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Honestly, Dear Listener episodes
- 54: If We Had Ten Million Dollars 10.11.24Welcome back to Honestly, Dear Listener! In today's episode, we dive into the tantalizing prospect of sudden wealth, its complex implications, and how it would change our lives as creators. Emily shares her dream expenditures, from hiring personal trainers to collaborating with top-tier scenic designers, all while navigating the high costs of New York living. Carrie, on the other hand, advocates for a more conservative investment strategy following advice from a financial planner. But does mo...41 min
- 53: Can We Motivate Ourselves without Kicking Our Own Butts? with Amber Mogg Cathey 10.04.24It’s our first episode of Season 4! This week on Honestly, Dear Listener, we welcome vocalist, voice coach, friend, and frequent contributor to the show Amber Mogg Cathey back to the podcast. We discuss our strategies for how to positively motivate ourselves instead of what comes naturally to us: kicking our own butts into submission. We talk about positive versus negative motivations and how effective each is at motivating us. We also discuss what it’s like being the kid who stuck out ...48 min
- 52: A Week of No Numbing Out 09.27.24This week on Honestly, Dear Listener, we face one of the hardest weeks for our creative practice: an entire week of NO NUMBING OUT. Inspired by Week 4 of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, we said no to reading (yes—reading), audiobooks and podcasts, social media, TV, and anything else that we do to fill the silence around us. In this episode, we relay how this silence has changed or hasn’t changed our artistic practice and what we’re taking with us as we transition back after this week. Ref...44 min
- 51: How to Find Your Creative Identity with Gemma Sugrue 09.20.24This week on Honestly, Dear Listener, we’re talking to our friend Gemma Sugrue about how to find our creative identity. Gemma is a vocal coach and performer turned business coach. She has worked with the likes of Bon Iver and Damien Rice and has built several successful social media platforms including a Tiktok with a following of 450K and YouTube with 170K subscribers. Through our conversation, Gemma narrows down on what we need to know in order to figure out who we are creatively incl...47 min
- 50: Are We Shadow Artists? 09.13.24This week on Honestly, Dear Listener, we’re delving into the concept of Shadow Artists. In her bestselling book on creativity, The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron introduces the “Shadow Artist,” someone who is deeply connected to the arts but isn’t fully expressing their own creative potential. She goes on to describe Shadow Artists as individuals who are often attracted to creative fields but remain on the sidelines, assisting or supporting other artists rather than pursuing their own creative e...43 min
- 49: Coming Home to Ourselves: Guiding Our Younger Selves Through Childhood Trauma 09.06.2This week on Honestly, Dear Listener, we’re talking about time traveling back to parts of our wounded childhood selves. We talk about how behind every traumatic event in our lives, we form a belief about that thing, and often, these unhelpful beliefs keep us stuck. We discuss pulling up those (often unconscious) beliefs, examining them, and walking our childhood selves through the trauma, with the knowledge, wisdom, gentleness, and support of our older selves. While revisiting these memories,...47 min
- 48: Becoming the Person Your Younger Self Needed 08.30.24This week on Honestly, Dear Listener, we’re harkening back, back to when we were wee ones; what did we need back then but didn’t have? We discuss how Emily stumbled upon a quote: "I think we become whoever would have saved our younger self." We talk about how we are becoming who we needed and how we can re-parent our inner children with love and kindness. We also discuss idealism, Christian fundamentalism and how it still affects our creativity, and penises. References: Listen to Par...46 min
- 47: What If I'm Lazy? 08.23.24
This week on Honestly, Dear Listener, we’re talking about living a centered life that is rooted in the present. Carrie shares how she feels she is constantly being pushed forward by the past (or the left side) of the frame AKA time of an autoscroll Mario video game, and Emily feels she is ever pushing forward wanting to go faster into the future (or the right side) of the frame.
Both the past and future mindsets make us feel like we’re lazy, and this brings our self confidence and self concepts down. We talk about tips and tricks to help us live in the center—in the NOW.
References:
Listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of “How Fundamentalism STILL Affects How We Create” (episodes 21 and 22) of the Honestly, Dear Listener podcast
“Sleeping My Life Away or Mario on Autoscroll” - Substack essay by Carrie Schaeffer (Carrie’s Substack account here —>carrieschaeffer.substack.com)
Next Level: Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond - book by Stacy T. Sims
The War of Art - book by Steven Pressfield
The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, book by Julia Cameron
39 min - 46: When to Walk Away with Sydney Parks Smith 08.16.24This week on Honestly, Dear Listener, we’re talking to Sydney Parks Smith, Producing Artistic Director of OpenStage Theatre in Fort Collins, Colorado on how we know when it’s time to walk away. Sydney has always acted on stage, and in 2019, she stepped into her dream role as Producing Artistic Director of OpenStage. But when happens when your dream isn’t what you really wanted? Sydney shares her personal and professional challenges, including fears of aging out as an actor, her transiti...47 min
- 45: When We Feel Dumb for Trying New Things 08.09.24This week on Honestly, Dear Listener, we’re talking about trying new things even when we feel stupid or vulnerable. Just the thought of looking foolish makes most of us squirm. It’s easy to keep at doing the same things we know we’re good at and pass up all the things we fear we could be “bad” at. However, learning new things is good for us—and especially for our brains. Join us as we discuss recent times we’ve tried new things…and felt dumb—but REFUSED to let fear keep us from doing the thin...46 min
About Honestly, Dear Listener
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Being a creative person is tough.
We want to make cool things, but then life hits us with insecurity, rejection, schedules, etc. How do we push past all the noise and make the things that…
light us up?
Welcome, Dear Listener, to a space where it's okay to ask questions and dive deep into the world of fear, creativity, and the roadblocks that get in the way of us busting forth with creativity energy. We're a couple of weirdos who want to talk about the hard things with you, so welcome to our living room--pull up a chair, cover up with a cozy blanket, and let's get started.
Honestly, Dear Listener is a weekly podcast hosted by Emily Hatch and Carrie Schaeffer.
Welcome, Dear Listener, to a space where it's okay to ask questions and dive deep into the world of fear, creativity, and the roadblocks that get in the way of us busting forth with creativity energy. We're a couple of weirdos who want to talk about the hard things with you, so welcome to our living room--pull up a chair, cover up with a cozy blanket, and let's get started.
Honestly, Dear Listener is a weekly podcast hosted by Emily Hatch and Carrie Schaeffer.