Artists Rising

Hello my friends! So excited to share this interview with four incredible female artists from different parts of the world who have all taken part in the Creative Mastermind at Artists Rising! Opera singer, writer, and composer, Nicole Mitchell, singer-songwriter Sofia Aarvik, actress and singer Amie Avie and singer-songwriter Makayla King share parts of their stories and how group coaching at Artists Rising has impacted their lives and their art. The Mastermind is taking on a new form starting this month and is now going to be called, The Collective! So in honor of the Artists Rising Collective, I hope you enjoy this episode and are inspired to join the upcoming FREE online workshop this Wednesday, September 15th and the Collective this month! Sign up for the workshop at www.artistsrisingco.com/freeworkshop

Today's episode is a teaching from the Artists RIsing Collective Mastermind for Creatives on how making decisions builds momentum. The Mastermind at Artists Rising Co. is a group coaching community centered around cultivating creativity, and mental/emotional resilience. If you are interested in joining or would like more info send JennyRebecca an e-mail at mail@jennyrebecca.com! 

JennyRebecca interviews electronic musician Cile and we talk about women in tech, how she started getting into electronic music and producing herself and changed direction from a masters in philosophy to music (and how the two intertwine!). She also gives some beautiful encouragement for artists who find themselves feeling stuck or are just beginning. Follow Cile @ciletive; @artistsrisingco For more info about the Songwriters Studio: http://www.jennyrebecca.online/songwritersstudio

Celebrating 100 episodes of the Artists Rising Podcast today! I recently read a great book by Kindra Hall called Choose Your Story, Change Your Life and I wanted to share some beautiful things that Kindra writes about today because creating the stories that shape our lives is so central to the main themes of Artists Rising and why this podcast and collective was started!  Definitely follow Kindra Hall and read her book @kindrahall! To join the Mastermind at Artists Rising, e-mail mail@jennyrebecca.com! Follow @iamjennyrebecca and @artistsrisingco

An interview with violist, violinist, composer and director of The Irresistible Music Company, Shasta Ellenbogen where we talk about "Unlearning" certain schools of thought that tend to come with classical training, improvisation and freedom of expression! To find out more about Shasta and her company go to: http://www.irresistiblemusiccompany.com To sign up for Vocal Boot Camp: http://www.jennyrebecca.online/voice To sign up for Spring Sing Songwriting Challenge: http://www.jennyrebecca.online/springsing  @artistsrisingco @iamjennyrebecca

JennyRebecca talks with jewelry designer and metalsmith Christie Nelson of @annmanndesigns and @2Sdesignhouse about living in the illusions we create for ourselves in life, creativity and business and how every thing we experience in life sets us up for the next opportunity! Join the Spring Sing Songwriting Challenge: http://www.jennyrebecca.online/springsing

The only thing standing in the way between you and your dreams, or whatever you want to achieve, is a feeling - and usually a feeling you want to avoid. Feeling our feelings and embracing our emotions truly open the doors to our dreams. They are keys to success and an invitation to push into more expansion on the way to any goal or creative dream you have.  Sign up for the SPRING SING Songwriting Challenge: http://www.jennyrebecca.online/springsing

JennyRebecca interviews artist, composer, harpist and singer Calvin Arsenia as they talk about nourishing the ecosystem of the heart, navigating self-hatred, nurturing inspiration, and creating/fascilitating life changing performances. Follow @calvinarsenia @artistsrisingco

A big part of learning how to pursue our artistic dreams is learning how to navigate major disappointment and process pain. In today's episode, I share a personal story and some of the ways that I processed my pain and disappointment and I hope that you will find it valuable on your own creative journey.  Follow @artistsrisingco and @iamjennyrebecca. Join the Artists Rising Collective Group Coaching Mastermind - www.https://www.jennyrebecca.com/coaching

Today I am talking about some of the beautiful ideas Brené Brown writes about in her book, The Gifts of Imperfection, particularly along this guidepost of cultivating laughter, song and dance and letting go of needing to be cool or in control. ALSO letting go of self-betrayal when we silence our own artistic expression. Hope you enjoy today's episode! To sign up for the free 5-Day ThanksSINGING Challenge: http://www.jennyrebecca.online/ThanksSINGING

Today I'm sharing one of the workshops that I gave for the Songtober Songwriting Challenge on Creative Discipline so I hope you all enjoy it! I tell a little bit about my story and also some juicy ways to keep moving forward in your own creative discipline practice! To sign up for ThanksSINGING visit www.jennyrebecca.online/ThanksSINGING Follow @artistsrisingco and @iamjennyrebecca for more inspo!

I hope you enjoy this conversation with singer-songwriter, podcaster, and artist encourager, Christa Wells! We talk about so many beautiful things, including creating beautiful community on Patreon, through crowdfunding, online and beyond! Christa is an incredible artist and coach to other artists! Follow Christa on instagram @christawellsmusic and @artist.and Follow and learn more about Artists Rising Collective @artistsrisingco and @iamjennyrebecca

If we are waiting for art to be easy, we are going to make it harder than it needs to be. Sign up for Vocal Boot Camp 3- Day Intensive October 25-27th: www.jennyrebecca.online/voice Follow: @artistsrisingco and @iamjennyrebecca

Today I'm talking about what Brene Brown found in her research as she was interviewing people was that the people that she interviewed who most exhibited Wholehearted living weren't anxiety free or even anxiety - averse; they were anxiety aware. They were committed to a way of living where anxiety was a reality but not a lifestyle and they did this by cultivating calm and stillness in their lives and making these practices their norm. Follow @artistsrisingco & @iamjennyrebecca

Asking some important questions today and continuing the conversation of letting go of comparison and cultivating creativity. Sign up for this week's free workshops through Songtober here: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

When I first started writing songs, I allowed my inner critic wayyy too much room in the process. I had to eventually learn to set judgment and ego on the side. Today's mini-episode is about this! It's not too late to jump in on Songtober! The free Songwriting Challenge during the month of October: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

What are your earliest memories of creativity? What did you love to do that was creative when you were little? What did you love to play? And when did you start to notice a shift in comparing yourself to others? When did it start to change so that you were more worried about conforming or competing or belonging or being better than the other kids around you? Sign up for the Free Songtober Workshops starting today: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

As artists, it's even more important to have people in our lives that see us - in our big-ness and our small-ness...people who can encourage us and know who we really are - in our fullest potential - even in the moments when we are struggling and we can't see it ourselves.   

Today we are talking about letting go of our need for approval from others or from ourselves and just doing the work!  Sign up for the free week of workshops this week as part of Songtober: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

“Doing what you love doesn't mean that you love all aspects of what you do, " - Cecilie Beck. JennyRebecca and Cecilie talk today about juggling lots of passions, including motherhood and creative projects in different mediums.  Follow Cecilie here for music: @ceciliebeckofficial; @gatetovenusofficial and here for paintings: @ceciliebeckkronborg Sign up for the free Songtober Songwriting Challenge: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

Seth Godin wrote “Art is the work we do where there is no right answer - and yet the journey is worth the effort.” It may seem like there is a right answer, as you are pursuing your creative dreams, but the beautiful thing about art is that those rules are also meant to be broken, and that is what the world really wants and celebrates ...art that changes us. Sign up for Songtober Songwriting Challenge: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

A lot of people wait for inspiration to come before they start working. Some people wait their whole lives for this. I just want to remind you that your work is too important to be left to how you feel today. Sign up for Songtober Songwriting Challenge: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

One of the ways we tend to try to avoid criticism is to sound like everyone else. Anytime we do that, for long periods of time, we are actually hiding and not trusting our own voices to come through in whatever we are creating. Today's episode is about finding your own authenticity and feeling free to just be you, express yourself, sound like yourself and not like anyone else. Sign up for Songtober: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

Thoughts on compassion and rejection...musings on whether we are drawn to our art for specific healing purposes. Sign up for the free Songtober Songwriting Challenge here:  www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

The way that we change the world and serve other people is by sending out the highest possible resonance that we can. What is the highest possible resonance? Love. It's love. And it starts with knowing that you are valuable. And that YOU are fully loved. Sign up for Songtober here: www.jennyrebecca.online/Songtober If you are interested in the mastermind, e-mail JR: mail@jennyrebecca.com or dm on instagram: @iamjennyrebecca

Songtober (the free Songwriting Challenge during the month of October) is in full swing and it is not too late to join! We will be going all month! And surrender is a perfect theme as we start off...Creativity is a practice in surrender. That's what today's mini-episode is about! Sign up for Songtober here: www.jennyrebecca.online/Songtober

Sometimes life just gets really hard, and we tend to back away from those moments but it's in those difficult, challenging places where we really have an opportunity to grow stronger. The medicine is in the resistance! Songtober is starting today!!! Sign up for the free songwriting challenge during the month of October: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

Today I'm sharing another little clip from the Artists Rising Co. Mastermind, which is essentially group coaching that I do every Sunday night with a very special group of creatives. Today's clip is part of a teaching about the power of our thoughts and creating thoughts, which then lead to emotions, and how that is the very most important thing.  If you're interested in the Mastermind, message me @iamjennyrebecca or mail@jennyrebecca.com Songtober Sign up! -www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

Today I'm sharing a clip from the Artists Rising Co Mastermind where Sarah is sharing about how overwhelmed she feels sometimes when she looks at certain artists who seem like they are able to do everything on their own and she realized she's been blaming the fact that she felt alone or didn't have the right people around her had been holding her back from creating.We talk about some possible thoughts and emotions she could create so that she can take full responsibility for her own creative journey and progress. 

Telling some stories today about how opportunities came about in my creative life often in ways I didn't expect. We are wise to not have too many expectations about how everything needs to come about, but just stay open to delight and trust that are dreams are running to meet us any way they can! Sign Up for Songtober Songwriting Challenge: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

Sometimes when we feel stuck in life or in our art, it's hard to see that there is progress happening or any forward movement. But change is always happening, and realizing it fully, is directly related to how we see things and if we are open to looking at things differently. Sign up for Songtober, the free Songwriting Challenge: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober

Just a reminder for you today that sometimes the very things that feel like our moments of desperation and despair where we finally break down and give in or give up? Those are usually the moments of breakthrough - but we can't often see it in the moment.  Join Songtober, the free Songwriting Challenge during the month of October: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober Follow @artistsrisingco @iamjennyrebecca

Some thoughts on procrastination and why we do it in the creative process. Sign up for the SONGTOBER - the free Songwriting Challenge during the month of October here: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober Follow @artistsrisingco and @iamjennyrebecca

Sharing a clip of a coaching that was done in the Artists Rising Mastermind today with Cristina Rodríguez, an incredibly talented singer-songwriter from Spain. On the call (which actually happened last year) we are talking about her dream of releasing new music and her thoughts around it and NEXT WEEK, September 30th, SHE IS RELEASING HER FIRST SINGLE!!! So go and follow her and support her!!! @crisrlluch

"The most self-centered, egotistical, narcissistic thing that you could do as a songwriter or as an artist is to stay alone, in your room, and never share it (your art) with anybody else. But once you share it...that connection is what cultivates culture. It what causes people to exchange ideas with people they would never come across in life.." -Nate Bernardini  It was such a pleasure interviewing singer-songwriter Nate Bernardini for today's episode! Find him @natebernardini @thehiddenkeysmusic @theonedayfly &@brokeandbetweenjobs  Sign up for this Friday's Masterclass here: www.jennyrebecca.online/masterclass

A little clip from one of my Mastermind Coaching sessions: The most important component in the whole process of transformation is to look at the landscape of our lives and just BE there for ourselves and cultivate that love within ourselves so that from that place, the only option is to RISE. Sign up for the Songtober Songwriting Challenge: www.jennyrebecca.online/songtober This Friday's Vocal Masterclass: www.jennyrebecca.online/masterclass

There are four main stages to accomplishing any goal: 1. Learning 2. Implementing 3. Refining and 4. Maintaining...Most people never get to the refining stage...why? Because it is UNCOMFORTABLE. It requires us to embrace our imperfection and ask ourselves why something isn't working or getting us the results we want. When we can learn to separate our IDENTITIES from our ART, and COMMIT to refining until we accomplish what we've set out to do, we can accomplish anything. 

Our emotions are a map. Our sadness, our anger, our loneliness, our fears...all of these feelings can actually be direct us into our healing and creativity can be our guide. Sign up for the Vocal Masterclass this Friday, September 24th here:www.jennyrebecca.online/masterclass Follow @artistsrisingco and @iamjennyrebecca

When was the last time that you properly fed her the things that she LOVES!!! Somewhere along the way, we grow up. And are just so busy feeding ourselves "shoulds", and "ought to"s and ways we need to improve ourselves but we so easily lose touch with delight, and one of the most important parts of being an artist is to stop forcing yourself all the time to get better! The MOST important part of being an artist? Is the BEING...and we cannot have the energy to BE without the nutrients of things we LOVE. So we need to feed and nourish ourselves with what we love...every day.

Whether you are publicly or privately pursuing art, I do believe that we are all artists, we are all creative. And we are born that way. I also believe that there is no end to the amount of creativity, and the amount of LOVE, we can experience in our day to day lives. In today's episode I'm sharing some examples of how this can look and I hope it inspires you!  Sign up for the Virtual Vocal Masterclass, Friday, September 24th here: www.jennyrebecca.online/masterclass

Creative disciplines and spiritual disciplines lead us to the other...creativity leads me to sacred ground and spirituality invites me to connect with the life force of creativity and brings out all my colors! BOTH lead us to openheartedness...aliveness...boldness...and faith. May you experience a more alive and openhearted life as you listen and as you go through your day!

The truth about sustaining an artistic career or a creative life, is that the less seriously we take ourselves, the more serious work we will probably be able to bring forth. Our creative lives, just like marriage or committed relationships, need romance and playfulness and adventure!

Mini-episode about creativity as therapy...but not because we need to be fixed. Creativity is a therapeutic tool that can help us unravel and uncover our own authentic expressions, our own authentic voices.    I'm trying out a little experiment for the next few months with the podcast and I'd love to have your feedback! I'm going to try putting out a new episode every day - some will just be mini- episodes (like today) but I'd love to know what you think - what do you like? What would you like more of? More interviews? More teachings? Let me know! mail@jennyrebecca.com or dm me on instagram @artistsrisingco or @iamjennyrebecca!

Hey Friends, welcome to Artists Rising! It's so great to be back here on the podcast! I'm your host JennyRebecca Ronning, and it has been a couple of months since our last episode. In today's episode I share a little bit from my personal story and what I've been learning the last few months about listening and more specifically, listening prayer. Hope it inspires and encourages you! Follow: @artistsrisingco @iamjennyrebecca

JennyRebecca interviews Grammy nominated artist, songwriter, and record label CEO Ane Brun about defining success and creating your artistic career on your own terms. Follow Ane @anebrun & www.anebrun.com.  Register for JennyRebecca's Virtual World Tour on May 15th, 22nd or 29th: www.jennyrebeccavirtualtour.eventbrite.com. 

Just some encouraging words that were needed today! Hope you are inspired! To check out JennyRebecca & Artists Rising Co's Virtual World Tour coming up in May, go to www.jennyrebeccavirtualtour.eventbrite.com  FOr more info on coaching or the Mastermind for Creatives e-mail: mail@jennyrebecca.com

I hope you enjoy this interview with musical artist Fleurie! Fleurie means 'bloom' in French and we had such a beautiful time talking about creative process, what it means to flourish as an artist, songwriting, life and spirituality. Follow her @fleuriemusic and join the Artists Rising community @artistsrisingco.

JennyRebecca shares about the sneaky ways we tend to give up on ourselves or our dreams and encourages us to dig deep and look at how that might be happening in our creative journeys. Follow @artistsrisingco and @iamjennyrebecca For coaching and weekly group coaching and community: mail@jennyrebecca.com

Mini-episode with some more wise words from music maker and storyteller Rebecca Commerford on what happens any time we decide to be bold and pioneer something new creatively.

JennyRebecca chats with Rebecca Comerford about the power of art and artists to bring collective change, the responsibility we all have to use our voices and creativity, rediscovering our true identities through creativity. Follow Rebecca Comerford @theballadista; follow @artistsrisingco and @iamjennyrebecca.com. Sign up for the Musical Neuroplasticity Workshop at www.jennyrebecca.com/courses

A mini-episode on finding rest within your restlessness- another important part of cultivating resilience.  Follow @artistsrisingco and @iamjennyrebecca