How do we find creative inspiration in the world around us?  

In this episode of Live Creatively, I’m chatting with my friend, Daphne Bamburg. Daphne is a graphic designer, wardrobe stylist and creative soul living in Austin Texas. She’s the founder of Strong Word Studio, an inspirational paper goods line as well as Auxiliary Closet, an online vintage shop and styling service. When she’s not creating, you can find her strolling her local thrift store or traveling the globe in search of unexpected beauty.

Listen in as Daphne and I chat about:

• How to find inspiration all around us 

• Putting ourselves in “the path” of inspiration

• How can we surround ourselves with more of what makes us feel inspired

• Our responsibility as creatives to intentionally seek out inspiration 

• How creative inspiration plays a part in creative process

Daphne shares so much encouragement and practical advice for creatives. This episode will be especially helpful for the creative who is feeling uninspired or lost their creative spark.

If you need a spark of inspiration to jump start your creativity, this episode is for you!

Connect with Daphne:

• Instagram

• Strong Word Studio

• Auxiliary Closet

Find the Show Notes here. 

Let’s Live Creatively, friends!

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How do we cultivate harmony between work and rest in our lives?  

In this episode of Live Creatively, I’m chatting with Shelley Tyson. Shelley  is an entrepreneur, wife, mom, and pianist. She has been a life coach for female entrepreneurs looking to cultivate harmony in their work and home rhythms. Shelley is passionate about seeing women thrive in the lives God has called them to as they work from rest and love and serve those around them. 

Listen in as Shelley and I chat about:

• How to cultivate harmony between work and rest

• Why seeking harmony, not balance, is so important

• Why it’s important to create time and space to rest from creating

• How rest (or lack of) impacts our creativity

• Why rest is a necessary part of the creative process 

• How we can shift from working FOR rest to working FROM rest

This episode is jam packed with encouragement and practical advice about how to incorporate regular rhythms of rest into our lives. It’s not easy! It requires intentionality, but we NEED rest. We’re designed for it and we do our best creative work when we take time and make space to stop doing and just be.  

If you struggle with making time to slow down and truly rest, this episode is for you!

Connect with Shelley:

• Instagram

Find the Show Notes here. 

Let’s Live Creatively, friends!

Learn more: www.building07.com

Connect: hello@building07.com

Community for Creatives: www.facebook.com/groups/creativeincommunity

Coaching for Creatives: www.building07.com/coaching/

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How can we break free from fear and anxiety in a world that feeds it?  

In this episode of Live Creatively, I’m chatting with Christy Boulware. Christy is first a passionate follower of Christ. She is also a wife and a mom of three. With a deep desire to set women and teens free from the chains of fear and anxiety, Christy leads a non-profit organization called Fearless Unite. Through conferences, workshops. retreats, Bible studies, and devotionals, Christy speaks and writes about drastically decreasing the alarming statistics of anxiety in our world. 

I loved this candid conversation with Christy about finding freedom from crippling fears and anxiety and how these can negatively impact our creativity. Of course, these struggles are not exclusive to creatives, but I know I have certainly wrestled with lots of fears along my own creative journey. And the world around us certainly gives plenty of reasons to feel anxious on a daily basis. And I know that I am not alone in these feelings and experiences. 

Listen in as Christy and I chat about:

• Ways the world we live in feeds our fears and anxiety everyday 

• Why anxiety is such a pressing and urgent issue on a larger scale

• Tips on how to overcome crippling fear and anxiety 

• What are anxiety smoke alarms and how they can help us overcome fear and anxiety

• How fear and anxiety can negatively impact our creativity

Christy and I had such a great conversation that feels even more relevant and important now as this episode is releasing than when we recorded it. I know her words are going to encourage you and meet you where you are, especially if your heart has felt heavy and burdened by recent headlines. 

If you find yourself struggling to overcome fear and feeling anxious, this episode is for you!

Connect with Christy:

• Website

• Instagram

• Facebook

• Book

Find the Show Notes here. 

Let’s Live Creatively, friends!

Learn more: www.building07.com

Connect: hello@building07.com

Community for Creatives: www.facebook.com/groups/creativeincommunity

Coaching for Creatives: www.building07.com/coaching/

Want more? Subscribe to my “secret” podcast, 5-Minute Fridays. Exclusive convos for my closest creative friends: https://bit.ly/5minfri