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192: Carving Time for Yourself with Sarah Matthews and Miriam Schulman May 10, 2022

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As we continue to deal with the tail end of the pandemic that rocked us all in 2020, we are starting to see artists emerging that found perseverance and something to hold on to. Sarah Matthews is an accomplished artist that specializes in printmaking and binding. She's an Alma Thomas Fellow at the Studio Gallery in Washington, DC, and part of the permanent collections of Yale's Manuscript Library. We can't leave out that she's also a wife and busy mom. In this episode, Sarah shares how her art survived the challenges and struggles Covid created. She has incredible experiences teaching art at a college level and sharing her gifts with people everywhere she can.

Areas we explore with Sarah:

How she got her art into Yale
What is an artist's book?
Sarah's art classes for printmaking and binding
Sarah's Covid experience and finding new opportunities
Behind the scenes of an artist's marketing strategy

"If there's something that you really want to do, just go out and do it, [...] we should be able to live our life to the fullest each and every day." -Sarah Matthews

Don't Miss Miriam Schulman's Mindset Playlist to quiet your inner critic and overcome self-doubt.

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191: Mothering Creativity with Candice L. Davis, Whitney McNeill, Allison Lane, Jen Lehner, Patty Lennon, Shaun Roney, and Miriam Schulman May 03, 2022

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In honor of Mother's Day and in the spirit of embracing motherhood (however you experience it), this year I'm bringing together 6 incredible women to share how motherhood has influenced their creativity, tips they have for encouraging creativity in their own kids, and ways to balance your creative career with motherhood.

Jen Lehner, founder of Front Row CEO and Front Row VIP Masterclass shares her lessons on being more present with her kids. Working from home, though physically present, can still create distance and disconnect. Her advice is to build a supportive team that creates the space you need to enjoy a work life balance. Join Jen's waitlist for Front Row CEO

Allison Lane is an editor and marketing strategist that will get your book published and marketed with her company, Allison Lane Literary. Her thoughts around influencing creativity in your children are about encouraging your kids. She has found success balancing motherhood with 1-2 hour time chunks.

Candace L Davis is helping entrepreneurs navigate the publishing process and so much more in her business and with her podcast, Nothing But The Words. Candace's lesson from motherhood that encourages creative thoughts is boredom. Being bored as a child and allowing her children to be bored became the best way to encourage creativity.

"Making space for my children's creativity has simply meant making space for my kids' souls" - Patty Lennon

Patty Lennon, from the Space for Magic Podcast, beautifully shares that, "creativity at its best is something we feel as much as something we do." Having children with completely different creative expressions, Patty reminds us of why honoring children's unique creativity and teaching them to admire the creative process is necessary for future artists.

Whitney McNeill, the founder of the Messenger of Spirit, shares how to connect with your spirit guides and connect with your intuition. She reminds us to be mindful of our energy, and that perfectionism isn't realistic just because that's what society dictates to women and mothers. Whitney is a beautiful reminder to give yourself grace.

Shaun Roney, ADHD coach and founder of Revealed Path Life Coaching expresses why modeled behaviors and skills are the best for your children. Shaun's leading advice is to get your family involved in your creative businesses and honor the components needed to allow more creativity.

"The thing about creativity is it has to have freedom to be whatever it's going to be. Someone can't force you into being creative. They can't teach you how to be creative. They have to allow creativity to happen." -Shaun Roney

Check out Miriam Schulman's Artist Incubator Program

Also, check out Miriam's free Painting Portrait's Masterclass

Additional Episodes Mentioned:

The Art of Receiving Episode 60

Space for Magic Episode 165

Hire Your First VA with Jen Lehner Episode 75

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190: Seasons of Creativity with Chanti Zak and Miriam Schulman Apr 26, 2022

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As frustrating as it may be, you cannot be in a creative state of flow 365 days a year. When you identify as a creative, that can feel like a heartbreak and a bit of an identity crisis, and yet it's a perfectly normal part of life.

You won't always feel like you're in perfect balance, and there are days that we all feel hopeless and think, I've lost my creativity for good (being dramatic time to time is totally fine). Understanding that your personal life will go through seasons, your creativity will go through seasons, and your business will also go through seasons will allow you to manage yourself in these seasons much better.

Chanti Zak is a growth coach and consultant, and the founder of the Empathy Marketing Ecosystem & Agency. She joins me to simplify the most common seasons we experience, explains what you can expect in these seasons, and shares how you can better manage yourself and your success as a creative through all of your seasons.

Chanti's framework of seasons in business for creative endeavors:

Fallow season of hopelessness and the gifts it bears
Fertile season of new beginnings and perspectives that bring energy and inspiration
Flourish season to reap the rewards of the fallow and fertile seasons

A much-needed bonus you don't want to miss in this episode are tips that Chanti and I both share for how to receive abundance. It's something many of us struggle with and these are tips you can implement right away!

"Whatever season you are in, you're in the right place, roll with it and know that change is the only constant."

-Chanti Zak

Artist Incubator

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189: When Your Parents Don't Believe in Your Dreams with Carla Sonheim Apr 19, 2022

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As artists and creatives, it's easy to relate to how crushing criticism about your art can feel. Maybe you know people who never bothered to pick up a paint brush, a pen, or instrument because a poorly delivered comment about their craft killed their excitement and joy.

Have you struggled with self-defeating thoughts like…

Is my art good enough?

Can I call myself an artist?

Am I really creative or wasting my time??

If you're an artist you probably have, and that's okay! You are here and today's guest, Carla Sonheim is an artist, online art teacher, and the author of Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun! She was once a young enthusiastic artist that took one too many blows to her creative ego that pushed her away from art in her teen years. Luckily, she rekindled her passion and love for art in her late 20s, inspired by her own son's art.

Getting Fearless and Bold in Your Creative Pursuits:

Overcoming painful criticism
Finding confidence in your art and skills
Being inspired by the world and life around you
Teaching art online and in person
Creating online art classes and a business that feeds the soul

"Every drawing, no matter if you are a beginner or experienced, has magic to it." -Carla Sonheim

For full show notes, go to schulmanart.com/189

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188: How to Stand Out and Get Your Art Noticed with Jennifer Kem and Miriam Schulman Apr 12, 2022

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Building your art business gets stressful real fast when it takes you beyond the comfort of creating art. Still, marketing, sales, and engagement are a necessity for any person building a business.

Why should you know your brand archetype as an artist? You have your own style and preferred medium of art, so is branding and archetypes really important? After all, you're possibly running ads, you're staying on top of social media posts, and you have your own art collections for sale and available for purchase. Maybe you've even set up a few funnels to grow your business.

Jennifer Kem is the creator of Master Brand. While she agrees that marketing is part of branding, she also distinguishes why branding is more about your messaging.

"The brand is your art, and the rest is science. Marketing is a science, sales is a science, but your brand is the soul of how you're presenting yourself in the world."

-Jennifer Kem

Branding for Artists and Creatives 101:

What branding is and isn't
How artists should think about branding
What is an archetype
What are brand archetypes
Dominant, intrinsic, intuitive, and creator archetypes you should know

For full show notes, go to schulmanart.com/188

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187: Follow Your Passion with Artist Christa Forrest and Miriam Schulman Apr 05, 2022

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In June 2021, something incredible happened that may have included you. Many people have reached a breaking point and are no longer satisfied working in a job that is unfulfilling. If you've been in this situation, you may agree. It can feel like your energy and soul are literally being drained out of your body.

Christa Forrest is living her dream as a full-time artist. She walked away from the prestige, stress, and anxiety of a financial career serving in private wealth management at Merrill Lynch.

Walking away from a lifeless existence only working to pay bills may be simpler than you imagine. Regardless of your art medium and style, pursuing your passion is worth the challenge when the reward is the freedom to create and live on your own terms.

"Just enjoy life and be amazing about what you do."

- Christa Forrest

Christa's Findings to Follow Your Passion:

Why walking away from a stressful career is not as scary as you think
What to consider when you leave a steady paycheck to be happy
How making yourself more visible for the love of your passion is a must
How Christa is changing lives with her Creative Souls Art retreat
Ways to respectfully use photo references for your art medium

Miriam's Inspired Portrait Playlist: Schulman Art Playlist

For full show notes, go to schulmanart.com/187

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186: Pricing Your Art: Prestige Versus Charm Pricing with Miriam Schulman Mar 29, 2022

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How much would you say your art is worth? Turning your art into a fulfilling business that does more than barely get you from one month to the next, is a business skill worth learning.

There's no need to live like a starving artist when you can use your creativity, develop skills, and start thriving in ways you never thought possible.

Understanding the psychology behind pricing and consumer behavior is one part of how artists go from amateur to professional.

"Which part of the brain do you want your customers to be using when buying art?" -Miriam Schulman

Pricing strategies for your business:

Charm or prestige pricing
Rounded pricing
What dollar signs and decimals say about your art
How to use pricing to communicate experience over transactions

This topic is one of the lessons from my forthcoming book Artpreneur. In this episode, you'll discover how to price your art to grow a lucrative business.

Check out the Artist Incubator Program: Art Business Coaching

Listen to the full episode with Jeffrey Shaw: How to Price Your Art

If you had an a-ha moment today, share this episode with a friend and leave a review, it's appreciated!

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185: How to Improve Your Intuition to Unlock Greater Creativity with Allyson Scammell and Miriam Schulman Mar 22, 2022

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Have you been struggling with creative blocks lately? For artists, there is a direct correlation to creative flow and inner knowing and intuition. Are you mindfully connecting with your intuition? Allyson Scammell is an intuitive coach and energy clearing guru that guides entrepreneurs to become more successful. By being open to connection with energy or source, and carefully exercising your intuitive gifts, you can unlock greater creativity than you imagined was possible. The process involves joy, trust, and openness to receiving. "When you have more joy in your process, you attract more buyers. You become that magnetic person, you're creating at your best, and it absolutely leads to more sales. It leads to more abundance..." -Allyson Scammell

Creative Insights to Unlock Creativity Discussed in This Episode:

Spirit animals and greyhounds
Intuitive gifts you have to exercise
5 stages to open the door to your intuition wider

Allyson's 5 Stages to Deeper Intuition:

Invitation
Calibration
Isolation
Initiation
Communication

This is your invitation from Allyson to take time with yourself to explore how your intuition speaks to you. Understanding how to listen to what your body and spirit are telling you is critical to your business and personal success. Really take a moment after this podcast and ask yourself who you are calling yourself to be, and listen for the answer.

Miriam's Free Guide: The Artist Profit Plan

Must-listen podcast playlists: SchulmanArt.com/playlist

184: Overcome Your Fear of Visibility and Public Speaking with Lex Vernon

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184: Overcome Your Fear of Visibility and Public Speaking with Lex Vernon and Miriam Schulman Mar 15, 2022

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It's been estimated that over 75% of the population experiences anxiety around public speaking. A fear of looking foolish, forgetting your words, or lack of experience are just a few of the reasons why the fear of speaking, or glossophobia, is a crowd favorite.

Alexia Vernon, Founder and President of Step into Your Moxie, dubbed the Moxie Maven by President Obama's White House, shares expert tactics to help you crush it the next time you are asked to speak, whether it's live or in a virtual setting.

"The greatest gift we can give ourselves is to slow down"

-Alexia Vernon

Key Insights and Tactics Every Artist Needs for Public Speaking:

How Alexia combines theater, speaking, and coaching
The most important question you'll ever ask yourself
Courageous tips to slow down and deliver your message with intention
The key to delivering clear calls to action that move people
How you can Step into Your Moxie

Alexia's Tip for Moving People Towards Awareness:

Get your audience to identify with the outcome you help them visualize
Communicate your offer so they know it's needed to achieve their outcome

Alexia describes what it means to Step into Your Moxie as, "the process of developing the mindset and the skill set to be able to walk into any room, into any conversation, onto any live or virtual stage and, unapologetically, speak up for yourself for the ideas and issues that matter most to you, and to call people to take action."

You can Step into Your Moxie at Alexia's Live Event coming in April 2022, or you can check out her book, Step Into Your Moxie on Amazon.

Miriam's Free Guide: The Artist Profit Plan

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183: What's Wrong with Your Instagram with Miriam Schulman Mar 08, 2022

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This is part of the continuing "what's wrong with" series. I want to make sure that when you engage using Instagram, that it's effective for you. I'm sharing 5 things I see people doing that just don't work. Hear what they are, along with the steps for your Instagram makeover. What works on social platforms changes and this is a great time to check your account and make sure you are up to date with the most current and effective practices.

5 Things that are wrong with your Instagram account:

No link in bio. Your bio is the most important part of your Instagram account since it's the only place where you can have a live link. Use it well! Hear the 3 best ways to make this work for you.
Your account is private. When someone goes to check out your Instagram page and it's private, you are creating a barrier that doesn't have to be there.
Gaming the system. There are a few things that people do on Instagram to try and "game" the system. Buying followers, following/unfollowing, or using an automated system. Some of this violates terms and conditions and you may even risk account shutdown.

User pods. This is one of those things that sounds like a good idea, but won't give you the results you want. It's not a good use of your time, and it won't bring the engagement that will help you grow your reach.
Your avatar is not a picture of you. People want to engage with a real person, not a brand. Show up as a living, breathing human.

Improve your Instagram account and watch engagement and followers increase. Make your posts and your investment of time there worthwhile.

Links:

What's Wrong with Your Website

What's Wrong with Your Email

The Marketing Playlist

Linktree

Schulman Art Instagram

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