In this episode we shared drinks and deep, meaningful conversation with Alyssa and Naphtali Marshall. At minimum, Naph is an award-winning digital designer and creative branding expert, and Alyssa is an e-commerce entrepreneur and stay-at-home mom boss with their three girls. They’ve also seen satisfaction in many creative endeavors throughout their marriage including photography, music, web design, and more. But it’s not their resume we wanted to talk about most with them. What we loved...

A quick special episode on making hard choices when your career, life, creative projects, parenthood and marriage are all vying for your focus and attention.The Creative Couples Podcast Links: Sign-up for our email list to get all the in-depth episode info, extra content, and creative insight. Follow us on Instagram. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Visit The Creative Couples Podcast website. Visit Frankie Orella's website. Visit Spencer Holleman's website.

This is Part 2 of us trying to make sense of life with a newborn :) Part 1 was recorded in Week 2 post-baby, and Part 2 was recorded in Week 10. And if you’re a parent, you already know… a lot can change in 8 weeks. So we felt like we needed one more episode to reflect on how these drastic changes are affecting our careers and marriage.Despite our lack of sleep, we somehow managed to cover a ton of topics including the fear of not working, controlling emotions, “crawling productivity” through...

In this episode, we sat down with business owners, Meg and Micah Kandros. Meg owns her own practice as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and Micah is an award-winning designer and photographer.Meg and Micah are both seasoned professionals in their industries and are passionate about going against the status quo of “the grind” and “hustle culture” that includes Micah being a founding member of the Not Crushing It Club - this will make sense when you hear him talk about it. With tw...

9 days after having our first child we decided to sit in front of our microphones and candidly record our thoughts on how creativity was going with a newborn. We talk about the helpful ways working with your spouse prepares you to be a team in stressful situations and a more relaxed way to work after having a baby. We also dive into the unexpected waters of deep creative thinking when our logic is turned off, and how you’re more aware of creativity in unexpected places.Appearances by Nurse An...

In this episode, we sat down with Kelly and Branson Horn. Kelly is a Teacher turned Floral Designer and Business Owner of Echoes of Eden Florals, and Branson works in the corporate banking division of Regions Bank. We’ve known the Horns for a few years and have always been inspired by Kelly’s journey to take her floral business from a side hustle to thriving business and the way her and Branson worked on it together. We chatted about getting married young, trauma that led to a dream career, c...

We all want to do things that bring us joy and fulfillment, but more often than not, we feel bound by the ever present, yet elusive, time. If you’re in a full-time job and are struggling with how to get your passion project off the ground, or you're someone who has nothing but time but is crippled by not knowing where to begin, this episode is for you. In this episode we will share 3 tips that have given us control of our time, instead of it controlling us. We’ll also chat about how...

In this episode, our guests are Ben Johnson and Lauren Conklin, an extremely talented musical couple as artists, songwriters, producers, and performers.We chatted about setting goals and work ethic, giving constructive criticism to your partner, supporting each other in an industry with high highs and low lows, and how they stay married when Ben wakes Lauren up at 2am for songwriting inspiration.From meeting at an orchestra camp in middle school to reconnecting and falling in love in college ...

“Wait, so you and your spouse actually work together on projects?” “How do you still like each other?” “Doesn’t it cause fights?” These questions were actually, in a lot of ways, the catalyst for the birth of The Creative Couples Podcast. In our first episode, we answer these questions and talk about how we’ve worked together successfully and sometimes not so successfully.So can couples actually create together? Absolutely, and we make the case for why we think it’s actual...

Welcome to The Creative Couples Podcast where we share stories and insight to support creative work in marriage. This trailer episode shares why we're making this podcast, who it's for, and what you'll learn. Each episode is either a short conversation between co-hosts, Frankie Orella and Spencer Holleman, or a longer conversation with guest couples who do creative work. The Creative Couples Podcast Links: Sign-up for our email list to get all the in-depth episode info, extra content, and cre...