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Unsticking It! with Blaire & Molly30: Amy Wilson is Happy to HelpAre you someone who is always “happy to help” others, to the point where you don’t have time to be YOUR best creative self? You need the new book, Happy to Help by Amy Wilson. In this episode, Amy gives us some hot tips on how we can prioritize our own creative pursuits while setting some boundaries around our compulsive need to “be there” for everyone around us. Between chairing the bake sale committee and writing a book, Amy breaks down how to re-prioritize our time and our energy, and teach our families how to start the dishwasher themselves, for...2025-03-0456 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly29: Sharing Our Silver Linings with Julia KellyWhen it feels like it’s roadblock after roadblock, moving on can seem impossible. But what if we focused on the silver linings? The lessons and motivation we could gain from those struggles? And what if we went further and shared them with our community to foster growth and connection? Actor Julia Kelly brings her own personal brand of positivity to the podcast, inspiring Blaire & Molly AND YOU to find the good in the hard times. Links and Resources:Julia’s Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...2025-02-0456 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly28: Feeding our Goals with Alex MalaosWhy wouldn't we take care of our goals and dreams like we do our kids or pets? Why don't we run to protect what we strive for the most in life? Finding the deep love and energy for specific goals can be tough, but maybe it's all about rethinking how we go about doing it. Alex has some beautiful insights on how to not let our goals go hungry.Links and Resources:
Instagram: @alexmalaos
Website: alexmalaos.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-01-2147 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly27: Squeezing the Juice with Rod LuzziFor Fallout actor Rod Luzzi, a degree in kinesiology leading to a career in acting was not on his proverbial vision board in college. But after taking an acting class at the suggestion of a restaurant co-worker, he was hooked. He reminds us that each of our creative journeys is our own, and the way we talk to OURSELVES is perhaps the loudest voice of all, so be kind. Links and Resources:
Instagram
Facebook
Fallout Season 1
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-01-0748 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly26: Sharing Your Light with Nick SizemoreMore Glitter!Taking the leap from being a creative in the corporate world to starting your own company can be intimidating, but it can light you up in amazing ways. Sizemore Color Studios’ Nick Sizemore joins Molly & Blaire “in the studio” to talk all things creative, from daily practices to bringing his bold, aggressive creativity to his projects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-12-2458 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & MollyEncore: Getting Quiet with Robyn IvyIn this encore episode, we revisit our deeply inspiring conversation with coach and mentor Robyn Ivy. Robyn helps us explore how to break free from our inner barriers and step boldly into a creative, curious, and fulfilling artistic life. True to form, she moves us to tears as she passionately reminds us of the revolutionary power of embracing our creativity and claiming our place in the artistic world.Robyn also shares practical tools you can start using today to reconnect with your bold and authentic artistic self. Whether you're feeling stuck or seeking inspiration, this episode is...2024-12-1049 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly24: Taking Our Best Selves Into 2025 with Ann ImigReal, tangible actions we can take NOW to bring our best creative selves into 2025? Don’t mind if we do! Coach Ann Imig teaches us how to identify & build on the lessons and high points of 2024, to make 2025 our best year ever. Links and Resources: List of questions Ann’s InstagramListen Life Coaching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-11-2650 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly23: Hearing the Drums with Amaya GurpideAmaya Gurpide is a contemporary artist and the co-artistic director of the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts. She shares stories from her adventurous life, from growing up in Pamplona Spain to Brooklyn NY to Old Lyme CT, and the importance of hearing and heeding your inner drums. Links and Resources:
Amaya’s Website
Art Instagram
Photography Instagram
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-11-1252 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly22: Making an Entrance with Carrie the OneShe’s your favorite drag queen’s favorite drag queen math teacher. She’s Carrie the One! Blaire & Molly chat with Carrie about how she went from playing video games to pass the time during lock down, to teaching math concepts to the masses via her popular Tik Tok channel, Math is a Drag. Links and Resources:
Instagram: @mathisadrag
TikTok: @mathisadrag
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-10-2955 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly21: Sticking the Landing with Scott CarneyScott Carney, a podcast host and stand-up comedian from North Carolina, joins Blaire & Molly to discuss how his ADHD diagnosis shifted his life path. Scott shares how he balanced the challenges of lockdown with staying true to his creative impulses, offering insight into the real-life impact of the pandemic on both mental health and creativity. Grab a coffee and tune in to this inspiring conversation!Links and Resources:Listen on Spotify: Scott Carney Podcast
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-10-1546 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly20: Creating Space with Dierdre FrielThe awesome Dierdre Friel (New Amsterdam, Apple TV’s Physical) joins us to share her journey and discuss the space that saying “no!” creates in your life, leaving room for all the beautiful opportunities to enter. Dierdre is dropping the gems and we are gobbling them up! Links and Resources:
Instagram: @dierdre_friel
Physical on Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/physical/umc.cmc.6gdc6v4vwyaab7klocftv2s10
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-10-011h 01Unsticking It! with Blaire & Molly19: Staying Ready with Shamikah Christina MartinezWhat happens when your desperation and muse show up simultaneously to invigorate your creative process? Well according to this week's guest, Shamikah Christina Martinez, it's all about staying ready and true to your own voice. Shamikah shares with us her tireless and bountiful journey from a TRL gofer to future writer/producer/star of her very own Netflix short film. A hilarious and inspiring conversation to just do your THANG!Links and Resources:
Website: Shamikah Martinez
Spotify: Fiona Apple - Shamikah
Instagram: @shamikahchristina
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-09-1756 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly18: Get Out of Your Own Way with Claire AyoubBlaire & Molly welcome writer-director Claire Ayoub to discuss her new film, Empire Waist, hitting theaters on September 27, 2024! Claire shares her incredible journey from hiding her script in her hall closet to watching it come to life on the ol’ silver screen.Links and resources:
Instagram: @claireayoub, @empirewaistfilm
Film Info: Empire Waist
Claire’s Website: claireayoub.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-09-031h 02Unsticking It! with Blaire & Molly17: Finding Your Voice with Judy WellfareThe deep connection that people can have with horses is well known, but did you know they can help humans get unstuck? Today’s guest Judy Wellfare isn’t just a Creative Director and Foresight Strategist; she is an Equine-Facilitated Coach, helping people through their challenges with the aid of horses. Listen in as Blaire & Molly learn more about Judy’s journey, and what led her to dive deep into her love of horses to help others. Links and Resources:Judy’s LinkedIn: Judy WellfarePLUS website: weareplus.comIf Then Futures web...2024-08-201h 00Unsticking It! with Blaire & Molly16: Turning It Off with Connor RatliffDo you ever find yourself struggling to be creative, feeling like you're forcing it? And after a success, how do you stay motivated to keep creating? Connor Ratliff, actor, improviser, and host of the popular podcast Dead Eyes, joins M&B to discuss life beyond his podcast, his new friendship with Tom Hanks, and how taking a break might be exactly what you need to reignite your creativity.Links and Resources:Instagram: @connorratliffListen to Dead Eyes: Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-08-061h 01Unsticking It! with Blaire & Molly15: Human Design with Nadia QuinnIf you’ve ever been curious about why you are the way you are, maybe human design is for you! Nadia Quinn is an actor and singer and creative who Shares her love of human design with viewers on her TikTok channel as well as doing personalized sessions. Blaire & Molly are lucky enough to get a taste of their own human design charts and come away with another tool to remove blocks on their journey to living their most fulfilled, creative life. LINKS:Cometeer coffee: cometeer.comWww.mybodygraph.com2024-07-2352 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly14: Howl Like a Wolf with Johnathan FernandezIs it possible to have success in your artistry… and still not believe YOU are an artist? M&B talk with their friend Johnathan Fernandez about the power of believing in yourself, not looking to outside sources for validation, and fully embracing your inner “woo.” Xoxo!Links and Resources:Follow Johnathan on Instagram: @jthanprime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-07-0956 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly13: BEST OF: Building Your Creative Community with Richie MoriartyCBS recently announced they are renewing the TV show “Ghosts” for an amazing 4th season! To celebrate, we are revisiting our chat with Richie Moriarty (who plays Pete on “Ghosts”), and getting inspired to find and foster a creative community of our own. Links and Resources:You can find Richie on Instagram and TikTok: @RichietownHis Kindergarten talent show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r5XcJo2sSEHis Hamilton sketch: https://www.instagram.com/richietown/reel/CtKt3ndpsDY/Shoutouts from the show:Danielle Pinnock @bodycourageCapes Coa...2024-06-2558 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly12: Prioritizing Connection with BOYMOM author Ruth WhippmanThe author Ruth Whippman joins Blaire & Molly in a lively discussion of her new book BOYMOM: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity. Learn about Ruth’s journey to becoming an author and the highs and lows of being an expat mom taking big risks. Embrace life with the mindset of moving to a new country and having nothing to lose!Links and Resources:
Ruth Whippman
Website: www.Ruthwhippman.com
Instagram: @ruthwhippman
Featured Books:
BOYMOM: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity
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America the Anxious: How Our Pursuit of Happiness is...2024-06-1139 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly11: Releasing the Grip with Betsy CapesCapes Coaching has been an invaluable source of inspiration and guidance for both Blaire and Molly over the years. Today they chat with founder Betsy Capes about her journey to coaching and how to stay creative day to day. Take a listen, get inspired, and find out if coaching is a tool that’s right for you. Links and Resources:Website: www.capesco.comInstagram: @capescoaching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-05-2847 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly10: Body and Soul with Lauren HoffmanThere are many ways to access and grow our creativity, vulnerability, and best selves. Transformational coach Lauren Hoffman discusses with Blaire & Molly some of those ways in, from plant medicine to breath work, to making friends with our own egos. Links and Resources:Lauren’s coaching website: www.goldenlair.comInstagram: @itslaurenhoffman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-05-1454 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly09: The Nothing is Always Something with Sarah GristwoodBlaire & Molly are thrilled to chat with historical biographer Sarah Gristwood (author of such books as Arbella: England’s Lost Queen, and Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses, amongst many others) about her new book Secret Voices: A Year of Women’s Diaries (we loved it). They marvel at how the similarities between the inner lives of women of all eras connect us, as well as how keeping a diary might be just the tool we’ve been looking for to help sustain our creative flow. So pour yourself a detective novel-themed cocktail and enjoy this episod...2024-04-3038 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly08: Seeing It Backwards with Jess HurleyVisual artist Jess Hurley Scott joins Blaire and Molly to talk about her artistic process (she paints in reverse, y'all!), her journey to life as a painter (she and Molly worked at a fashion company together and now look at them!), and how her dyslexia diagnosis in college informs her process as an artist.Links and Resources:Insta and Facebook: @jesshurleyscottartWebsite: www.jesshurleyscott.comJess's favorite coffee shop: www.seabirdcoffee.comJess's favorite at-home coffee: www.marylous.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...2024-04-1653 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly07: Breaking The Rules with JV MercantiOur friend JV Mercanti is a theatre director, professor, and author who has also felt helpless to the obstacles that come up on our paths to creative freedom. We steal his ideas for how to get out from under your desk after a good cry, and learn the rules so that you can BREAK THEM. *wear your headphones for this one if you plan to listen with little ones around, as some adult words are spoken*Please note that the Britney Spears musical on Broadway, Once Upon a One More Time referenced in this episode (which we rec...2024-04-0241 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly06: The Rewarding Moment with Ana BretonThis week’s guest Ana Breton is a producer and director currently living the dream working with Eugenio Derbez-founded 3Pas Studios. While she is so grateful to be thrice-Emmy-nominated, she teaches us, “You just have to keep making the things that you like and lifting other people to do the same, and that’s truly the rewarding moment.”Links and Resources:Instagram: @bretonana, @goldcomedy3Pas Studios: https://www.3pas-studios.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-03-1952 min
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsGetting Unstuck (with Blaire and Molly from "Unsticking It")Is creativity the domain of artists and artists alone? How do we get unstuck when we haven't picked up a paintbrush in decades? Blaire Brooks and Molly Lloyd, former hosts of "Toddler Purgatory" and now co-hosts of "Unsticking It," discuss why creativity is accessible to and crucial for everyone, no matter who they are.Blaire, Molly, Amy, and Margaret discuss:
How to disentangle yourself from the "hamster wheel" of everyday life
How famous artists have found inspiration for their great works
The overlap between creativity and motherhood
Here's where you can find...2024-03-1341 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly05: Just Put on the Show with Joe SchiappaComedy writer and performer Joe Schiappa joins Blaire & Molly for a talk about always following your instincts to do the thing, even if that thing is an elementary school remake of the movie Annie, a solid five years after the movie itself came out. The collective love for Aileen Quinn aside, this episode reminds us all to never let the should-a’s get in your way. Shout outsInsta: @melrobbins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-03-051h 10Unsticking It! with Blaire & Molly04: Reclaiming Your Time with Mary Giattino“Everyone deserves that TIME. That carved out section of your day that isn’t given to anyone, to NO ONE, but yourself.” Mary Giattino isn’t just the owner/ teacher at Stage Door School of Dance in Patchogue NY, she’s also a professional dancer and perhaps most importantly, Blaire’s best friend! And on today’s podcast, she shares the importance of “getting in the space,” and acknowledges that while none of us are fans of the negative voices in our heads… you can use them to push you to be your creative best.LINKS:Insta...2024-02-2052 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly03: Finding Curiosity in Fear with John LorelliTaking the leap can save you. We learn this and more from our guest, creative director John Lorelli, who reminds us that innate curiosity is what makes you creative, NOT just being labeled as “a creative,” and that fear and curiosity are not polar opposites. In fact, they can be besties!Enjoy this episode with our new bestie, John.You can find John at www.johnlorelli.com, and on Instagram @johnlorelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-02-0651 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly02: Building Your Creative Community with Richie MoriartyRichie Moriarty is an actor, writer, and comedian who you may have seen as Pete on the CBS show Ghosts. Richie shares with us how important community and accountability are to his creative process, and reminds us “people want to help you.” We were so inspired to build our creative community after talking to Richie, and you will be too.You can find Richie on Instagram and TikTok: @RichietownHis Kindergarten talent show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r5XcJo2sSEHis Hamilton sketch: https://www.instagram.com/richietown/reel/CtKt3ndpsDY/S...2024-02-0658 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & Molly01: Getting Quiet with Robyn IvyWelcome to Unsticking It! with Blaire & Molly. For our first foray into getting unstuck creatively, we talk to coach and mentor Robyn Ivy about how to free ourselves from our own obstacles in order to live a curious and excited artistic life. Robyn brings us to tears (very on brand for us) as she encourages us to stand in our creativity (“it’s revolutionary!”) and believe we belong there. It is, in fact, necessary for our survival and growth as the artists we know we are. Robyn gives us some necessary tools we can use TODAY to connect to our bo...2024-02-0649 minUnsticking It! with Blaire & MollyUnsticking It TrailerBreak free from your creative rut and reignite your artistic flow with 'Unsticking It!' With each episode, we delve into the world of overcoming creative blocks, offering practical strategies, skilled insights, and inspiring stories to help you reclaim your creative soul-spark and find your way back to YOU!Blaire and Molly are two busy moms/ actors (Mactors? Momtors? Exhausted?) who somewhere between potty training and the pandemic seemed to have lost their creative kaboom. They’re now enlisting the help of fellow imaginative minds to unstick themselves (and you) from the muck they’re stuck in!2024-01-3003 min
Midlife MixtapeEp 98 Midlife Gap Year Advocate Lisette Smith
“Time to regroup”: Lisette Smith, certified financial planner, on thinking of our work lives in chapters, the best ways to plan for a Midlife Gap Year, and why early retirement may not be as desirable as the occasional long pause.
* Download the Midlife Gap Year guide here
* Advisory Group SF
* Pop Culture Preservation Society Podcast – Nancy riffing on The Early Days of MTV
Why worry?
Thanks as always to M. The Heir Apparent, who provides the music behind the podcast – check him out here! ***This is a rough transcription of Episode 98 of the Midlife Mixtape Podcast. It originally aired on May 25...2021-05-2539 min
Toddler PurgatoryToddlers: They're The Worst!
Aren’t toddlers just the best? Are they not also, at times, the WORST? Blaire Brooks and Molly Lloyd welcome you to Toddler Purgatory, where life with littles is not all bad, but definitely less than perfect.In this premiere episode Blaire and Molly discuss the many challenges of life with the tiny, ruthlessly honest, tantrum-having, often stinky carbon copies of themselves they have running around their respective homes.Check out the first three episodes of Toddler Purgatory right now- and help a new podcast out hitting "subscribe" or "follow" for Toddler Purgatory in your fa...2021-05-1843 min
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsBONUS: Toddler PurgatoryAren’t toddlers just the best? Are they not also, at times, the WORST? Blaire Brooks and Molly Lloyd welcome you to Toddler Purgatory, where life with littles is not all bad, but definitely less than perfect.In this premiere episode Blaire and Molly discuss the many challenges of life with the tiny, ruthlessly honest, tantrum-having, often stinky carbon copies of themselves they have running around their respective homes.Check out the first three episodes of Toddler Purgatory right now- and help a new podcast out hitting "subscribe" or "follow" for Toddler Purgatory in your fa...2021-05-1847 min
Toddler PurgatoryWelcome To Toddler Purgatory!
Welcome to Toddler Purgatory. Parenting little kids isn't awful. It's just... intense. With Blaire Brooks and Molly Lloyd as your guides, raising little ones just became a lot more fun.Molly's the mom of a 4-year-old. Blaire has 2 and 4-year-olds. They're both hilarious, smart, and ready to tackle new parenting topics in every episode with some real talk, some expert advice, and a ton of laughs.If you're a fan of What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood and have kids six and under– or have just been wondering where to find another fun...2021-04-2603 min