Kailea and Megan continue their deep dive into her identity as an artist and a mother. In this episode, they explore fears and insecurities that accumulate over time, and the limiting beliefs and fear of other people’s judgments that hold us back.

This episode explores:

• The interruptions and time confetti of having kids – the challenge of working in bursts vs. having open-ended time.


• Fear of people thinking, “she’s not a legitimate artist” (feeling like she had to be ALL IN or not in at all).


• In early years of parenting, how hard it felt to justify time spent working on art (with no guarantee of earning income).


• Feeling knocked off course by the pandemic and by the loss of her mom and realizing there may never be perfect conditions.


• Kailea shares some practical tips:




• Shifting the mindset of time: Let yourself work for 2 hours daily (and permission to release old requirement of 8-10 hours).


• Setting a ‘zoom out’ goal – what would make me proud of myself in a year? (Ex: 10 paintings in a year, 1 painting a month approx. Track progress visually!)


• Value identification: “Show my kids that I am brave enough to do it”.


• What would success mean? Simplify and quantify it. Ex: I want to hold a show.




• The loss of her mom and the sadness of feeling like her mom won’t get to see her succeed.


• Can we have the courage to take ourselves seriously? Whose respect matters most? 

Find Megan’s art on Instagram @megansantstudio  

We are so grateful to our incredible sponsors. This episode is brought to you by: 

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Join the conversation over on Instagram @inthisnewseason. To find out more about Kailea’s practice visit www.kaileaswitzer.com.

In This New Season is recorded and produced by Greg Alsop at Don’t Wake Baby Studio: www.gregalsop.com