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The Creative Collective

The Creative Collective

著者： Allie Joy and Emily Sharp
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The Creative Collective Podcast is an inviting space where we explore how creativity can weave its way into everyday life and help us feel more connected to ourselves and others. Hosted by licensed art therapists Allie Joy and Emily Sharp, it’s rooted in one simple belief: you don’t have to be an artist to benefit from creativity. You just need a little curiosity and a willingness to begin. Each week, we share honest conversations and practical tools to support a creative life that feels sustainable, accessible, and truly yours. Welcome to your creative community.Allie Joy and Emily Sharp アート
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  • Is Doing Nothing the Secret to Being More Creative? with Melissa Grisi

    Is Doing Nothing the Secret to Being More Creative? with Melissa Grisi
    2026/08/31

    What happens when you stop trying so hard to be creative?


    This week, we’re joined by therapist and ceramic artist Melissa Grisi to talk about creativity, clay, imposter syndrome, and what it actually looks like to find your way back to making when you feel stuck.


    Melissa shares how clay has followed her through different chapters of her life, why it took her years to fully claim the word “artist,” and how slowing down has completely changed her relationship with creativity.


    We also get into creative blocks, the pressure to constantly produce, why sitting in your creative space without making anything still counts, and the surprisingly tiny steps that can help you reconnect when creativity feels far away.


    Plus, we talk about redefining what it means to be creative, finding inspiration in your environment, building a “menu” of things that support you, and why sometimes the first step back into creativity is simply getting the pencils out.


    In this episode:

    • finding your way back to creativity after a long break

    • creative blocks and making the first step much smaller

    • imposter syndrome as an artist and therapist

    • why slowing down and doing less can make space for ideas

    • letting go of the pressure to perform or post your creativity

    • how our environments influence what we make

    • expanding our definition of what “counts” as creativity

    • the art and craft of therapy

    • and, of course, a little clay appreciation


    If you’ve been feeling creatively stuck, disconnected, uninspired, or like you need to make something “good” before you even begin, this one’s for you.


    Resources & Links:

    • Melissa Grisi, LCSW - Blue Sky Therapy
    • Melissa's Instagram: @the_desert_therapist
    • Allie's cyanotype supply picks


    Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode, follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ or visit our ⁠website⁠ to learn more. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, you can apply ⁠here.⁠

    You can find Allie on ⁠Instagram⁠ or her ⁠website⁠, and you can find Emily on ⁠Instagram⁠ or her ⁠website⁠ to learn more about all they do and stay connected


    You can find Austin on ⁠Instagram⁠ for all of your podcasting and musical needs


    If you enjoyed this episode, follow along and share it with someone who could use a little more creativity in their life.


    And this is your reminder that you don't have to be an artist to benefit from creativity. You're welcome, as you are, in this creative community.
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    44 分
  • 15. Did We Accidentally Ruin Whimsy?

    15. Did We Accidentally Ruin Whimsy?
    2026/08/24

    Whimsy is having a moment.


    Searches are up, whimsymaxxing is everywhere, brands are bedazzling their products, and what started as people sharing the tiny, weird things they do to make ordinary life more fun has somehow turned into… a shopping list.


    So, did we accidentally lose the point?


    This week, we’re talking about what whimsy actually means, why we think so many adults are craving more play, color, silliness, nostalgia, and everyday magic right now, and whether something changes when a mindset becomes an aesthetic you can buy.


    And because neither of us is about to pretend we don't also love ridiculous little objects that make us happy, we're asking a more complicated question: can buying something be whimsical too?


    We get into whimsy as permission to play, making mundane things feel magical, reconnecting with the things you loved as a kid, using creativity to practice play again, and why whimsy might even be a tiny form of rebellion against a culture that wants everything we do to be productive.


    Plus: emergency purse sprinkles, googly eyes on household appliances, medieval soundtracks for doing the dishes, the most whimsical fruit, and why you should probably just use the good stickers already.


    Because maybe whimsy isn't something you can buy, maybe it's a way of moving through the world.


    Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode, follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ or visit our ⁠website⁠ to learn more. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, you can apply ⁠here.⁠

    You can find Allie on ⁠Instagram⁠ or her ⁠website⁠, and you can find Emily on ⁠Instagram⁠ or her ⁠website⁠ to learn more about all they do and stay connected


    You can find Austin on ⁠Instagram⁠ for all of your podcasting and musical needs


    If you enjoyed this episode, follow along and share it with someone who could use a little more creativity in their life.


    And this is your reminder that you don't have to be an artist to benefit from creativity. You're welcome, as you are, in this creative community.
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    30 分
  • 14. Art Is Your Superpower with Leah Guzman

    14. Art Is Your Superpower with Leah Guzman
    2026/08/17
    Somewhere along the way, most of us picked up the idea that creativity is something you have to earn — that you need the right studio space, the right technical skills, and a long stretch of free time before you're allowed to make anything. Our conversation today our our creativity podcast takes all of that apart.Leah Guzman is a board-certified art therapist with twenty years in the field, an artist, and the author of five books on creativity and healing. She's spent twenty-two years working in school systems, and she founded the Creative Soul Society, an online community that meets weekly to make art together — and that turns six the week we recorded.We love how practical this creativity conversation is. Leah talks about how showing up is the hardest part of any creative practice, and how that's a solvable problem. She talks about the systems that get her there: art journals small enough to travel, creative time written into the calendar like an appointment, a thirty-dollar table that means she can leave a mess out and come back to it. She also talks about what she's learned watching people arrive in her community from every possible starting point, including the ones who show up certain they aren't artists.If you've been meaning to get back to something, this is a good one to have on while you do.In this episode:The six-layer birthday cake art journal Leah built for her community's anniversary, and how to make one for yourselfWhy showing up is the hard part, and the systems that get you past it — travel-sized art journals, creative time in the calendar, a mess you're allowed to leave outEmily on carving linoleum when every part of her brain said there wasn't timeThe three questions Leah asks herself every morning, answered with a scribble and a bit of watercolor in about five minutesWhy the people in her community keep coming back, and what she thinks is really happening when creative people gatherAllie on the reframe that gets used most: who said anything about painting?The member who spent years refusing to call herself an artist — and the day she stoppedWhat Leah says, without hedging, to anyone who has decided they aren't creativeThe stretch of Leah's life when she was giving creativity away all day and keeping none of it, and how she found her way backWhat happens when the person teaching everyone else to make art stops making it for herself?Leah Guzman has been a board-certified art therapist for twenty year and has written five books on creativity and healing, while working in school systems. She has also had a stretch of her life where everything looked good on paper and nothing felt good underneath it — a period she describes as her dark night of the soul, when she was giving creativity away all day and making none of it for herself.Resources & Links:Creative Soul Society — Leah's website and online creative community@creative.soul.society - Leah on InstagramOmega Institute - workshops and residencies Mod Podge — decoupage your own oyster shells Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode, follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ or visit our ⁠website⁠ to learn more. If you'd like to be a guest on the show, you can apply ⁠here.⁠ You can find Allie on ⁠Instagram⁠ or her ⁠website⁠, and you can find Emily on ⁠Instagram⁠ or her ⁠website⁠ to learn more about all they do and stay connectedYou can find Austin on ⁠Instagram⁠ for all of your podcasting and musical needsIf you enjoyed this episode, follow along and share it with someone who could use a little more creativity in their life.And this is your reminder that you don't have to be an artist to benefit from creativity. You're welcome, as you are, in this creative community.
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    37 分
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