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Cultivating PlaceThat Green Thing Inside US ALL, Jill Mays on Nurturing Nature, Gardening for Special NeedsAs the summer gardening season rolls into full-throated song, the idea of who has access to the work, joy, and benefits of this practice also comes into view—and feeds what Occupational Therapist and author Jill Mays calls that "green thing inside of us all."
As an occupational therapist by career and calling, over the course of her professional life, it became increasingly clear to Jill how many of the occupational therapy goals she set for her diverse clients were well met by the variety of activities, sensory stimulations, and social, mental, and physical benefits of gardening—preferably outside and in t...2025-05-1558 min
Murder Shelf Book Club PodcastEpisode 112: “This is solvable” Silent Silhouette- Who Killed Deborah Sue? by George Jared and Jennifer Bucholtz, Pt 4Investigative journalist and CrimeCon presenter George Jared, co-author of the book Silent Silhouette, sits down for an exclusive interview with Jill. George shares behind-the-scenes insights into how he and Jennifer Bucholtz investigated the now 50-year-old cold case, the murder of Deborah Sue Williamson. Comparing theories, they also delve into the gruesome murder of Rebekah Gould, that George and Jennifer also solved! He also discusses how they applied their expertise gained in the Gould investigation to the case of Deborah Sue Williamson. What is the current status of Deborah's case? How does one go about solving a murder that happened 50 years a...2025-01-2245 min
The Family Histories PodcastS08EP06 - 'The Homesick' with Jennifer JonesIn this episode of Series Eight, host Andrew meets Australian genealogist Jennifer Jones, who tells him about how she got hooked on researching family history, her motivation to blog her research, and her One-Place Study in Pembrokeshire, Wales.THE LIFE STORY - THOMAS WATERS Jennifer has chosen to tell the life story of Thomas Waters, her 2x Great Grandfather who was born in 1829 in the little village of Dunton in Bedfordshire, England, but in 1852 he emigrates to Australia. It has always baffled Jennifer quite why he did this, but it's...2024-12-1040 min
PullbackComputer Love with Dr. Jill Fellows
These days, humans are interacting with chatbots powered by artificial intelligence more and more, including for companionship. Can these new tools help a society experiencing a loneliness epidemic, or do they risk deepening isolation? And do they give tech companies even more power? This episode we’re joined by Dr. (Jennifer) Jill Fellows, a faculty member in the philosophy department at Douglas College and host of the feminist tech podcast Cyborg Goddess. Jill explains the history of AI, and introduces philosophical questions about trust, bias, and the reliability of modern AI systems. We discuss the impact of AI on hu...2024-11-181h 24
Resiliency RadioResiliency Radio with Dr. Jill: Is Inflammation Causing Your Skin Condition? With Jennifer FugoDo you suffer from persistent skin conditions and wonder if underlying inflammation might be the culprit? You're not alone. Dr. Jill Carnahan and Jen Fugo explore the various hidden triggers that could be causing your skin woes, including the roles of h.pylori, candida, and other gut-related issues. They also discuss how Biologic inhibitor drugs and JAK inhibitors are being used to manage chronic skin problems. Key Points ✅ How underlying inflammation drives chronic skin issues ✅ Challenges with the elimination diet approach (research demonstrating disordered eating patterns triggered by elimination diets used for skin issues) ✅ Biolog...2024-09-0442 min
The You World Order Showcase PodcastBalancing Energies: Journey to Wellness with Jennifer LeeJennifer Lee is a certified Reiki practitioner specializing in: relaxation, releasing negative energy, healing from past trauma, Chakra balancing, and improving mental health and OVERALL well-being.Primarily focusing on distance healing, what makes her services stand out is that she not only does Reiki and Chakra balancing, she follows up with spiritual wellness coaching.free offer Attract the life of your dreams!Prompts to journal + meditate on to attract the life of your dreams!https://adept-speaker-7769.ck.page/28ea5fc66dhttps://zenjennholistic.myshopify.com/Resources2024-08-2234 min
Starving Artist No More063: The Gift of CreativityWhat do you need to be your best creative self? Where and how do you do your most innovative, exciting, unique-to-you work? And how can you take intentional steps to give yourself that “maximum creativity environment” so that you are able to do that kind of work? The answers to these questions are going to be different for every artist and every creative listening to this podcast. After all, what you need to be creative is different from what I need to be creative. But today, let’s listen in on one creative entrepreneur’s journey to foster her ideal ar...2024-07-2659 min
Starving Artist No More062: Investigate Your IndustryDo you understand how your creative industry works? Do you know who the key players are, and do you have an understanding of how artists in your specific creative discipline get projects and are able to do the work that you do? Do you have a firm grasp of the current style trends and changes that are impacting the creative work of your colleagues? How much do you know about the behind-the-scenes businesses and decision-makers that run your creative industry? Today, let’s talk about why it’s important to have curiosity about how your little corner of the arti...2024-07-2332 min
Starving Artist No More061: Sustainable CreativityAs an artist who is also a small business owner, it sometimes feels like you’re pulled in two opposite directions: toward creative freedom and artistic expression on one side, and toward business-focused administrative tasks on the other. For most of us, in our creative training, whether that was art school or conservatory training or just a liberal arts education, everything was focused on the artsy side of things, with often no mention of business at all. And if you look to business literature or business coaches who cater to small business owners, which we are as creative entrepreneurs, th...2024-07-1650 min
Starving Artist No More059: Time as a ResourceAs a creative entrepreneur, your time is literally your most valuable resource. From a business perspective, time is what you sell, because your artistic products require time to create. From a personal perspective, all work and no play makes you a miserable, starving artist (and it’s right there in the name of the podcast that we’re saying “NO MORE!” to the myth of the starving artist). One thing is for sure: time is valuable. But we don’t often think of time as a resource, something to use and manage to our advantage. Today, we’re going to look into...2024-07-0942 min
Starving Artist No More058: Freedom in DiversityWhen you look at the list of your clients, the list of people who purchase your creative work, what do they look like? Do all of those people or businesses look the same, or do they differ in some way? And when you look at the type of creative work you do, does it all fit into a tiny little box, or do you work in lots of different spaces and in lots of different ways? When you think of how you make income in your creative business, does it all come in the form of immediate payment, or...2024-07-0143 min
Starving Artist No More057: Casting Director's PerspectiveRegardless of what creative industry you work in, communication is key. Particularly when you think of marketing yourself and your work to the people in your industry who serve in the project assignment role, the importance of professional communication skills cannot be overstated. When the decision-makers in your industry are deliberating about which artist to consider for a project, you want to make sure your name is in the running. I’ve talked about the importance of effective and efficient marketing and networking in previous podcast episodes, but today, you don’t have to just take my word for it...2024-06-0454 min
Starving Artist No More056: The Neurodivergent CreativeWhile I’m not neurodivergent myself, I know a lot of artists who are. In fact, quite a few of the artists who work with me to build their entrepreneurship skills are neurodivergent in one way or another. You, the fabulous artist listening to this podcast, might even be neurodivergent yourself. And this prevalence of neurodivergence among artists is more than just anecdote; a recent Psychology Today article explains that “neurodivergent individuals excel creatively,” making them uniquely suited to artistic careers. But while being neurodivergent can be a bonus in the creativity department, it can bring a whole host of uniq...2024-05-2145 min
Starving Artist No More055: Creative Branding Deep DiveQuestions related to branding and marketing can often feel incredibly overwhelming for artists. The vast majority of creative entrepreneurs got into their line of work because they were passionate about the “creative” part of the “creative entrepreneur” label, not so much because they felt drawn to the “entrepreneur” part. But as I’ve said before on this podcast, the flow of work into your artistic business is directly related to the flow of marketing efforts out of your business. So even if you feel lost when you think about what it would take to effectively market your creative business, doing that mar...2024-05-1438 min
Starving Artist No More054: The Six Components, RevisitedWhen I’m working with artists, the most frequent question they ask is how they should structure their creative business. How do they know which tasks in their creative entrepreneurship life are worth their time? How should their business work if they want that business to support them and fulfill them in all the ways they need to be supported and fulfilled: personally, creatively, and financially? What does a functioning creative business look like? Today, let’s discuss.
In this episode, you will learn:
What six components thriving creative businesses share in common.
How to implement thos...2024-05-0741 min
Starving Artist No More053: Goodbye ProcrastinationOne of my coaching clients reached out to me this week regarding a task that she and I had discussed at length during a session a couple months ago, and she confessed to me that she hadn’t done it yet. What’s more, she wasn’t really sure why she hadn’t done it. There wasn’t anything stopping her or getting in her way. She told me, “I’m just not doing it, and I know I have to.”
Have you been there? Have you felt paralyzed in the face of something you know you need to do in yo...2024-04-3028 min
Starving Artist No More052: Doing the Work is the WinEvery creative has moments in their career that are moments of celebration, moments of pure excitement. And usually, when I talk to artists about those moments, they think about the big career milestones: that huge award that they won or were nominated for, the incredible review they received, the prestigious fellowship they were awarded, the amazing project they won. These are all big, wonderful career events in your life as an artist business owner that absolutely should be celebrated. But they aren’t the only moments that deserve celebration. The problem with focusing only on those big, external indicators of...2024-04-2324 min
Starving Artist No More051: Celebrations MatterLast week’s podcast episode was all about the importance of acknowledging the hard things in your life as a creative entrepreneur, but if you stop there, you’re only seeing part of the picture. Yes, much in the life of an artist is really difficult, but so much is amazing as well. We get to create for a living! We get to share our artistic ideas with the world! What a gift that is! But if we don’t take time to intentionally acknowledge those good things, we run the risk of not even noticing that they happened. Our br...2024-04-1628 min
Starving Artist No More049: Where Your Priorities LieI know you’ve been there. Your task list is overflowing, and you’re overwhelmed. You’ve got more to do than you can possibly complete in the time available. Perhaps you’re in a feast period in your creative career, meaning your project calendar is jampacked full of fabulous projects that you’re excited to work on. Which is great, except that it means all of your time is spent heads-down creating, with no time left over for the necessary administrative tasks that come with running a business. Or maybe life has gone sideways on you, and you’re dealing w...2024-04-0235 min
The You World Order Showcase PodcastJennifer Tolo - Following Soul Guidance to PositivityIn this tranquil episode, Jennifer Tolo, a seasoned transformational coach, shares her journey from critical care nurse to holistic health educator. Guiding high-achieving individuals, Jennifer empowers clients to find calm amidst chaos, make informed decisions, and regain control over their lives.Discover more from Jennifer at JenniferWrenTolo.comGet your copy of the Family Fuel book!Resources👉Alchemist's Guide to Podcast Audiences & Best Be a Guest Directory - discover where your ideal clients are tuning in and how to get featured on those podcasts.👉Podcasting on Substa...2024-02-1943 min
Starving Artist No More048: The Elves & the ShoemakerAs this episode is originally being released, it’s the day after Christmas 2023. Last year, for the podcast episode between Christmas and New Year’s Day, I narrated a Christmas story for you, and truthfully, that episode is one of my favorite podcast episodes of the entire first season! I’d like to make that holiday storytelling habit a tradition here on the Starving Artist No More podcast. So today, I have another Christmas story to share with you: The Elves and the Shoemaker by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
A full transcript of this episode can be found he...2023-12-2611 min
Starving Artist No More047: Be a DetectiveIt’s Tuesday of the last workweek of 2023, and it’s a time when lots of us are thinking about what we’ve done over the past twelve months and what we’re looking forward to in the coming twelve months. Those kinds of looks backward and dreams forward can be really exciting! But it can also be really difficult to think back on the year gone by. If I’m being honest, I’d have to admit that while “yearly review time” can be exciting and motivating, it’s also a time when it’s really easy to get discouraged and...2023-12-1923 min
The Whole ShebangSomatic Healing: Your Body's Wisdom in Trauma Recovery | Jill Howell"That masculine energy of just being in our cognitive brain trying to fix things, trying to put out the fires with our brain, and instead come into this felt sense of safety and this knowing of I am okay. I'm not just fine, I'm really okay inside with myself, because I know how to show up for myself through every emotional experience that I face. That's where the real embodiment happens." - Jill HowellI've discovered that our bodies hold wisdom beyond what our minds can access alone. In this conversation with somatic trauma recovery practitioner Jill...2023-12-1349 min
Starving Artist No More046: Year-End PlanningAs this episode is being originally released, it’s less than two weeks before Christmas 2023. In another four days, my husband, Arturo, will be off from work in his corporate job for the rest of the year. Yay for holiday vacations! And all over the world right now, people are making plans for the holidays and thinking about their New Year’s resolutions. Because being less than two weeks from Christmas means we’re also less than three weeks from the new year. What are you going to do in your creative work next year? What New Years resolutions do you...2023-12-1234 min
Starving Artist No More045: Your Personal Definition of SuccessWhen you picture someone who is a successful artist or creative, what image does that bring to your mind? Perhaps someone who has won lots of competitions or awards in your creative industry. Perhaps someone who is very prolific in their artistry, so you see their work all over the place. Perhaps it’s someone who takes on really high profile projects, performing with the best ensembles or working with well-known clients or having their work profiled in The New York Times or People Magazine. Exactly what those external success markers look like varies a bit from one creative in...2023-12-0527 min
The Just Sustainability PodcastJill Fellows on liberatory technology and what is obscured by the dominant narratives about technology
As our conversation came to a close, Jill Fellows told me about the ways that technology can empower and liberate as well as how we often talk about technology (particularly digital technology) can serve to hide the environmental and social impacts of various technologies.
Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continuing the Conversation” (which is — as on...2023-11-3036 minThe Just Sustainability PodcastJill Fellows on liberatory technology and what is obscured by the dominant narratives about technology
As our conversation came to a close, Jill Fellows told me about the ways that technology can empower and liberate as well as how we often talk about technology (particularly digital technology) can serve to hide the environmental and social impacts of various technologies.
Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continuing the Conversation” (which is — as on...2023-11-3036 minThe Just Sustainability PodcastJill Fellows on liberatory technology and what is obscured by the dominant narratives about technology
As our conversation came to a close, Jill Fellows told me about the ways that technology can empower and liberate as well as how we often talk about technology (particularly digital technology) can serve to hide the environmental and social impacts of various technologies.
Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continuing the Conversation” (which is — as on...2023-11-3036 min
Starving Artist No More044: Consistency Is HardWe’re getting toward the end of the year, when people employed in corporate jobs are completing their yearly self-assessments in preparation for performance reviews in early January. My husband, Arturo, who you heard from in last week’s episode, turned in his 2023 self-assessment last week, just before Thanksgiving. And yes, I am a self-employed creative entrepreneur, not an employee of a large company like he is, but I’m doing my own self-assessment right now, too: thinking about what went well over the past year, what didn’t go so well, and how I want to use that data to...2023-11-2836 min
Starving Artist No More043: AI and ArtLast week’s podcast episode was all about how to think about change in our creative work. Change is inevitable in life, so we may as well find ways to think about it positively. After all, in many ways, when we think about it from a mindset of joy and abundance, change can be really beautiful! But what about change that has the potential to be incredibly destructive to your work and your way of life? How can you find positive ways of viewing that kind of change? Often, finding a silver lining in that kind of change feels im...2023-11-2153 min
Starving Artist No More042: You're Not a TreeI don’t know what the fall weather is like where you are, but here in Cincinnati, things have turned decidedly autumnal. Arturo and I spent a few hours about a week ago, on Saturday, raking the leaves from our driveway and the paths around our house. And when I flew back from the LoveNVegas book con about two weeks ago, seeing the fall colors from the plane was truly breathtaking. Fall is my favorite season for a lot of reasons, but one of those reasons is that the changing leaves remind me that change is beautiful. Change is of...2023-11-1429 minThe Just Sustainability PodcastJill Fellows on the digital divide and biases related to technology
In the this episode the conversation between Jill Fellows and I shifts topics. We move on from discussing podcasting and public scholarship to the content of Jill’s research: the interplay between gender and technology. Jill tells me about the digital divide and some of the ways that our biases are reflected in technology and how we think about technology.
Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within t...2023-11-0927 minThe Just Sustainability PodcastJill Fellows on the digital divide and biases related to technology
In the this episode the conversation between Jill Fellows and I shifts topics. We move on from discussing podcasting and public scholarship to the content of Jill’s research: the interplay between gender and technology. Jill tells me about the digital divide and some of the ways that our biases are reflected in technology and how we think about technology.
Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within t...2023-11-0927 minThe Just Sustainability PodcastJill Fellows on the digital divide and biases related to technology
In the this episode the conversation between Jill Fellows and I shifts topics. We move on from discussing podcasting and public scholarship to the content of Jill’s research: the interplay between gender and technology. Jill tells me about the digital divide and some of the ways that our biases are reflected in technology and how we think about technology.
Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within t...2023-11-0927 min
Starving Artist No More041: A New SeasonYou may have noticed that this episode is marked as the first episode in Season 2 in your podcast player. That’s right – this week marks a full year of the Starving Artist No More podcast! For an entire year, I’ve been coaching creative entrepreneurs and helping them create workable strategies for businesses that actually work and that meet their needs in a real and tangible way. It’s been an amazing experience! Today’s podcast episode is going to look at the seven biggest takeaways I’ve observed from my first year working officially as a creative entrepreneurship coach. I can...2023-11-0740 minThe Just Sustainability PodcastJill Fellows on integrating public scholarship into an academic career
In this episode we pick-up where we left off on the previous episode, with Jill Fellows telling me about how she identifies the guests that are featured in her podcast and how she has approached overcoming the various challenges related to integrating public scholarship into her academic career.
Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continui...2023-11-0123 minThe Just Sustainability PodcastJill Fellows on integrating public scholarship into an academic career
In this episode we pick-up where we left off on the previous episode, with Jill Fellows telling me about how she identifies the guests that are featured in her podcast and how she has approached overcoming the various challenges related to integrating public scholarship into her academic career.
Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continui...2023-11-0123 minThe Just Sustainability PodcastJill Fellows on integrating public scholarship into an academic career
In this episode we pick-up where we left off on the previous episode, with Jill Fellows telling me about how she identifies the guests that are featured in her podcast and how she has approached overcoming the various challenges related to integrating public scholarship into her academic career.
Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continui...2023-11-0123 min
Starving Artist No More040: Small StepsMark Twain once said, “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.” Sometimes, taking those first few tiny little steps can be the hardest part of getting a new project off the ground. If you’re embarking on a new artistic venture, how do you decide where to begin? If you’re preparing to tackle something unfamiliar on the administrative side of your creative business, how do you figure out what’s the most important thing to do first? Often, we find ourselves waiting to even begin a new thing until we know we can jump in with 1,000% commitment and total...2023-10-3131 min
To the Classroom: Conversations with Researchers & Educators24. Dr. Caitlin Ryan and Dr. Jill Hermann-Wilmarth -- The Hows and Whys of LGBTQ-inclusive Curriculum and TextsMy guests today, Dr. Caitlin Ryan and Dr. Jill Hermann Wilmarth, are co-authors of the professional book Reading the Rainbow as well as many scholarly articles. They will help us think about the whys and hows of LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum and texts in K-8 settings. Later, I am joined by my colleague Gina Dignon to discuss practical takeaways for both teachers and school leaders. Read a full transcript of this episode and learn more about the show athttps://www.jenniferserravallo.com/podcast More on The GLSEN 2021 National Sc...2023-10-3050 min
Starving Artist No More039: Fix ForwardA few weeks ago, I woke up to an email from a creative entrepreneur that I’ve been coaching over the past few months. This wonderful artist had recently faced some pretty big obstacles in their creative business and was feeling really discouraged. They had wanted to start a new thing in their creative work, but they found themselves completely unable to take that first step and get started. As a result, they told me they were feeling “brutally defeated.” And my heart broke for this wonderful creative. I just wanted to wrap them up in a big hug! Shame...2023-10-2432 min
Starving Artist No More038: The Price of Success is FailureOver and over again, in my work as a creative entrepreneurship coach, I hear some variation of the question, “but what if it doesn’t work?” Fear is a natural part of trying anything new, and for most artists and makers and creatives, focusing on the business side of their creative enterprise is indeed a new thing. Much of what we do as creative entrepreneurs is objectively hard! But if we never try anything new, we’ll never get anything new. Taking risks and trying new things is a vital part of what it means to be a thriving artist...2023-10-1734 minThe Just Sustainability PodcastJill Fellows on podcasting and public scholarship
I’m really excited to share this episode because I get to introduce all of you to an old friend of mine who also happens to be my favorite public philosopher: Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows. Jill teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continuing the Conversation” (which is — as one might suspect from its name — about the interplay between gender, sex, and technology...2023-10-1234 minThe Just Sustainability PodcastJill Fellows on podcasting and public scholarship
I’m really excited to share this episode because I get to introduce all of you to an old friend of mine who also happens to be my favorite public philosopher: Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows. Jill teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continuing the Conversation” (which is — as one might suspect from its name — about the interplay between gender, sex, and technology...2023-10-1234 minThe Just Sustainability PodcastJill Fellows on podcasting and public scholarship
I’m really excited to share this episode because I get to introduce all of you to an old friend of mine who also happens to be my favorite public philosopher: Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows. Jill teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continuing the Conversation” (which is — as one might suspect from its name — about the interplay between gender, sex, and technology...2023-10-1234 min
Starving Artist No More037: Creative Entrepreneurship & Kite FlyingFiguring out your strategy to make your creative business work is much easier said than done. You might think you know how things work in your creative industry, and you might be doing all the things that should be the right things, and yet nothing is working for you. Perhaps you even see things working out for one of your creative colleagues, but it’s just not happening for you. When you feel like you’re employing workable strategies and yet you’re seeing any progress in your creative business, what’s going on? The exact, detailed answer to that que...2023-10-1031 min
Starving Artist No More036: Scarcity & SchedulingI’ve said before that your beliefs about what is possible for you and your business will be the limiting factor in how your business grows, which is absolutely true. But your beliefs about the possibilities available to you and your business do more than impact your big picture. Those beliefs touch every part of what you do, from that big 10,000 foot view all the way down to the email you write when someone offers you work. When a job offer comes your way, how do you decide whether or not to say “yes”? What goes into your mental calcul...2023-10-0335 minStarving Artist No More035: PrioritiesThe life of a creative entrepreneur is a busy one. There is a lot on your plate on any given day! You need to do the creative, artistic work that your business is built on. But you also need to reply to emails, manage your marketing, handle your business finances, and deal with project management tasks. Like I said, it’s a lot! In that mess of tasks in front of you, how do you figure out what is most important for you to do right now, today, this week? How can you set daily, weekly, and monthly priorities wi...2023-09-2630 minStarving Artist No More034: Maker & ManagerThe life of a creative solopreneur is one of constantly being pulled in two different directions. Direction 1: the creative stuff! The reason you’re a creative entrepreneur in the first place! This is the creative, artistic, innovative, unique work that you do and that brings you joy and fulfillment and that fills your soul. Direction 2: the administrative necessities of running a business. The emails, the project management tasks, the invoicing, the paying of bills, the managing of finances, the managing of your project schedule, the writing of copy for your website and for your marketing efforts, the scheduling of yo...2023-09-1929 minStarving Artist No More032: Progress, Not PerfectionIn almost every artistic training program the world over, regardless of the specific creative discipline, the pursuit of perfection is a driving factor in the training. I spent hours in the practice room during my conservatory training practicing the same passages over and over to get closer to that ever-elusive “perfect” ideal. Lessons and masterclasses were fine-tuned examinations of the details of technique, always in search of a better, cleaner, “more perfect” sound. There is a lot in that mindset that is commendable and valuable, but in my work with artist business owners, I see too many creatives willing to die i...2023-07-1828 minStarving Artist No More029: Be a Good BossFunny story. I’ve had this topic, being a good boss, on my list of upcoming podcast episodes for months. Literally. For week after week after week, I’ve had this episode marked down as the next episode I was going to write and record for this podcast. And I kept pushing it back. I kept saying to myself, “No, I want to talk about this other thing this week. This other topic is more on my mind.” And so this episode, the one you’re listening to right now, kept getting shoved to the back burner. Finally, after months of d...2023-06-2744 minStarving Artist No More028: What to Do When You Don’t Get the GigThe life of a creative entrepreneur is one of gig work. I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, “gig economy.” For workers in many industry, this gig economy is a totally new thing. In decades past, engineers and computer programmers used to always work as employees of a company. They didn’t have to jump from project to project on their own. My grandfather worked for the same textile manufacturing company his entire working career. He even lived in a town built by and named after that company! But that has never been the case for creative entrepreneurs. Even Shake...2023-06-2029 min
Grace In Real Life podcastGrace is: forgiving others + yourself with Jennifer BarnettWhat is forgiveness, really? Is it something more than feeling like we should apologize? Is it more than just saying we forgive someone who hurt us even when we don’t want to at all? Forgiving others and asking for forgiveness are ground zero for receiving grace. Because isn’t the Lord’s forgiving of our sins the ultimate gift of grace? Forgiveness is foundational to our understanding of what it means to receive and live from grace. In today’s episode, you’ll receive practical strategies and anchoring truths for receiving grace through forgiveness and healin...2023-06-2047 minStarving Artist No More027: Networking for Feast, Not FamineThe feast or famine cycle is a vicious thing. If you’re not familiar with that term, “feast or famine” refers to the awful roller-coaster-like situation when your business vacillates between months with tons of work, and tons of income, to months with almost no work and almost no income. There’s no doubt about it: riding the feast or famine roller coaster is an awful place to be. But you, my dear friend, are not helpless. You can do something about it. You can take steps to get off that roller coaster and find a place of more peace an...2023-06-1335 minStarving Artist No More026: Marketing for Feast, Not FamineThe feast or famine cycle is the bane of every creative business and every creative entrepreneur I know. “Feast or famine cycle” refers to the stomach-dropping ride that you experience when your business flip flops from months with so much work you can’t handle it and stress out like crazy (even if the resulting payday is pretty nice) – these are the feast months – and then careens down into months where your schedule is empty and you feel like you’re never going to work again and you’re terrified that your career is over and you have no idea how you’r...2023-06-0634 minStarving Artist No More025: Make Your Own LuckDo you have any friends or colleagues who just seem lucky? Who appear to have great opportunities fall in their lap all the time? I know that, from the outside looking in, it can sometimes seem like other people have all the luck! Well, I’m here to tell you, my friend, that the appearance of luck is just that: an appearance. It doesn’t match reality. Behind the scenes of that other creative’s career, what you don’t see is all the work they’re doing to create that luck. Today, I’m going to pull back the curtain...2023-05-3030 minStarving Artist No More024: Overriding Imposter SyndromeImposter syndrome. I’ll bet that you have a visceral reaction just to hearing me say those two words. Every creative that I’ve ever known has dealt with imposter syndrome at some point during their artistic career. Imposter syndrome is virtually impossible to avoid. But it’s not impossible to overcome. You are not helpless in the face of your imposter feelings. You can take steps to hit the mute button on that little devil on your shoulder whispering that you’re not good enough or that your work isn’t valuable. You can override imposter syndrome. Today, we’re goin...2023-05-2333 min
Asked and Answered By SoulHow To Move At the Speed of Balance with Jill BrownToday on Asked and Answered by Soul, Jennifer Urezzio and Jill Brown, Health and Wellbeing Life Coach and creator of the Soul Avatar, talk about how to move at the speed of balance that works for each of us as individuals. When we find the right balance for ourselves, it creates deeper connection, peace, ease, and better productivity in our lives.Join us here as Jennifer and Jill share that we are here to embrace being human and accept that we are creative and powerful beings - here to create, express and live our joy and purpose...2023-05-2118 min
The Best Dam PodcastJennifer Bakker: Brambles and Buzzed, at the 2023 Spring Jamboree in Boulder City, NVWe hope that you enjoyed the 2023 Spring Jamboree, here in beautiful Boulder City, Nevada.The Spring Jamboree, which has been held since 1977, is considered by many to be Boulder City's first major public festival of the year.During the two days of the 2023 Spring Jamboree, we had the pleasure of interviewing a cross-section of vendors, artisans, board members, and volunteers that help to make this public festival the success that it is.This episode of The Best Dam Podcast features Jennifer Bakker, co-founder of Brambles and Buzzed, Mobile Bar Co...2023-05-1809 minStarving Artist No More023: What I Wish I’d KnownIf you could go back to the very beginning of your journey as a creative entrepreneur, what would you tell yourself? What pieces of advice would have made your journey to this point a little smoother if someone had whispered them in your ear at that early stage in your career? Or, what pieces of advice were whispered in your ear, but you ignored them and learned the hard way, and now you wish you’d paid attention? What do you wish you’d known when you were embarking on this crazy, fantastical journey called creative entrepreneurship? Today, I’m goin...2023-04-0429 minStarving Artist No More022: Outsourcing for CreativesOne of the most common pieces of advice that business coaches give entrepreneurs is to outsource. A lot of discussion in the world of entrepreneurial coaching deals with how to build a team around you, how to delegate tasks to employees or contractors, how to work as a leader within that team. This is all excellent advice for entrepreneurs in more traditional fields, but what about artists? What about creative entrepreneurs, like you and me? If the product my business is selling is my creative energy, which by its very nature cannot be passed off to someone else, does...2023-03-2833 minStarving Artist No More021: Your Unique PaceOur culture tells us we need to hustle and go! Work work work, busy all the time. That’s what we’re supposed to do right? That’s what we’re supposed to be. And I don’t want to deny that there are elements of that mental framework that are helpful. If you’re a self-employed working artist, like most of the people who listen to this podcast are, then you do have a lot on your plate. Being a solopreneur creative isn’t an easy thing. But thinking that working all the time and hustling all the time is what w...2023-03-2122 minStarving Artist No More019: SMART Creativity (Goal Setting for Creatives, Part 2 of 2)When you’re thinking about what you want out of your creative work, the ways in which you want to grow your artistic business, how do you figure out your strategy to get there? How do you figure out exactly what your goals should be? What goes into formulating a business strategy that will actually help and guide you, rather than one that will set on a shelf in your office, or languish in an unopened and unreferenced file on your computer?
One way to make sure your business strategy is one you’re going to actually use...2023-03-0734 min
Normal Goes A Long Way56: Imagine the Possibilities of Neighboring Well with Jennifer PropheteWhat would it be like if people pursued the common good with their neighbors right where they lived? Jill Devine and Laura Fleetwood found out the answer to that question in Episode 56. Joining the ladies this week, Jennifer Prophete. Jennifer is the Program Director for The Hopeful Neighborhood Project. She has spent 20 years working in the field of urban education and cross-cultural ministry, learning how community engagement is vital for effective ministry. She has a bachelor’s degree from Concordia University-Nebraska in elementary education with certificates in English-as-an-Other-Language, special education, and early childhood education. She received an MBA from th...2023-03-0745 minStarving Artist No More018: Purpose and Flexibility (Goal Setting for Creatives, Part 1 of 2)Goals and goal-setting are sometimes really hard for creatives. I work with a lot of artists who struggle to set goals within their creative work. They want the freedom to pursue any project that strikes their fancy, and they’re afraid that establishing a formal business plan or writing set of strategic goals within their business will keep them from accepting work they would enjoy. Or sometimes I encounter a creative who has tried goals in the past, only to have those goals languish in a drawer or computer file somewhere – they’re not quite sure where – never to be looke...2023-02-2835 minGrace In Real Life podcastSpiritual Health: Pouring out your heart to the Lord with Jennifer Dukes LeeIt is no accident that our Spiritual Health series started with paying attention and ends with sharing what rumbles in our souls. Only when we wake up to what’s bothering us on the inside can we pour it out to the Lord as David did in the psalms. We must know ourselves – our fears, hopes, dreams, worries, nervous ticks, default coping mechanisms – so we can articulate them to God, not because He doesn’t already know them but so we know ourselves in the light of His presence. Because developing the skill of pourin...2023-02-2844 minStarving Artist No More016: The Six Components of a Thriving Creative BusinessWhat are the components that make up a thriving creative business? If you listen to business coaches who are working and teaching in the non-creative business spaces, you’ll frequently hear discussions about the components of a successful business, things like providing value to customers, hiring great employees, understanding the market, employing sound financial management, et cetera et cetera. And those business coaches are correct. For a traditional business, those things are incredibly important. But what about a creative business? Do the components needed for flourishing change at all when the business in question is an artistic business, one in...2023-02-1439 minStarving Artist No More010: What You Need From Your BusinessWhat do you need from your business? What does it mean to have a creative business that gives you what you need to grow and thrive as an artist? If you’ve listened to this podcast before, you’ve heard me say many times that my #1 goal as a creative entrepreneurship coach is to help you build a creative business that fulfills you holistically: personally, creatively, and financially. What does that mean? Why do I say that all the time? Today we’re going to dig into those questions and talk about what it means to get what you need f...2023-01-0333 minStarving Artist No More009: The Gift of the MagiWe’re in the midst of the holiday season. Perhaps you have snow on the ground where you live, or maybe it’s the middle of summer for you. My family in Chile are enjoying beautiful summer weather right now. But regardless of where you are or what the weather is outside, and regardless of which holidays you and your family celebrate together, I hope you’re enjoying a wonderful and blessed holiday season. I savored a beautiful Christmas with my family this past weekend, and we’re getting ready for our annual New Year’s Eve movie marathon this comin...2022-12-2724 minStarving Artist No More001: Welcome to the Starving Artist No More PodcastBeing a creative entrepreneur is hard. The messages we hear from the world around us tells us that creative industries are environments of scarcity, where hundreds of people are all competing for the same projects and positions. We’re told that only one in a million “creative hopefuls” will ever make it to “successful creative entrepreneur.” And yet, creatives persist. The grit of creative entrepreneurs is unmatched! But figuring out how to grow a creative business is a tricky thing. So much of what’s out there about how to build a successful business doesn’t work for a creative busin...2022-11-0116 min
Starving Artist No MoreStarving Artist No More Podcast TrailerWelcome to the Starving Artist No More podcast, where creative entrepreneurs can find the business coaching they need to build a creative business that fulfills them personally, creatively, and financially. This trailer gives you a taste of what to expect in coming episodes. Visit the Starving Artist No More Blog for full transcripts of all future episodes.
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Celebrate the Struggle"Sharing my story has helped me to heal." -Jill RileyJilly Riley joins me today on Celebrate the Struggle to share her story. Abandoned twice in two different countries, the trauma started at a young age. Jill learned how to put on a face that wouldn't allow others to know what was really going on in her life. After being adopted, her adoptive father molested her and her sister. Meanwhile, Jill's mother was dealing with her own struggles that resulted in vicious physical abuse even to the point where Jill would have to check her clothing to make sure blood wasn't showing through her shirt for others to see...2022-09-2924 min
Your Life Your Story - RISE UPYou Deserve to be Happy with Jennifer DawnAre you getting too comfortable with your mess? Do you feel like it's easier to just stay in the ashes vs seek the happiness you deserve? Jennifer Dawn, author and intuitive coach, joins the podcast to share why you deserve to be HAPPY! Tune in as she provides the chocolate chip cookie method of welcoming happiness into your life, one chocolate chip at a time! More about Jennifer Dawn - Featured GuestFacebook ProfileThe Sagittarius Coach - Jenn's Facebook GroupConnect with Jenn DawnWebsite - jenniferdawn.net (under construction)2022-08-2452 min