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Margo is switching gears this week to discuss intuitive wisdom, self-care, and wellbeing through the development and deepening of self-awareness and how it ties into your creative practice. She is joined by Kristen Elizabeth of In Wild Bloom who combines coaching strategies with elements of creative expression and yoga to help individuals create their own […]

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March 10, 2022

81 | Give yourself permission. How intuition, self-care and awareness can shift your thoughts and quiet that inner critic with Kristen Elizabeth.

This week Margo chats with the lovely Annabella Sardelis, the founder of INDIGO & SNOW an atelier dedicated to zero waste in Minneapolis. Annabella is a multidisciplinary artist and designer whose working mediums include calligraphy, natural dyes and textiles. Her focus aesthetically is on the creation of functional items, and seeing the beauty in utility. […]

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October 29, 2021

62 | Annabella Sardelis on deconstructing hustle culture, and how we can give ourselves permission to do what we need to do for ourselves.

Playing small will rarely get you far but Nedira Hansen is living proof of what can happen when you trust your gut, invest in yourself, and believe in your work whole-heartedly. In this episode, Margo speaks with Nerida about her early career in textiles, business as both a creative and an agent, working with major […]

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August 3, 2021

50 | How do you get your work in front of the right people? BIG NEW NEWS for Creatives, from Nerida Hansen Of Nerida Hansen Textiles!

In this episode, Margo is joined by maker and creator of Urban Craft Uprising, Kristen Rask. Kristen opened her first store, Schmancy in downtown Seattle in 2004 just before she started curating an annual show titled Plush You! at the shop that soon got international recognition.  In its second year she received a book deal […]

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July 13, 2021

47 | Creator, Writer and Maker Champion Kristen Rask of Urban Craft Uprising digs in to all the creative-minded life details.

Margo and Mandy get real and honest when it comes to creativity and finding a balance. Mandy Ford is a licensed illustrator, lettering artist, teacher, and all around creative soul living in Indiana with her husband Dan, twin boys Ben & Landon, and Siamese cat Chloe. She specializes in honest & whimsical artwork that encourages […]

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September 9, 2020

02 | Honest talk about balancing all the things and still having room for creativity with Mandy Ford

On this episode, Margo chats with Nicole LaRue, a graphic designer and illustrator whose own adventures have taken her across the world from California to South Korea to Japan and more. Now residing in Salt Lake City UT, she spends her days as the Art Director, Designer & Illustrator for Gibbs Smith Publisher & Spumoni […]

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September 9, 2020

01 | What happens when you design a famous logo, and try to find a job you really love. A great conversation with Nicole Larue.

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