Kaylene Langford is a proud queer Guringai woman, founder of StartUp Creative, and a coach, educator, and speaker known for her direct, grounded approach to business and creativity.

Kaylene reflects on the realities of building a sustainable creative practice; cutting through with clarity, honesty and practical insight. Drawing on her work across coaching, facilitation, and education, Kaylene speaks to the tension between creativity and commerce, and what it actually takes to make a living from your work without losing yourself in the process. Her approach blends evidence-based frameworks with lived experience, offering a perspective that is both structured and deeply human.

This is a conversation about creative survival, ownership, and the discipline required to back yourself, especially when the path isn’t clearly laid out.

Hosted by Travis De Vries.

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