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The Hola Gwapa PodcastIntuitive Eating & Developing Healthy Habits with Dr. Courtney CrispHola Gwapas and welcome to episode 25 of the Hola Gwapa Podcast! For those of you who are new to the show I’m your host Nisha Btesh. I’m also the Founder and Creative at Hola Gwapa, a digital community of ten thousand artists from all over the world, a blog, a website, this podcast and most recently my very own small batch slow fashion line! On this podcast we dismantle the limiting stories and stereotypes holding creative entrepreneurs back and together redefine what it truly means to be a successful artist.Welcome Dr. Courntey Crisp to the hola gwapa podc...
2023-05-0939 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastEpisode 24: The Art of Creating a Purpose Driven Career with Kaela ArellanoHola Gwapas and welcome to episode 24 of the Hola Gwapa Podcast! For those of you who are new to the show I’m your host Nisha Btesh. I’m also the Founder and Creative at Hola Gwapa, a digital community of ten thousand artists from all over the world, a blog, a website, this podcast and most recently my very own small batch slow fashion line! On this podcast we dismantle the limiting stories and stereotypes holding creative entrepreneurs back and together redefine what it truly means to be a successful artist.Today we welcome a VERY special guest to the...
2023-03-2152 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastThe Power of Purpose & Manifesting Your Dream Career with Sara SchroederWelcome Sara Schroeder back to the hola gwapa podcast. Back by popular demand this is her second time on the show and let me tell you this episode does not disappoint. Together we sit down and dive deep into topics like the nitty gritty business side of being an artist, the joy that comes from doing things your own way, the power of purpose and manifesting your dream career aaaand the significant impact journaling can have on your growth as an artist. SO if you’re a creative person who is currently in a place of feeling unsure of wh...
2023-02-2148 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastHow to Have A Kick-ass Career & Creative Side Hustle with Aimee RancerToday I’m sitting down with Aimee Rancer, a fashion and lifestyle blogger as well as a Creative Strategist who has worked for MEGA advertising disruptors like VaynerMedia, Pinterest and most recently Amazon.With over ten years of experience across a variety of roles in the marketing industry Aimee opens up sharing her fresh perspective on what it takes to have a kick-ass career AND a creative side hustle. In this episode we chat about career paths and following your yes, what exactly IS a global creative strategist and how you truly can have it all… as long as you’...
2023-01-2955 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastHow to Dress Like 1 Million People Are Watching with Sara CamposarconeHoly moly I am SO excited about this episode because today I’m sitting down with the one-of-a-kind Sara Camposarcone. With over one million style-obsessed followers on TikTok and dubbed fashions ``sustainable maximalist” by publications like Vogue, New York Times, Harper's Bazaar and more it turns out her most impressive superpower of all is not taking any of it too seriously. In this episode we talk about her quick rise to fame, her personal style and outfit building process, how she shuts down online (and IRL) trolls with positivity and what's next on the horizon for this creative icon. So i...
2023-01-1743 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastHow to Build A Mission Motivated Brand with Erin MelendezIn 2020 the global pandemic known as COVID19 hit and affected life as we all knew it. Now Jewelry Designer, Erin Melendez saw this challenge as an opportunity and started her wildly successful business out of an RV as she transitioned from her former career in Fashion Merchandising and embarked on a new creative journey all her own. In this episode we talk about what it was like to overcome the challenges she faced as a business owner on the open road, what motivates her to create art that supports self expression AND how she managed to land a holiday...
2023-01-0936 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastSolo Episode w/ Nisha Btesh: Breaking Down My Slow Fashion ProcessHola Gwapas and welcome to episode 19 of the Hola Gwapa Podcast! For those of you who are new to the show I’m your host Nisha Btesh. I’m also the Founder and Creative at Hola Gwapa, a digital community of ten thousand artists from all over the world, a blog, a website, a podcast and most recently my very own small batch slow fashion line! On this podcast we dismantle the limiting stories and stereotypes holding creative entrepreneurs back and together redefine what it truly means to be a successful artist.In this solo episode we talk...
2023-01-0228 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastThe Art of Balance... and Art with Abstract Painter and Yogi Gina Gaetz I’m SO excited to wrap up our second year on The Hola Gwapa Podcast with this very special bonus episode with abstract artist, mindfulness explorer and yogi Gina Gaetz. Gina is an OG member of The Hola Gwapa community, so if you haven’t already make sure you go back and check out her writer feature on the site posted back in March of 2020. Since then Gina’s career as an Artist has flourished even further. And in this episode we really get into it - chatting transparently about our experiences in art school as a true jumping off po...
2021-12-1653 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastBalancing Entrepreneurship & Adulthood While Building the Career of Your Dreams with Textile Designer Bridget ThompsonHola Gwapas and welcome to episode 17 of the Hola Gwapa Podcast! For those of you who are new to the show I’m your host Nisha Btesh. I’m also the Founder and Creative at Hola Gwapa a digital community of almost 12 thousand artists and creatives from all over the world, a blog, a website, an online shop, podcast and most recently a small batch slow fashion line! On this podcast we take the creative conversations even further, sharing the real stories, tips and tricks the Artists in this community have found on their journey to success. Meet...
2021-11-0946 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastBuilding Your Business with Jessica Santander, Jewlery Designer & Entrepreneur Hola Gwapas and welcome to episode 16 of the Hola Gwapa Podcast! For those of you who are new to the show I’m your host Nisha Btesh. I’m also the Founder and Creative at Hola Gwapa a digital community of almost 12 thousand artists and creatives from all over the world, a blog, a website, an online shop, podcast and most recently a small batch slow fashion line! On this podcast we take the creative conversations even further, sharing the real stories, tips and tricks the Artists in this community have found on their journey to success. I’m...
2021-09-2837 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastProduct Design & Pitching Your Brand with Lauren Ashley: How stepping into courage led this baby product brand into a full time business.Hola Gwapas and welcome to episode 15 of the Hola Gwapa Podcast! For those of you who are new to the show I’m your host Nisha Btesh. I’m also the Founder and Creative at Hola Gwapa a digital community of almost 12 thousand artists and creatives from all over the world, a blog, a website, an online shop, podcast and most recently a small batch slow fashion line! On this podcast we take the creative conversations even further, sharing the real stories, tips and tricks the Artists in this community have found on their journey to success.I’m...
2021-09-1300 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastBreaking Barriers with Jasmine Romero: How to Create an Artistic Career without Spending a PennyHola Gwapas and welcome to episode 14 of the Hola Gwapa Podcast! For those of you who are new to the show I’m your host Nisha Btesh. I’m also the Founder and Creative at Hola Gwapa a digital community of almost 12 thousand artists and creatives from all over the world, a blog, a website, an online shop, podcast and most recently a small batch slow fashion line! On this podcast we take the creative conversations even further, sharing the real stories, tips and tricks the Artists in this community have found on their journey to success.I’m...
2021-08-3053 min
The Search for Pink PodcastDesigner Nisha BteshHey y'all,
I had the absolute pleasure of talking to the owner and designer of Hola Gwapa. You probably already know that I absolutely adore female owned businesses, sustainable fashion, and female creatives who support other female creatives. Nisha 10000% ticks all of these boxes. I've loved learning more about her journey and how she's been on a similar path of interviewing creatives to figure out what path we are on ourselves. There is so much other female creatives and entrepreneurs can learn from her.
Make sure you're following her on @holagwapa !
2021-07-2755 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastGetting Abstract with Johanna Rossi: Creative Cycles, A Woman's Role in Art & Creating with Intention.I’m SO excited to introduce you today to one of my favorite abstract artists, Johanna Rossi who joins us today all the way from Monaco. Together we get into conversations about naming your work, creative cycles - which is FASCINATING, the toll that the role of being a woman can take on your art, and creating with intention. If you follow her on instagram @johannarossiart then you already know she gets vulnerable (specifically speaking up about her struggles with self doubt) which I love. She will not let her creative community suffer alone or in silence. And that’s on...
2021-07-2145 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastIllustration on a mission with Mira Lou: One Artists organic rise to 97K on IGFor those who’ve ever experienced a creative lull or rut (hem hem all of us…) this episode is for you! Mira Lou is what you would call DEDICATED to her craft. STILL A STUDENT Mira has cultivated a cult-like following of almost 97 thousand followers on Instagram in two years. She preeches the importance of sticking to a posting schedule and posting daily in order to crack that tricky algorithm but also opens up about how she often receives the least amount of engagement when posting about the topics that are most important to her and how hard she work...
2021-06-0747 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastThe Power of Being a YES Woman: How Tattoo Artist, Laura Martinez's Determination Led Her to Succeed in an Unorthodox Creative Industry. If you’re feeling stuck or uninspired with your career path, love life or just your life in general this is the episode for you. Laura went from working as a Product & Graphic Designer for Dior in Paris, France to meeting the love of her life on the stoop of an air btnb on a girls trip to New York City, never ending up getting on her return flight home to opening her very first (& successful) tattoo shop in Brooklyn. While some of us can’t currently travel due to COVID restrictions we can all live vicariously through her stor...
2021-04-2300 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastCraft Fair Queen Phoebe Sherman Reveals The Power of the Pivot in a Pre & Post Covid LandscapeSO before we get into this episode the Phoebe Sherman the craft fair queen herself and founder of Girl Gang Craft I need you to pause and go grab a pen and paper because it’s seriously jam packed with juicy valuable information. OK so let me just start by saying Phoebe is a BOSS! Pre-covid her business model consisted of running craft fairs fostering over 120 female artists across multiple cities. In this episode we cover everything from what it takes to launch an event and community driven business like hers (and of course keep it profitable!), how pivoting to...
2021-03-2551 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastTalking Wellness w/ 5th Dimension Founder, Herbalist & Natural Beauty Guru Jayna AndersonI am BEYOND excited to share this episode with you because it’s my very first interview with a Gwapa Gal! For those who don’t know I’ve recently added a very special section to the Hola Gwapa Shop dedicated to highlighting the stories and brands of artists in this very community. So you can now shop till you drop feeling good knowing that every purchase you make empowers female owned and artist made businesses just like mine to keep growing and thrive so if you haven’t had a chance to, pause this episode right now, go take a p...
2021-03-0348 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastFigure It Out As You Go with Lucy Giller: How This Go-Getter Turned A Maternity Leave Hobby Into Her Dream CareerToday I’m super excited to get into this episode as I sit down with Lucy Giller at the very beginning of quarantine to chat about her creative journey. Lucy went from a copy write to an art director at a prestigious magazine house to ditching it all to go back to art school at 27 years old, from there fell in love with hand lettering while she was on maternity leave and spent 3 years practicing her craft and taking on side projects while working a 9-5 and raising her daughter before taking the plunge to work as the freelance bo...
2021-02-1156 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastNurturing The Creative Within With Dahlia Dandashi: How to Find Your Place By Getting Resourceful AF & Using Your Unique Skillset to Create and Conquer Your Dream CareerFreaking out over here because I finally get to introduce you to OG Gwapa Artists & now Instagram friend Dahlia Dandashi. Dahlia started her creative journey by pursuing a traditional career in journalism and photography only to find herself burnt out before she even got started. Pivoting her skillset alongside the sensational growth of Instagram, she listened to her gut and transitioned to a less stable, less traditional and less valued role of being a Content Creator and that’s everything started clicking into place. Her personal work has always inspired me. Scrolling through her feed it’s clear that Dahl...
2021-01-0647 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastFinding Balance In Freelance with Alice Mulder: How to create multiple revenue streams doing what you love & network in a way that doesn't feel so networky.Without further ado! I’m so excited to introduce you to our next guest Alice Mulder. She is an Illustrator and graphic designer who could teach us all a thing or two about turning our passions into paychecks. One of the things I loved most about my conversation with Alice is discovering her strength in thinking realistically and logically about her career while staying wildly creative in her approach. I mean this girl knows a thing or two about producing multiple revenue streams. Trust me even her side hustles have side hustles. Beating to her own drum she has fo...
2021-01-0643 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastChampioning Creative Devotion with Sara Schroeder: How to create art as a form of self care & embrace the non traditional route + plot twists on your way to success.Sara Schroeder is an OG hola gwapa artist, abstract painter, mom, wife and teacher. With almost 50 thousand loyal fans on Instagram, Sara is someone we can all learn from and look up to! Learning more about her creative journey was so inspirational to me as we touched on topics like burnout, developing your personal brand and how to adapt quickly and positively to whatever your creative journey has in store for you. What I loved most about sitting down with Sara to record this podcast was her ability to be so gentle, patient and kind with herself. As a...
2020-09-2544 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastCutting Out the Chaos with Ia Llamozas: How to Cultivate Creative Momentum & Leverage Each Artistic Experience to Develop the Career of Your Dreams.In this episode you will meet collage artist and content creator ia llamozas chatting with us alllll the way from Barecelona, Spain. What I love most about ia is her relentless pursuit of her passion for college, art and teaching. You’ll hear this theme over and over again in her story my favorite being when she reached out to over 500 magazines and editors to share her work and in hopes of landing a job ALL of whom left her email unanswered accept for one… VOGUE SPAIN! So if you’re looking to be uplifted with a major dose of ins...
2020-08-2545 min
Coming From The HeartHola Gwapa and her many shades of COLOR Feat. Nisha BteshMasterly skilled and artistically talented, meet Nisha Btesh from Hola Gwapa who creates the blank canvas, and intricately touches and strokes our heart and spirit with her community and passion for life!
Thank you Nisha for being on the episode! You can join the “Gwapa Gang” and listen to her podcast, The Hola Gwapa Podcast, on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Follow Nisha on Instagram @holgwapa and check out her cute merch, accessories, and more at holagwapa.com (they just got a new shipment of the BLM shirts that you can support too!)
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2020-08-0555 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastIt's OK to eat a bagel w/ Arielle Calderon: How this Influencer's inspiring 168K followers on her mission to cancel diet culture and embrace self love.I’m super excited to introduce you to our guest today! Her name is Arielle Calderon and her story is wild! Formerly a writer for BuzzFeed, Arielle publicly shared her weight loss journey in an article that went viral leading her to become an instant Influencer of 30 thousand new followers overnight. Can you imagine? What came next was the unhealthy pressure to keep losing more and more weight, thoughts of suicide and an eating disorder. In this episode you’ll learn how Arielle turned her viral hell into a creative outlet and successful side hustle, now inspiring over 168 thousand wome...
2020-08-0453 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastStop Waiting to Graduate with Alice Clarke: Freelance Print Designer & Jewelry MakerAlice Clarke is a Freelance Print Designer & Jewelry Maker. In total Gwapa approved go-getter style, Alice launched her Etsy Shop 6 years ago - running her very own side biz, working for her dream/inspo company Anthropology and even building her own little lady gang network of female creatives on campus all while still in school. This episode is especially inspiring for those who are waiting to graduate to start turning their passions into a paycheck. Alice is a living example of what it means to make no excuses and just go for it!
2020-07-1842 minThe Hola Gwapa PodcastTurning Pain Into A Superpower with Miranda Starcevic: Parisian Stylist, Designer & Painter.#1 Miranda Starcevic otherwise known as a @letsgetflashy on Instagram is a self-made painter, designer, stylist and feminist. Miranda and her daring styled looks have been featured in everything from Teen Vogue to captured by the top photographers shooting must see street style at Paris and NY fashion weeks. In this episode Miranda zooms with me all the way from Paris to share her creative journey, how she’s using her art and platform to cultivate change, and what’s on the horizon design-wise for this collaborative Parisian. On a more serious note Miranda gets vulnerable sharing how she’s used w...
2020-07-0229 min
Working Girl TalkNisha Btesh, founder of Hola Gwapa - Start By Starting, Launching an Online Shop & the Many Hats of Being a Business OwnerToday, we welcome Nisha Btesh to Working Girl Talk!
She is an artist, creator, business owner and designer. She does it all! She’s the founder of Hola Gwapa. Hola Gwapa is an online shop, community & blog that connects, celebrates & supports female artists & entrepreneurs. In this episode, we talk about her career journey working in textile design and as an artist, her experience at New York Fashion Week, launching her company, the many hats a business owner has to wear and so much more.
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