What happens when your heart is in the garden, but your days are still in the corporate world? In this episode of The Creative Living Podcast, I sit down with my friend Michaela Wilson, founder of Nothin But Daisies, to talk about the shift in mindset that comes when you pour creative energy into something that gives back—like tending flowers and land.

Michaelan shares how she’s learning to balance the realities of corporate work with the joy of nurturing a flower farm, and how this new rhythm has brought her clarity, inspiration, and a sense of purpose. She’s still in the middle of the journey—but her vision for the future is blooming.

At the end, she flips the script and asks me about the past six months of my own transformation—what’s changed, what I’ve learned, and how the garden continues to shape my creative life too.

🌿 Tune in if you’re curious about:

    •    Balancing a corporate job with a creative calling

    •    How the garden can transform your mindset and energy

    •    The early stages of building a flower farm and vision for the future

    •    Honest reflections on growth, courage, and creativity

Focus is something as an artist I am struggled with for a long time especially as an adult and even more so when I gave myself permission to start a creative business. Suddenly I wanted to do all of it all at once.  I found it very difficult to just choose one or two things to focus on. Instead I would have levels it felt like of focus.  I could give this one x amount of time and energy and then came the lower levels and they got less, etc. At any given time I had my hands in about 5-8 “focuses”. I knew it wasn’t optimal but I also believed that is how it had to be as a multi-passionate person. End of story.

In this episode I share my most recent experience with focus and folks it surprised even me…

In this episode we explore the unique perspective of multi-passionate artists specifically when they feel the urge to Pivot. Rianna gives specific examples of how she pivoted recently in her creative journey and advice on how to navigate these sometimes confusing seasons yourself.

In this episode I give some personal examples of trials that were coming up for me in the Summer of 2022 and how I heard Truth and put it into practice immediately. After having a really hard day with my 3yr old and considering shutting down my business I heard from Truth and learned to make some changes, hear hard things and change how I was doing intentional living while running a business and homeschooling my children.

Popping in to share a thought I had as I was feeling bliss in the moment of chasing joy throughout my normal day in the life of homeschooling and loving on my family. I talk about how my word of the year is JOY and what that means for my business going forward and what opportunities I say yes to over this year. Hope it inspires you to chase a little joy today!!

In this episode we talk about the damaging effects of perfectionism and some of the reasons its siren call gets us to bow to its throne. How does perfectionism relate to self love and even self worth and how regularly exercises in self love can actually lead to better more free art.

In this episode I share a personal experience of how I came to see that I had compartmentalized my creativity. We talk about ways to check yourself and perhaps bring a bit of creativity into every area of your life!

Welcome to the Creative Living Podcast where we will dive into the lifestyles of creatives, asking deep questions and being inspired by other artists. We will also get into the spiritual side of creativity getting curious about blocks, limiting beliefs, resistance and perfectionism to name a few. I believe we are all creative and the more free we get the more we have to give to those around us! Join me in this conversation all about living a lifestyle devoted to creativity!

This is the first OFFICIAL episode of The Creative Living Podcast. In this casual episode I give you my vision for the podcast, what I hope to share and what you can expect in future episodes!