Do you love being a creative but hate having to put yourself 'out there'? I've brought in the brilliant Emma Stroud to talk about the importance of telling our own stories as creatives. Should we wear our heart on our sleeve, or let our work speak for itself? And how do we know when we've given away just a bit too much? Emma shares her own story of getting totally stuck by fear, and what she learned by spending a day going round London dressed as a banana.

Here are some of the great value bombs you'll find in this episode:

- The value of giving yourself permission - whether to be silly, serious, or just to have fun in your work

- How to use structure to reduce fear, and stop your emotions taking over

- Why your story is definitely interesting to the rest of the world - and how to find it

- Why you don't think you're good at public speaking, and what you can do about it

- What to do if you want your creative work to speak for itself, but you know it's holding you back

- How to decide what to share, and what to keep private

- Emma's liberating diary format that makes sure she finds time for all the important things in her life

Find all the links at creativelifeshow.com, and download your free Creative's Distraction Buster - because creative brains are different.

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If you've dreamed of escaping from a traditional job to the seaside to make a living from your creativity, this is for you. Artist and 'professional doodler' Moose Allain and his wife Karen did just that. They have a thriving business based on Moose's world of playful, off-beat cartoons, crazy puns and reflections on what’s going on in his life and the world.

Find all the links at creativelifeshow.com.

We talk about:

- How Moose built his Twitter community to over 78 thousand followers, and how that has become the core of his business

- How to use Twitter when you don't want to sell on it

- The role of traditional galleries in Moose's work and launching his business - but why he no longer sells in them

- How Moose worked with Unbound to crowdfund his new book in just a week

- How Moose has used crowdfunding as a way to create collaborative art

My favourite quote (because I love Moose's blend of words and drawing): 'it’s about playing around with lines. They may be drawn lines or they may be written lines’

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If you've dreamed of escaping from a traditional job to the seaside to make a living from your creativity, this is for you. Artist and 'professional doodler' Moose Allain and his wife Karen did just that. They have a thriving business based on Moose's world of playful, off-beat cartoons, crazy puns and reflections on what’s going on in his life and the world.

Find all the links at creativelifeshow.com.

We talk about:

- How Moose built his Twitter community to over 78 thousand followers, and how that has become the core of his business

- How to use Twitter when you don't want to sell on it

- The role of traditional galleries in Moose's work and launching his business - but why he no longer sells in them

- How Moose worked with Unbound to crowdfund his new book in just a week

- How Moose has used crowdfunding as a way to create collaborative art

My favourite quote (because I love Moose's blend of words and drawing): 'it’s about playing around with lines. They may be drawn lines or they may be written lines’

Click to view: show page on Awesound

Wouldn't it be great to get more focus in your creative life? That's why I've invited the terrific Dr Jenny Brockis, author of the bestselling Future Brain, to come and talk how we creatives can get more focused and more creative in our daily life and work.

Download The Creative's Distraction Buster: 5 steps to eliminate distraction and work in the best way for your brain at creativelifeshow.com.

We have a great conversation, and Jenny shares some fantastic tips and advice. We talk about:

* The brain difference in creative people, and what that means for focus

* Why focus is a double-edged sword for creatives, and how to manage it

* How to get more creative focus in your daily life

* When you want less focus rather than more (yes, really)

* The one thing that all of us - creative or not - need to do for our brain health

We also talk about Jenny's own journey about walking away from a successful medical career with nothing more than an idea that she needed to do something different, and how she used a year of living creatively to build a whole new direction and life.

Click to view: show page on Awesound

Wouldn't it be great to get more focus in your creative life? That's why I've invited the terrific Dr Jenny Brockis, author of the bestselling Future Brain, to come and talk how we creatives can get more focused and more creative in our daily life and work.

Download The Creative's Distraction Buster: 5 steps to eliminate distraction and work in the best way for your brain at creativelifeshow.com.

We have a great conversation, and Jenny shares some fantastic tips and advice. We talk about:

* The brain difference in creative people, and what that means for focus

* Why focus is a double-edged sword for creatives, and how to manage it

* How to get more creative focus in your daily life

* When you want less focus rather than more (yes, really)

* The one thing that all of us - creative or not - need to do for our brain health

We also talk about Jenny's own journey about walking away from a successful medical career with nothing more than an idea that she needed to do something different, and how she used a year of living creatively to build a whole new direction and life.

Click to view: show page on Awesound

When you're a professional creative, sometimes things go HORRIBLY wrong.

Katharine Coleman is a leading international glass artist, with nerves of steel. If you think that your medium is hard, just try working with something that can shatter with one false move.

So don’t listen if:

- you don’t want to hear a hair-raising story of a catastrophe-ridden, high-profile commission (you might hear me gasp in horror at one point)

- you believe that if you haven’t started by your 40s, there’s no hope

- you think that you need to keep yourself isolated from other creatives in your field

But listen now if you want to know:

- The lessons from how one of today’s leading craftspeople went from a geography PhD and household chores to having work in the world’s major collections and galleries

- How Katharine broke into the establishment after years of rejection

- How founding a network of glass engravers around the world has led to ‘five times the impact’

Links:

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When you're a professional creative, sometimes things go HORRIBLY wrong.

Katharine Coleman is a leading international glass artist, with nerves of steel. If you think that your medium is hard, just try working with something that can shatter with one false move.

So don’t listen if:

- you don’t want to hear a hair-raising story of a catastrophe-ridden, high-profile commission (you might hear me gasp in horror at one point)

- you believe that if you haven’t started by your 40s, there’s no hope

- you think that you need to keep yourself isolated from other creatives in your field

But listen now if you want to know:

- The lessons from how one of today’s leading craftspeople went from a geography PhD and household chores to having work in the world’s major collections and galleries

- How Katharine broke into the establishment after years of rejection

- How founding a network of glass engravers around the world has led to ‘five times the impact’

Links:

creativelifeshow.com/wp-content/uploads/Marmalade-for-Scotgal-e1484573940508.jpg

Click to view: show page on Awesound