Christine is on maternity leave until September, so we'll be sharing some of our most popular podcasts episodes, and episodes from our members-only vault.
In this episode, I'll talk about the 5 creative archetypes that I've discovered in my work as a coach. These types include the DREAMER, the SEEKER, the STRIVER, the ANALYST, and the GOOD STUDENT. I'll talk about the strengths and struggles of each of these artists. I'll break down the strategies that each type uses in their practice and how these strategies sometimes get them stuck. Listen to this episode to find out your type(s)!
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Enrollment for our fall Creative Momentum Program is underway! This program will help any artist overcome their roadblocks, find time for their creative work, and get serious about making their art.
Through weekly group conversation and individual coaching, you’ll identify your creative roadblocks, gain greater insights into your motivations, and learn a powerful process for getting out of ruts and getting real creative momentum.
Session Dates: Wednesdays, September 24th - December 10th 12pm - 1pm cst
You’ll leave the program with:
Christine is on maternity leave until September, so we'll be sharing some of our most popular podcasts episodes, and episodes from our members-only vault.
In this episode, I'll talk about the law of 20%, or the idea of how MUCH to generate in your practice. What do you want to create and how long should you stay at Generate to help you create it? This episode will offer some new thoughts on the generative process.
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Enrollment for our fall Creative Momentum Program is underway! This program will help any artist overcome their roadblocks, find time for their creative work, and get serious about making their art.
Through weekly group conversation and individual coaching, you’ll identify your creative roadblocks, gain greater insights into your motivations, and learn a powerful process for getting out of ruts and getting real creative momentum.
Session Dates: Wednesdays, September 24th - December 10th 12pm - 1pm cst
You’ll leave the program with:
Christine is on maternity leave until September, so we'll be sharing some of our most popular podcasts episodes, and episodes from our members-only vault. (This one is from 2022)
It's year 3 of a pandemic and most of us are not feeling motivated. What do we need to build resilience in our creative practices? How do we experience setbacks, rejection, or low energy and decide to keep going? In this episode, I'll talk about 3 things to do to help build your creative resilience.
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Enrollment for our fall Creative Momentum Program is underway! This program will help any artist overcome their roadblocks, find time for their creative work, and get serious about making their art.
Through weekly group conversation and individual coaching, you’ll identify your creative roadblocks, gain greater insights into your motivations, and learn a powerful process for getting out of ruts and getting real creative momentum.
Session Dates: Wednesdays, September 24th - December 10th 12pm - 1pm cst
You’ll leave the program with:
Christine is on maternity leave until September, so this summer, we'll be sharing some of our most popular podcasts episodes, and episodes from our members-only vault.
What would happen if you had 50% more confidence in your creative work? What would you be doing differently? Sharing more? Applying to bigger, scarier opportunities? Trying new mediums? In this episode, I'll talk about what confidence is, and give you an exercise you can practice to build more confidence in your creative work.
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Enrollment for our fall Creative Momentum Program is underway!This program will help any artist overcome their roadblocks, find time for their creative work, and get serious about making their art.
Through weekly group conversation and individual coaching, you’ll identify your creative roadblocks, gain greater insights into your motivations, and learn a powerful process for getting out of ruts and getting real creative momentum.
Session Dates: Wednesdays, September 24th - December 10th 12pm - 1pm cst
You’ll leave the program with:
Christine is on maternity leave until September, so we'll be sharing some of our most popular podcasts episodes, and episodes from our members-only vault.
In this episode, I'll talk about making difficult decisions (or as I call them, "indecision roadblocks"). I'll talk about how difficult decisions happen when two of our creative values are in conflict with one another. I'll offer some exercises to help you clarify your values, and from those values, make more confident decisions.
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Enrollment for our fall Creative Momentum Program is underway!
This program will help any artist overcome their roadblocks, find time for their creative work, and get serious about making their art.
Through weekly group conversation and individual coaching, you’ll identify your creative roadblocks, gain greater insights into your motivations, and learn a powerful process for getting out of ruts and getting real creative momentum.
Session Dates: Wednesdays, September 24th - December 10th 12pm - 1pm cst
You’ll leave the program with:
This interview was originally featured on the Women United Art Podcast, but it had such great takeaways that we wanted to share it here with you too!
We dive into the realities of making money as an artist, balancing creative and business goals, and redefining success on your own terms. Christine shares her insights on endurance, mindset shifts, and practical strategies to help artists thrive, rather than just survive, in the art world.
About Women United ART PODCAST: Welcome to Women United ART PODCAST, a show dedicated to women artists from all around the globe! Listen to our inspiring episodes in which we'll dive deep into all things art as well as mindset-related topics that will help you grow you art practice and your business. Stay tuned for empowering interviews with fellow artists, gallerists and curators who'll kindly share their experiences, advice, tips and tricks. This podcast is hosted by Mona Lerch, a visual artist, artist coach and founder of Art Mums United, Women United ART PRIZE and Women United ART MOVEMENT.
In this episode, I'll talk about the concept of Vertical Time which I first heard about in Jenny Odell's book Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock.
As she explains, there is Horizontal Time and Vertical Time.
Horizontal Time is driven by the clock as we know it. It says you need to be HERE at THIS time for the world to work. It's your 9-5 workday. It's your kid's school pick-up time. It's the daily structure of time that rules our lives. But then there is Vertical Time.
Vertical Time is open. It's uncommitted. It's unscheduled. It's not driven by the typical structure of a working day. And because it's not structured, our brains are free to wander. In this episode, I'll talk about why we need vertical time as artists and how to create more of it in your life.
Check out Jenny Odell's book:
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock.
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Do you feel like you're disengaged from your creative work? Are you taking action, but "not getting anywhere"? In this episode, we'll talk about the difference between being creatively stuck vs. creatively dormant. We'll talk about how to recognize which of these you may be experiencing, and what to do about it.
Our Reach Your Goals: 6-month Group Coaching Program will help you create focus in your creative practice, and accomplish 1 big goal over 6 months. Join the waitlist for our upcoming session here.
A Mighty Practice helps artists make their work and reach their creative goals. Through our coaching programs and podcast, we give artists what they need to get unblocked, find creative momentum, reach their professional goals, and build the creative lives they want.
In today's episode, we'll talk through creative blocks with 4 artists from our Overcoming Creative Blocks workshop. The topics include: learning to value all stages of the creative process, navigating multiple projects that are in different stages, and finding the natural way you like to play. Listen in if you want to hear about ways to work through common roadblocks, and get an idea of how live coaching works.
Comparing yourself to others and feeling like trash? This episode is for you. We'll talk about WHY we look to other people to understand what we want. We'll talk about the difference between Fueling and Comparing, and behaviors that will help vs. hurt your creative practice. We'll also talk about how to get out of the toxic comparison-mindset cycle. Tune in if this is where you're at.
Sign up for our fall coaching program with the early bird discount!
Check out our free workshop here.
If you're having one of those days where you feel like you're not getting anywhere or you're not making progress toward your goals, this episode is for you. We'll talk about what forward momentum looks like in your work, and ways to recognize it when it's happening (even if it feels like it's not!).
In case you missed it: sign up for our next coaching cohort here.
"Your direction is more important than your speed." Today's episode is inspired by a quote from writer, RL Evans (with my own creative interpretation). Are you prioritizing speed or direction in your creative life? And how does that show up? We'll talk through some examples of how this can look, and where you might be getting stuck.
Check out our 6-month goal setting coaching program starting in June!
"Is this the right idea? Is this the right path? Should I change directions completely?"
If you're asking these questions, you might be on the verge of what I call a PANIC PIVOT. This is super common for artists. We often think there is one golden project, one GOLDEN CHOICE, where there is no resistance, no stress, no troubleshooting, no self doubt, no politics, no shitty-ness along the way. We change our direction because we don't want to feel the discomfort of the messy middle and we want the immediate relief that comes with quitting.
In this episode I'll talk about how to identify a panic pivot, why we do it, and how to overcome it.
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In this episode I'll talk about the 3 truths of ambition. I'll also talk about the difference between scarcity mindset and ambition. Listen in if you want to find a healthier relationship to your creative ambition and goals.
Get on the waitlist for our next coaching group:
https://www.amightypractice.com/6-month-coaching-program
When you try to reach a creative goal, what gets in the way? Is it your inner critic? A dip in confidence? A feeling of overwhelm or lack of a plan? In this episode, I will use the 5-stages of the creative process to identify 5 goal-setting pitfalls: obligation, focus, moving the "goal post," setting too many goals, and emphasizing motion vs. action. Tune in for some structure and next steps to help you move out of stuckness.
Want accountability and support for your creative goals this year? Join our goal-setting coaching program this January.
Check out our FREE WORKSHOP: Your Creative Ambition: How to Set and Reach Your Creative Goals on January 4th, 2024.
In this first episode of our goal-setting series, we'll talk about how to set goals you actually want vs. goals you think you should want. We have a lot of competing priorities as artists - making work, showing work, selling work, paying bills etc. It can be hard to sort through what deserves our attention and what we actually want for our creative lives. In this episode, I'll give you a framework for thinking about fulfillment, and an exercise to get you started in setting meaningful goals.
Join our Reach Your Goals: 6-month group coaching program, starting in January 2024!
Come to our Free workshop: Your Creative Ambition, on January 4th, 2024.
Why do you make creative work? What motivates you? When I ask artists this question, I get a range of answers: "It feels good to get a sale" or "I love the feedback" or "I like being invited to participate in shows." In this episode I talk about the difference between results and motivation. It's super easy to confuse them, but results and motivation are different. I'll talk about how they're different, why we need to separate them, and an exercise that can help you reflect on what motivates you to make your work.
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Self-doubt is something all artists struggle with. In this episode, we'll talk about a helpful framework for thinking about self-doubt courtesy of Rick Rubin's book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being. Rubin notes there's a distinction between doubting yourself and doubting your work. One doubt is helpful, the other is not. I'll share an exercise to help you understand how this shows up in your practice and what you can do about it.
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Here's Rick Rubin's book: The Creative Act: A Way of Being
When we're working on a large, ambitious project, it's easy to get overwhelmed with challenges. We have a million questions around HOW we're going to make the project happen. Seeing all our questions at once can make the project feel impossible. The secret is having a STRUCTURE for addressing our questions. We need to know what questions to address and WHEN. This is where the idea funnel comes in. In this episode I'll explain the 4-stages of what I call, the idea funnel: 1. Idea Chaos > 2. Focus > 3. Mechanics > 4. Execution. I'll explain how to use it to make your big scary project feel more manageable.
Our fall coaching program for artists in now enrolling! Early bird rate ends Sept 1.
Got questions? Come grab a free mini coaching call with me until September 1st.
What's your relationship to collaboration? What makes collaborating with other creative individuals exciting? What makes it hard? In this episode I talk about some do's and dont's around collaboration. I'll share my own experiences with collaboration and common challenges artists face when it comes to collaborating with others on their creative visions.
