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Creative Pep Talk

Creative Pep Talk

By: Andy J. Pizza
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A Weekly Podcast Companion for Your Creative Journey Transform your creative potential into reality by making your creativity a practice. A “creative discipline” can feel like an oxymoron. Creativity is about doing something new. Discipline is about doing something consistently. The aim of this podcast is to help you strike that elusive balance. Each week, New York Times Bestselling Author Illustrator Andy J. Pizza shares everything he’s learning about building a thriving creative practice. Through solo episodes and interviews with top-tier creatives, Pizza brings you the strategies and stories that you need week in and week out to keep your inner critic at bay, bust through creative blocks and stay creatively pepped to the max!! Learn more: creativepeptalk.com Check out the host: andyjpizza.comAll rights reserved Art Economics
Episodes
  • 548 - 5 Creative / Neurodivergent Friendly Productivity Hacks to Become a Doer
    Mar 25 2026
    Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co --- This episode is for you if: 1 - You have so many ideas but struggle to realize many of them! 2 - Most productivity advice doesn’t work for you. 3 - You need to feel excited and hopeful again about your creative practice. SHOW NOTES: Creative Pep Talk Ep 548 with Jarod K. Andersonhttps://www.creativepeptalk.com/draft-episode-for-mar-04-2026545-make-your-life-creative-work-more-rich-with-meaning-with-jarod/ Jim Collins - Jim the Bughttps://www.jimcollins.com/media_topics/TheCurseOfCompetence.html Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.comSpotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • 547 - Find the Creative Voice You're Holding Back with Claire Keane
    Mar 18 2026
    Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co --- This episode is for you if: 1 - You have had a hard time tapping into your unique creative voice. 2 - You feel disempowered as a creative and feel like you need agents, managers, or talent scouts to succeed. 3 - You need help clearing out the noise in your brain and hearing your creative voice again. This is a chat with phenomenal author-illustrator Claire Keane! We chat about her new gorgeous picture book “Who Are You” and her visual development art for movies like “Tangled” and “Frozen”. This was a magical chat and I can’t wait for you to listen! SHOW NOTES: Claire Keanehttps://www.claireonacloud.comClaire Keane’s Substackhttps://claireonacloud.substack.com”Who Are You” Picture Bookhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779600/who-are-you-by-claire-keane/Know Yourself Substack Posthttps://claireonacloud.substack.com/p/know-yourselfupdatedHamnethttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamnet_(film)Glen Keanehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_KeaneBil Keanehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Keane Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.comSpotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 546 - How to Transform What You're Drowning in Into High Octane Creative Fuel
    Mar 11 2026
    This episode is for you if: 1 - You want to figure out how to put your deep personal experiences into your work, but you have never seemed to figure out how to. 2 - You are currently overwhelmed and can’t find the energy or ideas for your creative practice. 3 - You are ruminating on painful things from your life or from the state of the world, and it’s stopping you from taking action. 4 - You feel your best ideas are in the past or escaping you, and you can’t seem to “bottle that lightning” again. SHOW NOTES: Bittersweet by Susan Cainhttps://susancain.net/book/bittersweet/ Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.comSpotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACg&pi=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins

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