As human beings, we all have an innate understanding of what the brain is and why it’s important. It controls bodily functions of which we are unaware and have little control - like heartbeats, breathing, and digestion. It’s also the command center for our intentional actions - chewing, movement, and speech.

But it’s something deeper than that, right? It’s our essence, our thoughts, feelings, and personality. It’s what generates our creativity.

There is a symbiotic relationship between brain health and creativity. Engaging in creativity improves the health of your brain, and working to improve your brain health sets the stage for creativity. It’s foundational not only for creativity itself but also for creating a life you love.

And for women, brain health is especially important.

Episode highlights:

• Stats on women’s brain health
• Brain Anatomy 101
• Signs of a healthy brain
• Three primary contributors to brain health
• Intro to The BrainWAVES Protocol

The Four Q’s

Question:

What is most important to you about brain health?

Quest:

Download your free Fuel Your Focus guide!

Quality Creativity:

Emily’s favorite breakfast

Quote:

“As a primer, here are the five pillars of brain health: move, discover, relax, nourish, connect.”

• Sanjay Gupta

For additional info, check out our show notes page:

Episode 34: Women & Brain Health

If you’re ready to optimize your brain for health and creativity, check out our free guide!

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Episode Credits:

We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.

Music:

Theme Music:

“Living Life” by ⁠Scott Holmes Music⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠.

Break Background Music:

"Alive In It" by ⁠Ketsa⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠

Here at The Everyday Creative, we talk about all things creativity. So, it's important for us to identify some goals around the creative process, creative practice, and creative ways of being.

The ultimate goal of this episode is to introduce what it means to be a Creative. It's much more than just doing creative things. It's a way of being. If you develop creative skills and mindset, you can use these skills in daily life to create a life you love.

Episode highlights:

• Introduction to The Logical Levels Framework
• The Purpose Level: Finding Your Why
• Identity, Values, and Beliefs
• Skills and Capabilities
• Social Environment and Relationships

The Four Q’s

Question:

What is one goal you’ve set for yourself?

Quest:

Complete the Creative Self Guide and set a goal in each level of your life to align with your creative life.

Quality Creativity:

Evie’s “Future Self” visualization image

Quote:

“Make two people proud: Your 8-year-old self and your 80-year-old self.”

• David Perrell

For additional info, check out our show notes page:

Episode 33: Creativity Goals

If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!

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Episode Credits:

We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.

Music:

Theme Music:

“Living Life” by ⁠Scott Holmes Music⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠.

Break Background Music:

"Alive In It" by ⁠Ketsa⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠

We are finally doing an episode about finding your values. Even if we don’t realize it, our values are a constant undercurrent in our lives. They are what we use to make decisions and how we choose to spend our time and energy, whether we know it or not.

Finding our values is a process of discovery and we are going through that process in today’s episode.

Episode highlights:

• Defining personal values
• Importance of identifying values
• Criteria and characteristics of values
• The process of finding values

Helpful Links:

Shalom H. Schwartz: Universals in the Content and Structure of Values

Values Assessment: Core Values Index

CEO Sage: 7 Steps to Discover Your Personal Values

CEO Sage: The Ultimate List of Core Values

The Minimalists: How to Understand Your Values

The Four Q’s

Question:

What was the most challenging thing about finding your values?

Quest:

If you haven’t identified your values yet, that is your quest for this week.

If you have identified your values, then take some time to reassess. Make sure they are still true for you and that you are aligned with you values in your daily behaviors and actions.

Bonus: Find a creative way to display your values so you are constantly reminded of how you want to live.

Quality Creativity:

Creative ways to display your values

Quote:

“Values are like fingerprints. Nobodies are the same, but you leave them all over everything you do.”

• Elvis Presley

For additional info, check out our show notes page:

Episode 32: Finding Your Personal Values

If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!

Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective

Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com

Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective

Check us out on Pinterest

Have a creative week!

Episode Credits:

We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.

Music:

Theme Music:

“Living Life” by ⁠Scott Holmes Music⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠.

Break Background Music:

"Alive In It" by ⁠Ketsa⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠

We’ve finally made it to the end of 2024! Now, it’s time to turn our attention to 2025. While New Year’s Resolutions aren’t for everyone, we think setting intentions for the upcoming year can be beneficial for everyone.

Episode highlights:

• Types of goals
• Challenges with goal setting
• Reframe goals by setting intentions instead
• Unconventional goal setting
• Anticipating and overcoming challenges
• Upcoming intentions for The Everyday Creative Collective

The Four Q’s

Question:

What intentions are you setting for 2025?

Quest:

Set your intentions and quarterly goals for 2025

Quality Creativity:

All things AI

Quote:

Set goals not for the outcome itself but for who you get to become in the process.

- Jim Rohn

For additional info, check out our show notes page:

Episode 31: Wrapping Up 2024

If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!

Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective

Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com

Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective

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Have a creative week!

Episode Credits:

We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.

Music:

Theme Music:

“Living Life” by ⁠Scott Holmes Music⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠.

Break Background Music:

"Alive In It" by ⁠Ketsa⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠

‘Tis the season of consumption! Special days like Thanksgiving and Christmas are opportunities for us to connect with friends and family, show gratitude and get much needed rest. But like us, I’m sure you’ve noticed that our consumer-driven society has taken over.

Did you know that Americans produce 25% more waste between Thanksgiving and New Year than they do the rest of the year?

We need to find a balance between enjoying our special days without getting sucked into overconsuming.

Episode highlights:

• Defining consumption and special days
• Societal expectations and consumption
• The Santa Claus Grinch Spectrum of Consumption
• Awareness of consumption and environmental impact
• Categories of consumption and their impact
• Balancing consumption with your values
• Tips for reducing consumption

Helpful Links:

Iowa State Daily: Overconsumption Around the Holidays: Sustainable Strategies

Nebraska Recycling Council: Is Consumerism Consuming Your Holidays?

Values Assessment: Core Values Index

The Four Q’s

Question:

What is your favorite non-consumerism part of the holidays?

Quest:

Pick one area of consumption where you can be more mindful.

Quality Creativity:

Sustainable gift wrap

Quote:

“What consumerism is at its worst is getting people to buy things that don’t actually improve their lives.”

• Jeff Bezos

For additional info, check out our show notes page:

Episode 30: Consumption & Special Days

If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!

www.theeverydaycreativecollective.com/creativeselfoptin

Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective

Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com

Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective

Check us out on Pinterest

Have a creative week!

Episode Credits:

We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.

Music:

Theme Music:

“Living Life” by ⁠Scott Holmes Music⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠.

Break Background Music:

"Alive In It" by ⁠Ketsa⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠

We live in a fast-paced modern society full of noise, distractions, and deadlines. All of this stuff competes for your precious time, attention, and energy. Without time to recharge, we are left feeling depleted.

It is time for rest!

Episode highlights:

• Types of exhaustion
• Types of rest
• Actionable steps for getting your rest

Helpful Links:

Psychology Today: The 7 Kinds of Rest You Actually Need

The Four Q’s

Question:

What type of rest do you need the most right now?

Quest:

Practice rest in the category you need it most.

Quality Creativity:

Finding sensory rest in prison by constructing a DIY iPad backpack

Quote:

“Rest is the bridge between imagination and manifestation.”

- Unknown

For additional info, check out our show notes page:

Episode 29: Creativity & Rest

If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!

Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective

Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com

Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective

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Have a creative week!

Episode Credits:

We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.

Music:

Theme Music:

“Living Life” by ⁠Scott Holmes Music⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠.

Break Background Music:

"Alive In It" by ⁠Ketsa⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠

You get home from work with good intentions of diving into your creative project. You finally have the time and inspiration, but you just can’t seem to get off the couch. What’s going on?

It’s all about energy management. Today we are exploring ways energy plays a role in creativity and how to manage your energy so you have enough to spare to act on your creative inspiration.

Episode highlights:

• Energy management defined
• The Laziness Myth
• Four main sources of energy
• Common energy depleters
• Common energy boosters

Helpful Links:

The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz

Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time by Tony Schwartz (Harvard Business Review)

Using the Science of Ultradian Rhythms to Boost Productivity, Energy, and Willpower by Pilar Gerasimo (Blue Zones)

4 Ways to Manage your Energy and have a Balanced, Productive Workday (Atlassian)

Manage Your Energy, not Your Time: How to Work Smarter and Faster by Elizabeth Perry, ACC (Betterup)

The Unconventional RD (Erica Julson)

The Four Q’s

Question:

What activities give you the most energy?

Quest:

Try one of the energy boosters this week.

Quality Creativity:

Emily’s surprising energy booster

Quote:

“Energy is the essence of life. Every day, you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal.”

- Oprah Winfrey

For additional info, check out the show notes:

Episode 28: Energy Management

If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!

Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective

Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com

Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective

Check us out on Pinterest

Have a creative week!

Episode Credits:

We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.

Music:

Theme Music:

“Living Life” by ⁠Scott Holmes Music⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠.

Break Background Music:

"Alive In It" by ⁠Ketsa⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠⁠

This episode celebrates the one-year anniversary of our podcast. It’s been a surreal experience, and we can’t believe we’ve made it this far. Thanks to everyone who’s been listening all along.

Episode highlights:

• All of the tech struggles
• Finding our voice and our message
• Tips, tricks, and lessons learned
• Managing expectations

Helpful Links:

NPR’s Podcast Start Up Guide: Create, Launch, and Grow a Podcast on Any Budget by Glen Weldon

The Four Q’s

Question:

What’s next for The Everyday Creative?

Quest:

Send us an email. Let us know how we are doing and if you have any questions or suggestions.

Quality Creativity:

This podcast is a creative outlet and an opportunity to connect with our audience and with each other as sisters and coworkers.

Quote:

“Show us messy, show up imperfect, but just keep showing up.”

- Jenna Kutcher

For additional info, check out our show notes page:

Episode 27: One Year of Podcasting!

If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!

Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective

Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com

Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective

Check us out on Pinterest

Have a creative week!

Episode Credits:

We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.

Music:

Theme Music:

“Living Life” by ⁠Scott Holmes Music⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠.

Break Background Music:

"Alive In It" by ⁠Ketsa⁠. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at ⁠Free Music Archive⁠