The Creative Exponent

Marian Parsons & Shaunna West•thecreativeexponent.com

cre·a·tive ex·po·nent (noun): a person who believes in and upholds the truth of their creativity Authors, Bloggers, Business Coaches and friends, Marian Parsons and Shaunna West launch their latest adventure, The Creative Exponent Podcast. They long to hold a conversation around all things creative, and encourage every person to discover, uphold, and share their creativity. To encourage you that you do have a creative voice to offer, and it is yours alone. To laugh with you. To be real with you...creativity is sacred. It is scary. And it is a gift. You can find Marian and Shaunna continuing their passionate conversation around creativity and creative business at www.thecreativeexponent.com. Podcast cover art exceptionally created by Gabriella Larson and Heidi Sellers. The Creative Exponent Theme written by A Walker Spring and performed by Elly Swope and Johann Wagner.

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4. Sharing Your Creativity

So now you’ve decided you are creative and you want to protect and foster it...now what? This week Marian and Shaunna wrap up the introductory episodes to The Creative Exponent and talk about the realities of sharing your work, with a small or large audience. They chat about the importance of developing a thick skin, and how the benefits largely outweigh any downsides of sharing your creative work. They talk through strategies to help you face criticism or negative feedback and encourage you to,...

Aug 19, 2019•38 min

3. Upholding Your Creativity

This week Marian and Shaunna chat about the next foundational piece of your creativity: Upholding it. They laugh about Shaunna’s “failed” Pinterest birthday cake, and how her daughter reminded her that she was the one teaching her to go for it and try new things. Out of the mouths of babes, right? They are real about how easily we criticize ourselves, and how belief in ourselves is a practice, and one that takes time and intentionality. How fine the balance is of allowing feedback in and learnin...

Aug 12, 2019•32 min

2. Discovering Your Creativity

This week Marian and Shaunna delve into busting the myths surrounding creativity: you’re not creative, you aren’t good enough, and that creativity is only for kids, actors, and artists. They argue the case for YOUR creativity and share their beliefs that creativity is for everyone and should not be contained inside of a box. They share silly stories of their childhoods, and how our upbringings can shape our definition of creativity, while sharing their own insecurities and roadblocks along the w...

Jul 22, 2019•29 min

1. Welcome to The Creative Exponent

This week Marian and Shaunna introduce the idea behind The Creative Exponent, and their hope for you to allow your creative voice to shine through and to own its place in the world. We chat about the root of the creative, and how they move through this world, and multiplying your creative efforts, whether in a creative business or living your best creative life. You will hear stories of how they each started small, and how their dabbling in creativity led them here to this new passion of helping...

Jul 16, 2019•17 min

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