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Idle Writers ClubS3 E2: WinteringShaili & Kate share their thoughts on winter & creating with the seasons.
Happy holidays!
Connect with Kate & Shaili - @idlewritersclub
Shaili:
Youtube
Insta: @createwithshaili & writing practice journal @itsalwaysprogress
https://shailishah.com/
https://shailishah.com/book
Kate
LinkedIn
www.katemaxwellcoach.com
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/idlewritersclub/message2023-12-2244 minIdle Writers ClubS3 E1: Finding MomentumWe're back and we're troubleshooting how to find momentum again after a break from our creative practice.
Links to Shaili's new website and brilliant Find Your Flow workbook!
https://shailishah.com/
https://shailishah.com/book
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/idlewritersclub/message2023-11-2047 minIdle Writers ClubS2 E6: Uncovering a Sense of PerseveranceIt's the final chapter! Wow - what a ride, thank you for joining us on our follow along of Julia Cameron's FINDING WATER, we hope you enjoy this closing episode, we've loved sharing this journey with you! (FYI: we recorded this in December 2022!)
Some of this episodes topics:
What tools will we take away from this process?
Keeping going despite our internal weather
Spoiling your artist
You don't have to act like a poet to be a poet
Reading like a writer
and more!
Connect with Kate & Shaili - @idlewritersclub
Shaili:
Youtube
Insta: @create...2023-04-0541 minIdle Writers ClubS2 E5: Uncovering a Sense of Perspective"you are asked to imagine yourself larger and more sure-footed than you may feel yourself to be"
Welcome to our 5th 'week' in our follow along of Finding Water by Julia Cameron! This episode includes chat about:
Asking for inspiration
Automatic writing & connecting with the 'Great Artist'
Humility - what would you do if you were more humble?
Shitty first drafts & working with fragments
TRUST THE SMALL ACTIONS - keep collecting!
Back yourself - get your work out there without approval from the 'establishment'
Celebrate your work the way you'd celebrate the work of someone you...2023-04-0553 minIdle Writers ClubS2 E4: Uncovering a Sense of TruthJoin us in this episode as we talk about:
how to find ways to connect with people that help us feel grounded
practices that help us feel grounded
different ways to think about perseverance that’s not about just “keeping on” or grinding it out
Rituals that are sensory and “move you into a sense of safety and expansion” + preparing for success mentally by “telling yourself symbolically that you are fine”
Connect with Kate & Shaili - @idlewritersclub
Shaili:
Youtube
Insta: @createwithshaili & writing practice journal @itsalwaysprogress
https://wildheartcreative.net
Kate
Insta: @itskat...2023-04-0550 minIdle Writers ClubS2 E3: Uncovering A Sense of SafetyWe loved this chapter! Kate actually did every exercise this week 😜
Join us in this episode as we chat about:
the process of doing Finding Water out of sequence
the unsung importance of a sense of safety to creativity
the reconnection with something bigger than you
'Martha Stewart' risks (which we loved), do your mending!
Learning to say 'yes I can', over 'no I can't' - "our reward must lie in doing the risk itself"
Having a deep faith in what you're doing - defining our own success
Julia's brilliant take on reviews - "how did I l...2023-04-0449 minIdle Writers ClubS2 E2: Uncovering A Sense of Resolve"All creativity requires grounded action. [...] Just as a bucket is filled a drop at a time, so too a creative life develops by the smallest acts." Julia Cameron
In our responses to this week of Julia Camerons' Finding Water programme we talk about feeling upended in life and creative process and how these practices do (or don't!) ground us back into ourselves and our creativity.
Connect with Kate & Shaili - @idlewritersclub
Shaili:
Youtube
Insta: @createwithshaili & writing practice journal @itsalwaysprogress
https://wildheartcreative.net
Kate
Insta: @itskatemaxwell
LinkedIn
www.katemaxwellcoach.com
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Send in...2023-02-2854 minIdle Writers ClubBonus Episode: Community & EnergyHey everyone! Here's an episode where we share with each other and with you dear listener about our projects outside of Idle Writers Club!
In this episode we talk about the power of community and managing out energy levels.
Join Kate's group coaching Making in the Middle here: www.katemaxwellcoach.com/making-in-the-middle
Email Shaili here to find out about working with her here shailis90@gmail.com
(Sorry for the poor sound on Kate's mic!!)
Connect with Kate & Shaili - @idlewritersclub
Shaili:
Youtube
Insta: @createwithsha...2022-10-2422 minIdle Writers ClubS2 E1: The Basics & Uncovering a Sense of OptimismFor Idle Writers Club season 2, Shaili & Kate embark on a follow along of Julia Cameron's FINDING WATER: The Art of Perseverance.
In this episode we chat about 'The Basics': Artist Dates, Morning Pages and Walks as well as Chapter 1: Finding a Sense of Optimism.
Connect with Kate & Shaili - @idlewritersclub
Shaili:
Youtube
Insta: @createwithshaili & writing practice journal @itsalwaysprogress
https://wildheartcreative.net
Kate
Insta: @itskatemaxwell
LinkedIn
www.katemaxwellcoach.com
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/idlewritersclub/message2022-10-191h 20Idle Writers ClubBonus Episode: The 'stories of our lives' interviewWelcome to this cheeky bonus episode! We thought it would be super fun to interview each other about the stories that have been with us at different stages in our lives, from childhood, through adolescents, reading slumps and returns to reading.
This is also our first video podcast, enjoy!
Connect with Kate & Shaili - @idlewritersclub
Shaili:
Youtube
Insta: @createwithshaili & writing practice journal @itsalwaysprogress
https://wildheartcreative.net
Kate
Insta: @itskatemaxwell
LinkedIn
www.katemaxwellcoach.com
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/idlewritersclub/message2022-08-161h 15Idle Writers ClubS1 E6: Going with the Flow & Nourishing our Creative SpiritConnect with Kate & Shaili - @idlewritersclub
Shaili:
Youtube
Insta: @createwithshaili & writing practice journal @itsalwaysprogress
https://wildheartcreative.net
Kate
Insta: @itskatemaxwell
LinkedIn
www.katemaxwellcoach.com
Episode 6: Going with the Flow + What Nourishes Our Creative Practice
In the first part of this conversation, we talk about our experiences catching moments of inspiration in our daily life and allowing ourselves to go with the flow more. What happens when, as Kate put it, we think of our process as one of “hacking” or as collage/bricolage, just combining interesting bits as they come to us? What happens when we all...2022-07-201h 00
Idle Writers ClubS1 E5: Learning Your CraftConnect with Kate & Shaili - @idlewritersclub
Shaili:
Youtube
Insta: @createwithshaili & writing practice journal @itsalwaysprogress
https://wildheartcreative.net
Kate
Insta: @itskatemaxwell
LinkedIn
www.katemaxwellcoach.com
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Episode 5: Learning Your Craft
In this episode we explore the link between ‘good’ art, ‘good’ craft and the push to ‘do things properly’, we talk about curating a list of ‘greats’ to learn from, the power of imitating to learn, consuming things to fill our cup, as well as ask some personal questions:
What does craft mean to us?
How do we learn it?
How can we make the kind of art we want to make...2022-06-0738 minIdle Writers ClubS1 E4: Creative Life ForceThis conversation covers some really massive topics that we just cover briefly, but there are some important reminders about what it means to follow your energy and style and not anyone else’s way along with some strategies and exercises to try to tap into your unique expression of creative energy.
We mentioned a lot of different influences and people, so here’s a list if there’s any particular one that resonated with or intrigued you:
Hand drier IG account: @handdryers
Emma, Ancient Wisdom coaching program, IG @emmajaneargent
Marlee Grace
Marie Forleo
Asking why 5 times on the...2022-04-2126 minIdle Writers ClubS1 E3: Work and PlayIn this episode we talk about the impact productivity and grind culture have on our creativity by making us striving for consistency. We talk about the opposite of this being freedom, playfulness, fun.
Are effort and ‘hard work’ the only ways to create something of value?
Is it useful to bring playfulness into our practice if it feels performative?
How can we bring back lightness to our process when we get bogged down in making it ‘hard work’?
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Connect with Kate & Shaili - @idlewritersclub
Shaili:
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...2022-03-2946 minIdle Writers ClubS1 E2: Idleness and TryingThis episode is about how creatives need time for idleness and how to create pockets of idleness in your day. We also talk about the difference between a more generative idleness and one that feels not very useful, and how to do our creative work in a way that takes the “trying,” or sense of effort, out of it.
Some references we make in this episode;
The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey
Coaching the Artist Within by Eric Maisel
The Right to Write by Julia Cameron
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
Silv...2022-03-2251 min
Idle Writers ClubS1 E1: Doing It 'Properly'Connect with Kate & Shaili - @idlewritersclub
Shaili:
Youtube
Insta: @createwithshaili & writing practice journal @itsalwaysprogress
https://wildheartcreative.net
Kate
Insta: @itskatemaxwell
LinkedIn
www.katemaxwellcoach.com
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Welcome to the club! In this episode we explore the need to do things properly, how much it gets in our way and what we’re exploring to free ourselves up from trying to create ‘the right’ way. We talk about MFAs, writing everyday, ‘showing up’ online, sharing your work in progress, being a recovering snob, taking your process seriously whilst having a good time creating, resisting the fi...2022-02-0149 min