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Artists for Joy235: Summer Enneagram Throwback: 6sThis summer, while I continue to heal from surgery and dream up Season 6, I am re-airing our most popular series: Creative Archetypes! If you are unfamiliar with the Enneagram, you can listen to the intro episode from the original 2023 series here. And if you are familiar and know your number, might I suggest you listen to each episode (even those that aren't about your number) to develop empathy and understanding of those who see the world differently. The Enneagram is a powerful tool for personal and relationship transformation, for artists and everyone! If y...2025-07-2555 min
Artists for Joy234: Summer Enneagram Throwback: 5sThis summer, while I continue to heal from surgery and dream up Season 6, I am re-airing our most popular series: Creative Archetypes! If you are unfamiliar with the Enneagram, you can listen to the intro episode from the original 2023 series here. And if you are familiar and know your number, might I suggest you listen to each episode (even those that aren't about your number) to develop empathy and understanding of those who see the world differently. The Enneagram is a powerful tool for personal and relationship transformation, for artists and everyone! If y...2025-07-1854 min
Tales From The LaneEpisode 26 Finding Joy as an Artist with Merideth Hite EstevezHello, friend, and welcome back to another episode of the Tales From The Lane Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Kayaian– a former cellist, and now a writer and coach for high-performing creatives–This is the show where we talk about how to create a life and career that you love– ones that bring both creative fulfillment and financial reward–ones that make you feel like you are Thriving, instead of merely Surviving. Today, we have as our guest, oboist, coach, podcaster, and author of the upcoming book, Artists For Joy. Dr. Merideth Hite-Estevez. You'll hear about...2024-06-1042 min
Creative Genius48 - Dr. Merideth Hite Estevez - Rediscovering Creative Joy: Recovery & Resilience in your Creative ProcessIn this episode of The Creative Genius Podcast, our guest Dr. Meredith Estevez, a renowned oboist, podcaster, coach, writer, and educator, shares her profound journey of creative recovery and the vital lessons she's learned about finding joy in the act of creation. Through her personal experiences, Merideth explores the effects of creative burnout, the harmful generational cycle of teaching through shame, and the pressure to balance creative impulse with marketability and success. She discusses how she rediscovered her true self using "The Artist's Way," navigated feelings of unworthiness despite achievements, and unveiled the power of surrendering to the creative...2023-09-1554 min
Artists for Joy6. Finding Creative CourageThis week on the podcast, the Creative Archetype series continues with Enneagram 6: The Loyalist. We chat with writer Cheri Hudspith, visual artist L. Camille Calloway, writer and therapist Camden Morgante, and visual artist Kate McEnroe, all about what life as an artist 6 is like, how they manage the anxiety, get unstuck, and create with joy. Our BFF Enneagram coach, Lee Fields of Enneagrammatic, also returns to educate on a notable polarity with 6s. Invitation: Find your ragtag team of people and invite them to support you and one another. Accept Love’s invitation, listen to wh...2023-08-1853 min
Artists for Joy5. The Castle of the MindIn this episode of our Creative Archetypes Series, Merideth chats with Enneagram 5s about their internal experience as artists. Guests Marsha Crockett (spiritual director and author), Kate Riney (creative marketing strategist, content creator, storyteller, and coach), and Morgan Strehlow (literary agent and freelance author) chat about the castles 5s create in their minds, how to overcome analysis paralysis, and the 5s secret weapon in the creative process: enthusiasm. Plus, our favorite Enneagram coach, Lee Fields of Enneagrammatic, pops on to share some insights, including how to be a good friend to a 5. Invitation: Follow your enthusiasm wherever...2023-08-1153 min
Artists for JoyMeet an artist who: takes up spaceKate Shepherd is an artist, silversmith, writer, and host of the popular podcast, The Creative Genius Podcast. From Kate's artist's statement: “I am an artist down to the very core of my being, it is infused into every single aspect of my life. Stones, leather, textiles, eco-printing, quilting, knitting, weaving, basketry, sculpture, beadwork - something deep within me wants to, needs to experience the act of making with my heart and hands." For 15 years her work as a professional artist has been through Morning Moon Nature Jewelry and over the past two years her love of...2023-06-2332 min
Artists for JoyWorryAfter the popularity of the anxiety episode, a follow up—this time anxiety’s legitimate, responsible, older cousin: worry. How are worry and anxiety different? What does the science say about worrying? Can it be helpful/useful? Merideth will share the results of a recent social media poll about artists’ worries, plus some things that are helping her cope with it lately. Frederick Buechner’s book Controlled Burning Makes Forests Healthy “The Upside of Worrying,” Kate Sweeney2021-03-2627 min