Creative, Happy Life Podcast

Trigger warning: the end portion of this episode discusses loss and grief, and may be heavy for certain audiences. In episode 17, we sit down and reminisce over memories of learning various crafts and skills, from crochet and sewing, to favorite things we enjoyed seeing our mom make, our own creative experiments, and some creative things we discovered we do NOT enjoy through trying new things. We also discuss various learning styles and the current state of public education. And we end the episode discussing special and meaningful things that other people have made for us, which leads to emotional discussion of grief and healing through art and creativity.

In this episode, we discuss reconnecting as family and humans, how people have different styles of communication and conversation, and we ask the big question - what IS creativity?

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I was so happy to spend time chatting with Jess Parks, the designer, maker and creative heart behind MissLouMakes. We discussed her journey to becoming a full time maker, what inspires her work, using creative projects to relieve stress, and more!

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To continue the conversation and dive deeper into your own creative exploration, head over to my new, private Facebook group, Awakening the Creative Spirit, and connect with fellow creatives.

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Are you a multi-passionate person? Have you heard that word before? I heard it for the first time a couple years ago, and things started to click together in my mind and in my heart, about my creative interests, skills, and the work I wanted to do. And surprising to absolutely no one, it meant going against the grain, shattering expectations, and ensuring I was the writer of my own story. To learn more about my work, visit www.shannon-sorensen.com and become a Patreon supporter at patreon.com/shannonsorensen.

In this episode, Meg shares her journey of falling in love with dance and theater, getting her BFA at UConn, and personal experiences of love and loss along the way. She was also the first person to answer my “wrap up” questions at the end, and trust me when I say, you’re going to want to listen to every word she says. There are just so much good, inspiring, uplifting, and important things that she shares. This episode brings up cancer, death, and spirituality, which may be a sensitive topic to some, but I hope by listening, Meg’s journey inspires you to think in new ways, find what makes you happy, and live a beautiful life.

Meg O'Brien is my guest on episode 8, and she is serving up some beautiful and important truths about the necessity of the arts in education and in humanity. We talked about silver linings during the global pandemic of Covid-19, pushing through fear, and how learning the basic tools of theater will give you skills to carry you through life. Meg talks about how the arts are keeping us sane and how everyone in the world, in some way, is touched by art. Join the Creative Happy Life Community on Facebook for more discussion and inspiration!

Episode 7 of the Creative, Happy Life Podcast is all about those times when you don’t feel happy or creative. They happen to all of us, and especially in the midst of the events happening in our world right now, there are a lot of big, hard feelings to process. In this episode, I’m sharing some personal things that have happened during our time staying at home. It’s a bit of a heavier show than usual, but an important conversation to have, about the scope of being human, and the wide range of emotions we experience.

This week I have my very first guest - my husband, Sean! We’re stuck at home together, so we might as well make the most of the time, right? In this episode, we talk about how it’s going with both of us working at home, while in quarantine together with the kids, we hear a bit from Lily about distance learning, and how we’re doing adjusting to the weird "new normal" while we try to flatten the curve. Recorded March 28, 2020

Recorded on Thursday, March 12, 2020. It is all about tips for people who will be working from home, possibly for the first time, and ideas and resources for learning activities to do with your kids! I wanted to offer some encouragement for how to tend to your own mental wellness, and perhaps cope and find calm through creativity. You’ll find even more resources and ideas listed below in the show notes at creativehappylifepodcast.com, so you can easily look for what you need and might find to be helpful. Join the Creative, Happy Life Community on Facebook and follow CreativeHappyLifePodcast on Instagram for more information and inspiration!

Have you ever heard someone say “I’m not a creative person”. Whenever someone says that to me, it just makes me sad, I want to give them a hug and look them in their eyes and say “Yes! Actually you are!" We need to stop thinking of creativity under the umbrella of talent and skill and final products. Creativity is in all of us. This episode was recorded February 2020.