Cultivating Creativity
In Episode 62 of the Exhale Podcast, Sonya and Adrienne interview two exhale members, Laura Bass and Laura Rennie, about cultivating their creative skills and what that looks like within Exhale’s creative community. We will learn how the resources on the website, workshops, and their relationship have enriched their creative lives and practices.
This episode also offers listeners an ‘inside look’ at what they can find in the Exhale Marketplace, specifically our workshops. You’ll hear from women who’ve taken them and who connected because of them. We wanted to share about what’s involved, what one can expect, and the tangible benefits of taking a workshop.
Bio: Laura Rennie works part time managing a travel website and writing copy for a marketing agency. She loves short stories, the show Top Chef, and the incredible feeling of finishing a crossword puzzle without having to call her mom for help. She lives in Maryland with her husband and six-year-old daughter.
Laura Bass lives in North Carolina in what she affectionately calls "a house full of boys" and spends her days working part-time in between bouncing from carpool line to carpool line, picking up the Legos covering the floor, overusing the word y’all, reading her way through stacks of library books, and scouting out the perfect coffee shops to work or write in.
Join their upcoming cohort of women working through The Artist’s Way by emailing lrennie86@gmail.com
Links from this episode:
You can subscribe to Laura Rennie’s Newsletter at www.laurarennie.com or IG @laurarennie_
You can read her latest essay “Inside the Maze” at Coffee+Crumbs
You can find Laura Bass’s Newsletter at www.laurapbass.com or IG @laurapbass
You can read her latest essay “Magic In the Air” at Coffee+Crumbs
Marketplace Listings Mentioned:
Laura and Laura met in Sonya’s Writing With Purpose Workshop.
Adrienne and Laura Rennie also recommend the Mini-Intensive with Callie Feyen
Reading Well, Writing Well I and II with Sonya and Callie
Creative Library Resources Mentioned:
How to Start A Newsletter resource and GNI on Newsletter 101
The Girls’ Night In that Laura and Laura hosted on the Artist’s Way
Podcast Episodes Mentioned:
Ep: 46 On Writing & Soul Care with Steph Smith
Ep. 50 Falling (Back) In Love with Your Creative Practice
Ep. 57 Creative Legacy with Sarah Clarkson
Ep. 61 Learning to Trust the Process with Nicole Gulotta
Books Mentioned in This Episode:
DIY MFA
Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott
Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers by Kate Hopper
The Art of Memoir by Mary Carr
The Situation and the Story Vivien Gornek
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