Craft A Life You Love

You will grow so much as a creative by stepping out of your comfort zone and doing the things that aren’t easy. In this episode, I was thrilled to have on a friend and fellow creative, Dianuh Aerin. Dianuh is an artist and the owner of Chasing Linen, a design studio specializing in watercolor and live art. We explore how Dianuh got into live art, the missteps she took on her journey of becoming an artist and how she’s learned to create boundaries with clients. She shares her candid advice for people who want to pursue creative endeavors but are afraid of being labeled a “starving artist”. She also talks about why it’s so important to take breaks, learn to say no and to remember that we’re human beings, not human doings. (This episode was pre-recorded on February 14, 2020)

What’s in this episode:

• Being a workshop instructor for Craftcation and her memory of meeting Amy
• Growing by stepping out of your comfort zone
• What Dianuh would say to someone who is afraid of being a “starving artist”
• What advice she’d give to someone who feels like there isn’t a market for them
• How Dianuh got into doing live art
• What missteps she took on her journey to becoming a full-time artist
• Building your creative confidence muscle with clients
• Learning to say “no thank you” and create boundaries with clients
• What inspires her and her work
• How she handles feeling unmotivated and why she takes breaks often
• Dianuh’s feelings about giving up things
• Why Dianuh created a course about watercolor portraits
• Why art isn’t selfish and the power of connection that comes from art

About Dianuh:
Dianuh Aerin is an artist & owner of Chasing Linen, a Los Angeles based design studio specializing in watercolor illustration and live art.

What originally started as a creative hobby, Chasing Linen has turned into her full-time job and a multiple 6-figure business. With her team of artists, she paints thousands of people through on-site live art events and online custom portrait shop.

Dianuh is also passionate about helping others pursue their own creative dreams and shares weekly tips on the Modern Creative Podcast.

Connect with Dianuh:
Website | Dianuh's Instagram | Chasing Linen Instagram

Links:
Craftcation
Patchwork Show
Watercolor Portrait Course
The Modern Creative Podcast
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber
Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Ambitious Women by Kate Northrup

Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make a positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media. You can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired. You are awesome! I’m Amy Tangerine encouraging you to embrace the fullness of your life!

You will grow so much as a creative by stepping out of your comfort zone and doing the things that aren’t easy. In this episode, I was thrilled to have on a friend and fellow creative, Dianuh Aerin. Dianuh is an artist and the owner of Chasing Linen, a design studio specializing in watercolor and live art. We explore how Dianuh got into live art, the missteps she took on her journey of becoming an artist and how she’s learned to create boundaries with clients. She shares her candid advice for people who want to pursue creative endeavors but are afraid of being labeled a “starving artist”. She also talks about why it’s so important to take breaks, learn to say no and to remember that we’re human beings, not human doings. (This episode was pre-recorded on February 14, 2020)

What’s in this episode:

• Being a workshop instructor for Craftcation and her memory of meeting Amy
• Growing by stepping out of your comfort zone
• What Dianuh would say to someone who is afraid of being a “starving artist”
• What advice she’d give to someone who feels like there isn’t a market for them
• How Dianuh got into doing live art
• What missteps she took on her journey to becoming a full-time artist
• Building your creative confidence muscle with clients
• Learning to say “no thank you” and create boundaries with clients
• What inspires her and her work
• How she handles feeling unmotivated and why she takes breaks often
• Dianuh’s feelings about giving up things
• Why Dianuh created a course about watercolor portraits
• Why art isn’t selfish and the power of connection that comes from art

About Dianuh:
Dianuh Aerin is an artist & owner of Chasing Linen, a Los Angeles based design studio specializing in watercolor illustration and live art.

What originally started as a creative hobby, Chasing Linen has turned into her full-time job and a multiple 6-figure business. With her team of artists, she paints thousands of people through on-site live art events and online custom portrait shop.

Dianuh is also passionate about helping others pursue their own creative dreams and shares weekly tips on the Modern Creative Podcast.

Connect with Dianuh:
Website | Dianuh's Instagram | Chasing Linen Instagram

Links:
Craftcation
Patchwork Show
Watercolor Portrait Course
The Modern Creative Podcast
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber
Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Ambitious Women by Kate Northrup

Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make a positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media. You can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired. You are awesome! I’m Amy Tangerine encouraging you to embrace the fullness of your life!

Life is about learning to adapt and let things go that no longer serve us. Today on the podcast I had on a friend, Lola Berry. Lola is someone who has mastered the art of letting go of what doesn’t serve her and being compassionate to herself in the process. She is a nutritionist, author, accredited yoga teacher, content creator, presenter, speaker, podcaster and entrepreneur who has a colorful approach to nutrition. In this episode, we chat about why failures need to be celebrated and about cultivating a willingness to learn, take a chance and see how things go. We talk about a few of her entrepreneurial endeavors including her shift from a smoothie business to a coffee business and her experience of going back to school to study acting. She also talks about the importance of keeping people around who are cheering you on and why she thinks everyone should have a therapist. (This episode was pre-recorded on February 11, 2020) 

What’s in this episode:

• How Lola and Amy met each other 
• The idea of learning through your struggles and how this brought on Lola’s podcast
• Why failures need to be celebrated
• How Lola’s cultivated all of her passions into her purpose 
• Her transition from a smoothie business to a coffee business
• How writing her book, The Happy Life, helped her through a tricky heartbreak
• Her advice for people who are nervous to take the next steps
• What a typical day looks like for Lola 
• Why Lola is studying acting and how she discovered her passion for filming
• How Lola has learned to let go of what’s no longer serving her
• Learning to have self-compassion and how to channel your energy into positivity 
• Keeping people around you who are rooting for you
• Why you shouldn’t base your worth depending on the Instagram algorithm
• Her advice for someone struggling to prioritize their health and wellness

About Lola:
Lola Berry is a nutritionist, author, accredited yoga teacher, content creator, presenter, speaker, podcaster and entrepreneur. She’s very colorful. She’s very passionate. She’s very Australian. Over the years she’s admired Steve Irwin and always wanted to bring that passion and enthusiasm to any project she focuses on.

Lola’s colourful approach to nutrition is supported by the Bachelor of Health Science she completed at Endeavour College of Natural Health, where she majored in Nutritional Medicine. Her nutrition studies propelled her to write ten books – Inspiring Ingredients, The 20/20 Diet, The 20/20 Diet Cookbook, Lola Berry’s Little Book of Smoothies and Juices, The Happy Cookbook, The Happy Life, Lola Berry’s Summer Food, Food to Make You Glow, Beauty Food and The Yoga Body.

In 2017 Lola opened Happy Place by Lola Berry, a smoothie bar co-created with Salvatore Malatesta from St Ali. After a successful 3 year run, the South Melbourne smoothie bar closed its doors so Lola could focus on her new venture – Lola Coffee. Lola launched Lola Coffee to the market in August 2019 and the first batch sold out within hours! The brew is a speciality instant coffee with lion’s mane; it’s a healthy, insane brain tonic coffee. Concurrently in 2019, Lola focused on media work. She completed courses and training in TV presenting (special focus on reading autocue), acting, dialect and voice work. Each of these are aimed at helping build her skill set as a professional speaker, TV presenter and professional media talent. She also launched Fearlessly Failing with Lola Berry – an interview podcast about failures with guests including Megan Gale, Georgia Love and Olivia White. Lola loves to interview people about the lessons and failures that have ultimately led to people's success. It’s the “not so shiny times'' that actually shape us and make us stronger. Lola created, hosts and produces (with Matt Sofo) the podcast.

Lola is a highly sought after expert for speaking, nutrition consulting, cooking demonstrations and yoga classes. Lola is also very passionate about mental health and talks about it being the key to all elements of health. Lola’s message is to be real, be kind and chase your dreams, no matter how big they are.

Connect with Lola:
Website | Instagram

Links:
Fearlessly Failing
Lola’s Books
The Happy Life
Kobe Bryant YouTube Clip on Why He Took Tap Dancing Class

Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make a positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media. You can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired. You are awesome! I’m Amy Tangerine encouraging you to embrace the fullness of your life!

I’m thrilled to bring on today’s guest, Sheila Morovati, founder of the Crayon Collection and Habits of Waste. Sheila’s two non-profit organizations help to bridge the gap of waste that our world produces from things like crayons, plastic cutlery and straws. In this episode, she details her journey of building both non-profits and some of the inspiring brands she teamed up with (and how her organization even set a Guinness World Record!) We talk about the events she puts on, things you can do to eliminate the use of plastic cutlery and how to teach your kids about doing their part in recycling for our planet. (This episode was pre-recorded on February 7, 2020) 

What’s in this episode:

• How Sheila got started in her creative journey
• Learning about the waste of crayons and deciding she wanted to do something to make an impact 
• Setting the Guinness World Record for the largest crayon donation in history
• Helping teachers build projects around creativity and art 
• Collaborating with an author for a campaign 
• How to get involved with the Crayon Collection and get local restaurants to participate
• The events they put on and why she loves getting kids involved in events
• Her collaboration event with Art 2 the Extreme
• What prompted her to start Habits of Waste
• How you can help eliminate the use of plastic cutlery
• Teaching your kids about eliminating waste and recycling

About Sheila:
Sheila Michail Morovati is the President and Founder of two non-profit organizations, Crayon Collection and Habits of Waste (H.o.W). Crayon Collection is a non-profit organization that has successfully been collecting gently-used crayons from restaurant chains nationwide and donating them to underserved schools internationally. Habits of Waste focuses on finding solutions to shift habits of waste among mass society. With a Sociology degree from UCLA, she has successfully been growing her non-profits since 2013. Sheila spearheaded the ban of plastic straws, utensils and stirrers in the City of Malibu and more recently through her #CutOutCutlery campaign she convinced UberEats to change the default setting in their application (globally) so that no one receives plastic cutlery unless they request it. She has also set a Guinness World Record in August 2018 for the largest crayon donation in history with over 1 million crayons donated to teachers at LAUSD and Head Start Centers in Los Angeles. Sheila lives in Los Angeles with her husband and 2 children.

Connect with Sheila:
The Crayon Collection | Instagram | Facebook | The Habits of Waste | Instagram

Links:
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt 
Art 2 the Extreme
This Is About Humanity
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make a positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media. You can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired. You are awesome! I’m Amy Tangerine encouraging you to embrace the fullness of your life!

Failures aren’t always a bad thing. There’s so much wisdom you can extract from a failure that I want to challenge you to start embracing failures and thinking of them as a tool for growth. Today’s guest on the podcast is actually someone who uses what she calls a “failure folder” as a tool to grow as a person and creative entrepreneur. In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Kara Warner, a creative coach for women who spent years in the craft publishing industry. We chat about her collaboration project to put together a planner for knitters, her advice for prioritizing your day (while making time for what you love) and how to lend more compassion to yourself. 

What’s in this episode:

• How Kara got started in her career in craft publishing
• Transitioning out of that career into being a coach for creative women
• Her favorite experiences from her time in craft publishing
• Kara’s advice for someone considering following a passion or trying something new
• Collaborating and using her passion for organization to create a planner
• How to prioritize your day while making time for your hobbies
• Kara’s typical day and morning routine
• Finding the balance of working on her business and doing creative work
• Being compassionate toward yourself
• The first step Kara takes when she is starting a new project
• Kara’s story of her “failure folder” and how she reached out to Amy

About Kara:
A passion for knitting led Kara Gott Warner to a beautiful career in craft publishing, spanning more than 15 years as a designer, the former Executive Editor of Creative Knitting Magazine, book editor, and now coach, helping women to use their creativity to transcend struggles, get organized and tame their time! Learn more about Kara at: karagottwarner.com

Connect with Kara:
Website | Instagram

Links:
Knitter’s Planner

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss

Craft a Life You Love: Infusing Creativity, Fun & Intention into Your Everyday by Amy Tangerine

Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better: Wise Advice for Leaning into the Unknown by Pema Chödrön 

Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media. You can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired. You are awesome! I’m Amy Tangerine encouraging you to embrace the fullness of your life!

Are you a multi-passionate creative? If so, then this is the episode for you. Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Lauren Fairweather, a YouTube creator, Etsy seller, graphic designer and independent musician. We talk about the challenges of navigating multiple creative endeavors and creating positivity online which can be filled with negativity. She shares how she’s built success on YouTube and her advice for other creators who want to pursue video creation. We talk about everything from evolving your content as you and your audience grow, her favorite parts about freelancing (plus her favorite parts about having a full-time job) and her thoughts on incorporating trends into your content. 

What’s in this episode:

• Lauren’s creative journey and her passion for multiple creative outlets
• How she’s built success on YouTube and being aligned with your creative side
• Her journey with building her YouTube
• What indicators of success she looks for on her channel
• Making a commitment to your community and serving them in a consistent way
• Keeping sponsorships on brand and not restricting herself to a specific niche
• Her experience with burnout and overcoming it
• How Lauren crafts a life that she loves
• Her favorite parts about freelancing and her favorite parts about having a full-time job
• Dealing with negativity and how negativity can come in cycles
• Lauren’s philosophy for creating on the internet and sharing positivity 
• Her thoughts on incorporating trends in her content
• Lauren’s advice for those considering going after creative endeavors

About Lauren:
Lauren Fairweather is a YouTube content creator, Etsy seller, graphic designer, and independent musician who runs all of her creative businesses from home. This YouTube NextUp winner and mom of one has created videos for many companies including HGTV, SyFy, Canon, Simplicity, and Guitar Center and she also starred in a video course for YouTube's Creator Academy. When she can get out of the house, Lauren enjoys speaking on panels, selling her handmade work, and performing her original music at online video and nerd-themed conventions around the world.

Connect with Lauren:
YouTube | Instagram | Twitter | Etsy

Links:

The Things You Create music video 

Vidcon 

Craftcation

TRAVELER'S COMPANY TRAVELER'S notebook

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Paper Towns by John Green

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media. You can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired. You are awesome! I’m Amy Tangerine encouraging you to do what makes you feel passionate.

It’s never too late to start chasing your dreams. Today I had the chance to speak with Mati Rose McDonough, an artist who decided to go after what many would call, “an impractical path” and chase her dreams of being a full time creative at the age of almost 30 years old. In this episode, we talk about navigating multiple streams of income as an artist, her transition of doing less illustration and into doing more teaching online. We talk about our experiences with art retreats and our favorite parts about attending them. We also explore the healing nature of creating, her advice for someone who is feeling uncreative and she also shares her wisdom for following what feels like the juiciest thing to do.

What’s in this episode:

• How Mati got into her career as an artist
• A typical day for Mati as an artist
• Why she tries to create before she consumes
• A breakdown of working with multiple streams of income
• Moving away from illustration and working more towards teaching online
• Her experiences of creating her own workshops and retreats
• Advice for someone considering a retreat
• Their favorite parts about art retreats
• What Mati would say to someone who feels like they aren’t creative
• Her experience with providing one on one and group coaching
• Following what feels like the juiciest thing to do next
• Her main goal for helping her students in classes
• The healing abilities that come from creating
• Going after what lights you up most

About Mati:
Mati Rose McDonough is an artist whose name is pronounced Matey, like Ahoy! She grew up near the sea in Maine and has lived in the Bay Area of California for 20 years. After wanting to be an artist for many years, but feeling like it was “impractical,” Mati took the leap and went back to art school at the California College of the Arts at almost 30. Now over 10 years later, she is still excited and terrified every time she sees a blank canvas, but embraces the adventure of life as an artist— penning her first book with this philosophy called “Daring Adventures in Paint”. She co-authored her 2nd art book "Painting the Sacred Within" with artist Faith Evans-Sills. She has had dozens of art shows, taught painting retreats internationally in Mexico, Morocco, Costa Rica and more to come. Her illustrations grace all sorts of products from phone cases to giant elephant billboards as well as her own home decor line and dress line too— dreams come true! Mati has illustrated four children’s books including “i carry your heart” written by poet ee cummings. Through her workshops, books, and popular online course, she spreads a warm message of creative courage: IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO SHOW THE WORLD YOUR MAGIC.

Connect with Mati:
Website | Instagram 

Links:
Craftcation
Planoly
Craft a Life You Love Retreat
Desha Peacock
In the Flow Watercolor Class
Painting The Sacred Within: Art Techniques to Express Your Authentic Inner Voice by Mati Rose McDonough and Faith Evans-Sills
In Pursuit of Inspiration: Trust Your Instincts and Make More Art by Rae Dunn

Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media. You can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired. You are awesome! I’m Amy Tangerine encouraging you to do what makes you happy. 

Sometimes when you’re building a creative business, you might not desire to build a massive company. You might instead want to take on larger projects and bigger clients. There is no right or wrong way to grow your business. Today I had the pleasure of chatting with a friend of mine, Adam Vicarel. Adam is a graphic designer and artist who has worked with big brands including Sharpie and So Delicious. In this episode, we talk about working with big brands, his thoughts on work-life balance and what his creative process looks like. We also talk about why he likes to keep his company small and how he breaks up his time between client work and passion projects. 

What’s in this episode:

• How Adam got to this point in his career as a graphic designer
• A few recent projects that Adam has been working on
• How his business has evolved since he started
• What a typical day looks like for Adam
• How he breaks up his day within time increments 
• What his creative process is like
• Distinguishing between passion projects and client work
• His big goals and things he’s letting go of in 2020
• How Adam feels about work-life balance
• Why Adam and Amy don’t want to build huge companies
• The power in community and learning from mentors
• Using social media as a resource for your business

About Adam:
Adam Vicarel is an Art Director, Artist, World Traveler, Snowboarder, Bug Eater, Rock Climber, and Human. Originally from Cleveland, and now residing in Denver, he has a Mid-Western work ethic and Western tendencies.

Adam started Vicarel Studios in 2015 after spending a year traveling — during that time he realized that ‘a job’ doesn’t need to be the complacent, same story that society tells us it should be.

Adam strives to infuse his experiences abroad and outdoors into his work, bringing a vitality to his client’s brands that is unable to be found elsewhere. With his ever-evolving team of collaborative, creative and strategic partners, Adam has created award-winning work and collaborated with brands such as NBC, So Delicious, Sharpie, New Belgium Brewing, Native Roots Cannabis Company and the SyFy Network.

Adam is a witty and passionate mid-western guy with a burning passion for doing things differently. 

In his personal projects, Adam infuses his love for travel and the outdoors into his typography, illustration, photography and storytelling to create visceral experiences for his audience. That’s visceral, not Vicarel.

Adam enjoys donuts, whiskey, all things outdoors, hugging his mom, and experiencing new cultures and conversations with people from around the world.

Connect with Adam:

Website | Instagram 

Links:

Evernote

Adam’s Store Get 20% off with code AMYTANGERINE 

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman

Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media. You can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired. You are awesome! I’m Amy Tangerine encouraging you to do what brings you joy. 

Mindset really is everything. With the right mindset, you can achieve all of your greatest hopes and dreams. Today on the show, I was joined by the founder of Beekeeper’s Naturals, Carly Stein. Carly is a former trader who discovered the healing power of bees when no other products in the medicine cabinet were doing the job for her. She shares how she overcame the fear of taking her hobby on as a career, why she practices positive self-talk and her experience of growing her company and team. 

What’s in this episode:

• How Carly found out about this natural solution after having no other options work for her
• Deciding to move away from her job as a trader and into creating products around bees
• Overcoming the fears of taking her hobby on as a career
• Changing your personal narrative and practicing positive self-talk
• Carly’s experience of growing her team and adopting a growth mindset
• What Carly’s daily routine looks like
• Launching into retailers vs only doing direct to consumer
• Stepping out of your comfort zone in business
• Advice for someone who isn’t ready to take the next step
• Methods that Carly uses to dig deeper and her recommendations for gaining clarity

About Carly:

Founded by Carly Stein in 2016, Beekeeper's Naturals is an innovative company on a mission to reinvent the medicine cabinet. Using unique remedies from the beehive (like royal jelly and propolis), the beekeeper-led team is committed to providing the cleanest, most powerful solutions to modern health issues—like brain fog, poor sleep, and scratchy throats. Unlike competitors, they apply scientific rigor to their product development and commit to third-party pesticide testing to ensure they’re creating natural remedies that actually deliver.

They’re also a brand on a mission. By working exclusively with sustainable small-scale apiaries, partnering with leading bee research institutions, and prioritizing pesticide-free hive health above all else, Beekeeper’s Naturals works tirelessly to raise awareness and create a better environment for our world’s most important pollinators—the bees.

Connect with Carla:
Website | Instagram | Facebook

Links:
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck

The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg

Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie 

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media. You can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired. You are awesome! I’m Amy Tangerine encouraging you to do what brings you joy. 

Crafting a life that you love is all about taking chances that are presented to you and embracing changes. Today’s guest, Paula Hagiefremidis, is a published writer and creative facilitator who took a leap and walked away from everything to pursue her creative passions. She opens up about her experience with anxiety and how shifting her relationship with anxiety has helped her to overcome fears. We chat about how the hardest point in her life led to her biggest breakthrough and how she uses writing to uncover her fears and map out her goals. She also shares why you need to trust your inner voice and the power in manifesting what you aspire to be. 

What’s in this episode:

• How Paula got started as an entrepreneur
• Her experience with starting to experience anxiety and walking away from everything
• Deciding to pursue her passion for writing
• Her advice for someone stuck in a rut or in a transition period
• Why you need to take chances that are presented to you and embrace changes
• How Paula figured out she had anxiety and her tips for overcoming the worry
• Shifting her relationship with anxiety and how this has helped her to face her fears
• How Paula discovered her passion for writing 
• Using writing to uncover past fears and map out intentions for where she wants to go
• Why something not working out was the best thing that happened to her
• Finding her mentor and how this helped her business
• Paula’s experience of putting together her retreats
• Making the decision to trust your inner voice

About Paula:

Paula Hagiefremidis is a published writer and creative facilitator who’d lost her voice, passion and purpose for 15 years of her life before a major life transition just a few years back forced everything to a grinding halt, sending her on a completely different trajectory and finally pursuing what she loves. She launched Mediterranean Wanderer, which has seen women facing creative and personal life transitions travel to the Greek islands and take part in her transformational Creative Retreats and Workshops. Her work empowers women through the creative process, to realise the transformative effect of trusting their voice, living their passion and the ripple effect of change this has in opening up our lives creatively, personally and professionally.

Connect with Paula:
Website | Instagram

Links:

Retreats

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks

Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media. You can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired. You are awesome! I’m Amy Tangerine encouraging you to do what brings you joy.