Being A Whole Person

I was thrilled to have this conversation with Karen Cubides, a coach, educator, and CEO of the Karen Cubides Agency, which holistically supports musicians of all backgrounds in their careers and also their whole lives. She’s an incredibly passionate person who is always finding new ways to help people and things to explore, and creating new resources for musicians and creatives. KCA’s Emerging Artist program is everything I wish I had had in my early 20s as a young musician. Tune in to hear us talk about Karen’s experience with burnout (which led her to change almost everything in her life), juggling instead of balancing, finding pleasure in personal development and learning by appreciating the process, trusting your gut in order to figure out your own priorities and wellness, the Enneagram, and approaching personal development from a place of self-love rather than lack. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ FREE CREATIVE COWORKING SESSION: Wed. 6/30 @ 4:30-6pm PDT (Date change) For everyone who wants to make time to focus on their mos

I'll be back with a regular episode next week - in order to be kinder to myself during a busy time, this show is going on an every-other-week schedule for the rest of the summer.  ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ FREE CREATIVE COWORKING SESSION: Tues. 6/29 @ 4:30-6pm PDT For everyone who wants to make time to focus on their most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done), with supportive accountability in community, join me for this free coworking session - let's practice compassionate productivity together!  Sign up at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking - hope to see you there! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Podcast guest appearances to tide you over until the next episode:  1) You, Me, Empathy with Non Wels - Anxiety, Hustle Culture, and Your Self Care Survival Kit 2) Fan Funded with Laser Malena-Webber - Creative Burnout - helpful tips for creators on finding the balance between creation and burnout

There are many things I wish I had known when I graduated from music school in 2005, and was just starting my creative career, but all life experiences are part of our own personal evolution, and teach us so much. Listen in as I reflect on 6 more lessons I’ve learned (and will continue to learn) along the way, and some advice I might have for that earlier version of myself that you might find helpful, too, no matter your creative discipline! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If you want to integrate managing your time and energy, so you have enough to accomplish the projects that are most important to you - that’s what my PDF workbook Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity helps you do! It’s full of amazing tools for creating a humane to do list and schedule that you can actually complete, no matter your level of energy and overwhelm, along with ways to self-compassionately adapt when things don’t work out as planned. Head over to https://bit.ly/cfcwworkbook to get your copy! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Sign up f

There are many things I wish I had known when I graduated from music school and was just starting my creative career, but all life experiences are part of our own personal evolution, and teach us so much. Listen in as I reflect on the lessons I’ve learned (and will continue to learn) along the way, and some advice I might have for that 2005 version of myself that you might find helpful, too, no matter your creative discipline! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ 1️⃣ Build Your Seasonal Self Care Survival Kit workshop - W 6/9 at 10am PDT ($15) In this workshop, you’ll build your seasonal self care survival kit of bite size, manageable actions that won’t stress you out or add to your schedule - having practices to support yourself in times of depletion and celebration will have a huge impact on how you feel and what you can accomplish! W 6/9 at 10am PDT, $15 - sign up at https://feelyhuman.co/self-care-kit 2️⃣ My coaching rates are going up June 7, so if you've been thinking about working with me, now's a great time! Book a free (no pr

There are so many reasons why you might not prioritize creativity, even when it’s really important to you. (Zero judgment here!) I share 10 common obstacles to putting your creative practice first, along with tips and prompts to overcome each one, in a way that works within your full, busy life - let’s embrace the small steps forward! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If any of these obstacles are ringing true for you, but you’re not quite sure what steps to take next so you actually follow through on your creative goals, I’d love to help you get unstuck! My coaching rates are going up June 7, so if you've been thinking about working with me, now's a great time! Book a free (no pressure, ever) discovery call to experience a tiny coaching session firsthand, see if we’re a good match, and hear (at least) 1 specific strategy that you can use to get started with solving this on your own. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Free Discovery Call My Brazilian album Florescer SUBSCRIBE + REVIEW: Ratings and reviews are always appreciated, and he

In this episode I had a great conversation with Dacy Gillespie, a personal stylist who helps women let go of the external messages they’ve been given about what they should wear and discover what they feel best in, so they can unapologetically take up space in the world. She also shares about her journey of letting go of her identity as a musician and how this career pivot now gives her a more emotionally sustainable lifestyle. Tune in to hear us talk about all the things we want to unlearn from music school and musician hustle culture, the challenges of being a highly sensitive person and parent, why she didn’t consider herself “creative” as a musician, and how important and empowering it is to make your own rules, and show up in the world as truly yourself. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If it's felt hard to create lately, and you need some fun ways to connect to your creativity and spark some inspiration, sign up for the (totally free and really fun) Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge: 5 days of bite-size creativity and wellnes

As ambitious creative people, we often try to hold ourselves to sky-high expectations and unrealistic standards, but there's nothing wrong with not being able to do everything on your own! Sometimes the most ambitious people are the most in need of help, but also the least likely to ask for it, so it's no surprise that many of us are burned out. Tune in to hear about the many types of support that can replenish your energy and fuel your creativity, why we don't always ask for the support that we need, and some real life ways to seek it out. We often underestimate the amount of impact that just a little bit of support can have - you don't have to be afraid to seek out and ask for what you need! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ FREE CREATIVE COWORKING SESSION: Thurs. 5/20 @ 9-11am PDT For everyone who wants to make time to focus on their most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done), with supportive accountability in community, I’m doing a free coworking session on Thursday 5/20. Let's practice compassionate p

Have you ever taken a break from your creative practice and had a hard time getting back in the habit again? Whether you've taken a long or short break, if it's feeling tough to restart again, or to regain creative momentum, it’s not hopeless! In this episode you’ll learn some easy ways to get unstuck from the resistance and self-compassionately begin again (and again) as many times as needed. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ FREE CREATIVE COWORKING SESSION: Thurs. 5/20 @ 9-11am PDT For everyone who wants to make time to focus on their most important creative work (or get that annoying admin stuff done), with supportive accountability in community, I’m doing a free coworking session on Thursday 5/20. Let's practice compassionate productivity together- sign up at coachingforcreativewellness.com/creative-coworking to join us! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ RESOURCES MENTIONED • Sign up for the free Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge (5 days of super easy creativity + wellness prompts that are ridiculously easy to do and will help soothe your nervous

Routine and novelty sometimes seem like they're at odds with each other, but sparking our creativity really depends on both of them working together. It can seem like they’re on a continuum that we move back and forth on from day to day, but novelty can also coexist within routine. In this episode, I share some easy and accessible ways to create novelty in our daily lives, to help you cultivate creative inspiration, and feel more present and joyful in your life. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If it's felt hard to create lately, and you need some fun ways to connect to your creativity and spark some inspiration, sign up for the (totally free and really fun) Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge:  5 days of bite-size creativity and wellness prompts that are ridiculously easy to do and will help soothe your nervous system to put your mind in the right place for creating! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Free Discovery Call - learn more about creative coaching Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook My Brazilia

If you’ve ever been frustrated by the pressure to “choose one thing” in your creative work, this episode is for you! I had a lovely chat with D'Ana Joi Spencer, a multi-passionate, educator, community builder, and content creator who believes having many passions is a gift, not a burden. She teaches creatives how to make friends with focus, overcome overwhelm, and step into their Multi-Passionate Mastery, a message that I really resonate with. We share a passion for relaxation as the way to restore your creative spark, and celebrating all of the beautiful ways that our various experiences come together to make us who we are, make our creative work what it is, and enable us to support others - the important stuff. As a fellow multi-passionate musician and creative person, I felt really validated by this conversation, and I hope that you will, too!

It can feel impossible to carve out time for creative rituals, gathering ideas, and big-picture thinking, when they’re important, but not urgent, and you have a million other things to accomplish. Following your curiosity and sense of wonder is not a waste of time! Listen in to hear about my most important habit that supports my creativity, how I fit it into my schedule without feeling unproductive, and how you can spark more creativity in your art and life.

Spring is a time of rebirth but also a time of big transition - if you often feel scattered, jittery, and unfocused around this time of year, you’re definitely not alone! Even with positive transitions, there's a lot to process, and coming out of hibernation poses its own challenges and adjustments, so you might have to shift your self care practices with the seasons. This episode is full of my favorite tips for balancing spring energy (or anytime you feel scattered), including grounding techniques that will calm and focus your body and mind, to support your productivity, creativity, and overall well-being.

I'm on a short podcast break until next week, so I'm featuring replays of some favorite episodes. If you want to stay touch in the meantime, we can still hang out!

I'm on a short podcast break, and in the meantime, I'm featuring replays of some of my favorite and listeners' favorite episodes, but we can still hang out!

I'm on a short podcast break, but in the meantime, I'm featuring replays of some of my favorite and listeners' favorite episodes. If you want to stay touch in the meantime, we can still hang out!

I'm on a short podcast break, but in the meantime, I'm featuring replays of some of my favorite and listeners' favorite episodes. If you want to stay touch in the meantime, we can still hang out!

Humans are really good at adapting, which is awesome, but that also means we don’t always fully acknowledge our own resilience within big changes. Let’s take a moment to celebrate making it through a whole year of pandemic life - this pep talk is for any of you who want to meet yourself exactly where you are, with extra self-compassion, during a prolonged stressful event.

This episode is devoted to appreciating people I've learned from, and whose work has inspired and influenced my creative coaching work. Sometimes it can feel like we're creating in a vacuum if we don't get a lot of feedback, and it's so important to shout out the people who have helped us along the way. So, let’s tell each other when we're doing a good job, and lift each other up! My challenge to you: write a note, DM, or podcast review for somebody whose work you think is awesome, because you just never know how much that person might need to hear it. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If it's felt hard to create lately, and you need some fun ways to connect to your creativity and spark some inspiration, sign up for the (totally free and really fun) Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge, 5 days of bite-size creativity and wellness prompts that are ridiculously easy to do and will help soothe your nervous system to put your mind in the right place for creating! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Free Discovery Call Rise Above the Overwhelm - l

Feel-good is not frivolous! Searching for and remembering things you love can be a great way to find creative inspiration, and infuse your life with positive energy. In this episode, I share a bunch of things that I love - maybe you love them, too, or maybe you’ll discover something new! So, tell me, what do you love? Send me a note and let me know! We can share some experiences together. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If it's felt hard to create lately, and you need some fun ways to connect to your creativity and spark some inspiration, sign up for the (totally free and really fun) Feel Good Creativity Unchallenge, 5 days of bite-size creativity and wellness prompts that are ridiculously easy to do and will help soothe your nervous system to put your mind in the right place for creating! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ MORE FROM REBECCA Free Discovery Call Rise Above the Overwhelm - laser-focused 1-time coaching sessions Fuel Your Creative Work With Compassionate Productivity workbook My Brazilian album Florescer iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify Get t

In this conversation, I’m joined by Audrey Holst, a coach and yoga instructor who helps people reform their perfectionism and break away from burnout through the Fortitude and Flow Process, which fuses movement and mindfulness to create sustainable action. Perfectionism (and its corresponding unrealistic expectations that we place on ourselves) is something that comes up for so many of us, and I love Audrey’s no-nonsense and compassionate spirit - her motto (and the title of her upcoming book) is “You’re not perfect, and here’s how to deal with that.” Listen in to hear us, 2 recovering perfectionists, talk about compassionate productivity, what Audrey calls the “perfectionist 2-step” and how this reactionary way of moving through the world holds us back, the first steps in her process of helping people dismantle their perfectionism (simple, but not always easy), her self care, embodiment, and spiritual practices, plus how they’ve evolved lately, and embracing the both/and. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If this episode resonates