The Type A Creative

In this episode we talk about: What comes to mind when Melissa hears "Type A" The desire to have several "balls in the air" at one time The stovetop model of life design for passion pluralites How our identity as an artist is impacted by the internal struggle of reconciling what we do with who we are Placing yourself in "artist boxes" Perfectionist paralysis impacting your work What it looks like to be Playing in the Creative Sandbox Creating with the purpose of following curiosity and having fun rather than strictly making a piece of art that will make money The ways that creatives get in their own way by making excuses The importance of tiny, daily acts in your art that are ridiculously achievable How practicing self-compassion allows you to better accomplish goals Creativity as self-care versus creativity being seen as indulgent How engaging in things that interest you refreshes and replenishes your willpower The ways in which the left brain can tend to the right brain and the right brain can tend to the