522 - The Unexpected Thing that Suddenly Unlocked My Creative Brain

Creative Pep Talk

Education, Business, Arts, Design

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🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter: http://andyjpizza.substack.com --- If you’re a creative type, you probably don’t quite fit into the systems you were born into. This can be VERY DIFFICULT. There’s a lot of pressure for folks like us to beat ourselves up into a shape that fits society. In this episode, I want to share the number 1 thing that changed my life as a creative person, and resources that can help you adopt this shift too!! SHOW NOTES:Right Side Out Seriesandyjpizza.com/rso No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, PhDhttps://ifs-institute.com/nobadparts Good Inside by Dr. Beckyhttps://www.goodinside.com/book/Simulacra and Simulationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com 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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0:00.0	On the creative journey, it's easy to get lost, but don't worry, you'll lift off.
0:10.7	Sometimes you just need a creative PEPTA.
0:20.5	Every day seems to feel manageable for most everyday people, but not for this guy,
0:28.6	not for all the creative people that I know.
0:32.6	Everyday life and trying to exist in this world can be a bit much.
0:40.2	It can be difficult.
0:41.4	You can feel like you hit a wall at some point where it starts just feel like living well
0:48.2	is just going to be impossible.
0:50.9	And I've experienced that lots of times.
0:59.7	However, you know, as I've built my life and creative practice, I feel like that less and less. I probably only feel like that once or
1:04.7	twice a week, one or two days a week instead of every day, which is a massive improvement.
1:10.3	And I want to share with you this unexpected thing that helped me unlock my creative brain
1:19.9	in a huge way.
1:22.0	And it was really essential to being able to publish 10 plus books and 500 episodes of this show and work with clients
1:29.8	like Xbox and Apple.
1:31.7	And I want to share that thing with you today.
1:34.4	I'm going to share what that shift is, why I think it works, and then how I think it works.
1:41.7	And then at the end, I'm gonna share this exercise
1:45.6	that I'm calling turn on co-op mode
1:48.8	that's going to help you reawaken your creative soul today.
1:54.0	Okay?
1:55.1	Hopefully, a little bit.
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