How She Creates Podcast

Lately I have been in a huge creative funk. I don't want to create and it's making me and the people around me miserable. So I decided to do a deep dive using my detective skills to figure out what's going on and how to fix the problem. I am sharing 20+ things for you to do when you feel your creative mojo sprinting out the door. I'm not talking the 'just take a nap' kind of tips, I'm talking how to do some soul searching and how to maintain your relationship with creativity long term. Plus, YOU shared your ideas! I asked for ideas on instagram and so many of you responded. So it's me plus about 20 of my closest instagram artists today sharing how to claw your way back to creative peace and joy! For show notes and more info visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-creative-burnout/

Pursuing big dreams is one of the greatest and scariest parts of being creatives. This week we are learning how Tanyalee realized and achieved a HUGE dream: creating a magazine. I am so excited to introduce you to Tanyalee and Brush Magazine, because this is truly the magazine of my own dreams. In this episode you’ll hear how the dream started, how Tanyalee carried it out and tips for how you can also pursue your own big goals. Plus there’s a giveaway (closed)! Learn more and get all the show notes at http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-brush-magazine/

Julie Marriott is our incredible artist and guest today. This conversation will show you that you too can be an artist. Julie not only paints colorful and lively florals but she emanates that same joy. Her thoughtfulness in her creative process is exactly what we all need when it comes to finding our style, following our process and making art we love. Listen in today as she shares her best strategies that you too can easily put to use to create art! How She Creates Challenge Take some time this week to think about what your process is when you create. Sit down and write it out step by step, follow it a few times to be sure it is correct. Then show us what your process is using the tag #howshecreates! Create some creating rules to help you focus on and follow your own process and stick within your desired style. Share your rules with us on instagram using the tag #howshecreates. Listen below or search How She Creates in any podcast player. Be sure to subscribe so you dont miss an episode and leave a review in iTunes so you are entered to win the Get Messy Season Pass Giveaway. Open to anyone until Feb 2, 2018. Full shownotes at http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-creative-process/

This week Caylee and I are giving you a sneak peek into what the 2018 Get Messy Art Journal creative community will hold for members and for everyone! There are some awesome new changes coming for our members and we are focusing on giving this year, which means that anyone and everyone will have access to some really awesome art journaling content like tutorials, videos, inspiration, prompts and more. For more info sign up for the Get Messy newsletter at www.getmessyartjournal.com/newsletter For full show notes visit www.lauren-likes.com/podcast

This week is one of, in my opinion, the best episodes in the history of How She Creates. Caylee and I are walking through a series of questions Caylee wrote to help you reflect on your year in terms of creativity and how to plan your creative goals for the upcoming year. We have a lot of in depth conversations about our own creative challenges and success, about how we define art, and what we are pursuing creatively in 2018. We would love to hear what your answers are to these questions. You can follow along with us and answer the questions or if you want them in a printable worksheet format, simply add your email in the shownotes to the grab the questions and journaling page. http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-ep-212-creative-reflections/

Today is a special episode! It’s just me and Im walking you through, in depth, how to choose, prepare, start, maintain and finish a big project well. I share my story and tips from completing the 100 Day Project this year and how you can complete your own project. This episode is SUPER practical and hopefully will help you be very successful in any project you do, no matter the size. This episode is actually a free lesson from my new course Stories From Here. Which is a course, based on my 100 Day Project, that helps you tell the story of where you live through photographs and stories. This can be a big project, so I want my students to be prepared to be successful at it and any other big project they tackle. To help you get started I have created a 5 day instagram challenge with prompts similar to the course prompts. 5 photography and 5 journaling prompts that will help you tell the story of your home, neighborhood and city. This is great practice for following through on a big challenge or project and a great sampling from the course. All you have to do is to sign up for my newsletter to get the challenge and participate by sharing your photos on instagram using the hashtag #storiesfromhereclass. Sign up for the newsletter at www.lauren-likes.com/newsletter For shownotes visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-211-big-projects/

This weeks episode is really fun! I am chatting with Marrisa and Heather from Carve Out Time For Art. These ladies are the perfect example of the kind, down to earth and creativity loving people you can meet online. Their mission with COFTA is to connect makers and help them find time in their days to create more. This episode is really fun and has a ton of very specific and helpful tips for you to push that guilt to the side and say, ‘making is important and I will prioritize it!’. So dive in and listen today. See full shownotes at http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-210-community-cofta/

I have been crushing on Joanna’s incredible work for years since we were in Crystal’s Year Of Creative Habit course where Joanna created more work than anyone in the class! Joanna’s work has always been some of my favorite because of her focus on city scenes. She has such a clear and defined style as she celebrates all the beauty and inspiration that the city holds. She shares how she finds inspiration, why she loves the city and tips for you to start sketching cities yourself! Listen in and get excited to take your next vacation in the city! How She Creates Challenge This week we want you to go outside and sketch a city scene! Be brave, take your sketchbook and preferred art materials and sketch your favorite area of your city. It could be in your neighborhood, downtown, anywhere that there are buildings to draw! Don’t feel like you can’t participate if you aren’t in a big city. Downtown areas in any city are the perfect inspiration scene! Share your work with us (and any stories from onlookers who spot you!) on the hashtag #howshecreates. For full shownotes visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-209-abstract-cityscapes/

This week is another very important and special episode. I want this podcast to keep shining lights on women who are doing incredible things for the world and this episode is the perfect example of that. This week I am interviewing my, in real life, friend Abby. We taught a Zumba class together in Korea and I fell in love with her and her sweet family. They are kind, generous, selfless and oh so creative! Abby shares all about the creative process when it comes to expressing your creativity through dance. Her wisdom and words transcend all art forms and will inspire you to break a little more free in your creative work and be bold in your self expression. Abby talks about inspiration gathering, using your mistakes to grow, how to take on a new creative challenge (like dance) as an adult, and how creativity and dance helps heal our souls. She shares about their incredible plan to move to Nepal to be teacher trainers and to bring arts and healing to the community there. A note about learning more and partnering with Abby & Ross for their work in Nepal: If you are as excited and intrigued as I am about the Williamsons journey to Nepal they would like to invite you to fill out the “Join Us” form on our website and receive our newsletter and/or more info. They would love to keep in touch through their newsletter with stories from Nepal and can share how you can support them on this journey. Be sure to tell them you found them via How She Creates! How She Creates Challenge This week we want to see how you express your creativity through dance! Get out there and try a dance class or just turn on some good jams and get moving. Share a photo or video (!!) with us using the hashtag #howshecreates. For full shownotes visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-208-dance/

Today’s episode is super special. I believe that I am here in this world to do good and elevate others who are doing amazing things. This weeks episode is one of those moments for sure. Get Messy has been supporting Art Feeds for years and I am so glad we have finally been able to sit down and let others in on how incredible this organization is. They are bringing art to kids in need and we could not be more proud to have a very small hand in that. In our conversation today, Art Feeds founder Meg, shares the Art Feeds story, how she prioritizes her own creativity while working a crazy demanding job, tips for encouraging creativity in kids and ways that you can help bring art + healing to kids near you. For Shownotes visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-207-encouraging-creativity/

In this episode Crystal shares about going to the library – not the internet- for inspiration, reading habits, researching, prioritizing your time, creative habits, the benefit of art communities and so much more. Listen in as she has some great advice to help you move your creative work to have more meaning and to tell the story to help draw in your audience. Plus! There is a giveaway for this week’s How She Creates Challenge! For more info and shownotes visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-206-creative-research-crystal-moody/

Caroline Zook is one of my personal creative mentors. I have loved her work and read every word she’s written for years. A lot of the beauty that YOU enjoy from my blog can be linked back to her teaching, inspiration and courses. So it was an incredible honor to spend time chatting with her about creative self care this week. She shares so much insight and I know that your soul will leave feeling refreshed and energized to get things done this week. We talk everything from communicating about your art and need for creative time to your family, giving yourself permission to feel your feelings, tapping into your soul and much more. Have a listen and then come hang out with us on instagram using the #howshecreates hashtag to let us know what you think! How She Creates Challenge: This week we want to know: what does your soul need today? Our challenge is from Caroline’s great wisdom and intuitiveness, when you wake up in the morning ask yourself: what does my soul need today. It can be time to create, time to explore, time to get sh*t done! Anything. Spend a few moments of self reflection, see what your soul needs and then do the thing. Snap a photo of it and then share it with us under the #howshecreates hashtag. Shownotes: http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-205-creative-self-care/

know I say this every week, but this is truly one of my favorite episodes ever. I love being able to elevate and celebrate the real life women in my own life who are doing amazing things and have invaluable knowledge and skills to share. Today you are going to get to meet one of my in-real-life friends, Amy. She is beautiful and funny and kind and a genius with a camera. She took these beautiful photos of us in Korea, which was one of the greatest gifts we have to remember our time in that beloved place. Amy has a keen eye when it comes to street and lifestyle photography and she is sharing all her knowledge on the podcast today. We talk best camera gear for getting out in the world easily, techniques and tricks for getting great shots, how to get your family and little ones involved (without being an instagram husband) and how to find and celebrate joy in your everyday life. PLUS! There is an amazingly adorable cameo by her littlest, Jonah, as he signs our episode off – so be sure to listen all the way to the end. Super bonus, Ill be in Germany with Amy in 2 days (!!) so, Ill be sure to be on the lookout for more of her photo genius and will share it with you on instagram, so be sure to say hi! How She Creates Challenge This week we want to see your street/lifestyle photos. Take some time this week to be present in the world, look for what you are thankful for and snap some natural photos of it and share using the #howshecreates tag so we can all see! For more info and shownotes visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-204-street-photography/

In this weeks episode we talk about the scary start to your own online business, the difference between finding inspiration and refreshing yourself, tips for learning more about metal smithing, why its important to support local artists and about the importance of slow, hand making.  How She Creates Challenge: This week we want to learn more about local artists YOU love! Share your favorite local artists + their artwork with us using the #howshecreates hashtag so we can all support more hand makers!  For all shownotes and more info visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-203-metalsmithing/

This week on How She Creates I am chatting with Brandi Kincaid who is wise, kind, colorful and inspiring. This conversation really convicted and encouraged me to get out into the world and be an observer of life. Brandi has a really special gift when it comes to being present with others and then turning small fragments of interactions and observations into very connected art. She shares her tips for listening in so you can also create more from your personal experiences, how to work through creative ruts and more about her process of taking an idea to reality. This week we have a challenge for you. After you listen to the episode, go out, experience the world and turn it into art. Then share your observations and what you make with Brandi and I using the #howshecreates hashtag so we can all be a little more connected. See full shownotes at http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-ep-202-being-present/