The Creative Impostor

"I think it is a normal reaction to a major event in your life to want to make all of these changes at once and you know what? I think it is also impossible."

Recently it has come to my attention that I have been trying to change everything all at once.

The health crisis that I've experienced this year with surgery and recovery has set me on a trajectory where I am fully aware of all of the things in my life that I'm not 100% happy with -- all of the things in my life that I wish were better and all of the things in my life that I have felt like I could always do some day in the future.

And I'm realizing that, well, I've heard it said many many times and I know it's true: The future is not guaranteed. We are not promised tomorrow.

So I'm reminded of this tool that I've used in the past to help me in times like this. Find out what it is!

Get the full show notes at http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/080

1. Send me an email and let me know what you love most about The Creative Impostor and what you'd like to hear more of. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. You can write it or record a voice memo on your phone and attach it to the email.
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An invitation to join me at She Podcasts Live October 2019.

Do you feel like you want to get some more podcasting insight tools resources information connections from the female perspective?

She Podcasts Live is the conference for you!

Atlanta, Georgia, October 11 through 13 2019

I will be co-facilitating a workshop on how to use YOUR VOICE.

I'd love to see you there -- get your ticket.*

*This is an affiliate link, meaning when you buy your ticket, I'll get a little thank you commission from the organizers. Thank you!

An Invitation to join my Podcast Envy VIP CIRCLE

Are you podcasting? (I know SOME of this community is doing it!) Apply now to the Podcast Envy VIP Circle with me.

Become part of an intimate community of podcasting colleagues who all want to make an impact, shift culture and all the while, reap the deep rewards of podcasting (no, I'm not necessarily talking sponsors...) for ourselves.

Every time I lose my voice to laryngitis, I have a fear that it won't come back.

What are you scared of?

Having a major health crisis changes the lens on how you perceive things. Long-time fears can resurface with a vengeance and new ones you never considered before can materialize.

I was inspired to do this episode and post by Sarah Buino of the Conversations with a Wounded Healer podcast (which my team edits), who was inspired by the WNYC Studios podcast 10 Things That Scare Me.

Get the full show notes at http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/079

1. Send me an email and let me know what you have created from your own trauma or health journey. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. You can write it or record a voice memo on your phone and attach it to the email.
2. Join The Creative Impostor Facebook Community and share in a post things that scare you. We create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work and more.

My favorite hashtags #thecreativeimpostor #creativewomen #podcastenvy

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Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now… dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

An Invitation to join my Podcast Envy VIP CIRCLE

Are you podcasting? (I know SOME of this community is doing it!) Apply now to the Podcast Envy VIP Circle with me.

I've been teasing it FOREVER. Now there is a way for us to connect 1x1 AND for you to become part of an intimate community of podcasting colleagues who all want to make an impact, shift culture and all the while, reap the deep rewards of podcasting (no, I'm not necessarily talking sponsors...) for ourselves.

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"It's amazing to me how very hard we are on ourselves whenever healing is involved. Whether one has had a hysterectomy, a fibroid removed, given birth, or "just" had a broken bone set, we expect expediency... capitalism demands it... And consumerism has co-opted self-care to mean things like manicures, cupcake breaks, and long weekends." ~Lisa Widder

I AM A SELF-CARE IMPOSTOR!!!

Before I was a podcaster, I was a yoga teacher, and then a Thai Bodywork practitioner, and then a meditation teacher.

I owned a yoga studio for 5 years,

I led a yoga teacher training.

I lead musical mantra sessions, I blend essential oils, I practice tarot.

In fact MANY episodes of The Creative Impostor are about self-care — whether it's me spouting off ideas and droplets of wisdom and practices or my guests sharing insights into different ways they take care of their creative selves and/or their clients…

I confess I feel like I was wrong about self-care.

I had never REALLY put it to the test.

Get the full show notes at http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/078

No matter where you are in your podcasting journey, community -- like real flesh and blood community -- is vital to your survival and success! And it's not easy to come by. This conference will be a catalyst for you for that. Get the details here!*

You can get a free pass in this special "best friends giveaway!"

1) Make sure you can actually attend -- Atlanta, GA October 11th-13th

2) Send me a short voice memo about how a podcast has changed your life, or helped you in some significant (big or small) way. It can be mine, someone else's or even your own show.

Email me: [email protected], message me on Facebook, or if you happen to know my phone number, leave me a voicemail.

Deadline is Saturday June 15th at noon CST (check your time zone.)

*This is an affiliate link so if you end up purchasing a ticket, I will get a lovely commission from the lovely ladies of She Podcasts. Thank you!!!

Are you podcasting? (I know SOME of this community is doing it!) Apply now to the Podcast Envy VIP Circle with me

I've been teasing it FOREVER. Now there is a way for us to connect 1x1 AND for you to become part of an intimate community of podcasting colleagues who all want to make an impact, shift culture and all the while, reap the deep rewards of podcasting (no, I'm not necessarily talking sponsors...) for ourselves.

This is a community we will create TOGETHER. And because of this, the first 5 members to join by June 25, 2019, will receive the Founding Member rate of $29/month.

I will NEVER offer this rate again and it will be yours for as long as you are current.

To request to become a Founding Member, pop over here to get the scoop: http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/vipcircle

I am part of this really awesome group on Facebook helmed by Isabelle Rizo (who has been on this show twice) called Chicago + International Urban Mystics.

The intersection of art, philosophy, spirituality, and personal growth (all my favorite things!

Isabelle has invited me to TAKE OVER her group the week of July 1st!!!! I'll be sharing some specific insight into my own creative process and this will be leading up to a live storytelling event I'm part of in Chicago July 10th, called Pour One Out.

1. Send me an email and let me know what you have created from your own trauma or health journey. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. You can write it or record a voice memo on your phone and attach it to the email.
2. Join my Facebook Community where we create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work, talk about money and more.

My favorite hashtags #thecreativeimpostor #creativewomen

Email or Voice Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now... dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

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"Be patient with yourself. It may take longer than you think." ~Nilsa Reyna

A stroke in your mid-30s. A maze of medical appointments with no answers. 6 years of searching for a diagnosis. Brain surgery. Anxiety. And recovery.

Actor, writer, director Nilsa Reyna is creating performances centered around her own health journey with the hope that it helps other people connect with their own stories.

May 6th is World Moyamoya Day. Moyamoya is the name of the diagnosis Nilsa finally received.

Moyamoya is one of the rarest forms of occlusive cerebrovascular disorders encountered in neurosurgery. The term means a "puff of smoke" coined by a Japanese team who first described the disease because it describes how the blood vessels look on an angiogram.

Get the full show notes at http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/077

www.nilsareyna.com

Instagram: @nilsareyna

Twitter: @nilsareyna

1. Send me an email and let me know what you have created from your own trauma or health journey. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. You can write it or record a voice memo on your phone and attach it to the email.
2. Join my Facebook Community where we create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work, talk about money and more.

My favorite hashtags #thecreativeimpostor #creativewomen

Email or Voice (send me a question to answer on the show!) Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now... dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

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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.

"I just decided when I got the diagnosis that there must be some things that I don't know about me so what can I do that will help me engage in a deeper self-study?" ~Aya-Nikole Cook

What happens when you are an artist following your passion, building a name for yourself in your field, and doing work you love... and then suddenly a major health crisis comes out of the blue?

That's what happened to Aya-Nikole Cook.

Aya-Nikole Cook is the founder and curator at Haji Healing Salon in Chicago. Yoga, acupuncture, Reiki, bodywork, herbal remedies... located in the south side of Chicago Chatham neighborhood, Haji is a sanctuary where "thriving is our resistance."

I KNEW I needed to talk with Aya when I heard the origin story of Haji while editing a business interview for a client's podcast. She had been working in the fashion industry until being diagnosed with fibroid tumors and undergoing surgery and subsequent recovery. That was the turning point when she decided to, not only engage in deeper self-study, but shift her creative talents toward facilitating healing space for her community.

Listen to the episode to get the full story, and whether you yourself have gone through or are going through recovery of your own, hear some words of wisdom for engaging in your own paradigm shift of taking care of YOU.

Haji Healing Salon

Celebrate Haji Healing Salon's one-year anniversary month!

Spring yoga supper club event that offers folks a 3-Hour, multi-layered experience of restorative yoga with reiki and live vibraphone music + a vegan meal and dialogue about the intersections of culture, Faith and healing. Friday, may 17 630-930pm at Haji Healing Salon Tickets are $55. RSVP here: http://bit.ly/hajirevival

We offer low-cost alternative healing practices in community, every Tuesday 4-8pm and Sunday 12-6pm. Services include acupuncture ($25), Bodywork + reiki ($35), plus various other services each week. Reservations are made at hajihealingsalon.com.

Instagram: @hajihealingsalon

Twitter: @hajihealing

1. Send me an email and let me know what changes you have made in your life, work, and creative process as the result of a health or healing crisis. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. You can write it or record a voice memo on your phone and attach it to the email.
2. Join my Facebook Community where we create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work, talk about money and more.

My favorite hashtags #thecreativeimpostor #creativewomen #

Email or Voice (send me a question to answer on the show!) Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now... dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

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.

This episode is a special treat for you (and for me!) I asked my friend and colleague Tina Conroy from The Intuitive Woman podcast to do a personal reading for me that I could share with YOU!

This is a forecast for the entire year of 2019 calling upon spirit guides, oracle cards, clairvoyance and intuition.

You may be thinking: well what does YOUR 2019 forecast have to do with ME?

Or you may be thinking: spirit guides and oracle cards? Big eye roll!

Get our response to that and more at: http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/075

March 7-9, 2019, Orlando, FL

Tina is too! Tina's mini-talk is during the Pecha Kucha Thursday and my Voice Training session is Friday at 5:25pm!

Get the conference details at https://podfestexpo.com/

The Intuitive Woman Podcast

Website: http://www.tinaconroy.com

Facebook Group (featuring my favorite Live at 5 on Fridays!): Theintuitivewomangroup

Instagram: @theintuitivewoman

1. Email me. Send me an email and let me know why you listen to the show.So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. Why do you listen to the show? What do you love most about it or what do you get out of it? So that I can make sure that my new content direction is aligned with what you love and what you want and with you.
2. Join my Facebook Community where we create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work, talk about money and more.
3. If you are thinking of starting your own podcast, consider doing it together with me and a few friends in the Podcast Envy Launch Pod starting late April 2019.
4. If you already HAVE a podcast and are ready to grow in a meaningful way and make connections, consider the VIP Circle.

My favorite hashtags #podcastenvy #podcastboss #podcastgratitude

Email or Voice (send me a question to answer on the show!) Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now... dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

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.

What do you do when all of your creative entrepreneurial plans come to a screeching halt due to an unexpected health crisis? (Or any kind of emergency, for that matter!)

Do you have a contingency?

And how does shifting your priorities and relationship to work effect your self-identity? Not to mention the diagnosis itself???

Listen to the episode or read on at http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/074

Here are a few ways that I would love to connect with you:

1. Email me. Send me an email and let me know why you listen to the show. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. Why do you listen to the show? What do you love most about it or what do you get out of it? So that I can make sure that my new content direction is aligned with what you love and what you want and with you.
2. Join my Facebook Community where we create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work, talk about money and more.
3. If you are thinking of starting your own podcast, consider doing it together with me and a few friends in the Podcast Envy Launch Pod starting late April 2019.
4. If you already HAVE a podcast and are ready to grow in a meaningful way and make connections, consider the VIP Circle.

March 7-9, 2019

Get the conference details at https://podfestexpo.com/

My favorite hashtags #podcastenvy #podcastboss #podcastgratitude

Email or Voice (send me a question to answer on the show!) Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now... dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

"I just sort of went into this existential crisis of -- What is The Creative Impostor? Why do I need this show?" ~Andrea Klunder

It has been a while since I have released an episode here for you. My last episode was this past summer with the fabulous Matt Marr. It was a really good one.

And now... I have to tell you something really strange has happened or is happening, which is that I did not plan to take a hiatus with this show.

In fact over on my other podcast, Podcast Envy, all about how to craft a show that matters, I have recently advised podcasters that if they are going to take a hiatus from their show, they should tell their listeners. They should announce it. They should set some expectations so that you're not just leaving your listeners hanging and I did NOT do that myself.

So where HAVE I been and why the hiatus and what can you do if you miss me?

Listen to the episode or read on at http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/073

In the meantime, here are a few ways that I would love to connect with you:

1. Email me. Send me an email and let me know why you listen to the show. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. Why do you listen to the show? What do you love most about it or what do you get out of it? So that I can make sure that my new content direction is aligned with what you love and what you want and with you.
2. Join my Facebook Community where we create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work, talk about money and more.
3. If you are thinking of starting your own podcast, consider doing it together with me and a few friends in the Podcast Envy Launch Pod starting January 2019.
4. If you already HAVE a podcast and are ready to grow in a meaningful way and make connections, consider the VIP Circle.

You're invited to be part of a year-end gratitude experiment!

If you feel grateful for podcasts or podcasting, I would love for you to be a part of my upcoming December episode. Send me a short audio clip (3min or less) with a story and/or post on Instagram about how you appreciate making or listening to podcasts using #podcastgratitude. Be sure to tag me @andreaklunder so I see it!

To share the audio clip, message me directly andrea [at] thecreativeimpostor.com by November 25th and I'll give you instructions.

Happy birthday to me this week Wednesday! I hope to hear from you ASAP for #podcastgratitude. I'd love to see you for real, for real via Zoom meeting in either the Launch Pod or the VIP Circle in January of 2019.

My favorite hashtags #podcastenvy #podcastboss #podcastgratitude

Email or Voice (send me a question to answer on the show!) Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now... dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

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.

I have been thinking about today's guest for 2 years — ever since my first Podcast Movement conference in Chicago when he hosted the PMx talks before the OFFICIAL start of the conference — hilarious, welcoming, the best of MCs!

In this episode, you'll get a healthy dose of "GayDD", shirtless Archie from Riverdale, and #truthtalk about identity, creativity, and vulnerability with Matt Marr.

Matt Marr is an actor, narrative therapist, show host, self-proclaimed chatterbox and host of The Dear Mattie Show. Personally, I love that he always calls me (and everyone else, but I like to think it's just me) "sugar."

And if you can't get enough of Matt, head over to The Dear Mattie Show because he has an interview with ME is waiting for you!

Connect with Matt:

Website

Instagram

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

TV Tea Time

Matt Marr is speaking at Podcast Movement!!!

I'm speaking at Podcast Movement (Wednesday @ 11am!!!)

Power Your Story Podcast (This is what my talk is about.)

My podcast about craft of podcasting Podcast Envy

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

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

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.

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Announcing Power Your Story Season 3, a podcast produced by my students from the Podcast Tech mentoring program at a high school in Chicago!

Today I'm giving you a first-hand sneak peek of Season 3 of our student-produced podcast, Power Your Story.

We are rolling out Season 3 June-August 2018!

Featured Interview Clips

1. Musician Sam Trump with Mark and Nate
2. Artists Sam Kirk and Jenny Q with Alfred and Justus

Musical transitions (Power Your Story theme music) by DJ Sparkz.

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Listen on Spotify

Web

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IamSamKirk.com

Quirklyn.com

Provoke Culture

Instagram - Sam

Instagram - Jenny

Las Puertas del Paseo Boricua Watch the micro-doc about the doors on Humboldt Park, featuring Sam Kirk & Jenny Q, produced and directed by Edwin R. Ruiz (our audio engineer)

Check out my interview on Conversations with a Wounded Healer with Sarah Buino

Podcast Movement 2018 (I'm speaking there Wednesday @ 11am!!!)

Power Your Story Podcast (This is what my talk is about.)

My podcast about craft of podcasting Podcast Envy The Creative Impostor Magic page - Get a special gift from Andrea here.

Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

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

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.

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.