0:00 Intro
0:30 Meet Jayne Emerson
2:39 Life in the Countryside
4:04 Seeds of Ideas and “Thought Piles”
14:45 Prompts and Play
23:46 From Secrecy to Sharing
28:06 Generosity and Creative Impact
31:14 Curiosity as a Compass
34:09 Trusting Your Process
39:30 Style and Freedom
45:33 Gathering What You Love
49:59 Letting Work Become
55:28 Creative Breakthroughs
59:44 How to Connect With Jayne
1:01:18 Outro

Based in rural Gloucestershire, Jayne loves to re-imagine and mix-up textile techniques including applique, embroidery and patchwork, selling her conceptual samples to clients ranging from Chanel and Louis Vuitton to Anthropologie and Boden.

With 30 years of experience in the industry, Jayne started organizing her ideas into word prompts and filming her experimental, creative process.

Her inspirational library now includes five online courses, Experimental Needle Felting, No Rules Patchwork, Water Soluble Magic, Gel Printing on and with Textiles and No Rules Hand Stitching. Her membership No Rules Textile Society is home to 45+ mini-courses and an incredible community of textile adventurers.

www.jaynemerson.co.uk
www.norulestextilesociety.com

Referenced in the Podcast:

Jayne Emerson Film

https://youtube.com/shorts/CzZIBxD4s5E?si=1GQaiqIfh6JEkhrT

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training.

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

Connect with Jeanne on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/jeanneolivercreativenetwork/

Connect with Jeanne on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jeanneoliver/

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is calling at https://jeanneoliver.com

Anni Albers

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/anni-albers

0:30 Meet Betty Soldi

4:14 Growing Up with Fireworks and Wonder

8:29 From Florence to London  

10:46 Words, Ink, and Finding Her Medium

12:49 Florence’s Easter Firework Tradition  

16:15 Florence as an Invitation to Presence  

19:51 Flourishes, Splotches, and Evolving Style

25:15 Handwriting, Feeling, and Creative Confidence

27:27 The Heart Behind Inkspired

30:27 A Lemon House Studio and Creative Sanctuary  

32:36 Collecting while Making Space  

34:42 Where She Goes for Inspiration

36:22 What to Put Down and Pick Up in the New Year  

39:31 Creative Breakthroughs and Expansion  

43:51 How to Connect with Betty  

46:27 Outro

Video link to the The Scoppio del Carro talked about during the podcast HERE.

Betty Soldi is an internationally accomplished calligrapher and graphic designer working with the worlds’ leading retail brands and luxury labels. Born into a Florentine family which has been handmaking fireworks since 1860, her unique calligraphic skills merge graphic design with old type, modern colours and unique antique touches to produce branding, bespoke objects, packaging and stationery.

After many years of living in London she has extended her creative design agency to Florence, Italy. Her book “Inkspired” is published in many languages.

Betty’s Website - https://www.bettysoldi.com

Follow Betty - https://www.instagram.com/bettysoldistudio/

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training.

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

Connect with Jeanne on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/jeanneolivercreativenetwork/

Connect with Jeanne on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jeanneoliver/

Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is calling at https://jeanneoliver.com

0:00 Intro

0:30 Meet Margaux Kent

1:13 Childhood Journals to Lifelong Habits

3:55 Writing as Processing

9:39 The Beginning of Peg and Awl

11:57 Living with Intention and Curiosity

13:25 Reevaluations in Life and Business

17:29 Homeschooling, Freedom, and Learning Through Living

19:31 Honoring your Creativity

25:23 Land, Nature, and Daily Rhythm

26:57 Personal Creative Play

28:50 How Peg and Awl Designs Products

31:30 Values and Touchstones in Business

37:44 Choosing Authenticity Over Trends

41:45 Music She’s Loving

43:29 Books, Films, and Beautiful Things

46:05 Supporting and Collecting Art

47:53 Moments of Creative Pride

49:59 How to Connect with Margaux

50:47 Outro

Find the Peg and Awl website HERE

Follow Margaux HERE

Find the Peg and Awl Substack HERE

Connect with Jeanne on Facebook or Instagram  

Jeanne Oliver YouTube: HERE

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

0:30 Meet Brandi Hofer

0:56 Burning Out and Beginning Again

5:05 Art School, Early Discoveries, and Defining Success

8:26 Confidence, Courage, and “Be Brave Days”

12:25 Efficiency vs. “Cheating” in Art

23:21 Inspiration, Influence, and Art in Community

30:34 Murals: Starting Big and Learning Fast

36:56 Creative Dreaming and the Power of Stillness

41:07 Building a Multifaceted Business with Routine

55:21 Art, Entrepreneurship, and Motherhood

58:00 Creating with Intention and Advice for Artist Mothers

1:01:21 Community Projects and Creative Joy

1:07:22 How to Connect with Brandi

1:09:59 Outro

If you enjoyed this discussion with Brandi, come on over to our creative network and take a course with her...https://jeanneoliver.com/courses/drawing-faces-portraits-simplified/

Brandi Hofer is an artist, muralist, educator, mother, podcaster, and author with 20 years of experience who has practiced and studied art extensively. She has traveled through Europe and North America, exhibiting and teaching thousands of students the art of portraiture. Her journey combines creativity and mindfulness, inspiring others to connect with their artistic passions and see their everyday ordinary as extraordinary through their creativity.

Website

https://www.brandihofer.ca/

0:30 Welcome Back, Time Willard

0:55 Life, Family, and Creative Work

6:04 Rhizome vs. Rooted

11:55 Technology, Depletion, and Disconnection

29:46 Frequency and Distraction

47:52 The Hollowing Effect

59:30 Density and Depletion

1:22:23 Daily Resistance

1:31:07 Building Hope

1:37:51 The Moments that Matter

1:44:30 How to Connect with Tim

1:46:29 Outro

Find Tim’s website HERE

Follow Tim HERE

Find The Art of Deep Creation on Substack HERE

Connect with Jeanne on Facebook or Instagram  

Jeanne Oliver YouTube: HERE

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

0:30 Meet Cat Bude

1:38 A Life Rooted in France

5:50 The Beauty of Gathering

7:36 Building a Lifestyle that Resonates

17:57 Navigating Online Boundaries

43:29 Staying Inspired to Cook

48:57 Finding Community at the Market

54:46 The Vintage Copper Business

1:00:04 The Farm

1:04:59 Resilience and Rhythm

1:10:38 Hard Seasons and the Aftermath

1:17:25 If Life Looked Different

1:24:12 How to Connect with Cat

0:00 Intro

00:30 Meet Courtney Smallbone

2:29 Being Aware, Not Just Awake

4:36 Cultivating Creativity

7:03 Fasting to Hear Clearly

9:45 Living Worship Daily

14:32 Letting Go of False Identities

19:04 How God Speaks Personally

22:59 Worship Without Expectation

25:18 Urgency to Use Our Gifts

29:23 Expressing and Honoring Creativity

43:47 Creativity and Motherhood

48:04 Staying Grounded in the Spotlight

51:42 Seeing God’s Glory

1:01:56 Rest as a Creative Rhythm

1:09:33 Outro

Follow Courtney HERE

Get your own copy of Technicolor Woman HERE

Connect with Jeanne on Facebook or Instagram

Jeanne Oliver YouTube: HERE

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

3:52 “The walls are 21 inches of bricks. So it's a very sturdy, old, amazing building. And when we walked into it to rent it, there was pigeon poop everywhere. And the tar that they used to use for the inside, they had hay and tar mixed together all on the walls. So it was not pretty. But to most people, you would walk in and be like just tear it down and sell the lot.”

12:47 “And [my business partner] is very good at never taking anything personally. And so it's always, “okay, how can we solve this? Okay, I totally see your side of that. Here's my side of it.” And I am learning to be more that way.”

21:22 “It was just one of those things coming out of 2008, we got to go do something that isn't construction, right? So he worked a lot of years in the oil field, and while we were there, towards the end of it, we were feeling so stuck and he was just a shell because he is so creative.”

22:43 “So he's carving 20-30 mushrooms at a time. And then we would take preorders on Instagram, and we would say, all right, we're going to be delivering to Salt Lake City on this date, so let us know how many mushrooms you want.”

27:54 “And I think that's where both Vanessa and I… We will do the craziest things, but we know that there's always something good that comes out of it. So say yes as much as you can. If it seems like there's going to be too much work involved, there probably is, but at the very least you have a great story.”

30:09 “We had to scale overnight. And he brought on another carver, And it's not easy to hire for that position because you have to have the artistic sense to create something that is going to work, but also looks like what you want it to look like.”

34:12 “I would say the work life balance is one of the things that we have honestly struggled with most because sometimes we're really good at prioritizing family time and time with the boys and sometimes because of finances or a deadline, it's like, sorry, we've got to work this weekend.”

35:22 “But it's so hard to make time for God in all of this business and family. You get so overwhelmed and you're putting a ton of time and energy into making this thing a success that you're trying to do for the glory of God, that you realize that you're neglecting your relationship with God.”

38:26 “I just think in time that we live in, it's so easy to just scroll. And the worst for me is when I'm not working on businesses and I'm like, I have been watching reels of dogs for an hour and a half. What am I doing?”

40:39 “[When opening a brick and mortar,] be prepared to spend and invest more than you think you will need to when you first start out.”

43:53 “[when creating a product,] You're not going to get it right the first time. There are so many iterations of products that we've designed that aren't quite right the first time, so you have to tweak it, and you just have to keep trying.”

48:14 “[College] was awful for me. I had no idea what I wanted to do. And I think, honestly, it was a hard mindset shift because I felt like I was failing because I wasn't doing the college thing.”

Jana Roach is a creative business owner, vintage shop owner, and designer/decorator who lives in north-western Montana with her husband and two boys. Jana co-owns Honey Home and Design, a vintage shop that sells vintage and contemporary homeware. She also co-owns a seasonal vintage market called The Market Beautiful and co-owns a furniture company called Beck & Cap, which crafts organic modern wooden furniture ranging from coffee tables to custom-designed pieces. Jana and her husband also purchased a historic building, which they are renovating and turning into an event space and showroom for Beck and Cap furniture. Jana's priority has always been to use what she loves rather than what's in trend, creating a home filled with personal details that tell the story of who she is. She is all about beauty and aesthetic in every aspect of life!
 

Personal Instagram @janaroach

Block Fifty event space: www.instagram.com/blockfiftymt

Beck and Cap Furniture
@beckandcap on Instagram
www.beckandcap.com

Honey Home and Design
@hellohoneyhome on Instagram

The Market Beautiful
@themarketbeautiful
www.themarketbeautiful.com

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

3:31 “I thought, well, a newsletter is a low-risk way for me to get ideas out there to share with people. And every newsletter is chocked full of information that normally focuses on one subject.”

5:31 “I think there are two really big things people really struggle with when they start. One is self-confidence, and the other is imposter syndrome.”

6:23 “There are probably some people that are out there living it. They believe in themselves 100%. But I think most of us never do. So, I do still struggle with it all the time; comparison is the thief of joy. And for me, it took me a long time to legitimately call myself an artist.”

7:50 JEANNE “And I think it does help when you say, “I’m a designer. I'm a landscaper. I'm an artist. I'm a (whatever your thing is)” and to actually own it and believe it.”

9:19 JEANNE “And the thing is, if you are the most incredible artist, but you don't share it, you're not going to grow and you're not going to be able to make anything of it.”

14:44 “When I was leaving my store, I read a great book called Necessary Endings and it really helped me navigate that sometimes we do need to end things for the betterment of our own peace, our own health, and our own life.”

19:46 “I wanted [being a paramedic] to be my lifelong career. And walking that out, it became the hardest, ugliest, most growth-filled, and beautiful experience ever. And I walked away from that with no regrets having done it at all, even though I cannot even get to talk about the things I experienced going through it. And some beautiful, wonderful things too.”

30:43 “We've probably eaten at our dining table less than I've painted at it at this point. Because it's always been like my go-to work surface even sometimes today I'll pull stuff out there. But yeah, that's where I started from it just kind of went from there.”

Since 2007, Jennifer Rizzo has grown her online brand jenniferrizzo.com as a licensed artist, lifestyle content creator, author and designer. 

As a content creator, she has been featured in and has produced projects for over 20+ publications such as Country Living magazine, Romantic Homes, Oprah.com, This Old house, and WGN channel 9 midday news. 

Jennifer teaches creative classes, on-line and in person art workshops and creative video e-courses, and speaks at public engagements. As a content creator, she's works with national brands in content creation and as an ambassador, including free-lance written and video content.

As a licensed artist and product designer, she has over 15 years of retail and wholesale experience including a former co-owner in a brick and mortar boutique.

With her long term experience in retail/wholesale and social media, she now also free-lance consults with small businesses on SEO, niche social media marketing, branded marketing, direct to consumer marketing, and how to leverage and grow their online presence to creatively reach their customer and build their brand.

Jenniferrizzo.com

The Kitchen Table Creative Club

Your Creative Business and Getting Started E- Book HERE.

HTTPS://Facebook.com/jenniferrizzodesigncompany

HTTPS://instagram.com/Jenniferrizzodesigncompany 

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

1:27 “God used pie in our life, and we knew nothing about pie. And through all of that, I have a pie shop and we have a bakery, which is our commissary kitchen. But it really has evolved into events and gatherings and retreats and feeding His people.”

7:39 “So “the gathering” is really (at the Pie Haven) just another tool to create a safe space for people to know Jesus well.”

13:48 “My mom taught me creativity. She taught me to just open up my door and let anybody in and feed them. And she taught me about spending lots of money on shoes. Don't do that one.”

16:34 JEANNE: “If you know someone that has lost their mom, be a person that checks in on them. Just to say, what are you doing? How are you doing? Because it is a huge void.”

28:37 “I'm pulling myself down, but God's like, listen, hey, I want you to jump out of that bucket and go bold and go scared.”

29:03 “Quit saying I'll pray about it. I'm not saying don't pray. Don't get me wrong. But if God's telling you go do something good, then go do it. Break those prayers down into, okay, could you explain for me what the next step is?”

31:38 JEANNE: “And I think when people are grieving, to say to them, “let me know if you need anything” is the worst thing that you could say, because they're not going to let you know.”

Tara Royer Steele also known as The Pie Queen has been in the pie business for 36 years. When she was 12 years old her family moved to Round Top, TX & took over a little ole cafe in the heart of the square. That cafe is now known world wide as Royers Round Top Cafe.

She’s married to her knight in shining armor Rick Steele & together they have 2 boys, Brayden & Bentley. It has always been a dream for Rick & Tara to work along side each other which they do very well & often you will find their boys jumping in to help as well. 

Tara & Rick opened Royers Pie Haven in 2011 which is located in Henkel Square in Round Top, they also have their wholesale HUB called Bake Shop at All Things Acres which is located  in Brenham, TX. Last year they started shipping their pies & baked goods. You can order them on their website www.allthingsacres.com or at www.royerspiehaven.com

Tara’s dream has always been to gather people through Jesus, Pie & Coffee, she often says PIE is just what gets the people in the door! It brings her such joy to be able to gather people & share the love of Jesus. Her passion to help people is what drove her to start their non profit Gather ’N Grace which aims to help everyone get to God’s best for their life. You can find out more information at www.gatherngrace.org

 Tara also wrote a book Eat. Pie. Love which is an illustrated devotional with recipes. Her book has hit #1 best sellers in Pie Baking, Thanksgiving cooking, & religious books on Amazon & continues to hit record sales. You also can find Eat. Pie. Love at your local Cracker Barrel and select Barnes & Noble.

You might have seen her recently on The Today Show with Hoda & Jenna,  LIVE with Kelly & Ryan, or on The Food Network show: Food Paradise, along with a few others. Royers Pie Haven was also just named one of the top bakeries in the South by Southern Living.

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

16:13 “So whatever it is, start a book club, start a dinner club...You'll find your community. Start an art club. Start talking to people about things that you like and finding out where those people are hanging out.”

19:49 “When my daughter, was 14 or 15, I let her move to California from Boulder to pursue a career, and that was her demanding to go, not me being the stage mom and saying, hey, let's get the heck out of here. And a lot of people didn't understand my decision that I would let her leave school like I did. But sometimes you just got to do what is right for you and your family and only you know best, or you hope you do.”

22:06 “But I remember my mother sending me a letter and asking me if I was going to be a waitress for the rest of my life. And so, I think it really stung me. It was probably the first time that I really started thinking about who am I?”

22:26 “And I have always learned to say yes to opportunities and be able to see opportunities. So, my life kind of turned around. I ended up getting a job that took me all over the country, traveling, which was kind of amazing.”

27:47 JEANNE: “Anybody listening, don't put down some of those things that are really precious about you, because when your beautiful kids start going off and doing their own thing, you're going to be right in stride with them as they're doing their own thing.”

31:14 “Or I started art, making art for the first time in my 50s. That's what I mean by it just gets better and better that you never know what's around the corner there. It could be the one thing that you just never knew.”

33:35 “I told my husband this whenever I first met him—I think he thought I was a little bit arrogant—I said, “I want. I have.” That was kind of my quote. It didn't come from a place of being arrogant. It came from a place of, if I want something, I'm going to do whatever I need to do to try and accomplish it and have it.”

36:57 “And I feel like my conversations with people can transcend whatever age. It's like we all have something to contribute. I'm so impressed with younger people, and I'm also impressed with people who are in their 90s that I know.”

43:22 JEANNE: “As we get older, I feel like we can get really good at doing only the things we're really excellent at, instead of putting ourselves in the position to be beginners at something and to know that we might fall on our faces."

I'm a creator. I make art to autograph moments, the fleeting emotions and undefinable feelings that can only be expressed in imperfect swipes, lines, or ripped pieces of paper. I use my art as a way to connect and share these flashpoints of time that slip away. Every mark I make with a handcrafted brush on one of my canvases, papers or towers, is a unique gesture. I find this process essential as a personal statement, a reclaiming of my point of view, of being a woman, of aging. I’ve never allowed how the world might aim to herd the masses as a reason to follow the pack. I hear the beat of a different drummer. This constant resistance feels vital to me.  

I collaborated with fashion designers Eni and Nigma on their Venia Collection, using my art on fabric to highlight the importance of mental health awareness. The collection showed in Paris just before lockdown and was a huge success. To read the interview, click here.

Out of a need to express myself and organize my thoughts, I developed a series of notebooks that speak to the dreamer, the planner, the journaler and the notetaker. It brings me joy to know others find inspiration from these as well.

I love travel and lead creative retreats in various destinations like Joshua Tree or as far away as Marrakech, where I draw deep inspiration from the colored zellige tiles dotting the landscape in Morocco, the vibrant chaos in the medina and the painted majorelle blue buildings...

I live life fully, sometimes on the edge, sometimes in many different places, sometimes quietly, always trying to practice carpe diem.

IG:  https://www.instagram.com/janmccarthy/

website:https://www.janmccarthy.com

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

7:22 “We built wooden walls and painted them white. That made all the difference. It just looked more like a gallery situation and cleaner and nicer. And it makes painting the picture so much easier, too.”

11:21 “It takes a lot out of you. So, the main thing for me is just to try to keep my mind on things above, just not getting too caught up in whatever's hard that's happening, and just try to eat well and drink lots of water.”

14:13 “And I'd say that's number one. It's just thinking about it in a way...with gratitude, that changes everything. But also, I like to have a nice book with me that I can just read something beautiful and uplifting.”

16:38 “Well, if you think it's going to be really easy and cakewalk, that's not true either. But I think, like you were saying, too, there are two different kinds of people. There are people like me who this is a little bit challenging for, but I do love it, but it is out of my comfort zone, for sure.”

17:32 “The most important thing, I think, is where you set up. You may be selling the most wonderful, best-made product or art in the world, but if you're in the wrong show, (which for people who don't know, there are hundreds and they all have their own flavor and attract a certain customer), you're not in the right place.”

20:22 “Your booth just needs to look inviting and welcoming. I think it's nice to put something at your entry. Some big ferns, big plants, flowers.”

21:52 “We're not going to take a sofa and a bunch of big furniture, but art just shows better, I think if there's a little bit of something homey looking.”

26:40 “With the last two shows, originals have outsold prints, which really go, and I'm so thrilled about that. So we try to get there with 75 to 100 paintings.”

32:11 “I think sometimes shows are hard and days are bad, and I think sometimes vendors get together and start grumbling and gaining. You just don't want that going on in your booth. You just have to kind of shoo people out if they think they're going to come and do that.”

Mary Gregory can’t remember a time that she wasn’t drawing, painting or making things. Her grandmother told her, at a very young age, that she was an artist. Mary believed her and has followed this path, though winding, all of her life.

It wasn’t until Mary’s daughters were grown and gone that she seriously pursued her art-as-business dream. Nature, from a butterfly wing to a vast landscape, as well as structures from houses to silos, are among her favorite subjects to paint. Sharing what she’s learned and encouraging others in their creativity is one of her favorite things to do.

Mary’s work has been featured in Country Living Magazine and The Cottage Journal as well as in Terrain and many other fine retail shops.

https://marygregorystudio.com/

https://www.instagram.com/marygregorystudio/

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

7:28 “Because what we're seeing on our screens every day is mostly the highs and curated things. And I get it. We don't want to just put all of the heart out there, but then—even unintentionally—your brain kind of gets programmed, “this is how it should be every day.””

12:46 “But it took someone saying to me “you're grieving” and then learning those stages of grief and then realizing, okay, yeah, I am having a hard time even accepting this, or I am angry. I'm dealing with depression.”

13:53 “And we often just think trauma is a car accident or a death or a severe type of abuse. But most of us have experienced some form of trauma, a smaller T trauma, which I kind of had to unpack.”

16:02 JEANNE: “But you mentioned that one of your friends said that the divorce was a death. And a friend of mine had said to me, divorce is a death without a funeral. And that was so helpful because if my dad would have truly passed away, people would have helped my mom.”

19:24 “And sometimes, too, when we go through these hard things, we can carry a little bit of anger or resentment towards God. And I think sometimes it can be kind of veiled if it's not coming out as, “how could you let this happen to me?””

30:31 “when we're talking about strongholds, definitely look at your parents and your grandparents and what may be there generationally and observe what some of those patterns may be. Because that will tell you a lot and you'll know real quickly if it's a stronghold or not.”

36:19 “And my dad always kind of had this saying, “no decision is a decision.” And so by avoiding a lot of things I had to come to terms with, I’m still making a decision and I'm participating in my life in a non-participant way.”

TRINA MCNEILLY is an author, speaker, and founder of the popular lifestyle blog, La La Lovely, where she has been sharing matters of the heart as well as design-related finds for over a decade. Hailing from a third generation newspaper family, Trina is right at home writing, editing, selling ads, and publishing.

Trina’s work also includes The Lovely Podcast, speaking, art direction, styling, design projects, and freelance writing. She has been featured in the New York Times, Moody Radio, The Land of Nod Catalog, Design Mom: How to live with Kids: A Room-by-Room Guide, Apartment Therapy, and Style Me Pretty Living. While she has done a lot of writing on the topic of decorating homes, Trina’s true passion is helping to bring the message of finding our home in the person of Jesus. Her heart’s desire is to introduce others to the love of the Father. Through Him we find our identity and a full life that can start in even the emptiest of places.

Trina lives near Nashville with her husband, Stephen, and their four children.

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An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

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2:38 “I think that for a lot of people, there's this kind of barrier to entry when it comes to engaging with art. This feeling that you need to somehow be an art historian or you need to understand complexities about art in order to just not be an imposter standing in front of a painting.”

4:30 “I wanted to try to talk about art in a way that the farmer who lived down the road from me would hear the stories and say, that's a good story. So that was kind of one of the reasons why I think the book is maybe a little different from other books on art and faith is storytelling.”

8:45 “But we can't empathize with people and their struggles if part of the way that we present ourselves to the world is as people who don't have any.”

10:40 “And I have to understand that as I'm doing that, part of what I'm conveying in displaying my own brokenness to other people is I'm displaying part of the inherent dignity and worth of what it means to be a person.”

14:57 “And when we put ourselves in the path of beauty and we engage with it and we let it kind of do its work on us in a way that's different than just data does its work on us that gives us a deeper sensitivity to who God is and to be able to see his work.”

17:09 “And there's another appendix in there called how to look at a Painting. Ah. And then there's a kind of an overview of art history, just kind of a very abridged sort of version of art history in the west, as well as independence, because I really wanted to have those practical things in there.”

19:04 “When you look at a painting like the artist is taking you on a ride and you don't even know it. But in learning to do that, you have this experience of being able to just absorb and take in something, and it's a good practice.”

21:11 “And turns out I ended up having to have open heart surgery to repair the mitral valve. And that experience there is (life ) before the open heart surgery and there's (life) after the open heart surgery.”

21:56 “ One of the differences is I had to prepare to die, so I had to do things like put my house in order. I had to write letters to my wife and children in case things didn't go well in surgery.”

25:15 “When I perceive him being less faithful than I want him to be, it's usually because I'm going through something that I'd just rather not be going through.”

30:52 “Like it may take you a couple of days to even get the germ of an idea. That's something that's part of the tension, part of the beauty of being engaged in some sort of creative thing is that it makes you kind of have to work methodically and slow and revise and think and put it in a drawer and come back to it a day later, and you just have to do that part of it.”

36”04 “Because that's what community does. Community shapes and forms. I think of Lewis and Tolkien and the Inklings in Oxford, where Lewis wrote Narnia and Tolkien wrote Middle Earth, but we wouldn't have Middle Earth as we have it without Lewis at the table asking him questions about it, and we wouldn't have Narnia.”

37:14 “That's part of the beauty and the necessity of community and the way it shapes us. We don't create in a vacuum.”

Russ Ramsey is a pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee, where he lives with his wife and four children. He grew up in the fields of Indiana and studied at Taylor University and Covenant Theological Seminary (MDiv, ThM). Russ is the author of the Retelling the Story Series (IVP, 2018) and Struck: One Christian’s Reflections on Encountering Death (IVP, 2017).

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Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

1:54 “It's like the same things, so you can never hear this often enough. I think the biggest thing I hear is the belief that cheaper is easier to sell.”

4:59 “So when I started writing this book in 2020, it felt like a very similar time to when I decided that I was not going to go back to corporate right after 911. The pandemic felt very similar. And the great resignation happened with millions of people walking away from their jobs. And I know that there's so many people who, like me, maybe want to make a career out of their creativity but don't believe it's possible.”

7:39 “The golden handcuffs. It's when you're tied to a job that pays you very well, and it may not even pay you very well, but you feel that you can't give up that paycheck. So, for some people, maybe they're not even—especially women—maybe they're not even making so much money, but they feel they can't give it up.”

8:14 “So what I'm doing in Break Free of the Golden Handcuffs is I'm saying, hey, yeah, I know that there's tigers and bears outside of your cave, but don't forget there's snakes inside your cave, too. And there is a risk of staying just the same.”

10:07 “They're afraid of turning people off who don't agree with them. But what ends up happening is that when you hide yourself that way and you aim for mediocrity, you don't attract the very people who would love you the most.”

15:21 “Here's how it works for us. And all the things I talk about in the book, entrepreneurs who are selling other things are guilty of as well. So, they think that price is a deciding factor when price isn't a deciding factor.”

19:39 “But the truth was I didn't have much to do. So, I wasn't in busyness, and you have a lot of time to think. And when you're showing up to work, it may sound like a great thing to get a paycheck just to show up and not do anything. It's hell. Because the beauty of life, the meaning of life is to be needed and to have meaning in our days.”

26:19 “So the belief triad is and you hear a lot in self-development work, you need to love yourself. And that's only part of it. You have to love yourself. You have to love your art, and you have to love your buyer.”

28:51 “Now, I use social media ads to get people to buy my stuff, so that's a beautiful thing. But that doesn't mean that we need to be creating content just to feed that Zuckerverse when we really should be spending that time creating our beautiful art.”

31:12 “And people are spending so much time creating Reels. You can have thousands of views on your reels with not a single person going to your profile to check out what it is that you are offering; whether that is a free sign-up or something for sale.”

Miriam Schulman is an artist, author and founder of The Inspiration Place and The Artists Incubator Coaching Program where she helps artists (from amateurs to professionals) develop their skills, tap into their creativity, and grow thriving art businesses. Her podcast, The Inspiration Place, is on the top 1% of all podcasts globally and is listened to in over 40 countries.

https://www.schulmanart.com/

https://www.schulmanart.com/podcast/

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An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

2:58 “I am going to focus on what I know to do best that I've been doing for the last many months in order to survive, which is seeking after that, which is higher, seeking after what I call higher pursuits.”

6:33 “It's as simple as everyday revival is, hey, I just really screwed up with my 14-year-old son in there. I'm going to go back in and repent, like out loud to him after I've repented before the Lord and say, I'm going to say, God, I'm sorry I was mean and wretched with my teen.”

8:56 “And I think we make it so complicated within the church, within...women's ministry area. We make it so complicated that unless you're at a pulpit or unless you've written a book or you've got some sort of title, your ministry is not as measured up as what we think is quote unquote, ministry.”

9:40 “Because we can come up with plans all day long on how to serve people, on how to do our business, how to do our things that we're passionate about, how to love our family. But we will get depleted really quick if we do not lean into divine inspiration from God Himself.”

16:02 “Because Jeanne, if we are only asking, "Lord, show me who you say I am". There are so many great things about that. I'm not going to diss anybody teaching that. But it's one-sided and we're missing the fullness of God if we do not first ask, "God, who do you say you are?”

21:54 “Okay, yeah, I'm getting distracted by those things that scrolling, scrolling, scrolling and listen. I do scrolling for a business. But at any given moment, am I going down the trail of entertaining thoughts that are not kingdom minded, that are not my God's best for me? Even if they're good things, are they God's best for me?”

24:09 “For me, it's a discipline. How many times I've already said I'm a type-A. I'm not your typical creative. And I know how to flip that on, that creative part of my brain, but it doesn't come naturally to me. And so I've had to discipline myself, like, day by day, just organizing my thoughts.”

26:58 “So sometimes, okay, God, I'm not getting anything. I ain't getting anything. Lord, what are you saying? So what? You open the Bible, if you want to hear God speaking, read his word aloud.”

32:55 “I can pray with these men and women who've been going after revival since they were in their twenties. And they're 70 now, and the Lord has just blessed us. We've seen a move of God in our town, and I would have missed it had I been like, oh, no, this is what I want to be doing.”

Sarah Martin is a wife, mom, friend, speaker, author, and Certified Coach with FASTer Way. Her life mission is to help women create space to see God move in their soul with an invitation to awaken to God's wonder & a vibrant life in His presence. Sarah is the author of the books, Just RISE UP!, Stress Point, and Higher Pursuits. She enjoys traveling all over the country to serve women at retreats and conferences. When she is not typing away at her laptop, you can find Sarah on date nights with her husband, shooting hoops with her son, or making a mess in her art room. Read more from Sarah on Instagram at @sarahfmartin  or grab a spot for her FASTer Way Vibrant Life coaching.

You can also grab a copy of Sarah's latest book, Higher Pursuits on Amazon!

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

4:32 “A lot of that has come with the experience of realizing that sometimes the way you know how something works is just like diving into it and then experiencing how it works.”

9:40 “You're not just an artist. You're ministering to women's hearts and their creativity. So, these questions that I've come up with are coming from, like, I want to know you even more so in that capacity because I feel like that's a role that you play in my life.”

JEANNE: 12:00 “But what I'm seeing is they're being sold like a good of lies constantly of that it's not enough, it's not represented perfectly, that you're behind, that you can do more.”

JEANNE: 16:10 “I think all this stuff coming at you, I would actually say have some really good boundaries of what you consume because so much that we are consuming is a waste of our time and it just feeds the lies too.”

JEANNE: 16:53 “I would say, make sure the things that you're doing, the cookies or the games or the hikes, that they're not to put it on social media. It's because you're connecting with the people you love the most.”

24:03 “And I guess I would just add that to the other moms. When you're in your twenties and thirties, just take our word for it—take us old ladies’ words for it—there is so much more ahead. And it's okay if right now you're really struggling with presence and comparison and all that, but practice being present, just practice that as much as possible.”

35:27 “I mean, they just lit up. When myself or my grandkids or my siblings or her husband, anybody, even a neighbor, walked into the room, her eyes lit up, which I ended up I spoke at her funeral, and my talk was about 14 lessons I learned from my mom, and that was one of them. Always make sure your eyes light up in the room. And I have learned that's a decision; that's not just her personality.”

JEANNE: 42:00 “One of the things that definitely was a weakness…I used to say whatever I thought. And that really doesn't really serve you well in marriage, especially. And so, I think I have learned that my emotions actually cannot always be trustworthy.”

JEANNE: 48:40 “But we use the good things in our day-to-day life because my kids are worthy of beautiful things. My husband's worthy of beautiful things. I'm worthy of beautiful things. Not just the people that come to our home to visit.”

59:44 “But when I'm just gardening, 95% of the time it's just me and the sounds. And it's like I've gotten to the point where it's like I can hear, oh, there's that moth. I mean, who listens to moths, right? Like wackos. I do! But it's like, oh, that's that moth. I got to get rid of it because it's going to eat my cabbage. Like I become tuned into things that I would not otherwise not hear.”

1:00:35 “Well, sometimes that's not what happens. Sometimes you tend to it and you're patient and then you get squash bugs. You can't even rely on tending to something to create results. And so, you have to just be willing to surrender, like literally surrender, do your best and surrender or do your half best and surrender.”

1:05:33 “And so there's an element of stillness that I think is so essential in knowing what our capacity is to do good and knowing how to look at ourselves and say, I'm doing enough.”

JEANNE: 1:10:48 “And I do not have a business without our email list. Yeah, our email list means that almost anything I can dream up, I can reach out to people that connect with what we're doing and say, I've made something for you.”

1:20:13 “Yes, I love knowing how to can food, and yes, I love knowing how to garden, but even more than that, I couldn't be as good at it as I am now without that internal resourcefulness. So that's a skill that I have.”

Stephanie Lee grew up among the mountains and red rocks of Utah but now calls Southern Oregon home. She lives with her (adorably sexy) husband, Vince (who can build/fix/do anything he puts his mind to), teenage daughter Annabelle, dogs Elsie and Rumi, and three cats who really need to up their game in their mole hunting duties. Vince and Stephanie share four more grown children (one of whom she brought into the world) and she’s decided that being a grandma before the age of 40 is pretty much the best thing ever.

Her therapist is her garden and the backpacking trails where nature and Stephanie have pretty good conversations about all the things. She has pretty good homesteading skills and she admittedly fantasizes about living off the grid in a cozy cabin where there is snow in the winter and the summer finds her growing and canning her own food by the bushel (with a cute little coffee shop within walking distance, of course) and reading real paper books in the evening by firelight.

How Stephanie would describe herself:

I cry easily, even (and especially) when laughing and have amassed a plethora of other potentially useful skills that I have so far totally underutilized. These include, but are not limited to:

Playing the piano and guitar

Cooking over a fire

Canning and preserving food

Making new friends

Saving ab workouts on Pinterest

Using the very last drop of toothpaste out of the tube before throwing it away. (Waste not, want not!)

Things I would like to add to this list but have heretofore managed to under-excel in:

Running three miles without a lung collapsing

Being an overachiever (while simultaneously cultivating an Instagram feed of enviable “simple life” images, of course).

Earning “cool mom” status

Dancing in a way that does not look like a long armed troll trying to act casual when he just tripped over his shoelace.

Yodeling.

One thing is for sure: If you are excited about something, I will be SO excited with you and I will do everything I can to make sure you know how awesome you are. Because, if nothing else, I want you to feel really, really good about being all in with your unique and exquisite creative expression.

Stephanie Lee Art

You can find Stephanie on Instagram

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

6:20 “So I left, and I went to take an art class, and that was it. 

I took an art class, and it was like I hadn't been eating or drinking for the past how many years it was, and it was like, you're starving, and you got that first bite of food. And that's how I felt.”

8:40 “So I slowly started to plan, slowly started to kind of inch away from that comfortableness of a full-time job with a salary, benefits, all that stuff. And I started to kind of take tiny little risks here and there and seeing, oh, I like doing this. This works. I can teach. I can actually teach. I can get up in front of people.”

9:57 “So that was the fear. That perfectionism of trying to seek that “there.” but that “there” never really exists. You're never “there”. You're always a work in progress. You're always running towards that “there.””

14:50 “It's not me. It's me trying to please the masses out there that I can post something. I get a reel, I can post a reel. I can do a TikTok. But I'm not focusing on my own work. And my own work, I can't share it all the time. It's very personal, and it's something I want to shut everything off and focus.”

19:16 “but I'm starting to feel that I need to pay more attention on my value, what I'm worth. And I feel like I'm not spending enough time. And I feel like a lot of artists and creators or people just starting out forget about their value and their worth.”

25:19 “I don't like to take photos of myself, but I do it, and then I paint the selfie. So, it's been a lesson in self-discovery and acceptance. And when you do paint yourself, which is a good educational exercise, you get to know yourself a little bit more detailed. You get to accept the flaws in your face and the things that you don't like.”

26:48 “And so I've been really working hard to submit to a specific grant, and it's kind of like I look at all the other people who have submitted, and I see that I'm just not there, but I'm just going to do it just to do it.”

27:35 “Fear and perfection never goes away. I mean, I can teach it and talk about it, but it's always going to be there. But it's just kind of like, okay, so I fail. That's right. So what? There's another canvas that I can start over.”

28:20 “It's rare that I present a finished painting that I feel is ready for everyone to see.”

Christa is a full-time artist specializing in pastel, oil, acrylic and mixed media art. After spending 20 years in a finance career, she decided to follow her true passion and become a full-time artist. Christa spends her time sharing her passion with others, teaching others to be creative and exploring the world's landscape recreating it onto canvas. Her work is a mixture of realism, exploration, experimentation and pure fun.

She recently began creating a detailed and expressive Goddess series where she incorporates the divine feminine and illustrates the strength many women struggle to connect with in their daily lives.  “We remember to nourish our bodies with food and water but seem to forget to remember to nourish our souls.” Why do we find our inner selves starving and yearning for something more?  Christa hopes to encourage everyone to unleash their inner Goddess through her artwork.  A current project is in the works to help others unleash their creative soul through art, music and creative expression. Helping creatives learn to nourish the soul, Creative Souls Art will explore creating from within and intuitively without the pressure of perfection and judgement.   

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/christaforrestfineart/

website

https://www.creativesoulsart.com

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

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6:47 “I know there's going to be times where we're going to have to fight for what God's called us to. But I actually look back and I'm thankful for those seasons because they do truly refine you. They truly make you go, what is it that God really wants? What is the bullseye? Not just, yeah, I'm good at art, or I'm good at creating. What is it that you really want me to do? And so that's how I ended up here talking to you.”

9:22 “And all it is, is I've just been sitting at my piano and just singing the prophetic word of the Lord. I don't know if anyone will like it. It's not cool, it's not radio playable. But when I do it, it feels like wearing the most comfortable pair of slippers.”

11:10 “I think we make a mistake of thinking that creativity is the thing you do when all the chores are done. It's like, I’ll get to writing that song or painting that art or doing that thing when I've done all the washing and cleaned up the house and the kids are in bed.”

14:41 “And I think this idea of if we put it in these kind of terms, Christian art and non-Christian art is really a Western thought process. The Greeks didn't think like this, and God certainly doesn't think like this. We are not in two separate rivers.”

22:43 “I didn't even have an office or a space to create till about two years ago. So, I had to create some rituals so that I had the space to dream. 

Because everybody knows, as a creative, you do need the right environment, don't you? You need a beautiful sunset or, you know, a calming environment. And so, there's some actual rituals that I put into place that have really helped me.”

31:31 “And so to me, creativity is worship. It is such a beautiful way to honor God. And we see that the Lord, it's important to Him, too.”

A mainstay in The Australian Christian Music ministry, Roma is the author

of Releasing Heaven's Song, The God Artist, The Handbook for Working

Singers and Amazon No1 Best Seller "Creative Identity - Carving Your Angel

in the Rock". Having recorded 7 albums or original music she has toured the

world as an independent artist. She is the founder of The Melbourne Gospel

Choir, a vocal coach and session singer for TV shows including The X-Factor

and The Voice, and has won several songwriting and performance awards

including The Gospel Music Associations Honour award for outstanding

contribution to Christian music. Roma also runs an online school "HeartSong

Creative Academy" which includes a yearly mentoring program called

HeartSong Prophetic Alliance, which trains thousands of students around the

world in all things prophetic, creative and worship.

Along with her husband Ted, they are the directors of Sounds of the Nations

Oceania. SOTN is devoted to raising up artists to worship in their own

authentic style and sound. Roma travels the globe leading worship, teaching,

speaking and songwriting.

www.training.romawaterman.com

www.romawaterman.com

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

9:05 “We really believe that time at the table is a sacred place. And when we spend time, it's just a natural place to connect; around the table, looking in people's eyes, sharing stories, laughing, talking, crying, just doing life together.”

12:26 “It is so simple gathering at the table, but it makes a huge impact on the people that are a part of it. And when we impact just one other person, then that person is going to impact other people. And I think you're right that it could change towns and communities. And if more and more people started to do this, I think it would be amazing.”

14:52 “So he came. He made it through, and it was so touching because that is all we do is that we come in and we sit at the table until the candles are all dripped out and we're at the table the whole time. 

And as he was leaving, he actually had tears running down his cheeks, and he just said, I was not knowing what to expect and dreading this... but I had no idea how much I needed this.”

16:14 “Sometimes we know that in our head. We hear that a lot coming from different directions. You belong. You have a place. But we don't fully step into that, or we think we don't deserve it, or we think we've got to do something to take that place at the table.”

17:22 “And I think a lot of times it's easy to say whether it's culture, society, other people have put us in a box. And I think more often than not, we put ourselves in a box and we decide, okay, these are my gifts and talents, and they can only be used this way.”

19:13 “We were wired to need other people, and we weren't wired to be these isolated little individuals that don't connect with others.”

21:48 “I think hospitality is sending the very simple message of “there you are. I see you.””

23:06 “It didn't matter what season they were in. They could be going through hard seasons. It didn't matter what their budget was. Good seasons, bad seasons, everyone was always welcome and there was always enough for everybody. And my parents were and still are the same way.”

24:03 “It's a very powerful way to live. I don't think anybody becomes poor by giving.”

25:27 “Excellence is just doing your absolute best with the resources that you've been given, which means you really can't compare excellence.”

30:25 “And my hope is ultimately, any gathering that I do is when people leave, that they feel better about themselves, not better about me.”

40:11 “We can have the most beautiful tables, the perfect or what we think is the perfect space and all those things, but if our heart and our motive is not true hospitality, all that beauty falls flat.”

Daune Pitman grew up among a family of entrepreneurs, artists, and gatherers in North Carolina. She owned her first business when she was six and created pen and ink drawings of the beach each day after school, and then went door-to-door selling them. Morning walks in the garden, markets, coffee, fresh flowers, books, a beautifully set table, delicious food, faith, family, travel, adventure, great company….these are a few of her favorite things. Daune and her husband, Keith, are former professional ballet dancers. After spending many years performing professionally in companies nationwide she and Keith have found themselves nestled in a cottage in Eastern NC, where they love to gather people, dream, and launch adventures. After homeschooling their three children, they are new empty nesters. With a passion for gathering, creativity, and travel, Daune launched The Cottage Table Experience and hosts long table gatherings, live workshops on creative home + hospitality + gathering, and creative retreats abroad and in the U.S. While being very content with where she is, she is homesick for places she has never been, and believes wholeheartedly that we should seize the common occasions and make them great!

Website:

The Cottage Table Experience

https://thecottagetableexperience.com

Instagram:

@cottageintheoaks

https://www.instagram.com/cottageintheoaks/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/cottageintheoaks

The Cottage Table Experience Creative Community:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cottagetableexperiencecreativecommunity

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

Hello!  I am Danielle Kartes. Welcome to Rustic Joyful Food!

Whether it’s through our books, television appearances, magazines spreads, or speaking engagements, we are on a mission to inspire people to love their lives and make delicious food. Great food isn’t great simply because its expensive or prepared with the finest tools, its great because of the love and care put into its creation. The most wonderful food we eat is wonderful because of who made it and how they loved us.

I’m the author of the Rustic Joyful Food book series, a speaker, a recipe developer, and a food stylist.  I make real food — simple food that makes you happy.  My food is messy and full of life, food that represents the family.  I live near Seattle, Washington with my sweet family: my dashing hubby, Michael (who happens to be the photographer between the the two of us), and our two boys, Noah and Milo. I love a good thrift store. I have a wild sense of humor, and I don’t take life too seriously. The farmers market gives me life, and I love to garden, though I am not very good at it (I make Mike do all the weeding — ha!). I am driven by happy accidents in the kitchen.  I never want anything I do here to feel forced, and I strive for authentic recipes that you can make on your own with what you have on hand. I adore creating recipes and making simple dishes that translate into food you can actually make in real life with what you can afford and what is available to you. We eat chicken nuggets on busy days and all-organic, fancy shmancy braises on others.

It’s easy for eating throughout the day to become just another task, another box to check off.  But food is so much more than just sustenance; it's a way to feel joyful, a way to connect with your family, a way to live brilliantly.  And we have only this one chance to live brilliantly.  I hope that through the recipes you discover here you are inspired to live your own version of brilliant and share the joy of cooking (and eating) with your family, that you never stop trying to be happy right where you’re at. Joy and peace abound in our home, not because we are without trials, but because we know what truly matters.

Danielle Kartes, Rustic Joyful Food

http://www.rusticjoyfulfood.com/

https://www.instagram.com/rusticjoyfulfood/

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

Podcast 056 | The Beauty Chasers with Timothy Willard

“Our country is kind of falling under this enchantment of sameness and not uniqueness.” 30:12

“People are thirsty for people and contact.” 34:50

"Before the Enlightenment period, you would ask an artist what their aim of their art was they would say beauty, but today they say transgression or self expression. It has shifted, the aim being something outside of ourselves… now has turned into ‘Me.’” 42:57

“It’s not too late. Beauty is there. Wonder is there. Intention is there. Pattern is there. There can be revival in lots of different ways and the only way to revive something is because it actually already once was alive.” 44:47

“Beauty is a reflection of life itself.” 45:50

Timothy Willard is a writer, theologian, artist, creative consultant, and independent scholar. He has authored four books, including the critically acclaimed Veneer: Living Deeply in a Surface Society. His new book with Zondervan Reflective will release on June 21, 2022. Stay tuned for the title announcement!

With a passion to disciple the minds of the emerging generation in faith and culture and to help people live like beauty matters, Timothy moved his family to Oxford, England for two years where he earned his PhD at King’s College London and studied beauty in the works of C.S. Lewis under the supervision of Alister McGrath.

Millions have read Timothy’s inspirational writing, which has been featured at Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Patheos, Acculturated, The Huffington Post, FaithIt, Duke Divinity’s Faith & Leadership, Q Media: Essays, Catalyst Magazine, Outreach Magazine, Relevant Magazine, and The Edges Collective.

Timothy has been a featured speaker at Q Ideas, Catalyst Conference, Allume Conference, OCCA The Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics, and various churches including Carmel Baptist in Charlotte, North Carolina, Embrace Church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and St. Aldates Church: Oxford, England.

As a creative consultant and publishing collaborator (ghostwriter), Timothy has worked on thirty books with clients ranging from Chick-fil-A, Q Ideas, International Mission Board, Hobby Lobby, and Coca-Cola Consolidated, to NYT bestselling authors, multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning artists, former NFL MVPs, to writers, pastors, home educators, and entrepreneurs.

He lives in North Carolina with his wife and three daughters.

https://www.timothywillard.com/

https://www.instagram.com/timothywillard

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

“If you can actually have a relationship with God and really know the creator of the universe, and if the things we talk about in church are actually real, what else am I giving my attention to? This is obviously the most important pursuit of my entire existence.” 7:21

“It’s the experience of it all that drives us to want others to know what it can be for them too. When you have experience in something, there’s just this confidence to share it… Experience changes everything.” 8:45

“You can only revive something that’s already lived before.” 9:48

“I want to always be constantly positioning myself to experience what God is doing today right now, and not maybe a month, a year, ten years ago.” 11:20

“What I’m realizing about Jesus, the Jesus I’m following now, is that there’s always more to discover. He actually is a person that wants to have a relationship with us and through the Holy Spirit we can discover new things about Him every single day.” 13:01

“Avoid everything that has a numbing effect. If you are having a hard time hearing from the Lord, having a hard time focusing your brain and it is on scramble and everything seems foggy, avoid anything that you are using in order to help you stop feeling. Get your discernment back. Hear clearly from the Lord. Focus on what you’re supposed to be focused on.” 18:10

“When you are constantly numbing yourself you don’t realize that you’re actually enslaving yourself to the world and you’re actually putting a wall up from receiving the actual life that you want. It feels like it’s helping but what it’s actually doing is robbing you from that life.” 19:43

“What do you look like fully alive?” 26:41

“Obedience is success.” 31:43

“If you’re aiming at revival and you’re not focused on spending time with God, your aim is wrong and you’re focused on the wrong thing.” 33:12

Jessi was born and raised on Long Island, NY. In 2007 she moved to Manhattan and worked in the nightclub industry as a doorman and nightclub promoter. In 2009, she was radically saved in her apartment after a traumatic break-up and drug-filled lifestyle. After encountering the love and power of the real living Jesus, she sold her belongings and traveled to 15 countries over 11 months, working with orphanages, preaching the Gospel, praying for the sick, and sharing the love of Jesus. She then moved back to Manhattan and started a successful social media agency working with luxury brands around the world. In 2012, she met her husband Parker Green and stepped into full time ministry. In 2016, she gave birth to her first child David Leonidas and two months later they moved to Southern California to plant churches called Salt Churches and lead grassroots revival through Saturate Global. Everything in the Greens lives changed after thousands were saved, healed and baptized on the beaches of California in 2020 and Jessi now burns to ignite Nations with revival!

Jessi is a revivalist, preacher, wife, mom, visionary and creative type. Along with raising her three children David Leonidas, Ethan Everest and Summer Kingsley she is the director of Saturate Global which is a grassroots revival movement that is uniting the church in reaching those that don’t know Jesus, baptizing them and making disciples that multiply.

She believes that everyone is qualified to preach The Gospel and teach others to follow Jesus. While enjoying the sun in North Carolina, she passionately speaks about what it means to follow a Jesus that is ALIVE and wants to transform cities and your personal life. The Gospel is her passion, as she has personally been set free from many things including shame, fear and depression. She loves meeting people on the street and displaying a Kingdom of redemption to those that feel the furthest from Christ.

Jessi believes that Jesus came to give us life and life more abundantly.

You can follow her on Instagram https://instagram.com/jessi.green

Or online at JessiGreen.com

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

“I see that it (perfectionism) is a joy stealer, it’s an energy stealer, it steals the ability to think of others first or even at all, and because of that part of the self-focus, it isolates.” 6:05

“The bad speaks so much louder than the good. And when perfectionism and self-worship are present, it gives the bad a lot of power.” 8:14

“We can let perfect keep us from good.” 8:48

“Just say yes and figure it out later.” 21:09

“Perfectionism can show up with over planning, over preparing, and then sometimes never doing because there will always be unknowns.” 21:55

“I think there is something that gets stolen from us when there’s self-worship there at the core.” 30:36

“I think we honor our gifts that we’ve been given by using them and more importantly enjoying them.” 33:19

“You can’t glorify the Lord with your gifts if you’re not using them.” 47:37

Sandi Hester had her first painting lessons around her grandmother’s kitchen table during long summer visits in the countryside of Franklin, Tennessee. Her grandmother was a pottery artist and first exposed Sandi to the feel of a loaded paintbrush sliding across a surface. For Sandi, the subject, color, texture and enjoyment of the creative process are very important.

“I’m always aiming for a looseness - a suggestion of what’s really there. I try to capture the beauty of the scene and the feeling of color and warmth instead of recording the details of the scene. I'm not interested in the exactness - I'm interested in how it makes me feel. Painting this way tells you more about the image or scene than when grasping for the details.” - Sandi Hester

​https://www.sandihester.com/

https://www.instagram.com/sandihesterart

https://www.youtube.com/c/sandihester

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

Podcast 053 | Awake Awake with Sheila Atchley

“One of the saddest things to be is unaware.” 10:13

“You have a spirit of authority. Go love it. Find it and love it.” 16:07

“Your middle is as ordained a season as your beginning and as your end.” 16:18

“Your most valuable perspective in the middle is that of loving what is yours, and I would also say that your perspective is also your most valuable possession.” 16:34

“Jesus paid for my ultimate victory, but I pay for my present viewpoint. Choice by choice by choice, my perspective is my own and it has been dearly bought for better or for worse, and it’s so important to be awake and aware and choose our perspective very carefully.” 17:13

“I just think that creativity is one of the most powerful tools in a woman’s toolbox for the maintenance of a well soul, and every single one of us should have some form of a dedicated creative practice.” 18:57

I’m Sheila Atchley. Artist-author, wisdom-chaser, preacher’s wife, life and creativity coach, and silver-haired ordinary mystic.

I’m a die-hard congregant, and a flagrant creative.

I have a semi-empty nest, a handsome preacher-husband, and seven adorable grand-wildlings.

And I over-use the hyphen.  Proudly.

While I am equally drawn to words and art, words are my defining first love, and a big part of my art form.  I’m here to encourage you with paint, prose, and poetry. Hence, the paint brush and the ink pen in my sketchy little home-made logo.

I have no shame. No really, I have no shame.

I’m here to unleash an army of women who celebrate for no reason – an army of women whose metric is grace.

My main mission is the middle age woman.  This beautiful season of life is under-celebrated, and under-valued.  Middle aged women do not get enough support.  I aim to change that, when and where I can.  I believe that (like Abraham and Joshua of scripture) “everywhere the soles of your feet tread shall be yours…the Lord will extend your boundaries…”.

Middle age is a vast and gracious land. It is a Promised Land…disguised as a battle. It is a land where many of us now find ourselves walking, a place where the potential fruit is enormous – if we are willing to slay some giants.

I’m busy doing just that in my personal life, in my art, and in my writing and speaking ministry.  I want to help you extend your boundaries. I want to help you inherit what’s legally yours, in every season.  

After all, if I encourage the women, I encourage the world.

I invite you to sit down, relax, and please overlook my hair (it is its own light source, my apologies).

Let’s talk about the things that really matter – and laugh about the things that really don’t.

https://sheilaatchley.art/

https://www.instagram.com/sheilaatchleydesigns/

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

“The journey of faith is messy.” 19:11

“Don’t put off anything, do it.” 41:08

“Take that pass, you’ve earned it, you have a right to it, and say no to the things that you are not capable of.” 43:05

“There’s no formula, there’s no fixing it, you just have to walk with it and feel it and experience it.” 44:56

A self-taught Mixed Media Artist, Lorraine divides her time living between The Cayman Islands and Central Florida. A recent empty nester, she is passionate about sketching, traveling, and writing. She combines all three of these loves to create illustrated art journals bursting with her adventures on the road.

Lorraine is one of the 5 founding members that made up the collaborative team of ART TO THE 5TH, a revolutionary group of women that brought together over 13,000 people to create art, inspire and uplift one another. She designed the visual calendar/journal that was the inspiration for The Documented Life Project, a year-long undertaking that encouraged the concept of visual and written chronicles of your daily life. This project was the catalyst for the creative planner and journal movement that is so prevalent today.

Lorraine has been involved in the Art Industry for over 30 years. From creating and selling at craft fairs and exhibitions in her early 20’s, to a noted sketchbook artist and author, she is continually studying art and looking for new ways to expand and improve her creative abilities. Though she often teaches through an online platform, Lorraine prefers to be among fellow creatives. “I am most inspired when I am surrounded by artists,” Lorraine says. “There is no more vulnerable feeling than to be in the presence of like-minded people who know the same need to reach deeply inside, grab hold of your soul, and expose it on canvas and paper for all the world to see.”

Lorraine’s Catholic faith keeps her grounded and often inspires her art. She is a lover of all things random, serendipitous and spontaneous. Her studio is anywhere from under an olive tree in Tuscany to a crowded market in Istanbul to a pristine fjord in Norway. She is constantly in motion and an accidental tourist, embracing culture and spreading art everywhere she goes.

https://lorrainebell.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lorraine_bell/

https://www.facebook.com/LorraineBellArtist/

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

“All of this that I’ve learned and taught myself is going to go away unless I share it.” 22:26

“What you are is beautiful, just be what you are.” 25:09

“Just be more of who you are.” 26:06

“Everything has been done before but nobody can do it like you can.” 26:39

“I think artists are such a special group of people, we bring so much beauty and uniqueness in the world.” 30:11

Adele Sypesteyn

Raised by an artist who incorporated a ceramic kiln and photography studio into our home, I grew up  knowing the arts as the only way to live life. In fact, my brother and two sisters also ventured into the  arts in different ways. 

My architecturally influenced abstract work incorporates multiple layers of texture, color and pattern. 

I earned a B.A. in art history with a studio minor from Newcomb College in New Orleans while working  full-time as an artist. I also achieved a master’s degree in social work from Tulane University in New  Orleans. Co-founding the Wellness Center in New Orleans in 1996, I designed a program of art therapy  for cancer patients. In 1999, I earned my license as a Gestalt therapist. 

My work has been displayed in galleries across the country, featured in world-class magazines (including  Veranda and House Beautiful), and has adorned the walls of prestigious enterprises such as Neiman  Marcus and Saks 5th Avenue.

https://adelesypesteynstudio.com/

https://www.youtube.com/c/AdeleSypesteynStudio

https://www.instagram.com/adelesypesteyn/

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

Podcast 050 | A Celiac in Italy with Catalin Varela

“I’ve always seen the world as being the best classroom." 4:54

“I made this promise to myself that I was going to wholeheartedly go after everything that lights me up regardless of how difficult or how risky it might be because I got so face to face with the fragility of life at such a young age and that was wildly clarifying for me.” 14:41

“Fearless is an interesting word to me because it’s not that I don’t have any fears, it’s that most of the time I hear the fear arise and I think, “Ok thanks for your concern” and just do it anyway.” 15:20

“None of us are guaranteed anything beyond this very moment.” 15:52

“You will always be able to find a reason why now is not a good time because, truth be told, it is never a perfect time to pick up and reinvent your life, but at some point, you have to decide that you want it more than you’re afraid of it and go for it…” 26:22

Catalin Varela

Catalin Varela is a 20-something American living in Florence. She was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2016 and has since become a Certified IIN Health Coach with a degree in Health Arts & Sciences. As the founder of The Celiac in Italy, Catalin teaches online Italian cooking classes (all gluten free, of course), consults clients on traveling safely in Italy as a celiac, and is an English+Italian speaking resource for all things gluten free Italy. Learn more and follow her adventures on Instagram.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celiacinitaly/

Website: https://www.catalinvarela.com/

Airbnb gluten free pasta class: https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/3128006

Airbnb celiac travel consulting: https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/3253930

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

“I think the best thing we can do for our homes is have our homes reflect really who we are, how we like to live, and that it represents the people that live there.” 1:47 

“I feel like it just showed me from a young age to think outside the box, to have spaces with character and life in them, to have a space that represents what you love…” 7:42

“What does it feel like to be in someone’s space and feel comfortable and being surrounded by beauty and to be welcomed. To have beauty without the other ones doesn’t make a place very beautiful.” 8:55

“Are you using your home and creating spaces that actually work for you?” 16:56

“There is no recipe for an artist. That is in itself what being an artist is.” 22:54

“We shouldn’t be following these preconceived notions of people. Those notions are sometimes what gets in the way of us being able to claim the artist in ourselves.” 23:22

“Enough is an abundance.” 25:06

Deanne Fitzpatrick

"Each time I make a rug, I create a new design. In many of my pieces I tell stories or express ideas about the world. In my work the thing that matters most is making great rugs. I hook nearly every day. I cannot stop myself, I like the feel of wool slipping through my fingers.

I have learned that craft and handmade can totally change the way you view the world. I believe that I have helped as many people by teaching them how to hook rugs and embrace their own creativity as I would have as a therapist, a career I began in my twenties.  My style of rug hooking, with its meditative qualities, and its freedom from rules adds beauty to our world and is therapeutic on its own. It is joyful, powerful and transformative. It is not about being perfect, it is about creating beauty everyday.

In addition to hooking rugs, I love to write. I have written seven books about rug hooking and creativity and I recently released, Meditations for Makers, featuring daily meditations for rug hookers.   

I love land, especially fields. I find that a bunch of scrub and brush are beautiful things. It changes all day long with the light and I love to depict this in my work. My goal to live simply, and make hooked rugs that are unmistakably art." Deanne

Socials: 
Website: hookingrugs.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/deannefitzpatrickhookingrugs

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

“I do feel that we all have to keep a light for ourselves and that we have to keep a light for others.” 3:33

“Well to me it goes back to one of my key things, “How do I want my life to look and feel?” 4:45

“Do our actions line up with what we say we want?” 6:18

“I think you really have to ask yourself, “What do you want your life to mean?” And I think when you’re answering that question honestly and positively, you are keeping a light.” 7:40

“It really taught me something to stop and give things pause and rest and room to figure it out.”14:29

“Are we aware of the things that we do that are maybe even causing more of the problems that we’re dealing with?” 18:24

“In your role and in my role, we’re keeping a light for others too.” 19:21

Deanne Fitzpatrick

"Each time I make a rug, I create a new design. In many of my pieces I tell stories or express ideas about the world. In my work the thing that matters most is making great rugs. I hook nearly every day. I cannot stop myself, I like the feel of wool slipping through my fingers.

I have learned that craft and handmade can totally change the way you view the world. I believe that I have helped as many people by teaching them how to hook rugs and embrace their own creativity as I would have as a therapist, a career I began in my twenties.  My style of rug hooking, with its meditative qualities, and its freedom from rules adds beauty to our world and is therapeutic on its own. It is joyful, powerful and transformative. It is not about being perfect, it is about creating beauty everyday.

In addition to hooking rugs, I love to write. I have written seven books about rug hooking and creativity and I recently released, Meditations for Makers, featuring daily meditations for rug hookers.   

I love land, especially fields. I find that a bunch of scrub and brush are beautiful things. It changes all day long with the light and I love to depict this in my work. My goal to live simply, and make hooked rugs that are unmistakably art." Deanne

Socials: 
Website: hookingrugs.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/deannefitzpatrickhookingrugs

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

“You can only sustain being you.” 2:31

“It’s not what you got, it’s how you keep it.” 6:32

“Who are we that we can walk out consistently and sustain it?… If there’s parts of ourselves that aren’t true, we’ll never make it.” 17:57

“We make art to understand ourselves.” 20:23

“When we bring people together we give them the opportunity to belong to each other.” 22:56

“I love being with people who also know where they came from.” 28:50 

Deanne Fitzpatrick

"Each time I make a rug, I create a new design. In many of my pieces I tell stories or express ideas about the world. In my work the thing that matters most is making great rugs. I hook nearly every day. I cannot stop myself, I like the feel of wool slipping through my fingers.

I have learned that craft and handmade can totally change the way you view the world. I believe that I have helped as many people by teaching them how to hook rugs and embrace their own creativity as I would have as a therapist, a career I began in my twenties.  My style of rug hooking, with its meditative qualities, and its freedom from rules adds beauty to our world and is therapeutic on its own. It is joyful, powerful and transformative. It is not about being perfect, it is about creating beauty everyday.

In addition to hooking rugs, I love to write. I have written seven books about rug hooking and creativity and I recently released, Meditations for Makers, featuring daily meditations for rug hookers.   

I love land, especially fields. I find that a bunch of scrub and brush are beautiful things. It changes all day long with the light and I love to depict this in my work. My goal to live simply, and make hooked rugs that are unmistakably art." Deanne

Socials: 
Website: hookingrugs.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/deannefitzpatrickhookingrugs

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

“I think you do go into seasons where there’s an ebb and flow, and I think there are times that we can think if we’re not doing that one thing that used to be so abundant, “Are we still creative?” I think it’s then saying, “How can I be creative now in a different way?” 2:40

“There’s definitely seasons in my creativity just like there is with life.” 4:30

“I think sometimes we tell ourselves in transition times that we don’t have choices.” 7:56

“I know who I am, and I know what I was made to do, and I can do that anywhere.” 8:20

“Fear is biggest when we’re in transition and when seasons are changing.” 9:50

“It’s ok to feel lost sometimes and it’s ok to not have your footing, but are we kind to ourselves during those times? Do we have grace in that time, and who are we listening to?” 10:27

“Are the people we’re listening to, are they speaking life over us and our situation?” 11:40

“I don’t think I’ve ever not made things better by simplifying more.” 13:27

Deanne Fitzpatrick

"Each time I make a rug, I create a new design. In many of my pieces I tell stories or express ideas about the world. In my work the thing that matters most is making great rugs. I hook nearly every day. I cannot stop myself, I like the feel of wool slipping through my fingers.

I have learned that craft and handmade can totally change the way you view the world. I believe that I have helped as many people by teaching them how to hook rugs and embrace their own creativity as I would have as a therapist, a career I began in my twenties.  My style of rug hooking, with its meditative qualities, and its freedom from rules adds beauty to our world and is therapeutic on its own. It is joyful, powerful and transformative. It is not about being perfect, it is about creating beauty everyday.

In addition to hooking rugs, I love to write. I have written seven books about rug hooking and creativity and I recently released, Meditations for Makers, featuring daily meditations for rug hookers.   

I love land, especially fields. I find that a bunch of scrub and brush are beautiful things. It changes all day long with the light and I love to depict this in my work. My goal to live simply, and make hooked rugs that are unmistakably art." Deanne

Socials: 
Website: hookingrugs.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/deannefitzpatrickhookingrugs

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

“I just want to breathe beauty. I feel like if we’re not intentional about needing that, it’s really easy to get distracted and not see what we have.” 5:45

“I think that’s what we do once we define ourselves as artists, what we do is we refine.” 9:23

“Are we distracted or are we seeing?” 11:36

“Once people find their medium then they begin to chase beauty at a greater rate, and they begin to see with eyes that they never saw before.” 12:27

“Beauty is enough. That’s all I need to do, is just to make it beautiful.” 16:40

“When you start making beauty and seeing beauty just for the sake of beauty, it wakes other people up around you too.” 19:36

“I want people to know that they are worthy of beauty.” 20:35

“Do we think we’re worthy of living, breathing, walking out, using, and making beauty?” 21:29

Deanne Fitzpatrick

"Each time I make a rug, I create a new design. In many of my pieces I tell stories or express ideas about the world. In my work the thing that matters most is making great rugs. I hook nearly every day. I cannot stop myself, I like the feel of wool slipping through my fingers.

I have learned that craft and handmade can totally change the way you view the world. I believe that I have helped as many people by teaching them how to hook rugs and embrace their own creativity as I would have as a therapist, a career I began in my twenties.  My style of rug hooking, with its meditative qualities, and its freedom from rules adds beauty to our world and is therapeutic on its own. It is joyful, powerful and transformative. It is not about being perfect, it is about creating beauty everyday.

In addition to hooking rugs, I love to write. I have written seven books about rug hooking and creativity and I recently released, Meditations for Makers, featuring daily meditations for rug hookers.   

I love land, especially fields. I find that a bunch of scrub and brush are beautiful things. It changes all day long with the light and I love to depict this in my work. My goal to live simply, and make hooked rugs that are unmistakably art." Deanne

Socials: 
Website: hookingrugs.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/deannefitzpatrickhookingrugs

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

“Have your heart right where you’re at, have your eyes on what’s in front of you, because even though it doesn’t feel like it right now, it’s going to go away. It’s going to go away and there’s going to be a lot of time to do a lot of those things and you’re never going to regret being present where you’re at.” 6:42

“Never think that your creativity is only creativity if it’s in these big blocks of time.” 12:59

“Creativity, if we allow it, it will never stop.” 20:39

Deanne Fitzpatrick

"Each time I make a rug, I create a new design. In many of my pieces I tell stories or express ideas about the world. In my work the thing that matters most is making great rugs. I hook nearly every day. I cannot stop myself, I like the feel of wool slipping through my fingers.

I have learned that craft and handmade can totally change the way you view the world. I believe that I have helped as many people by teaching them how to hook rugs and embrace their own creativity as I would have as a therapist, a career I began in my twenties.  My style of rug hooking, with its meditative qualities, and its freedom from rules adds beauty to our world and is therapeutic on its own. It is joyful, powerful and transformative. It is not about being perfect, it is about creating beauty everyday.

In addition to hooking rugs, I love to write. I have written seven books about rug hooking and creativity and I recently released, Meditations for Makers, featuring daily meditations for rug hookers.   

I love land, especially fields. I find that a bunch of scrub and brush are beautiful things. It changes all day long with the light and I love to depict this in my work. My goal to live simply, and make hooked rugs that are unmistakably art." Deanne

Socials: 
Website: hookingrugs.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/deannefitzpatrickhookingrugs

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

“I was looking at your season which was different than my season.” 5:03

“The art will always be there, your kids won’t. Enjoy that time.” 5:42

“I really discovered that my passion and my purpose were two different things.” 6:02

“There are things you know in your head that you don’t believe in your heart.” 6:59

“Don’t compare the season you’re in with the season I’m in.” 7:24

“You don’t have excuses, there are no excuses. You actually have little bits of your day to connect with your creativity in the midst of doing this really beautiful thing that you get to do.” 8:36 

“We’re all really good at wasting time.” 12:43

“I just poured myself into my art when I would have been pouring myself into my kids.” 17:22

“I think it’s just this huge misconception that you must be in a relationship or married to someone where you can do art and call yourself an artist or that it’s just a part-time thing. It’s very devalued.” 19:00

 “Pushing through to me looks like taking care of myself and resting when I need to rest.” 22:27

“It has less to do with pushing through or figuring out a way, it’s more of me saying to myself, 'What hat do I have to wear today, and do I have the bandwidth to wear that hat today?’ 23:01

“In the end, you really have to look at the work and say, ‘Is this how I want to use my artistic ability and energy?’ 28:57

“You write the resume of the job you want, not the job you have because you’ll end up in the wrong place.” 29:54

“I think ‘intuitive' just means you’ve practiced a lot.” 33:56Danielle Donaldson is an artist, author and educator renowned for her use of complex color palettes and delicately drawn details. Her work incorporates an imaginative array of subjects, from playfully rendered forest creatures, nautical landscapes encapsulated in glass jars, and pillow-forts filled with kittens.

Her background in fine art paired with her skills as a graphic designer have provided her with an exceptional pairing of intuition and practicality, which shines through in her art, books and workshops. In addition to her best-selling instructional books, creativeGIRL: Mixed Media Techniques for an Artful Life and The Art of Creative Watercolor: Inspiration and Techniques for Imaginative Drawing and Painting, she teaches both online classes and in-person workshops including beginner to advanced artists from around the world. Using her trusty mechanical pencil and vast palette of watercolors, she weaves the values of creative practice, color experimentation, and fine art fundamentals with her signature small-scale illustration.

Nestled in her comfy studio in Southern California, Danielle continues to grow as an artist by fully embracing the creative process in all she does and with each story she tells.

You can connect with Danielle on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, and on her WEBSITE. Want some creative tidbits in your inbox? Sign up for her NEWSLETTER and get a free digital print of one her favorite illustrations!

Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

Podcast 042| Motherhood and Creativity with Miriam Schulman 

“It took me a while to realize, “No, I can make a living from my art, and this is what I should be doing.’” 5:48

“It’s priority management and blocking your time into an ideal schedule.” 7:52

“I think you had a head start probably because you had already been honoring that creativity.” 10:28

“I always introduced myself as an artist. I owned that identity.” 17:27

“There’s always a story way before you have to tell a price” 19:10

“People don’t like that; they don’t like it when you’re transactional with them” 20:35

“If you see it everywhere you can start to believe that’s for you too.” 25:57 

“As women we’re taught our whole lives to play it small… When we’re told to not take up space, when we’re told to play it small, those messages get ingrained.” 26:16

“Tell yourself the truth about what you want. Own your desire.” 29:03

“I’m doing everything I ever said I wanted to do.” 39:37

Miriam Schulman is an artist, author and founder of The Inspiration Place and The Artists Incubator Coaching Program where she helps artists (from amateurs to professionals) develop their skills, tap into their creativity, and grow thriving art businesses. Her podcast, The Inspiration Place, is on the top 1% of all podcasts globally and is listened to in over 40 countries.

https://www.schulmanart.com/

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Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

 “What you would buy it for has nothing to do with what the market price of your art is” 2:48

“I just found that artists really were trying to do pricing in a bubble as opposed to thinking about the whole macro things in regards to pricing, not only your expense every month, but also other things like how you’re perceived in the marketplace, and the client niche you develop.” 3:05

“I think confidence, as you’re learning to price your art, it lets you say, ‘Yeah I’m a professional. This is what I do, and I’m worth it and when I charge market prices people take me seriously. They treat me like a real artist and I have the time and space and creativity to be able to do the things I want to do as an artist.’” 4:57

“Just be prepared. Have a price ready for something." 5:26 

“Sometimes that’s all it is when you’re starting is not being prepared to give people an answer.” 6:10

“With my wall hangings, I came up with a linear foot price.” 6:33

“Consider all of your expenses as you’re running your studio.” 7:14

“I’ve never found that I had to discount my work to sell it.” 9:29

“Don’t discount your work because it starts to train the people that are following you to wait for discounts as opposed to paying market prices and really valuing your work more than just 10% or 20% off.” 9:43

“The market will always give you clues.” 12:51

“A big part of that is just valuing what you do. I think that’s a big part for us as artists is learning that, although you may take what you do for granted, this is a special gift that people don’t see the world like we see it.” 15:10

“I think people don’t realize when they’re starting out that your friends and family are not usually your customers." 16:17

“I think that’s why it’s so important to have something like your mentorship program or be in a mastermind or do one-on-one consulting because you need a voice of someone with experience outside of your bubble.” 16:57

“You have to listen to the people that are actually purchasing your work” 17:25

“I think part of being a business owner is realizing, ‘You know what? I need to have stable pricing, not only for myself but for my clients so that whether somebody sees my work at a gallery or they come to me at a show or they’re coming to me for a commission, we’re going to be in the same range of pricing.’” 18:44

“Having a stable pricing methodology allows you to make sure, across the board, in every venue, that you’re in the same price range no matter where people are seeing and buying your work.” 19:24

“You’ve got to have pricing integrity across the board.” 21:12

“Why am I going to put all this other time and energy into what everybody says I should do when this is what's working for me?” 24:27

Matt is a woven sculpture artist from Asheville, North Carolina, successful entrepreneur and internationally known Christian speaker, author of 5 books. He is also a mentor to artists around the world through his “Created to Thrive” mentoring program and The Thriving Christian Artist podcast.

In 2009, God called Matt to “raise up an army of artists to reveal His glory all over the earth.” Since then, Matt has given his life to helping artists thrive spiritually, creatively and financially through creating live events, resources and online opportunities that equip artists to live the life they were divinely designed to live in the Kingdom.

As an artist, Matt’s work has been featured in many magazines, shows and exhibitions and is mostly commissioned by private clients for luxury mountain and coastal homes around the country. In 2011, Matt was recognized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery as an American Artist Under 40 and in 2018 was recognized as one of the Best Artist Mentors in the country by Professional Artist Magazine.

Find out more about Matt’s work with artists at www.MattTommeyMentoring.com

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Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver

Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want.

An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. 

Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE.

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.

3:25     “Like many creatives, I was searching for something else to fill that void that dance had left for me, and I read The Artists Way…I started out learning as much as I can.”

4:22     “Because I had such a long career as a dance teacher, it seemed like a natural progression for me to start teaching art, and encouraging other creatives, and that’s really what means the most to me…”

6:33    “The busier and the bigger our business was getting, and the busier our lives with teenagers was getting, that stuff [creative touchpoints like workshops and markets] just wasn’t happening.”

7:17     “I think when you start using the word ‘mastermind’, it implies that it’s intentional.  We are coming together with lots of intentions, with boundaries, with some framework here.”

8:40     “I can say with 100% certainty that part of the reason we were able to do the best we’ve ever done in 2020 was because I had the support and encouragement of that mastermind group.”

12:36  “The only rules for forming a mastermind group I would say would be find people a little ahead of you and a little behind you.”

15:27   “The first thing that I would say in terms of structure is have some kind of contract.”

17:16   “The next thing is there has to be something that says there’s confidentiality.  If you are going to come together with other men and women, what you share there has to be private…”

23:23  “I have found so often that just by asking somebody, that there is so much there, there is so much more they want to share…”

28:43  “The reason any group works is that there is a structure and a format that they can depend on, so that’s why it’s important to start that structure in the beginning.”

33:16  “I don’t know why we need reminders to rest, but to me the mastermind group has felt like a safe place to land and to rest.”

37:06  “Part of our success was that people that were ahead of us looked over their shoulder and they reached back their hand and they grabbed my hand and they said ‘Hey, I see something really great in you, and I’m going to help you get there faster…”

43:49  “I’ve appreciated other sets of eyes on what I’m doing, because sometimes I’m so close to it.  I know exactly what I mean, but if that’s not coming across I’m losing people and we’re not having success.”

45:12   “There’s a reality check within a mastermind group.  There’s definitely been a pivot in my business and I could not have done it without having these other people, other creatives, in my life, because we can’t do it alone.”

46:59  “Instead of speaking these concerns to people that don’t know what it's like, go to people that are going to give you advice that have been where you’re at.”

50:55   “If you have people in your life that also know what resistance feels like, they are able to come back and say, ‘You’ve got this.’”

Renee Mueller

I hold a BFA from the University of Michigan in Dance and Choreography. I danced professionally and had the honor of teaching dance at the University of Michigan's Musical Theater and Theater Departments. 

Growing up in the magical world of theater and dance I was exposed to so many gifted and talented artists. Collaborating with dancers, actors, choreographers, musicians, set, costume and lighting designers was an incredibly rich experience. It was fascinating to watch how a small idea would unfold into beautiful productions.

My love for theater and dance is a constant source of inspiration for my art. I hope that by sharing my techniques and creative practices, you will find something to spark your imagination.

I currently live in Ann Arbor, Michigan with my husband Marc, who continues support all my creative dreams, and our beautiful daughter Olivia.

https://www.reneemuellerart.com/

Jeanne Oliver

Creatively Made Business

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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.

2:32 “I think of my art as sort of a marriage between my social work life and my creative
life…”

3:25 “Over time, especially as my business was growing, even with employees and help I just
found that my brain and my psychic space was always filled with go go go go go…”

4:44 “What I learned was that dismantling parts of your business is just as hard as building
parts of your business.”

11:52 “Between the drop ceiling and the fluorescent lighting and the paint, we had…some
things. But it did have wood floors…”

16:24 “The question on my mind these days as I continue to do this work of letting go is ‘what
do I feel beholden to that doesn’t consistently nourish my soul?’ The answers that keep coming
up over and over: instagram and facebook.’”

20:01 “The sense of community is stronger than the fear of staying somewhere that you have
outgrown.”

22:18 “I just had limiting beliefs around ‘this is where I have to be in order to stay relevant.’ I
wish that I had done my breaking up [with instagram and facebook] years and years ago, I really
do.”

26:06 “Listen to how it makes you feel. How are you after you’ve been on, are you doing the
things you really say you want to do, do you feel beholden to something?”

28:00 “That’s how social media is designed, it’s designed to get that little hit of feedback, and
what I noticed was I was completely in that trap, looking for external validation for what I was
creating.”

29:10 “I have felt lonely, I have felt alone, I have felt bored even, in the first couple of months. I
found that to be so fascinating, because I can’t remember the last time I felt truly bored, or didn’t
know what to do with myself, and I sort of loved it.”

32:14 “What’s my true north? At the end of the day can I go to sleep and feel like I’ve done
something, that I’m not beholden to anything except for my spirit, my soul, what matters most to
me…”

33:02 “I just find that when we take an actual stand that we deepen our relationships with our
communities, we start to narrow in on our ideal audience, that we are not trying to appease the
masses, but we are speaking with people who really, really, really get us…”

37:16 “I’ve also noticed there’s been more forwarding of my newsletters than ever before. The
person who is consuming social media content is moving quickly…but in your inbox you’ve got
someone’s attention a lot longer.”

39:15 “One of the things that was definitely birthed is that I’ve always had a wish to paint really
big, and to pivot my creative style a little bit…”

41:59 “Wait a second, I have been forward facing for 16 years. What does it look like to be
inward facing, to not be creating content, to not be creating a consumable for anybody?”

Self-taught artist and entrepreneur, Kelly Rae Roberts, believes in the power of possibility. A former social worker, Kelly Rae picked up her first paintbrush at age 30 and everything changed. Painting brought her what she was craving: healing, unburdened joy, awakening. Her tender style of truth-telling and possibility-driven approach to life, work, & art spread like wildfire and has been featured in countless books, magazines, and licensed products. She is the creator of several beloved e-courses, books, and retreats that focus on the idea that when we let art out, we let love in.

She lives in small town Sisters, OR with her son True, husband John, and two English Bulldogs, Lulu and Amelia. You can learn more about Kelly Rae at KellyRaeRoberts.com

Jeanne Oliver

Creatively Made Business

Registration is open!

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.

2:54 “My goal is to help the clients I work with so that their people-practices are engaging and

not distracting. I don’t want them to distract them from their core business.”

3:38 “That’s really where I have passion; to help those that don’t know they need the help, or

don’t have the skillset or the resources, to be able to help them run their businesses effectively.”

5:08 “I would encourage any organization, as they start to embark on building their team, to

ask themselves three questions: 1. What are the outcomes I want this position to create? 2.

What are the skills this person needs to have to achieve that? 3. What are their enduring

passions and motivations around work?”

12:10 “The resume’ is just to get them in the door, just to get you interested, both as a person

looking for work and a person screening for work…then it is about getting on the phone and

starting to get a feel.”

14:42 “Nowadays people are not just looking for cool products, they are looking for companies

that line up with their needs as an employee and as a human.”

15:32 “Sometimes I think we get so invested in ‘I have to fill this position’ that we hire the

wrong person because we didn’t take the time to make sure our process vetted people out.”

20:21 “Trust is the result of aligned expectations.”

22:44 “The number one thing [to create higher engagement on work teams] is ‘Do I know what

is expected of me at work?’”

24:20 “There are people who will disagree with me [when it comes to rewards at work] but I

always say money does not drive motivation.”

27:15 “I think people value time off. Can you create more opportunities to get time off?”

30:09 “I don’t fire people. I make them aware of a decision they made by their failure to

comply with what was expected. And if I’ve done it right, it should never be a surprise, it should

be based on a series of conversations that supported that individual to know that they weren’t

on track.”

32:22 “Have you given this individual the respect to let them know that the way they are

showing up, that they way they are performing is off track?”

36:44 “I’m all about the graceful exit. This does not have to be demoralizing or disrespectful. it

can be graceful.”

36:58 “I’ve avoided a lot of sticky situations by just being respectful, and being a good listener,

and creating a space for dialogue, and at the end of the day saying ‘You know, it just doesn’t

seem like this is going to work.’”

39:19 “I don’t have ‘or’ conversations or ‘but’ conversations in my life; I have ‘and’

conversations. At the end of the day, I believe it is about this and that, and I believe both can

co-exist.”

Kristina M. Pfeil, MBA is a 30-year HR professional based in Seattle, Washington. While she makes a living in the business world, she feeds her soul in the creative world and her passion is to find ways to blend the two. While traveling the globe, making art and connecting with phenomenal humans she finds many feeling ill-equipped to handle the requirements of running a creative business. Partnering with Jeanne Oliver to provide advice and direction for small businesses on important decisions fuels her joy. Feel free to reach out to Kristina atpfeilworks@outlook.com.

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1:49    “When I was a child, I was a perfectionist.  I would say now I am a recovering perfectionist.  I think I was such a perfectionist that I never thought I could be an artist.”

2:06     “I enjoyed being creative, but that creativity was always bumping against a feeling of ‘I’m never good enough to do what I want to do.’”

4:12     “At one stage in our marriage, I had to say I am not even mentally able to wrap my mind around how to use my giftings in a way that both satisfies my desires and helps me belong in the world.”

5:38     “There are seasons when you certainly wonder, ‘Was I created just to lose myself, to be completely confused about who I am?”  Ultimately, finding myself was not to have a dream discovered, it was actually to learn how to be content in that very season of life.”

10:18   “When you are captivated by the beauty of God’s creation, it puts you in this place of humility that causes you to realize that everything that comes out of your mouth and out of your hands, any gifting that turns into something beautiful that somebody else can experience, that really is just out of an overflow of what you are receiving day by day.”

14:10   “My number one way to rest on a daily basis is I turn my phone off, I turn off my computer, I go downstairs and workout, and talk to my boys at the end of the day.  But my favorite, favorite way to rest is on the weekends when we get out of cell service.”

17:33  “I wish that I could say it was graceful, it’s not been that graceful…”

18:47   “Motherhood in so many ways is that continued journey, over and over again, of saying ‘this child isn’t actually mine, I just get to steward the days that I have with him.’”

22:25   “On an artistic level, I hope that those who see my art will always say ‘Wow, she was always trying to reflect what God has made beautiful already.”

23:16  “I love the meandering between beautiful words and beautiful visuals.  I love the idea that it doesn’t really matter if the medium is in clothing or food or music or words you read or the colors on a page, God is always speaking to us through beauty.”

Ruth Chou Simons is a bestselling and award-winning author of several books —including GraceLaced, Beholding and Becoming, and Foundations. She is an artist, entrepreneur, and speaker, using each of these platforms to spiritually sow the Word of God into people’s hearts. Through her online shoppe at GraceLaced.com and her social media community, Simons shares her journey of God’s grace intersecting daily life with word and art. Ruth and her husband, Troy, are grateful parents to six boys–their greatest adventure.

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1:56     “When I first started making baskets, it was really to me never about making baskets, it was always about the connection of being in the woods, going hiking, and making something that other people thought was beautiful.”

2:41     “I began to see early on in my work the whole recycled part or the redemptive part of what I do, of taking things that everyone says are no good or ‘throw-away’ and bringing that into my art process really resonated with people.”

4:38    “If we allow what we do to create, develop, and define our identity, then that is always a dangerous place, because creativity is not who I am, it is an expression of who I am.”

9:15     “Most of the folks that are identifying with us in our mentoring program, the podcast, or whatever it is, they are loving the fact that somebody is talking about the God factor in the middle of their art and their business.”

12:01   “For me I’m happy as long as I’m creating.”

12:44  “When you go to the studio, it’s not just spontaneity in a vacuum, your are drawing on all the things you put in your heart and mind.”

15:31   “You are never going to be successful with something that you have not been fruitful with in your life first.”

18:20   “The biggest lie that I see people believing about their gifts and passions, when you boil it all down, it’s ‘I’m not enough.’”

19:44  “If your general belief is that ‘I’m not enough and I can’t do this,’ it’s like pouring water through a sieve, it just won’t stay.”

24:26  “The challenge of working in a family business is when do you turn it off, how do you turn it off, you have to be so intentional about that.”

27:42   “The more I grow in who I am and what God has called me to do, I’ve coined this phrase: we are called to see and agree—we see something in our imagination, and we grab hold of it with our ‘yes’…”

29:42  “You can live and intentionally craft your life in the way that is a blessing to your family and fulfills your dreams.”

32:22   “The people I work with are just crazy enough to believe there’s still a spark inside of them that says ‘I know, from the time I was a kid that I’m supposed to be an artist.’”

33:09  “That thing that you have is divine, the thing you have is unique and important, and the more you say yes to that, the more that everything else in your life and art are going to come into alignment.”

Matt is woven sculpture artist from Asheville, North Carolina, successful entrepreneur and internationally known Christian speaker, author of 5 books. He is also a mentor to artists around the world through his “Created to Thrive” mentoring program and The Thriving Christian Artist podcast.

In 2009, God called Matt to “raise up an army of artists to reveal His glory all over the earth.” Since then, Matt has given his life to helping artists thrive spiritually, creatively and financially through creating live events, resources and online opportunities that equip artists to live the life they were divinely designed to live in the Kingdom.

As an artist, Matt’s work has been featured in many magazines, shows and exhibitions and is mostly commissioned by private clients for luxury mountain and coastal homes around the country. In 2011, Matt was recognized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery as an American Artist Under 40 and in 2018 was recognized as one of the Best Artist Mentors in the country by Professional Artist Magazine.

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2:23     “Somewhere during that fairly short career, I began to realize that the creative process of bringing a book from idea to completion, that process is actually pretty much the same regardless of what it is that you want to bring from idea to completion…”

4:18     “There was something about this work, something that sort of itched, a gap that I began to become aware of.  It was something about ‘who are we modeling this work on?  Why is it that I constantly feel I am falling short?’”

5:20     “I realized that the creative genius that we recognize in our culture, that we celebrate in our culture: that’s a man who doesn’t have any of these responsibilities that I have that take up most of my days…this lack of representation is mirrored everywhere.”

7:25     “That’s what I’m doing now: I’m looking at these outdated ideals and paths, and exploring what a more updated path looks like for us…”

10:09   “I never trust a person who only speaks of the light.  The human journey is always both light and dark, it always contains both.” 

15:40   “So much of the work that we’ve carried out [as women] has been unrecognized and undervalued and made invisible.  But we can shift that narrative, we can shift that view…”

17:52   “We’ve been shown and taught that life as a woman and particularly as a mother or caretaker in any capacity, that it’s not compatible with creative ambition, with any far reaching ambition, and that’s bullshit…”

19:47  “I want to show that different way, that the depth and the brilliance of our work depends on the level of care that we can show ourselves, not the amount of will power and grit that we can muster…” 

27:12   “As a rule, women consistently underestimate their abilities whereas men overestimate theirs, even when in reality their actual performance does not differ in quality or quantity.”

32:30  “I think the most important thing, and this needs to start really early, is to encourage exploration rather than being right.”

37:32  “The worst judge is in our head because we’ve internalized it, but it is certainly helpful to have people around you who support you and cheer you on without judging what you are actually doing.”

43:57  “‘No’ is such an important word, isn’t it?  It’s like a secret password or something. When you learn to say no to things in your life, that’s when you can really begin to create space for the things that matter the most…”

47:07   “I prioritize fiercely in order to make space for these few things that really, really matter.”

48:39  “I’d say that nature is my church, and maybe that is the closest thing.  I have this relationship to the earth as something divine, as where I come from and where I return to.”

49:57  “[If I were not an artist and author] I think I’d be a forester.I’d be in the forest, I’d work with the forest.  I could be happy tending to, being a steward of the land.”

Anna Lovind helps feminist creatives and change-makers go from dreaming to doing –

without the striving and overwhelm.

She is the author of The Creative Doer, and hosts a beautiful online course and community

where women from all over the world gather to make good stuff happen.

Anna lives with her two daughters, two cats and a dog in rural Sweden, where forests are

deep, winter is dark and summer nights last forever. 

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1:18     “I use Strengths every single day…”

3:37    “When I learned my bottom strengths, that’s when I was like, Oh my goodness this is insane, like a moment of exhaling, because I understood why I was the way I was…”

4:59    “Strengths Finder is a tool to discover talent…”

9:19    “For me, I struggled over the course of my entire life, because I always felt like I was just a day-dreamer…”

10:30   “So many of us are trying to live the way we see other people live because their gifts and talents may have been invested in by school systems or their parents…”

15:45   “The strength is not a strength until you invest in it, until you practice it, until you are using it in a way that it is helping you and not hindering you.”

19:18   “People who use their strengths everyday are three times more likely to report having an excellent quality of life, six times more likely to be engaged at work, 8% more productive, and 15% less likely to quit their jobs.”

19:46  “This is ultimately about your happiness…”

24:42  “If you start to understand yourself, if you start to understand ‘this is what I am bringing to the table and this is where I am lacking in strengths or talents’ then you’ll see what sort of people you need on your team.”

27:45   “This is not to say that if you are missing strengths in certain categories you can’t do things.  You can do it, but you have to do it in a way that compliments your strength…”

31:09  “Differences are advantages, and we need each other…”

34:42  “People with Restorative are really great at problem solving because they want to get something done…”

36:54  “The Influencing strengths I have found to be very rare, I don’t see these a lot.  These folks are amazing at making sure their team is heard.”

37:41  “Woo is actually an acronym, it stands for ‘Winning Others Over.’These are the people who, when they go anywhere, they will make a friend.”

40:12   “The relationship building strengths, these people will make you feel like you are a part of the team, like you belong there…” 

42:02   “When chaos happens around me, I become laser focused, which creates a calm for people around me.”

42:49  “Strategic thinking folks are able to take information and analyze it in a way that is so unique and perceptive…”

46:37  “I would encourage everyone to do the assessment and get coaching…”

Nathifa Sligh, MSW is the owner of Juicy Christians Studio; a handmade mixed-media art company created to inspire the hearts and stories of women. A strong believer in the power of encouraging others and understanding yourself, she also coaches people in discovering and understanding their true genius as a Gallup-trained Strengths Coach. In her spare time, Nathifa loves to spend time with her family, travel and read a great love story.

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1:37     “I think we think we know what we are going to do with the rest of our lives, and I’m to the point where I say ‘who knows?’ But here’s what I’m going to do in the next little while.”

2:55     “For people who are highly creative, I don’t know that people know how many ideas you have everyday.  I never worry about running out of ideas…”

7:00     “I started realizing how different everybody’s stories are, and that all of them are good, all of them are important.  There’s not one right way to do life.”

10:10   “I think that I have always been a really good noticer, and I’m grateful for that.  I’m grateful that I was born really curious.”

10:53   “I learned that if I really want to have this experience, I have to do this scared…”

12:15   “Most of us know a bunch of stuff we don’t want to do, but we don’t know what we do want to do…”

13:58   “It’s being curious, and then deciding whether it is worth it to me to jump through all of this fear, and anxiety, and unsureness of myself to have this experience that I really, really want to have.”

16:13  “It is the contrast of taking everything that you have, which wasn’t a lot, we didn’t have a lot when we started, and taking what you have and doing everything you can to put it together in a way that spells beauty…”

19:55   “It doesn’t matter if you think you don’t have limitations, when you realize you do, you just do.  You can’t will yourself out of it.  There’s just sometimes in life where you have to step away.”

24:45  “I got to the point where my possessions were possessing me, I think.  But it has been really shocking to me how much I don’t miss all my stuff, and then there’s some stuff I do miss.”

28:02   “I’m like, ‘Did I sign up for this experience with God or something?’  Because it feels like everything just keeps getting burned away or taken away, I’m constantly starting over with a clean slate…”

28:48   “I’m okay no matter what, no matter if I fail, or if I am invisible.  That’s what I am seeing in myself; I’m actually seeing myself.”

31:33  “We’ve had at least five different marriages.  I think anybody who has been married for a long time has.  Because you are so many different people…”

33:30  “Grandkids are the best thing in life, in the universe…I love watching my kids raise kids, that’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.”

35:45  “I decided to let myself create without thinking ‘Am I going to be able to teach this to somebody?’ So I’ve been doing the best paintings of my life.”

38:58   “I’m asking people right now, ‘What do you want to plant?’Just ask yourself that question, even if you don’t have the energy or confidence to plant it.”

Melody Ross is a lifelong writer and artist with a prolific career spanning nearly 3 decades in the art and design industry. Author of more than 20 books, she has also developed countless product lines under her own label as well as licensing her art across the world. In 2009, as the founder of Brave Girls Club, Melody started creating courses and materials to utilize art and creativity for soul work. Since that time, she has created more than 50 courses and a large variety of beautiful life tools to help humans figure things out for themselves, believing that no one can truly know what we each want out of life better than ourselves – and that once a person knows what they truly want, they can go out and create it.

Melody is a mother of 5 adult children, 3 bonus kids and 5 grandchildren. She is currently on multi-year epic journey, traveling the country with her husband of 30 years in their RV, seeing beautiful places and helping as many people as they can along the way.

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1:52     “I’m a photographer, storyteller, and now, somehow, a home renovator.”

3:08     “I never set out to be a professional photographer, that’s something the Lord just sort of dropped in my lap…”

4:21     “I began to see possibilities, and see things differently, and I thought maybe there is a future for me here…”

5:25     “In total faith, at 23, I left my full time job at the university, and left my whole future in counseling and social work and decided to jump out into this photography business.”

7:30     “When I travel, if I’m here in the states or overseas, I never take a photograph of someone without knowing their name, without knowing who they are.”

13:06  “I was in Nashville TN, and my realtor called me and said ‘I found this home, I know it’s gonna sound crazy but I just see you all over it, can you FaceTime?’ I actually made an offer on the home site-unseen.”

15:40   “There’s never been a time where I’ve seen, in my lifetime, where we need more restoration than right now.”

16:04  “I always say ‘this home is us’, and we all have that hunger, that need for areas we can’t fix ourselves…”

17:56   “Usually to fill back up, I love people, and so community is massive in my restoration journey, in my healing journey…”

21:31   “Pine trees are special to me.  So when I first pulled up to the new home, there were two huge pine trees that just stand guard there in front of the home.”

23:21   “There’s so much story to the home, that I feel and I’ve shared, so much depth to it, there’s a lot of richness that the Lord has just shown me over time.”

26:12   “How are we tending what we have?  Is it a place that we are intentional about for ourselves and anybody who crosses over that threshold?”

Arkansas native, Texas resident, and frequent world traveler—Meshali Mitchell is a portrait artist, lover of people, and a story teller. The quality of her work stands alone, known by its immersion in heart and soul. Over time, her childhood hobby for photography developed and eclipsed all other career interests. She now owns and operates Meshali Mitchell Photo, which is run out of her home but takes her all over the world. She is a creative image builder, confident in her style, and recognized for her ability to capture the true heart of a moment. This site houses her photographs and travels, displaying the very heartbeat of her art. Every human being has a story worth hearing and a story worth telling. Meshali’s mission is to be a conduit for people to do just that.

Her true vision is for the one. It has been said that she honors people with her lens. In an unforeseen step of faith, the combination of a deep love for Christ, a heart for restoration, and an eye for creativity led her to purchase an 1886 Farmhouse in May of 2018. During this time, she began to document the restorative process, noticing how closely it paralleled her personal story of restoration–room by room, piece by piece. Soon after, she began to realize the house was all of our stories. Broken to beautiful. Beauty from ashes. Nothing too far beyond God’s reach. This current project and movement “A House God is Building” is now being carried across the nation into hearts of people who desperately need to be reminded of the restorative, transforming power of Christ’s love.

Even though she’s residing in a big metroplex, Meshali clings tightly to her southern roots and her love for the simplicities of life. Arkansan turned Texan, she loves her dog Belle, good Tex Mex, Diet Coke, big front porches, and quality time with friends and family. Outdoor life energizes and refreshes during her busy schedule, so you’ll find her traveling or out on the lakes during any free time. Hope you come and sit, find rest and stay a while + enjoy all that is going on at my website.

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1:24     “I teach creative liberation through writing and color exploration…”

6:29    “Growing up, I always wanted to look different than I looked, I didn’t like my freckles and my short hair…”

7:27     “I was sort of thrown up to an art school in Northern California by an art teacher who was like ‘get your head out of your ass and get up there to art school.’”

8:37     “I just was passionate from that early stage for just really holding the space for people’s emotions, for unfolding, for self-acceptance.”

10:31   “There were so many things in the world that I couldn’t do and wasn’t good at, but I knew I could help hold the space for someone to open…”

17:35   “I always felt I had no idea what I was doing, I always felt like ‘who the heck can I ask how to do it, who can I turn to for business guidance?’”

20:16   “Who hasn’t said ‘What happened to me, I want to get that back, and why am I not doing those things that were wild and free and unexpected?’”

21:22   “It’s an honor to be a guide, and I think there’s a sense of vast permission I hope to give people…”

25:52   “There is so much emotion that people are feeling and so any way that people can help make a vessel for that, and to use our creative minds and our inventive minds to navigate through how we can help and how we can be of service.  Some of the greatest art comes out of times like this.”

27:58   “When creatives share in all times, but especially these times, it is just a gift, not just for ourselves but for other people, too.”

29:10   “I like something that excites me and scares me at the same time, I like to work with people that do stuff that I can’t do, there’s so much ignition in that coming together.”

31:59  “It is so random that I’m here, it’s got to be a God thing. How random that I’m in Wisconsin?”

35:27   “There’s a lot of things I do that I’m just not really paying attention. I’m just up here in my creative mind.”

38:04  “I have this wonderful friend who said ‘If you’ve got a boat, just let people get on it, make the space and just show up anyway.”

40:01   “I think about just being bold, seize the day, this is the time where who knows what’s going to happen, so do it anyway.”

40:56  “Trust your creative-thinking, and ask for help.”Sabrina Ward Harrison is the creator of 5 groundbreaking published books; the first one, Spilling Open, was published when she was 23. She has gone on to publish, Brave on the Rocks, Messy Thrilling Life, The True and The Questions and The Story is Happening. Her singular aesthetic energy turned Harrison into the voice of a generation.

She has taught creativity worldwide for 2 decades with a belief she holds strong to, that, “We must create what we most need to find” Her acclaimed signature online courses Liberate~ create the book that's been in you and Full Color Life~ trust your unfolding open their doors twice a year.

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1:38     “It’s a full time job that is totally a creative-entrepreneur business and I absolutely love it because it is multi-faceted.”

2:30     “In year 9 in my teaching career I was at the top of my profession and my body just kinda gave out.  I had to go on full disability, I had to retire from teaching, and I didn’t know what I was going to do.  So for my sanity, I went to the library to check out a lot of books on water color…”

3:12     “It really was one of those things where you’re on a path in your life in one direction, and I believe God opened a door and I walked through it…”

4:54    “I totally grasped the idea and understanding that the creative part of the business was the foundation of the entire business…”

8:12     “I’m one of those teachers that can teach you the steps and the process, meaning how to paint a certain way.  But I’d rather teach you how to use our creative mindsets and our creative spirt to move through the world whatever we are facing with creative lenses to help us and equip us to be able to do that a little bit more effectively and in a positive way.”

11:22   “I’ve always been the type of human that was very Pollyannaish, I was super optimistic and that was one of my super powers.  And then this year kinda waylaid me…but I knew I would need to paint my way through this.”

15:11   “In my classes, we really embrace a sense of community…choosing to uplift one another.”

19:57   “Artists have to adapt, we have to change and troubleshoot things because life is not always gonna move at the speed or pace we think it should.”

21:42   “I didn’t have a class or a mentor to teach me how to find a style, so I started studying artists online that had a distinct style to find what gave them their style.”

25:01   “So now, regardless of subject matter, no matter what I paint, I can tap in with my technical framework married to my personal framework and that gives me the ability to understand how to construct a painting distinctly.”

26:08   “As creative and wild as my brain works, I’ve got to have a list and a plan for the day, so that the business side of me can do well, otherwise I’m all over the place.”

29:36  “Creatively, once you really find a set of creative thinking strategies that really work well for you, and they change how you move through the world, they give you and equip you with the ability to process the five senses in a way that if one isn’t working well right now, you can tap into one of the other senses.”

33:14  “An average day would be about 60% creativity and 40% business, and that flips depending on the needs I am facing.”

35:24  “I really am passionate about helping other artists tap into their own creative DNA, so that they can learn how to move through their own world creatively and do it well…”

36:41  “We absolutely need in this world small creative circles of like minds that we can collaborate with…”

My paintings and writings are my way of taking that courageous spirit, mixing it in with an insane love of color, experience, and story, and creating works of art that inspire others to see the world as intrinsically beautiful no matter their place or station in life. My hope is that through my marks and my practice, my work will resonate with the viewer so that they sense a connection with the way of life in the south, its geographical influence, and the myriad of colors and marks that make being a southern artist magical.

https://www.ardithgoodwin.com/

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2:08     “My goal is to help women create the home they’ve always wanted so that they can use it the way they’ve always dreamed.”

2:55     “Even now, as a 47 year old adult woman, I ask my mom for decorating advice.”

4:02     “I grew up with a mom who I think felt judged because of her home, and I didn’t like that.”

4:42    “I don’t want to wait.  I don’t want to wait until we have a different house or until things are perfect or better or any of that.  I just know there’s such beauty to be found wherever we are.”

6:37    “Moving from town to town (we lived in 14 different homes in the course of our marriage) taught me everything.  It taught me how to make decisions, it taught me what was important in setting up a home, it taught me if I keep waiting on the next house my life and my boys’ childhoods could be frittered away.”

8:40     “I remember being really nervous when I posted on my blog about how I hot glued window treatments…but I shared it, and what happened was lots of women raised their hand and said ‘My gosh I do that too!’”

11:06   “The biggest thing that’s helped my in my business is being willing to transition, evaluate and make changes, and do what gives me life and not just what maybe everyone else is doing.”

12:08   “I hear a lot of questions [from homeowners and renters], but the heart behind the question is always the fear of taking a risk.”

13:30  “The goal isn’t to have a pretty home, the goal is to have a home that’s fully used, and having a pretty home is a step to that.”

16:37  “It’s always a great time to talk about home, but in 2020 we need to use our homes in different ways, and I think finally we are all paying attention and we are seeing pain points, we are seeing how we need to use our home differently.”

18:29   “In general in homes across America, we are buying our rugs too small. When you have a big rug, it brings the whole room together.”

21:10   “Once you make one decision, it kind of narrates and informs the rest of the decisions you make for a room, so just knowing the right order can give you such confidence…”

21:56   “For the women I know, the top five things they need in their home are drapes, a rug that’s the right size, natural light, filtered shaded lamp light, and something risky.”

25:24   “In many ways I’m really thankful that we live in a never-ending fixer upper because it keeps me in the process…”

Myquillyn Smith (the Nester) has never met a home she didn't love. She and her husband and their three boys have been fixing up their North Carolina fixer-upper for the past seven years, and her favorite place on earth is floating in the pool in her own backyard. She's the New York Times bestselling author of The Nesting Place, Cozy Minimalist Home, and Welcome Home.

https://www.instagram.com/thenester/ (my favorite place to hang out)
 

https://thenester.com: website

https://www.academyofhome.com/welcomehome : welcome home book

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Podcast 028 | Your Brand with Sandy Shaw

2:04 “And then my pragmatic side got the best of me, and it said, ‘Sandy, when you graduate

you better be able to get a job and support yourself.’ So I actually changed my major from art to

business.”

2:33 “I really wanted to return to art and launch my own business.”

4:16 “Whether it is an art business or any business, there are just so many things you need to

do, and it’s completely overwhelming. And that can just lead to wanting to shut down.”

6:38 “Beginning with a brand strategy in my opinion is the very first thing that any business

should do, because you go through a clarifying process that allows you to really focus in on the

essentials of your business.”

11:38 “The number one mistake that businesses make is they think ‘branding’ and they

instantly think “logo, color palette, fonts” when really the heart of branding is all about clarifying

the essence of your brand.”

13:18 “The second one is: it is really tempting to try to reach everybody. The big consequence

of when you are trying to talk to everyone you end up speaking to no one.”

17:00 “Your brand guide is almost like the Bible of your business.”

19:50 “If you’ve had your website for say like 10 years, it’s a good idea to refresh the look and

feel of your website so it looks current.”

21:11 “Color is one of the most powerful elements of your brand because color evokes

emotion.”

23:14 “If you use too much yellow and just go overboard, studies show that is just causes

feelings of stress and anxiety.”

26:54 “Just answering those core brand questions will put you so far ahead of the game. You

want to look for the brand sweet spot, which is where you brand identity overlaps with what

resonates with your ideal client.”

30:02 “One this one client got clear on her niche, she knows them inside and out, she knows

everything about them, so she was able to write messaging specifically speaking to her

neighborhood.”

32:00 “If you want to succeed, there has to be something before you invest in fancy furniture or

a million other things, your money needs to go to finding clarity with your brand.”

SandyShaw is a brand strategist, website designer, and founder of BrandifyHQ.com.

She is on a mission to help heart-centered entrepreneurs confidently play a bigger game with strategic branding and website design. 

By offering affordable, on-line brand strategy and website design courses, Brandify saves business owners time and money crafting compelling brands and designing pro-websites that convert viewers into buyers so their businesses grow to new heights.

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3:00 “I found some friends but not the friends I was supposed to be meeting, and then in

walks Kelly with a group of people, and I said, ‘Well, hello, welcome to my future husband.”

4:06 “We ended up talking the rest of the night, and we went on our first official date the next

week…”

9:45 “What we’ve accomplished together all comes from Jeanne’s ideas and experience…”

12:19 “The conversations would come after there was a response. After we did that first online

course and we had such a huge response to it, it was something we couldn’t not pay attention

to.”

13:19 “It was honestly always Kelly’s heart to be supportive and when we found things

working, to move together in that way.”

14:15 “It’s not just about you and what you need to do a good job, it’s what does that other

person also need so they can feel like they’re being successful, and that takes a lot of work.”

18:54 “The only reason it works is you have to have a bigger picture.”

20:41 “The joy of creating itself has brought deep creativity throughout almost anything.”

22:28 “Solving things and making things work became my passion…That merged into what

Jeanne and I do: I get to do my passion everyday.”

37:12 “There’s a couple of things I am pretty adamant about: I’m adamant about a quitting

time…and we get out and walk everyday.”

41:22 “You pick the time of day when your brain is functioning the best and knock out the

things that are going to take the most energy for thinking or problem solving.”

46:37 “When I say ‘walk out’ I just mean show up and for most of us that can mean maybe pull

yourself out of a hole, it could mean crawl your next step. For most of us the ‘walking out’ is not

running, it is literally ‘I don’t know what is next beyond this next step.’”

49:55 “For me, it is from 9 to 11, I show up in my studio, and even if I sit and sweep the floors,

maybe by the end of the time of me being in the studio, maybe I’ll know one mark I want to do

next.”

50:43 “This business literally has grown not from inspiration striking and everything being in

line…but that we got to work, and really beautiful things were borne from it.”

53:51 “When you have something that is pulling you that’s not just about yourself, that’s the

biggest thing to get you to show up and do the work and do hard things and dig for your

creativity.”

56:20 “I want for Kelly, for my kids, for anybody else that’s on our team to know, I don’t care

how crazy it might sound, you might have the next big something that could really change how

we are able to serve our customers better. If we fail, it means we tried.”

1:01:02 “If people are not walking out their own giftings, I know that not just are they missing

out, but people around them are missing out of the gift of what they have to bless other people with."

Jeanne Oliver

Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace

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2:41 “My father was a functioning alcoholic, and my brother just…left.”

3:21 “A few years later, we decided to move to Charlotte to start a business and my husband

said we’re only going if Lucille [my mom] will go with us…”

5:21 “It was probably 3 or 4 years into that that we began to notice some things that indicated

her cognitive abilities could be diminishing.”

6:31 “One recurring theme was the oddity of mothering your mother, that journey was just

weird.”

11:04 “I really lived into the dutiful daughter role, and now I see that led to some resentments.”

11:58 “As I was thinking through it, I realized that my areas of greatest struggle could become

my areas of my greatest strength.”

16:32 “The Good Daughters Club; I founded it in the middle of it with a few other friends who

were going through similar situations.”

20:50 “All of these women [who made up The Good Daughters Club], I was having

conversations with all three of them, and it saved me, it really did.”

24:05 “Some of us won’t admit we need help because we’re the ‘helpers of the world’, or some

of us don’t want to be seen as vulnerable, or we don’t trust others to help.”

27:13 “For us, when my mom died, there was so much relief, and it was healthy; it had been a

long goodbye.”

32:07 “My mom was a very simple person in that certain things she loved in life and gave her

life to: she loved her church, she loved to sing…”

34:01 “At the beginning, I think she was less worried than we were…”

38:09 “Try to find something in the present moment that is worth valuing.”

40:31 “Find at least one safe person with whom you can vent without dishonoring the dignity of

your parent.”

47:36 “When it comes to caring for care-givers, the simplicity of it is: do something. And you

don’t have to have the right words, you don’t have to give the perfect gift, the thing is: show up.”

51:03 “I’m an enneagram 6 Jeanne, we don’t dream a lot, and there’s a lot of qualifiers and pre-qualifiers in my life.”

Born and raised in the great Midwest, my husband and love-of-my-life, Kurt, and I have called Charlotte, NC home for so many years now that we can safely say “y’all” and expect no sideways glances.

When I’m not painting, I use my love for interior decorating to create a beautiful and inviting home that reflects who we are. One that functions well and truly sparks joy. My (slightly suspect) administrative skills keep the husband on task and in the right place at the right time and gardening helps feeds my passion for nourishing our bodies well. And some of my houseplants have names, so there’s that. I have a beautiful network of friends who lift me up and I find great purpose encouraging and mentoring others inside and outside of our faith community. And boy, am I funny. I marvel how CrossFit workouts can simultaneously energize AND suck the life out of me. And any attempts to herd our cats Richie and Royal are daily reminders that, hard as I may try, I’m never really in control of anything.

My mother, Lucille, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease 3 years into her 13 years of life with us in our home. Along the way, I founded the Good Daughters Club with 3 friends who were also caring for parents and, after my mom’s passing, I started the Good Daughters Club blog as a virtual landing place for some women to encourage others (and themselves) by writing their own stories. I laid the GDC aside for awhile but it would not leave me alone so here I am again, with new content on the way and a new presence on social media. I hope it will be an inviting place for many other good daughters to come and be blessed.

My artwork is currently available locally at Slate Interiors and I invite you to peruse my Etsy shop, KathiGravesArt. I often work directly with designers and I also welcome commission work. 

Website: www.kathigraves.com

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Instagram: @gooddaughtersclub

Facebook: Good Daughters Club

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2:06     “I didn’t go to college, I was not formally trained in design, I have wrestled with ADD, and kind of am a border line control freak…”

4:44    “We took the scenic way home, down 237, through Round Top, and happened by this home that was for sale, and decided to go in…”

6:19    “We tried to buy that house.  We also learned, through the fact that it wasn’t meant to be, how to let go…”

12:06   “The wonderful things that kept it going were literally the stories of how the property touched people’s lives.”

18:05   “I have to pinch myself when I’m sitting here listening myself saying these things because it just organically one thing led to another.”

19:27   “Every beautiful thing that brings about growth is from collaborations.”

21:47   “We really wanted our kids to live in this world that we got to live in which we consider vintage to the world we’re living in now.”

27:32   “That’s the whole gist of The Vintage Round Top, it’s the details, it’s the immersive experience we want somebody to have.”

29:01   “You want to be the one person out of the 200 that are showing that is talked about.  To us it’s the details.”

36:42  “You’re having farm to table dinners of 100 people in the middle of a field, there’s just so much goodness, and there’s enough space for everybody to be there.”

39:01  “Personally, this year, there has been silver linings in the amount of time that we’ve been able to spend with our family.  We were busy, were were all busy, we were too busy.”

45:09  “Regarding our workshop, some of it is inspirational, but our biggest thing is we want people to walk out there with information, how they can go to the next step.”

47:28   “There are things that I’m extremely proud of, there are moments that I’m very connected to myself, and there are moments that I’m not.”

48:15   “I am proud that the products that we make as makers could be so much easier and ordering things.  The maker part of it is in our blood.”

50:28   “When you work with your spouse, you’ve got to be able to separate time for your personal life…”

53:52   “I would say that the fabrics that we’re working with and the collection of vintage pieces that we’re using, that is what rocks my world.”

Paige, along with her husband Smoot, own The Vintage Round Top, a boutique lodging property and lifestyle brand based in Round Top, Texas – home to the largest antique show in the US. The full property encompasses four cottages and numerous outdoor spaces designed by the couple in their “Modern Vintage” style - a trendsetting, artful mix of clean lines with vintage and reclaimed touches that marries style, sustainability, and soul.

The Vintage Round Top lifestyle brand includes artisan-made home goods and handpicked antiques curated for their online shop and a custom hotel amenity line. Paige + Smoot also produce events, retreats, and workshops on varied topics like social media, branding, marketing, and can be hired to speak on those topics as well as design and business.

The full property can be rented for events, corporate or creative retreats, workshops, photo or video shoots, brand launches, luncheons, dinners and more. It sits on an acre and a half and is only one mile from town with art galleries, antique shops, wine bars, and cafes.

The interiors of these highly publicized homes are intimate, peaceful, serene, and inspiring. They’ve been featured and named the Best Place To Stay in Round Top in countless magazines and news articles including Country Living, Modern Luxury Interiors, Texas Monthly, Southern Living, as well as in numerous design and coffee table books and blogs like Apartment Therapy and Emily Henderson, just to name a few.

Paige + Smoot offer collaboration packages to businesses a few times a year to co-create events, workshops or retreats. They also work with talented artisans, brands and suppliers to create and promote content. Inquire how to work with them by emailing info@thevinageroundtop.com.

https://www.thevintageroundtop.com/

https://www.instagram.com/thevintageroundtop

Jeanne Oliver

Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace

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2:43 “I had the experience of having a younger brother who was what I thought at the time a

naturally gifted artist. It wasn’t until years later that I realized he spent every minute of his spare

time drawing.”

3:24 “When my husband and I were traveling in Mexico, I suddenly realized there were

cultures in the world where art was an integral part of their everyday life; it wasn’t this separate

thing that was put on a pedestal.”

6:32 “I think it does each one of us a beautiful service to get into situations where we are

going to be uncomfortable, we are going to be stretched.”

8:29 “[In Australia] I’m one block from the beach, so we get to walk across the street and just

go and walk on the beach…it’s a very soul restoring place.”

11:07 “Especially these little towns along the coast tend to attract perhaps people who are

wanting to get out of the city, people who are thinking maybe a little bit out of the box, they are

creative at their core…”

12:08 “This is something I still struggle with, finding the balance, especially between the social

media/online side of the business and then the time to myself to paint…”

14:05 “I do know for me there’s four important things: enough sleep, enough water, exercise,

and being in nature.”

16:35 “I was actually at an art retreat, Marco [my husband] called me and said ‘Honey, they

want you to have an ultrasound, but don’t worry about it…’”

19:22 “Unbeknownst to me as we were painting, they were all painting little hearts, under their

desks, and they strung them all together and they wrapped me in those hearts at the end of the

week.”

22:34 “Stress can come in a lot of different ways. I didn’t even realize that my default state

was this elevated state of excitement…”

28:54 “‘Just go,’ she said, ‘there’s a black curtain, just walk backstage, what’s the worst that

can happen?”

29:44 “She said to me, you know ‘One day we should do a thing together.’ And you know

when you just get the little spark, and that little seed is planted.”

32:55 “It’s like you are these grown ups, now, that have found yourselves doing the thing that

all those other years were preparing you for.”

33:39 “As I’m creating the lessons I’ve got this buzz within myself, where I’m just like ‘This is a

really good class.’”

36:50 “I was trying to figure out how to take the landscapes that are in my head, place that

we’ve actually been, and to put them onto canvas and paper in a way that is not literal but not

completely abstract.”

38:22 “I just feel like I’ve been on this journey trying to figure out how to take my experience and put it on the canvas in a way that feels right.”

If Tracy Verdugo was given the opportunity to coin a term for a new art movement based around what she teaches she might call it “Curiosity and Wonderism” or maybe “Loosen-upism” or “Endless possibilitism”.

When she is not hanging out with her family in their eclectic adobe home in a small village on the shores of Jervis Bay, Australia, or throwing paint around in her little purple studio in their backyard, you may find her painting beside thermal pools on an Italian island with an eager group of students, Aperol Spritz in one hand, paintbrush in the other, or sitting in a circle on St Pete Beach, Florida, listening intently as women share their stories of creative yearning.

Tracy is an inspiration instigator, prolific painter, bestselling author and lover of the written word, smitten traveller and soaker up of all that is beauty-full. She teaches her Paint Mojo and other creative workshops all over this amazing planet and reminds her students of the wonder that already resides within them.

Her works are vibrant and filled with joy, inspired both by global travels and the simple beauty of the focused moment. Since 2000 Tracy has held 18 successful solo exhibitions and her works are held in collections both in Australia and internationally.

Mostly though, she is mama bear to two gorgeous, zest-filled daughters, Santana and Cece, and co-adventurer in life with her amor of 34 years, the talented and brilliant Marco.

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Current $27 Jump Into Abstract Painting offer

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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.

Instagram: @alexisgarrettdesign  https://www.instagram.com/alexisgarrettdesign/

Website: https://www.alexisgarrett.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.

On this episode, Jeanne chats with Tyler Horsley, founder and CEO Nuclear Networking, a

digital marketing agency that helps drive leads or sales to businesses.

2:25 “There are three portions of search engine optimization (SEO), the process of earning

Google’s trust, and appearing as qualified in your space. One part is content…one part is on-

sight SEO… the third part is called off-sight SEO.”

4:31 “If we can go to Google with a better story, and through backlink building show them 80

other people who are pointing a link back to your site, that’s one of the best ways to build trust

with Google.”

6:09 “Content on your website is pretty important: wherever there is content on your site, it

has an opportunity to rank, or show up first on Google.”

7:12 “Not all platforms are created equal…”

13:13 “What I don’t want to do, because I don’t really appreciate people who do this in our

industry, is use fear marketing…”

15:02 “If somebody is doing this on their own, definitely stay as close as you possibly can to

Google’s algorithm updates that they publish and do your best in that space.”

17:19 “We are the greasy technicians under the hood, most of what we do is not seen by

humans.”

21:21 “One misconception is that if I post a lot on facebook it is going to help my SEO. That is

just not the case…”

31:17 “SEO and paid advertising is not something you can quickly pick up, and most business

owners are already wearing a lot of hats…”

33:57 “We lead with education, because education cures anxiety…”

34:17 “If you are a brand new business owner, start with education…”

35:43 “You’ve made it this far doing nothing [SEO related], imagine if we tried…”

Tyler Horsley, Founder, and CEO of Nuclear Networking has worked in technology and marketing for over 12 years. He attended the University of Nebraska, was accepted into an accelerated program which led to an expedited BS in Criminal Justice Administration with an emphasis on Spanish foreign languages.

Prior to Nuclear Networking Tyler worked in sales, then shortly after graduating, worked as a federal agent for The Department of Homeland Security and a Technical Specialist at the IRS. Tyler finished his time in government as CTO for a USA military contracting firm. He holds over 32 certifications with the Federal Emergency Management Administration.

Tyler has an unstoppable appetite for growth, is an avid angel investor, and has grown and/or sold multiple multi-million dollar companies including a federal court reporting firm, chocolate ingredients company, a staffing company, wine subscription company, and more. Tyler has built and implemented nationally-recognized programs and efficiencies that have allowed his companies to thrive, cut costs, become scalable, and ramp up profits.

Tyler serves on the board for a worldwide entrepreneur organization (EO,) here in Colorado and regularly consults and speaks to successful business owners, portfolio management companies, and marketers. He is an industry thought leader in the space that is regularly invited to speak on panels and loves serving his community, as well as purpose-driven businesses, Christian organizations, and non-profits.

His number one goal is to meet and form an alliance with like-minded individuals who also believe that by working together, they can achieve more and make a greater impact in this world.

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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.

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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.

On this episode, Jeanne chats with Wendy McWilliams, an abstract painter, teacher, and health

coach whose work stops you in your tracks.

3:30 “I really was not artsy in any way I didn’t think, but I always had a creative energy about

me…”

4:52 “I just picked up this little ‘Learn to Paint an Orchid’ book, and some cheap little brushes,

and acrylic paint tubes, and a pad of white paper, and I started painting this orchid and it looked

so horrible.”

5:41 “I had a voice that came to me, and the voice said to me ‘Paint it again but relax.’”

6:45 “I basically became born again, I was reborn as a different creature, a different person

than I was before painting.”

8:22 “I didn’t grow up in a family that appreciated art…art was not something that was

highlighted in my home at all. It was like a foreign country I was going to for the first time in my

life.”

9:35 “I’m one who listens to myself and my intuition very heavily, it’s gotten me everywhere I

am in life…”

15:56 “I’ve had 22 jobs. A lot of my jobs were crazy stuff that nobody should apply for without

knowing anything about it. Like welding sheet metal at a factory.”

16:19 “I would just go for it, you know?”

19:59 “I heard somewhere that all entertainers and people that are artists in any way have a

deep-seated need to be accepted, to be loved.”

21:00 “I realized that what matters is to keep going.”

26:55 “To be honest with you, I thought my whole art career was going to go down the tubes

because of this quarantine. I thought, ‘who’s going to buy art?”

29:03 “I come from the place that creation is always wanting more. Whenever you create, I

feel like it’s a channel from God, a channel through me.”

35:38 “Isn’t that an interesting thing when it comes to the creative endeavors that there would

be anyone that thinks there’s not the right to actually make a living from that.”

36:43 “Visual artists we have this starving artist stereotype that will not die. And it takes people

like me and you talking about this to let people know that Justin Timberlake doesn’t go do

concerts for free.”

37:49 “Don’t worry about what people think about you. You have to let go of trying to please

everybody, you’re not going to please everybody.”

38:40 “You have to listen to yourself and trust yourself, and don’t be afraid of people’s

judgments.”

Wendy McWilliams is a self taught artist. She is an abstract color lover ,mostly acrylic, some mixed media artist. Wendy alternates between floral, landscapes and raw abstracts.

https://www.instagram.com/wendylmcwilliamsart

https://wendymcwilliams.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.

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.

You can connect with Jeanne on Instagram and Facebook.

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.

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.”