Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast I’m talking about marketing strategies for creatives with Mélissa Peng of Curly Executive and Camellias and Curls. Mélissa and I chat about how her corporate background and formal education inform her work helping creative small business owners with marketing, defining your ideal customer, her path to purchase strategy […]

Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast I’m talking about doing your best work with thought leader and author Charlie Gilkey of Productive Flourishing. I talk with Charlie about accountability, discovering and finishing your best work, working around vs. working on a project, how our identity relates to our work, truly feeling worthy, rewriting the […]

Being a multi-genre creative with craftivist, feminist, Hollywood screenwriter, creator of The Pussyhat and author of DIY Rules for a WTF World Krista Suh. I talk with Krista about being a Jane of All Trades, how downtime is key for creativity, tools to balance the creative process, eliminating ‘should’ and ‘have to’ from your vocabulary, […]

Today on Dear Handmade Life podcast I’m talking to bestselling author, financial therapist, teacher & wealth coach Barbara Huson about improving your financial health. I chat with Barbara about her book Overcoming Underearning, why it’s never too late to start improving your relationship with money, dealing with your inner critic, how to know if you’re […]

Today on Dear Handmade Life podcast I’m talking to licensed social worker and author Minaa B. about self-care for creatives. I chat with Minaa B. about her experience bringing self-care into her life to help her with her own depression and anxiety, how to recognize if you need to improve your self-care, how to prioritize self-care and be […]

Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast I’m talking about intentions and manifesting with Marie LeBaron of Make and Takes and Creative Flow Life. Marie and I chat about discovering your intentions, transitions and change, setting goals, manifesting, the why of what you want and more. If you love listening to our podcast, we’d be grateful […]

Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast I’m talking about culture, ethnicity and the creative community with Kenya Miles of Traveling Miles Studio. I chat with Kenya about her travels and how they’ve shaped her and her creative work, natural dyeing, inclusivity and representation in the craft, art and maker community, appropriation vs. appreciation, the […]

Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast I’m talking about productivity and scheduling secrets with Skye McLain. We talk about digital vs. analog planning (spoiler alert, we both use a combo), productivity and scheduling tools and platforms we love, the biggest mistakes that her clients make, being comfortable with change, letting your career journey evolve […]