Today’s guest episode is with artist and printmaker, Molly Rooke. Molly talks about some of the themes in her work, particularly around the coastline and preservation and how she uses darning and small acts of repair to comment on the climate crsis. We chat about her influences, inspiration and her creative practice, and Molly shares some advice from her experience working as an artist for others who want to persue fine art as a career.    Molly’s website: https://www.molly-rooke.com Molly instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollyrooke/ and https://www.instagram.com/darngoodstudio ..read more

Today’s guest, Portia Yip is a multi-passionate creative. She’s a business coach, copywriter, creative mentor and artist. Portia works with other creatives to empower them in building their, version of what a sustainable business ecosystem looks like. Her work draws a lot of inspiration from nature which feels really lovely and nurturing and in our conversation, we chat about how to embrace the different seasons in our business and how to find focus as a multi-passionate creative with lots of different interests and passions.  Seasonal Guidance Collection: https://www.portiayip.com/s ..read more

As a creative, at some point you've probably had a project you need to work on, maybe you’ve got a deadline coming up, or you haven’t created anything in a while and want to make something but you sit down at your desk to a blank piece of paper, or a blank canvas, or an empty word document and you literally have no ideas and no inspiration. It can be really frustrating and annoying and stressful because you’ve no idea how to get started. In this episode, I'm sharing 4 simple ways to help get you unstuck when you come up against creative block. @me.and.spirit ..read more

This week's interview is with Flora Davidson, who is a marketing coach for introverts. She helps introverted entrepreneurs get visible using Instagram with strategies that don't sacrifice their personality. Today's conversation was so interesting because I'm an introvert myself. We chatted about how there are actually different types of introverts and depending on what your personality type is, you might struggle with some slightly different things. And so bringing self awareness and self acceptance to that is super important to getting the best strategy and showing up in the way that's best f ..read more

In this episode we’re going to be chatting about some of the reasons why having brand strategy for your business is so beneficial. Strategy is one of my favourite things because it’s what sets your brand and your business up for success. But it has become a bit of a buzzword these days - it seems like everyone is offering brand strategy but a lot of people talk about it as this big, scary complicated thing. But it's not as complicated as it sounds and there are so many amazing benefits to building your brand with strategy ..read more

This is the second conversation with Jackee Holder. Jackee is a London-based executive coach and writer who is really passionate about creativity and journaling and nature and the benefits of practices that include these. In our episode last week we talked a lot about the connection between creativity and nature but we didn’t have enough time to chat about how creativity can have a pretty huge impact on our mental health and wellbeing. And I’m so glad we got the chance to do this follow-up episode because we cover so much stuff. You don’t particularly need to listen to the episodes in order as ..read more

I am so excited to start the new season with this interview with Jackee Holder. Jackee is a London-based executive coach and writer. In this episode we’re talking about how important nature is to creativity - we’re discussing how journaling can form part of your creative practice. Jackee shares some properly incredible nature-inspired journaling prompts. We touch on why it’s important to embrace the process and the messy aspect of creativity and how, at its core, creativity is just self-expression, so everyone can be creative.   Jackee’s website: www.jackeeholder.com Jackee’s instagr ..read more

There's a new season coming in February! I’ve got a selection of creative conversations with coaches, artists and multi-passionate creatives lined up. We cover topics such as the link between creativity and wellbeing and how having a nourishing creative practice can have a positive impact on your mental health. We talk about some of the struggles around being a multi-passionate creative and how to embrace the different seasons in your business or creative practice. We got tips on how to market your creative business if you’re an introvert and really interesting conversations with artists about ..read more

There aren't many creatives I know who don't struggle with creative anxiety - unfortunately it's just part of the creative process. But developing a consistent creative process can help you learn to trust the process and manage that anxiety. In this episode, I'm sharing a few techniques and exercises that I've found useful in helping to manage and overcome creative anxiety. Follow along on Instagram: www.instagram.com/me.and.spirit Website: www.meandspirit.co.uk ..read more

In this episode, I'm going to be chatting about how to know if your business is ready for a rebrand. There are five signs that your business might want to consider a rebrand, and there's also a couple of reasons why people often want to rebrand your business that are definitely not good enough reasons to do a whole rebrand, so we'll chat about this as well. Instagram: www.instagram.com/me.and.spirit Website: www.meandspirit.co.uk  Links mentioned: How to by Michael Bierut ..read more