On the creative journey it's easy to get lost but don't worry you'll lift off

sometimes you just need a creative pep talk.

Hey, you're listening to Creative Pep Talk, a weekly podcast companion for your creative journey.

I'm your host, Andy J. Pizza.

I'm a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator and this show is everything

I'm learning about building and maintaining a thriving

creative practice.

This is episode five in our right side out series.

Unlike other episodes of this podcast, it is not self-contained and it is meant to be part of a bigger sequence.

So go back to episode 449 of this podcast

to start on the first episode of this series.

Hey, I just want to give you a quick disclaimer. This episode does contain a recording of a conversation that I had with my mom.

While the conversation is very light at times and it's also pretty funny. It's got some real gravity to it as well and I just want to be clear that I face this conversation with the

conversation with the support of a therapist. I personally do not think that reliving or completely unpacking all of your trauma is an essential part of healing for everybody.

It was merely a choice I made given my

particular circumstance. I acknowledge that in many cases this isn't just

impossible but downright dangerous.

Proceed with extreme caution and in most cases do not try this at home. This episode is supported by In The Making, an original podcast brought to you by Adobe Express,

the All-In-One Content creation app included in your Creative Cloud membership.

If you are trying to boost the YouTube, Tik-Toc, Reels content side of what you're doing, one episode of in the making that I think will be

super useful to you is their episode with John Yushai. I think John's method

for including his audience in the process is really inspiring and if you want to hear about

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