In this episode @maggiefedorov is joined by Hayley McAuliffe ( @offurandfeather ) of Portland, Oregon to talk about the unique challenges of operating a commission-based creative career as a freelance preservationist. Hayley discusses how client involvement impacts the results of a project and where it's important to leave room for your expertise to speak loudest; the ways in which how we carry ourselves in the conducting of business can lend itself to either humanizing or de-humanizing us as the creator of these pieces; and what kind of boundaries are important to hold for yourself to avoid the latter.

Listen now to hear how we're building lasting and reciprocal relationships with our clients in the craft in order to do the work well without having to suffer from losing ourselves in it.

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SHOW NOTES:

Hayley on Instagram

Hayley on Facebook

Of Fur and Feather on the Web

TOTALLY F#@!ING NORMAL on Instagram

Maggie on Instagram

In this episode @maggiefedorov is joined by Michelle Jaramillo ( @michellejaramillomiami ) of Miami, Florida to talk about how expansion in creativity, business, and beyond requires isolation and what the struggles inherent in that stage of development looked like. Michelle discusses the necessity of having a mirror, an equal, that you can depend on; the importance of leaving time for boredom, play and whimsy; and the incongruence that comes when you have to reconcile holding cosmically huge struggles in one hand while not forgetting to celebrate the overwhelmingly huge wins you hold in the other.

Listen now to hear some of our most real and unfiltered thoughts on what the first year in business has taught us about the growing pains through seasons of expansion and more.

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SHOW NOTES:

Michelle on Instagram

The Beauty Boost Miami Instagram

The Beauty Boost on the Web

University of Washington Magazine: "Leisure is not a Luxury"

TOTALLY F#@!ING NORMAL on Instagram

Maggie on Instagram

In this episode @maggiefedorov is joined by Scott Breton ( @scottbreton ) of Queensland, Australia to talk about how tension, defiance, and NOT 'doing' enter the chat when we talk about how we move through the act of creation. Scott discusses the importance of embracing surrender and leaving space for the muses to show themselves; how creating meaning is woven in with our more primitive creative impulses; and finding the sacred in the process.

Do you think you've introduced enough tension and struggle in your own life and the structure of your creative practice to make the meaning fully present in the work? Listen now to hear our thoughts on what this entails and more.

Episode 35 is available now where you stream your podcasts!

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SHOW NOTES:

Scott on Instagram

Structure to Soul with Scott Breton Instagram

Scott's Website

BLOG: "Art as an Act of Defiance"

Huberman Lab Podcast: How to Access Your Creativity w/ Rick Rubin

"Lost" S1 E13, on Michelangelo and the creation of the statue of David

TOTALLY F#@!ING NORMAL on Instagram

Maggie on Instagram