This week on The Type A Creative Podcast I have Caitlin Horton of Horton Brand Strategy. Caitlin is a through and through strategist who rarely does things without an ROI in mind. But Caitlin is also a very successful author, who has published a book outside of her brand strategy studio.  

In this episode we talk about: 

• when and how to apply goals to your passion projects 
• what it feels like to see stacks of books in your house that you have to sell 

• self publishing vs. going with a publisher 
• paying to make a creative project when you can't get paid to make something 

This week on The Type A Creative we have Sonia Ruyts and Kimberly Rich chatting about what it's like to write a book while running a business. Both Sonia and Kim are coaches that work with creatives, they both host their own podcasts, and they both are fighting for time to finally write their book already!

When most of us think of a creative practice, it's tempting to imagine sitting in a beautiful room, painting the hours away, or lost in writing. But if you're a mom you know that's basically a joke.

On this episode, Erica, Jackie and I discuss what it's really like to be a working professional + mom + fighting for a creative practice.

Raise your hand if you've had burn out. Oh, that's right ALL OF US Type A Creatives. We have had all piled our plates too high and created some serious burn out in our lives. Today on the show I have my friends Erica Kelly and Sophia Mavrides talking about what it is to face crazy long hours, not take breaks, emailing on weekends, and having boundaries for your day job that can really hurt not only creativity but our overall happiness.

UGH, perfectionism can be the death of our creative projects. A lot of us Type A Creatives have a good dose of perfectionism that keeps us from creating good work or showing up in the world as our whole selves. Today I'm chatting with Misty Bradley, photographer, and coach about how perfectionism shows up in our lives, and why it's so hard to fight it.

For me, one of the hardest things about creating is not having any rules that inform my creativity. I used to think that I didn't have enough time or money to really invest in my creativity — but once I hit a point in my life where I did have BOTH time and money to invest in my creativity I was super overwhelmed.

Today on the show Katrina and I are talking about how to create constraint to keep you moving throughout a project.

Each and every one of us live in a world where we have to sing for our supper. As artists, whether we are full time or part time in our artistic passions, has to find a way to pay the rent and put gas in our cars. On today's episode, I have Elle Luna talking about the realities of being a working artist, how the concept of money can influence your work (or not influence), and when to know if monetization is a good idea or not.

Becca Piastrelli and Megan Flatt are two bomb women who are kicking @$$ and taking names. Becca is a creative coach and Megan is a coach to MamaCEOs. They've both built their businesses on creativity, and this episode is all about how to evolve out loud, how our Type A sides can both support and hurt our creativity, and how we as creatives can practice taking up more space (eek vulnerability!).