welcome Jenny Minney to the smart and hot podcast! 🪽
ABOUT JENNY:
Jenny Minney is a branding and graphic designer, host of the Perfectly Imperfect podcast, content creator, cafe lover, and mental health advocate. She is passionate about sharing her journey navigating change, breaking away from perfectionism, and the ups and downs of life in your 20s to remind others they are never alone. She hopes to create a safe and welcoming online space that nurtures authenticity, vulnerability, and celebrates our imperfections. In her free time she loves to find a park to read or sketch in, people watch or journal at a cafe, travel, attend a yoga or pilates class, or have great chats with friends over a meal or matcha.
WHAT WE COVER:
🪽 the hidden costs of content creation and influencer culture burnout
🪽 why we're both pulling back from AI tools like ChatGPT in our creative process
🪽 the difference between creating for virality vs. creating from the heart
🪽 how to recognize when you've lost touch with your inner voice
🪽 the importance of embodied creativity and returning to childhood passions
🪽 setting boundaries with social media consumption and hyper-optimization culture
🪽 finding the balance between discipline and intuitive living
CONNECT WITH JENNY:
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🎀 chapters:
00:00 - welcome & energy check-in from paris
02:21 - the decision to leave New York
04:42 - learning to live in the gray area
07:03 - the pressures of optimization culture
09:26 - social media burnout & losing your creative voice
11:49 - the noise of influencer culture
14:16 - jenny's origin story: from ED recovery to lifestyle content
16:33 - when numbers become everything
18:48 - shifting back to human-focused content
21:15 - American hyper-consumerism vs. European simplicity
25:59 - reclaiming creativity outside social media
28:20 - returning to childhood passions
33:00 - AI and instant gratification
37:41 - protecting privacy + authentic moments
39:55 - heart-centered creation vs. strategy
42:07 - embodied resonance vs. AI
44:27 - the future of creativity
46:45 - breaking free from content boxes
51:06 - the power of feeling everything
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