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Art Talk with Libby Saylor24. 7 Invaluable Tips For Becoming a Better Graphic DesignerFor practicing artists, graphic design novices, and experienced design professionals, this episode offers insights for everyone. What really makes someone a better graphic designer? It’s not just mastering software tools—it’s about owning your creative process, having good taste, and discovering your unique design voice.In this episode, I’m sharing 7 invaluable graphic design tips that have shaped my own practice: from pushing past your first (and 20th) draft, to thinking conceptually, collaborating effectively, and stretching beyond inspiration to create a style that’s truly your own. Whether you’re new to design or looking to improve y...
2025-10-0224 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor23. When the Well Runs LowCreativity doesn’t vanish—it just hibernates.Sometimes the inspiration stops flowing. Sitting down to make art feels awkward and foggy, and we can never fully understand why. I’ve been through dry seasons before, and I know this pause isn’t forever—just for now. In this episode, I’m sharing what it feels like when inspiration runs low, why I’m giving myself space to reset, and how I trust the creative tide will eventually return.Shop: https://libbysaylorshop.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libbysaylor/Newsletter: https://libbysaylor.myflodesk.com...
2025-09-0219 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor22. Fumbling Through My Creative BlockIn this honest and unfiltered episode of Art Talk with Libby Saylor, I open up about being deep in the middle of a creative block. I don't have solutions or advice—just a raw look at what it's like to be stuck, when it started, and how I'm trying to move through it as an artist. If you've ever felt lost in your creative process or unsure how to find your way back, this episode might remind you that you're not alone. Shop: https://libbysaylorshop.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libbysaylor/Newsletter: htt...
2025-08-0216 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor21. Ways You Can Use ChatGPT in the Art WorldIn this episode, I dive into how artists and creatives can harness the power of ChatGPT to elevate their art practice and professional presence. From generating artist statements and SEO keywords to brainstorming creative concepts and planning social media content, ChatGPT is a fantastic tool for artists. Whether you're a painter, photographer, sculptor, collage artist, or another kind of creative soul, tune in to discover practical, inspiring ways to integrate AI into your workflow without losing your artistic voice. Shop: https://libbysaylorshop.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libbysaylor/Newsletter: https://libbysaylor.myflodesk.c...
2025-07-0223 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor20. Working Big Traumatized Me, So I StoppedI’ve been making small art for most of my creative career, but I’ve always struggled with the pressure to work big for years and years, despite the fact that I LOVE working small, I make beautiful work in small format, and I HATE working big. In this episode, I share how I recently fell into a bit of a people pleaser ditch, trying to work big for the wrong reasons, in the wrong ways. Fortunately, I eventually dug myself out and emerged even brighter and shinier than ever before. Detours are never mistakes, only pathways that get as e...
2025-06-0214 min
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In this episode of The World Class Leaders Show, host Andrea Petrone sits down with Libby Saylor Wright, Chief Operating Officer, US Retail and Consumer Goods at Microsoft. Before joining Microsoft, she served as Member of Chief, COO at the Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF) and spent 13 years at The Coca-Cola...
2025-05-0843 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor19. Talking About Your ArtRecently, I’ve had to talk about my work with a fair amount of people, in various settings, and I’ve had to share more deeply about why I make my work, what it’s all about, and what it means to me. Without fail, each time I share about my work, I can tell that people feel more interested in my work, more inspired by it, and more connected to it in general.I’ve been working on this for a few years now and I’ve learned a lot about the process. It’s not natural and...
2025-04-0222 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor18. Everything You Need To Know About Art Markets With Kate CuthbertIn this amazing episode, I talk with collage artist and art market extraordinaire, Kate Cuthbert. Kate was recently diagnosed with MS and has shifted from her decades-long path selling her work at art markets, to teaching others how to master all there is to know about the wonderfully whacky world of art markets. Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, collage artist, Kate Cuthbert, studied furniture design before focusing on her life-long love of collage art. In 2014 she began sharing her work under the handle 'satin&tat' and has since exhibited across Australia, the USA, Europe, and S...
2025-03-0242 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor17. Some Art World Boundaries I Want To Set, But Am Afraid ToIn this episode I talk about boundaries and the way they can act as vehicles for self-love and great change. I'm setting some art world boundaries for myself as I move forward in my art career, even though it feels a bit scary, and I feel uncertain. Setting boundaries is an amazing way to initiate positive change, and it's our way of telling the universe that we are ready for more and better! What boundaries have you set, are thinking about setting, or are afraid to set in your art career?Shop: https://libbysaylorshop.com/...
2025-02-0227 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor16. Goal and Intention Setting for the Unambitious ArtistIn this episode, I'm speaking from total experience, as a recovering unambitious (aka lazy artist), sharing with you ways I've endeavored to moved past my laziness (that disguised my deep rooted fear), and into the comfortable goal and intention setting zone of art making. Shop: https://libbysaylorshop.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libbysaylor/Newsletter: https://libbysaylor.myflodesk.com/newsletterWebsite: https://www.libbysaylor.com/Colette Baron-Reid: https://www.colettebaronreid.com/
2025-01-0221 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor15. Resisting the Urge to Rush-Post on Social MediaIn this episode, I’m going to unpack my thoughts about the speed in which we create things, and the pressure we can come up against to have something new and fresh and amazing to post on social media, both regularly and often. It’s hard when your income is solely based on your art-making. But, for those of us who don’t have to worry about that, but still feel the pressure, I think it’s important to resist the urge to rush the creative process, which leads to rush-posting, and to instead focus on the work itself. There is...
2024-12-0210 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor14. The Difference Between Making Big Wow Art and Mediocre ArtIn this episode, I share ten differences between what it looks and feels like to make Big Wow Art and just Mediocre Art. Making Big Wow Art is no joke! This process can trigger endless amounts of fear and doubt and can be physically and emotionally draining. Time and again I'm reminded that being an artist and living this life is not for the weak, or for the faint of heart. But, it's so worth it in the end, once we can recognize the difference between when we're offering up our best efforts and when we're not. ...
2024-11-0218 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor13. The Success Time Warp That People Don’t Talk AboutIn this episode I try to reconcile the massive time gap between when we create things and when the world finally understands them in very tangible ways. Artists and successful people have always experienced this time warp, but it can feel really challenging to keep going if we don't realize the misalignment that is just part of the creative process and success in general. Once we understand and accept that this time warp exists, we can work with it, not against it, and find that our patience is so worth the wait!Shop: https://libbysaylorshop.com/
2024-10-0224 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor12. What Happens When You Make Lots of Art?In this episode, I explain the benefits of making lots of art, regularly, and often. I never used to value this idea and thought it just seemed wasteful and pointless. I thought I could just make art here and there, when I felt like it, and all would be well. But my art career continued to suffer and I just never understood why. When I started a disciplined practice, making more art, more regularly, some super magical things started to happen and everything started turning around.. Today, the magic is still happening!Shop: https://libbysaylorshop.com/
2024-09-0216 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor11. Committing To Your ArtIn this episode, I expand upon the process of committing to your art. It seems like an amorphous idea, and I think the more natural talent we have, the more likely it is that we will avoid committing to our art, thinking that success will just arrive on its own. When that doesn’t happen, it can be really puzzling and very humbling! But we can turn that all around, once we commit to doing the work and standing our ground through thick and thin as an artist. This process has made me a better artist and a better pe...
2024-08-0218 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor10. My Creative ProcessIn this podcast episode I get current about what I'm working on in the studio and share a bit of background about my life, my creative work, and why I make the kind of art I make. When I first create a new body of work, I don't often talk about it because I don't always know what I'm doing, I'm just flowing with what is coming. But, I think it's really important for artists to stay in verbal and cognitive contact with their process, even if it doesn't make much sense in the beginning. I'm super excited about...
2024-07-0221 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor9. Five Ways To Release Creative BlocksIn this episode, I offer five tried and true methods to release creative blocks for whenever you're feeling stuck or in a creative transition. Every artist gets stuck and there's absolutely no need to panic when we're feeling like we just can't move forward with any of our creative projects. You are not alone here! And these five suggestions are methods I've used over and over again to keep me progressing through my blocks in order to make the art that needs to be made. The Artist's Way: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-artists-way-julia-cameron/ Instagram...
2024-06-0218 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor8. How To Handle Rejection Like A ProIn this episode, I share about a recent rejection I experienced and how I went through the range of emotions to ultimately move forward. This episode is about the realities of being an artist and the inevitable rejection that comes with it. But in the end, it's most important to not let rejection pull you off track. You must keep going!In this episode, I mention:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libbysaylor/Newsletter: https://libbysaylor.myflodesk.com/newsletterDad Series: https://www.libbysaylor.com/dadseries.htmlShop: https://libbysaylorshop...
2024-05-0225 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor7. Obey Your ArtIn this episode, I talk about the importance of letting your art take you in the direction it wants you to go, rather than forcing your art in the direction you think the both of you should go. I share about some recent pivots I’ve had to take in the name of obeying my art, and how those detours came about. I discuss the importance of trust and surrender when obeying your art. And finally, I talk about how obeying your art often requires you to change your plans completely. But through all of these challenges, you must st...
2024-04-0225 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor6. Taking Risks in the StudioIn this episode, I go deep and try to uncover what really holds us back from taking chances in our studio. Ultimately, I think it comes down to getting comfortable with our imperfections, as well as getting comfortable with taking risks outside of the studio. I also share with you a super vulnerable whoops moment that I experienced from taking a chance, and how it's all part of the beautiful process of learning how to be braver, so we can show up as the courageous artists this world so desperately needs. In this episode, I mention:
2024-03-0230 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor5. Conversation with Elyse’ Jokinen of Wilder CollageIn this episode, I chat with Elyse' Jokinen, collage artist and founder of Wilder Collage. Elyse' is on a mission to share the magic of collage art through connection, education, inspiration and visibility. She's the warmest, friendliest, most supportive person I know in the art community and her positivity is truly infectious! I'm so happy to know Elyse' and to be a member of the Wilder community. Artists can often feel so isolated and out-of-touch with one another, and must dig deep on a daily basis to find the encouragement to keep going. Being a part of...
2024-02-0245 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor4. It Only Takes OneIn this impromptu episode, I share my trepidation about creating my first Shopify store and sweating it out, waiting for that first sale. I also give myself (and you!) a pep talk as I remember times in my past when I've created something, put it out there, and then just waited, until that fateful day when something DID come back. From there, you're safe, and it really only takes one to start a cascading effect of success, if you can hang in there until it happens. And it WILL happen! A guide to photo slides in 2023: https...
2024-01-0218 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor3. Don't Stop, Just Slow DownIn this episode, I share with you what happens when you make deliberate choices about your creative career. Things take off and get exciting! But at some point, it's also natural to hit a wall. And when this happens, we don't want to stop all together (something I'm notorious for doing!). But instead, we just wanna just slow down. I make the case for tenacity, endurance, and discipline in the face of creative blocks and confusion, even though I've always been the quitter when it comes to this kind of thing. In this episode, I mention:
2023-12-0223 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor2. Grit or QuitIn this episode, I make the case for both gritting and quitting when it comes to achieving success in your creative endeavors. Ultimately, I think that once you decide to grit, you also need to do a few things in order to keep yourself afloat, and most of us don't really want to do this, myself included! But that won't stop me from trying :)In this episode, I mention:Anne Helen Petersen: https://annehelen.substack.com/Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/glossy-marisa-meltzer/1142484004
2023-11-0224 minArt Talk with Libby Saylor1. Writing An Artist StatementIn this episode, I talk about how writing an artist statement is WAY harder than it seems, and I share with you the steps I followed to create an artist statement I feel proud to share with professionals, online, and with you! In this episode, I mention:Natalia Millman: https://www.instagram.com/nataliamillmanart/Art Write: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/art-write-vicki-krohn-amorose/1114226018Wilder Collage: https://www.wildercollage.com/Gabrielle Velez: http://gabriellevelez.com/Shop: https://libbysaylorshop.com/Website: https://www.libbysaylor.com/ Patreon: h...
2023-10-0221 min
Sharing the Heart of the MatterEpisode 24: The In-Between with Libby SaylorIn this episode of the Sharing the Heart of the Matter podcast, Wynne Leon is with co-host, Dr. Vicki Atkinson and our colleague, writer, and artist, Libby Saylor, and we talk about Libby’s essay, Old Doors are Closing but New Ones Have Not Yet Opened. We dig into that uncomfortable in-between place that we occasionally find ourselves in – experiencing the discomfort of change without the relief of knowing yet what the next thing will be. In her delightful, honest, and open way, Libby takes us into the disruptions in her life that are making her feel unsettled. And she...
2023-06-3026 minSharing the Heart of the MatterEpisode 11: How to Journal the Right Way with Libby SaylorIn this episode, Wynne Leon is with Vicki Atkinson and Libby Saylor to talk about Libby’s post about how to journal the right way. That is to say to journal to really heal the tough, icky, and not so fun, phases and feelings. We touch on the inner child and how journaling can work to really soothe those parts of ourselves who don’t feel heard.We bring in Rumi’s guest house and liken journaling to really welcoming the whole complement of feelings in so we can receive the message and move on.
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2023-03-3133 minSharing the Heart of the MatterEpisode 6: Really Listen To The Way We Talk To OurselvesIn this conversation with between Wynne Leon and Libby Saylor (aka The Goddess Attainable), they talk about Libby's post, Really Listen to the Way We Talk To Ourselves, self-compassion, dating and the mirror of love, and healing wounds from our families of origin.
Here are some of Wynne's take-aways from this episode:
What I learned - Libby’s beautiful perspective about listening to ourselves, “I just want to listen [to myself] with LOVE.”
My favorite phrase from Libby – “I’d already journaled til my hand was about to fall off”
How I felt after ou...
2023-02-2428 min
Pop Culture Makes Me JealousWorking Girl with Libby SaylorWorking Girl released December 20th, 1988, and stars Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, and Joan Cusack, just to name a few. In this episode host, Julia Washington and her guest Libby Saylor break down the trope of pitting women against each other, the origin story of characters like Katherine Parker, and how Working Girl holds up. Ads PCMMJ Book Club Exhausted Creatives Join Patreon YouTube
2022-10-121h 06
My First MillionOne Question Friday: What Random Things Are You Into Right Now?Episode #360: Sam Parr (@thesamparr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answer one listener's question: What are some random things that you're really into right now?To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower right hand corner.-----Links:* YouTube Premium* Audible Originals* Libby* Compound Interest Calc* @10kdiver* TriggerPoint Massage Ball* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces...
2022-09-0912 min
Pop Culture Makes Me JealousSixteen Candles Sixteen Candles made its theatrical debut on May 4th, 1984, and starred the eighties darling, Molly Ringwald. Written and directed by John Hughes, this film has been a cult classic for several decades and is one of Hughes more notable long-lasting works. A Teen movie about a girl who turns 16 and everyone in her family forgets, she’s pining for the hottest guy in school, and generally feeling invisible until her heartthrob crush discovers who she is. Over the course of the night, the audience is taken through a high school dance, a high school party, and the ultimate romantic payoff, if...
2022-03-2359 min