A Weekly Podcast Companion for Your Creative Journey
Transform your creative potential into reality by making your creativity a practice. A “creative discipline...
490 - An Unlock of Motivation in the Face of Chaos on Repeat
If you’re struggling to find motivation in the face of bad habits and bad news, this episode is for you. Repeat episodes of burn out, procrastination or lack of progress can wear you down, so if you’re looking for a fresh perspective, check this episode out!
THIS EPISODE IS INSPIRED BY MY LOVE OF THE SHOW SEVERANCE, BUT CONTAINS NO SPOILERS!
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SHOW NOTES:
Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com
Severance
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance_(TV_series)
Tim Ferriss 770 with Elizabeth Gilbert
https://tim.blog/2024/09/26/elizabeth-gilbert-2/
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489 - How to Make Your Work More Personal with Comedian Alice Fraser
Andy sits down to have a joint podcast episode with master storyteller and comedian Alice Fraser for both of their podcasts.
In this episode we explore:
- Making work that’s more personal and meaningful
- The things to consider when sharing elements of your personal life in your work
- Being a parent when you have a creative practice
- Navigating the different stages of life / the creative journey
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Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com
Alice Fraser https://www.alicecomedyfraser.com
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488 - Frozen During Slow Times? How to Activate Self Starter Energy
Freeze up during slow times? Waiting for a BIG IDEA to get started? Overwhelmed by the blank page? In this episode, we explore how to tap into your effortless creativity and get yourself to start TODAY.
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SHOW NOTES:
Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller SOPHIE MILLER
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones Pending Beautiful Collective
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? WHY?
Institutional Validation
https://www.tiktok.com/@faganchelsea/video/7275799035351452960
TEMI COKER Temi Coker on Substack
Taika Waititi How Being Yourself Can Make You Hilarious | Taika Waititi on Filmmaking
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Miro is a collaborative virtual workspace that syncs in real time for you and your team so that you can innovate an idea into an outcome seamlessly - Miro | The Innovation Workspace
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487 - Apathetic About Goals? Uncover A Different Source of "Infinite" Motivation
If you’re struggling to create goals that feel motivating, this episode is for you! Goals have their place, but sometimes we need to tap into a more renewable motivation. In this episode I share a shift that freaking changed the game for me! For real! Hope you get the same boost from this that I did!
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Albert Camus - Sisyphus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Sisyphus
Austin Kleon - Keep Going
https://austinkleon.com/keepgoing/
Stephen Pressfield - The Artist’s Journey
https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-artists-journey/
Uri Shulevitz - Writing With Pictures
https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Pictures-Write-Illustrate-Childrens/dp/0823059359
James P. Carse - Finite and Infinite Games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_and_Infinite_Games
Simon Sinek - The Infinite Game
https://simonsinek.com/books/the-infinite-game/
Sufjan Stevens
https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/sufjan-stevens-on-songwriting-collaboration-and-the-myth-of-the-tortured-artist/
Brian McDonald
https://writeinvisibleink.com
Ira Glass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass
Colin Rigsby
https://www.instagram.com/vesperteen/?hl=en
Clairo - Charm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charm_(Clairo_album)
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486 - How to Transform Your Frustrations into Fertilizer in 2025
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If you’re struggling to find an exciting vision for your creative future this new year, this episode is for you. This is episode one of “The Grounding Series”. While others may be shooting for the sky this January, we start with the opposite: getting grounded. Let’s tap into what really matters and why we choose to create in the first place. If chasing sales, career or validation has got in the way, this episode will help you root yourself back in the joy of creating again.
This is episode 1 of The Ground Series.
SHOW NOTES:
Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co
Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co
Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com
The Indie Rock Coloring Book
https://www.amazon.com/Indie-Rock-Coloring-Book/dp/B008ISI14S
Modest Mouse
https://www.instagram.com/modestmouse/?hl=en
“The Hidden Life of Trees” Illustrated Edition
https://shop.readbirdiebooks.com/item/AS48k97jmWOOU7NcZAJOUQ
Megalopolis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopolis_(film)
Julian Glander’s “Boys Go to Jupiter”
https://glander.co/filter/tunes/BOYS-GO-TO-JUPITER
WHY? - The Well that I Fell Into
https://whywithaquestionmark.bandcamp.com/album/the-well-i-fell-into
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A Weekly Podcast Companion for Your Creative Journey
Transform your creative potential into reality by making your creativity a practice. A “creative discipline” can feel like an oxymoron. Creativity is about doing something new. Discipline is about doing something consistently. The aim of this podcast is to help you strike that elusive balance.
Each week, New York Times Bestselling Author Illustrator Andy J. Pizza shares everything he’s learning about building a thriving creative practice. Through solo episodes and interviews with top-tier creatives, Pizza brings you the strategies and stories that you need week in and week out to keep your inner critic at bay, bust through creative block and stay creatively pepped to the max!
Learn more: creativepeptalk.com
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