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**The Jeanne Oliver Podcast**

Welcome to The Jeanne Oliver Podcast where we talk all things business, art and lifestyle. Your podcast for building a more creative life.

Latest Episodes:

018: Don't Doubt the Journey with Jennifer Little Jun 01, 2020

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Podcast 018 | Don’t Doubt the Journey with Jennifer Little

On this episode, Jeanne talks with Jennifer Little a trendsetter and stylist, and owner of

HEYDAY, an online and brick-and-mortar store in Denver, Colorado and Fort Collins, Colorado

and sister store Knapsack.

2:27 “I have always been a big believer that design principles translate into all areas of

design.”

3:07 “I used to think ‘Gosh, this isn’t working and this isn’t working, and all these things I’m

trying just aren’t panning out.’ And I finally realized they were all setting me up for this

opportunity with HEYDAY.”

6:38 “As a creative, you know when you don’t have a creative outlet, you go crazy.”

8:50 “If I see something that’s not working, I do not force it, I just let it go and move on and

find the right avenue.”

16:34 “I started pilates and yoga; Changed. My. Life.”

23:15 “I think that element of surprise is what gives me life in a store. When I’m like ‘Oh my

gosh’. When I walk in I just know, this place is special.”

27:04 “The story element [of Instagram and Facebook] came along and I think allowed us to

capture a little bit more of a raw, genuine feeling…”

28:03 “What are you going to give yourself permission to wear?”

28:41 “If we like a top, we can wear it. There is no more ‘dressing for your body type’, we’re

letting go of all of that and hopefully really giving everyone permission to wear things that bring

them joy.”

31:10 “We have to stop worrying about what we think other people think.”

36:07 “When we do get really caught up in fear or in a situation that is completely out of our

control, it is important just to take that pause and let go, just let go completely, take a break.”

50:02 “I do rely on my gut a lot, that is how I feel like I’ve made 90% of the decisions in this

51:06 “I’ve heard that you get one notification to your intuition, you get one alert, and if you

don’t listen to it it’s gonna pass on. But what I’m finding is that with time it still surfaces.”

53:36 “Every single creative industry is relatable and transferable and translatable.”

HEYDAY is a fun, fresh, playful retail shop featuring a highly curated collection of quality women’s clothing, shoes, apothecary, home and stationery that are timeless, beautiful and modern. Always warm and welcoming, HEYDAY is committed to bringing fresh brands and notable designers to you.

Our philosophy is to effortlessly incorporate classic elements into your wardrobe — blending simplicity, luxury, style, comfort, flirtation and sophistication. HEYDAY provides options that exemplify quality over quantity for a beautiful, attainable look and lifestyle.

Jennifer Little—HEYDAY'S owner—has a strong eye for design, which plays an impactful role in her style. She is always looking at the full design scope when putting together a perfectly curated lifestyle. She has the uncanny ability to recognize everyone's beauty and style. Jennifer’s fun-loving, playful approach makes clients welcome and instantly at home. Regardless of medium, she implements color, texture and pattern in a fresh, soft, clean way.

Raised in Georgia, Jennifer has an appreciation for country life and city living. Born on the Georgia coast, she played outside on the rope swing and hunted for snails in the Darien marshes.

A few years later she moved to Athens, and in 1987 she moved to Peachtree City to begin various entrepreneurial endeavors in the neighborhood. Months later, Ryan Little moved into the same cul-de-sac and elementary school love was alive. Choosing Furnishings and Interiors at the University of Georgia was a natural fit for Jennifer’s love of photography and design. Jennifer and her husband Ryan, made stops in Starkville, Mississippi and Tallahassee, Florida where their children Luke and Emory were born. Now calling Fort Collins home, Jennifer spent four years locally growing her photography business, which began in Florida. Bringing together interior design, fashion, and photography was the perfect culmination of talents and dreams for Jennifer and HEYDAY.

https://theheydaystore.com/

Jeanne Oliver

Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace

A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was.

Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is Calling at jeanneoliver.com.

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E017: Memory Keeping with Ali Edwards May 25, 2020

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Podcast 017 | Memory Keeping with Ali Edwards

On this episode, Jeanne interviews Ali Edwards, teacher, designer, author, and pioneer in the

world of scrapbooking and memory keeping.”

2:11 “I started scrapbooking in 2002…and had no intention of this being a business.”

4:09 “When I went to college originally I actually went to study marine biology, because I was

going to work with Killer Whales. But I had one semester of chemistry and I realized I hate this,

there’s nothing about this that I like.”

6:06 “Sitting in a specific graphic design class, that was a complete ‘aha’ moment in my life. I

knew I was in the right place.”

10:42 “I feel that it’s always been a continual learning process. I don’t remember ever sitting in

my office or at my desk and saying ‘this is the voice I’m going to use.’”

11:51 “I made a decision at some point in time that I didn’t want to throw anyone under the bus

in telling my personal story. As I tell the stories, I tell them from the lens of ‘What did I learn?’”

16:36 “I’ve always looked at scrapbooking, probably from within the first year of starting to do

it, that it was something for me, that it wasn’t for my kids. This is your story, you can’t tell your

kids story; you can tell their story from your perspective…”

17:44 “What I really, really love are everyday kinds of stories.”

22:04 “I love the New Year, I like turning the page, I like a fresh start, that is part of my

personality…”

23:59 “So many times people do set an intention for the beginning of the year, and then they

forget about it. But by having a monthly check in you are keeping yourself on track.”

26:07 “There is one piece of me that trusts my internal compass…I am someone who is more

likely to take action than to not take action. Anxiety has been a part of my story, but my anxiety

motivates me.”

27:24 “I didn’t set out to say ‘I am going to build a business.’ It’s been one little decision after

another. Saying yes to something and saying no to something…”

34:42 “I’m definitely constantly taking the temperature, how is this going, how is our community

doing, how can we help them…”

39:05 “We’re totally down with the slower pace, not having as many kid activities…”

Ali Edwards's passion resides in that very special place where the stories and images of life intersect. Her work includes blogging, teaching, writing, photography, and memory keeping product design.

Learn more at http://www.aliedwards.com.

Jeanne Oliver

Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace

A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was.

Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is Calling at jeanneoliver.com.

You can connect with Jeanne on Instagram and Facebook.

016: Creating Passive Income with Digital Products with Jen Wagner May 18, 2020

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Podcast 016 | Creating Passive Income with Digital Products with Jen Wagner

On this episode, Jeanne talks with Jen Wagner graphic artist and type designer who deeply

believes that “sometimes the best solution for your stuck-ness…is to just make something.”

1:52 “I started creating fonts during a pretty severe freelance lull…”

2:46 “I had a very, very, very unhealthy perspective on my self worth, and the connection of

that to the money I made.”

5:24 “If I’m off balance…you can see it in my work where usually if I am in that headspace,

the stuff I’m creating isn’t as good.”

10:57 “Something that has really helped us throughout our marriage is that since we started

dating we were having difficult conversations and we were not afraid of entering that space with

each other.”

14:34 “Go do something other than work to get your creativity back…”

15:56 “I don’t have my degree in design, I have my degree in marketing. I never took a design

course in college. I am extremely self-taught.”

19:47 “The thing that I’ve had to remember time and time again is that this is not easy. If it was

everyone would do it. I think the process looks like just doing it scared.”

22:26 “As someone who is both a designer and a business owner outside of design, I think you

need to figure out how much your time is worth.”

28:19 “Don’t we learn so much from people bringing questions to us, and realizing we can

make things we’re offering better?”

29:02 “I trust companies that have great design, and I don’t trust companies with bad design.”

29:31 “Great design is actually a tool for communication.”

30:54 “Simplify, stick to a theme and a palette, use the same fonts and same colors but not too

many. Consistency is what most people want when they visit a brand.”

35:52 “With the pandemic, I ended up going through some pretty severe anxiety and swinging

between that and depression depending on the day. So I’ve had to adapt my schedule and

adopt new mental health practices to make sure I’m okay.”

37:26 “The pandemic has definitely helped me connect with my audience on a more personal

level. I think the combined experience here has made everyone a bit more human.”

41:59 “I think it’s important for people to know that everyone listening to this has something

that they can share, something that they can teach.”

44:22 “Finding ways to express creativity outside of work and in a way that isn’t just for sale

has been very valuable for me.”

47:28 “If you are feeling creative during this time, that’s amazing, pursue that. If you’re not

feeling creative, don’t feel guilty.”

Jen Wagner is a type designer and educator based in Nashville, TN. When she's not creating fonts or teaching designers how to make passive income, you'll find her with her husband, Aaron, making candles for their company Onyx Studios, touring with their band Veaux, or spending time with close friends and good whiskey.

www.jenwagner.co

Jeanne Oliver

Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace

A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was.

Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is Calling at jeanneoliver.com.

You can connect with Jeanne on Instagram and Facebook.

015: The Farm Chicks with Serena Thompson May 11, 2020

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Podcast 015 | The Farm Chicks with Serena Thompson
On this episode, Jeanne interviews Serena Thompson, stay-at-home mom turned creator of
nationally loved bucket-list event The Farm Chicks Vintage and Handmade Fair.

2:45 “We started in my neighbor’s barn…and it just exploded.”

4:53 “I did have vision of what it could be, what I dreamed of it being, and my only north star
at that point was Emma Lee Turney who founded the Round Top Antiques Fair, she was such a
pioneer and just doing beautiful things.”

6:09 “She told me to call myself a producer or a promoter. And I thought. ‘I like that.” She
was saying ‘You’re a businesswoman, so you should call yourself one.”

8:10 “I think that so many of us who are creative are yearning for more than just creating
something in our garages. There’s a special feeling about being able to connect with others
who have a creative vision and embracing each other and being appreciated…”

10:34 “My biggest joy is seeing these artists be embraced.”

14:44 “What I’m looking for is always a new spark, I don’t want it to be like anything else. This
is once a year, and I want it to be special.”

19:47 “First and foremost, it is important to have a vision of what it is you want to create…you
start from that, and it’s really important to stay authentic to that.”

26:06 “I think people trying to create something now, since there’s so many markets that exist,
I think it’s just really important to be yourself, not to try to be anybody else…find your niche, find
what’s special to you, and say yes to that.”

I bounced through the first years of my life in a hippie gypsy wagon, hand-built by my father, wandering the back roads of the U.S., Canada and Mexico. My family eventually settled into a tiny cabin in the woods on property that was once inhabited by American Indians. I was named Serena Melegra Ume De La Luz – Serena, after the name of the daughter of my mom’s mentor, a member of the Klamath River Indians Tribe. Melegra was chosen for its meaning which is miracle. And Ume was a name spontaneously chosen by my dad, moments after he delivered me in an abandoned dirt-floored cabin in the woods where they had temporarily parked our gypsy wagon home. She’s part you, part me, he told my mom.

I spent my childhood days searching for arrowheads, teaching myself to sew on a treadle sewing machine and to bake in a wood-burning stove, with no running water, refrigeration, or electricity in our home. My family lived frugally and early on, inspired by my parent’s thriftiness and style, I gained a knack for thrifty creativity and turning ordinary objects into something useful. And I dreamed of the home I would create for my own family someday.

Now I’m married to my husband, Colin, we've raised four children, and my dreams have come true. Along the way, I founded The Farm Chicks Fair and have written two books: The Farm Chicks in the Kitchen and The Farm Chicks Christmas. I document my life as an entrepreneur, wife, mom, author, and Contributing Editor for Country Living Magazine on social media (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefarmchicks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefarmchicks/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/serenathompson/ ) and share more about my life and my story from time to time, on my blog, www.thefarmchicks.com

You can find information on The Farm Chicks Fair on the website here: https://thefarmchicks.com/fc-vintage-fair/

Jeanne Oliver

Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace

A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was.

Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is Calling at jeanneoliver.com.

You can connect with Jeanne on Instagram and Facebook.

014: Creating a Visual and Verbal Identity with Goodvoice Group May 04, 2020

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Podcast 014 | Creating a Visual and Verbal Identity with Goodvoice Group

On this episode, Jeanne talks with Martin Drexler and Jeremy Reeves of Goodvoice Group.

6:26 “Our sort of core business metric is if we cry with our clients, we feel like we’ve like
we’ve really nailed it.”

7:06 “100% of our clients come to us with a pretty shallow understanding of who they are. It’s
not because they don’t know, it’s that they’ve never been invited to think deeply about it.”

9:15 “This new era is going to require a ton of resolve…let it press you into a resolve
connected to your deepest aspirations.”

14:19 “It didn’t take a ton of money, they didn’t have to change a lot, but they had to have the
imagination to see that they can still move forward and be something within the core of who they
are.”

15:31 “The two most important values as you are engaging with your customers as human
beings are empathy and curiosity, especially in this time.”

16:47 “Am I feeling also this strange sort of defiant hope? I think I am, on my best days I am.
Then my customers are probably feeling that, too.

18:59 “Right now we’re in the age of tribal association; every human being is part of a tribe,
subconsciously. This is where the empathy comes in. How do we make somebody associate
with a tribe?”

22:02 “Curiosity in a moment like this allows a business owner to say to her staff “What other
things are you good at? How can we, as a tribe, committed to each others’ well-being, and
committed to the well-being of our customers, how can we pivot to use underutilized gifts.”

23:05 “We have to educate people to be brave. People are afraid to stand out, but always tell
them be afraid to not stand out.”

35:52 “We tend to have these two categories: what are the things we are good at, and what
are the barriers for us. And what this time is allowing for us is to ask how the barriers can be
gifts also.”

42:30 “Clarity is ‘Here’s how you can become who you want to be with the assistance of what I
do as a business. Here’s how I help you be the person you want to be.’”

48:54 “To test for clarity, I would suggest getting in touch with a receiver of your message. Go
find someone, send them the copy you wrote for your website, and ask them what they heard.”

52:39 “We understand Brand Humanity as your company being perceived as a person. So
your company, to the exterior, how it’s perceived in the world, is actually very close to being a
person.”

53:35 “The longer a company is in operation the farther away from their initial motivation and
purpose they get. And what we want to do is bring them back to that initial seed of motivation.”

Goodvoice Group is a creative agency that exists to multiply self-understanding, discover clarity, and design simplicity, so that companies can shape a bright and flourishing future.

Goodvoice Group

Jeanne Oliver

Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace

A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was.

Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is Calling at jeanneoliver.com.

You can connect with Jeanne on Instagram and Facebook.

013: Stencil Girl with Mary Beth Shaw Apr 27, 2020

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Podcast 013 | Stencil Girl with Mary Beth Shaw

On this episode, Jeanne talks with Mary Beth Shaw, artist, instructor, and entrepreneur who went from a career in the insurance industry to launching Stencil Girl Mixed Media Stencil Company.

1:41 “I did come from a career in the insurance business for about 18 years. It was a big transition moving from insurance to art…different sides of my brain.”

2:52 “I was turning 40, and I said to my husband ‘I think I would like to quit my job for my 40th birthday’. I just had this strong urge to explore my creativity. So I just quit my job with no plan.”

7:13 “I was really arty up until the 8th grade and then I had this teacher who said ‘You are never going to make it as an artist.’ She said that right to me, and well of course I believed her.”

9:30 “Then as I looked back through my history, it was kind of interesting. My grandparents on both sides were entrepreneurs.”

10:29 “I really love to help people uncover their voice with what they are doing.”

11:56 “When I started the company I don’t think I really knew I was starting a company. I thought I was just selling stencils…”

12:47 “The hardest part of working full time with my husband is finding some sort of a separation, because when you have a business…it's easy to get into that working 24/7 thing.”

20:36 “I’m standing there at a table with six stacks of stencils.I don’t have anything else: they’re not in containers, they’re not in folders, and I said ‘$14 each, six for $75.And they opened the doors, and 30 minutes later I was standing behind an empty table.”

23:09 “I think probably the biggest problem from the get go in this pandemic was me: it just felt so wrong to be promoting my company during this time.But then I realized we need to be making art to heal our own souls during this time.”

28:48 “I like somebody that has a voice, for sure, and a passion, and they’re going to share with others…”

34:18 “A long time ago, it hit me that I have a mission that’s twofold.It is to educate and create community, and then once I’ve done those things, the stencils virtually sell themselves.”

39:45 “My husband and I got to talking about how lucky we are, really, and how blessed, and how even though this horrible, horrible thing is going on I have this opportunity to connect with people worldwide, and to talk to them, and to maybe inspire them…”

42:28 “Meditation helps me so much with my own ability to make decisions.My husband helps me an awful lot; he’s a wonderful listener…and then I trust my gut.”

46:15 “If I wasn’t running Stencil Girl…this is so strange because I don’t even have the skillset for this job, but I’d love to be a dancer, a flamenco dancer.”

Mary Beth Shaw worked in the insurance industry for 18 years before she quit her job in 2000 to re-ignite a childhood love of art. Since then she has spent all her waking hours exploring life as a painter working in mixed media, primarily acrylic, encaustic and collage. She initially put in lots of hours as a road gypsy, exhibiting at outdoor art fairs and selling as many as 300 paintings in one very blurry year. She transitioned into being a workshop instructor in 2008 and finds pleasure helping students find their own voice as a painter. Her personal creative process is a dance between spontaneity and intent; she finds great joy in the physical act of painting and looks at her best work as a gift from a higher power. She welcomes mistakes because they so often provide a delightful detour into new territory. She is author of Flavor for Mixed Media and Stencil Girl, is a columnist for Somerset Studios Magazine and a Golden Artist Educator. She is the founder of StencilGirl® Products, LLC and StencilGirl Studio.

mbshaw.com

StencilGirl® Products

StencilGirl® STUDIO

StencilClub

My Books: Flavor for Mixed Media

Stencil Girl

: Mixed Media Techniques for Making and Using Stencils

Jeanne Oliver

Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace

A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was.

Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is Calling at jeanneoliver.com.

You can connect with Jeanne on Instagram and Facebook.

012: Brave & True Girl with Lara Blair Apr 20, 2020

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Podcast 012 | Brave and True Girl with Lara Blair

On this episode, Jeanne interviews Lara Blair, photographer and creator and leader of Brave and True girl empowerment workshops.

1:47 “I realized I just absolutely adore working with girls, it’s so much fun. And I think it comes from my middle school experience.”

2:17 “I created a curriculum for these girls because I was recognizing a lot of the same issues in a lot of them, mostly anxiety and comparison trap and the goods that go with that…”

4:39 “Every area of my life has led me to here. We always have to remember that all the stops along the way aren’t for naught. They are things that lead you to where you’re supposed to be.”

8:39 “Middle school girls know the value of not being connected all the time, but they don’t know how to do it because there is fear of missing out.”

11:02 “The best way to support young girls in the day-to-day is listening, really, really listening, putting your own phone down, connecting with eyes and touching, hugging, holding them close…”

14:12 “For mom, I really firmly believe you’ve got to support and not tear down. And the same goes for you: not talking negatively about yourself, about your abilities and what you’re lacking…”

18:49 “During this time of shelter-in-place, I’m going to go back to what I said before: listening, asking how are your kids doing, what’s going on.And then just let it sit…”

20:41 “I always want to know people before I put my camera up between us because I just photograph better when I know somebody…”

27:02 “My ‘whys’ are: I love middle school kids, I love making stuff, I’m a connector, and I know the things I’m not good at, the things I need to delegate.”

28:50 “You do have to not be afraid to tap into the stuff you don’t think fits…”

34:11 “When you can teach somebody something, knowledge is power, and they make something they are proud of, that to me is the gold right there.”

36:10 “There is something that I always leave my Brave and True Girls with in a workshop and I think it’s kind of pertinent to what we are dealing with right now: ‘This, too, shall pass.’"

Lara Blair is a veteran middle school teacher and currently leads Brave & True girl empowerment workshops at her portrait studio in the Pacific Northwest and online. As a mother of grown daughters, it is clear there were many things she wish she’d known to be able to support them in their preteen years. While working as a 6th grade teacher and leading girls in her workshops, Lara began to learn straight from the source what preteen girls need. This led her to research with experts to gain answers to the “How do I help my girl navigate this time?” question and create curriculum, experiences, and products around this information. She equips parents to know how to help their daughters and arm girls with strategies to be happy, healthy and whole. All of the resources can be found online at BraveandTrueGirl.com. Portrait sessions are available in Lara's Camas, WA studio right outside Portland, Oregon.

https://www.braveandtruegirl.com/

https://www.braveandtruegirl.com/photographytutorials

https://www.larablairphotography.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUuMDSLY3ozGOo9llhaCgjQ
https://www.facebook.com/larablairphotography/

@Larablairphotography

@braveandtrue.girl

Jeanne Oliver

Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace

A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was.

Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is Calling at jeanneoliver.com.

You can connect with Jeanne on Instagram and Facebook.

011: Building a Creative Business with Kasia Avery Apr 13, 2020

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Podcast 011 | Building a Creative Business with Kasia Avery

On this episode, Jeanne talks with Kasia Avery, online art teacher and founder of Everything Art with her husband, with whom she operates her creative business.

2:36 “We work together in different ways…we know it’s a good way to live, because we are compatible. We understand each other very well…”

3:39 “Before we had our daughter, the hardest bit was to actually get yourself motivated, sit down and start working.”

4:55 “Good advice that I can give everyone who works together and lives together is to give each other some time off. This is a rule at our house, and there are no exceptions to that, that everyday each one of us gets an hour off during the day.”

11:41 “We are very lucky that we are online, that our business is teaching people and helping them to create free and very laid back art…”

12:17 “What this time means for us is that we realize that people are at home and want to find ways in which they can care for their well-being, practice some self-care, and we can help.”

13:18 “One night I was going through the news and I overdosed really, really massively on the news and I got so anxious and stressed out and I asked “What can I do to distract myself, and what are other people doing?”

16:35 “I find working with people who are artists, who have a very similar approach to mine, just a pure pleasure, to be honest…it’s just a lot of fun.”

18:38 “It’s a lot of work, you know, I can’t say it’s not and there aren’t ways to make it less work, but that’s what it is and it’s fun and if you love your job, which I really do, it’s great.”

19:56 “Another thing that really helps us is having a project management app for projects and to-do lists, and you can tick boxes that can be shared with everyone who works with us.”

23:09 “Jamie went through a lot in his life, and he’s much wiser than me, now I understand that. He’s got good experience in life and business…”

24:43 “Creativity on a day-to-day basis for me, I do daily art journaling in the evening, when our daughter is asleep, when Jamie is doing his things…”

27:16 “If I wasn’t doing Everything Art, I think I would still have something to do with painting, because I was always at it, always doing it. And teaching; I know that I was born to do what I’m doing right now.”

"Art that's not realistic is not art" - ever thought that? Because I certainly have. I was literally sweating and stressing my days away when striving to become that "proper" artist, painting landscapes in oil - something that was not me in the slightest. And then one day I discovered art journaling and I was hooked. The glitter fell from the sky and I knew I was saved. I learnt that real art is self-expression, a story, and an honest experience. I discovered that the process can (and should be!) pleasant and joyful rather than a struggle. Since then I am constantly art journaling, (daily!) and I want you to dive in with me.

I teach mixed-media and art journaling in person and online since 2011. In 2016 together with with my husband Jamie we established Everything Art Limited. We create, produce and commission online classes. I teach in a laid-back and supportive manner. My goal is to help you discover your inner artist through joyful and inner-critic-free art process.
LINKS:

www.everything-art.com

KA IG: https://www.instagram.com/kasiaavery/

EA IG: https://www.instagram.com/everythingartuk/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingArtLtd/

Jeanne Oliver

Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace

A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was.

Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is Calling at jeanneoliver.com.

You can connect with Jeanne on Instagram and Facebook.

010: Leverage What Makes You Unique Apr 06, 2020

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Podcast 010 | Leverage What Makes You Unique with Kristin Varela-Schild
On this episode, Jeanne interviews Kristin Varela-Schild, entrepreneur and founder of Kristin’s Farm Stand, an online farmers’ market delivering food straight from farms to your home.
3:30 “I had this very vivid dream, that I was going to start a company writing car reviews specifically for women and moms. And I woke up in the middle of the night and thought, ‘Well that’s bizarre…’”
4:33 “I finally thought, I’m going to tiptoe into this just to get it out of my system. I’m sure I’ll fail, but I’ll take the first couple steps. And every step I took, the doors blew open.”
6:28 “I think most of the time, you have no idea how the pieces are going to fit. For me, the biggest lesson with that first business was listening to my intuition.”
10:02 “I was my own target market with that first business, and with my current business I am my own target market, so I really understand what the need is.”
14:14 “It can be very difficult to decipher all of these different marketing messages in the grocery store to find which produce is actually local, which is actually organic…so I started Kristin’s Farm Stand…”
16:47 “The main thing that I wanted to convey was trust. I felt so disenfranchised with health food stores I used to go to and love and trust. The more that I learned, the more that I understood how I was being misled.”
17:41 “Ultimately that’s what led me to using my name, because I wanted to develop a close relationship with my customers whether I see them in person or not.”
20:53 “Regenerative farming is all about improving the soil quality of the land so that we’re able to capture carbon from the air and pull it back into the soil, essentially reversing all of this damage from years and years of big ag.”
25:19 “We were not afraid to try to do things differently.Sometimes I think no having experience is actually incredibly beneficial because you are not privy to the same boundaries that other people are.”
30:28 “With each of my businesses, I didn’t go out and seek them, they came to me.”
32:01 “To be able to have that trust in your intuitive voice is just incredibly powerful in all areas of life.”
32:50 “What I realized with my businesses is that if you’re brave enough to just take the roller coaster ride that is set out in front of you, it will always turn out better and more enriching than the path that I would have planned for myself.”
Kristin Varela-Schild is the founder of Kristin’s Farm Stand (Denver, Boise and Salt Lake City). She has a successful entrepreneurial background with an emphasis on branding, marketing and building a passionate following using traditional mass media and social media. Her last online company was acquired by a large multi-media conglomerate just 36 months after its launch date.

Through personal experiences, Kristin has become educated in her food choices and disenfranchised with misleading marketing from health food stores she used to trust to source her food. With a daughter who became extremely ill with an autoimmune disease that is solely manageable utilizing food as medicine, finding the cleanest possible produce and protein became a mission in healing her teen daughter.

Kristin’s family has been raising organic vegetables, pasture-raised chicken eggs and grass-fed/finished beef since 2011. Kristin started Kristin’s Farm Stand so other consumers could have a single transparent place to trust and buy fresh from the farm products without being bombarded by confusing terminology and messaging.

Kristin has a personal connection and direct line of communication with both local growers and world-renowned agricultural experts including Gabe Brown of Nourished by Nature, Blaine Hitzfield of Seven Sons Farm, Dr. David Johnson (soil science expert) of New Mexico State University, Dr. Alan Williams of Joyce Farms and more.

Kristin’s Farm Stand is the recipient of the 2019 Implementer Award at the Sustainable Denver Summit. With her past business, Kristin has appeared on Good Morning America, The View, CBS The Early Show, The Rachel Ray Show, along with spotlights in The Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, Parenting Magazine, Shape Magazine, Parents Magazine, USA Weekend, USA Today along with hundred’s of local television news, radio, online and print articles.

Kristin is amazed daily at the healing power of clean food, and the remarkable business and life path that following your intuition can take you on.

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@kristinssaltlake

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009: Thru Hiking the Appalachian Trail Mar 30, 2020

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Podcast 009 | Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail

On this episode, Jeanne talks with Calvin and Patti Yarbough about their experience of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, and the way that adventure has shaped their lives.

2:20 “We were novices when it came to hiking, and so we found ourselves tripping and slipping quite often, and so Tripper and Slipper seemed like appropriate trail names.”

5:09 “Really, just saying we’re gonna do it, and the more we talked about it, the more emboldened we became…”

12:15 “I love reading, so the more information I could get about the AT, the more excited I got. It wasn’t so much trying to plan so I could avoid things, it’s just because the AT is such a passion for me.”

13:52 “When we started, what we didn’t know is that we would actually begin our attempt to thru-hike with an ice storm…”

17:44 “We hiked on top of mountains when there was lightning, you never know that’s going to come up, that’s not what you want to do. We ran the mountain trying to get down…”

18:31 “One of the things we discovered on the trail is, you know what, a hiker is a hiker, we hike our own hike, but we are there for the same purpose, to be out and to hike.”

25:04 “My favorite time of everyday was getting up and having coffee and a honeybun.”

33:06 “We all live in our own bubbles, but when you get out and you're walking through a town you see it in a whole different light.”

36:27 “If there was any one thing that would keep you motivated to move, it would be the mosquitoes and the black flies.”

38:25 “My mindset was: for a time such as this, this is what I’m doing, and everything that might be uncomfortable or might be different, it’s all worth it.”

41:27 “Coming up to that sign, that epic, iconic sign of Mt Katahdin (man I’m starting to get emotional even now), everything just wells up within you, all that you had accomplished together…”

46:07 “Coming Back, we asked ourselves ‘how can we adjust our lives now that we’re back into the everyday world. How now can we adjust our lives to this storm, to continue to live out our purpose to meet people right where they are?”

48:07 “Today, we are living more with less, living from our Airstream…”

“Slipper” has read untold amounts of books and blogs about the Appalachian Trail and the Full Time RV Lifestyle, and we have discussed our reasons and purpose for thru-hiking the A.T in 2016 (and other trails thereafter) and for living the Full Time RV Lifestyle asap upon our return from our thru-hike.

“Tripper’s” life purpose is “To meet people where they are and help them to become all that they can be.”

Tripper’s thru-hike purpose is to learn as many “life lessons” as possible from nature and creation and return to write 4 books about the epic experience: a Relational book, an Inspirational/Motivational book, a How-We-Did-It book and a Children’s book. Why? To help people “trip” less and hike more on their journey of life and to hike their own hike (whatever path they are on) to becoming all that they can be.” Living the RV Lifestyle will help us to maintain the simplicity of life while striving to live the rest of our lives as an ongoing adventure!

“Slipper’s” purpose is to be the helpmate to “Tripper” (with photo, media and partnership) and to help create and capture the “life lessons” that will be shared with others for generations to come. It is “Slipper’s” desire to join “Tripper” in this epic venture to help people “slip” less and hike more on their life journey and to encourage others (via her thru-hike) to “put their best foot forward” in an attempt to climb and conquer any mountain that may stand before them. While some may want to move their mountain… Slipper’s encouragement is: “Why not climb it?” The RV Lifestyle and the minimalist living that it provides enables us to “keep the main thing the main thing” (living a full and meaningful life of adventure, purpose, abundance and enjoyment).

People are always asking us:
How did you feel about your attempt to thru-hike The Appalachian Trail in 2016 and other trails around the world thereafter? How do you you feel about selling your house (and everything in it) to live Full-Time from an Airstream RV (less than 240 sq.ft)?

You can read more about Tripper and Slipper on their blog and Instagram.

Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace

A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was.

Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is Calling at jeanneoliver.com.

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