Color And Happy : A Podcast About Creativity

Hi there. Thanks for listening - come check out the full Hear Motherhood experience at http://hearmotherhood.com   On this episode of the Hear Motherhood podcast, Amber Perrodin of The Little Craft Show, Team Springdale and Perrodin Supply Company talks about her journey from majoring in Fine Arts to becoming a creative brand manager. This conversation is all about the juggle that this creative mom faces as she works at home (“Why can’t you play Barbies with me?!”) and her version of creative tough love (one word: entrepreneurship). In this conversation you will also hear: How she manages four brands Why getting an art degree wasn’t an option… but a “have-to” How necessity was the mother of her family’s creative businesses The value of recording your day The role of food (specifically “the art of the oven”) in her creative family Her technique to sculpt an instagram post How her self proclaimed “hyper-sensitivity” helps her in her

Hello and thanks for listening! Want to receive all the creative mama goodness? Come join the party. On today’s solo show I get super personal about something that I struggle with a lot: mom guilt. Truth be told- I struggled with guilt before I became a mom. (I was seriously that weird kid that cried when my little brother did something wrong.) But being a mom puts guilt in a totally new (and much more harsh!) light. While some it is society / social media induced (“Pinterest perfect” is a thing for a reason!), I would argue that most of it comes from our own thinking about ourselves and the world. In this conversation you will also hear: My reasoning on why negative emotions are the most helpful Why guilt is an indicator of being a good mom How guilt is like a hyper sensitive newborn Why all the moms on Hear Motherhood are asked to go beyond the things they choose to highlight on their Instagram feed The real questions I ask myself when I’m spending time on this podcast instead

Thanks for stopping by! Check out hearmotherhood.com for all the creative mama goodness!! Homeschool, summer camp, launching a brand new product...with a business partner who lives across the country: Just reading the list of this creative mama’s accomplishments makes me tired. In this episode of Hear Motherhood, Danielle of Crafting Connections shares how she is adamant about claiming time to herself first thing in the morning and how this helps her be a better mom and a more creative person. In this conversation you will also learn: Why she & her partner decided to press pause on her digital and print magazine AND How they made their work fit who they were again. How she feeds herself creatively. Why she uses social media first thing in the morning despite some reservations Her definition of the best five days (which I describe it as “mom sleep over camp”) How she’s dealing with the ebb and flow of her children’s independence The benefit of summer camps to home school

Imagine for a minute that you and your family had the opportunity to escape the everyday experience of the suburbs and move to a cozy cottage on a craggy shore of Scotland. For Alison Chino, a travel writer from my home state of Arkansas, this isn’t an afternoon daydream but the life she, her husband, and their four kids have been living for the past two years.   I’m excited for you to hear Alison’s strategy on Hear Motherhood on how she is able to combine her two creative loves (the outdoors and writing) alongside being the best mother she can be.   In this conversation, you’ll learn: What it's like to move four kids across the globe for three years. How Alison claimed her title of "writer" after years of struggle. Tips to become a travel writer. The importance of finding your creative sweet spot. How indulging in her “guilty pleasure” makes her a better mom. Her counterintuitive productivity tip that allows her to maximize her writing time. Strate

Ellen was like a lot of young twenty-somethings: She had a rocking career and a great set of girl friends when she met the man who would become her husband.  While she’s not one to obsess about “happily ever after”, she knew that he was special and the life she had lived up to that point was about to change.   As the first guest of Hear Motherhood, Ellen and I talk about both the opportunities and challenges that motherhood brings to a creative.   In this session you’ll hear: Why a colicky baby became her motivation to blog How she stumbled her way into being a contributor for HGTV DIY Network Why it’s not about having lots of readers but the right reader The one thing about motherhood that drives her crazy What she’s thinking when her daughter is acting out Why it took this former yoga teacher three years to get serious about exercising after she became a mother Her travel rituals & the reasoning behind her recorded “love messages&rdq

Hello! Welcome to Hear Motherhood, the podcast that asks, “Can motherhood and creativity coexist?”  In this episode I introduce myself, explain my initial fears of motherhood, and reveal my reasoning behind starting a parenting podcast as a brand new parent.   In this episode you will learn:   What my (super unattractive) mental image of myself was, once I became pregnant. Why I ask, “Am I doing this right?” a hundred times a day.(Hint: I have no clue what I’m doing.) The difference in not having any “extra” time and not having any “alone” time + how those two concepts are equally important for this creative introvert. How fried food was both a blessing and a curse during my pregnancy. Why Hear Motherhood will follow creative moms through a “day-in-the-life”.   THANKS FOR LISTENING! It would be awesome if you shared Hear Motherhood with your fellow #creativemamas on twitter. Click here to tweet some love! If you