This is How We Create Podcast

💡 "Rejection is only failure if there is no learning on the other side of it."

This week, our guest, Octavia Clahar, talks about what it means to persevere when the uncertainty of the artist's life feels like too much. 🎙️ Full episode at the link in bio.

You know those kids in elementary school who could just draw? Perfect bubble letters, perfect faces, always getting picked for the good stuff. ✏️🎨

Martine was not one of those kids😅. Day nine is her making peace with that and drawing faces anyway. We underestimate what we can do in a lifetime. Come back for day ten, it is a good one.

🎙️ What makes someone stop scrolling? Our social media expert, Lina, has a very clear answer. Forget about finding the right "hook," instead, focus on the emotional tone of your content. 💡

Lina walks us through how to identify moments, and how to create a cliffhanger to pull people in. 📲 Link in bio.

Welcome back to 10 Days of Creativity! Day eight is ice dyeing 🧊 where I ruined my favorite shorts. Lesson learned: bronze dye should be used sparingly. It ain't pretty folks 😭.

I recovered from this incident, though by going the with blue, purple, and bubblegum colors.

I loved the results and may have gotten a compliment or two as well. These pants made it all the way to Martha's Vineyard. 👖✨

Comment ICE DYE below, and she will send you the full instructions and materials list.

Your career doesn't have to look like anyone else's.🪄

One of the most beautiful parts of this conversation is hearing Hadiya Williams talk about building a life that reflects who she is, instead of who she thought she had to become. Maybe that's the real work. 🤍

🎧 Hear the full conversation on This Is How We Create.

Martine almost didn't start her newsletter, not because she didn't have ideas but because she wasn't sure anyone would care enough to read them.

If you've ever felt that way, this is your reminder that your first newsletter doesn't have to be perfect; it just has to be honest. The rest comes with time, consistency, and the courage to hit "publish." 💌✨

If you've been waiting for a sign to start sharing your voice, maybe this is it.

🎧 Listen to the full episode of This Is How We Create for more creative encouragement.

🏛️Some creative moments just feel like coming home 🫶🏿 .

Day seven of our series 10 Days of Creativity is all about making mosaics in Rome alongside my son and stepdaughter. We learned how Romans made stone mosaics and why designs built this carefully survived thousands of years.

A workshop from culminating in a souvenir that will actually last lifetimes. Definitely a must-do on your next holiday to Rome.💡 Come back for day eight of our serie.

📲 You can have the name, the episodes recorded, even the URL, and still lose it all. 😭

This exact situation happened to Martine, someone published five days before she did, and that was that... This week, she is sharing exactly what to do the moment you have your podcast idea so the same thing doesn't happen to you. 🤧🎙️ Listen to the episode at the link in bio.

🎨 Day six took Martine to Florence for a class she had been dreaming about since she was 12.

Paper marbling with an expert who has been practicing this 500-year-old craft for generations, A.K.A Riccardo Luci from . 💧

All of that dropped ink on water and dragging a comb through it may have become a new hobby. Stay tuned for part 7!

💬 Code-switching costs more than we can measure. On this week's episode, Nicole A. Taylor (), decided a long time ago she wouldn't participate in code-switching. 🤷🏽‍♀️

This week, Nicole talks about what it took to claim her Southern voice, her vernacular, and her way of seeing the world as her greatest creative asset. This journey helped Nicole see her way of speaking as her superpower. 🎙️ Full episode at the link in bio.