• 022: Sustainable Fashion and Creative Identity for Women with Emily Petroff
    2026/03/03

    What if your closet could become a catalyst for confidence, community, and creative impact?

    Aimee Carlson sits down with Emily Petroff, founder of Switch Society, to explore how creative expression through clothing can transform the way women see themselves and show up in the world. From hosting a simple clothing exchange to building a membership-based circular fashion business, Emily shares how sustainable fashion, access over ownership, and conscious consumerism are reshaping not just closets, but confidence and community. The conversation dives into creative identity, body image, textile waste, and the power of giving yourself permission to try something new.

    Through community building, social impact, and bold vision, Emily reveals how creativity can fuel sustainable business models and meaningful change. This conversation is a reminder that shedding what no longer serves you is sometimes the most powerful creative act of all.

    Connect with Aimee:

    https://www.sheforcecoach.com

    With special appreciation to Crooked Line Studios https://crookedlinestudio.com in Billings, MT for their collaboration.

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    36 分
  • 021: How Painting Helps You Process Grief and Find Joy
    2026/02/24

    Grief can break your heart open, but creativity can help you put it back together in unexpected ways.

    In this heartfelt conversation, Aimee Carlson sits down with Barb Erickson to explore how painting became a lifeline after the sudden loss of her husband. What began as a simple art class turned into a powerful practice of healing, emotional expression, and rediscovering joy. Barb shares how community art classes, generosity through creativity, and even surprising subconscious symbolism in her paintings helped her move through grief while still honoring love.

    This conversation is a reminder that grief and joy can coexist, and that creative expression can become a bridge between them. If you have ever wondered whether art could help you heal, this story offers permission to try.

    Connect with Aimee:

    https://www.sheforcecoach.com

    With special appreciation to Crooked Line Studios https://crookedlinestudio.com in Billings, MT for their collaboration.

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    30 分
  • 020: When to Quit for Creativity and Let Go of Guilt
    2026/02/17

    What if quitting is the very thing that could bring your creativity back to life?

    Aimee Carlson explores the psychology of quitting and how the sunk cost fallacy keeps us stuck in creative projects long after the spark is gone. She shares powerful insights from Annie Duke’s research on decision making, along with a striking story that reveals how hard it can be to walk away even when we know we should. Through relatable examples like unfinished knitting projects, half-written books, and cluttered craft rooms, Aimee invites you to rethink what it means to stop.

    Quitting does not have to mean failure. It can be a courageous act of creative alignment that clears space for lightness, play, and fresh inspiration.


    Connect with Aimee:

    https://www.sheforcecoach.com

    With special appreciation to Crooked Line Studios https://crookedlinestudio.com in Billings, MT for their collaboration.


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    13 分
  • 019: Finding Your Creative Voice Through Self Trust with Elysia Skye
    2026/02/10

    What happens when you stop creating for approval or money and start creating from truth?

    This conversation explores creativity as a lived experience rather than a performance, weaving together intuition, authenticity, and self-trust as essential foundations for creative expression. Through stories of advocacy, reinvention, and honoring inner guidance, the discussion highlights how clarity emerges when you listen to what you truly want and permit yourself to follow it.

    Creativity becomes lighter, more powerful, and more sustainable when rooted in alignment rather than obligation. Trusting yourself is not only an artistic choice but a life-changing one.

    Connect with Elysia Skye:

    https://elysiaskye.com/

    Connect with Aimee:

    https://www.sheforcecoach.com

    With special appreciation to Crooked Line Studios https://crookedlinestudio.com in Billings, MT for their collaboration.

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    54 分
  • 018: Creative Movement as a Path to Health, Play, and Self-Expression
    2026/02/03

    Movement does not have to look one way or follow someone else’s rules.

    This conversation invites a shift from rigid ideas about exercise into a more expansive relationship with movement that includes creativity, imagination, play, and self-expression. Through personal stories and years of experience teaching movement, the idea of reframing exercise as something expressive and life-giving takes center stage.

    When movement becomes something you explore rather than something you check off a list, it opens the door to physical, emotional, mental, and even spiritual benefits. The invitation here is simple and powerful. Find what lights you up in this season and give yourself full permission to move in a way that feels alive.

    Connect with Aimee:

    https://www.sheforcecoach.com

    With special appreciation to Crooked Line Studios https://crookedlinestudio.com in Billings, MT for their collaboration.

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    12 分
  • 017: How Creativity Helps You Move Through Transitions
    2026/01/27

    Creativity is not something you lose during transitions. It is something you may need to invite back in.

    Life transitions arrive in many forms, from unexpected endings to long-anticipated milestones. Some shifts feel exciting and intentional, while others place us in survival mode where creativity feels distant or unavailable. This conversation explores how creativity can be a quiet companion during moments of change, offering space, breath, perspective, and gentle support when the path feels unclear.

    By consciously partnering with creativity, transitions can become opportunities for play, awareness, and new ways of relating to what is unfolding. Whether a change feels monumental or subtle, creativity remains present, waiting to be acknowledged and welcomed as you cross into what comes next.

    Connect with Aimee:

    https://www.sheforcecoach.com

    With special appreciation to Crooked Line Studios https://crookedlinestudio.com in Billings, MT for their collaboration.

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    10 分
  • 016: Creativity During Life Transitions and Big Shifts
    2026/01/20

    Creativity often becomes most alive when life shifts beneath our feet. This conversation explores how creative practices can become grounding anchors during seasons of transition, uncertainty, and identity change.

    Through stories of family, business building, grief, and fulfillment, the discussion reveals how creativity shows up not only in art, but in systems, silence, problem-solving, and daily rituals that restore footing. From art journaling to haiku writing, creative structure becomes a way to process emotion without carrying its weight forward.

    At its heart, this episode is an invitation to trust creativity as a companion through change, offering validation, color, and spaciousness when the next horizon is not yet clear.

    Connect with Aimee:

    https://www.sheforcecoach.com

    With special appreciation to Crooked Line Studios https://crookedlinestudio.com in Billings, MT for their collaboration.

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    30 分
  • 015: Navigating Personal Transformation Through Creativity
    2026/01/13

    Creative transformation often begins long before clarity arrives.

    Leaving familiar roles can open unexpected space for intuition, creativity, and deep personal growth. Aimee Carlson and Gema Liberty explore what happens when old identities fall away and the creative process feels messy, uncertain, and deeply human. Through reflection, shared experience, and the metaphor of the dragonfly, this conversation speaks to the courage it takes to trust inner guidance and allow evolution without forcing outcomes.

    Transformation rarely happens in isolation, and being witnessed can change everything. This dialogue offers reassurance for anyone navigating change, reminding us that creativity and intuition work together to guide the becoming.

    Connect with Gema and Dragonfly School:

    https://Dragonflyschool.earth

    https://dragonfly-school.kit.com/8735bd550a

    Connect with Aimee:

    https://www.sheforcecoach.com

    With special appreciation to Crooked Line Studios https://crookedlinestudio.com in Billings, MT for their collaboration.

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    31 分