Latest Designbusiness Podcast Episodes
End of The Year Reflections
Design and Shine - December 25, 2023 21:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsAs 2023 comes to a close, I reflect back on the huge changes that I made in my business this year in this final podcast episode before I take an extended summer break at the beach with my family and new puppy. I share my process of looking back to assess my goals, how I question my progress, a...
Surviving To Thriving As An Independent Creative
Design and Shine - December 12, 2023 03:25 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsWhen I left full-time employment as a surface pattern designer, I could not understand why I found it so incredibly difficult to design with the same confidence and ease as I did for my clients... Despite years of design experience and confidence working to a design brief, when I decided to w...
How Your Hidden Limiting Beliefs May Be Sabotaging Your Creative Success
Design and Shine - November 28, 2023 04:18 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsRecently, my family and I invited a new member into the family - a PUPPY!!! His name is Juno. And while it's been a LOT of fun these last few weeks getting to know him, it hasn't been as much fun training him not to wee in the house! 😅 But it has been interesting to watch him learn. ...
How Nurturing Self-Compassion Inspires Creativity
Design and Shine - November 14, 2023 01:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsWhile our creativity is a beautiful expression of our own personal unique gifts and ideas, it can also carry with it a lot of things that can end up hindering our progress... Things like criticism, self-doubt, and perfectionism. So in this week's Design & Shine podcast episode, I explore w...
Staying Persistent Despite Failure And Rejection
Design and Shine - October 30, 2023 21:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIf you love what you're creating but you're facing a lot of failures, rejections, resistance, and you're hearing ''no thank-you'' so often, you may start to wonder how you're going to keep going... How are you going to stay persistent if you're constantly facing obstacles? This is what I wan...
How Gratitude Can Help You Thrive As A Creative
Design and Shine - October 16, 2023 22:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsI believe many creatives underestimate how helpful gratitude can be toward helping them reach success... It's a simple mindset shift that can make a BIG difference - if you know how to use it in how you approach your creative work. I share several ways you can start practicing gratitude in y...
The 3 Different Learning Styles
Design and Shine - September 19, 2023 05:50 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsAre you a Visual, Auditory, or Kinesthetic learner? Not sure what those are? Listen to this episode of The Design & Shine podcast to find out! I dive into what these 3 different learning styles mean and share how to tell which one you may be. Knowing which one is your predominant learni...
How Understanding Your Subconscious Mind Can Help You Become a Successful Creative
Design and Shine - September 19, 2023 05:13 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsI used to struggle to show up online in the way that I knew I needed to for my business... I consciously knew I needed to create videos, take selfies, and be visible to my audience... But subconsciously, the idea of showing up online made me feel vulnerable, exposed, and unsafe. And I w...
What To Do If You Worry Your Creative Work Isn't Unique Enough
Design and Shine - September 05, 2023 22:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsDo you worry that your creative work is just not all that unique? And do you worry that it'll never stand out and allow you to have the thriving creative career that you dream about?😣 It's a challenging belief, but what I've noticed lately is that it's the most common limiting belief among c...
The Importance of Embracing Imperfection
Design and Shine - August 22, 2023 22:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsAre you putting a lot of pressure on yourself to make things PERFECT? Many creatives I know get stuck on trying to make even the smallest design details perfect. It slows down their progress as a creative designer and as a business owner. So in this Design & Shine podcast episode, I shar...
How to Overcome Procrastination
Design and Shine - August 07, 2023 22:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIn this episode, we unravel what procrastination really is, revealing its surprising connection to fear. I'll explain how procrastination might be rooted in your apprehensions about failure, judgment, or even success. I share practical strategies to conquer procrastination: break tasks int...
Compassion and Resilience
Design and Shine - July 24, 2023 19:54 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIf you'd like to unlock your true creative potential and build a thriving creative business, you may be surprised to learn just how important it is to develop compassion and resilience. As creatives, we're often quite sensitive people, so expressing ourselves through our art can be quite a vul...
Why It's Not Enough To Just Know Your Limiting Beliefs
Design and Shine - July 10, 2023 22:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIf you want true and lasting change in your life, it's not enough just to know what your limiting beliefs are... You also need to how to change them so that you make the changes in your life that you want to see! So in this episode of The Design & Shine Podcast, I share: What limiting belie...
How To Get Into Creative Flow When You're Feeling Uninspired
Design and Shine - June 26, 2023 18:14 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsRecently a student of mine came to me and said she was feeling uninspired and having a hard time knowing how to get started designing. It wasn't that she didn't want to do the work, but that when she sat down to do it, nothing would come from it. I've felt this way many times myself, and if ...
The Amazing Advantages of Being In a Creative Flow State
Design and Shine - June 12, 2023 22:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsImagine if you could STOP overthinking your creative design work... No more being critical of your work... No more stopping and starting over... Just intuitive creativity that makes time feel like it has stopped and your artistic output flow... Sounds good, right? This is what's known ...
Life-Changing Beliefs Successful Designers Have - And How To Learn Them!
Design and Shine - May 29, 2023 22:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThere's a specific difference in thinking between surface pattern designers who get stuck and those who thrive... One way of thinking will keep you playing small, while the other will help you to grow as an artist, elevate your design process, and earn more from your business in the long term....
How to Charge What Your Worth as a Surface Pattern Designer
Design and Shine - May 16, 2023 22:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIf you struggle with pricing your surface pattern design work you are not alone! It can be one of the hardest things to do when you are just getting started as a surface pattern designer, which is why pricing is one of the most common topics my students ask me about. So in this episode of Th...
Is The Surface Pattern Design Market Oversaturated?
Design and Shine - May 01, 2023 22:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsAre you worried that the surface pattern design market may be too oversaturated? This is a common concern that many of my surface pattern design students have, so I've shared my thoughts about it on this episode of The Design & Shine Podcast. I cover: How not to be taken advantage of in a ...
Creating a Surface Pattern Design Business With Your Own Rules
Design and Shine - April 17, 2023 22:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsNo matter what kind of creative business owner you are, whether you are a surface pattern design business owner or not, you're often told there are certain ways you need to do things... And though you want to be successful and this external advice can be quite convincing - it's not always the ...
Social Media Captions For Pattern Designers
Design and Shine - August 02, 2022 20:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIn this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, I welcome back Christine Rice, who is a social media manager for online businesses and she also runs a fantastic small Facebook group called marketing for creative and unconventional women. Christine and I talk all about a hot topic that I know ...
The importance of an email list for surface pattern designers
Design and Shine - July 19, 2022 20:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIn this episode of Design and Shine, we are going to be talking about something that is important to think about doing as you’re growing your surface pattern design business and that is creating an email list. Learn what one is, why you need one and whether it’s something you should consider cr...
Questions to ask yourself if your pattern designs aren't selling
Design and Shine - July 05, 2022 20:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsOn this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, we are going to be talking about some things to think about if you are not selling your designs. So if you’ve been working hard, you’ve been creating lots of designs and then you hear crickets then I want to give you a few things for you to ask ...
How to use Instagram for surface pattern designers
Design and Shine - June 21, 2022 20:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIn this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, I talk to Christine Rice, who is a social media manager for online businesses and she also runs a fantastic small Facebook group called marketing for creative and unconventional women. Christine and I talk all about Instagram for surface pattern de...
Creating work life balance for surface pattern designers
Design and Shine - June 07, 2022 20:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIn this episode of Design and Shine, we are going to talk about something a little different and that is trying to create work-life balance. Something I get asked a lot is how I manage to juggle work with family life and everything else in between so I'm going to give you a few tips that help ...
Setting Goals for Surface Pattern Designers
Design and Shine - May 24, 2022 20:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIn this episode of Design and Shine, we talk about setting goals because it’s a really great way of keeping you on track and moving forwards so you achieve the results you want. We'll look at setting goals in 2 major areas so you can take the right steps towards your success.
Working as a surface pattern designer
Design and Shine - May 10, 2022 19:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIn this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, I talk to Australian textile designer and Illustrator Brook Gossen. And she creates really beautiful and colourful artwork and has a really fun and gorgeous brand. Brook didn't start her career as an artist but after working in a different area ...
Developing your critical design eye
Design and Shine - April 26, 2022 19:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIf you want to be a successful designer then one of the most important skills you need to develop is your critical design eye. In this podcast episode, we talk about your critical design eye, why it's so important and some tips for developing yours.
Social Media Strategies
Design and Shine - April 12, 2022 19:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIn this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, I talk to Christine Rice, who is a social media manager for online businesses and she also runs a fantastic small Facebook group called marketing for creative and unconventional women. Christine and I dive into: what a funnel is and how it rela...
Investing in your surface pattern design business
Design and Shine - March 29, 2022 20:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIn this podcast episode, I talk about investing in your surface pattern design business. I know it can be challenging for some people so we talk about why it's important, when you should invest and why should invest.
Creating Pattern Designs with Purpose
Design and Shine - March 15, 2022 19:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIn this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, I’m going to be talking to textile designer and creative director Penny Gale who is the founder of Fabriculture, a new, contemporary design brand with the purpose of helping young people learn about our most endangered native species. This is su...
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