Your Creative Chord Podcast

In this episode, I explore how small, compassionate shifts—pausing, resting, setting boundaries, and regulating your nervous system—can help interrupt hypervigilance and overextension. I share practical ways you can learn to embrace restoration, protect your energy, and create the spaciousness needed for sustainable creativity and inspired living.

Resources:

FRIED Podcast with Dr. Rachel Goldman 

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Connect with Jenny Leigh:

• Beat blocks. Find flow. Start creating: Creative Empowerment Sampler
• Restore energy & balance: Burnout RESET Guide
• Nurture YOUR creative life: Creative Empowerment Coaching
• Get inspired with a book: 🌻 Kaleidoscope Of The Heart: A Poetry and Lyrics Collection or 🎹 Start Piano: What You Need For Successful Learning!

SUBSCRIBE to Your Creative Chord on Apple or Spotify! Please rate and review—it helps others find creative inspiration, too!

Your Creative Chord Podcast show music, Sun & Bloom © 2016 Jenny Leigh Hodgins | All Content, music, poetry © 2027 Jenny Leigh Hodgins All Rights Reserved.

In this episode, I share how small, gentle shifts can help rewire overwhelm, support nervous system healing, and unlock creative flow without adding more pressure to your life. Drawing from my own burnout recovery journey, I explore  how overfunctioning becomes identity, why rest equals productivity, and one simple practice that is helping me create lasting change from the inside out.

Additional Resource: 

FRIED Podcast with Dr. Rachel Goldman

Got thoughts or feedback? Tap here to send me a quick note—I’d love to hear from you!

Support the show

Connect with Jenny Leigh:

• Beat blocks. Find flow. Start creating: Creative Empowerment Sampler
• Restore energy & balance: Burnout RESET Guide
• Nurture YOUR creative life: Creative Empowerment Coaching
• Get inspired with a book: 🌻 Kaleidoscope Of The Heart: A Poetry and Lyrics Collection or 🎹 Start Piano: What You Need For Successful Learning!

SUBSCRIBE to Your Creative Chord on Apple or Spotify! Please rate and review—it helps others find creative inspiration, too!

Your Creative Chord Podcast show music, Sun & Bloom © 2016 Jenny Leigh Hodgins | All Content, music, poetry © 2027 Jenny Leigh Hodgins All Rights Reserved.

In this episode, I reflect on how grief, burnout, and long-term responsibility can create creative blocks by compressing identity and keeping us stuck in survival mode. I share insights from my own recovery journey, exploring how rest, boundaries, autonomy, and gentle self-compassion can help rebuild creativity, restore aliveness, and reconnect us with our authentic selves.

Got thoughts or feedback? Tap here to send me a quick note—I’d love to hear from you!

Support the show

Connect with Jenny Leigh:

• Beat blocks. Find flow. Start creating: Creative Empowerment Sampler
• Restore energy & balance: Burnout RESET Guide
• Nurture YOUR creative life: Creative Empowerment Coaching
• Get inspired with a book: 🌻 Kaleidoscope Of The Heart: A Poetry and Lyrics Collection or 🎹 Start Piano: What You Need For Successful Learning!

SUBSCRIBE to Your Creative Chord on Apple or Spotify! Please rate and review—it helps others find creative inspiration, too!

Your Creative Chord Podcast show music, Sun & Bloom © 2016 Jenny Leigh Hodgins | All Content, music, poetry © 2027 Jenny Leigh Hodgins All Rights Reserved.

In episode 90, I continue sharing my personal grief journey through original music, poetry, and reflection, showing how creativity can help you to process loss, stay connected to your loved ones, and find meaning in your experiences. I invite you into a meditative space to explore your own emotions, using creative expression as a gentle way to honor your feelings, reduce isolation, and cultivate healing and connection.

• Continue exploring my books Kaleidoscope of the Heart: A Collection of Poetry
and Lyrics and Start Piano: What You Need for Successful Learning and the inspiration behind them at: YourCreativeChord.com/books

Got thoughts or feedback? Tap here to send me a quick note—I’d love to hear from you!

Support the show

Connect with Jenny Leigh:

• Beat blocks. Find flow. Start creating: Creative Empowerment Sampler
• Restore energy & balance: Burnout RESET Guide
• Nurture YOUR creative life: Creative Empowerment Coaching
• Get inspired with a book: 🌻 Kaleidoscope Of The Heart: A Poetry and Lyrics Collection or 🎹 Start Piano: What You Need For Successful Learning!

SUBSCRIBE to Your Creative Chord on Apple or Spotify! Please rate and review—it helps others find creative inspiration, too!

Your Creative Chord Podcast show music, Sun & Bloom © 2016 Jenny Leigh Hodgins | All Content, music, poetry © 2027 Jenny Leigh Hodgins All Rights Reserved.

In episode 89, part 1 of my Grief, Loss & Creativity series, I share my personal journey through grief and loss, and how you can use creativity—through poetry, music, and reflection—as a way to process emotions, reduce isolation, and find deeper meaning. I invite you to sit with your own feelings and explore creative expression as a gentle, healing path toward connection, resilience, and inner strength.

📚This episode also marks the two-year anniversary of both of my books, created from years of teaching, composing, writing, and lived creative practice.

• Kaleidoscope of the Heart: A Collection of Poetry and Lyrics
A reflective collection of poetry and lyrics exploring emotion, resilience, and creative expression.

• Start Piano: What You Need for Successful Learning
A grounded guide for new and returning piano learners seeking clarity, structure, and confidence at the keyboard.

Explore both books: https://YourCreativeChord.com/books

•      Explore your own creative process with simple tools from my free Creative Empowerment Sampler: YourCreativeChord.com/getinspiredhere

On the Wings of Faith ©️2019 JL Hodgins

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Support the show

Connect with Jenny Leigh:

• Beat blocks. Find flow. Start creating: Creative Empowerment Sampler
• Restore energy & balance: Burnout RESET Guide
• Nurture YOUR creative life: Creative Empowerment Coaching
• Get inspired with a book: 🌻 Kaleidoscope Of The Heart: A Poetry and Lyrics Collection or 🎹 Start Piano: What You Need For Successful Learning!

SUBSCRIBE to Your Creative Chord on Apple or Spotify! Please rate and review—it helps others find creative inspiration, too!

Your Creative Chord Podcast show music, Sun & Bloom © 2016 Jenny Leigh Hodgins | All Content, music, poetry © 2027 Jenny Leigh Hodgins All Rights Reserved.

In this episode, I share how to actively practice nurturing hope, joy, and creativity from within by facing your emotions honestly, embracing self-compassion, and using life’s challenges as fuel for growth. We explore simple, consistent ways to encourage yourself—through creativity, gratitude, and spiritual practices—so you can cultivate a deeper, more resilient sense of happiness regardless of external circumstances.

Explore simple tools to move through creative blocks with my FREE Creative Empowerment Sampler: yourcreativechord.com/getinspiredhere

For personalized guidance to empower your creative flow and inspired living, apply for my Creative Empowerment Coaching Program (asynchronous 1:1 coaching): yourcreativechord.com/workwithme

Got thoughts or feedback? Tap here to send me a quick note—I’d love to hear from you!

Support the show

Connect with Jenny Leigh:

• Beat blocks. Find flow. Start creating: Creative Empowerment Sampler
• Restore energy & balance: Burnout RESET Guide
• Nurture YOUR creative life: Creative Empowerment Coaching
• Get inspired with a book: 🌻 Kaleidoscope Of The Heart: A Poetry and Lyrics Collection or 🎹 Start Piano: What You Need For Successful Learning!

SUBSCRIBE to Your Creative Chord on Apple or Spotify! Please rate and review—it helps others find creative inspiration, too!

Your Creative Chord Podcast show music, Sun & Bloom © 2016 Jenny Leigh Hodgins | All Content, music, poetry © 2027 Jenny Leigh Hodgins All Rights Reserved.

In Episode 87: Burnout Recovery & Spiritual Practices for Brain Health I share how spiritual practices support burnout recovery, brain health, and sustainable creative energy. Learn simple, practical ways to strengthen resilience, restore clarity, and engage creatively without depleting yourself.

RELATED EPISODES/RESOURCES: 

• 6 Ways to Overcome Burnout and Transform Negativity into Creative Flow
• Burnout Uncovered: Talk on Struggle & Recovery Part 1
• Reflecting on Burnout & Rebuilding Creative Energy Part 2
• How Setting Boundaries Leads to Joy & Stronger Relationships
• Boundaries for Protecting Your Creative Energy
• How to Deal with Resistance to Your Boundaries
• Creative Tools for Navigating Boundaries
• Creative Power, Burnout Recovery, & Becoming the Main Character in Your Life
  
  

RESET your energy with my Burnout RESET Guide — simple steps you can use right away.

For deeper support, get my Burnout RESET Kit to restore energy, set boundaries, & sustain creative engagement! 

Let’s Talk Brain Health podcast - The Role of Spirituality in Brain Health

Christine Turo-Shields Virtual Brain Health Lisa Miller's The Awakened Brain

Got thoughts or feedback? Tap here to send me a quick note—I’d love to hear from you!

Support the show

Connect with Jenny Leigh:

• Beat blocks. Find flow. Start creating: Creative Empowerment Sampler
• Restore energy & balance: Burnout RESET Guide
• Nurture YOUR creative life: Creative Empowerment Coaching
• Get inspired with a book: 🌻 Kaleidoscope Of The Heart: A Poetry and Lyrics Collection or 🎹 Start Piano: What You Need For Successful Learning!

SUBSCRIBE to Your Creative Chord on Apple or Spotify! Please rate and review—it helps others find creative inspiration, too!

Your Creative Chord Podcast show music, Sun & Bloom © 2016 Jenny Leigh Hodgins | All Content, music, poetry © 2027 Jenny Leigh Hodgins All Rights Reserved.

Episode 86: How To Attune to Your Creative Voice 

In this episode, I share how to attune to your creative voice using simple, self-compassionate practices that help you move past blocks and creative uncertainty. I walk you through my Creative Exploration Formula so you can reconnect with your intuition, strengthen your creative flow, and begin creating with clarity and confidence right away.

RESOURCES:

Explore the 7 steps of my Creative Exploration Formula with my free Creative Empowerment Sampler! 

For personalized guidance to build sustainable creative flow, apply for Creative Empowerment Coaching here. 

Got thoughts or feedback? Tap here to send me a quick note—I’d love to hear from you!

Support the show

Connect with Jenny Leigh:

• Beat blocks. Find flow. Start creating: Creative Empowerment Sampler
• Restore energy & balance: Burnout RESET Guide
• Nurture YOUR creative life: Creative Empowerment Coaching
• Get inspired with a book: 🌻 Kaleidoscope Of The Heart: A Poetry and Lyrics Collection or 🎹 Start Piano: What You Need For Successful Learning!

SUBSCRIBE to Your Creative Chord on Apple or Spotify! Please rate and review—it helps others find creative inspiration, too!

Your Creative Chord Podcast show music, Sun & Bloom © 2016 Jenny Leigh Hodgins | All Content, music, poetry © 2027 Jenny Leigh Hodgins All Rights Reserved.

Episode 85: From Overwhelm to Creative Flow - Lessons in Resilience, Boundaries, and Sustainable Action

In this episode, I share how burnout, caregiving, community leadership, and life’s ongoing challenges taught me powerful lessons about resilience, boundaries, and sustainable creative action. Drawing from real-world experience and Buddhist practice, I offer practical insights to help you protect your energy, reclaim clarity, and move from overwhelm into creative flow.

RESOURCES:

Get my free Creative Empowerment Sampler!

For immediate support with burnout, grab my free Burnout RESET Guide.

If you’re ready for personalized support to apply these practices in your real life—at your pace and within your capacity—I offer 1:1 Creative Empowerment Coaching to help you protect your energy, clarify priorities, and move forward sustainably.

Apply to work with me here.

Got thoughts or feedback? Tap here to send me a quick note—I’d love to hear from you!

Support the show

Connect with Jenny Leigh:

• Beat blocks. Find flow. Start creating: Creative Empowerment Sampler
• Restore energy & balance: Burnout RESET Guide
• Nurture YOUR creative life: Creative Empowerment Coaching
• Get inspired with a book: 🌻 Kaleidoscope Of The Heart: A Poetry and Lyrics Collection or 🎹 Start Piano: What You Need For Successful Learning!

SUBSCRIBE to Your Creative Chord on Apple or Spotify! Please rate and review—it helps others find creative inspiration, too!

Your Creative Chord Podcast show music, Sun & Bloom © 2016 Jenny Leigh Hodgins | All Content, music, poetry © 2027 Jenny Leigh Hodgins All Rights Reserved.

In episode 84, How Sightreading Sparks Creative Flow, I’m talking with piano educator David Holter about sightreading, creative flow, and playing with more ease and confidence. We explore his “blue mode” and “red mode” approach—along with the approach of focusing on one skill at a time. David's teaching method is based on the Lister Sink Method, which relieves pressure, builds tactile awareness, and strengthens rhythm and musicality.

We talk about breaking sightreading into manageable steps, developing a mindful connection between your eyes, hands, and the keys, and how making mistakes can actually be a powerful part of learning. David also shares how body awareness and injury-preventive technique can transform your playing, making it more expressive, enjoyable, and sustainable over time.

This episode is packed with practical tips for adult piano learners, returning players, and anyone who wants to read music and play more freely without getting caught up in perfectionism. You’ll leave with specific strategies to deepen your practice, enjoy music more fully, and nurture your creative flow.

Connect with David Holter 👇

• SightreadingSpark.com – workshops and courses
• Sightreading Spark (Facebook) – free strategies and tips
• Lister Sink Methodology - the approach that informs David's teaching

Take Your Piano Practice Further:

🎹 Essential Piano Basics Course 🎹 – Enrollment is open now! Build a strong foundation at the keyboard with essential tools, develop the mindset and effective practice strategies to overcome frustration and plateaus, and make steady, confident progress in your piano learning.  YourCreativeChord.com/epb

Got thoughts or feedback? Tap here to send me a quick note—I’d love to hear from you!

Support the show

Connect with Jenny Leigh:

• Beat blocks. Find flow. Start creating: Creative Empowerment Sampler
• Restore energy & balance: Burnout RESET Guide
• Nurture YOUR creative life: Creative Empowerment Coaching
• Get inspired with a book: 🌻 Kaleidoscope Of The Heart: A Poetry and Lyrics Collection or 🎹 Start Piano: What You Need For Successful Learning!

SUBSCRIBE to Your Creative Chord on Apple or Spotify! Please rate and review—it helps others find creative inspiration, too!

Your Creative Chord Podcast show music, Sun & Bloom © 2016 Jenny Leigh Hodgins | All Content, music, poetry © 2027 Jenny Leigh Hodgins All Rights Reserved.