life: https://www.cerihand.com/

    1 hr

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