The Jeanne Oliver Podcast

Podcast 070 | Living Abundantly Creative with a Diversified Business with Jana Roach 3:52 “The walls are 21 inches of bricks. So it's a very sturdy, old, amazing building. And when we walked into it to rent it, there was pigeon poop everywhere. And the tar that they used to use for the inside, they had hay and tar mixed together all on the walls. So it was not pretty. But to most people, you would walk in and be like just tear it down and sell the lot.” 12:47 “And [my business partner] is very good at never taking anything personally. And so it's always, “okay, how can we solve this? Okay, I totally see your side of that. Here's my side of it.” And I am learning to be more that way.” 21:22 “It was just one of those things coming out of 2008, we got to go do something that isn't construction, right? So he worked a lot of years in the oil field, and while we were there, towards the end of it, we were feeling so stuck and he was just a shell because he is so creative.” 22:43 “So he's carving 20-30 mushrooms at a time. And then we would take preorders on Instagram, and we would say, all right, we're going to be delivering to Salt Lake City on this date, so let us know how many mushrooms you want.” 27:54 “And I think that's where both Vanessa and I… We will do the craziest things, but we know that there's always something good that comes out of it. So say yes as much as you can. If it seems like there's going to be too much work involved, there probably is, but at the very least you have a great story.” 30:09 “We had to scale overnight. And he brought on another carver, And it's not easy to hire for that position because you have to have the artistic sense to create something that is going to work, but also looks like what you want it to look like.” 34:12 “I would say the work life balance is one of the things that we have honestly struggled with most because sometimes we're really good at prioritizing family time and time with the boys and sometimes because of finances or a deadline, it's like, sorry, we've got to work this weekend.” 35:22 “But it's so hard to make time for God in all of this business and family. You get so overwhelmed and you're putting a ton of time and energy into making this thing a success that you're trying to do for the glory of God, that you realize that you're neglecting your relationship with God.” 38:26 “I just think in time that we live in, it's so easy to just scroll. And the worst for me is when I'm not working on businesses and I'm like, I have been watching reels of dogs for an hour and a half. What am I doing?” 40:39 “[When opening a brick and mortar,] be prepared to spend and invest more than you think you will need to when you first start out.” 43:53 “[when creating a product,] You're not going to get it right the first time. There are so many iterations of products that we've designed that aren't quite right the first time, so you have to tweak it, and you just have to keep trying.” 48:14 “[College] was awful for me. I had no idea what I wanted to do. And I think, honestly, it was a hard mindset shift because I felt like I was failing because I wasn't doing the college thing.” Jana Roach is a creative business owner, vintage shop owner, and designer/decorator who lives in north-western Montana with her husband and two boys. Jana co-owns Honey Home and Design, a vintage shop that sells vintage and contemporary homeware. She also co-owns a seasonal vintage market called The Market Beautiful and co-owns a furniture company called Beck & Cap, which crafts organic modern wooden furniture ranging from coffee tables to custom-designed pieces. Jana and her husband also purchased a historic building, which they are renovating and turning into an event space and showroom for Beck and Cap furniture. Jana's priority has always been to use what she loves rather than what's in trend, creating a home filled with personal details that tell the story of who she is. She is all...

Podcast 069 | The Kitchen Table Creative Club with Jennifer Rizzo 3:31 “I thought, well, a newsletter is a low-risk way for me to get ideas out there to share with people. And every newsletter is chocked full of information that normally focuses on one subject.” 5:31 “I think there are two really big things people really struggle with when they start. One is self-confidence, and the other is imposter syndrome.” 6:23 “There are probably some people that are out there living it. They believe in themselves 100%. But I think most of us never do. So, I do still struggle with it all the time; comparison is the thief of joy. And for me, it took me a long time to legitimately call myself an artist.” 7:50 JEANNE “And I think it does help when you say, “I’m a designer. I'm a landscaper. I'm an artist. I'm a (whatever your thing is)” and to actually own it and believe it.” 9:19 JEANNE “And the thing is, if you are the most incredible artist, but you don't share it, you're not going to grow and you're not going to be able to make anything of it.” 14:44 “When I was leaving my store, I read a great book called Necessary Endings and it really helped me navigate that sometimes we do need to end things for the betterment of our own peace, our own health, and our own life.” 19:46 “I wanted [being a paramedic] to be my lifelong career. And walking that out, it became the hardest, ugliest, most growth-filled, and beautiful experience ever. And I walked away from that with no regrets having done it at all, even though I cannot even get to talk about the things I experienced going through it. And some beautiful, wonderful things too.” 30:43 “We've probably eaten at our dining table less than I've painted at it at this point. Because it's always been like my go-to work surface even sometimes today I'll pull stuff out there. But yeah, that's where I started from it just kind of went from there.” Since 2007, Jennifer Rizzo has grown her online brand jenniferrizzo.com as a licensed artist, lifestyle content creator, author and designer. As a content creator, she has been featured in and has produced projects for over 20+ publications such as Country Living magazine, Romantic Homes, Oprah.com, This Old house, and WGN channel 9 midday news. Jennifer teaches creative classes, on-line and in person art workshops and creative video e-courses, and speaks at public engagements. As a content creator, she's works with national brands in content creation and as an ambassador, including free-lance written and video content. As a licensed artist and product designer, she has over 15 years of retail and wholesale experience including a former co-owner in a brick and mortar boutique. With her long term experience in retail/wholesale and social media, she now also free-lance consults with small businesses on SEO, niche social media marketing, branded marketing, direct to consumer marketing, and how to leverage and grow their online presence to creatively reach their customer and build their brand. Jenniferrizzo.com The Kitchen Table Creative Club Your Creative Business and Getting Started E- Book HERE. HTTPS://Facebook.com/jenniferrizzodesigncompany HTTPS://instagram.com/Jenniferrizzodesigncompany Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are...

Podcast 068 | Eat. Pie. Love. with Tara Royer Steele 1:27 “God used pie in our life, and we knew nothing about pie. And through all of that, I have a pie shop and we have a bakery, which is our commissary kitchen. But it really has evolved into events and gatherings and retreats and feeding His people.” 7:39 “So “the gathering” is really (at the Pie Haven) just another tool to create a safe space for people to know Jesus well.” 13:48 “My mom taught me creativity. She taught me to just open up my door and let anybody in and feed them. And she taught me about spending lots of money on shoes. Don't do that one.” 16:34 JEANNE: “If you know someone that has lost their mom, be a person that checks in on them. Just to say, what are you doing? How are you doing? Because it is a huge void.” 28:37 “I'm pulling myself down, but God's like, listen, hey, I want you to jump out of that bucket and go bold and go scared.” 29:03 “Quit saying I'll pray about it. I'm not saying don't pray. Don't get me wrong. But if God's telling you go do something good, then go do it. Break those prayers down into, okay, could you explain for me what the next step is?” 31:38 JEANNE: “And I think when people are grieving, to say to them, “let me know if you need anything” is the worst thing that you could say, because they're not going to let you know.” Tara Royer Steele also known as The Pie Queen has been in the pie business for 36 years. When she was 12 years old her family moved to Round Top, TX & took over a little ole cafe in the heart of the square. That cafe is now known world wide as Royers Round Top Cafe. She’s married to her knight in shining armor Rick Steele & together they have 2 boys, Brayden & Bentley. It has always been a dream for Rick & Tara to work along side each other which they do very well & often you will find their boys jumping in to help as well. Tara & Rick opened Royers Pie Haven in 2011 which is located in Henkel Square in Round Top, they also have their wholesale HUB called Bake Shop at All Things Acres which is located in Brenham, TX. Last year they started shipping their pies & baked goods. You can order them on their website www.allthingsacres.com or at www.royerspiehaven.com Tara’s dream has always been to gather people through Jesus, Pie & Coffee, she often says PIE is just what gets the people in the door! It brings her such joy to be able to gather people & share the love of Jesus. Her passion to help people is what drove her to start their non profit Gather ’N Grace which aims to help everyone get to God’s best for their life. You can find out more information at www.gatherngrace.org Tara also wrote a book Eat. Pie. Love which is an illustrated devotional with recipes. Her book has hit #1 best sellers in Pie Baking, Thanksgiving cooking, & religious books on Amazon & continues to hit record sales. You also can find Eat. Pie. Love at your local Cracker Barrel and select Barnes & Noble. You might have seen her recently on The Today Show with Hoda & Jenna, LIVE with Kelly & Ryan, or on The Food Network show: Food Paradise, along with a few others. Royers Pie Haven was also just named one of the top bakeries in the South by Southern Living. Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your...

Podcast 067 | The Best is Yet To Come with Jan McCarthy 16:13 “So whatever it is, start a book club, start a dinner club...You'll find your community. Start an art club. Start talking to people about things that you like and finding out where those people are hanging out.” 19:49 “When my daughter, was 14 or 15, I let her move to California from Boulder to pursue a career, and that was her demanding to go, not me being the stage mom and saying, hey, let's get the heck out of here. And a lot of people didn't understand my decision that I would let her leave school like I did. But sometimes you just got to do what is right for you and your family and only you know best, or you hope you do.” 22:06 “But I remember my mother sending me a letter and asking me if I was going to be a waitress for the rest of my life. And so, I think it really stung me. It was probably the first time that I really started thinking about who am I?” 22:26 “And I have always learned to say yes to opportunities and be able to see opportunities. So, my life kind of turned around. I ended up getting a job that took me all over the country, traveling, which was kind of amazing.” 27:47 JEANNE: “Anybody listening, don't put down some of those things that are really precious about you, because when your beautiful kids start going off and doing their own thing, you're going to be right in stride with them as they're doing their own thing.” 31:14 “Or I started art, making art for the first time in my 50s. That's what I mean by it just gets better and better that you never know what's around the corner there. It could be the one thing that you just never knew.” 33:35 “I told my husband this whenever I first met him—I think he thought I was a little bit arrogant—I said, “I want. I have.” That was kind of my quote. It didn't come from a place of being arrogant. It came from a place of, if I want something, I'm going to do whatever I need to do to try and accomplish it and have it.” 36:57 “And I feel like my conversations with people can transcend whatever age. It's like we all have something to contribute. I'm so impressed with younger people, and I'm also impressed with people who are in their 90s that I know.” 43:22 JEANNE: “As we get older, I feel like we can get really good at doing only the things we're really excellent at, instead of putting ourselves in the position to be beginners at something and to know that we might fall on our faces." I'm a creator. I make art to autograph moments, the fleeting emotions and undefinable feelings that can only be expressed in imperfect swipes, lines, or ripped pieces of paper. I use my art as a way to connect and share these flashpoints of time that slip away. Every mark I make with a handcrafted brush on one of my canvases, papers or towers, is a unique gesture. I find this process essential as a personal statement, a reclaiming of my point of view, of being a woman, of aging. I’ve never allowed how the world might aim to herd the masses as a reason to follow the pack. I hear the beat of a different drummer. This constant resistance feels vital to me. I collaborated with fashion designers Eni and Nigma on their Venia Collection, using my art on fabric to highlight the importance of mental health awareness. The collection showed in Paris just before lockdown and was a huge success. To read the interview, click here. Out of a need to express myself and organize my thoughts, I developed a series of notebooks that speak to the dreamer, the planner, the journaler and the notetaker. It brings me joy to know others find inspiration from these as well. I love travel and lead creative retreats in various destinations like Joshua Tree or as far away as Marrakech, where I draw deep inspiration from the colored zellige tiles dotting the landscape in Morocco, the vibrant chaos in the medina and the painted majorelle blue buildings... I live life fully, sometimes on the edge, sometimes in many different...

Podcast 066| Selling Art at Round Top with Mary Gregory 7:22 “We built wooden walls and painted them white. That made all the difference. It just looked more like a gallery situation and cleaner and nicer. And it makes painting the picture so much easier, too.” 11:21 “It takes a lot out of you. So, the main thing for me is just to try to keep my mind on things above, just not getting too caught up in whatever's hard that's happening, and just try to eat well and drink lots of water.” 14:13 “And I'd say that's number one. It's just thinking about it in a way...with gratitude, that changes everything. But also, I like to have a nice book with me that I can just read something beautiful and uplifting.” 16:38 “Well, if you think it's going to be really easy and cakewalk, that's not true either. But I think, like you were saying, too, there are two different kinds of people. There are people like me who this is a little bit challenging for, but I do love it, but it is out of my comfort zone, for sure.” 17:32 “The most important thing, I think, is where you set up. You may be selling the most wonderful, best-made product or art in the world, but if you're in the wrong show, (which for people who don't know, there are hundreds and they all have their own flavor and attract a certain customer), you're not in the right place.” 20:22 “Your booth just needs to look inviting and welcoming. I think it's nice to put something at your entry. Some big ferns, big plants, flowers.” 21:52 “We're not going to take a sofa and a bunch of big furniture, but art just shows better, I think if there's a little bit of something homey looking.” 26:40 “With the last two shows, originals have outsold prints, which really go, and I'm so thrilled about that. So we try to get there with 75 to 100 paintings.” 32:11 “I think sometimes shows are hard and days are bad, and I think sometimes vendors get together and start grumbling and gaining. You just don't want that going on in your booth. You just have to kind of shoo people out if they think they're going to come and do that.” Mary Gregory can’t remember a time that she wasn’t drawing, painting or making things. Her grandmother told her, at a very young age, that she was an artist. Mary believed her and has followed this path, though winding, all of her life. It wasn’t until Mary’s daughters were grown and gone that she seriously pursued her art-as-business dream. Nature, from a butterfly wing to a vast landscape, as well as structures from houses to silos, are among her favorite subjects to paint. Sharing what she’s learned and encouraging others in their creativity is one of her favorite things to do. Mary’s work has been featured in Country Living Magazine and The Cottage Journal as well as in Terrain and many other fine retail shops. https://marygregorystudio.com/ https://www.instagram.com/marygregorystudio/ Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was. Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE. Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is Calling at jeanneoliver.com. You can connect with Jeanne on Instagram and Facebook.

Podcast 065| Overcome What Overwhelms You with Trina McNeilly 7:28 “Because what we're seeing on our screens every day is mostly the highs and curated things. And I get it. We don't want to just put all of the heart out there, but then—even unintentionally—your brain kind of gets programmed, “this is how it should be every day.”” 12:46 “But it took someone saying to me “you're grieving” and then learning those stages of grief and then realizing, okay, yeah, I am having a hard time even accepting this, or I am angry. I'm dealing with depression.” 13:53 “And we often just think trauma is a car accident or a death or a severe type of abuse. But most of us have experienced some form of trauma, a smaller T trauma, which I kind of had to unpack.” 16:02 JEANNE: “But you mentioned that one of your friends said that the divorce was a death. And a friend of mine had said to me, divorce is a death without a funeral. And that was so helpful because if my dad would have truly passed away, people would have helped my mom.” 19:24 “And sometimes, too, when we go through these hard things, we can carry a little bit of anger or resentment towards God. And I think sometimes it can be kind of veiled if it's not coming out as, “how could you let this happen to me?”” 30:31 “when we're talking about strongholds, definitely look at your parents and your grandparents and what may be there generationally and observe what some of those patterns may be. Because that will tell you a lot and you'll know real quickly if it's a stronghold or not.” 36:19 “And my dad always kind of had this saying, “no decision is a decision.” And so by avoiding a lot of things I had to come to terms with, I’m still making a decision and I'm participating in my life in a non-participant way.” TRINA MCNEILLY is an author, speaker, and founder of the popular lifestyle blog, La La Lovely, where she has been sharing matters of the heart as well as design-related finds for over a decade. Hailing from a third generation newspaper family, Trina is right at home writing, editing, selling ads, and publishing. Trina’s work also includes The Lovely Podcast, speaking, art direction, styling, design projects, and freelance writing. She has been featured in the New York Times, Moody Radio, The Land of Nod Catalog, Design Mom: How to live with Kids: A Room-by-Room Guide, Apartment Therapy, and Style Me Pretty Living. While she has done a lot of writing on the topic of decorating homes, Trina’s true passion is helping to bring the message of finding our home in the person of Jesus. Her heart’s desire is to introduce others to the love of the Father. Through Him we find our identity and a full life that can start in even the emptiest of places. Trina lives near Nashville with her husband, Stephen, and their four children. Visit La La Lovely blog for more stories and to join the conversation. For Trina’s personal story, click here. Interested in having Trina speak at your event? Click here. Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was. Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE. Become the artist you dream to be. Creativity is Calling at jeanneoliver.com. You can connect with Jeanne on Instagram and Facebook.

Podcast 064| Rembrandt is in the Wind with Russ Ramsey 2:38 “I think that for a lot of people, there's this kind of barrier to entry when it comes to engaging with art. This feeling that you need to somehow be an art historian or you need to understand complexities about art in order to just not be an imposter standing in front of a painting.” 4:30 “I wanted to try to talk about art in a way that the farmer who lived down the road from me would hear the stories and say, that's a good story. So that was kind of one of the reasons why I think the book is maybe a little different from other books on art and faith is storytelling.” 8:45 “But we can't empathize with people and their struggles if part of the way that we present ourselves to the world is as people who don't have any.” 10:40 “And I have to understand that as I'm doing that, part of what I'm conveying in displaying my own brokenness to other people is I'm displaying part of the inherent dignity and worth of what it means to be a person.” 14:57 “And when we put ourselves in the path of beauty and we engage with it and we let it kind of do its work on us in a way that's different than just data does its work on us that gives us a deeper sensitivity to who God is and to be able to see his work.” 17:09 “And there's another appendix in there called how to look at a Painting. Ah. And then there's a kind of an overview of art history, just kind of a very abridged sort of version of art history in the west, as well as independence, because I really wanted to have those practical things in there.” 19:04 “When you look at a painting like the artist is taking you on a ride and you don't even know it. But in learning to do that, you have this experience of being able to just absorb and take in something, and it's a good practice.” 21:11 “And turns out I ended up having to have open heart surgery to repair the mitral valve. And that experience there is (life ) before the open heart surgery and there's (life) after the open heart surgery.” 21:56 “ One of the differences is I had to prepare to die, so I had to do things like put my house in order. I had to write letters to my wife and children in case things didn't go well in surgery.” 25:15 “When I perceive him being less faithful than I want him to be, it's usually because I'm going through something that I'd just rather not be going through.” 30:52 “Like it may take you a couple of days to even get the germ of an idea. That's something that's part of the tension, part of the beauty of being engaged in some sort of creative thing is that it makes you kind of have to work methodically and slow and revise and think and put it in a drawer and come back to it a day later, and you just have to do that part of it.” 36”04 “Because that's what community does. Community shapes and forms. I think of Lewis and Tolkien and the Inklings in Oxford, where Lewis wrote Narnia and Tolkien wrote Middle Earth, but we wouldn't have Middle Earth as we have it without Lewis at the table asking him questions about it, and we wouldn't have Narnia.” 37:14 “That's part of the beauty and the necessity of community and the way it shapes us. We don't create in a vacuum.” Russ Ramsey is a pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee, where he lives with his wife and four children. He grew up in the fields of Indiana and studied at Taylor University and Covenant Theological Seminary (MDiv, ThM). Russ is the author of the Retelling the Story Series (IVP, 2018) and Struck: One Christian’s Reflections on Encountering Death (IVP, 2017). Rembrandt is in the Wind AMAZON Rembrandt is in the Wind THE RABBIT ROOM Twitter Facebook Instagram Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of...

Podcast 063| Artpreneur with Miriam Schulman 1:54 “It's like the same things, so you can never hear this often enough. I think the biggest thing I hear is the belief that cheaper is easier to sell.” 4:59 “So when I started writing this book in 2020, it felt like a very similar time to when I decided that I was not going to go back to corporate right after 911. The pandemic felt very similar. And the great resignation happened with millions of people walking away from their jobs. And I know that there's so many people who, like me, maybe want to make a career out of their creativity but don't believe it's possible.” 7:39 “The golden handcuffs. It's when you're tied to a job that pays you very well, and it may not even pay you very well, but you feel that you can't give up that paycheck. So, for some people, maybe they're not even—especially women—maybe they're not even making so much money, but they feel they can't give it up.” 8:14 “So what I'm doing in Break Free of the Golden Handcuffs is I'm saying, hey, yeah, I know that there's tigers and bears outside of your cave, but don't forget there's snakes inside your cave, too. And there is a risk of staying just the same.” 10:07 “They're afraid of turning people off who don't agree with them. But what ends up happening is that when you hide yourself that way and you aim for mediocrity, you don't attract the very people who would love you the most.” 15:21 “Here's how it works for us. And all the things I talk about in the book, entrepreneurs who are selling other things are guilty of as well. So, they think that price is a deciding factor when price isn't a deciding factor.” 19:39 “But the truth was I didn't have much to do. So, I wasn't in busyness, and you have a lot of time to think. And when you're showing up to work, it may sound like a great thing to get a paycheck just to show up and not do anything. It's hell. Because the beauty of life, the meaning of life is to be needed and to have meaning in our days.” 26:19 “So the belief triad is and you hear a lot in self-development work, you need to love yourself. And that's only part of it. You have to love yourself. You have to love your art, and you have to love your buyer.” 28:51 “Now, I use social media ads to get people to buy my stuff, so that's a beautiful thing. But that doesn't mean that we need to be creating content just to feed that Zuckerverse when we really should be spending that time creating our beautiful art.” 31:12 “And people are spending so much time creating Reels. You can have thousands of views on your reels with not a single person going to your profile to check out what it is that you are offering; whether that is a free sign-up or something for sale.” Miriam Schulman is an artist, author and founder of The Inspiration Place and The Artists Incubator Coaching Program where she helps artists (from amateurs to professionals) develop their skills, tap into their creativity, and grow thriving art businesses. Her podcast, The Inspiration Place, is on the top 1% of all podcasts globally and is listened to in over 40 countries. https://www.schulmanart.com/ https://www.schulmanart.com/podcast/ Artpreneur Book Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day...

Podcast 062 | Higher Pursuits with Sarah Martin 2:58 “I am going to focus on what I know to do best that I've been doing for the last many months in order to survive, which is seeking after that, which is higher, seeking after what I call higher pursuits.” 6:33 “It's as simple as everyday revival is, hey, I just really screwed up with my 14-year-old son in there. I'm going to go back in and repent, like out loud to him after I've repented before the Lord and say, I'm going to say, God, I'm sorry I was mean and wretched with my teen.” 8:56 “And I think we make it so complicated within the church, within...women's ministry area. We make it so complicated that unless you're at a pulpit or unless you've written a book or you've got some sort of title, your ministry is not as measured up as what we think is quote unquote, ministry.” 9:40 “Because we can come up with plans all day long on how to serve people, on how to do our business, how to do our things that we're passionate about, how to love our family. But we will get depleted really quick if we do not lean into divine inspiration from God Himself.” 16:02 “Because Jeanne, if we are only asking, "Lord, show me who you say I am". There are so many great things about that. I'm not going to diss anybody teaching that. But it's one-sided and we're missing the fullness of God if we do not first ask, "God, who do you say you are?” 21:54 “Okay, yeah, I'm getting distracted by those things that scrolling, scrolling, scrolling and listen. I do scrolling for a business. But at any given moment, am I going down the trail of entertaining thoughts that are not kingdom minded, that are not my God's best for me? Even if they're good things, are they God's best for me?” 24:09 “For me, it's a discipline. How many times I've already said I'm a type-A. I'm not your typical creative. And I know how to flip that on, that creative part of my brain, but it doesn't come naturally to me. And so I've had to discipline myself, like, day by day, just organizing my thoughts.” 26:58 “So sometimes, okay, God, I'm not getting anything. I ain't getting anything. Lord, what are you saying? So what? You open the Bible, if you want to hear God speaking, read his word aloud.” 32:55 “I can pray with these men and women who've been going after revival since they were in their twenties. And they're 70 now, and the Lord has just blessed us. We've seen a move of God in our town, and I would have missed it had I been like, oh, no, this is what I want to be doing.” Sarah Martin is a wife, mom, friend, speaker, author, and Certified Coach with FASTer Way. Her life mission is to help women create space to see God move in their soul with an invitation to awaken to God's wonder & a vibrant life in His presence. Sarah is the author of the books, Just RISE UP!, Stress Point, and Higher Pursuits. She enjoys traveling all over the country to serve women at retreats and conferences. When she is not typing away at her laptop, you can find Sarah on date nights with her husband, shooting hoops with her son, or making a mess in her art room. Read more from Sarah on Instagram at @sarahfmartin or grab a spot for her FASTer Way Vibrant Life coaching. You can also grab a copy of Sarah's latest book, Higher Pursuits on Amazon! Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips...

Podcast 061 | Q+A with Stephanie Lee and Jeanne Oliver 4:32 “A lot of that has come with the experience of realizing that sometimes the way you know how something works is just like diving into it and then experiencing how it works.” 9:40 “You're not just an artist. You're ministering to women's hearts and their creativity. So, these questions that I've come up with are coming from, like, I want to know you even more so in that capacity because I feel like that's a role that you play in my life.” JEANNE: 12:00 “But what I'm seeing is they're being sold like a good of lies constantly of that it's not enough, it's not represented perfectly, that you're behind, that you can do more.” JEANNE: 16:10 “I think all this stuff coming at you, I would actually say have some really good boundaries of what you consume because so much that we are consuming is a waste of our time and it just feeds the lies too.” JEANNE: 16:53 “I would say, make sure the things that you're doing, the cookies or the games or the hikes, that they're not to put it on social media. It's because you're connecting with the people you love the most.” 24:03 “And I guess I would just add that to the other moms. When you're in your twenties and thirties, just take our word for it—take us old ladies’ words for it—there is so much more ahead. And it's okay if right now you're really struggling with presence and comparison and all that, but practice being present, just practice that as much as possible.” 35:27 “I mean, they just lit up. When myself or my grandkids or my siblings or her husband, anybody, even a neighbor, walked into the room, her eyes lit up, which I ended up I spoke at her funeral, and my talk was about 14 lessons I learned from my mom, and that was one of them. Always make sure your eyes light up in the room. And I have learned that's a decision; that's not just her personality.” JEANNE: 42:00 “One of the things that definitely was a weakness…I used to say whatever I thought. And that really doesn't really serve you well in marriage, especially. And so, I think I have learned that my emotions actually cannot always be trustworthy.” JEANNE: 48:40 “But we use the good things in our day-to-day life because my kids are worthy of beautiful things. My husband's worthy of beautiful things. I'm worthy of beautiful things. Not just the people that come to our home to visit.” 59:44 “But when I'm just gardening, 95% of the time it's just me and the sounds. And it's like I've gotten to the point where it's like I can hear, oh, there's that moth. I mean, who listens to moths, right? Like wackos. I do! But it's like, oh, that's that moth. I got to get rid of it because it's going to eat my cabbage. Like I become tuned into things that I would not otherwise not hear.” 1:00:35 “Well, sometimes that's not what happens. Sometimes you tend to it and you're patient and then you get squash bugs. You can't even rely on tending to something to create results. And so, you have to just be willing to surrender, like literally surrender, do your best and surrender or do your half best and surrender.” 1:05:33 “And so there's an element of stillness that I think is so essential in knowing what our capacity is to do good and knowing how to look at ourselves and say, I'm doing enough.” JEANNE: 1:10:48 “And I do not have a business without our email list. Yeah, our email list means that almost anything I can dream up, I can reach out to people that connect with what we're doing and say, I've made something for you.” 1:20:13 “Yes, I love knowing how to can food, and yes, I love knowing how to garden, but even more than that, I couldn't be as good at it as I am now without that internal resourcefulness. So that's a skill that I have.” Stephanie Lee grew up among the mountains and red rocks of Utah but now calls Southern Oregon home. She lives with her (adorably sexy) husband, Vince (who can build/fix/do anything he puts his mind to), teenage...

Podcast 060 | Not Letting Fear + Perfectionism Guide Your Life with Christa Forrest 6:20 “So I left, and I went to take an art class, and that was it. I took an art class, and it was like I hadn't been eating or drinking for the past how many years it was, and it was like, you're starving, and you got that first bite of food. And that's how I felt.” 8:40 “So I slowly started to plan, slowly started to kind of inch away from that comfortableness of a full-time job with a salary, benefits, all that stuff. And I started to kind of take tiny little risks here and there and seeing, oh, I like doing this. This works. I can teach. I can actually teach. I can get up in front of people.” 9:57 “So that was the fear. That perfectionism of trying to seek that “there.” but that “there” never really exists. You're never “there”. You're always a work in progress. You're always running towards that “there.”” 14:50 “It's not me. It's me trying to please the masses out there that I can post something. I get a reel, I can post a reel. I can do a TikTok. But I'm not focusing on my own work. And my own work, I can't share it all the time. It's very personal, and it's something I want to shut everything off and focus.” 19:16 “but I'm starting to feel that I need to pay more attention on my value, what I'm worth. And I feel like I'm not spending enough time. And I feel like a lot of artists and creators or people just starting out forget about their value and their worth.” 25:19 “I don't like to take photos of myself, but I do it, and then I paint the selfie. So, it's been a lesson in self-discovery and acceptance. And when you do paint yourself, which is a good educational exercise, you get to know yourself a little bit more detailed. You get to accept the flaws in your face and the things that you don't like.” 26:48 “And so I've been really working hard to submit to a specific grant, and it's kind of like I look at all the other people who have submitted, and I see that I'm just not there, but I'm just going to do it just to do it.” 27:35 “Fear and perfection never goes away. I mean, I can teach it and talk about it, but it's always going to be there. But it's just kind of like, okay, so I fail. That's right. So what? There's another canvas that I can start over.” 28:20 “It's rare that I present a finished painting that I feel is ready for everyone to see.” Christa is a full-time artist specializing in pastel, oil, acrylic and mixed media art. After spending 20 years in a finance career, she decided to follow her true passion and become a full-time artist. Christa spends her time sharing her passion with others, teaching others to be creative and exploring the world's landscape recreating it onto canvas. Her work is a mixture of realism, exploration, experimentation and pure fun. She recently began creating a detailed and expressive Goddess series where she incorporates the divine feminine and illustrates the strength many women struggle to connect with in their daily lives. “We remember to nourish our bodies with food and water but seem to forget to remember to nourish our souls.” Why do we find our inner selves starving and yearning for something more? Christa hopes to encourage everyone to unleash their inner Goddess through her artwork. A current project is in the works to help others unleash their creative soul through art, music and creative expression. Helping creatives learn to nourish the soul, Creative Souls Art will explore creating from within and intuitively without the pressure of perfection and judgement. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/christaforrestfineart/ website https://www.creativesoulsart.com Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just...

Podcast 059 | The God Artist with Roma Waterman 6:47 “I know there's going to be times where we're going to have to fight for what God's called us to. But I actually look back and I'm thankful for those seasons because they do truly refine you. They truly make you go, what is it that God really wants? What is the bullseye? Not just, yeah, I'm good at art, or I'm good at creating. What is it that you really want me to do? And so that's how I ended up here talking to you.” 9:22 “And all it is, is I've just been sitting at my piano and just singing the prophetic word of the Lord. I don't know if anyone will like it. It's not cool, it's not radio playable. But when I do it, it feels like wearing the most comfortable pair of slippers.” 11:10 “I think we make a mistake of thinking that creativity is the thing you do when all the chores are done. It's like, I’ll get to writing that song or painting that art or doing that thing when I've done all the washing and cleaned up the house and the kids are in bed.” 14:41 “And I think this idea of if we put it in these kind of terms, Christian art and non-Christian art is really a Western thought process. The Greeks didn't think like this, and God certainly doesn't think like this. We are not in two separate rivers.” 22:43 “I didn't even have an office or a space to create till about two years ago. So, I had to create some rituals so that I had the space to dream. Because everybody knows, as a creative, you do need the right environment, don't you? You need a beautiful sunset or, you know, a calming environment. And so, there's some actual rituals that I put into place that have really helped me.” 31:31 “And so to me, creativity is worship. It is such a beautiful way to honor God. And we see that the Lord, it's important to Him, too.” A mainstay in The Australian Christian Music ministry, Roma is the author of Releasing Heaven's Song, The God Artist, The Handbook for Working Singers and Amazon No1 Best Seller "Creative Identity - Carving Your Angel in the Rock". Having recorded 7 albums or original music she has toured the world as an independent artist. She is the founder of The Melbourne Gospel Choir, a vocal coach and session singer for TV shows including The X-Factor and The Voice, and has won several songwriting and performance awards including The Gospel Music Associations Honour award for outstanding contribution to Christian music. Roma also runs an online school "HeartSong Creative Academy" which includes a yearly mentoring program called HeartSong Prophetic Alliance, which trains thousands of students around the world in all things prophetic, creative and worship. Along with her husband Ted, they are the directors of Sounds of the Nations Oceania. SOTN is devoted to raising up artists to worship in their own authentic style and sound. Roma travels the globe leading worship, teaching, speaking and songwriting. www.training.romawaterman.com www.romawaterman.com Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was. Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Podcast 058 | True Hospitality with Daune Pitman 9:05 “We really believe that time at the table is a sacred place. And when we spend time, it's just a natural place to connect; around the table, looking in people's eyes, sharing stories, laughing, talking, crying, just doing life together.” 12:26 “It is so simple gathering at the table, but it makes a huge impact on the people that are a part of it. And when we impact just one other person, then that person is going to impact other people. And I think you're right that it could change towns and communities. And if more and more people started to do this, I think it would be amazing.” 14:52 “So he came. He made it through, and it was so touching because that is all we do is that we come in and we sit at the table until the candles are all dripped out and we're at the table the whole time. And as he was leaving, he actually had tears running down his cheeks, and he just said, I was not knowing what to expect and dreading this... but I had no idea how much I needed this.” 16:14 “Sometimes we know that in our head. We hear that a lot coming from different directions. You belong. You have a place. But we don't fully step into that, or we think we don't deserve it, or we think we've got to do something to take that place at the table.” 17:22 “And I think a lot of times it's easy to say whether it's culture, society, other people have put us in a box. And I think more often than not, we put ourselves in a box and we decide, okay, these are my gifts and talents, and they can only be used this way.” 19:13 “We were wired to need other people, and we weren't wired to be these isolated little individuals that don't connect with others.” 21:48 “I think hospitality is sending the very simple message of “there you are. I see you.”” 23:06 “It didn't matter what season they were in. They could be going through hard seasons. It didn't matter what their budget was. Good seasons, bad seasons, everyone was always welcome and there was always enough for everybody. And my parents were and still are the same way.” 24:03 “It's a very powerful way to live. I don't think anybody becomes poor by giving.” 25:27 “Excellence is just doing your absolute best with the resources that you've been given, which means you really can't compare excellence.” 30:25 “And my hope is ultimately, any gathering that I do is when people leave, that they feel better about themselves, not better about me.” 40:11 “We can have the most beautiful tables, the perfect or what we think is the perfect space and all those things, but if our heart and our motive is not true hospitality, all that beauty falls flat.” Daune Pitman grew up among a family of entrepreneurs, artists, and gatherers in North Carolina. She owned her first business when she was six and created pen and ink drawings of the beach each day after school, and then went door-to-door selling them. Morning walks in the garden, markets, coffee, fresh flowers, books, a beautifully set table, delicious food, faith, family, travel, adventure, great company….these are a few of her favorite things. Daune and her husband, Keith, are former professional ballet dancers. After spending many years performing professionally in companies nationwide she and Keith have found themselves nestled in a cottage in Eastern NC, where they love to gather people, dream, and launch adventures. After homeschooling their three children, they are new empty nesters. With a passion for gathering, creativity, and travel, Daune launched The Cottage Table Experience and hosts long table gatherings, live workshops on creative home + hospitality + gathering, and creative retreats abroad and in the U.S. While being very content with where she is, she is homesick for places she has never been, and believes wholeheartedly that we should seize the common occasions and make them great! Website: The Cottage Table...

Podcast 057 | There is Life and Hope in a Meal with Danielle Kartes Hello! I am Danielle Kartes. Welcome to Rustic Joyful Food! Whether it’s through our books, television appearances, magazines spreads, or speaking engagements, we are on a mission to inspire people to love their lives and make delicious food. Great food isn’t great simply because its expensive or prepared with the finest tools, its great because of the love and care put into its creation. The most wonderful food we eat is wonderful because of who made it and how they loved us. I’m the author of the Rustic Joyful Food book series, a speaker, a recipe developer, and a food stylist. I make real food — simple food that makes you happy. My food is messy and full of life, food that represents the family. I live near Seattle, Washington with my sweet family: my dashing hubby, Michael (who happens to be the photographer between the the two of us), and our two boys, Noah and Milo. I love a good thrift store. I have a wild sense of humor, and I don’t take life too seriously. The farmers market gives me life, and I love to garden, though I am not very good at it (I make Mike do all the weeding — ha!). I am driven by happy accidents in the kitchen. I never want anything I do here to feel forced, and I strive for authentic recipes that you can make on your own with what you have on hand. I adore creating recipes and making simple dishes that translate into food you can actually make in real life with what you can afford and what is available to you. We eat chicken nuggets on busy days and all-organic, fancy shmancy braises on others. It’s easy for eating throughout the day to become just another task, another box to check off. But food is so much more than just sustenance; it's a way to feel joyful, a way to connect with your family, a way to live brilliantly. And we have only this one chance to live brilliantly. I hope that through the recipes you discover here you are inspired to live your own version of brilliant and share the joy of cooking (and eating) with your family, that you never stop trying to be happy right where you’re at. Joy and peace abound in our home, not because we are without trials, but because we know what truly matters. Danielle Kartes, Rustic Joyful Food http://www.rusticjoyfulfood.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rusticjoyfulfood/ Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was. Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Podcast 056 | The Beauty Chasers with Timothy Willard “Our country is kind of falling under this enchantment of sameness and not uniqueness.” 30:12 “People are thirsty for people and contact.” 34:50 "Before the Enlightenment period, you would ask an artist what their aim of their art was they would say beauty, but today they say transgression or self expression. It has shifted, the aim being something outside of ourselves… now has turned into ‘Me.’” 42:57 “It’s not too late. Beauty is there. Wonder is there. Intention is there. Pattern is there. There can be revival in lots of different ways and the only way to revive something is because it actually already once was alive.” 44:47 “Beauty is a reflection of life itself.” 45:50 Timothy Willard is a writer, theologian, artist, creative consultant, and independent scholar. He has authored four books, including the critically acclaimed Veneer: Living Deeply in a Surface Society. His new book with Zondervan Reflective will release on June 21, 2022. Stay tuned for the title announcement! With a passion to disciple the minds of the emerging generation in faith and culture and to help people live like beauty matters, Timothy moved his family to Oxford, England for two years where he earned his PhD at King’s College London and studied beauty in the works of C.S. Lewis under the supervision of Alister McGrath. Millions have read Timothy’s inspirational writing, which has been featured at Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Patheos, Acculturated, The Huffington Post, FaithIt, Duke Divinity’s Faith & Leadership, Q Media: Essays, Catalyst Magazine, Outreach Magazine, Relevant Magazine, and The Edges Collective. Timothy has been a featured speaker at Q Ideas, Catalyst Conference, Allume Conference, OCCA The Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics, and various churches including Carmel Baptist in Charlotte, North Carolina, Embrace Church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and St. Aldates Church: Oxford, England. As a creative consultant and publishing collaborator (ghostwriter), Timothy has worked on thirty books with clients ranging from Chick-fil-A, Q Ideas, International Mission Board, Hobby Lobby, and Coca-Cola Consolidated, to NYT bestselling authors, multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning artists, former NFL MVPs, to writers, pastors, home educators, and entrepreneurs. He lives in North Carolina with his wife and three daughters. https://www.timothywillard.com/ https://www.instagram.com/timothywillard Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was. Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Podcast 055 | Ignite the World Around You with Jessi Green “If you can actually have a relationship with God and really know the creator of the universe, and if the things we talk about in church are actually real, what else am I giving my attention to? This is obviously the most important pursuit of my entire existence.” 7:21 “It’s the experience of it all that drives us to want others to know what it can be for them too. When you have experience in something, there’s just this confidence to share it… Experience changes everything.” 8:45 “You can only revive something that’s already lived before.” 9:48 “I want to always be constantly positioning myself to experience what God is doing today right now, and not maybe a month, a year, ten years ago.” 11:20 “What I’m realizing about Jesus, the Jesus I’m following now, is that there’s always more to discover. He actually is a person that wants to have a relationship with us and through the Holy Spirit we can discover new things about Him every single day.” 13:01 “Avoid everything that has a numbing effect. If you are having a hard time hearing from the Lord, having a hard time focusing your brain and it is on scramble and everything seems foggy, avoid anything that you are using in order to help you stop feeling. Get your discernment back. Hear clearly from the Lord. Focus on what you’re supposed to be focused on.” 18:10 “When you are constantly numbing yourself you don’t realize that you’re actually enslaving yourself to the world and you’re actually putting a wall up from receiving the actual life that you want. It feels like it’s helping but what it’s actually doing is robbing you from that life.” 19:43 “What do you look like fully alive?” 26:41 “Obedience is success.” 31:43 “If you’re aiming at revival and you’re not focused on spending time with God, your aim is wrong and you’re focused on the wrong thing.” 33:12 Jessi was born and raised on Long Island, NY. In 2007 she moved to Manhattan and worked in the nightclub industry as a doorman and nightclub promoter. In 2009, she was radically saved in her apartment after a traumatic break-up and drug-filled lifestyle. After encountering the love and power of the real living Jesus, she sold her belongings and traveled to 15 countries over 11 months, working with orphanages, preaching the Gospel, praying for the sick, and sharing the love of Jesus. She then moved back to Manhattan and started a successful social media agency working with luxury brands around the world. In 2012, she met her husband Parker Green and stepped into full time ministry. In 2016, she gave birth to her first child David Leonidas and two months later they moved to Southern California to plant churches called Salt Churches and lead grassroots revival through Saturate Global. Everything in the Greens lives changed after thousands were saved, healed and baptized on the beaches of California in 2020 and Jessi now burns to ignite Nations with revival! Jessi is a revivalist, preacher, wife, mom, visionary and creative type. Along with raising her three children David Leonidas, Ethan Everest and Summer Kingsley she is the director of Saturate Global which is a grassroots revival movement that is uniting the church in reaching those that don’t know Jesus, baptizing them and making disciples that multiply. She believes that everyone is qualified to preach The Gospel and teach others to follow Jesus. While enjoying the sun in North Carolina, she passionately speaks about what it means to follow a Jesus that is ALIVE and wants to transform cities and your personal life. The Gospel is her passion, as she has personally been set free from many things including shame, fear and depression. She loves meeting people on the street and displaying a Kingdom of redemption to those that feel the furthest from Christ. Jessi believes that Jesus came to give us life and life more abundantly. You can follow her on Instagram...

Podcast 054 | The Lies of Perfectionism with Sandi Hester “I see that it (perfectionism) is a joy stealer, it’s an energy stealer, it steals the ability to think of others first or even at all, and because of that part of the self-focus, it isolates.” 6:05 “The bad speaks so much louder than the good. And when perfectionism and self-worship are present, it gives the bad a lot of power.” 8:14 “We can let perfect keep us from good.” 8:48 “Just say yes and figure it out later.” 21:09 “Perfectionism can show up with over planning, over preparing, and then sometimes never doing because there will always be unknowns.” 21:55 “I think there is something that gets stolen from us when there’s self-worship there at the core.” 30:36 “I think we honor our gifts that we’ve been given by using them and more importantly enjoying them.” 33:19 “You can’t glorify the Lord with your gifts if you’re not using them.” 47:37 Sandi Hester had her first painting lessons around her grandmother’s kitchen table during long summer visits in the countryside of Franklin, Tennessee. Her grandmother was a pottery artist and first exposed Sandi to the feel of a loaded paintbrush sliding across a surface. For Sandi, the subject, color, texture and enjoyment of the creative process are very important. “I’m always aiming for a looseness - a suggestion of what’s really there. I try to capture the beauty of the scene and the feeling of color and warmth instead of recording the details of the scene. I'm not interested in the exactness - I'm interested in how it makes me feel. Painting this way tells you more about the image or scene than when grasping for the details.” - Sandi Hester ​https://www.sandihester.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sandihesterart https://www.youtube.com/c/sandihester Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was. Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Episode Notes Podcast 053 | Awake Awake with Sheila Atchley “One of the saddest things to be is unaware.” 10:13 “You have a spirit of authority. Go love it. Find it and love it.” 16:07 “Your middle is as ordained a season as your beginning and as your end.” 16:18 “Your most valuable perspective in the middle is that of loving what is yours, and I would also say that your perspective is also your most valuable possession.” 16:34 “Jesus paid for my ultimate victory, but I pay for my present viewpoint. Choice by choice by choice, my perspective is my own and it has been dearly bought for better or for worse, and it’s so important to be awake and aware and choose our perspective very carefully.” 17:13 “I just think that creativity is one of the most powerful tools in a woman’s toolbox for the maintenance of a well soul, and every single one of us should have some form of a dedicated creative practice.” 18:57 I’m Sheila Atchley. Artist-author, wisdom-chaser, preacher’s wife, life and creativity coach, and silver-haired ordinary mystic. I’m a die-hard congregant, and a flagrant creative. I have a semi-empty nest, a handsome preacher-husband, and seven adorable grand-wildlings. And I over-use the hyphen. Proudly. While I am equally drawn to words and art, words are my defining first love, and a big part of my art form. I’m here to encourage you with paint, prose, and poetry. Hence, the paint brush and the ink pen in my sketchy little home-made logo. I have no shame. No really, I have no shame. I’m here to unleash an army of women who celebrate for no reason – an army of women whose metric is grace. My main mission is the middle age woman. This beautiful season of life is under-celebrated, and under-valued. Middle aged women do not get enough support. I aim to change that, when and where I can. I believe that (like Abraham and Joshua of scripture) “everywhere the soles of your feet tread shall be yours…the Lord will extend your boundaries…”. Middle age is a vast and gracious land. It is a Promised Land…disguised as a battle. It is a land where many of us now find ourselves walking, a place where the potential fruit is enormous – if we are willing to slay some giants. I’m busy doing just that in my personal life, in my art, and in my writing and speaking ministry. I want to help you extend your boundaries. I want to help you inherit what’s legally yours, in every season. After all, if I encourage the women, I encourage the world. I invite you to sit down, relax, and please overlook my hair (it is its own light source, my apologies). Let’s talk about the things that really matter – and laugh about the things that really don’t. https://sheilaatchley.art/ https://www.instagram.com/sheilaatchleydesigns/ Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was. Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Podcast 052 | Loss and Grief with Lorraine Bell “The journey of faith is messy.” 19:11 “Don’t put off anything, do it.” 41:08 “Take that pass, you’ve earned it, you have a right to it, and say no to the things that you are not capable of.” 43:05 “There’s no formula, there’s no fixing it, you just have to walk with it and feel it and experience it.” 44:56 A self-taught Mixed Media Artist, Lorraine divides her time living between The Cayman Islands and Central Florida. A recent empty nester, she is passionate about sketching, traveling, and writing. She combines all three of these loves to create illustrated art journals bursting with her adventures on the road. Lorraine is one of the 5 founding members that made up the collaborative team of ART TO THE 5TH, a revolutionary group of women that brought together over 13,000 people to create art, inspire and uplift one another. She designed the visual calendar/journal that was the inspiration for The Documented Life Project, a year-long undertaking that encouraged the concept of visual and written chronicles of your daily life. This project was the catalyst for the creative planner and journal movement that is so prevalent today. Lorraine has been involved in the Art Industry for over 30 years. From creating and selling at craft fairs and exhibitions in her early 20’s, to a noted sketchbook artist and author, she is continually studying art and looking for new ways to expand and improve her creative abilities. Though she often teaches through an online platform, Lorraine prefers to be among fellow creatives. “I am most inspired when I am surrounded by artists,” Lorraine says. “There is no more vulnerable feeling than to be in the presence of like-minded people who know the same need to reach deeply inside, grab hold of your soul, and expose it on canvas and paper for all the world to see.” Lorraine’s Catholic faith keeps her grounded and often inspires her art. She is a lover of all things random, serendipitous and spontaneous. Her studio is anywhere from under an olive tree in Tuscany to a crowded market in Istanbul to a pristine fjord in Norway. She is constantly in motion and an accidental tourist, embracing culture and spreading art everywhere she goes. https://lorrainebell.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lorraine_bell/ https://www.facebook.com/LorraineBellArtist/ Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was. Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.

Podcast 051 | Art with Adele Sypesteyn “All of this that I’ve learned and taught myself is going to go away unless I share it.” 22:26 “What you are is beautiful, just be what you are.” 25:09 “Just be more of who you are.” 26:06 “Everything has been done before but nobody can do it like you can.” 26:39 “I think artists are such a special group of people, we bring so much beauty and uniqueness in the world.” 30:11 Adele Sypesteyn Raised by an artist who incorporated a ceramic kiln and photography studio into our home, I grew up knowing the arts as the only way to live life. In fact, my brother and two sisters also ventured into the arts in different ways. My architecturally influenced abstract work incorporates multiple layers of texture, color and pattern. I earned a B.A. in art history with a studio minor from Newcomb College in New Orleans while working full-time as an artist. I also achieved a master’s degree in social work from Tulane University in New Orleans. Co-founding the Wellness Center in New Orleans in 1996, I designed a program of art therapy for cancer patients. In 1999, I earned my license as a Gestalt therapist. My work has been displayed in galleries across the country, featured in world-class magazines (including Veranda and House Beautiful), and has adorned the walls of prestigious enterprises such as Neiman Marcus and Saks 5th Avenue. https://adelesypesteynstudio.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/AdeleSypesteynStudio https://www.instagram.com/adelesypesteyn/ Creatively Made Business with Jeanne Oliver Is your business aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Many creative business owners feel trapped and overwhelmed by the business that was supposed to add more freedom to their lives. You didn’t take the risk of starting a business just to end up in the same place, or worse – moving in the opposite direction of the life you want. An online workshop to build, launch, and nurture a business that aligns with how you want your life to look and feel. Instant access to six modules with over 7 hours of training. Your business should be a bridge to the life you dream of, not a barrier. To learn more click HERE. Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was. Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE.