Paige's Pod

On this episode, Paige has a major fan girl moment with the incredibly kind and talented, Michelle Armas. Michelle is an abstractionist painter working mostly on canvas and linen with acrylics, oils and pastels. She creates to express what she can not say with words and to feel connected to the impulse of composition.Michelle shares her creative journey of how she attained a graduate degree in Graphic Design from the Portfolio Center in Atlanta, GA and initially achieved her dream job in New York City. However, she soon realized the need for more spontaneity in her creative pursuits. She dedicated her evenings and weekends to crafting intricate oil and acrylic paintings, and as the recognition and demand for her artwork grew, she made the decision to embrace a full-time career as an artist upon returning to Atlanta. Michele shares her decades of experience as a working artist by teaching classes and inviting people into her cozy backyard studio for workshops.Paige and Michelle chat about the importance of the deep work of self reflection, meditation and the energy on the work you are creating. When you focuss the energy on the deep work, abundance will follow. To follow and support Michelle, follow along on Instagram and check out her website, and don't forget to sign up for her Catalyst waitlist!

On this episode, Paige chats with Juliana Naufel. Julianna is a Brazilian artist, art therapist and visual communicator who uses affection as her primary subject. Her artwork is strongly influenced by the healing aspect of embroidering photographs as a way of making amends with the past. Naufel’s work is in a number of private collections around the world, including The Wonders of Women Museum, USA; The Kanyer Art Collection, USA; Taube Museum of Art, USA & Museu das Bandeiras, Brazil. Her work is currently represented by PxP Contemporary and Kobbi Gallery. Juliana shares her incredible art journey and how her art helps her cope and maneuver through past experiences with trauma and mental illness. Julianna expresses how her process helps her move forward with with her life with so much hope, courage, support and love. To follow and support Juliana, follow along on Instagram, check out her website, https://www.naufss.com and check out Photo Trouvée Magazine - a contemporary art platform with a focus on vintage found photographs and nostalgia.

On this episode Paige shares her experience snorkeling for the first time in Aruba and how jumping off the cliff to do something you’ve never done before isn’t always the best idea. Paige relates her silly snorkeling story to conquering new experiences and how asking the hard questions and doing the research before jumping off that cliff into the unknown will make you feel more in control. To follow and support Paige, follow along on Instagram or check out her website paigelindseydesign.com

On this episode, Paige chats about what it means to build a community. Paige chats about the art of community building, exploring the power of connection, shared values, and meaningful interactions.Fostering a community and creating a space where individuals feel seen, heard, and valued goes beyond mere numbers. Next time you find yourself in a challenging situation within your business, don't hesitate to turn to those who support you for advice and assistance. To follow and support Paige, follow along on Instagram @paigelindseydesign and www.paigelindseydesign.com. Enjoy the episode!

On this episode, Paige chats with the bubbly and kind soul Mabz (Chalked by Mabz). This conversation is casual, fun, light hearted, and all about why it is so scary to start the things we want to do. Paige and Mabz chat about the challenges they face when it comes to putting plans into action and why the act of getting started can feel overwhelming and intimidating. In addition to the why behind the scariness of starting stuff, these two artists chat about motherhood, work/life balance and more!To follow and support Mabz, follow along on Instagram and check out her website.

On this episode, Paige shares her own tips and tricks on how to stay motivated during slower months. If you are local to York, ME come stop by the Yours Truly group art show at the Blue Door Gallery. Paige would love to see you! Opening reception is January 20, 2024 from 5-9pm EST. more details and info can be found on Paige's website https://www.paigelindseydesign.com/workshopssMartina Calvi is the amazing master scrapbook/collage person she mentioned on this episode. Check out her work here - https://www.instagram.com/martinamartian

On today's episode Paige chats about finding your own style as an artist. Paige shares her own art style story journey, the book How To Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon, her experience preparing for a gallery show and helpful tips to help you find an artistic style that is uniquely all your own. To follow and support Paige, please leave a review on itunes, follow along on Instagram @paigelindseydesign or join her newsletter to always be up to date with all of the things - art, workshops, events, galleries etc. Enjoy the episode!

On this episode, Paige chats with Molly Supple, a nature-driven artist, dreamer and mom. Molly shares her journey from a 9-5 in pharmaceuticals to finding her creative voice. After quitting her day job, she finally had the freedom to fully embrace her art's intuitive and organic nature. When Molly creates, she aims for each piece to resonate with the subtle beauty in nature and life that often goes unnoticed.Molly paintings draw inspiration from nature's intricate details, from the grain of tree bark to the crunch of autumn leaves, often spark my creativity. When Molly is not in her studio, you'll find her wandering through antique stores, captivated by the untold stories behind each unique object. Paige and Molly have such a fun time chatting about skincare, mom life, thrifting, styaing curious when creating, and Molly’s journey from pharmaceutical sales to creating meaningful pieces inspired by nature. To follow and support Molly, follow along on Instagram and check out her website.

On this episode Paige chats with Daphne Rae from Daphne Rae Creative . Daphne shares her journey from studing entrepreurship to pursuing a career in the corporate tech space, to finding the courage to take the leap to pursue her art full time. Paige and Daphne talk about the pros and cons of working for a coporate company and the why behind her decision to leave tech. Paige and Daphne chat about burn out, their mental health challenges and how listening to others stories can help us feel more supported and empowered to puruse our goals and dreams. To follow and support Daphne, follow along on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/daphneraecreative and check out her Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/daphneraecreative

On this episode, Paige chats with her long time friend, Katelyn and together they discus ways to focus your energy on creating and NOT on your never ending lists of to-dos. Katelyn is a registered dietitian AND an online business manager (OBM) for Artists & Creative Entrepreneurs who sell their art and creative services online.Katelyn shares her journey of becoming a Registered Dietitian and how trying a variety of different things throughout the course of her career has paved the path to her love of creating systems and automations not only for herself but for others. Katelyn thrives on setting up systems and managing all of the moving parts that go on behind the scenes to keep creative businesses humming. Katelyn shares how implementing order and accountability into her client’s never-ending task lists helps them focus their energy on creating! Paige and Katelyn also talk about why Online Business Managers are helpful and why artists and creatives need a little xtra guidance when it comes to the admin and business side of their creative business.If you are interested in learning more about Katelyn’s Online Business Management offerings, check out https://forms.gle/Z1ciYuLKbrhA3uFy6

On this episode, Paige chats with her childhood dance friend, Kayleigh, an Embodiment & Nervous System Coach. Kayleigh shares her beautiful journey of transition from a designer living in New York City to following the gravitational pull of her intuition and the universe that was leading her to the other side of the country to pursue a Masters in Integrative Health. Paige and Kayleigh chat about toxic female CEO behavior, Kayleigh’s experience with burnout and working in tech health and the why behind pursuing her own business as an Embodiment & Nervous System Coach. This episode is a fun one filled with Jersey girl energy that you won’t want to miss out on! To learn more about Kayleigh’s new coaching project, The Unscripted Life Project check out her story that sparked the inspiration behind the project - https://www.kayleighm.com/project-unscripted The Unscripted Life Project: Between 10/1/23 - 11/15/23, Kayleigh is gifting 30 courageously curious people a 90-minute coaching call. This project is an invitation to break the limiting internal scripts, patterns and stories that have been on an endless loop. Through this project call, Kayleigh hopes to empower people to untether from the scripts of the past to trailblazer the path of the future version they want to be.To follow and support Kayleigh, check out https://www.kayleighm.com/link-in-bio

On this episode, Paige brings back her art bestie, Laurel from Laurel Greenfield Art and this conversation is all about their experiences with Online Coaches. Laurel shares her experience with coaches and why she continued to put money into coaches and their programs. Laurel is 100% transparent about the amount of debt she accrued, her mental health during this time in her life and what she learned when she stopped putting all of her trust in online coaches. Laurel shares how there is no one way to grow your art business, anyone who is promising a secret is lying, we are smart enough to make our OWN choices for our art business, and red flags to look for in a coach or course sales pages. If you ever find yourself in a moment of desperation or in need of someone giving you all the secrets and answers in order to grow a successful creative business…take a deep breathe and give this episode a listen! To Listen to the Marketing Muckraking Podcast Laurel mentions in the episode - Check out The Online Business Family Tree 4 pt. series - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thomas-edison-to-tony-robbins-the-online-business/id1567239956?i=1000623323412 To follow and support Laurel and her art business, check out her website, https://www.laurelgreenfieldart.com and follow along on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/laurelgreenfieldart/

On this episode, Paige chats with the beautiful soul Marjolaine. Marjolaine is a Visionary Decision-Making Coach that helps multipassionate creatives at a turning point figure out their next steps and consistently show-up for their holistic vision.Paige and Marjolaine chat about what it means to be a multi passionate creative, and how multi-passionate creatives can navigate their goals and dreams and turn them into a reality. Marjolaine chats about abundance, taking leaps and what it looks like to fully give yourself permission to take risks in order to live a beautiful life, full of abundance and love. To follow and support Marjolaine, follow @morningmarjolaine on Instagram. For free visualizations, check out https://aumrituals.com/links.

On this episode, Paige brings back long time friend, Erica from The Blank Canvas Company to catch up on life and share her journey from full time product marketer to working for herself doing freelance marketing and focusing on her art business. Paige and Erica share their experiences with being laid off and how unfortunate events can be the universe’s way of creating space in your life for new opportunities. Paige and Erica chat about their experiences painting murals and how one on one connection and authentic conversations can lead you to beautiful collaborations, as well as opportunities to create in spaces you never thought were possible. To follow and support Erica, check out https://www.theblankcanvascompany.com and https://www.instagram.com/theblankcanvasco

On this episode, Paige shares her thoughts on being a new mom and how interacting with complete strangers on her hot girl walks sparks interest in complimenting complete strangers. Enjoy this light hearted episode about kindness, new mom life and spreading more love and support to those who inspire you.

On this episode, Paige chats with Stop-Motion Artist/Creative Entrepreneur, Colette Peri. Colette weaves magic into advertisements, marketing strategies and everyday life and is on a mission to empower her clients to unlock their creativity, awaken their imagination and take risks in pursing what they love!Coco shares her amazing, very real and relatable journey on how she went from working in marketing to part time freelancing stop-motion and photogrpahy work, to being rejected from big tech companies to allowing herself to take a chance on herself during a time of uncertainty, rejection and failure. Paige and Coco share their experiemces with failure and and how rejection has helped them both achieve personal success with their creative careers.This episode is for anyone feeling defeated from failure and rejection. Being rejected royally sucks, but in order to achieve your true potential, you need to learn how to face rejection and failure head on in order to open a new door to personal growth and success. Hopefully this conversation will inspire you to fail faster and to take more chances on yourself!To follow and support Colette Peri, check out her website, https://coletteperi.com and Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/colette.peri

Paige gets a direct message on Instagram from a virtual art pal, Caroline from Le Petit Brush. Paige turns this casual DM conversation into a full on podcast episode that is a little bit different and totally impromptu than the usual podcast format. Carolina is interested in collaborating with local businesses to facilitate her own watercolor workshops and is curious how to approach and pitch her workshop ideas to potential clients. Paige shares her experience and knowledge of moving, building her network from scratch and how to build authentic relationships with local shops, which leads to hosting really fun workshop events for the community. Caroline asks a lot of really great questions on best watercolor workshop practices and Paige answers Carolina’s questions by sharing stories, helpful tips, tricks, and her knowledge/expertise on various ways to build confidence, grow your network, and create fun events for your community to enjoy. Follow and support Carolina by following https://www.instagram.com/lepetitbrush on Instagram and check out her website, https://www.lepetitbrush.com to learn more about her painting and workshop offerings!

On this episode of Paige's Pod, Paige has the pleasure of having her fist in studio podcast session with her dear friend, Amy Tilton from Home Remedy Studio. Amy shares her journey and experience of art school, art education and self employment as an artist. Paige and Amy cover an array of conversation topics such as pushing limits, setting boundaries, thrifting, sustainability, mistake making and the feeling of being part of something that is beautiful and bigger than one could ever imagine. To follow and support Amy, please follow https://www.instagram.com/homeremedystudio on Instagram and check out her website https://www.homeremedystudio.com to learn more about her work, as well as her art class offerings for kids and adults in Seatcoast New Hampshire. Happy listening!

On this episode, Paige has the pleasure of chatting with Catie from CRW Ceramics. Catie is a New Hampshire potter, high school art teacher and soon to be mom! Catie and Paige both attended the University of New Hampshire (unfortunately they only had one drawing class together) and reminisce about their experience attending UNH. Catie shares her experience majoring in communications and then switching to art and education and the why behind her decision to become an art teacher. Catie shares how she got started with her art business and the organic growth Instagram had to offer before the social media platform transitioned to video creation and heavy ad promotion. Catie is an expecting mother and Paige and Catie share their hopes, dreams and fears about embarking on this new motherhood journey of theirs. They both share similar ideas and beliefs when it comes to work/life/baby balance and dive into an array of topics that will leave you feeling like you had the best hang out sesh with friends. To follow and support Catie please follow her on Instagram, www.instagram.com/crw_designs and her website, https://crwdesignsceramics.com

On this episode, Paige shares some pretty exciting news, she’s pregnant! Paige chats about her current pregnancy journey and what the future holds for her and her art business. Paige shares her experience with miscarriage as well as her current experience with sub chorionic hematoma during pregnancy. Paige expresses how the hard challenges life throws your way can make you hyper focussed, aware and completely in the moment. Life challenges we face can also make your entire world come to complete halt and stop everything that you’re doing in order to heal, process and reflect. Paige chats about her hopes, fears and dreams when it comes to motherhood and running a business. She also shares her thoughts on dreaming big and really wanting something out of life - If you really want to achieve something, you should do anything and everything to make it work. To follow and support Paige please visit her website paigelindseydesign.com or @paigelindseydesign on Instagram.