Creative Thursday

Get your pen and paper ready, because you're going to want to take notes, and listen back a couple of times. Alina generously shares what became more than a podcast episode, but a Class on Marketing and Finding Your Right Customers. This episode may dramatically change your perspective on Marketing. How you market your business will never be the same. Join me today, 3 pm PT, for my very first Creative Roundtable and Masterclass "Finding Your Right Customers" where Alina is my special guest. http://bit.ly/creative-roundtable Today, March 28, is the LAST day to join us in the Creative Outliers  http://bit.ly/thecreativeoutliers    You can find all things Alina at Alina.work You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday  

Do you feel shame or pride over your failures? I'm happy to see that so many are becoming more open about the fact that success for all is born out of failures, not one but many. In this episode I share 4 types of failure I've experienced as a Creative Business Owner, how you might recognize and avoid them, or transform them into a rich experience on your journey. Join us and become a Member of the Creative Outliers by March 28 here: bit.ly/thecreativeoutliers And you've heard me talk about on the podcast for week. The time has come to join me the Thursday March 28, @ 3 pm PT for my FREE first Ever Creative Roundtable + Masterclass "Finding Your Right Customers" Let's Keep the Discussion going! See you Thursday bit.ly/creative-roundtable    You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday  

Listening to this episode will not only make you want to be a better business owner, artist, and designer, but you'll want to be a better human. Ashley's story will inspire you in so many ways, especially reminding all of us to step out of our bubbles and experience the world with more compassion. I know you are going to love my conversation with Ashley G and the story of her new venture Shop Poirier. You can find all things Ashley G. and Shop Poirier here www.ashleygoldberg.com www.shoppoirier.com @ashleygoldberg @shoppoirier   You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday

Today, 3/7/19 I'm celebrating 12 years of making a living as a working artist! In this episode, I share more of the story behind the significance of this day, what lead me to that moment of making a consistent living with my art, plus my 7 best lessons, tips, and advice for growing a sustainable creative business.    You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday  

What "leaks" do you have in your life? How often are you allowing the demands and requests of people to take you from what you most want to accomplish. I'm talking about 3 areas of your life where you want to be clear on where your boundaries are.  Join us in the Thursday Club! creativethursdaycourses.com   You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday

I'm continuing on with my Time Management series. No better title and description occurred to me so Time Management series it is. :) In "Tip" no. 2 om the series, I'm talking about something I think often gets overlooked when it comes to "Time Management" Practices -  Honoring Procrastination and Downtime. You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday Join us in the Thursday Club; bringing more energy and joy to your every day through a regular practice of creativity. https://creativethursdaycourses.com/p/thursday-club/

Take 2. Since Valentine's Day landed on Creative Thursday this year, I thought it would be fun to invite my man Sean on for what is our first #coffeetime episode. We're talking about....what we realized on our 2nd take in, can be a very loaded and sensitive topic: Love + Valentine's Day as perceived by men and women, specific to us and our coupledom in today's time vs. the 14th century {when according to Wikipedia our current traditions began?!} We also share how we choose to do a lot of things our way  including celebrate Valentine's Day. SPOILER ALERT: It may include Cheese + Chocolate + Coffee.​  If you missed those recipes I promised! DM me on Instagram and I'll send them over to you. Happy Valentine's Day! xo You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday  

How do you do it all? A question I've heard many times in my life as an Entrepreneur. *Spoilier Alert* This series is more than sharing a bunch of Time Management tips. If all it took was following tips, we'd all be balancing our lives beautifully every day. Join me as I take you behind the scenes, and down the rabbit hole, of the nuances involved with how I manage my time as an artist and a business owner. Join us in The Thursday Club https://creativethursdaycourses.com/p/thursday-club/   You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday  

How many "expert" voices are you letting influence you? In this episode I share what caused me to veer from my vision, and how I found my way back along with tips to support you in staying true yourself without getting caught up in too many outside influences. Attend the Artist's Date and Free Masterclass Today {before 11 am PST}! bit.ly/overcomecb   Join us and become a Member of the brand new Thursday Club https://creativethursdaycourses.com/p/thursday-club/   You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday  

Is the current state of Social Media and the "Influencer", the end of society or the beginning of something beautiful? Inspired by a thought provoking quote posted on Instagram I bring you this episode. As someone who built a business online, with a career spanning the beginning of email to social media in every direction taking us down many rabbit holes either voluntarily or involuntarily? I share my thoughts on how it began, where it changed, where I think it's headed and what happened with my personal social media experiment I began last September.    Join me next Thursday for an Artist's Date and Free Masterclass on 5 Ways to Overcome Creative Blocks bit.ly/overcomecb You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday Join us, become a Member and get creative in the brand new Thursday Club https://creativethursdaycourses.com/p/thursday-club

Oh, am I fired up! Do you think of yourself as Creative? Do you think of yourself as an Artist? Are you answering the call of your own Creativity and making time for what is meaningful to you? Or do you feel that creative is a description that is reserved only for "artists" and those "more talented". And how do you define that? In this episode I respond in depth to a fantastic, thought provoking Freakonomics Radio; season 8, episode 19 "How to Be Creative"  and I share how the spark for Creativity was lit for me and why I'm so fired up about this topic and opening The Thursday Club.   Join us and become a Founding Member of the Thursday Club by January 31 bit.ly/thethursdayclub     You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday   Listen to the Creativity Series on Freakonomics Radio here http://freakonomics.com/hours/

Here's what Creativity means to me and my thoughts and tips on how to cultivate more creativity, joy and fulfillment in your daily life. Several special guest contributors also offer their meaning of creativity, and it took the conversation and the "definition" of creativity to a whole other level. If you missed sharing your "definition" or your "meaning" of creativity, you are welcome to DM, email or record your message for an upcoming podcast episode. Let's keep the conversation going! bit.ly/leavemarisaamessage    Join the Wait List to know as soon The Thursday Club opens! bit.ly/ttcwaitlist    You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday  

How do you Define Creativity? What does it mean to you? Would you like to tell me and possibly be featured on next week's podcast episode? I want to hear from you! I am inviting you, for the first time, to "leave me a message" in honor of a big announcement! I also share some of the meaning of Creativity for me via a special reading from 2012. Join the Wait List to know as soon The Thursday Club opens! bit.ly/ttcwaitlist For a chance to be featured on next week's episode, share your thoughts on "What Creativity Means to You" {in 3 minutes or less} before this Tuesday January 8 bit.ly/leavemarisaamessage     You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday    

So it's been said {by Albert Einstein} "if you want to have different results, do not do the same things". Which is why this year I'm doing things differently, one of which is this; purposeful planning starting RIGHT NOW! I share with you my early plans for 2019 and how I'm organizing, and preparing in ways I never have before. Happy New Year!   You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday

Take a leap and the net will appear. That's how the saying goes...but what if it doesn't appear? Or rather what if it doesn't appear in the way you thought it would...In this episode I go on record and say sometimes the "net doesn't appear" while sharing a more recent story about a tough choice that affected me both professionally and personally.   You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday

Going with the flow, I switched topic plans for this week's episode when I realized that the day I was recording this was my actual 1 year anniversary return to Podcasting. December 12, 2017. I decided to capture in real time - a slice of life - reflection of the past year including: what it's been like to return to the podcasting world, some suggestions to consider if you are wanting to start your own podcast, why it's important to go for things even if you don't feel "you're ready", how to recognize a feeling of "aliveness", and a glimpse into what I envision for 2019 and the kind of teacher and podcasterI want to be. A very loose, conversational episode that covers a {quite a few} different topics, plus 101 thank you's for listening this year. THANK YOU for listening this past year! For supporting and encouraging me to keep going while I found my way back into this world. xo Marisa   You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and f

Number 2 in the mini-series telling stories of moments, experiences, risks taken that have gone "wrong" but are they really wrong? This episode shares the story about the moment and months after I learned one of my designs were stolen.   You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday

Welcome to the first episode in a new mini-series telling stories of moments, experiences, risks taken that have gone "wrong" - in quotes because - is it really wrong? Thank you to my instagram friends who helped me choose the title "When things go "Wrong"" The more I thought about it the more I realized it is the perfect way to describe the stories I will be sharing. This episode is the introduction to the inspiration behind this series and the story about how my first published book met it's end.    Creative Teaching Online is open for enrollment until Monday, December 3rd You can learn more and join us here  https://creativethursdaycourses.com/p/creative-teaching-online   You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday

It's Thanksgiving day. While I am talking about appreciation, it's not your usual approach to being thankful. This episode is the beginning of a new mini-series...I'm temporarily titling...when things go "wrong". I share with you a story about a devastating moment and what happened after... Happy Thanksgiving! A heartfelt thank you for listening to Creative Thursday. It's an honor and privilege to be invited into your listening world.  Join us in Creative Teaching Online https://creativethursdaycourses.com/p/creative-teaching-online/   You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday Join us and become a Member of the Creative Outliers by October 31 here: bit.ly/creativeoutliers

When it all gets to be too much? On the days when life feels overwhelming, out of your control and you feel helpless to make a difference in what's happening with the world. Here are several ways I look to find my balance, grounding, and joy again.  Join us for an afternoon of painting! bit.ly/ornamentpaintingparty You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com creativethursdaycourses.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday facebook.com/creativethursday