Conversations in the space between arts, creativity, holistic wellbeing and entrepreneurship. Hosted by Ellen Franklyn-Carr - holistic & trauma sensitive coach for artists and creatives; trauma sensitive yoga teacher & creative practitioner. Creating a rebel army of nourished artists, creating heart-led work with the potential to change the world. ellenfranklyncarr.substack.com
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Hello! It’s another interview episode of the Create Shift podcast. This time with a coach I’ve been working with since 2020, the wonderful Ray Dodd. In this episode we talk all things money making and creativity. We also manage to discuss Lin Manuel Miranda (why not?!), the spreadsheet olympics (because apparently that’s a real thing) and Ray wins …
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Hello! On today’s episode of Create Shift I’m telling you the bizarre story of how I got the best creative advice I ever received, how I didn’t even realise that’s what it was for years (because honestly it kinda pissed me off) and I’m letting you know what that advice was. Links, references, resources * My Alchemy single session coaching package i…
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Welcome to another episode of Create Shift. In today’s solo episode I’m diving into the topic of procrastination. Is it a helpful part of the creative processes, a block to be battled through and overcome or perhaps neither of those? If you feel like procrastination is something you’ve come up against many times, this episode will offer you a fresh…
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Following your own creative path with Kimberly Kuniko
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It’s time for another episode of the Create Shift podcast! I hope you enjoy listening to this conversation with my guest Kimberly Kuniko (aka Lacelit). This is a beautiful conversation filled with magic all about creativity, the ‘rules’ around it and our mutual desire to abandon them. If you’re in a place where you feel your artistic identity is sh…
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Ambition, integrity and slowing down with Tutku Barbaros
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Welcome back to the Create Shift podcast. It’s been a little while since I released a new episode, and even longer since I did an interview. I’m so excited to share today’s interview episode with writer Tutku Barbaros. Tutku is a writer – across forms – of Turkish Cypriot heritage from south-east London. She is an alumna of the Royal Court Writers'…
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Discover the magic of going with your own flow
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It’s another episode of Create Shift! In this episode I am talking about: * My practice of flowing with the energy of nature & resistance felt towards this * The magical things that happen when we start to trust our own intuition and flow (lessons learned from my own experience & my clients’) * Building up evidence that going with your own flow (an…
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It’s so easy to get caught in the ‘new year new you’ energy that society pushes on us. Easy to feel full of ‘shoulds’ and bad about not having started all the things yet. Here’s my alternative to all of that. A reminder that January is not nature’s new year, and it’s okay to (good, even) to take things slow. Mentions: The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide …
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In this episode of Create Shift I’m talking about the ‘other’ in our creative processes. Asking, who are we making our art for? When is this ‘other’ actually useful to think of, and when isn’t it? Often I find we can get caught up in thinking about this ‘other’ and it can become detrimental to our practice. Today I’m offering a few different ways t…
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Trauma sensitive theatre & performance making
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The beta version of my Trauma Sensitive Theatre & Performance Making Course is now available to sign up to. Find all the information here. In this episode of the podcast I talk about why I think it’s absolutely vital for theatre and performance making spaces to be trauma sensitive. I hope you can join me on the course. https://ellenfranklyncarr.com…
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My podcast Create Shift is back! Expect supportive and inspiring conversations at the intersection of creative and artistic practice, holistic wellbeing and entrepreneurship. I love sending audio notes to my coaching clients in our weekly check in spaces, and I’m always recording my own notes and ideas. So, getting back to the podcast was naturally…
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Lisa de Jong on the menstrual cycle, stress & burnout
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In today's episode Ellen is joined by returning guest Lisa de Jong to discuss all things menstrual cycle. Lisa de Jong is a health coach specialising in the menstrual cycle, chronic pain, and trauma. She works with clients 1:1 all around the world and is also a training provider of a globally accredited menstrual cycle coaching professional trainin…
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Pt2 Nutrition, Stress and Burnout with Emma Newlyn
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Today’s episode is part 2 of Ellen being joined by returning guest Emma Newlyn discussing all things nutrition, stress and burnout. If you haven’t listened to part 1 yet we suggest you head over to that and listen first and then come back to this one. In this episode Emma dives more deeply into specific vitamins that can support our ability to deal…
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Pt1 Nutrition, stress and burnout with Emma Newlyn
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In today’s episode Ellen is joined by returning guest Emma Newlyn. Emma is a naturopathic health coach, yoga teacher, holistic therapist & writer. She specialises in blending ancient wisdom and modern wellness in her Whole Health consultations and coaching with clients, as well as leading educational courses teaching others how to bring Ayurveda, T…
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The number one thing to do if you want to be more productive
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In this episode we’re talking about the number one thing to do if you want to be more productive. This may surprise you, and it certainly isn’t one of the productivity hacks or tips that are so often shared. What we’re talking about here is trust. We discuss how self-trust, and trust of those you work with is SO important and how not having trust c…
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The importance of meeting yourself as you are each day
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In this episode of Create Shift we’re discussing how important it is to acknowledge that as humans, we can’t be expected to be the same each day. It’s much better to practice meeting ourselves as we are each day, and this can help our interactions with other people too. We discuss how doing this can support us in our working days, and in our manage…
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In today’s episode we discuss the notion of being in control, and the paradox that what’s helpful is working on controlling what you can control (usually yourself) and remembering that you can’t control anything else. We talk about how creating a sense of being in control of some things can be supportive for our nervous systems, and create a sense …
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Connecting to the more than human world with Agnes Becker
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In today’s episode Ellen is joined by guest Agnes Becker of We Are Stardust. They discuss the concept that we’re burnt out people living on a burnt out planet, and the role re-connecting with nature has to play in our own recovery. Agnes Becker is an artist, science communicator and creator of We Are Stardust - a place where art and science colli…
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This episode is the third in our 3 part mini-series on ways to avoid burnout. In this part we’re exploring ways to avoid burnout when you’re an employer and responsible for others as well as yourself. We touch on several areas to consider and connect with when you’re considering burnout on an organisational level, and wanting to create a working cu…
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This episode is the second in our 3 part mini-series on ways to avoid burnout. In this part we’re exploring ways to avoid burnout when you’re employed. We touch on several areas to consider and connect with when you’re working for somebody else and wanting to create a working life that doesn’t lead to burnout. Hopefully this will give you some insp…
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This episode is the start of our 3 part mini-series on ways to avoid burnout. In this first part we’re exploring ways to avoid burnout when you’re self-employed. We touch on several areas to consider and connect with when you’re working for yourself and wanting to create a working life that doesn’t lead to burnout. Hopefully this will give you some…
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Embodiment and why re-connecting to your body is important in burnout recovery
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In today's episode of Create Shift we're sharing our experiences with re-connecting to our bodies, and discussing how this is vital for burnout recovery. We chat about how Western society can be very much neck up, and how this is detrimental to human wellbeing. We also offer some guidance around re-connecting with your body. Thanks for listening! E…
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What if you lived a life you didn't need a holiday from?
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What would it be like to live a life you didn't need a holiday from? How would that feel? And how does the thought of that make you feel? This is what we're discussing in today's episode of the podcast. It's a powerful and provocative question that can get us really thinking about the way we live, the way we want to live and changes we might want t…
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Today we're talking about ambition. A really important, and often sticky, topic when it comes to burnout recovery and moving out of the cycle of burnout. Inspired by what Jamie Varon writes in her book about no longer allowing her ambition to be bigger than her wellbeing, we're talking about letting go of ambitions when they're harmful to your well…
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As The Good Space shifts direction to focus on supporting healing from burnout, we bring you a bit of a different episode. Kate interviews Ellen today, as she shares her story with burnout over the past decade and how she got to a place of recovering from being stuck in the burnout cycle. For full show notes including any links and resources refere…
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I felt like a permanent failure until I realised this
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In this solo episode Ellen shares a recent learning she had about following a path that wasn't hers. She shares how, when we let go of the achievements we're measuring ourselves against and embrace our own paths, the weight of perceived failure can fall away. She also shares about a current special offer we're running on our coaching packages. You …
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In a world where we're constantly told to strive for more, bigger, better we think it's vital to slow down & to ask ourselves "is that ambition actually mine?" In this episode Ellen shares a powerful quote she recently stumbled across that encouraged her to reflect on ambition, everyday magic & the importance of making sure our ambitions are actual…
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Productivity is not a stick to beat yourself with!
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In this episode we're discussing productivity, our relationships with it and how we're reframing our beliefs around it. If you feel like the way our society views productivity is messed up and needs to change, this is the episode for you! May it help you on your way to unhooking from the drive to constant productivity that's drilled into us from an…
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This episode is a little encouragement to support you on your journey with living life differently to how we're told it should go. A reminder that it takes courage to do this. It can often feel messy, slow and frustrating - and that's okay. We share from our personal journeys with doing this work, and discuss what has helped us most along the way. …
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How would life be different if we allowed ourselves to put the good things first? If we oriented it towards our pleasure? This is what we discuss in this podcast episode, as well as why this feels so hard to do (because it's radical and counter-cultural). For full show notes including any links and resources referenced head to our websitethegood-sp…
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Course correcting when you realise you're out of alignment
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We took a week off the podcast so we could prioritise our time working on something new that had come up. In this episode we share what that is, and how we realised that we'd not been in alignment with ourselves when we first put together our collaborative coaching package! We talk about how it feels to not be in alignment, and how different the en…
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What if there was nothing wrong with you?
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This might just be the most powerful episode of the podcast to date, even though it's the shortest! We discuss one SUPER deep question: what if there was nothing wrong with you? This really gets to the heart of our work, and how we want to support you to live your lives. We hope you find this episode supportive, inspiring, powerful and maybe even c…
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In this episode we're talking all about the ego and how the practice of identifying with it less, and noticing when it's the one in the driver's seat has been helpful for us. We talk a bit about the ego in Yoga philosophy, and offer some ideas for ways to begin developing awareness around how it's showing up in your own life. For full show notes in…
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In today's episode Kate and I discuss the phrase 'making your outsides match your insides' that Kate read in an email from Nicole Antoinette. It's a phrase that feels very aligned with the work we do here at The Good Space, supporting you to live a life connected to your true self. Listen for us sharing about our past selves, our journeys with beco…
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In this episode we discuss values. Such a hot topic and a bit of a buzzword in the online coaching/personal development space. Kate shares some of the issues and sticking points she’s personally found with this idea of identifying a core set of values and living by them forever, and through this we explore some of the problems with this idea of val…
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Work Magic Mini Series: Rework your relationship to work with Work Magic
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In this final episode of the Work Magic mini-series, we talk more about how the Work Magic course is structured, what to expect each week, and reviews from the last time we ran the course. We explain how we are taking a different approach to running this course to be more adaptable and work collaboratively with those who choose to join us, and the …
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Work Magic Mini Series: Working with fun, flow and ease!
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Welcome to the third episode in the Work Magic mini-series. We get curious about where our magic lies in our work life, and share our experiences of finding our magic and working in a more intentional way. We talk about how you can connect with the things that feel really fun and easeful to do in your work, the benefits of working in this way, and …
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Work Magic Mini Series: Getting Clear on Your Boundaries
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Join us for the second episode in the Work Magic mini-series, where we discuss how it is often tricky to figure out what boundaries we want to put in place in our work life, and we offer some practical steps to start exploring your boundaries. Kate shares an exercise on how to use your thoughts and feelings to identify which boundaries feel good an…
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Work Magic Mini Series: The Myth of Consistency
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This podcast is the first in a 4 part mini-series, inspired by our course Work Magic. Over the next 4 episodes, we aim to give you an insight into the course and provide you with practical tools, inspiration and support to begin changing your relationship with work to one that is joyful and nourishing for you. To begin, we crack open the belief tha…
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Welcome back to the Create Shift podcast! We catch up on how we are feeling going into this new year, how we are looking after ourselves in this transitional phase, and what we have planned for The Good Space over the next few months. P.S. Ellen asked whether bears are still hibernating…it looks like the answer is, it depends! “No one bear behaves …
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Slow Living and Creativity with Elin Lööw
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In this episode I speak to creative coach and writer Elin Lööw about slow living, creativity, bringing slow living practices to creativity and being in the messy middle. For full show notes and links head here. Join my private Facebook community Create a Good Life to be part of a supportive community of others wanting to create a good life for them…
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The unfolding of The Good Space - my journey to come home to myself
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Hello and welcome back! Consider this my comeback episode of Create Shift. It's been about a year since the last episode, and my how things have shifted. Today I welcome inner forest guide Giulia Mazzola to the show to interview me! We talk about some big shifts that have happened in my business over the past year, as well as taking it way back to …
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S7 Ep3: S7,ep3 Finding Your Life Purpose with Misty Sansom
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In this episode of Create Shift I talk to Misty Sansom, a life purpose coach all the way from New Zealand! Misty is a writer and life purpose coach who helps people to figure out exactly what they’re meant to do in life and how to make it happen. Her work has been featured on the Huffington Post, the Daily Guru and MindBodyGreen, and she teaches pe…
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S7 Ep2: S7,ep2 Saying Yes to Your Happiness with Sarah Von Bargen
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In today's episode of Create Shift I chat with Sarah Von Bargen of yesandyes.org. Sarah is a writer and a coach, who helps people to spend their time, money and energy on purpose. I describe Sarah as a bit of a life guru, her website is such a treasure trove of practical and supportive blogs, e-books and course. I also find her Instagram a refreshi…
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S7 Ep1: S7, Ep1 Verity Gaida on Slow Living & Being Yourself
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In this episode of Create Shift I talk to Verity Gaida, a life coach, writer & slow living lover. On her website Verity uses these two beautiful phrases, that sum up her approach to life, work and everything in between. "I believe there is strength in stillness" "I believe in slow, soulful living" I really hope you enjoy our conversation and that i…
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S6 Ep8: S6,ep8 You Have to Give Yourself Permission to Do What You Want
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In this final episode of season 6 of Create Shift I talk about how it's up to us to give ourselves permission to do what we want. I share my experience of wanting to create my own dosha quiz and feeling like I couldn't because I didn't have the relevant qualifications/experience (despite, in reality, having both). I discuss how the universe is sing…
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S6 Ep7: S6,ep7 How to Bring Yoga Philosophy into Your Daily Life with Catherine Gallagher of Yoga with Catherine
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In today's episode of Create Shift I speak with Catherine Gallagher who runs the global yoga brand Yoga with Catherine. I wanted to bring Catherine onto the show specifically as I think she embodies living yoga as more than just the physical practice we do on our mats. Catherine and I have a lovely conversation about how she brings yoga philosophy …
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S6 Ep6: S6,ep6 Creating Morning and Evening Routines
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Oh hello! Welcome to another solo episode of Create Shift. Continuing on with the theme of routines I've been focusing on lately, in this episode I talk specifically about morning and evening routines. This short episode follows on nicely from s6,ep4 where I talk about using Ayurveda to schedule your day as in this episode I discuss the dominant do…
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S6 Ep5: S6,ep5 Sara Tasker on Female Entrepreneurs and a Feminine Way of Working
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I was thrilled to interview Sara Tasker of Me&Orla for season 6 of the podcast. Sara has been a sort of mentor to me with my business, although we've never met. Reading about Sara's journey as a female entrepreneur establishing her business, then falling down a rabbit hole reading her blogs, opened my eyes to the possibility of being able to run th…
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S6 Ep4: S6,ep4 Using Ayurveda to Schedule Your Day and Boost Productivity
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Hello! Create Shift S6,ep4 is another short solo episode and something of a follow on from last episode 3 where I spoke about creating a daily routine. In this episode I talk about how we can use the wisdom of Ayurveda to help ourselves schedule our days and boost productivity. It's a pretty practical episode, that I hope offers a simple way to sta…
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S6 Ep3: S6,ep3 The Importance of Routine During Times of Change
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In today's solo episode of Create Shift I'm discussing the importance of routine, and how it's especially important in challenging times such as the current World Pandemic we're facing. I acknowledge the positives, and the issues with routines and share how I've gone about creating my new weekly routine and daily rhythms. I hope this short episode …
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