The Creative Impostor

“When it does feel vulnerable, that’s an indicator that it’s something that you really desire.” ~Samantha Mant

We have so much more insight into our own bodies and what works for us than anyone else…

Today I’m bringing you a conversation with Australian naturopath, Samantha Mant. Working with Samantha is like learning about yourself through the kind advice and insight of a good friend who is super smart and wise.

“Healing is a journey and I get to hold space for people, and I feel really honored.” ~Samantha Mant

Resources & Links

Full Show Notes & Resources (including flower essences & essential oils): http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/054

Tea by the Cauldron - FREE consultation with Samantha to develop a healing plan for you.

The Season of You: Self-Care Holiday Gift Bundle* - digital gifts including meditation, prompts, recipes, a scavenger hunt and more from some of my creative colleagues! Perfect for women who do "too much" -- you or someone else you love.

Sounds True* is my go-to resource for guided meditations, self-care resources, tools, trainings, books, and music for meditation and yoga. They also produce one of all-time favorite podcasts, Insights from the Edge, and I look forward to their annual holiday sale to stock up on my listening & reading for the year! That sale is NOW through December 22, 2017.* 

*This is an affiliate link, meaning that if you order one (or more) The Creative Impostor will get a thank you bonus from the creators. You support me, I support them, they support you!

 

NEW! 2018 Creative Collective Studio Memberships available in Chicago AND globally.

You do NOT have to do this alone.

The Creative Impostor Magic page! Get a special gift from Andrea here.

Power Your Story -- Created by my high school student podcast mentees!!! Their Thanksgiving Special episode comes out Wednesday 11/22! Subscribe in your favorite podcast app to be the first to get it.

This episode was mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine.

The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong.

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How can we redefine self-care?

Show Notes: http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/053

"...my ultimate self-care ritual was turning into an anxiety-creating monster." ~Andrea Klunder

It's November -- my BIRTHDAY MONTH!!!

It's the time of year, where the weather begins to chill, leaves fall from the trees (at least here in the midwest), and nature is calling us to go inside, snuggle up with a cup of tea or cocoa and become more introspective. And yet, the winter holidays are right around the corner and they are so contra to that natural cozy, introspective instinct. They call upon us to give, and go, and move through space and eat sugary goodness... it can be exhausting.

So let's explore how in the midst of our work, in the midst of our daily lives, in the flow of everything else, and in the chaos of the holidays, we can create an attitude of self-care that doesn't require us to check-out from everything else around us.

"When I had a full-time job, I would get giddy with the idea of taking a mental health day from work using one of my sick days and yet, ever since I became self-employed... I have a really hard time taking mental health days without feeling guilty." ~Andrea Klunder Resources & Links King Spa (one of my favorite places on earth) NEW! 2018 Creative Collective Studio Memberships available in Chicago AND globally The Creative Impostor Magic page! Get a special gift from Andrea here. Power Your Story -- Created by my high school student podcast mentees!!!

"Setting lower expectations and higher boundaries... doing less... lifts a huge weight off my shoulders AND causes my internal creative impostor to throw an existential tantrum you wouldn't believe." ~Andrea Klunder

Connect with Andrea Website Facebook Instagram Podcast Envy: Podcast Launch, Craft & Coaching Services Chicago Women's Creative Collective Support the Creative Impostor Andrea's Patreon Page -- where you can support the show, get cool gifts from me and can become an active participant in the creative community! Free Audio Book & 30 day trial membership with Audible.com (support The Creative Impostor when you sign up!) This episode was mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine. The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong. I'd LOVE to hear from you! If you're listening in Apple Podcasts, PLEASE subscribe and leave a review. It's how Apple decides which shows people find when they are searching for specific topics like this one.

Mentioned in this episode:

Book Your FREE Powerful Podcast Strategy Session!

Reserve your time with Andrea Klunder tor review your current podcast, or podcast-to-be at https://bit.ly/powerfulpod.

"...my ultimate self-care ritual was turning into an anxiety-creating monster." ~Andrea Klunder

It's November -- my BIRTHDAY MONTH!!!

It's the time of year when the weather begins to chill, leaves fall from the trees (at least here in the midwest), and nature is calling us to go inside, snuggle up with a cup of tea or cocoa and become more introspective. So let's explore how in the midst of our daily lives and in the chaos of the holidays, we can create an attitude of self-care that doesn't require us to check-out from everything else around us.

King Spa (one of my favorite places on earth)

NEW! 2018 Creative Collective Studio Memberships available in Chicago AND globally

The Creative Impostor Magic page! Get a special gift from Andrea here.

Power Your Story -- Created by my high school student podcast mentees!!!

Connect with Andrea:

Website

Facebook

Instagram

Podcast Envy: Podcast Launch, Craft & Coaching Services

Chicago Women's Creative Collective

"Setting lower expectations and higher boundaries... doing less... lifts a huge weight off my shoulders AND causes my internal creative impostor to throw an existential tantrum you wouldn't believe." ~Andrea Klunder

Support The Creative Impostor:

Andrea's Patreon Page

Free Audio Book & 30 day trial membership with Audible.com 

This episode was mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine.

The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!

If you’re listening in Apple Podcasts, PLEASE subscribe and leave a review. It’s how Apple decides which shows people find when they are searching for specific topics like this one.

"Women are ready to speak their voices, raise their voices, lift their voices because we've been quiet for too long. We are ready stop the destruction of the world. We're ready to heal these conversations around money and finances. We're ready to heal these conversations about having your period. It is a part of our life. Please deal with it… look at it, understand it. It's not going away." ~Tonya Gonzalez

I've been following Tonya Gonzalez on social media for a while -- connected by a mutual friend, both in life and in spirit, we are definitely fans of each other's crafts!

Tonya calls herself a tarot life coach, using her psychic gifts, tarot cards, crystals, essential oils, incantations and spells to support her coaching practice and clients. In this episode, she tells the incredible story of how she went from bussing and waiting tables at a restaurant in Key West, to being voted the #3 psychic in the world on a hit reality TV show in Kiev, Ukraine. Tonya even does a LIVE tarot reading for me about money -- a perfect segue to her new book, "The Little Book of Woo Woo: Prayers, Incantations & Spells for Loot, Love & Life."

Connect with Andrea:

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Podcast Envy: Podcast Launch, Craft & Coaching Services Chicago Women's Creative Collective

Connect with Tonya:

TarotLifeCoach.com

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

Links & Resources:

"The Little Book of Woo Woo" Tonya's program "Divine With Me" Tarot Lessons + Intuition Development + Spiritual Practice.

"The School of Bewitchery" Membership, Mastermind & Mentoring.

Learn to "Use Your Magic". DIY Lessons, Rituals & Spells for Everyday Magic!

The Creative Impostor Magic page! Get a special gift from Andrea here.

Power Your Story -- Created by my high school student podcast mentees!!!

This episode was mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine. The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong.

Mentioned in this episode:

Book Your FREE Powerful Podcast Strategy Session!

Reserve your time with Andrea Klunder tor review your current podcast, or podcast-to-be at https://bit.ly/powerfulpod.

"Failure is okay, and you learn so much from failure… you would never know that unless you actually took the risk." ~Nikki

You don't have to do this alone...

Nikki and I discovered each other at a creative women's mentoring brunch, but we didn't actually meet... until she reached out to me after the fact and NOW we are huge fans of each other and THAT is exactly what Nikki does -- make connections.

Another thing she does really well is business branding and reinvention -- which she just did! In the episode, you're going to hear me talking about Gab Lab, and all of it is true but between our conversation and now, she has rebranded her creative coaching business to FemiNest and, well... it's a perfect new iteration of Nikki and everything she empowers her coaching clients to do.

Resources & Links

My interview on your inner critic and supporting your creative practice on Adrift on Purpose podcast

Power Your Story -- Created by my high school student podcast mentees!!!

Connect with Andrea

Facebook Instagram

This episode was mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine. The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong.

I'd LOVE to hear from you!

If you're listening in Apple Podcasts, PLEASE subscribe and leave a review. It's how Apple decides which shows people find when they are searching for specific topics like this one.

Mentioned in this episode:

Book Your FREE Powerful Podcast Strategy Session!

Reserve your time with Andrea Klunder tor review your current podcast, or podcast-to-be at https://bit.ly/powerfulpod.

"Sometimes you need to stop looking over the edge of the cliff and look around and notice 'oh yeah, we're all here together.' There's power in that feeling of community." ~Katy Flatau

Career change and life balance coach Katy Flatau and I talk about how to plan for a career change EVEN IF you are successful, EVEN IF your job isn't horrible, but when you feel there's something missing. She shares her own journey from corporate sales job to entrepreneur, feeling like an impostor and how she corrects for that daily through community and connection. We also talk about money, becoming a coach and the nitty gritty of co-founding, partnering and then parting ways on Mindful-U.

Resources & Links Katy's FREE Kickstart Your Career Change Guide Andrea's interview about her own career changes on RoamHowl, episode 021 with Jennifer Gardner The Creative Impostor Magic page! Get a special gift from Andrea here. Power Your Story -- Created by Andrea's high school student podcast mentees!!! Connect with Katy

Website Facebook Instagram Twitter Pinterest

Connect with Andrea Facebook Instagram Chicago Women's Creative Collective Support the Creative Impostor Andrea's Patreon Page -- where you can support the show, get cool gifts from me and can become an active participant in the creative community! Free Audio Book & 30 day trial membership with Audible.com (support The Creative Impostor when you sign up!) About Katy Flatau Katy Flatau is Founder and CEO of Mindful-U, LLC. A Certified Life Coach (CPC) since 2010, Katy spent 15 years in corporate America, focusing on advertising research & award-winning account management. Her commitment to helping professionals find a mindful balance in both their work and personal lives comes from her own experience of industry and career-shifting mergers & acquisitions, several rounds of corporate layoffs, 3 re-locations and many years of business travel to over 50 U.S. markets. She knows that an individual armed with the tools to skillfully manage change & stress is much more likely to be both an asset to their organizations and able to experience a higher level of satisfaction in their personal lives. This episode was mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine. The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong. I'd LOVE to hear from you! If you're listening in Apple Podcasts, PLEASE subscribe and leave a review. It's how Apple decides which shows people find when they are searching for specific topics like this one.

Mentioned in this episode:

Book Your FREE Powerful Podcast Strategy Session!

Reserve your time with Andrea Klunder tor review your current podcast, or podcast-to-be at https://bit.ly/powerfulpod.

“Sometimes you need to stop looking over the edge of the cliff and look around and notice ‘oh yeah, we’re all here together.’ There’s power in that feeling of community.” ~Katy Flatau Career change and life balance coach Katy Flatau and I talk about how to plan for a career change EVEN IF you are successful, EVEN IF your job isn’t Read more & listen →

"A lot of times we start things… we set a big goal, we create a big vision for ourselves, and we announce it on Facebook… and then somewhere along the way, it gets difficult, we meet with that resistance, we start falling short…" ~Andrea Klunder

It's the murky, muddy middle...

Our theme for the upcoming month is all about working with professional coaches to help navigate resistance to change, make connections, and trust your own magic. In this episode, hear what I'm feeling resistance around these days and get the scoop on what I WANT to do next.

"The Death card represents an opportunity — a strong call toward transformation, setting something aside, letting it go and moving into something new even if it feels scary, even if it feels uncertain." ~Andrea Klunder

Connect with Andrea...

Facebook

Instagram

Chicago Women's Creative Collective

Resources & Links...

The Creative Impostor Magic page! Get a special gift from me here.

PodcastEnvy.com - How can I support YOU in creating your own podcast?

October 29th Create Your Own Podcast workshop in Chicago

Send me questions for my student producers for Power Your Story podcast via email or voicemail.

Upcoming Guests:

Katy Flatau, Mindful-U

Nikki Ricks, Gab Lab

Tonya Gonzalez, Tarot Life Coach

"This feels like a very full spectrum chakra experience that I've lined up without even realizing it." ~Andrea Klunder

Feel Good Effect, (my client Robyn's podcast!) episode with Jon Acuff

Charlotte Elea's Sacred Sojourner Space on Facebook (for tarot)

The Creative Impostor episode on Resistance

"Resistance — you know that feeling, when you know what to do… but you just canNOT find the internal motivation to do it." ~Andrea Klunder

Support the Show...

Andrea's Patreon Page -- check it out and stay tuned for new PLAYFUL creativity making opportunities with me!!!

Free Audio Book & 30 day trial membership with Audible.com (support The Creative Impostor when you sign up!)

"Do we ever really finish anything?" ~Andrea Klunder

This episode was mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine. The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong.

I'd LOVE to hear from you!

If you're listening in Apple Podcasts, PLEASE subscribe and leave a review. It's how Apple decides which shows people find when they are searching for specific topics like this one.

"You will fail, and it's awesome." ~Fawzia Mirza Breaking down stereotypes… Fawzia Mirza is an actor, writer, producer. She is also a Pakistani, Muslim, queer woman. And she is using her platform, her voice, and her art to break down stereotypes across a multiplicity of identities: race, religion, sexual orientation, gender and defy the concept of the "model minority". I've known Read more & listen →

Mentioned in this episode:

Book Your FREE Powerful Podcast Strategy Session!

Reserve your time with Andrea Klunder tor review your current podcast, or podcast-to-be at https://bit.ly/powerfulpod.

"We're all different and that's part of human nature, to celebrate those differences." -Sarah Dennis

Calling in, rather than calling out…

In this episode, I had the privilege to discuss the history and the current reality of racism in our society as well as the potential for change from the inside out (and the outside in) with educator Sarah Dennis and artist & activist Ashley Lana Scott.

Sarah and Ashley had never met before so this was a truly candid conversation about what it takes to be an ally, how to support one another in looking inward at our internalized racism (regardless of skin color), and why these sometimes uncomfortable conversations are crucial to the cultural dialogue. (BTW, that's the difference between calling in and calling out… IN is initiating a conversation, OUT is pointing a finger in an accusatory way.)

Of course we talk about impostor syndrome and feeling like a total fraud when trying to have said difficult conversations, too!

This is a conversation that is humorous, sensitive, hopeful and deeply thought-provoking.

So take a deep breath, relax your mind open, have a listen, and let me know what you think over in the Facebook Group…

And if you haven't already, check out Episode 045: Talking to strangers, where you'll hear how I met Julie and why I'm taking on a theme on the show that pushes me out of my comfort zone. Also, Episode 046 with Andrea Ranae Johnson on how to use your power and privilege for good.

Connect with Ashley

Ashley Lana Scott's Website Ashley's Facebook Ashley's Instagram Ashley's Twitter Ashley's LinkedIn

"At the end of the day, the thing that is pulling the strings is our silence, on every side, and that silence is deadly. Like Sarah was saying, when you allow yourself to feel that shame and then you don't want to do anything about it, you allow it to overcome your action, it makes the decision for you… I suggest getting your hands dirty with that shame." -Ashley Lana Scott

Connect with Sarah

Sarah Dennis's Website

"I actually like the word 'co-conspirator' better, I think 'ally' is really soft and wimpy. For me it's not a call to action, being an ally. But being a co-conspirator makes me feel like, "I want to dismantle this system and I'm going to do anything I can to figure out what that looks like." -Sarah Dennis

Show Notes Galore: http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com

Magic Page! Get a free gift from me: http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/magic

This episode was mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine. The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong.

I'd LOVE to hear from you!

If you're listening in Apple Podcasts, PLEASE subscribe and leave a review.

Mentioned in this episode:

Book Your FREE Powerful Podcast Strategy Session!

Reserve your time with Andrea Klunder tor review your current podcast, or podcast-to-be at https://bit.ly/powerfulpod.