Creative Pep Talk

Andy J. Pizza 892 - 573 - Need More Joy? How Creativity is the Discipline in Optimism Tina Roth Eisenberg

A Weekly Podcast Companion for Your Creative Journey Transform your creative potential into reality by making your creativity a practice. A “creative discipline” can feel like an oxymoron. Creativity is about doing something new. Discipline is about doing something consistently. The aim of this podcast is to help you strike that elusive balance. Each week, New York Times Bestselling Author Illustrator Andy J. Pizza shares everything he’s learning about building a thriving creative practice. Through solo episodes and interviews with top-tier creatives, Pizza brings you the strategies and stories that you need week in and week out to keep your inner critic at bay, bust through creative blocks and stay creatively pepped to the max!! Learn more: creativepeptalk.com Check out the host: andyjpizza.com

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Creative Pep Talk

Episodes

573 - Need More Joy? How Creativity is the Discipline in Optimism Tina Roth Eisenberg

572 - Listen to Unlock Flow Now, Prep for Big Projects and Courage to Put Yourself Out There

571 - How to Escape Creative Paralysis According to Studies, Science and Real Life Stories with David Epstein

570 - The 3 Part Process I Use to Actually Get Creative Stuff Done

569 - Making Things Happen, Create on Command, Changing Direction with Asher Perlman

568 - Make Finishing Strong Fun, Where to Find Ideas & Create an Influence Shelf w Sophie Blackall

567 - Find What to Focus On Next with These Frameworks

566 - Creative Strategy: Less Social Media, Income Streams & 3 Essentials

565 - What Type of Creator Are You? Unlock Your Style with Katie & Ilana of Goodtype

564 - Unlock Creative Drive, Peace and Clarity with This Framework

563 - Find Your Inner Writer, What You Want to Say and See Your Ideas with Halsey Berryman

562 - Show the Real You, Why the Death of Insta isn't All Bad, Do Your Thing by Being Part of Something Bigger & ADHD

561 - The Best Case for Not Fearing AI, Help with Email and Creative Diet with Cal Newport

560 - Get Back to Passion, Ignore the Internet, Reorient to "Bad" Creative Feelings and Find Your Next Season

559 - Make Before Thinking, Sales Mode, Get Weird with It, The Opposite of Depression and MORE with Austin Kleon

558 - Start, Do, Finish: Get Around What's Blocking You from Doing Stuff

557 - Finding Your Scene, IRL Creativity, the Hopeful Return of Indie / DIY with Hanif Abdurraqib

*FIXED SEE SHOW NOTES* 556 - Make This Shift to Reclaim Your Creative Spirit from Your Phone

555 - Overcome Dead Ends & Open Up to New Directions with Hrishikesh Hirway

554 - Get Back to Creativity that Actually Helps Your Mental Health with Gemma Correll

553 - Recover Sense of Self & Creative Voice with These 6 Juicy Prompts

552 - Listen to This if You Need Help Remembering Who You Are (Right Side Out 1 of 6) *RE-AIR*

551 - Consume and Create Art to Get Your Brain Back with Scientist Daisy Fancourt

550 - Get Back to Your Creative Path with These 3 Counterintuitive Things

549 - This is How Sensitive Creative People Make Big Changes with Eric Zimmer

548 - 5 Creative / Neurodivergent Friendly Productivity Hacks to Become a Doer

547 - Find the Creative Voice You're Holding Back with Claire Keane

546 - How to Transform What You're Drowning in Into High Octane Creative Fuel

545 - Make Your Life & Creative Work More Rich with Meaning with Jarod K. Anderson

544 - Quit Focusing on Being Discovered and Sales and Do This Instead

543 - 3 Shifts to Make if You Feel Off Creatively

542 - When to Reboot Your Work + A Better Option than Beating Yourself Up with Zak Rosen

541 - Are You Afraid of The Art? How to Get Past the Fear and Have Fun Again

540 - Why the Creative Path Has to Be Twisty and Turny with Nishant Jain

539 - This Super Easy Thing Will Make A Massive Impact On Your Creative Practice

538 - Find Your Point of View, Story Insights, and Artist / Audience Dynamics with Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen

537 - Reignite Creative Drive with This Energizing New Year's Exercise

536 - Rest and Retreat as a Neurodivergent Creative with Katherine May

535 - If You Only Listen to One Episode of this Podcast This Year Make it This One

534 - New Fire for Sticking to the Path with Filmmaker Seth Worley

533 - Make People Feel Things, Hope in AI Crazed World AND Create to Your Taste

532 - THIS is Your Creative Secret Weapon that You’re Ignoring

531 - Risks that Land Big Jobs, Be Your Own Client & Find Your Sound with Composer Oli Julian

530 - Something Simple to Do When Mental Health Derails You with Frannerd

529 - Escape Your Creative Rut with This 5 Part Creative Hygiene Checklist

528 - Overcome Urge to Bury Artwork, Escape Overthinking, Cultivate Your Spark & Re-Find Magic

527 - Visual Journaling: Generate Ideas, Mindfulness and Creative Voice with Samantha Dion Baker

526 - Your Niche is Hiding in The Last Place You’d Look

525 - The Prerequisite to Connecting with Potential Fans

524 - How to Know Whether to Push On or Give Up

FIXED SEE SHOW NOTES 556 - Make This Shift to Reclaim Your Creative Spirit from Your Phone

552 - Listen to This if You Need Help Remembering Who You Are (Right Side Out 1 of 6) RE-AIR