A clip of a coaching call from soulful creators rising, which is Brooke's program for creators to take you from stuck to finished project in 6 weeks. This call was from week two, where the students were beginning their projects, and Naomi was having a hard time sharing about her project and feeling a little stuck. Listen in as Brooke helps Naomi get to the root of the issue and find a plan to break out of it. Mentions Soulful Creators Rising brookebschultz.com/soulfulcreatorsrising Check out Nao...
Sep 14, 2023•22 min
So, is beauty actually important? What are we doing creating when there are people dying and far more pressing problems to address in the world? Is beauty worthwhile? In this episode we explore what beauty is (hint: more than pretty), how to define your own unique beauty sensibility, along with some beauty homework for art and life to get more in tune with the force that drives us to create. Mentions: John O'Donohue on On Being: https://onbeing.org/programs/john-odonohue-the-inner-landscape-of-b...
Sep 07, 2023•25 min
Your fear is boring, but friend, you are not. Fear always says the same thing: What will people think? Who do you think you are? What if it's terrible? What if you fail? This episode is a continuation of a series of love letters to creatives at different stages of your creative lives. In today's episode, we'll walk through the place of fear in the creative life, what those fearful thoughts can sound like, what you can think instead, and when to push through fear or listen to it. Mentions: www.st...
Aug 31, 2023•27 min
Needing a little nourishment for your creative soul? Perfect. Spend some time receiving with quotes curated from favorite books, poems and some of my own writing. Get More from Brooke Soul Food Part 1: Listen on Apple or Spotify Soul Food Part 2: Listen on Apple or Spotify Free class for Family Photographers to Find Your Style https://brookebschultz.com/findyourphotographystyle Tell Brooke how this episode helped your creative life: https://www.instagram.com/brookebschultz/...
Aug 24, 2023•16 min
What do you get when you hold things lightly? Dangerous freedom! You have a bias toward action and GOING for it when you’re not so worried about the outcome--even when it’s “serious”. Mentions 6 Hacks for Skyrocketing Creativity (Even If You're Super Busy): https://brookebschultz.com/get-creating/ Ep 120: The ONE habit to keep when everything else goes to crap: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-120-the-one-habit-to-keep-when-everything-else-goes-to-crap/id1438076373?i=1000506859854 Get ...
Aug 17, 2023•22 min
If you find yourself starting that creative venture you’re excited about, then dropping it when other things come up or you realize how bad you are, I have two words for you: me too. This is a letter to the one who keeps stopping and starting. The one with conflicting desires like me, to build an empire and rule the world, and also to lean into the softness of the earth, the squishiness of my heart and my body, and explore the quiet depths of my interior life without anyone else knowing about it...
Aug 10, 2023•26 min
Starting over holds all kinds of power for unleashing your capacity to create. But how do you know when to persevere and when to start over? What’s the difference between quitting and starting over because it’s in your creativity’s best interest? And how do we find the courage to start over when it doesn’t make any sense and everyone thinks we’re crazy pants? In this episode you’ll learn: - How to start over on an individual creation (the right way) - How starting over on a big project or abando...
Aug 03, 2023•25 min
Our imaginations are like birds who are meant to fly, and we mostly use them to walk. In this episode: the hidden benefits of nurturing your imaginations why your current wildest dreams aren’t wild ENOUGH how to go after big dreams while being here now Mentions: Ep 25: How to use visualization to blow your creative mind: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1cZURHZ5OisWygpmmaITN8?si=383f3e19fe984b23/ Ep 29: Diva status: how to become iconic https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ybxPIXMMxj2T6BLKaNuLR?si=...
Jul 27, 2023•25 min
One of the most popular episodes of this show is how to get out of self doubt by embracing it. So this week we're diving deeper and talking more about self doubt because it comes up for all of us... but it’s not a super useful emotion when you're trying to make things! Get More from Brooke: Submit Your Work to Heartful Magazine: https://heartful.brookebschultz.com/contact Apply for our last ever LoveSoaked Retreat: https://brookebschultz.com/love-soaked Free class for Family Photographers to Fin...
Jul 20, 2023•19 min
Most creativity + productivity advice just DOES NOT WORK if you are the main caregiver to your kids. If you're a mom, I'm sharing how I rewrite the narrative we've been told from "experts" and how to apply it with an unpredictable "routine". Get More from Brooke: Submit Your Work to Heartful Magazine: https://heartful.brookebschultz.com/contact Apply for our last ever LoveSoaked Retreat: https://brookebschultz.com/love-soaked Free class for Family Photographers to Find Your Style: https://brooke...
Jul 13, 2023•26 min
Kristin Sweeting is a wedding photographer + biz coach for creative people whose work has been featured in People, Brides, and much more. She’s the host of the Dangerous Creatives podcast + offers a mastermind and Study Abroad trips for photographers to help them create aligned businesses that prioritize rest. I got to talk to her while she is on summer sabbatical, so we talked details about how to make a sabbatical happen, her story and how she found herself in a position of needing to make ser...
Jul 06, 2023•36 min
This week’s episode covers a few Q+A's addressing all kinds of creative problems such as imposter syndrome, what to do when creatively bored, and how to create when you’re exhausted. Get More from Brooke: FREE Class to Spot Your Best Images: https://brookeschultz.kartra.com/page/zJD107 Apply for our last ever LoveSoaked Retreat: https://brookebschultz.com/love-soaked Free class for Family Photographers to Find Your Style: https://brookebschultz.com/findyourphotographystyle Tell Brooke how this e...
Jun 29, 2023•20 min
The mundane can be flattening, don'tcha think? I've been thinking about being tired vs. being uninspired, because a lot of times I will go into a creative process and feel tired, and have lots of other things weighing on my mind. But once I'm there, I feel on fire, and in flow, time and space collapse. I'm having so much fun, I'm challenged but I'm also up to the challenge. I'm dancing in that magic space between mastery and mystery. In today's episode, we'll explore the tension between creativi...
Jun 22, 2023•12 min
Writing is sovereignty. When we wrap language around our experiences, we get juiced with power. So why do we have so much resistance? Should we aim to change the world with our creative work? How can you make a living as an artist without giving yourself over to what other people want? Joy gives sound advice on these questions as well as how to get started with writing, how to follow your creative intuition, what audiences want to read, and the many iterations of her creative business. Get More ...
Jun 15, 2023•33 min
A creative life consists of an array of moving parts, and we can often get lost in the weeds and forget the VERY most important thing in creativity. It’s deceptively simple: do the work. Make the creations. CREATE. And yet, there are so many ways we mess this up and get it wrong. In this episode you’ll learn: the most common traps that hold creators back from doing the work hidden dangers that keep creators in ruts, stuck, and lead ‘em to burnout surprising places to cut the fat so you increase ...
Jun 08, 2023•22 min
Creativity is a sensitive biz to be in. Sometimes we expect too much of ourselves and expect this insane amount of unrealistically fab output and the truth is we are human and also often sensitive as artists and sometimes you just feel off–and yet, it’s not always practical to cancel everything when you feel this way, so what can you do? Walk through with gentle awareness. Today’s meditation will help you do just that. Get more from Brooke: Apply for our last ever LoveSoaked Retreat: https://bro...
Jun 01, 2023•16 min
The third and final day of Spark Workshop is here! Get ready for: a finale packed with goodness - A framework you can use over and over to move yourself out of ruts, burnout and change - needed times in your creativity, business and life! Clarifying your idea for your 6 week project so you can gain tons of momentum! Join us for the REPLAY here: https://brookebschultz.com/creative
May 25, 2023•1 hr 18 min
The Spark workshop continues! Get ready for: what resistance can mean + how we move through it. If you're experiencing resistance in any phase or at any point in your creative practice (which everyone does) - this is for you. Day 2 of the Spark Conference will cover... identity shifts that stick the one thing that can kick overwhlem to the curve Join us for Day 3 of Spark here: https://brookebschultz.com/creative...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 3 min
The Spark workshop is here! Get ready for: (re)discovering the joy of the creative process, even if you’re burnt out, have a ton on your plate, and sidestepping your resistance so you can put on your crown, own your power and be bold going from stuck to a sizzling, crystal clear idea for a project you can execute in 6 weeks that has the power to get you noticed–by ideal clients + customers who are excited to pay top dollar, national media, dream collaborators/brands, or just your own highest sel...
May 22, 2023•57 min
Description: Every time I ask what you’re struggling with related to your creativity, confidence comes up. But WHY do we need confidence? Sure, it can be helpful, but when it’s elusive, a lot of creators have shame about their lack of confidence- which just creates a bigger downward spiral. When you sign up for a creative life, you’re signing up for a rollercoaster of emotions, but the reward on the other side far outweighs the humiliation, fear, or failure: you get alignment, a sense of contrib...
May 18, 2023•24 min
The biggest thing that holds creators + artists back: their own toxic expectations of themselves. What would happen if you decided you didn’t need to be more talented, hard working, or in any way different than you are now? In our 200th episode I’m sharing 4 toxic expectations that are keeping you from your best creations yet and how to gently let them go. Let’s explore what happens when you don’t need to be better + you have everything you need to live your dream life–what you create will be be...
May 11, 2023•20 min
Multi passionate creators are some of the most tortured artists I’ve ever met– they never seem to be at peace with what they are doing, because they always have in the back of their minds the other creative lives they want to be living. They worry that their disparate interests are a hindrance to their success, and they are concerned that if they integrate all their passions into their business or creative practice, they’re gonna confuse people and be too scattered to make any headway in any one...
May 04, 2023•30 min
Get more from Brooke: Free class for Family Photographers to Find Your Style: https://brookebschultz.com/findyourphotographystyle Heartful magazine first issue: https://heartful.brookebschultz.com/ 6 Hacks for Skyrocketing Creativity (even if you’re super busy): https://brookebschultz.com/get-creating/...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Anytime people buy anything, they’re buying a feeling. Plus, it feels so good to buy and sell feelings, and in this episode I’m sharing 8 feelings people are dying to buy from creators and how to think about your messaging and marketing to speak to these feelings in a way that is fun for you, too. Stop talking about the features and benefits of your creation–no one cares how long the photo shoot is or how many modules are in the course or what paper your work is printed on– start sharing the sto...
Apr 20, 2023•27 min
Wanting to quit happens to every creator. The tricky bit: sometimes it means something, and sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes you need to listen to the part of you that’s ready to move on, and sometimes it’s a warning sign that things need to shift just a little bit. Sometimes, you actually *should* quit. Whether you wanna quit every day, every month, or every year, this episode details specific exercises to help you manage it and help you decide whether you should quit + what action to take inste...
Apr 13, 2023•23 min
Today, I'm inviting you to enjoy this wonderful interview from when I was a guest on Whitney Baker's Electric Ideas podcast. We talked about so much, from finding creativity in your everyday to being a multi-passionate creator. I know you're going to love it! Connect with Whitney: Electric ideas podcast: https://myelectricideas.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/whitneywoman/ Connect and learn from Brooke: Heartful magazine: https://heartful.brookebschultz.com/ Free class for Family Photographer...
Apr 06, 2023•33 min
You guys had such a positive response to the last Soul Food episode, so here's a part two for you. In this episode, I'll be sharing some inspiring and creatively nourishing quotes to help you on your creative journey. Mentions: Adrienne Oliver: https://adriennejacobsonoliver.com/links/ Favorite creativity books: https://www.amazon.com/shop/brookebschultz/list/16BFB7LJ9ABI2?ref_=aipsflist_aipsfbrookebschultz Heartful magazine first issue: https://heartful.brookebschultz.com/ Free class for Family...
Mar 30, 2023•14 min
Anything that replenishes you and fills your cup is not just a nice-to-have in your creative life, it’s a MUST have. Yes, friends: it's actually a need for us to waste our time. Let's dive into the quiet behind-the-scenes work of truly resting, how that brings us more creativity, and a couple of things you can do in the next few days or weeks with little to no additional prep time. Mentions Heartful Magazine First Issue: https://heartful.brookebschultz.com/ Rick Rubin On Being Interview: https:/...
Mar 23, 2023•29 min
We are obsessed with the idea that we should pick one dream or goal as early as possible and stick with it. We believe there will be incremental progress related to our hard work. But so many success stories aren’t like that - they are a million ‘wrong turns’ seemingly unrelated ventures, and then one that explodes, one moment that it all comes together. In this episode, I walk you through resilience and grit, and the importance of knowing the difference as a creative. Join Brooke's Love Soaked ...
Mar 16, 2023•16 min
If you've ever wondered what my mentoring calls are like, this episode is for you! In this behind-the-scenes look of my monthly Love Soaked Family Photography mastermind calls, I walk my students through balancing art and being profitable, giving yourself permission to step into your creativity and the massive importance of making art because of the beauty it adds to people's lives. There is so much goodness in this episode; you'll leaving feeling massively inspired and ready to make what you we...
Mar 09, 2023•19 min•Ep. 191
