Your Creative Haven

Rachel is one of Co-Be's co-founders. She's a photographer, brand designer, and floral designer. Growing up she was always the girl with a camera in her backpack, snapping photos and passing them out to high school friends. As a hyper-sensitive person, she is a student of understanding the workings of her inner world. Today she discusses her own journey of feeling like a fraud to creating the kinds of things she's always wanted to create.

What do you do when you've worked really hard to build something and it all falls apart? Tim MacArthur, founder of Cult, a private label clothing brand shares his story about opening up a brick and mortar shop in Chicago not knowing that two weeks later a pandemic would shut down the world. He shares incredible wisdom about leaning into your friendships and network as well as being grateful and staying humble throughout the process.

Kahrin's initial plan in life was to become a professional basketball player. She had played in college and was planning to play overseas and travel around Europe for a few years and then figure out what her job would be since she had a degree in international business. But after college ended, she didn't want to play anymore and was unsure of what she wanted to do next. In this episode Kahrin talks about her unexpected journey to becoming a singer-songwriter and writing music to help other people heal from pain in their lives.

Musician and Video Producer, Jordan Saylor, shares his journey from writing angsty music about girl problems, to experiencing a friend committing suicide, and falling into addiction to recovering from the pain and getting free from addiction. You don't want to miss this amazing story, especially if you struggle with depression or suicide. You will gain hope hearing how he came out of the dark place he felt stuck in.

In today's episode you get to hear from one of our co-founders, Devin Sutter. She's a hairstylist, photographer, and social media manager. Devin shares her story from trying to decide whether to go to college or go straight to cosmetology school. She gets to work at her dream salon and finds a love for photography along the way. Devin gives great insight and wisdom from finding your path to making a living doing what you love for all creatives out there.

Do you want to live out your dreams doing what you love and what you’re good at? In part two of this series, we talk with our friend Jonathan Gulley, former chief strategy officer and head of operations at Magnolia, about what it takes to get there. Jonathan talks about working on your inner life more than your outer life. He shares about the importance of having good relationships in your life and learning to practice healthy rhythms. That means taking inventory of our inner world and staying emotionally current in our relationships to keep our headspace clean. As a musician and songwriter, Jonathan believes in the power of music to inspire and give others hope, which is the big why behind his creating.

In this two part series, former head of operations and chief strategy officer of Magnolia, Jonathan Gulley, talks about working with great people, getting into a healthy headspace to make meaningful creative work, and how being uncomfortable is not actually a bad thing. He currently is writing music for film & television and owns a consulting business called Founders Table that helps founders, visionaries, and leadership teams bring their dreams to life.

Have you worried that you don't know enough to begin a new business, project, or hobby? In this episode we interview photographer, Chloe Sheldon to hear her story from starting photography in college and having a professor rip up her photos to becoming a star in the class later on. She shares her creative journey from art to photography and talks about the process of coming into your own way of creativity. We talk about learning to trust your gut in decision making. Chloe shares how she uses her experience training as a gymnast to continue to move through failures in photography and creativity. And for all you photographers trying to start a business out there, this one's for you.

Do you feel like you’re trying to make sense of your life, what your purpose is, and how it all ties together? Are you overworked, exhausted, and really just feeling empty in your career?

My friend, Krissy Johnson, a business consultant and coach with a ton of success early on at a young age and a wide variety of experience shares her incredible story of how she went from working herself into constant illness, to the point of being suicidal, and then having a major spiritual experience and a miraculous healing from an injury that turned her life around into something more fulfilling and full of joy.

You can find her at KrissyMarie.com

Do you feel like you don’t know what you’re doing in your field? Are you afraid to step out in a project? Are you sick of feeling so much pressure when working on an idea?

Good. You’re just like the rest of us!

Listen to our latest podcast episode about learning by doing even when you have no clue what you’re doing. We talk about having fun creating with your friends and letting go of perfectionism.

Hear Josh and his brother and cousin’s stories about making movies in their childhood and in the present. We’re sure you’ll laugh when you hear about the mistakes they’ve made and what they’ve learned along the way.

It’ll take off the pressure of having to do it right and give you the confidence to try new things and take risks. And most of all, it will remind you that creating is supposed to be fun!

Enjoy!