The Positive Creatives

Monotasking is a self help hot topic right now, but how can we use it to free up more time in our lives to be creative? First step is to stomp out the attention thieves in our lives...★ Support this podcast ★

Sharing with you 3 powerfully simple ways to use The Law of Attraction to really benefit your creativity and your creative business.★ Support this podcast ★

I've not made an episode for 4 months! Why? Why did I quit? Why do we all sometimes consider walking away from our creativity? And how do we get started again?★ Support this podcast ★

Starting the discussion around talent in creativity and whether it's something you can control or just something you have or don't have.★ Support this podcast ★

What is Parkinson's Law and how does it apply to creativity and how do deadlines help combat procrastination and make the most of Parkinson's Law?★ Support this podcast ★

Suffering from a crisis of creative confidence is common, it's normal and we all go through it. Why does it happen and what can we do about it? That's today on the positive creatives...★ Support this podcast ★

Are comfort zones a bad thing in creativity? How do you grow your comfort zone and what the heck does failure have to do with it all?★ Support this podcast ★

Is there a secret to a happy existence as a creative business owner? Well the answer, as always is yes... no... and a little bit of maybe. So let's talk - welcome to The Positive Creatives!★ Support this podcast ★

Ira Glass on Storytelling is a cult hero of a quote about creativity. I want to talk about how we can live with and work around the taste gap in our creativity.★ Support this podcast ★

Why do creatives copy each other? Is creative imitation a bad thing? And what is the bandwagon effect and how does it affect us as creatives?★ Support this podcast ★

Can you make getting creatively inspired into some kind of habit? I think you can! It's a little bit about who, what and where and I'll break down my own habits for you.★ Support this podcast ★

The Spotlight Effect is a pyschological phenomenon that can hold us back from putting our creativity out into the world. Find out more about it and how to work around it!★ Support this podcast ★

Tips for embracing your individuality as a creative, and all the benefits it brings to your art, your life and your soul! All part of being a positive creative!★ Support this podcast ★

The Forward Momentum Creative mindset is about favouring the power of the unknown over specific goals, tactics and strategies!★ Support this podcast ★

What's more important in creative life? Inspiration, motivation or momentum? Which comes first and how do we get inspired and motivated more often?★ Support this podcast ★

Why it's important not to put your growth on social media as your priority, realising that most of your followers are people who won't buy your art, and how to think about what you put out.★ Support this podcast ★

Do it for the love of it and you won't work a day in your life. Apart from when it feels like you're working. A story about an epiphany I had about doing it for the love and how I apply it to my own creative life.★ Support this podcast ★

Stubbornness can be such a powerful tool in learning to trust your gut and find your own voice as a creative artist. I'll talk about how to train your listen-filter and the power of sticking stubbornly to your own path.★ Support this podcast ★

A big discussion about having new ideas and starting working on them, with some encouragement to think back to the very beginning of your journey as a creative and tap into those feelings again.★ Support this podcast ★

What exactly is Impostor Syndrome and why does it affect creatives so universally? I'll tell you what it is, why it happens, and give you some ways to overcome it or at least reduce it.★ Support this podcast ★

Are you a pivoter, an opportunistic optimist or a hero? This episode is for anyone who thinks people should've done the pandemic pivot, anyone who feels like they should've pivoted but didn't, and anyone who just plain couldn't do anything else but get through the long pandemic days.★ Support this podcast ★

Productivity and the Motivation Wall! I'm talking in this episode about how I think managing your momentum is key to ongoing motivation that leads to productivity, including some of the things I'm doing to really prioritise that momentum and make sure you don't hit the metaphorical wall that brings productivity in creativity to a halt!★ Support this podcast ★

Free yourself from the prison of creative perfectionism! Being a perfectionist was once seen as a good thing but over the years research and experience has shown it to be quite the opposite and can hold you back from progressing with your work...★ Support this podcast ★

It's the new year, so that means new year new you, right?! Wrong! Let's talk about setting goals - if you want to, if you don't want to, and how to keep yourself accountable if you do! Setting goals can be useful, but it's not vital from a creativity perspective. In this episode I'll tell you how I work with my own goals and how I think you can set your own and stick to them.★ Support this podcast ★

Asking for feedback on your creative work is an interesting part of being a creative I think. A lot of the times feedback or critique can be hard to hear, but it's a lot about why and how and who you ask.In this episode I will help you take a more considered and, of course, positive approach to the feedback process. To know why you're asking for feedback, to know when not to listen to feedback and to question yourself before you actively look for feedback on your creativity.Full show notes at thepositivecreatives.com★ Support this podcast ★

The Dunning-Kruger effect in creativity explains a lot about why we struggle to get started with learning new creative skills, big or small. Have you ever expected to be great at something before quickly realising you're terrible at it? The Dunning-Kruger effect at work!I'll tell you how to push through it and actually see it as a positive of being tricked into starting new things that you could be great at (obviously - that's kind of the brand here!).Enjoy the episode!Full show notes at thepositivecreatives.com★ Support this podcast ★

Introducing The Positive Creatives! Being a creative is more than just a job or a career, it's a passion - a calling - just something we have to do! Through The Positive Creatives I want to help you (and me) work through the creative process and all its quirks to live the most fulfilling creative life, and keep making whatever it is you make! New episodes every Monday morning.★ Support this podcast ★