Live Creatively with Megan Sjuts

How can we better navigate and overcome challenges as creatives?

In this episode, I chatted with a very close friend and creative peer of mine, Carissa Moddison.

Our conversation about overcoming creative challenges and how we can connect to our creativity in the midst of those challenges is so powerful! I know it's going to resonate and encourage you wherever you are on your journey as a creative.

Carissa shares about what led her to design and how she overcame difficulties in her life to pursue a fulfilling creative career and build her own business in the midst of it all. She also shares some tips about how to connect with your creativity when you're struggling to feel inspired as well as a personal story about how she once successfully overcame a major creative challenge.

If you want to learn how to connect to your creativity in order to overcome creative challenges, this episode is for you!

Connect with Carissa:

• Website
• Instagram

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Let's Live Creatively, friends!

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In our conversation, Nicte and I discuss the importance of staying connected to your roots and showing up as your most authentic self. Nicte shares about her culture and heritage, and how she has learned to fully embrace who she is as a creative. She also shares how the process of embracing her Latina roots has empowered her to celebrate her culture through her work as a designer and as an educator.

If you want to know how can we stay grounded in our identity along our journeys as creatives, this episode is for you!

Nicte Cuevas is an award-winning Latina Brand Strategist, Graphic Designer, and owner of Nicte Creative Design. She connects color, culture, and design into a purpose-driven brand strategy for visionary companies. Through empathy-driven methodology, Nicte evolves, invigorates, and amplifies businesses' unique brand positions. Her roots from Venezuela, Mexico, and Colombia deepen love and commitment to cultural diversity in her work. Nicte has taught thousands worldwide with courses on branding, color psychology, and design as a LinkedIn Learning instructor.

Connect with Nicte:

• Website
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• YouTube

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Let's Live Creatively, friends!

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Coaching for Creatives: www.building07.com/coaching/

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In this episode, I sat to down to chat with Jenn Jett Barrett. No matter what your relationship with dreaming is like or what season of life this episode finds you in, I know you are going to enjoy my conversation with Jenn as we unpack the answer to this question.

We talked about how we have the courage to dream BIG dreams and take intentional steps towards making our dreams a reality. Jenn also shares about the importance of community in the process of pursuing our dreams and the vital role of what she calls "dream defenders" in our lives.

So, listen in as we chat about how we can dream BIG and pursue those dreams well as creatives. Jenn shares so much encouragement and practical wisdom from her own experiences and I know you're going to love what she has to say.

If you want to know how you can dream BIG and pursue your dreams well, this episode is for you!

Connect with Jenn:

• Website
• Instagram
• Well Summit
• Launch Well

Find the Show Notes here

Let's Live Creatively, friends!

Learn more: www.building07.com

Connect: hello@ building07.com

Community for Creatives: www.facebook.com/groups/creativeincommunity

Coaching for Creatives: www.building07.com/coaching/

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We talk about the discomfort of disruption and the what it really looks like to pursue the path to who we were born to be with purpose and intention. Marshawn defines the key difference between redirection and reinvention, and how we can navigate these difficult transitions in life well.

We also discuss one of my favorite quotes from Marshawn's book, Believing Bigger: Discover the Path to Your Life Purpose,

"There are many things you have learned to do well, but there are other things you've never done that you do even better."

Marshawn shares so much wisdom and encouragement in this episode as we chatted about purpose, potential, and pursuing your path. Marshawn is such a gift and I know you are going to love her and our conversation as much as I did.

If you want to know how you can purposefully pursue your creative path, this episode is for you!

Connect with Marshawn:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter

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Let's Live Creatively, friends!

Learn more: www.building07.com

Connect: hello@ building07.com

Community for Creatives: www.facebook.com/groups/creativeincommunity

Coaching for Creatives: www.building07.com/coaching/

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I couldn't imagine kicking off this podcast with a better, or more appropriate, question. In this first episode of the Live Creatively podcast, Megan Alexander and I talk about just that. We dive deep into one of my favorite passages of scripture, the one that inspired me to start this podcast.

In this episode, we break down this passage line by line and Megan shares what it means to her to "live creatively." We chat about what that has looked like for her, both personally and professionally, as a woman, wife, and mother. She also shares some stories about the challenges she has navigated working in the entertainment space and how she has had the courage to be true to who she is no matter the situation or circumstance.

If you are curious about how you too can live your creative best life while staying true to who you are, this episode is for you!

Megan Alexander is an Emmy nominated national host, author, speaker, actress, and the owner of M.Alexander Productions. She believes in creating and launching meaningful projects that matter. You can hear and see Megan on a variety of outlets, like the syndicated national news magazine television show INSIDE EDITION, CBS television shows, Fox News, Lifetime, the Hallmark Channel and many more.

Connect with Megan:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter

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Let's Live Creatively, friends!

Learn more: www.building07.com

Connect: hello@ building07.com

Community for Creatives: www.facebook.com/groups/creativeincommunity

Coaching for Creatives: www.building07.com/coaching/

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Hey Friend! Are you craving community and connection with other creatives? Me too! Being a creative doesn't have to be isolating. In fact, it shouldn't be. I believe we do our BEST creative work in community, not isolation.

I'm your host, Megan Sjuts. I'm a graphic designer turned creative coach and I'm on a mission to bring out the creative BEST in others by helping them connect to their creativity. The purpose of this show is to create space to have candid conversations with other creatives that will inspire you to own your design, pursue your path, and live your creative BEST life.

Join me for encouraging conversations about creativity, business, life, and everything in between. No matter where you are on your creative path, just getting started or years of experience, you are welcome here. You don't have to navigate your journey alone.

Let's Live Creatively, friends!

Learn more: www.building07.com

Connect: hello@ building07.com

Community for Creatives: www.facebook.com/groups/creativeincommunity

Coaching for Creatives: www.building07.com/coaching/

Want more? Subscribe to my "secret" podcast, 5-Minute Fridays. Exclusive convos for my closest creative friends: https://bit.ly/5minfri