91: Minimalism + Creating Meaningful Content w/ Matt D’Avella

“The whole point is to get past the ‘stuff'.” While we often think of minimalism as having less ‘stuff', it's not about the stuff at all. The goal is to get past the focus of material things in order to live a life that's truly meaningful to you.

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89: About Songwriting, My Boyfriend, & Learning to Love Unconditionally

It's the Season 3 finale of the Lavendaire Lifestyle Podcast! In this episode, I share exciting things coming for Lavendaire, insights on my relationship with my boyfriend that I've never shared with you all before, and a first listen of my new song about love.

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87: Craft a Life You Love w/ Amy Tan

Want to make a living by creating? Just know that your path won’t be straight and isn’t going to look like anybody else’s. Amy Tan, creator and author of Craft a Life You Love, will inspire you to do just that: craft a life you love, a life full of creative energy and flow, even if it takes a wildly unconventional path.

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8: A Lesson in Self Love w/ Kajal Pandey

“The relationship you have with yourself is the only constant relationship you’ll have in your entire life.” – Kajal Pandey Truth: This is one of my favorite episodes to date. Kajal is a spiritual life coach and self love teacher, and she has so much wisdom to share. Listen as I share my story on how I … Read more

Break Through Your Creative Blocks

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This past week, I was so inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert's podcast Magic Lessons. Here are some lessons from the podcast that got me out of my creative rut. Gilbert's new book, Big Magic, just came out this week and I am so excited to dive in and soak in the creative inspiration! Hope you guys can feel what I'm feeling too.

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A Personal Reminder (Ira Glass)

{ Ira Glass on Storytelling on Vimeo } I first saw this video years ago and I’ve seen it multiple times since. Tonight, I stumbled upon it again and it still strikes me with such impact. I always need to hear this, over and over again. I’ll be honest. My will for creativity has been weak lately. I’m often afraid. The … Read more

Planning Your Own Creative Retreat

In the beginning of the year, I had filled out this Amazing Year Workbook for 2014. One of the exercises in the workbook was to plan a creative retreat for yourself, so back in January, I thought about when I would probably need a creative retreat the most and what I would want to do. I knew … Read more