Access the video version of this podcast here. As creatives, we long for creative flow. In this episode I share some thoughts on how we impede it, how to work with it whether you are an intuitive or intentional artist and three concrete ways to welcome it into your art-making. BONUS CONTENT: I've made an accompanying ezine to go with this episode -…

Access the video version of this podcast here. Turning creative ideas into living things is the work of a creative magician! It means finding inspiration, learning to wrangle time and so much more. I learned that (again) as I found my way to making the biggest venture I have ever created - and I hope you're going to love it! BONUS CONTENT: I've mad…

Access the video version of this podcast here. I recently opened up the opportunity for Studio Yearbookers to submit their dreamboards for a 'reading'. In this episode of Creative Living with Jamie, I go through four dreamboards, sharing what I see and offering techniques for how you can learn to read your dreamboard like a tarot card! I also share…

Access the video version of this podcast here. In this episode of Creative Living with Jamie, I share how creating shows us what we're capable of. Plus I interview mixed media artist and Devotion alumna Lola Yang about how she approached being an artist as a mom of a young child and also how she made her dream of a minivan art studio come true! We …

I am so excited to move forward with a vision I have had for a long time: a video version of the Creative Living with Jamie Podcast. It's a work in progress and there's a lot to learn but it is such a joy to make a start. Here's the very first episode, which features an interview with artist Sam Tucker, who uses words and images to tell the stories…

What happens when you decide to embrace yourself as an artist? What is different when you make your creativity the centre of your life. These are just a few of the questions answered by an inspiring panel of creative artists, all of whom are graduates of my program, Devotion. We also talk about dispelling old beliefs, moving through the world as an…

As adults, it can be challenging to make new friends but finding others who share your love of art is worth the effort. Having art friends that not only 'get it' but who are are also 'in it' is incredibly important on the creative journey. The thing is, these art friends are not commonplace; they're precious. It can take a while to find them! That'…

There is an undiscovered country that exists in the arts, a world between play and professional – and there is magic there. If it speaks to your heart, you just might be called to the path of artistic devotion. Get show notes, transcripts and some journal prompts inspired by this episode here.By Jamie Ridler Studios

As we celebrate the arrival of summer, let's journal together to find the joys of the season and explore the magic of fire! Get show notes, transcripts and some journal prompts inspired by this episode here.

Sharing our creative work on Facebook and other social media platforms brings up all kinds of resistance and fears. In this episode of Creative Living with Jamie, Jamie addresses a listener question, "How do you face the Facebook demons?" Get show notes, transcripts and some journal prompts inspired by this episode here.…

Where did you lose your creative joy? For many hidden artists it was when assessment came into play. Someone's criticism shut us down and made us believe that the arts were outside our reach. This is never true. Let's look at the ways we can bring back that joy - along with another secret ingredient you might not expect! Get show notes, transcripts…

How do you politely set boundaries around your creative time and space? In this first Ask Jamie episode, I offer some advice to a listener who is creating a unique studio space and share a few reasons why people so often tread heavily on our artistic hearts! Get show notes, transcripts and journal prompts inspired by this episode at Jamie Ridler St…

We creatives seem to have piles of journals, notebooks and sketchbooks of all kinds! I have so many it's hard to keep track but through it all there are three journals that form my core creative practice. Today I'll share my three essential journals, the purpose of each one and how I use them. I hope it will inspire some new and helpful journaling …

Every season I love to make a plan for my artistic pursuits. I thought it would be fun for us to do this together and so I made this planning workshop for you! I hope it nourishes your creative fire this season. Get video version, show notes, complete transcripts and the journal prompts from this episode at Jamie Ridler Studios.…

When times are tough, personally or around the globe, how do we show up for our lives, our art and one another? Get complete show notes and some journal prompts inspired by this episode at Jamie Ridler Studios.By Jamie Ridler Studios

Often artists are highly sensitive people. Learning to navigate the world and our work through the gift of our sensitivity can open a whole world of possibility and healing for the creative soul. Get complete show notes and some journal prompts inspired by this episode at Jamie Ridler Studios.By Jamie Ridler Studios

What would be different if finally you embraced yourself as an artist? What if there was a creative path that involved no gatekeepers, one that was just one decision away? Get complete show notes and journal prompts inspired by this episode at Jamie Ridler Studios.By Jamie Ridler Studios

Need a creative mentor? A writer and artist herself, coach Jamie Ridler helps creatives find the courage and confidence to fully embrace their artistic identity and to create the work that only they can make. Listen for inspiration, tips and strategies for bringing your creativity to life! Find out more at openthedoor.ca After 277 episodes and doze…

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 277): Drawing to a Close After many years of inspiration and great conversations, Creative Living with Jamie is drawing to a close. My heart is full of gratitude and I am looking forward to many new shared adventures together. Connect with Jamie If you’ve been looking for a place to fill your creative well, to di…

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 276): Fall Season Finale It's the end of another season in the studio and I'm delighted that my sister Shannon is here on the Creative Living with Jamie podcast to help celebrate. We talk about trends, social media and celebrate the season - plus share a little bit about what's coming next! Announcement: We also …

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 275): Finding Your Inner Compass When I stepped off the traditional road and started discovering my own path, I needed to find my inner compass. One question helped guide the way. Announcement: Join me for Planning Day! Visit the Academy for more details. Connect with Jamie If you’ve been looking for a place to f…

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 274): Too Late to Dream For most of my life, I felt like I was running behind, that it was too late for me to make my dreams come true. It took me a long time but eventually I found my way and I know that you can too. Announcement: Join me for Planning Day! Visit the Academy for more details. Connect with Jamie I…

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 273): The Vulnerable Awkwardness of Learning As I'm learning right now, stepping into new thing is always awkward and vulnerable - always! Luckily, with experience and a few strategies we can manage that discomfort and get to the prize on the other side! Connect with Jamie If you’ve been looking for a place to fi…

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 272): What is Creative Living? With this tea-for-two me-and-you episode we get back to basics. What is a creative life and why would you want to have one? I have my answer and, in traditional studio fashion, I want you to explore your answer too! Connect with Jamie If you’ve been looking for a place to fill your …

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 271): Follow Your Stubborn Spirit This tea-for-two me-and-you episode marks the start of a new chapter of Creative Living with Jamie. Today I share with you how I follow my stubborn spirit. I hope something in my story sparks something in yours. Connect with Jamie If you’ve been looking for a place to fill your c…

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest is Vanessa Mentor. Vanessa Mentor moves in the world as a Black Haitian Woman, Mom, Words Lover & Story Catalyst. She strongly believes that we all come to earth with the inner wisdom and personal resources that we need to live…

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 270): Interview with Janice MacLeod Discover what author and illustrator Janice MacLeod says is the multivitamin for your creative life! This practice led her from her job writing advertising copy to her life as an artist in Paris - and it's one you can start today! Janice MacLeod, the illustrator and the author …

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week, I’m hosting ITS SOLO. I’m answering ALLLLL of your Q’s on the areas of my life that rankle my own Impostor Complex: parenting, speaking, coaching, business. The things that matter the most to me. Ask me ANYTHING about those topics. I'…

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 269): Interview with Elly MacKay What frees you up to play with your art? How do you let go of work you've created? What do you wish someone had told you? These are just a few of the things visual artist Elly MacKay and I chat about as she shares her journey into become a magical world maker! Elly works from the …

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest is Tiffany Han. Hand raiser and yes sayer, Tiffany Han is a branding strategist for highly-creative women and host of the Raise Your Hand Say Yes podcast and co-host of the How to be Remarkable podcast. The love child of Terry …

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 268): Interview with Ivy Newport How do you return to your art after spending time away? Artist Ivy Newport shares how she did just that on her journey to becoming a creative guide. Ivy is a published artist, art instructor and creative guide. Her online collection of artistic workshops have served thousands of s…

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest is Jen Brown. Jen is a Trail Running and Triathlon Coach as well as the founder of Sparta Chicks, a community and coaching business that supports women who participate in endurance sports and outdoor adventures to chase their d…

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest is Jamie Ridler. Jamie Ridler, MA, CPCC, is the founder of Jamie Ridler Studios. Jamie inspires a passionate creative community, helping them find the courage and confidence to follow their dreams. Jamie’s creativity is fueled …

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest is Ricardo McRae. Ricardo is committed to creativity and commerce working together. Today, he’s bringing creativity to life as the Host of The Framing Podcast on iTunes and helping families across Canada as a licensed Financial…

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest Theresa Reed (aka “The Tarot Lady”) has been a full-time Tarot card reader for close to 30 years. She is the author of The Tarot Coloring Book, an illustrated tour through the world of Tarot with coloring sheets for every card …

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week’s guest is Lena West. Lena is the leading expert on how women entrepreneurs can successfully and sanely grow a business on their own terms. She is also the Founder of Crescent: The Mastermind Experience, the only business growth master…

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guests are Michelle Ward and Laura Simms. Michelle has been offering dream business guidance for creative women as The When I Grow Up Coach since 2008. Laura is an expert on meaningful work who challenges conventional wisdom by askin…

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest is Julie Daley, an educator, writer, consultant, and leadership coach who's led hundreds of people from all walks of life to develop their creativity and authentic leadership skills. Julie guides individuals from around the wor…

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest is Dr Michelle Mazur (like lazer). Michelle Mazur, Ph.D. delivers audacious breakthroughs for speakers who want to stand out, be the best-in-class in their field, and position themselves in a category of one. She is the CEO of …

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest is Staci J. Shelton. Staci is a performance consultant and fiber artist. She is passionate about people, process, and creativity…and knitting. Dissonance and liminal spaces are her playgrounds of possibility. Her work is helpin…

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest is Ronna Detrick. Ronna Detrick reconnects us with the sacred that exists all around us and especially within. She is a writer, a speaker, and a coach/Spiritual Director. She has been blogging for more than ten years, offering …

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest is Tara Gentile and we're talking Showing UP in Community. Tara Gentile is the founder of CoCommercial, a digital small business community for entrepreneurs serious about making money, impacting their communities, and transform…

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest is Molly Mahar. She is an entrepreneur, mama and adventurer obsessed with the intersection of joy, authenticity and community. As the founder of Stratejoy.com, she and her team provide thousands of women useful and inspiring st…

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler This week's guest is Randi Buckley. Randi's clients are women who sense that their personal identity is in flux in unsettled situations and big life decisions. Her work points toward exploring one's own divinity, in support of forging a personal…

Join us LIVE In the Spotlight on Crowdcast, Thursdays at 2pm EST : https://www.crowdcast.io/tanyageisler "In the Spotlight with Tanya Geisler" is a weekly live show that shines light on some of the biggest mindset challenges facing leaders and entrepreneurs today in their lives and in their work.

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 267): Season Finale! The summer season is coming to the close here at Jamie Ridler Studios, so it was time for the season finale of the podcast! My sister Shannon went live with me this morning and thanks to some wonderful viewers questions we talked about things like “How are you so productive?” “What do you do …

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 266): Interview with Jeanne Oliver What if good enough was perfect? What if you let yourself learn along the way? That's what artist and designer Jeanne Oliver did as she rediscovered her creative self and built an authentic creative business. Jeanne is married to her dream maker, Kelly, and the mother to three f…

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 265): Interview with Sam Bennett What if you could turn your whole life around from right where you are? I chat with Sam Bennett, author of Start Right Where You Are, about she did just that! Sam Bennett is the author of Start Right Where You Are and Get It Done. She created The Organized Artist Company to help c…

Creative Living with Jamie (episode 264): Interview with Mario Andres Robinson How do you pour love into a painting? That's the impossible question I asked artist Mario A. Robinson after his portraits made me cry. I'm delighted he was willing to answer this question and many more on Creative Living with Jamie. Mario studied at the prestigious Pratt…

Do you shy away from showing your own artistry? Have you been tempted to give up your creative dreams? Mixed media artist Mou Saha shares what she’s learned about staying the course and her prolific and positive creative life will encourage you to do the same!Mou Saha is a mixed media artist who has been widely featured in industry publications, ap…