Wildly Creative Life with Brooke Schultz

From unpacking the blocks moms face when reconnecting to creativity to reading my grandmother's poetry, that was LIT. 🌟

Here is the replay in case you didn't make it live or just simply want to tune in again to deeply digest every second.

The time we spent together in day 1 reconnecting to play, fantasy and visioning were nothing short of sensational!

But guess what…

There's even more.

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One of the GREATEST lies mothers have been told is that motherhood and creativity do not mix. That once you are raising small humans, the time for your own wild expression is past.

If you spend time on creative pursuits as a mother, you're selfish. Just do it in your "spare time" once a month/once the kids are all potty trained/in school/graduated from high school.

Or if you spend time on creativity as a mother, it better make you millions of dollars and impact millions of people, or it's not worth it.

Forget the part where you created every eyelash, rib cage, nervous system, and brain cell for each of your children, with your body, without conscious thought.

When you wait and put your creative pursuits on pause in the name of being there for your kids, you divorce yourself from parts of yourself. Your kids don't get to see the whole you, and at worst you become a shriveled up shell of who you're meant to be, feeling like you've "lost yourself."

It's time to stop over giving and over functioning, because it doesn't *actually* help our kids; I don't want my kids to learn that it's "normal" for moms to over extend to the point of burnout. I'm DONE with the do-it-all-and-don't-let-them-see-you-sweat supermom archetype. I'm also not gonna be the "hot mess express" mom in the name of relatability.

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We are obsessed with the idea that we should pick one dream or goal as early as possible and stick with it. We believe there will be incremental progress related to our hard work. But so many success stories aren't like that - they are a million 'wrong turns' seemingly unrelated ventures, and then one that explodes, one moment that it all comes together.

In this episode, I walk you through resilience and grit, and the importance of knowing the difference as a creative.

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Kristin Sweeting is a wedding photographer + biz coach for creative people whose work has been featured in People, Brides, and much more. She's the host of the Dangerous Creatives podcast + offers a mastermind and Study Abroad trips for photographers to help them create aligned businesses that prioritize rest. I got to talk to her while she is on summer sabbatical, so we talked details about how to make a sabbatical happen, her story and how she found herself in a position of needing to make serious $ from her photography after becoming a single parent, she breaks down the surprising things she did to move the needle there and she also breaks down her strategies for building multiple streams of revenue and exactly where to start.

Connect with Kristin: https://www.instagram.com/kristinsweeting/

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The constant double bind we face as moms: do it all and don't let them see you sweat. Be smart and opinionated, but not too opinionated, because then you're not likable. Have your stuff together, but not too together, otherwise you're too perfect or you're a try hard or you're a Karen.

It's exhausting.

In this episode:

✨why I view mom guilt as an indulgence, and how I free myself from it…amidst running a business, writing a musical, and parenting four kids including a special needs kiddo.

✨the point of diminishing returns where even if you sacrifice more, your kids won't benefit (and will actually be harmed)

✨how to leave mom guilt behind and step into leadership that rewrites the story for your children and your children's children (without overwhelming yourself)

✨how to make room for play, pleasure, and fun without feeling like you should be productive instead

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💖 The Art of Curation

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We know intellectually that people pleasing chips away at your soul, but what about what it does to the people you are pleasing?

If your clients are happy but you're not, this episode will give you new insights and practical to-dos to rebuild the relationship with your artist self so you can find your artistic voice and make work that moves people.

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💖 The Art of Curation

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There's one thing that will make you *feel* like when you're actually living far beneath what's meant for you. In this episode, we talk about two flavors of creative adjacency and how to jump back in the arena, even if it's with 30 seconds of radical courage.

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Sending Buzz Lightyear into space with NASA, building an Olympic length swimming pool down Main Street in Disneyland for Michael Phelps, and working with companies like Google, Apple, the NBA, Coca-Cola, and many more to help them tap into the deep well of creativity within their companies through his workshops and speaking–it's Duncan Wardle, the former head of innovation + creativity at Disney. In this episode Duncan shares how to believe in yourself again after many failures, how to tap into creativity when you have nothing special on your schedule, how to choose an idea when you have oh so many, and how to innovate when you have zero dollars.

Take a screenshot wherever you're listening and tag us both on Instagram I'm @brookebschultz and he's @duncanjwardle, let us know that you're listening. Duncan also has a book coming out in a couple weeks, it's available for pre-order now called the Imagination Emporium and it's full of FUN tools for tapping into your creativity.

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GRWM and chat about how to plug into the sparkle of creativity without running away from your daily life! Including: ⚡️the one magical question I ask myself when I want to feel creative, especially on a mundane, regular day ⚡️how quitting therapy was the best thing I did to feel happier + more fulfilled on the daily Thoughts on this? Have you felt creatively blocked as a mama because you feel a lack of time/energy? Let's chat in the comments or send me a DM @brookebschultz!

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Dress to Create

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The Art of Curation

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You really can do this!! Not feeling motivated, well friend let me take you by the hand. I've helped more than 700+ photographer find their style!

DM me the word CURIOUS on Instagram @brookebschultz if you want to learn more about Love Soaked Course.

If you are even slightly curious about working together, the price for Love Soaked is jumping up by $1k tomorrow night, so DM me the word Curious on IG to get all the details plus some fun before and afters of photograhers who I've had the pleasure of helping through this process.

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💖 Dress to Create

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💖 Heartful Magazine https://heartful.brookebschultz.com/

💖 The Art of Curation

http://brookebschultz.com/artofcuration