Creative Pep Talk

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Meera’s Substack Meera’s Website Meera’s illustration on Instagram mentioned around 18min. CALL TO ADVENTURE Flip the script. Be mindful the next time you create something and come at it from the opposite end. SUPPORT THE SHOW You can support Creative Pep Talk and my creative practice on Patreon (patreon.com/creativepeptalk) or Substack (andyjpizza.substack.com). Either membership provides you access to our monthly Creative Pep Rally Zoom calls, tentatively planned for the last Monday of each month! You can also support the show by getting merch in our online shop: creativepeptalk.etsy.com SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much!

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SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Our PATREON virtual meetup, now on the last Monday of every month! Join us for the next one on January 29th, 2024! This Jungian Life Podcast Episode 076 on Animus and Anima Lisa Marchiano’s Website The Vital Spark: Reclaim Your Outlaw Energies and Find Your Feminine Fire by Lisa Marchiano – Out February 6th, 2024! Other mentionings: Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph. D. The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore Vasilisa the Beautiful - Fairy Tale In

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Our PATREON virtual meetup, now on the last Monday of every month! Join us for the next one on January 29th, 2024! CALL TO ADVENTURE Create your daydream. Dream in your medium! SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS  Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Our PATREON virtual meetup, now on the last Monday of every month! Join us for the next one on January 29th, 2024!  ____ Bob Dylan - Magical Youth Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_wAZ02JUtM Original Creative Pep Talk on Booby Traps https://www.creativepeptalk.com/episodes/2018/10/9/202-for-when-you-feel-like-giving-up Right Side Out Pizza Story https://www.instagram.com/p/CAX66GsgYfX/ Lynda Barry https://drawnandquarterly.com/author/lynda-barry/ Dieter Rams Good Design Rules https://designmuseum.org/discover-design/all-stories/what-is-good-design-a-quick-look-at-dieter-rams-ten-principles Sister Corita Kent Art Class Rules https://www.creativelivesinprogress.com/article/corita-kent Everything is a Remix Kirby Ferguson https://www.everythingisaremix.inf

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available at creativepeptalk.com/episodes! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Our PATREON virtual meetup, now on the last Monday of every month! Join us for the next one on January 29th, 2024! Human Rhythms Series: Part Four Do Less - Hidden Brain episode with Leidy Klotz Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less - Book by Leidy Klotz Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - Book by Greg McKeown Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - Book by Cal Newport Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals - Book by Oliver Burkeman CALL TO ADVENTURE The Zeigarnik Cache Clearing Brain dump for 10 minutes on a piece of paper. 80-20 your list. How much time will they take? Do as many of the shorte

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Scott Erickson on Instagram - “I Get To” post Wonderworks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories by Angus Fletcher Frankenstein by Mary Shelley “Give what you didn't get.” — Garry Shandling CALL TO ADVENTURE Three magic words. I Choose You SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday The Artist’s Journey by Steven Pressfield CALL TO ADVENTURE Brain dump. Brain buckets. Brain balance. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS  Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Marlee Grace’s Podcast, Common Shapes Off the Grid Podcast CALL TO ADVENTURE Three questions before you make anything for free: Is this the right channel for the medium? What is the purpose? Is that the purpose I need to be focused on? SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS  Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SPONSORS EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/peptalk Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Melissa’s Website Melissa’s TED Talk, How I found myself – by impersonating other people Either/Or: A Fragment of Life by by Soren Kierkegaard You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith PeteyUSA on TikTok CALL TO ADVENTURE The either or method.   SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs CALL TO ADVENTURE Convertible mooning!  Top down, bottoms up assessment of your personal needs. Coin, community, confidence, and connotation. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS  Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path OR get the Creative DIet Pyramid https://www.creativepeptalk.com/diet Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Fran Meneses (Franerd)’s Youtube Channel - [Rolling Stone Music Challenge] CALL TO ADVENTURE Turn the other cheek! Find your guide and humble yourself, lean into the discomfort, and feel the burn anyway! SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS  Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Lizzy Stewart’s Instagram Alison by Lizzy Stewart Walking Distance by Lizzy Stewart CALL TO ADVENTURE Redefine your mountain. How can you rethink the things you want to do? How can you downsize it in your mind to make it less intimidating? SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Leave us a voicemail for a future Ask Dr. Pizza episode, by clicking the mic in the corner of https://www.creativepeptalk.com/! Austin Kleon’s Desk(s) Design Matters Podcast with Debbie Millman Brad Montague on the Insatiable Monster Internet 1000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly BCG Growth Share Matrix Creative Pepped Growth Share Matrix at https://www.creativepeptalk.com/p/growth/ SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Wonderworks: Literary invention and the science of stories by Angus Fletcher Bill Burr's Comedy Writing Secrets (Feat. The Joke Doctor) Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin There's a Wocket in my Pocket! by Dr. Seuss Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins East of Eden by John Steinbeck Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything by Viktor E. Frankl CALL TO ADVENTURE Pick a feeling and then find a mechanic/method of how you can create that feeling. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Third Eye Drops with Michael Phillip The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life by Dr. Lisa Miller How to Awaken Your Brian with Dr. Lisa Miller - Episode of Third Eye Drops Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories That Resonate by Brian McDonald The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images The Red Book: Liber Novus by C.G. Jung SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS  Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Broken Record Podcast - Belle and Sebastian Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear CALL TO ADVENTURE Be creative with your time to have more time to be creative. Find the fulcrum Make a mosaic Do a batch day 60-minute (or 90-minute) morning Sprint (scan-tron it) Trim the fat Plan it Energy clock Quit something Sharpening the axe SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life by Lisa Miller Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear CALL TO ADVENTURE This whole episode is a call to adventure!  The quest to find and progress your main quest. SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS  Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available on the Creative Pep Talk episode! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com Mauro Gatti’s Website Mauro Gatti’s Instagram The Happy Broadcast by Mauro Gatti CALL TO ADVENTURE Set your art free by doing free art. What could you afford to do happily for free? SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!

SHOW NOTES Transcripts available at creativepeptalk.com/episodes! Sign up to the newsletter and receive a FREE copy of The Creative Career Path e-book! https://www.creativepeptalk.com/path Check out the Creative Pep Talk shop at creativepeptalk.etsy.com ___ BCG Growth Share Matrix Creative Pepped Growth Share Matrix CALL TO ADVENTURE Organize your practice through the lens of the BCG growth share matrix. What is your dog, cash cow, question mark, and star? SPONSORS & SHOUT OUTS OUR PATREON BACKERS Thank you patrons, we appreciate you so much! If you have the means, support the show at patreon.com/creativepeptalk!