Paige's Pod

On today’s episode Paige chats with her husband Sam about business, the crypto world, and what NFTs mean for artists and creators. Sam, who works in business and strategies, originally went to school to study accounting and entrepreneurship in hopes of opening his own business, saying “accounting is the language of business.” As he migrated through the different divisions of the business world he learned about crypto currency and NFTs.

The beauty of NFTs is that it creates value for communities as well as value for the creator, states Sam. He breaks down the large, intimidating world of crypto currency and what potential it has for creators. Sam also points out that the key to navigating this space is having a community, without it the hype surrounding crypto will become nothing.


Check out and follow Sam's pages!

Sam's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sammagnant/

Sam's Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3hmL9uTl155MoFm3BOW3nS?si=OflO_yaSTY6lupF7kx40MA&nd=1

Sam's YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkBfgT6aO0M-OYzqrG951FQ?view_as=subscriber

On this episode Paige sits down and chats with her intern Kristel Boursiquot. Kristel is a senior at Howard University studying art and psychology in the hopes of becoming a professional artist and researcher. She points out the close relationship that psychology and art have and how she tries to include both disciplines in everything that she does.

Kristel is currently in another internship where she gets to be an art teacher for elementary students and talks about her presence as a black educator and artist. Paige and Kristel discuss navigating the art space as a young art student and going to school during the pandemic.

Check out these pages!

Kristel’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_miss._.kris_/

Kristel’s Art Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ew.kristel/

On this episode we learn that two Paige's are better than one! Paige chats with Paige Elizabeth, an art therapist and artist. She discusses balancing being a full time artist, business owner, professional art therapist, and her own person.

"Therapy is meant to challenge your views," states Paige, as she speaks on the role of a therapist. She also points out the growing number of people who are becoming more open to speaking about their mental health struggles.

Check out these links!

Paige Elizabeth Studio (Website) - https://paigeelizabethstudio.bigcartel.com/category/prints

Paige Elizabeth Studio (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/paigeelizabethstudio/?hl=en

Paige Elizabeth Studio (Etsy) - https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaigeElizabethStudio

On this episode, Paige reminisces with long-time friend and artist Alex Braile. Alex talks about the transition from being an art student to art teacher, and what insight his experiences gave him.

Paige and Alex both know each other from college and look back on being art students. They chat about how art was looked at and approached differently based on gender, their experience with art critiques, and life post grad. From oil painting to digitally creating comics, Alex touches upon the different mediums, styles, and techniques an artist can have in one artistic career and how different art serves a variety of purposes. To follow and support Alex, check out https://www.instagram.com/youvegotbraile

On this episode, Paige chats with the vibrant and colorful artist, Daisy Faith. Daisy's painting focuses on color, bold brushwork, mark making and creating energy throughout her compositions. She approaches each painting with a sense of improvisation by listening to where the painting wants to go next. She expresses how some of her best work stems from letting go of any specific outcome while finding a sense of spontaneity and joy throughout the process.

Daisy shares her journey studying interior design and art in college and how she always had a passion for comedy and acting. After working in the design world post college, Daisy decided to move from NC to LA in her mid 20's to pursue acting. Daisy gives Paige the inside scoop of what it was like living, auditioning, and working on shows such as, Nashville, Conan, Days of Our Lives, How I Met Your Mother.

Paige and Daisy chat about about social media overload, their experiences working at a paint and sip company, building community locally, and Daisy's decision to leave LA, move closer to home and pursue art full time. To follow and support Daisy Faith, check out https://www.instagram.com/daisyfaithart and https://www.daisyfaithart.com .

*If you are interested in building your own DIY wall easel, check out Daisy's blog post https://www.daisyfaithart.com/blog/2021/3/21/how-to-build-a-diy-wall-easel

On this episode, Paige chats with the incredibly talented, kind and inspirational visual artist, mother and business owner, Isabel Seidel. Isabell is a German ex-pat living in Ourense, Spain where she creates vibrant contemporary landscapes.

Isabell and Paige chat about how they became instant Instagram friends thanks to their mutual connections and friendships from Bri Custer's, Non Toxic Crit Group. Isabell shares her beautiful story of how she studies architecture but later switched to German and Spanish Philology and Pedagogy. Isabell shares her experience moving to Spain to teach German at Universidade de Viro. During her time teaching in Spain, she became very involved in the Urban Sketching community and started to organize her own sketch meet-up groups, teach watercolor and plein air painting workshops, and participate in outdoor speed painting competitions.

Isabell share's her experience transitioning from teaching full time to becoming a full time artist and how her entrepreneurial husband, Victor has been such a supportive accountability partner throughout the whole process. Isabell expresses how Victor's "go-getting" attitude has helped her create unique opportunities for her art business.

Paige and Isabell weave in and out of beautiful topics of conversation, such as being a self-taught painter, creating a set schedule and routine to create balance, productive/nurturing environments in the studio and at home, motherhood and what success means and looks like in both of their lives.

To follow and support Isabell, check out https://isabellseidel.com and https://www.instagram.com/isabell.seidel

On this episode, Paige chats with Danny Gallego, an award winning Real Estate Agent and Artist. Fun fact, Danny and Paige went to high school together in Northern NJ and over the past few years, Danny and Paige reconnected and rekindled their friendship thanks to Instagram.

Danny shares his experience attending the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and how working with other students with multidisciplinary studies opened his eyes to a very diverse and supportive art community during his time in undergrad. Danny expresses his experiences working as an Art Studio Assistant in New York City for one of his art Professors after graduating from art school.

Paige and Danny chat about his journey to becoming an award winning real estate agent and how completely immersed and committed he was to building his business from the ground up, which unfortunately meant his art and creative practice had to take a back seat until 2020 when he started to reintroduce painting back into his life.

This episode is one you’re going to want to listen to more than once because there are truly so many beautiful and interesting topics of conversation. Paige and Danny dive deep into emotional intelligence, emotional maturity, toxic masculinity, manifesting, imposter syndrome, toxic positivity as well as Danny’s vulnerability and openness about his sobriety.

Towards the end of the episode, Danny shares the why behind his work and how his art and painting practice can coexist with his real estate business. To support and follow Danny, check out https://www.instagram.com/dannygallego__

On this episode, Paige chats with incredibly kind and talented artist, Kelsey Howard. Kelsey shares her incredible journey of finding purpose and fulfillment from nursing school, to operating room nurse life, to full time artist.

Kelsey chats about how growing up, she was surrounded by family members that were in medicine. Painting was her passion, but she never really considered art as a career path because she was afraid of failing as an artist. Paige and Kelsey discuss how during their time at school, societal standards didn't support art as a career worth pursuing. Feeling inspired by family in medicine, and her interest in helping others, Kelsey made the decision to enroll in nursing school and become a nurse.

Being a nurse gave Kelsey a sense of purpose. She loved helping the doctors and patients in the operating room. Kelsey shares her experience working in the OR, and although she enjoyed certain aspects of her job, she never felt 100% fulfilled. In search for a sense of fulfillment, Kelsey decides to move closer to home and pursue a different type of nursing job. After moving closer to home and changing nurses jobs a few more times, she realized that just because she was interested in nursing didn't necessarily mean she had to peruse a career in it. Kelsey came to the realization that the one thing that would give her a true sense of self and make her feel fulfilled was painting and her art.

In addition to this amazing conversation all about finding a sense of self, purpose and fulfillment, Paige and Kelsey also chat about Kelsey's one car garage she converted into an art studio, learning how to honor and cherish your time, mental health, and relationships, and how Kelsey's colorful portraits give her a sense of confidence.

To follow and support Kelsey, please visit https://www.etsy.com/shop/KelseyHowardArt and https://www.instagram.com/kelseyhowardart

On this episode, Paige chats with Jackie Bryan, copywriter and story telling wizard that radiates positivity. Jackie is a creative entrepreneur and the face behind her copywriting business, Soltura Creative. Jackie helps female entrepreneurs speak their unique truth, unearth their magic and empower others through story telling.

Jackie was born and raised in Costa Rica and shares her experience moving to LA, working at Staples and as a waitress for several years and explains how those jobs helped her present herself to the world in a very genuine way, which helped her come out of her shell and learn how to engage with others. Jackie chats about her experience living in LA in her early twenties to moving to Portland, Oregon to finish her English degree, and shares how a horrible break up eventual lead her to move to Vietnam.

Jackie shares her experience dating someone with an addiction and the slow process of uncovering the hard truths of the relationship. She expresses the trauma of having an addict father and how she found herself constantly trying to fix past toxic relationships. Through her writing, Jackie uncovered embedded trauma, which helped her heal and work through her experiences.

Paige and Jackie chat about the process of healing and what it means to be patient, find self compassion, and what it looks like to take it day by day and not put yourself in a situation that you’re not quite ready for.

If you are interested in learning more about Jackie and her business, Soltura Creative, check out her freebie - https://solturacreative.activehosted.com/f/1 as well as her website, https://solturacreativesoul.com and don't forget to check her out on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/soltura.creative . Happy listening!

On this episode, Paige chats with Liz Lagarde the beautiful and kind soul behind Maple Leaf Pottery. Liz shares her story of how she went from interior design student, to full time potter, to being diagnosed with ADHD and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) as an adult.

Liz shares her own experience living with SPD and what it feels like in her own body, as well as how it created a wall that she kept bumping up against with personal relationships and with Maple Leaf Pottery. Liz would try harder to overcome certain things she was facing in her business, which would leave her feeling really upset and extremely burnt out. Thanks to therapy and some self discovery, Liz now knows how to work with her SPD instead of against it.

Liz explains how with her businesses, she needs rest days, which means putting rest first before diving into work is crucial for her. Paige and Liz also chat about how creating a calm environment sets them both up for success and how occupational therapy, breath work, walks outside, and essential oils can help focus and sharpen the mind.

This episode is casual, fun, educational and may or may not go off on a few tangents about babies, foster care, and overall life balance. To follow Liz and Maple Leaf Pottery, check out https://www.mapleleafpottery.com and https://www.instagram.com/mapleleafpotterynh .