Chaotic Creatives
Episodes
Crash Course - Part 4: Tips for Hosting Your First Creative Workshop (from Gals with Experience!)
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the conclusion of this first Crash Course mini-series, the hosts are sharing some of the commonly overlooked aspects of selling a workshop. They di...
Crash Course - Part 3: Workshop Planning, Pricing, and Preparation
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With a workshop concept locked in, Lauren and Rachael begin developing their idea into a more well-rounded offering. They work through how to provide ...
Crash Course - Part 2: Figuring Out What Type of Workshop to Teach
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren and Rachael brainstorm on a guided experience that merges both of their skills and teaching styles. In pitching ideas to one another, they land...
Crash Course - Part 1: How to Host a Creative Workshop
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Crash Course! A Chaotic Creative mini series about gathering in the material world. Follow Lauren and Rachael as they plan a workshop that ...
Staying Creatively Grounded While Grieving
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this wide-ranging conversation, Rachael and Lauren discuss how they stay creatively grounded in periods of grief; they then realize that the conver...
Choosing Our Own Adventures
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this penultimate episode of season 3, Rachael and Lauren both find themselves at the precipice of major change in their lives. They discuss how the...
Phone a Friend: The Creative Coaching Episode
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get a sense of what a creative coaching session is like as Lauren and Rachael help each other with specific challenges they are facing in their respec...
Workspace, Play Place: Designing a Creative Haven
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Much has been covered about the what, why, and how we create but this episode is all about WHERE we do our creative work. In the wake of Lauren’s bi...
Field Guide to Finding Creative Community IRL
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rachael was brimming with excitement after her experience at this year’s Alt Summit. As she shared the details with Lauren, a discussion unfolded ab...
Q&A: Finding Clarity and Connection in Your Creative Practice
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rachael and Lauren continue to answer listener questions! They discuss their silly, self-indulgent projects, ideas on building community, and navigati...
Can You Avoid Being Cringe Online? And Other Listener Questions!
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren and Rachael answer more of your questions! Being authentically you, building confidence, avoiding the cringe: these were a few of the concerns ...
Purpose, Process, and Embracing the Unexpected
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren and Rachael discuss the importance of managing expectations throughout the creative process and journey. As artists, we can’t help but to dre...
Nature, Nurture, and the Creative Journey
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this discussion, Rachael and Lauren explore the how their upbringings, and communities of origin have influenced the trajectories of their creative...
The “Bummed Hole” Survival Kit
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The creative path is full of wonder and play; but sadness, depression, and grief are inevitable parts of the human experience. Rachael and Lauren retu...
Why We Love Passion Projects & Creative Challenges
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this final episode of Season 2, Rachael and Lauren talk about creating challenges and passion projects and how the practice can be useful for self...
Social (Media) Code of Conduct
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren and Rachael discuss the importance of creating personal guidelines for navigating social media. You can think of these as 10 Commandments, Hous...
Making Sense of Making Money
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about money and feelings! There’s a saying that is constantly floating around online: “Charge your worth and add tax.” Laure...
Creating Offerings Without Crushing Your Spirit
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a creative entrepreneur, experimentation is important in finding a balance between your desires and those of your community. Rachael and Lauren dis...
Get the Goo Gone! We’re Peeling Back Limiting Labels!
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! Lauren and Rachael are glad to be back and are thinking about loosening their adherence to certain labels that they’ve stuck with fo...
2024 Reflections for 2025 Revisions
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren and Rachael share reflections on the year as we head into 2025. If you’ve been listening since episode 1, you know that these gals LOVE refle...
Seven Silly Questions for (Creative) Connection
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a few heavier, more cerebral episodes, we wanted to lighten things up with a FUN ONE using Rachael’s silly list of questions to get to know yo...
Art Kid vs. CEO: Balancing the Idealist and the Pragmatist
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren and Rachael talk ethics, personal values, and what it can look like to honor those ideals in your creative business. They discuss how outside f...
The Spark: How Advice for Dating is Advice for Creating
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are SO MANY shared lessons on building healthy romantic relationships and joyful, sustainable creative passions that Lauren and Rachael HAD to d...
Riding the Waves of Creative Entrepreneurship
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s firmly Fall and Rachael and Lauren are back! They discuss what’s been going on in their worlds, and how they’ve been navigating seasons of ...
Staying Jazzed on Your Creative Journey
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren and Rachael don polka dot funeral garb to put season one to rest and discuss the importance of giving yourself your flowers. Reflecting on past...
Unpacking the B-Word: Personal "Branding" for Multi-Passionates
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listener Jen asked a really big question: "How do you easily add different creative projects while keeping it all in one brand? Or do you?" It was suc...
Embrace Your Weird. Make Friends! Q&A Pt. 2
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachael and Lauren answer more of your questions while making fun chaotic detours along the way!Episode Link Mentions:Play with Clay with Rachael Rena...
Confirmed Millennials! Q&A Pt. 1
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren and Rachael answer your questions and make fun chaotic detours along the way!Episode Link Mentions:Play with Clay with Rachael Renae @ Still Li...
Doing the Thing: The Power of Imperfect Action
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachael and Lauren talk about the concept of taking "imperfect action" when following what fascinates them, and how this could lead to new insights an...
Niche for Now, Not Forever
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We know that narrowing your focus is a great tool for curbing the creative chaos; but, is a creative niche forever? Don't fret! Rachael and Lauren tal...
The Creative Clutter Conundrum: How Hobby Hoarders Can Make Space for New Ideas
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Letting go of your best, most cherished ideas can be a tough call; but can hoarding all of the creative gems of the past make it more cumbersome (phys...
To Monetize or Not Pt. 2: A Nuanced Chat About Turning Our Passions into Profit
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachael and Lauren continue their two-part discussion on monetization by touching on infusing pleasure and enjoyment into their work. They share their...
To Monetize or Not Pt. 1: A Nuanced Chat About Turning Our Passions into Profit
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To monetize or not to monetize? In part one of this two-part discussion, Rachael and Lauren unpack turning their passions into profit, the potential i...
Our Relationship with Creativity and Why We Follow the Fun
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Hom and Rachael Renae kick off the pod by discussing their personal relationships with creativity, common obstacles to starting, and insights o...