The Creative Impostor

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079: Admitting I'm scared

Every time I lose my voice to laryngitis, I have a fear that it won't come back.

~Andrea Klunder

What are you scared of?

Having a major health crisis changes the lens on how you perceive things. Long-time fears can resurface with a vengeance and new ones you never considered before can materialize.

I was inspired to do this episode and post by Sarah Buino of the Conversations with a Wounded Healer podcast (which my team edits), who was inspired by the WNYC Studios podcast 10 Things That Scare Me.

Get the full show notes at http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/079

  Connect with me!

Send me an email and let me know what you have created from your own trauma or health journey. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. You can write it or record a voice memo on your phone and attach it to the email.

Join The Creative Impostor Facebook Community and share in a post things that scare you. We create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work and more.

My favorite hashtags #thecreativeimpostor #creativewomen #podcastenvy

Email or Voice  Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I’m on LinkedIn now… dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you’re a Creative Impostor listener.

  An Invitation to join my Podcast Envy VIP CIRCLE

Are you podcasting? (I know SOME of this community is doing it!) Apply now to the Podcast Envy VIP Circle with me.

I've been teasing it FOREVER. Now there is a way for us to connect 1x1 AND for you to become part of an intimate community of podcasting colleagues who all want to make an impact, shift culture and all the while, reap the deep rewards of podcasting (no, I'm not necessarily talking sponsors...) for ourselves.

Check out this episode!

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078: Self-Care Impostor

“It’s amazing to me how very hard we are on ourselves whenever healing is involved. Whether one has had a hysterectomy, a fibroid removed, given birth, or “just” had a broken bone set, we expect expediency... capitalism demands it... And consumerism has co-opted self-care to mean things like manicures, cupcake breaks, and long weekends.” ~Lisa Widder

I AM A SELF-CARE IMPOSTOR!!!

Before I was a podcaster, I was a yoga teacher, and then a Thai Bodywork practitioner, and then a meditation teacher.

I owned a yoga studio for 5 years,

I led a yoga teacher training.

I lead musical mantra sessions, I blend essential oils, I practice tarot.

In fact MANY episodes of The Creative Impostor are about self-care — whether it’s me spouting off ideas and droplets of wisdom and practices or my guests sharing insights into different ways they take care of their creative selves and/or their clients…

I confess I feel like I was wrong about self-care.

I had never REALLY put it to the test.

Get the full show notes at http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/078

  Win a free pass to She Podcasts LIVE!

No matter where you are in your podcasting journey, community -- like real flesh and blood community -- is vital to your survival and success! And it's not easy to come by. This conference will be a catalyst for you for that. Get the details here!*

You can get a free pass in this special "best friends giveaway!"

1) Make sure you can actually attend -- Atlanta, GA October 11th-13th

2) Send me a short voice memo about how a podcast has changed your life, or helped you in some significant (big or small) way. It can be mine, someone else's or even your own show.

Email me: [email protected], message me on Facebook, or if you happen to know my phone number, leave me a voicemail.

Deadline is Saturday June 15th at noon CST (check your time zone.)

*This is an affiliate link so if you end up purchasing a ticket, I will get a lovely commission from the lovely ladies of She Podcasts. Thank you!!! 

  Podcast Envy VIP Circle

Are you podcasting? (I know SOME of this community is doing it!) Apply now to the Podcast Envy VIP Circle with me

I've been teasing it FOREVER. Now there is a way for us to connect 1x1 AND for you to become part of an intimate community of podcasting colleagues who all want to make an impact, shift culture and all the while, reap the deep rewards of podcasting (no, I'm not necessarily talking sponsors...) for ourselves.

This is a community we will create TOGETHER. And because of this, the first 5 members to join by June 25, 2019, will receive the Founding Member rate of $29/month.

I will NEVER offer this rate again and it will be yours for as long as you are current.

To request to become a Founding Member, pop over here to get the scoop: http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/vipcircle

  Join my takeover week of Chicago + International Urban Mystics on Facebook 

I am part of this really awesome group on Facebook helmed by Isabelle Rizo (who has been on this show twice) called Chicago + International Urban Mystics.

The intersection of art, philosophy, spirituality, and personal growth  (all my favorite things!  

Isabelle has invited me to TAKE OVER her group the week of July 1st!!!!  I’ll be sharing some specific insight into my own creative process and this will be leading up to a live storytelling event I’m part of in Chicago July 10th, called Pour One Out.

  Here are some ways I'd love to connect

Send me an email and let me know what you have created from your own trauma or health journey. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. You can write it or record a voice memo on your phone and attach it to the email.

Join my Facebook Community where we create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work, talk about money and more.

My favorite hashtags #thecreativeimpostor #creativewomen 

Email or Voice  Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now... dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

  Check out this episode!

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077: Get your story out there, Nilsa Reyna, actor, writer, director shares about Moyamoya

“Be patient with yourself. It may take longer than you think.” ~Nilsa Reyna

A stroke in your mid-30s. A maze of medical appointments with no answers. 6 years of searching for a diagnosis. Brain surgery. Anxiety. And recovery.

Actor, writer, director Nilsa Reyna is creating performances centered around her own health journey with the hope that it helps other people connect with their own stories.

May 6th is World Moyamoya Day. Moyamoya is the name of the diagnosis Nilsa finally received.

Moyamoya is one of the rarest forms of occlusive cerebrovascular disorders encountered in neurosurgery. The term means a "puff of smoke" coined by a Japanese team who first described the disease because it describes how the blood vessels look on an angiogram.

Get the full show notes at http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/077

Connect with Nilsa

www.nilsareyna.com

Instagram: @nilsareyna

Twitter: @nilsareyna

Here are some ways I'd love to connect

Send me an email and let me know what you have created from your own trauma or health journey. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. You can write it or record a voice memo on your phone and attach it to the email.

Join my Facebook Community where we create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work, talk about money and more.

My favorite hashtags #thecreativeimpostor #creativewomen 

Email or Voice (send me a question to answer on the show!) Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now... dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

Check out this episode!

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CI076: Shift your paradigm, Aya-Nikole Cook, Haji Healing Salon

“I just decided when I got the diagnosis that there must be some things that I don’t know about me so what can I do that will help me engage in a deeper self-study?” ~Aya-Nikole Cook

What happens when you are an artist following your passion, building a name for yourself in your field, and doing work you love... and then suddenly a major health crisis comes out of the blue?

That's what happened to Aya-Nikole Cook.

  Aya-Nikole Cook is the founder and curator at Haji Healing Salon in Chicago. Yoga, acupuncture, Reiki, bodywork, herbal remedies... located in the south side of Chicago Chatham neighborhood, Haji is a sanctuary where "thriving is our resistance."

I KNEW I needed to talk with Aya when I heard the origin story of Haji while editing a business interview for a client's podcast. She had been working in the fashion industry until being diagnosed with fibroid tumors and undergoing surgery and subsequent recovery. That was the turning point when she decided to, not only engage in deeper self-study, but shift her creative talents toward facilitating healing space for her community.

Listen to the episode to get the full story, and whether you yourself have gone through or are going through recovery of your own, hear some words of wisdom for engaging in your own paradigm shift of taking care of YOU.

Connect with Aya-Nikole

Haji Healing Salon

Celebrate Haji Healing Salon's one-year anniversary month!

A Haji-Style REVIVAL

Spring yoga supper club event that offers folks a 3-Hour, multi-layered experience of restorative yoga with reiki and live vibraphone music + a vegan meal and dialogue about the intersections of culture, Faith and healing. Friday, may 17 630-930pm at Haji Healing Salon Tickets are $55. RSVP here: http://bit.ly/hajirevival

We offer low-cost alternative healing practices in community, every Tuesday 4-8pm and Sunday 12-6pm. Services include acupuncture ($25), Bodywork + reiki ($35), plus various other services each week. Reservations are made at hajihealingsalon.com. 

Instagram: @hajihealingsalon

Twitter: @hajihealing

Here are some ways I'd love to connect

Send me an email and let me know what changes you have made in your life, work, and creative process as the result of a health or healing crisis. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. You can write it or record a voice memo on your phone and attach it to the email.

Join my Facebook Community where we create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work, talk about money and more.

My favorite hashtags #thecreativeimpostor #creativewomen #

Email or Voice (send me a question to answer on the show!) Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now... dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

Check out this episode!

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075: Intuitive Forecast & Meditation with Tina Conroy, The Intuitive Woman

This episode is a special treat for you (and for me!) I asked my friend and colleague Tina Conroy from The Intuitive Woman podcast to do a personal reading for me that I could share with YOU!

This is a forecast for the entire year of 2019 calling upon spirit guides, oracle cards, clairvoyance and intuition.

You may be thinking: well what does YOUR 2019 forecast have to do with ME?

Or you may be thinking: spirit guides and oracle cards? Big eye roll!

Get our response to that and more at: http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/075

  Join me for Voice Training at Podfest

March 7-9, 2019, Orlando, FL

Tina is too! Tina's mini-talk is during the Pecha Kucha Thursday and my Voice Training session is Friday at 5:25pm!

Get the conference details at https://podfestexpo.com/

  Connect with Tina Conroy

The Intuitive Woman Podcast

Website: http://www.tinaconroy.com

Facebook Group (featuring my favorite Live at 5 on Fridays!): Theintuitivewomangroup

Instagram: @theintuitivewoman

  Here are some ways I'd love to connect

Email me. Send me an email and let me know why you listen to the show.So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. Why do you listen to the show? What do you love most about it or what do you get out of it? So that I can make sure that my new content direction is aligned with what you love and what you want and with you.

Join my Facebook Community where we create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work, talk about money and more.

If you are thinking of starting your own podcast, consider doing it together with me and a few friends in the Podcast Envy Launch Pod starting late April 2019.

If you already HAVE a podcast and are ready to grow in a meaningful way and make connections, consider the VIP Circle.

My favorite hashtags #podcastenvy #podcastboss #podcastgratitude

Email or Voice (send me a question to answer on the show!) Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now... dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

Check out this episode!

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074: Impostor syndrome in a health crisis, a personal note

What do you do when all of your creative entrepreneurial plans come to a screeching halt due to an unexpected health crisis? (Or any kind of emergency, for that matter!)

Do you have a contingency?

And how does shifting your priorities and relationship to work effect your self-identity? Not to mention the diagnosis itself???

Listen to the episode or read on at http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/074

  Here are a few ways that I would love to connect with you:

Email me. Send me an email and let me know why you listen to the show. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. Why do you listen to the show? What do you love most about it or what do you get out of it? So that I can make sure that my new content direction is aligned with what you love and what you want and with you.

Join my Facebook Community where we create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work, talk about money and more.

If you are thinking of starting your own podcast, consider doing it together with me and a few friends in the Podcast Envy Launch Pod starting late April 2019.

If you already HAVE a podcast and are ready to grow in a meaningful way and make connections, consider the VIP Circle.

  Join me for Voice Training at Podfest in Orlando!

March 7-9, 2019

Get the conference details at https://podfestexpo.com/

  Connect with Andrea

My favorite hashtags #podcastenvy #podcastboss #podcastgratitude

Email or Voice (send me a question to answer on the show!) Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now... dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

Check out this episode!

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073: Where Have I Been? Updates & Invitations

"I just sort of went into this existential crisis of -- What is The Creative Impostor? Why do I need this show?" ~Andrea Klunder

It has been a while since I have released an episode here for you. My last episode was this past summer with the fabulous Matt Marr. It was a really good one.

And now... I have to tell you something really strange has happened or is happening, which is that I did not plan to take a hiatus with this show.

In fact over on my other podcast, Podcast Envy, all about how to craft a show that matters, I have recently advised podcasters that if they are going to take a hiatus from their show, they should tell their listeners. They should announce it. They should set some expectations so that you're not just leaving your listeners hanging and I did NOT do that myself.

So where HAVE I been and why the hiatus and what can you do if you miss me?

Listen to the episode or read on at http://www.thecreativeimpostor.com/073

  In the meantime, here are a few ways that I would love to connect with you:

Email me. Send me an email and let me know why you listen to the show. So no like formal survey or anything. Just email me. Why do you listen to the show? What do you love most about it or what do you get out of it? So that I can make sure that my new content direction is aligned with what you love and what you want and with you.

Join my Facebook Community where we create social support for content creators with inspiring prompts, opportunities for you to share your work, talk about money and more.

If you are thinking of starting your own podcast, consider doing it together with me and a few friends in the Podcast Envy Launch Pod starting January 2019.

If you already HAVE a podcast and are ready to grow in a meaningful way and make connections, consider the VIP Circle.

  Get featured on Podcast Envy (my other show!)

You're invited to be part of a year-end gratitude experiment!

If you feel grateful for podcasts or podcasting, I would love for you to be a part of my upcoming December episode. Send me a short audio clip (3min or less) with a story and/or post on Instagram about how you appreciate making or listening to podcasts using #podcastgratitude. Be sure to tag me @andreaklunder so I see it!

To share the audio clip, message me directly andrea [at] thecreativeimpostor.com by November 25th and I'll give you instructions.

Happy birthday to me this week Wednesday! I hope to hear from you ASAP for #podcastgratitude.  I'd love to see you for real, for real via Zoom meeting in either the Launch Pod or the VIP Circle in January of 2019.

Connect with Andrea

My favorite hashtags #podcastenvy #podcastboss #podcastgratitude

Email or Voice (send me a question to answer on the show!) Facebook Group The Creative Impostor Facebook Page @andreaklunder.creative Instagram: @andreaklunder

Oh HEY! I'm on LinkedIn now... dropping pro podcasting tips, insights, and stories. Connect with me there and let me know you're a Creative Impostor listener.

Check out this episode!

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072: Recommit to being vulnerable as an artist, Matt Marr, podcaster, actor, therapist, self-proclaimed chatterbox

I have been thinking about today’s guest for 2 years — ever since my first Podcast Movement conference in Chicago when he hosted the PMx talks before the OFFICIAL start of the conference — hilarious, welcoming, the best of MCs!

In this episode, you'll get a healthy dose of "GayDD", shirtless Archie from Riverdale, and #truthtalk about identity, creativity, and vulnerability with Matt Marr.

Matt Marr is an actor, narrative therapist, show host, self-proclaimed chatterbox and host of The Dear Mattie Show. Personally, I love that he always calls me (and everyone else, but I like to think it’s just me) “sugar.”

And if you can’t get enough of Matt, head over to The Dear Mattie Show because he has an interview with ME is waiting for you!

Connect with Matt:

Website

Instagram

Facebook 

Twitter

YouTube

TV Tea Time

Resources & Links

Matt Marr is speaking at Podcast Movement!!!

I'm speaking at Podcast Movement  (Wednesday @ 11am!!!)

Power Your Story Podcast (This is what my talk is about.)

 My podcast about craft of podcasting Podcast Envy

The Creative Impostor Magic page - Get a special gift from Andrea here.

Connect with Andrea

Website Facebook Instagram

Podcast Envy: Podcast Launch, Craft & Coaching Services Chicago Women’s Creative Collective

Support the Creative Impostor

Andrea’s Patreon Page — where you can support the show, get cool gifts from me and can become an active participant in the creative community!

Free Audio Book & 30 day trial membership with Audible.com — support The Creative Impostor when you sign up!

  This episode was mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine. The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong.

I’d LOVE to hear from you!

If you’re listening in Apple Podcasts, PLEASE subscribe and leave a review. It’s how Apple decides which shows people find when they are searching for specific topics like this one.

Check out this episode!

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071: Power Your Story with Sam Trump, Sam Kirk, Jenny Q on Music, Art, Social Impact

Announcing Power Your Story Season 3, a podcast produced by my students from the Podcast Tech mentoring program at a high school in Chicago!

Today I'm giving you a first-hand sneak peek of Season 3 of our student-produced podcast, Power Your Story.

We are rolling out Season 3 June-August 2018!

Featured Interview Clips

Musician Sam Trump with Mark and Nate

Artists Sam Kirk and Jenny Q with Alfred and Justus

Musical transitions (Power Your Story theme music) by DJ Sparkz.

Connect With Power Your Story

Website

Instagram

Facebook 

Leave a review in Apple Podcasts

Listen on Spotify 

Connect Sam Trump

Web

Instagram

Connect Sam Kirk & Jenny Q

IamSamKirk.com

Quirklyn.com

Provoke Culture

Instagram - Sam

Instagram - Jenny

Resources & Links

Las Puertas del Paseo Boricua Watch the micro-doc about the doors on Humboldt Park, featuring Sam Kirk & Jenny Q, produced and directed by Edwin R. Ruiz (our audio engineer)

Check out my interview on Conversations with a Wounded Healer with Sarah Buino

Podcast Movement 2018 (I’m speaking there Wednesday @ 11am!!!)

Power Your Story Podcast (This is what my talk is about.)

My podcast about craft of podcasting Podcast Envy The Creative Impostor Magic page - Get a special gift from Andrea here.

Connect with Andrea

Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

Podcast Envy: Podcast Launch, Craft & Coaching Services Chicago Women’s Creative Collective

Support the Creative Impostor

Andrea’s Patreon Page — where you can support the show, get cool gifts from me and can become an active participant in the creative community!

Free Audio Book & 30 day trial membership with Audible.com — support The Creative Impostor when you sign up!

This episode was NOT mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine. The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong.

I’d LOVE to hear from you!

If you’re listening in Apple Podcasts, PLEASE subscribe and leave a review. It’s how Apple decides which shows people find when they are searching for specific topics like this one.

Check out this episode!

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070: Do one thing that's completely different, Monica Rivera, You Wanna Do What?!

Episode 070. "But everyone keeps saying just find your passion -- find that one thing and follow your bliss and I thought well... I have a bunch of passions, so which passion are we talking about? And that's why I kept feeling really stuck in that decision of needing to pick one thing." ~Monica Rivera

I'm obsessed with podcasts and I always want MORE so there's this thing I do once a week in the She Podcasts Facebook Group on Wednesdays. I scroll through a VERY long thread of new podcast episodes by other women podcasters and pick a few I've never heard of to check out. 

Most of the time, I decide they're not for me but every once in a while, a show really stands out and I fall in love.

That's what happened with Monica's podcast: You Wanna Do What?!

When I first heard it, I thought, "I want to to be friends with this woman."

Her show feels so motivating without feeling coachy or preachy or overwhelming. And I'm so happy to be getting to know her and introduce her to you!

2 stories that stand out in this interview:

1) How Monica got into podcasting

2) How she was inspired by her grandmother not to wait to try new things

Listen to Monica's podcast You Wanna Do What?! I love episode 045: Are You Really Living? 

"I am comparing myself to myself... what I think I should be doing versus what I am doing, which I think is the worst kind because you're with yourself all the time. So you're constantly almost at war if you let yourself be." ~Monica Rivera

Connect with Monica:

Website 

Instagram

Facebook 

Twitter

"And some days honestly, I just have to sit in that space and let me feel it and just kind of go through it of kind of beating myself up a little bit and then the next day hoping that it gets better, but I never try to force myself out of something that I'm feeling." ~Monica Rivera 

Resources & Links

Podcast Movement 2018 (I’m speaking there Wednesday @ 11am!!!)

Power Your Story Podcast (This is what my talk is about.)

 My podcast about craft of podcasting Podcast Envy

The Creative Impostor Magic page - Get a special gift from Andrea here.

Connect with Andrea

Website Facebook Instagram

Podcast Envy: Podcast Launch, Craft & Coaching Services Chicago Women’s Creative Collective

Support the Creative Impostor

Andrea’s Patreon Page — where you can support the show, get cool gifts from me and can become an active participant in the creative community!

Free Audio Book & 30 day trial membership with Audible.com — support The Creative Impostor when you sign up!

  This episode was NOT mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine. The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong.

I’d LOVE to hear from you!

If you’re listening in Apple Podcasts, PLEASE subscribe and leave a review. It’s how Apple decides which shows people find when they are searching for specific topics like this one.

Check out this episode!

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069: Flip the script, Robyn Conley Downs, Feel Good Effect, mindset, podcasting, what it really means to be healthy

Episode 069. "I had to be able to sit there in that uncomfortable place of this is not as good as I want it to be — and that’s okay."~Robyn Conley Downs

I discovered Robyn when she needed a podcast editor for her new show the Feel Good Effect. That was a year ago and since then, I have listened in detail to every single one of her episodes and she continues to amaze me with her big heart, inquisitive mind, business savvy, and seemingly superhuman ability to "do it all." 

As we discuss in this episode, there's nothing superhuman about it and, in reality, there's a give and take to everything. In fact, in terms of mindset, one of Robyn's favorite sayings is "gentle is the new perfect."

I love it and you're going to love Robyn.

Take Robyn's Wellness Personality Quiz!!!

"You have to be a beginner to start — there’s no way to bypass being a beginner." ~Robyn Conley Downs

Connect with Robyn:

Website

Feel Good Effect Podcast on Apple Podcasts

Feel Good Effect Podcast on Stitcher

Real Food Whole Life Community on Facebook

Instagram

Facebook 

Twitter

Pinterest

"It’s so good to point out that I did NOT wake up one day and say, 'I know exactly what I want to do,' and/or I didn’t say, 'I know that I want to be the founder of a lifestyle wellness brand.'" ~Robyn Conley Downs

Resources & Links

Summer Self-Care Society going on now!

Akimbo podcast with Seth Godin

Key Change Podcast Trailer from The Santa Fe Opera and… me

Power Your Story — Created by my high school student podcast mentees

My podcast about craft of podcasting Podcast Envy

The Creative Impostor Magic page - Get a special gift from Andrea here.

Connect with Andrea

Website Facebook Instagram

Podcast Envy: Podcast Launch, Craft & Coaching Services Chicago Women’s Creative Collective

Support the Creative Impostor

Andrea’s Patreon Page — where you can support the show, get cool gifts from me and can become an active participant in the creative community!

Free Audio Book & 30 day trial membership with Audible.com — support The Creative Impostor when you sign up!

  This episode was NOT mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine. The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong.

I’d LOVE to hear from you!

If you’re listening in Apple Podcasts, PLEASE subscribe and leave a review. It’s how Apple decides which shows people find when they are searching for specific topics like this one.

Check out this episode!

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068: Self-doubt, self-care, and trusting your own creative process

Episode 068. “They haven’t discovered I’m a fake yet — THIS is the moment they’re going to figure out they’re wasting their time and money working with me.” ~Andrea Klunder

Sometimes you need to take a break — play, sleep and trust your instincts even when it feels like you SHOULD be working…

Want to know what I’ve been up to? Oh just getting in my own head, vacillating between creative exhilaration and creative Impostor (yes.. CAPITAL “I”). Find out why…

Resources & Links

Summer Self-Care Society starts 5/17/2018!!! 

Key Change Podcast Trailer from The Santa Fe Opera and… me!

Power Your Story — Created by my high school student podcast mentees!!!

My podcast about craft of podcasting Podcast Envy!!!

The Creative Impostor Magic page! Get a special gift from Andrea here.

Connect with Andrea

Website Facebook Instagram

Podcast Envy: Podcast Launch, Craft & Coaching Services Chicago Women’s Creative Collective

Support the Creative Impostor

Andrea’s Patreon Page — where you can support the show, get cool gifts from me and can become an active participant in the creative community!

Free Audio Book & 30 day trial membership with Audible.com — support The Creative Impostor when you sign up!

  This episode was NOT mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine. The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong.

I’d LOVE to hear from you!

If you’re listening in Apple Podcasts, PLEASE subscribe and leave a review. It’s how Apple decides which shows people find when they are searching for specific topics like this one.

Check out this episode!

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067: Seek out tranquility, Kimberly Wilson, Tranquility du Jour, yoga, mindfulness, fashion, business, pigs and pugs

Episode 067. "The connecting thread for me is the idea of tranquility... it's not because I have it all figured out. It's because I'm always seeking it out too." ~Kimberly Wilson

Yoga. Mindfulness. Eco Fashion. Writing. Podcast. Conscious Business E-course. Psychotherapy. A charitable foundation called Pigs & Pugs... Kimberly Wilson has created the multi-passionate lifestyle brand of my dreams! (only my foundation would be more like Sloths & Cats... doesn't have the same ring...)

I've been following Kimberly ever since I was a struggling yoga studio owner in 2009 and I sought out her help through her Conscious business e-course and a private coaching.

She told me to start a podcast (among other things.) And years later, I did.

  "Just because we made one decision doesn't mean we have to stay in it forever. And if you do, it's important to know are you growing within it, or do you feel stagnant?" ~Kimberly Wilson

  Connect with Kimberly:

Website

Tranquility du Jour Podcast

TranquiliT clothing line

Facebook 

Twitter

Instagram

YouTube

"I've been podcasting since before podcasts were really understood and I don't think I really even understood what they were." ~Kimberly Wilson

Resources & Links:

SUMMER SELF-CARE SOCIETY! 8-weeks of creative self-care practices that will take you deeper than bubble baths and gratitude journals! Early adopter registration by 5/1 gets you $30 off AND a complimentary herbal tea blend from Dina Ranade of An Herbal Diary. Starts 5/17.

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The Last Pig film, recommended by Kimberly

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066: Raise your vibration, Susan Chu: Crystals, Feng Shui, and changing careers

Episode 066. "And when I was in finance, I wasn't practicing a lot of self-care... I kind of hit a wall where I needed to change my entire lifestyle because the path I was taking was going to lead me to an early grave." ~Susan Chu

Susan Chu is a holistic practitioner who works with people to move past fear, take better care of themselves, and find their passion for a more authentically aligned life. She uses crystals, feng shui and mindfulness for magical results in a totally grounded way.

I LOVE how she calls the impostor voice as your "inner saboteur!"

  Connect with Susan:

Website

Crystal Mentorship Program

Crystals for Your Health Facebook Group

Facebook 

Resources & Links:

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065: A remedy for not enough, self-gratitude

Episode 065. “She asked me how could I express gratitude. My first thought was “to whom?” But she meant… gratitude to mySELF.” ~Andrea Klunder

Pause, take a deep breath, lift your head, and look around...

I just released an episode in my new-ish podcast about the craft of podcasting, Podcast Envy, about downloads, numbers, stats, etc and you probably know already how I feel about using those metrics as a measure for success from my Creative Impostor episode 57: What do numbers have to do with success?

And I propose a question that applies to areas of life and work beyond podcasting, which is — if these numerical metrics were to disappear…

If you could not easily see how many followers you had on Facebook or Instagram, how many people liked your picture, or retweeted your post. If you had no idea how many people were subscribed to your email newsletter or opened it or unsubscribed. If you did not have a head count for the audience of your talk or your show… If you did not see an actual number…

… how would YOU measure success? How would you value your OWN work?

Sometimes I feel like my own numbers are too small. Like I’m working and working and working and no one notices or cares. Like I’ll never reach that critical mass of followers where suddenly the conversion statistics  come out to actual sales of services and I can actually earn a sustainable comfortable income off of the content I create and the work that I do.

And sometimes I feel like a fraud, teaching podcasting classes, encouraging hundreds of other people to create a podcast and being positioned as the “expert” or making recommendations on gear, equipment and software when certainly there are other people out there who know more in that department than I do.

And I keep putting myself out there despite those feelings.

And THEN what happens? Listen and find out...

Resources & Links

My interview with Charlotte Elea, Episode 034

The Intuitive Woman Podcast with Tina Conroy

Podcast Movement

My dad's favorite yoga studio in Grand Rapids, MI

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064: Stay in the room, Stacey Herrera, Sex, Money, Creativity, The Sensuality Project

“Self-consciousness is the assassin of authenticity.”

In this episode, we talk about:

Who Stacey is, and hear about what her podcast The Sensuality Project is all about

The difference between sensuality and sexuality

Why it's so important for us to normalize and talk about sex

The connection between sex, money and creativity

Our chakras and our sexuality 

Impostor syndrome manifesting as self-consciousness

Advice from Stacey!

"If you’re worried about what the other person is thinking, intimacy cannot happen... you have to be willing to be vulnerable."

Connect with Stacey:

Website Twitter Facebook Google+ Pinterest Soundcloud Tumblr Youtube

Resources & Links:

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Podcast Envy: Podcast Launch, Craft & Coaching Services Chicago Women’s Creative Collective

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063: Go on a Joyride, Aimee DuFresne, writer, traveler, joy catalyst

"It’s about being happy, it’s about living your life- not anyone else's life. But it's the life that YOU want to live, the life that makes you happy, that makes you share with the world what it is that you want to share.  ~Aimee DuFresne, Episode 063

Do you ever find yourself dangling the proverbial carrot in front of yourself? "I'll be happy when I..." or "If only I could just..." or "I'll take a break once I..."

Aimee DuFresne is no stranger to this trap, but through decluttering (inside and out), focusing on joy and doubling down on self-care and travel, she's found a way to spring that trap and live an unconventional life.

In this episode, we talk about:

Aimee’s big “Joy Ride” and what it's all about

Her adventures on her book tour that brought her to the west coast, and her time house sitting

What self-care really means (not just the buzz-word version) and some of Aimee's favorite practices

How Aimee balances EVERYTHING out in her life

The day that her life completely changed

How the impostor voice shows up for Aimee especially around entrepreneurship and being an author

Aimee’s view on success

Aimee's top life tip: Trust the unfolding.

“This is really exciting, but does it give me freedom?” ~Aimee DuFresne

Connect with Aimee:

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Resources & Links:

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The NEW podcast about the craft of podcasting Podcast Envy!!!

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Podcast Envy: Podcast Launch, Craft & Coaching Services Chicago Women’s Creative Collective

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  This episode was mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz of Mondo Machine. The Creative Impostor theme music was created by JoVia Armstrong.

I’d LOVE to hear from you!

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