Kolbie Blume: "How to Be an Imperfect Beginner as You Discover New Hobbies"

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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If you ever hold back from leaning into an interest because you will be "bad" at it, it's time to consider the beauty of being a beginner. In this inspiring session, artist Kolbie Blume shares her journey from self-doubt to creative confidence, revealing why the real magic happens when you let go of perfectionistic expectations and invest in yourself—even if it’s just for five minutes a day. Whether you’re craving a new hobby or struggling to put yourself on your own priority list, this conversation will challenge your inner critic and invite you to find messy wonder in the everyday. FREEBIE for all: Painting the Wilderness Challenge BONUS raffled off to All-Access Pass Holders: Wilderness Watercolor Landscapes tutorial book Get the Basic Pass to watch and/or read each speaker session for free through Sunday, October 12th. Upgrade to the All-Access Pass for ad-free listening on a private podcast feed, + lifetime access to all content visual, audio, and written. Kolbie Blume is a watercolor artist, author, and teacher who cares a whole lot about helping recovering perfectionists reclaim their inner artist and build a creative life. . FOLLOW ON IG WEBSITE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Monica Packer. What you're about to hear is a session from my five-day online event going on right now,
0:06.2	The More for Mom's Conference. This event is for the mom who is ready for more in her happiness,
0:11.9	habits, health, home, and hobbies. Audio versions of each speaker session will only be available
0:17.1	on the public about progress feed through Sunday, October 12th. For ad-free video and
0:22.1	audio versions of all content, be sure to sign up for the basic or all-access pass before the
0:27.4	conference ends on October 12th. You can do so at aboutprogress.com slash more for moms. Now
0:33.4	on to our special session.
0:44.0	Thank you. on to our special session. Colby Bloom, it is such a joy to have you part of the More for Mom's Conference. Welcome.
0:49.5	I'm so excited to be here, Monica. Thank you for having me.
0:53.3	You have quite the story, and we're going
0:55.4	to get into it as a way to bridge the gap between what we're trying to inspire them to do more of,
1:01.1	which is a hobby of sorts. And I think we all know that feeling. It's like standing on the edge of a
1:06.8	diving board when you're like really excited. And then you get to the edge and you're like,
1:10.3	never mind. So that lead up is so fun. You're ready. You buy all the supplies. I did this last month.
1:16.6	You get all the watercoloring supplies or the photography supplies or the hiking supplies.
1:21.6	You're really, really into it. And then right before you're supposed to do it, the fear kicks in.
1:27.6	It doesn't seem so fun anymore.
1:29.4	And you don't want to do it because you're not going to be good at it.
1:32.7	Mostly, right?
1:33.7	So I wanted to start by hearing if this has ever been the case for you.
1:38.3	If there has been a hobby or two or ten or a venture even where you've been like, oh no, I don't want to do this now.
1:46.5	That's probably every single passion or hobby I have ever started.
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