Your Creative Mind
Behind every book, play, and song is a person juggling self-doubt, deadlines, and the drive to create. On Your Creative Mind, Izolda Trakhtenberg talks with writers, artists, musicians, and creative professionals about how they make their work and how they manage the stress and anxiety that often come with creating.
Through candid interviews and practical insights, you’ll learn storytelling techniques, mindfulness practices for creative professionals, and strategies for overcoming perfectionism in writing and art. Whether you’re searching for inspiration, tools to strengthen your resilience, or fresh ideas for balancing creativity and mental health, this podcast is your guide to creating with courage, clarity, and joy.
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Thursday Apr 25, 2019
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
Listen to this encore micro-episode to get techniques on how to rid yourself of self-judgment.
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Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
In this micro-episode recorded at the Panera, I describe funneling. This fantastic and simple technique will increase how much you get done. And it will transform what you focus on into the specific thing you need to do to succeed.
As part of the process, you'll need my free template for the Show Up Journal. You can get it here.
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Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
When your tech goes wrong, and you need it for your projects, you need a plan in place to handle it and get back on track.
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Monday Apr 22, 2019
Monday Apr 22, 2019
Today's encore micro-episode takes you through steps to break through blocks and to keep them from happening to begin with.
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Friday Apr 19, 2019
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
In order to free your creative spirit, you need to prep the mundane parts of your life. Flaubert said, "Be regular and orderly in your life so you may be wild and original in your work."
Listen to this micro-episode for tips on how to do just that.
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
If you're like me, tax season makes you want to tear your hair out. I know many creative entrepreneurs who go bonkers trying to sort everything and be ready to do taxes on time and correctly.
Every year, I promise to do better about sorting and preparing everything to do my taxes, and every year I fall behind and stress out at tax time.* But not this year. This year I've started a ritual that made taxes easy and mostly stress-free.
Listen to the episode to learn what I did to make taxes easy and not mind-numbingly stressful.
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Show Notes:
after:2019/4/7 before:2019/4/15
Self-Employed Estimated Taxes IRS website.
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes
How to find get the estimated taxes that you paid for this year (or whatever year you need).
Call 800 829 1040 to get the amount verbally. You’ll want to choose all the options that let you talk to an agent. When you get a live person, ask them for the dates and amounts of your estimated tax payments for the year you want. Then, order a transcript for later so you have written proof of how much you paid in estimated taxes.
* NOTE: I'm not a tax professional. This is just what I am doing to sort my receipts to make doing my taxes easier.
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
How do we judge a piece of art as worthy? Who decides the truth worth? Does art have intrinsic value or everything about it subjective? Listen to this micro-episode for ideas on this complicated topic.
Monday Apr 15, 2019
Monday Apr 15, 2019
How do you give yourself permission to create? What does it take to make room in your life to pursue your creative muse? Listen to this micro-episode to find out.
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
This micro-episode details the process of pulling out of the one and transitioning into the other. Our brains need the space to move between them. If we make that space, we will be more productive and creative. Listen to the episode to get ideas on how