Summary

In this episode, Parenting Creative host Nikko Snyder shares her journey of launching Parenting Creative and exploring the intersection of creativity and parenting. She reflects on her personal experiences, the challenges of maintaining a creative identity while raising children, and the importance of community support for artist parents. Throughout, she emphasizes the need for connection and the value of diverse artistic expressions.

Parenting Creative explores the places where creative life and parenting collide, and all the magic and mess that ensues. Through deep, honest conversations with diverse artist-parents who are walking the walk, we explore both the struggles and the real, practical ways to make creativity and parenthood work—on your own terms, in ways that sustain and inspire you for the long haul. And we do it in community—because neither parenting nor creative life can thrive in isolation.

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Takeaways

• Parenting requires nothing short of Herculean fortitude.
• Tough times are precisely the time when artists go to work.
• It's easy to lose track of your creative self as a parent.
• Art is vast. It's music, craft, storytelling, film, dance, gardening... everything.
• You don't need formal training for your creative life to be legitimate.
• Life is short. Try the weird hobby.
• Diversity and communicating across our differences matter.
• Community changes everything.
• We cannot and must not be reduced to consumers.

Chapters

00:00 A Recurring Dream of Performance Anxiety

02:20 The Birth of the Parenting Creative Podcast

04:17 Identity and Heritage: A Personal Reflection

05:11 The Challenge of Balancing Parenting and Creativity

07:32 Art is Vast and Your Art Matters

08:01 The Importance of Diversity, Community, and Creating

Keywords

Parenting, Creativity, Podcast, Community, Identity, Art, Artist Parents, Parenting Challenges, Personal Growth, Connection, Diversity