Creatives Do Money is a podcast for self-employed creatives all about money, mindset, and solo small business ownership. Tune in weekly with your host, Eowyn Levene, money mentor and longtime massage therapist in New York City. Listen for inspiring, surprising, and insightful money and business stories from your peers, interviews with money experts, and actionable teaching that guides you to build lasting financial stability and freedom. Have a question you want answered in a podcast episode? Email your question - in text or voice recording form - to Eowyn at hello@plumtreemoney.com
Moving past poverty mindset, affordability in pricing services, our relationship to property ownership and how we make it work when self-employed. So many juicy topics in my conversation with Breathwork practitioner and business coach Amy Kuretsky
Knowing your everyday numbers and having a clear financial map lead to so much for your Future Self.
What does it look like to pivot, to shift according to your values, to radically follow your muse, in business and in life? Diving into deep waters with Nicole Antoinette and offering such a beautiful perspective on life.
If I take myself back to the core habits that are the foundation of the financial systems and structures I have set up to build stability and resilience around money, here are the top three. Have a question you want answered on the podcast? Email Eowyn your Q in text or audio form: hello@plumtreemoney.com I can’t wait to hear from...
This week on the Creatives Do Money Podcast, Episode #32 Your time is a finite resource, one that you never get back once used up or given away. And how you choose to spend your time has huge implications for your business, and your life as a whole. Without any judgement or shoulds, my guest today takes us into the...
Today I'm introducing you to the essential, simple systems and habits that will allow your business finances to support your life with ease instead of stressing you the f*ck out.
Profit First will transform how you handle your cash in your freelance or solo business and help you stabilize your finances. Ean introduces us to Profit First and walks us through some things to look out for, and why this is a game changer for your creative business.
How much money is enough? How much do you need to make? How do you figure out those numbers? that's the topic for today, plus an important update about the Creatives Do Money Podcast!
How much did your regrettable purchases total in the past year? Today we’re getting into the nitty gritty of changing your finances by aligning your spending with your happiness. Sarah Von Bargen has been teaching on this topic for over 10 years and knows all the tips and tricks which she shares with us.
Today we're talking ways to make managing your money and finances easy and sustainable. Practical ways that you can build momentum and ease around handling your money.
Katie and I talk about facing our business finance numbers and feeling kinda naked doing it. We dive into why it’s so important to get clear on the value you offer others, and some key mindset elements to a successful business. There’s some rock climbing metaphors, some mindset exploration and much more.
Today I'm sharing a guest interview I did on KJ Nasrul's Stories of Astonishing Light Podcast. Learn more about my self-care practices, my own financial journey including navigating the financial catastrophe of the pandemic, and 3 essential beliefs to move past in your relationship with money.
What does it look like to be a self-employed anti-capitalist consultant and speaker working with - and for - artists and creatives? Today's guest, Nora Rahimian, shares exactly how she shows up for her values as she does her work in the world.
How can we even handle budgeting amounts of money we can't predict? What if you don't bring in enough money one month to cover your bills? These questions inevitably come up when we think about budgeting. And irregular income may have been the reason we quit trying to use a budget in the past. So, today I'm sharing with you my tried and tested budgeting method that allows you to succeed with variable income.
Eric shares his transition from full-time freelancing to adding in employment, and what led him to make the change, the challenges of student loan debt, and his epic quest to win an apartment lease through the NYC affordable housing lottery.
Have you been thinking that budgeting is difficult, restrictive, and involves a heck load of discipline? Then this is the episode for you. In fact, using a budget can be easy, painless, and it's the best way to grow financial stability and freedom. I'm going to share with you how that's the case in the next few solo episodes.
Today, KJ and I jump into the deep end together, talking about the consciousness and presence required to change longtime patterns of avoidance around money. What does it take to stay present with yourself, your emotions, and to face your money monsters? Because facing those fears, resistances, and avoidances is 100% necessary to changing how you handle your money. And those moments of presence and honesty are essential to building financial stability.
Today we're getting into planning our year ahead, but in a particular way. We're planning from a place of loving and accepting ourselves as we are, and building a vision of what we want to do, to create, to evolve, from there. Also, special Jan 2021 offer alert!
Take an easy, friendly look back at a hard year, gather the financial clues, and gain insight to take with you into the new year ❤️
What's it like to go from struggling on your own with no child support, to financial stability? Today creative design agency owner Cris Greer talks about her journey from being a single mom to her current success, and all the money steps in between.
What do we even google when we want to start investing? If you're self-employed, what's the best way to get going? Today I give you the structure and framework you need to get started with retirement investing when you're a self-employed creative, so you can make empowered decisions and do effective financial research for yourself. I'm also going to talk some about mugs :-)
CPA Melissa and I talk all about her wild ride with personal finance, the strong emotional side of money, and the three key financial reports that lead us towards success in our businesses.
How do we navigate pressures to spend, or to spend in a perfect way, during these emotionally trying times of year?
Chronic illness, health insurance, our unique qualities, navigating our daily and weekly energy levels when we are self-employed creatives, Human Design Tarot, divesting from certain stocks, beginning investing, and more with the writer and creative powerhouse Clare Marie Edgeman
How to tackle your debt when you have the variable income of a self-employed creative? We talk the essential mindset, systems, and approach that will get you to being debt free!
We get into crowdfunding, the years it can take to incubate a big dream, lead generation and more with NYCstylist Phylicia Bernard
Today I'm sharing a key way to identify your unconscious money thoughts and money stories, a first step to changing how you do things in money and business.
Savings 101 for the Self-Employed Creative. We get in to how to get started with savings, freeing up money for building savings on variable income, and some of my best strategies for staying motivated on your financial journey.
Today I'm talking to an incredibly talented classical musician with a really diverse range of skills and longtime experience in the NYC freelance music world. Oh, and he's also my spouse!
Our first ever Q&A episode! Cynthia asks about scarcity mindset around money, and Christi asks how to get past always feeling you could be doing better with money.
This week I'm talking savings, having your own money for the first time, big dreams, and more with social media strategist and brand designer Marina Girgis!
Today, I answer my own guest questions and tell you more about my businesses, the tools I used, and what's essential when just starting out to improve your everyday finances as a creative solopreneur.
Today, we talk about navigating the COVID shutdown challenges, how she approached paying off $25k in student loan debt in just 6 months (holy crow!), and her diverse streams of income.
Are one of these 5 half-truths about money getting in the way of your financial progress? Listen along for what these hard-to-shed stories are that we tell ourselves, and how to move past them when you're ready.
Today we talk deep childhood money impressions, Damaly's wild ride to establishing her pricing and creating her business from scratch, and the two most important steps that have helped her reach 10 figure months within 1 year being full time self-employed.