Friends who create together, stay together. Join your old pals Gio and Renée as they join hands and talk about what makes the right people so important to feeding your creative spirit. Topics include discerning between helpful critique and destructive criticism, networking in person and online, trusting your gut when it comes to meeting new people, and two elder millennials struggling to parse the term "vibe check". Wherever you listen, please subscribe! It means so much to us. Every subscription and rating helps more than you know, and we read each one! If you're on social media, follow us for updates and shameless selfies @listen2mepod.

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Part II of our sensual topics series...let Gio and Renée take you further and deeper and longer (and, quite possibly, harder) into the topic of setting the mood for creating your best work. What gets you ready to create? What pointers can we take from self-care and mindfulness techniques, productivity tracking spreadsheets, setting Pomodoro timers or blocking social media apps? Tangents include Gio's podcasting closet, showing up and being accountable for yourself, and the dubious origin of the word listicle. Wherever you listen, please subscribe! It's instrumental in growing our show. If you're on social media, follow us for updates and bonus content @listen2mepod! 

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Today's episode is all about SEX, as Casey Fox (she/her), adult paranormal romance author, takes Renée and Gio on a wild ride through the mechanics of writing and self-publishing sexy, steamy adult books. This (interview) threesome gets graphic, so if there are small children within ear-shot or you are sensitive to these topics, please do not listen! TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNINGS: sexual content, dubious consent, assault and explicit discussion of female bodies and penetrative intercourse. We talk about the importance of authentic representation of the spectrum of human sexual experience in writing, the important of foreplay, building our daily writing habits, and erotic Japanese woodblocks featuring cephalopods. 

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It's just Gio—and Renée—for this week's episode on investing in yourself, something many creatives struggle with. How do you show up for your own art? Do you value your output as an artist, or are you waiting for someone else to validate it? Are you already making the work you want to see yourself compensated for? Are you finishing projects, even if no one's waiting for you to? Are you waiting for someone to 'discover' you or for your work to go viral? If you've ever asked yourself these questions, we made this episode for you! Tangents include spooky (spoopy) season, our listener-ship geography (shout-out Leinster!), the pros and cons of an online presence and the value of mindfulness. When you subscribe and rate Listen 2 Me wherever you listen, it lets more people find our show. We appreciate every rating and review! If you're on social media, give us a follow us @listen2mepod.

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Gio and Renée are joined by Michael Hoppe (he/him): traveler, innovator, and Creative Director of Geopogo, an app for designing 3D models of buildings using augmented reality tech. Michael shares what moving from BC to Ontario to Greece to San Francisco has taught him;  his vision for the future of virtual reality; and fusing art with technology to make it more accessible. Tangents include Renée's long-term use of Tumblr, making things up as you go along, and the history of cell phones. Subscribe and rate Listen 2 Me wherever you listen--we are growing our listener-ship because of you! If you're on social media, follow us @listen2mepod.

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How magical! This week Renée and Gio sit down with the kind and talented Jessica Renwick (she/her), award-winning author of the fantasy middle-grade Starfell series. The first two books, The Book of Chaos and The Guitar of Mayhem, are out now. Her short story “The Witch’s Staff” will appear in the forthcoming anthology book Magical Girls from Celticpress Publishing. We talk writing characters we can see ourselves in, the adventures of self-publishing, and the importance of writing with diversity. Bonus topics include branching into editing, how to harness ideas and turn them into something substantial, and Gio's horse girl history. You can find more of Jessica's work at jessicarenwickauthor.com and across social media @jessicarenwickauthor. Follow Listen 2 Me on social media @listen2mepodcast and subscribe and rate us wherever you listen, we appreciate it so much! 

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Listen 2 Me Podcast presents "Work In Progress", a series of check-in episodes where Renée and Gio get into the au courant details of their lives and what's taking up their time. Bonus topics include the imaginary L2M merch line, Dolly Parton, and doing your own thing with conviction. We appreciate all your support and each review and subscription is huge for us! So if you like what you hear, rate, review and subscribe, tweet us @listen2mepod, check us out on Instagram @listen2mepodcast, follow us on Facebook or email us at [email protected].

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This one’s a doozy! Our first listener-suggested episode topic is toxicity in the creative sphere. Join Gio and Renee as they hash out their own experiences with toxic people in their respective fields, talk about oppressive structures, and discuss ways to make creative spaces better for everyone by cultivating a mindset of growth and compassion. Bonus topics include capitalism, the return of Renee's soapbox, and of course, Britney Spears’ seminal 2003 pop hit. If you like this episode or have something nice to say, please subscribe, rate and comment on Listen 2 Me wherever fine podcasts are streamed!

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What an incredible treat! Patrick Hunter (he/him), Two-Spirit Ojibwe Woodland visual artist, joins Gio and Renee for this episode to talk about developing your artistic style, finding your niche, indigenizing public spaces and seizing business opportunities in quarantine. Bonus topics include being a business owner with many hats, late 90s internet ads and Grindr. Find more of Patrick’s work at patrickhunter.ca, and rate and review Listen 2 Me wherever you listen to podcasts. Every subscription, comment, rating and follow helps! If you’re on the socials, tweet us @listen2mepod, DM us on Instagram @listen2mepodcast, message us on Facebook or email us at [email protected].

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Join us as we revisit self-care, a topic we touched on in Episode 11: Burnout. Gio and Renee take you through the steps to sustainable self-care--we’re moving beyond the shallow, trendy version. We talk about the importance of integrating self-care into your productivity, setting boundaries with yourself, committing to prioritizing your sanity and rest, and celebrating your accomplishments even when they don’t seem like something worth celebrating. Bonus topics include kanban boards, fluffernutter, and the return of Gio’s drag alter-ego, Paprika. Tweet us @listen2mepodcast, DM us on Instagram, message us on Facebook or email us at [email protected]. Like what you hear? Subscribe, rate and review; we read everything and it really does make a huge difference in getting our wee little podcast out there!

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