Not Having Your Own Back Has Cost You Years of Progress

Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

Antrese Wood

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4.8 • 891 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

When things don’t go your way in your art practice, what do you do? Like many artists, you might beat yourself up with lots of self-criticism and judgment. You’d be better off creating the habit of having your own back instead. That way, you’ll actually speed up your progress and not look back a year from now with regret that you’re still stuck in the same place. In this episode of The Savvy Painter Podcast, I’ll reveal exactly what having your own back looks like, why it’s a crucial skill yo...

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0:00.0	You're listening to The Savvy Painter Podcast episode number 340.
0:08.0	Hello, hello, welcome to another episode of the Savvy Painter Podcast.
0:13.0	I am your host, and Trees Wood, and if you have been listening to this podcast for a while, welcome back.
0:20.0	If you're new here, I am so glad you have
0:22.9	found the Savvy Painter Podcast. It is the podcast for artists who want practical tactical
0:27.5	tips to create a meaningful art practice that is both fulfilling and supports you. And I think
0:35.6	we can all use a little bit more support these days. So in this episode,
0:40.0	I'm going to talk about how you can give yourself some of that support. This is one of my
0:45.5	favorite topics, having your own back, ways that you can support yourself even when, especially when things don't go your way.
0:57.2	So let's get real for a second.
0:58.7	If you've been struggling to talk about your work, if you hesitate when someone asks,
1:04.4	so what kind of art do you do?
1:07.0	Or if you keep putting off submitting to galleries or sharing your work or even just finishing
1:12.3	things because you're secretly afraid or maybe not secretly.
1:17.2	I don't think we're that secret about it as I'm saying.
1:19.7	As these words are coming out of my mouth, I'm just like, we're not that secret about it.
1:23.3	Sometimes we just don't think that the paintings are good enough.
1:26.7	If that is you, then I need you to hear this.
1:29.4	Your art is not what's holding you back.
1:32.3	Your confidence isn't even what's holding you back.
1:35.3	It's that you don't support yourself.
1:38.4	You don't have your own back when those things happens.
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