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Cat Rose digs deep into the struggles creative introverts face and provides you with actionable tips every week. Topics tackled include: battling fear, increasing confidence, self-promotion without feeling sleazy, and overcoming procrastination.
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Today's podcast guest, Azhelle Wade, has worked in the toy industry for over 10 years with companies like Toys R Us, Horizon Group USA, and now Creative Kids, as the VP of Brand and Product. Azhelle launched The Toy Coach when she noticed that too many inventors attend toy shows or pitch meetings with “half baked” ideas that they’d spent too much money on. Her podcast, Making It in The Toy Industry teaches inventors how to keep their toy and game ideas toyetic, cost-effective, and how to answer buyer needs.
We discuss Azhelle's 5-step process to unlocking your ideas, which are game changers whether you're designing toys or anything else for that matter!
Find Azhelle at: https://www.thetoycoach.com/
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This episode of The Creative Introvert has come about from my personal, recent experience with "re-branding" (I also cover why I'm so averse to that word) and the tips I have for you, if you're feeling like you have outgrown your current "brand" and want to give it a refresh.
I've also made a handy dandy little pdf guide to guide you through the steps I share in this episode, as well as a checklist for guiding a website redesign project. Find that at http://thecreativeintrovert.com/rebrand/
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This is a bit of a different episode of the Creative Introvert… I’m going to share the recording of my recent monthly astrology forecast meetups with you. Already I can here many of you skipping this podcast, I know not everyone will be into this – I’m sharing it for those who are and for those who are maybe a bit astro-curious…
I know before I got the astrology bug, I thought it was complete nonsense… I actually had no idea how diverse the field is, and so even if you think you know what astrology is about, I hope this will give you a taste of the kind of astrology I’m learning, practicing and loving.
So if this is well received, I’ll start playing the recording each month. If it’s not for you, no worries, hopefully you’ll stick around for the other shows – I see it like the Joe Rogan MMA episodes, which I always skip. I still love Rogan, but I’m not going to listen to those fight ones: not for me.
Last thing, if you’re interested in attending the next astro meetup live and the next Creative Moon Circle (next weekend, 5th July) you can! Just visit patreon.com/creativeintro and you’ll see the options to support the show and get access to these events.
References & Further Reading:https://khaldea.com/planets/merc_px.shtml
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We need to discern what works from what doesn’t, what we’re going for and whether or not what we’ve done hits the mark.
It’s built into our genetic code or something. We are discriminating creatures, all living beings are - and when we fail, it can mean the difference between life and death. Naturally it’s a big deal to us.
But "bad" judgement is *really* bad.
Judging whether a line you put down is right or wrong is what makes art better. It makes us better. It’s what gets us closer to the mark, the ideal.
But the fear that creeps up before we’ve even put down the mark, for fear it might be wrong, that’s the kind of judgement that kills our creativity.
That's what I'm going to be tackling in today's episode of The Creative Introvert. I hope you enjoy it!
References & Further Reading:
https://www.positivelypresent.com/2009/05/stop-judging.html
Playful Mind Hardcover by James Downton https://amzn.to/2zNpDjq
Get 60 days of free reading on Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/g/7anpba
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Today I'm talking with Scott Stroud about how we can use our imagination to unlock our creativity, find meaning and basically feel like we can take on the world.
Scott works with various types of individuals and teams from artists to software developers, managers to medical professionals, and every day normal people navigate their own language and metaphors to get clear about what they want exactly and how to get it. He's also volunteered with the long-term unemployed at a local meal center to help them find purpose using the same techniques. The venture was a success and culminated in some of the attendees leading their own groups at the center.
Resources mentionedScott's website
Pre-order Scott's book
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“Loneliness is as much a reality of life as night and rain and thunder, and it can be lived creatively, as any other experience. So I say, let there be loneliness, for where there is loneliness there is also love, and where there is suffering, there also is joy.” ~ Clark Moustakas
In today's episode I'm going to be taking a deeper dive into the subject of loneliness, and hopefully sharing a new way to look at loneliness, especially if you're a creative introvert.
Resources mentioned:
Loneliness by Clark E. Moustakas
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/07/11/the-lonely-city-olivia-laing/
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/06/16/virginia-woolf-loneliness/
https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/04/17/delacroix-journal-solitude/
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Why am I talking about dragons? Well... these fearsome creatures have become quite a dominant part of my inner landscape over the past year or so, and I think it's high time they get some recognition through my creative work.
I also feel there's a lot we can learn from our dragon friends, from coping with anxiety to finding your buried creative treasure to feeling more confident and self-assured.
Also, with eclipse season on the horizon, we're entering the mouth of the dragon, whether we want to or not. So, might as well try to prepare.
Along with this episode, I've created a little PDF guide that walks you through the upcoming eclipses, what eclipses actually mean and what to expect over the coming months. If you'd like to grab your free guide, sign up below and you'll be sent to the download page!
Download your 2020 Eclipse Guide Resources mentionedDancing with Dragons by DJ Conway
Get 2 months of reading free on Scribd (and if you search around you’ll actually find my book there for free as a pdf so enjoy)
A Little History of Dragons by Joyce Hargreaves
The Traditional Meaning of the Nodes of the Moon
Don’t let slaying dragons become an addiction!
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I’ve been thinking a LOT about calling. What we’re destined for. This idea of a path that we’re meant to walk and if we just figure out what that is, we’ll be happy.
My problem is, that I - and maybe you too - had been convinced that our calling is something like: shaping the universe around us to meet our desires. Oh, and that when it’s shaped just how we want, we’ll be happy.
In today's episode, I share my current outlook on what it really means to have a calling, and hopefully provide some comfort, if you're feeling a bit lost.
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Today I’m tackling a topic I’ve been musing over for some time now. Maybe even years at this point. I’ve also had people - clients, listeners of the podcast, people in the League - all asking about this, and quite frankly I find myself asking questions about it regularly too. The mysterious topic is: intuition.
Now, like with all of these episodes, I’m not claiming to have a definitive answer, now or ever, on these things, but I am aiming to provide us with some material, some "prima materia" perhaps, we can use to deepen our understanding of the intuition.
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Studies have shown that people would rather definitely get an electric shock now than maybe be shocked later, and show greater nervous-system activation when waiting for an unpredictable shock (or other unpleasant stimulus) than an expected one.
I think we can all agree that uncertainty is something we all want to avoid, and we can go to extreme lengths to do so. Living in these uncertain times is understandably, a cause for anxiety. I'm hoping though, in this episode, I can help you find a way to live with uncertainty - and actually find some peace.
POWERED BY PATREONThis podcast is made possible only by means of my generous supporters on Patreon. Thank you! Supporting the Creative Introvert podcast also gets you lots of goodies, from access to the League of Creative Introverts online community, to online 1-1 coaching, with yours truly. Hitting milestones also funds future projects, and ideas guided by you, my supporters.
If you leave a rating and review on iTunes (here's how to do that) I will be as happy as a kitten playing with a laser beam (or sob into my pillow, depending on what you write.)
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