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Creative Liberation: Ditching Capitalism’s Grip on Art with Krisha Kayastha

Creative Liberation: Ditching Capitalism’s Grip on Art with Krisha Kayastha

Update: 2025-07-07
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Coaching can feel like a solo sport, but it doesn’t have to!


Join Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown for a free live workshop on October 30th at 2 p.m. ET where we’ll explore what it really takes to grow as a coach rooted in liberation, not just business.


🌟 In this session, you’ll learn:

  • What liberation can look like for you and your clients
  • The 3 essentials every coach needs for a sustainable, liberatory practice
  • How community can fuel your growth with fresh ideas, accountability, and support

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What if making art wasn’t about monetizing, optimizing, or gaining followers—but about freedom? In this episode, artist and writer Krishna Kayastha joins Becky and Taina to talk about reclaiming creativity from capitalism. From journaling to fanfic, motherhood to self-trust, Krishna shares her journey of redefining what it means to be an artist in a world that demands constant output and productivity.

They explore how hustle culture and girlboss messaging warped her creativity, why she stopped making art for money, and what it looks like to reclaim joy as a daily practice. She offers insights into how her habit tracking system, morning pages, and refusal to commodify everything have helped her stay rooted in her creative process—and why rest, fun, and fanfiction are deeply radical acts. This episode is a must-listen for anyone struggling with burnout, self-doubt, or wondering if it’s okay to just make art for art’s sake.

Krishna’s website | Ink Blots and Fragments on Spotify | Krishna's Substack


Discussed in this episode:

  • Creative liberation beyond capitalism
  • Using fanfiction as resistance and joy
  • The emotional toll of monetizing your passion
  • Habit tracking for personal data and self-trust
  • The Artist’s Way and morning pages
  • Finding boundaries between public and private art
  • Self-permission to create without perfection
  • Rest as resistance and lunch as liberation
  • Krishna’s podcast Ink Blots and Fragments
  • Her Habit Tracker journal

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Creative Liberation: Ditching Capitalism’s Grip on Art with Krisha Kayastha

Creative Liberation: Ditching Capitalism’s Grip on Art with Krisha Kayastha

Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown