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I Interviewed Dozens of Creatives Last Year — Here’s What I Learned
Last year was a crash course in creativity. I talked with writers, filmmakers, financial coaches, and life coaches — people chasing clarity, craft, and meaning in their work. The biggest lessons weren’t just about art. They were about how to live as an artist without losing your sanity, your family, or your financial footing. This…
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Clarity, Humility, and Business Savvy with Daryl Dittmer
We’ve all heard the myth that great art can only be born from chaos, substance abuse, and financial ruin. But does creativity actually thrive in the fog? I got to talk with life coach, mentor, and author Daryl Dittmer to bust these myths. Dittmer, author of When I Stopped Fighting and its sequel When You…
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The Perfectionist Trap: Why Your Polish is Killing Your Creative Career
I remember when I used to spend hours tweaking my podcast audio levels. Maybe you spend three weeks meticulously tweaking the intro of your video. You log into your editing software and spend three grueling hours slicing out every single “um,” “ah,” or slight pause from an interview track because you want it to sound…
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“Follow Your Passion” is a Lie
How many of you have heard this bit of advice: “Just follow your passion and the money will follow.” It is printed on posters, preached by well-meaning mentors, and echoed across every corner of the internet. It is comforting, it feels deeply inspiring—and it is an absolute trap. Believing this myth is exactly how highly…
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When the World Decides Who You’re Allowed To Be
I’ve been wanting a conversation with Jared Moses for some time now. Him and his team over at One Brilliant Arc (OBA) have helped me edit some of my works, and they’re doing great things. One of the things, aside from just being a book and screenplay editor, is that they are helping people with…
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When the Art World Won’t Save You
Julian’s life reads like a map of restless searching: born in London, raised under the Spanish sun, chasing meaning across continents until he landed in America. Julian talked about the financial panic, the spiritual exhaustion, and the constant tug-of-war between survival and creation. He told me about selling two massive paintings for twenty-five thousand dollars,…
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When Talent Isn’t Enough: What Ruth Douthitt Taught Me About Surviving as a Creative
Sometimes I feel too busy chasing the my dream and shaping it into something real real, only to find that my dream and the truth bump into each other, and it’s not a gentle bump either. It’s more like walking into a glass door you didn’t know was there. Talking with Ruth Douthitt brought that…
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When Your Dream Dies and You Still Win
Bart Merrell spent his entire youth chasing one dream: joining the FBI. He studied accounting even though he hated it, because that was the “easiest way in.” He did everything right. Then one experimental eye surgery disqualified him for life. Just like that, the dream was gone. Often we face setbacks like Bart did. But…
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Realizing Your Art Isn’t A Sin
Talking with Allen C. Paul and we had a great discussion about hour our creativity fits into the value systems we have as followers of God. Often you think of a follower of Christ being drawn into the ministry. For Allen, it was the opposite. He was being called out of it. This is a…
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Finding Joy In Writing, Accepting The Slow Burn – With Kern Carter
You’re supposed to starve. You’re supposed to treat poverty like a personality trait. And if you don’t, well, maybe you’re not a real artist. Would you ever give that advice to somebody? Then why do we give it to ourselves? Kern Carter spent some time in that trap, but found out for himself that it…
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