Chasing Creative

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

Connect with Ashley:

Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites

Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life

enDecember 29, 2020

S7 E4: Kayla Craig on listening well and advocating for vulnerable people

In today’s episode, we chat with Kayla Craig about what it looks like to advocate for the more vulnerable people around you. As a journalist, Kayla learned the value of listening well and choosing to hear a story and act on it. As a mom, Kayla knows just how important the stories we read and tell and see in our own lives affect everything about them -- and she has some tips for adding diverse voices to your shopping list this year.

Kayla Craig is a writer and podcast producer who believes in the power of story. She writes modern prayers for moms and dads at Liturgies for Parents and her book is forthcoming with Tyndale in 2021. Kayla co-founded and hosts Upside Down Podcast, a place for conversations on faith and justice. She is a podcast producer for Sacred Ordinary Days, where she helps cultivate peace, presence, and purpose. Kayla loves deep mugs of coffee, deeper belly laughs, and even deeper questions. She and her pastor-husband Jonny live in Iowa, where they’re raising four young kids who joined their family via birth and adoption. She has two fluffy dogs and spends too much time on Instagram. Her most recent published essays are in This Is Motherhood: A Motherly Collection of Reflections + Practices and Rally: Litanies for the Lovers of Jesus and Justice.

Kayla’s tips for diversifying your holiday decor and your bookshelves:

Buy a nativity set where the figures are historically accurate and have brown skin.
Buy books written by Black and brown authors.
Don’t just buy books with diverse characters struggling with racial tension. Buy books that normalize the lives Black and brown people live; make sure that your kids see Black joy.
Follow @hereweread on Instagram for diverse book suggestions all year long.

Books we talked about:

The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

This Is Motherhood: A Motherly Collection of Reflections + Practices

Rally: Communal Prayers for the Lovers of Jesus and Justice

Here’s where to find Kayla:

Site: www.kaylacraig.com

Newsletter: https://kaylacraig.substack.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_craig/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kaylacraig

Liturgies for parents info: http://www.kaylacraig.com/liturgies-for-parents.html

Liturgies Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liturgiesforparents/

Podcast: http://www.upsidedownpodcast.com/

Work: https://sacredordinarydays.com/pages/podcast

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/kayla_craig

Here's where to find Abbie:

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

Here's where to find Ashley:

Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites

Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop

enDecember 07, 2020

liturgies for parents

upside down podcast

S7 E4: Ari Tison on Lifting Up Underrepresented Voices

Ari Tison is an award-winning writer with poems and short works published in Yellow Medicine Review, The Under Review, and Rock & Sling. She is also the editor for Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop's Broadside Competition. Ari lives and works on Dakota and Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) lands in St. Paul, MN. Join us as she shares action steps for lifting up underrepresented voices in the literary community, especially Indigenous people and those who are incarcerated.

Action steps that life up underrepresented voices

Reach out to nonprofits to see where they need help. Look for ways to serve that match your interests and talents.
Investigate nearby prisons to see if they have creative arts programs you can support.
Seek out and share work by marginalized populations.
Read anthologies that include Native writers.
Connect with tribes in your area to learn about creative events or festivals you can attend or local artisans you can support.
Learn about the history of the land you live and work on. Which Indigenous tribe(s) was the land taken from?

Links mentioned in this episode

Birchbark Books

Books mentioned in this episode

The works of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

New Poets of Native Nations edited by Heid E. Erdrich

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

There There by Tommy Orange

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makai

The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

Here's where to find Ari

Website: www.aritison.com

Twitter: @AriTison

Instagram: @aritisonwrites

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incarcerated populations

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S7 E3: Dani Bruflodt on hydration, social justice, and political engagement

Deep in a pandemic, an election cycle, and a world that looks vastly different than six months ago, we’re all a little worn out these days. But we also need to press ahead like never before. We wanted to talk to Dani Bruflodt on how she summons the energy to engage online around social justice, politics, and making a difference in the world -- and how hydration is her secret weapon to get it all done with some energy left over.

Dani Bruflodt is a writer and creator who “talks loud on the internet”. She’s a native Minnesotan currently living the Universal-Healthcare dream life in Copenhagen, Denmark, and she would love for you to drink some water.

Resources from this episode:

The Enneagram Institute has excellent resources to help you find your type.

Dani’s hydration tracker for kids.

Plan Podcast Episode 029: How to achieve optimum hydration

Dani’s 7 tips for how to get engaged and make a difference:

Know that it is never too late to become a better person. Feeling hypocritical stops a lot of us from joining movements or getting involved. You can wake up tomorrow and decide you’re going to be a better person.
Know that it is okay to change your mind, especially when you are presented with better information.
Pick one thing you’re passionate about. One cause that you really, truely, deeply feel passionate about. You don’t have to become an expert on everything immediately.
And then when you pick that thing, take time to step back. Do not rush in and expect to fix this issue that you’ve taken up. It’s especially important to pause and look to see who is already doing this work and fall in line with how to support them and continue their work rather than do anything that might interfere with work already being done.
It is okay to be wrong, and it is okay to say “I am not informed enough to speak on this topic”. Fear of being wrong, or the feeling that if you claim to be an activist you automatically have to know everything stops so many of us. No. It is OKAY to be wrong. It is a mark of intelligence to recognize when you’re wrong, learn better, and do better, and there is nothing wrong with being asked a question or being engaged in a conversation and saying “You know what, I don’t feel informed enough to speak on this.”
Know that there is probably not an end-point to the work. Whether it’s anti-racism or ending child hunger. Even if you ensure all children have full tummies, you still have to get up every day after that and ensure those programs stay afloat, that they have funding.
You have to remember to rest. Getting into the trenches with any form of activism is not for the faint of heart. It takes a toll on you physically and emotionally -- especially if you are a privileged white person who has rarely had to endure chronic stress -- this can really hit you like a brick wall. You have to learn to take breaks, to rest, to step away from the work for a moment and then get back in there.

Dani’s 3 groups of people we’re worried about offending and what to do instead:

“Following”: Focus on gaining supporters, not followers. Focus on quality, not quantity.
Family/Friends: Lean into the fact that if you lose them for being outspoken, they may not have been worth your time or energy to begin with.
Potential Clients or Collaborators: Trust that sharing your morals and values will help you attract clients and collaborations that align with you.

Books we mentioned:

The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell

The Preacher's Wife by Kate Bowler

Connect with Dani:

Website: http://thyme-is-honey.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thyme_is_honey/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThymeIsHoney/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thyme_is_Honey

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/thymeishoney/

Podcast: https://PlanPodcast.com

Hydration Course: https://HydrationChecklist.com

The Daily Page Planner: https://DailyPagePlanner.com

Digital Daily Page Planner: https://DigitalDailyPage.com

Connect with Abbie:

Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs

Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

Connect with Ashley:

Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites

enOctober 05, 2020

S7 E2: Simone Griffin on Counseling and Creativity

We’re welcoming counselor, writer, and calligrapher Simone Griffin to the show today. Join us as she shares about the overlap between counseling and creativity, and how art—both our own and others’—can improve our mental health. Be sure to check out Simone’s newsletter, Counseling + Christ, and her devotional workbook, Glimmers of Hope.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Christ + Counseling newsletter

Glimmers of Hope: A Devotional Workbook for Navigating the Struggles of Womanhood with Grace by Simone Griffin

Mini book club:

A Holy Pursuit: How the Gospel Frees Us to Follow and Lay Down Our Dreams by Dianne Jago

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Hamilton Broadway film

Here’s where you can find Simone:

Website: http://simonegriffin.org/

Etsy: GlimmersofHopeShop

Instagram: @sincerelysimoneg

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Hope-Anchored-Soul-1492959650997664/

Here’s where you can find Abbigail:

Website: www.inkwellsandimages.com

Instagram: @abbigailekriebs

Twitter: @abbigailekriebs

Here’s where you can find Ashley:

Website: www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Creatively Yours newsletter

Instagram: @ashleybrookswrites

Twitter: @brookseditorial

enSeptember 14, 2020

S7 E1: Using Creativity to Make a Difference

We’d be remiss in trying to continue on with the podcast acting as if nothing is happening around us. 2020 has been an upheaval year for just about every single person on the planet, and while we are both privileged, middle-class white ladies in Midwestern states who are faring quite well during the pandemic, all things considered, our lives do still look very different than they did in March.

So this season, rather than continue to explore how we fit creativity into our daily lives -- something we are largely unable to do right now as we have in the past -- we wanted to explore a topic that has emerged as one we both care about deeply: How do we use creativity to make a difference?

We’re going to be interviewing people who use their creativity to create change in directions that matter to them. We hope you’ll get to hear from a wide variety of artists who hold a variety of views. None of them will be identical to our own, and we don’t believe that they have to be. In this episode in particular, we’re going to be talking about the pandemic and what our lives look like right now. The choices we’ve made for our families may not be the same as yours, and that’s okay! We know that in this time, everyone is doing what they think is best.

However, we do want to be upfront and say that race and issues of equality are not “too political” to talk about on a podcast that discusses creativity. Everything is political, first of all. And second: the issue of equality for all people is a human rights issue, not something we are willing to debate.

We hope you gain some ideas from our guests this season about how you can create change around the things that matter to you, regardless of where your personal views land.

Got someone you’d love to hear from this season about how they make a difference with their creative gifts? Email us at chasingcreativepodcast@gmail.com.

Resources we mentioned in this episode:

Andy Slavitt on Twitter

King Gutter Baby on Instagram (infectious disease expert)

1619 Podcast Series

Pantsuit Politics Podcast

Home Cooking with Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway

The Lazy Genius Podcast with Kendra Adachi

Lisa Hensley on Instagram

Mini Book Club:

Best Summer Reads:

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

The Selection by Kiera Cass

Harry Potter (of course)

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Nonfiction that’s changed our perspective:

Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson

The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place by Andy Crouch

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Books that have spurred us onto action in some way:

Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest, and Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms by Erin Benzakein

Visions of Vocation by Steven Garber

enSeptember 07, 2020

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S6 E12: Creativity in Quarantine

**We had originally planned to air this episode in early June of 2020 (recorded in early May), but chose to hold off on publication to keep the airwaves clear in the wake of the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, and the nationwide uprising that continues to today as more Black lives are taken because of racist people and racist policies. We want our listeners to know that we stand in full support of the protests and the push for racial justice and equality. We are actively engaging with our own racial bias in our own lives, learning, growing, and working to become antiracist. We are listening to BIPOC Voices as we move forward in this never-ending work, and we are pledging to use this space to amplify those voices in the future. We apologize that we have not made this a priority in the past. We will do better. If you are someone that identifies as BIPOC and would like to come on the podcast to talk about creativity and your journey as an artist, or you'd like to recommend and connect us to someone who does, we would be grateful if you'd reach out to us at chasingcreativepodcast@gmail.com. Our mic is yours.

This season of Chasing Creative was about the ebbs and flows of the creative life. When we brainstormed that theme last summer, we had no idea that the world would be facing a pandemic in the spring of 2020 as we record and release this episode. It’s brought changes big and small to our own creative processes and, we’re guessing, yours too.

In this episode, we catch up on the first few months of 2020 -- new babies! pre-pandemic vacations! -- and how the onset of a global pandemic has affected our lives inside and out.

Resources We Talked About

Ashley recorded a special episode of the podcast title Creativity as Self-Care in early April. If you’re finding your creative energy decimated by the pandemic, that episode could be a creative hug for where you are at right now.

Ashley is knitting a shawl using this pattern, and she gets her yarn from Yarnery in Minnesota. They offer shipping around the country in case you, too, have a hankering to make something with your hands these days.

The blue unicorn and festive llama cross stitch kits that Jacob completed can be found here if you or your kids (or partners!) need some handiwork for the evenings.

Want to know when Season 7 launches? Sign up for our email list here.

Books We Talked About

The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling (of course!)

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

Here’s where you can find Abbie:

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

Here’s where you can find Ashley:

Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites

coronavirus and creativity

enJune 01, 2020

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S6 E11: Kendra Adachi on Trusting Your Creative Intuition

As the lazy genius, Kendra Adachi teaches people how to be a genius about the things that matter, and lazy about the things that don’t. Join us in this episode to hear how she listens to her intuition when it comes to creative projects, the seasonal rhythms she uses to get things done, and the creative process that led her to leave perfectionism behind as she wrote her book.

Resources mentioned in this episode

Preorder Kendra’s book, The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn’t, and Get Stuff Done.

Find Kendra on the Lazy Genius Podcast and the Lazy Genius Collective!

Sign up for Kendra’s monthly newsletter, The Lazy Letter, for some of the best book/movie/TV show recommendations on the internet, plus smart reflections on living life the lazy genius way.

Change Your Life Chicken Recipe (Guys, it really will change your life.)

Check out our first episode with Kendra back from 2016! On Valuing Yourself Enough to Create with Kendra Adachi

Mini book club

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

In the Woods by Tana French

The Likeness by Tana French

Still Life by Louise Penny

Burnout: The Secret to Solving the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski

Deep Work by Cal Newport

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

enMay 04, 2020

S6 E10: Creativity as Self-Care

The world has been turned upside down, and being productive as a creative doesn't need to be your top priority right now. Instead, learn to think of your creativity as a form of self-care.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

The No Grocery Challenge by Sarah von Bargen

Bank Boost by Sarah von Bargen

Elise Blaha Cripe's Three Things Template for Instagram

Encouraging Creative Kids by Elise Blaha Cripe

Coloring printables for kids from Jane Heinrichs

The Growing Gills book club with Jessica Abel

A Pep Talk for Being Stuck on The Lazy Genius Podcast by Kendra Adachi

Mini Book Club

Big Dreams, Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Spark by Andrea Debbink

Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren

Keep Going by Austin Kleon

Calvin and Hobbes comics

Past Episodes of Chasing Creative to Revisit

S6 E5: Sarah von Bargen on Setting Creative Goals that Actually Make You Happy

S6 E3: Elise Cripe on Having Big Creative Dreams and Making Them Happen

S6 E2: Nicole Gulotta on Seasons of Creativity

S5 E7: Jessica Abel on Integrating Creativity into Your Life

S5 E8: Doing the Work: How We’re Using the Lessons from Growing Gills

S5 E4: Creativity, Burnout, and a New Way of Looking at Self-Care with Addie Zierman

S5 E3: Taking Creative Risks with Andrea Debbink

S5 E2: Creativity and Place with Jane Heinrichs

S4 E25: Creating in the Chaos

S4 E7: Creative Challenges

Chasing Creative

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S6 E9: Staying Creative as a Military Spouse with Lindsay Swoboda

Today we’re chatting with Lindsay Swoboda about how being a military spouse experiencing seasons of deployment and living overseas has affected her creative journey. Along with being a military spouse, Lindsay is also a mom and writer. Her blog Uplifting Anchor encourages mothers and military spouses in their daily and creative lives.

Resources Mentioned in the Episode

Eating Popcorn in the Dark Because You’ve Earned This, by Melanie Dale on Coffee + Crumbs

Elise Blaha Cripe on Having Big Creative Dreams and Making Them Happen (Chasing Creative Season 6, Episode 3)

The Get to Workbook

Jessica Abel on Integrating Creativity Into Your Life (Chasing Creative Season 5, Episode 7)

Mini Book Club

Circe by Madeline Miller

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Big Dreams, Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe

Here's where to find Lindsay

Website: www.upliftinganchor.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/upliftinganchor/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/upliftinganchor/

Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/upliftinganchor/pins/

Here's where to find Abbie

Website: www.inkwellsandimages.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs

Twitter: www.twitter.com/abbigailekriebs

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

S6 E3: Elise Cripe on Having Big Creative Dreams and Making Them Happen

Here's where to find Ashley

Personal blog: www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Business website: www.brookseditorial.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites

Twitter: www.twitter.com/brookseditorial

Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/brookseditorial

enMarch 02, 2020

S6 E8: Writing Our Novels

We both spent 2019 getting serious about writing our novels. In this episode, we're hashing out all the details, from where we got our book ideas to how we're fitting writing into our daily lives. Listen in to hear more about our creative processes and what the future holds for our writing.

Resources mentioned in this episode

S5 E7: Jessica Abel on Integrating Creativity into Your Life

S5 E8: Doing the Creative Work: How We’re Using the Lessons from Growing Gills

Scrivener

Self-Control app

Abbie and Ashley's writing accountability template

WriteTrack word count tracker

Rachael Herron on How to Write Your Book in 90 Days

Books mentioned in this episode

Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery

Divergent series by Veronica Roth

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

Atomic Habits by James Clear

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

enFebruary 03, 2020

S6 E7: The Most Creative Thing with Ashlee Cowles

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Join us in this conversation with author and kindred spirit Ashlee Cowles as she shares about how travel and parenthood have changed her creative process. Ashlee believes that “creativity is not something we can lose, even if it has to lie dormant sometimes,” and we wholeheartedly agree. Listen in to learn how she’s spreading support and encouragement for creative parents through her latest project, The Most Creative Thing.

Ashlee Cowles is the author of the award-winning novel, Beneath Wandering Stars, and its sequel, Below Northern Lights. Her YA gothic mystery, THE POPPY & THE ROSE, will be published in 2020.

Ashlee’s books

Beneath Wandering Stars

Below Northern Lights

Wisdom for the Way: A Camino de Santiago Guidebook for the Pilgrim’s Soul

Resources we shared

The Most Creative Thing

The Cultivating Project

Discover Your Creative Personality Type resource on The Most Creative Thing

Books we talked about

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Before I Disappear by Danielle Stinson

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr

The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

Great Kitchens of the Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

Where to find Ashlee

www.ashleecowles.com

www.themostcreativething.com

Instagram: @ashleecowles

Instagram: @themostcreativething

Where to find Abbie

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/20016618-abbigail-e-kriebs

Instagram: @abbigailekriebs

Twitter: @abbigailekriebs

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

Where to find Ashley

Website: www.brookseditorial.com

Blog: www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Instagram: @ashleybrookswrites

Twitter: @brookseditorial

enJanuary 06, 2020

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S6 E6: 2019 in Books

Do we normally try to keep our book talk to a minimum at the end of each episode? And do we normally keep our episodes under an hour? Yes and yes. But today, we have nearly an hour and a half of entirely book-focused conversation for you -- and we hope you love it as much as we loved recording it.

Come find us on Goodreads!

Abbie: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/20016618-abbigail-e-kriebs

Ashley: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1864876-ashley-brooks

Resources we mentioned:

Take our listener survey! We’ve been producing this podcast since 2016, and a lot has changed since then. We’re constantly tweaking this podcast so that it works for our lives, but it’s important that Chasing Creative continues to be helpful to YOU. Our survey is short and sweet and will be open now through January 31st. We’d love to hear your thoughts, ideas, and feedback as we plan for the future of the podcast. Take it here.

Love the podcast and happy to see new episodes in your feed? Consider supporting us on Patreon. If everyone who listens gave $1 per month, we could cover our expenses and maybe even hire an editor. That would allow us to create more -- for ourselves and you!

The interview between Cal Newport (author of Digital Minimalism) and James Clear (author of Atomic Habits).

Whitney Conard’s Instagram account, @theunreadshelf, where she challenges you to get through that TBR stack one book at a time.

Abbie shops used at ThriftBooks quite often. Her referral link will get you 15% off your first order.

Books we talked about in this episode:

The Whole Thing Together by Ann Brashares

The Last Summer (of you and me) by Ann Brashares

The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

The Techwise Family by Andy Crouch

Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy by Angela Garbes

Big Dreams, Daily Joys by Elise Cripe

Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

Atomic Habits by James Clear

I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott

Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L’Engle

A Room with a View by EM Forster

Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson

Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

The People’s Republic of Everything by Nick Mamatas

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Road Builders by B.G. Hennessey

Maybe God is Like That Too by Jennifer Grant

Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Keep Going by Austin Kleon

The Inspector Gamache Series by Louise Penny

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church by Rachel Held Evans

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova

On Stories by C.S. Lewis

Circle of Nine - Beltany by Valerie Biel

Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge

What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

Here’s where you can find Ashley:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1864876-ashley-brooks

Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial

Here’s where you can find Abbie:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/20016618-abbigail-e-kriebs

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

enDecember 23, 2019

S6 E5: Sarah Von Bargen on setting creative goals that actually make you happy

Did you know that it actually takes between 12-265 days -- with the average being 65 days! -- to make a new habit stick? Sarah Von Bargen shared that statistic with us on the podcast, and we were blown away! Sarah is the mastermind behind yesandyes.org where she is a writer, coach, and educator who helps people spend their time, money, and energy on purpose. We had her on the podcast to discuss how to craft goals that actually matter to you, create habits that support those goals, and what the ebbs and flows of the self-employed and creative life look like for her.

Resources We Talked About

Need to figure out what makes YOU happy? Sarah’s ebook might help you do that.

Sarah also teaches courses that can help you change your habits in the New Year. You can find her raved-about Habit School, Bank Boost, and more over here.

Here’s the link to Sarah’s free private Facebook Group called “Money + Happy” where -- you guessed it! -- the community talks about how to spend their money in ways that make them actually happy.

This podcast is the one Abbie shared about self-care for the different Enneagram numbers.

Books We Talked About

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk by Kathleen Rooney

I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Where to Find Sarah:

Website: http://yesandyes.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yesandyesblog/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yesandyesblog/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/yesandyesblog/

Here’s where you can find Abbie:

Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs

Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

Here’s where you can find Ashley:

Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites