Episode 49: Quiet Bravery & Conscious Living with Vana Feliciano
In this episode, Vana shares pivotal moments in her journey which led her to creating a movement for conscious women making courageous journeys called The Quiet Brave.
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Vana Feliciano a pint size poet, painter, podcaster and planeteer. Deeply obsessed with alliteration and all things cerulean blue, she is the founder of The Quiet Brave, a lifestyle community for the consciously courageous and Quiet Brave Radio a podcast that explores the practice of being a conscious woman.
She believes in community over criticism and that fumbles and fuck ups are essential to building a fairy tale life.
TOPICS
- Vana’s multipassionate journey from ballerina, public relations, health coach and time management coach.
- How being in huge car crash changed everything for Vana in an instant
- How learning about climate change led to a huge shift in Vana’s life
- Vana’s advice for anyone wanting to live more in the moment
RESOURCES
ABOUT MEG &
THAT HUMMINGBIRD LIFE
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with clients, I'm usually covered in paint and thinking of imaginative ways of hide my would-be dog from my landlord.
I’m Meg and I’m the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I’m an INFJ creative and multipassionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate.
I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.
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Episode 50: Living a Creative Life & The Power of Making Things with Nicki Rochead
This week we’re really diving deep into creativity, which is one of my favourite topics and I know you’ll be itching to make something by the end of the show!
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TOPICS
- The renaissance inspiration behind Magpie Maker
- Nicki’s journey from being a burnt out teacher to living a life of creativity
- How creativity has helped Nicki with her depression and anxiety
- Nicki’s advice for creating space for daily creativity
RESOURCES
ABOUT MEG &
THAT HUMMINGBIRD LIFE
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with clients, I'm usually covered in paint and thinking of imaginative ways of hide my would-be dog from my landlord.
I’m Meg and I’m the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I’m an INFJ creative and multipassionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate.
I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.
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Episode 51: Getting Real about Trailblazing with Katie Snyder
In this episode, Katie shares her journey from starting her photography business at the age of 18 and how she decided to start over and pursue different passions as a thirty something.
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Katie Snyder has owned & operated a photography business since she was 18 years old. During this time, she has been responsible for documenting hundreds of events and humanitarian projects around the world. She now oversees and runs this business from the road, while tour managing indie electronic band, Paper Lights. She also owns The Wildfire Company, which was created to help musicians and other artists in a variety of facets, including management, booking, and social media. She enjoys teaching and mentoring about creativity and is currently working on her first book on this topic. Follow her journey on the road in #RudolphtheRedAdventureVan
Email | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
TOPICS
- How Katie started a photography business when she was 18 and how she made it her livelihood
- What Katie’s life looks like out on the road, managing and touring with Paper Lights
- How Katie keeps herself inspired and keeps self doubt away
- Katie’s beliefs about creativity
RESOURCES
ABOUT MEG &
THAT HUMMINGBIRD LIFE
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with clients, I'm usually covered in paint and thinking of imaginative ways of hide my would-be dog from my landlord.
I’m Meg and I’m the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I’m an INFJ creative and multipassionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate.
I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.
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Episode 52: Combining Passions & Being Excited To Be You with Fran Day
In this episode, Fran shares her journey of combining science and comedy, how and why she started stand up comedy and the lessons she’s learned along the way.
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Fran Day is a theoretical physicist at Oxford and a stand-up comedian. Her research involves using X-ray telescope observations to search for signals from new particles. Fran‘s comedy tackles topics ranging from science to feminism. She performs around the UK and last August took her solo show, Physics Fan Fiction, to the Edinburgh Fringe. Fran loves creativity and communication in all forms – from the lab to the stage.
TOPICS
- How Fran made the decision to become a stand up comedian
- How you can make time for your passions, and how you can combine then
- The relationship between passions and money
- Fran’s screen-free Sundays
RESOURCES
ABOUT MEG &
THAT HUMMINGBIRD LIFE
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with clients, I'm usually covered in paint and thinking of imaginative ways of hide my would-be dog from my landlord.
I’m Meg and I’m the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I’m an INFJ creative and multipassionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate.
I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.
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Episode 53: Self Care, Routines & Intentional Action with Melissa Steginus
In this episode, Melissa Steginus really gets down to the nitty gritty of self care – why we need it, how to make it consistent and how self care and courage overlap.
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Melissa Steginus is a self-care advocate and coach with a lifelong desire to promote self-empowerment.
A woman of many curiosities, she’s constantly seeking new ways to blend her background in social work with her interest in entrepreneurship and teaching.
She’s spent the past five years exploring roles in counseling, behavioural therapy, business operations, teaching yoga, network facilitation, magazine coordination, and more!
Throughout this constant ebb and flow, her purpose has remained the same: help others live fulfilling lives rooted in self-care and meaningful growth.
She’s thrilled to be working on her first book, Self-Care Action Plan: A Practical Guide to Personal Growth, which centers on breaking down buzzwords and cliches to create purposeful, long-lasting action.
When she’s not at her keyboard, you can find Melissa hiking, climbing, daydreaming of dogs, and exploring her home on the Canadian west coast
Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
TOPICS
- Melissa’s journey to becoming more creative and how self care came to be a huge part of her life
- Taking the world off your shoulders and becoming human
- How important routines are for creatives and multipassionates, even though we like to resist them
- The importance of taking action when you consume content online
ABOUT MEG &
THAT HUMMINGBIRD LIFE
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with clients, I'm usually covered in paint and thinking of imaginative ways of hide my would-be dog from my landlord.
I’m Meg and I’m the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I’m an INFJ creative and multipassionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate.
I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.
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Episode 54: The 'Secret' To Getting Creative Work Done
This week on Couragemakers I’m diving into one of my favourite topics: creative resistance. I’m going to be sharing what obsessing over successful creative’s routines taught me (spoiler alert – not a lot!) and how you already have so much of what you need inside you!
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I hope you enjoy this solo episode of Couragemakers! I’d love to know what you think of this format and any questions/topics you’d like me to cover! Let me know on Twitter or via email: meg [at] thathummingbirdlife.com
Have a wonderfully creative and inspiring week and see you soon!
TOPICS
- What time of the day do you feel more inspired?
- What do you feel the urge to do? It doesn’t have to make sense
- What motivates you?
- Why do you want to do the work/create what you want?
- Do you like typing or handwriting ideas?
- Do you work better with music?
- Does the environment make a difference to you? If so, what helps?
- What’s one thing you can do this week to turn down the noise and do the work?
ABOUT MEG &
THAT HUMMINGBIRD LIFE
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with clients, I'm usually covered in paint and thinking of imaginative ways of hide my would-be dog from my landlord.
I’m Meg and I’m the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I’m an INFJ creative and multipassionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate.
I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.
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Episode 55: Freeing Yourself & Owning Your Story with Monica Wisdom Tyson
During this episode, Monica really honestly shares her story, from dealing with a difficult childhood, struggling with depression, going on a spiritual journey, travelling the world and her various different careers.
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Monica is a St Louis woman and describes herself as an analog girl in a digital world. She is a Chief Storyteller and Visibility Strategist, teaching the elements of a great story and ways to amplify a story to communities and believes that your story is power.
Monica believes storytelling is as essential to our lives as breathing. It is how we learn, grow and evolve. Stories have shaped every part of our growth whether it is a song, book or the wisdom of our elders. We are cultivated by stories through our listening and our learning. Stories not only connect us with our audience but release the vulnerability within ourselves.
Generation X and a self confessed Trekkie, Monica loves live music, long conversations and travelling around the world meeting people where they are.
Website | Instagram | Periscope | Facebook
TOPICS
- Monica’s story and how she has learned to accept and share her story
- How we forget to dream because we are living other people’s versions of us and how we were told how to live our life
- What happened when Monica shared her story – even the parts she felt shame about – with a close friend
- The importance of being careful about how we feed our soul
RESOURCES
ABOUT MEG &
THAT HUMMINGBIRD LIFE
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with clients, I'm usually covered in paint and thinking of imaginative ways of hide my would-be dog from my landlord.
I’m Meg and I’m the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I’m an INFJ creative and multipassionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate.
I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.
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Episode 56: Why Reinventing Yourself Just Doesn't Work
This week on Couragemakers, I’m diving into the myth of reinventing yourself. I’m sharing my own stories of falling into the trap and what I learned along the way.
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Hello and welcome to episode 56 of The Couragemakers Podcast. I’m so happy to be back with another solo episode of Couragemakers!
I’m in the process of planning how these episodes can become a regular thing alongside the regular interviews, so stay tuned! As for now, they’re going to be pretty spontaneous and on the fly!
This week, I’m diving into the myth of reinventing yourself. I’m sharing my own stories of falling into the trap and what I learned along the way. It can be so tempting, and it’s so understandable to want at times to be a whole new version of you, but in this episode, I’m diving into why you’re enough just the way you are.
TOPICS
- How I completely missed the irony of Mean Girls aged 13
- Why you can’t just take yourself out of your story
- The problem with chasing mythical versions of yourself
RESOURCES
ABOUT MEG &
THAT HUMMINGBIRD LIFE
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with clients, I'm usually covered in paint and thinking of imaginative ways of hide my would-be dog from my landlord.
I’m Meg and I’m the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I’m an INFJ creative and multipassionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate.
I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.
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Episode 57: Saying Yes To Yourself & Your Creativity with Emily Scott
In this episode of Couragemakers, Emily Scott shares her creative process, from how she began writing as a child purely as a way to communicate and be understood, to how she writes, finding inspiration and plots her novel.
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Emily Scott is a storyteller and artist. She writes paranormal fantasy fiction featuring rebellious protagonists dedicated to knocking down their boundaries. Like any good California girl, she loves the beach and believes she should have been born a mermaid.
Website| Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
TOPICS
- Emily’s journey of becoming an author
- The issue of passion vs money and being willing to support art instead of asking art to support you
- Saying yes to yourself and putting boundaries in place
- A great exercise to start seeing what saying yes to you would look like
RESOURCES
ABOUT MEG &
THAT HUMMINGBIRD LIFE
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with clients, I'm usually covered in paint and thinking of imaginative ways of hide my would-be dog from my landlord.
I’m Meg and I’m the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I’m an INFJ creative and multipassionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate.
I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.
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Episode 58: Being a Visible, Opinionated and Unapologetic Woman with Jo Casey
In this episode, Jo Casey talks all about undoing the messy reality of being a woman and all the challenges that come with being visible and putting yourself out there.
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Jo Casey is a certified coach, speaker, trainer and coach mentor. In addition to being British, slightly nerdy and allergic to the marketing bullsh*t in the coaching industry, she’s certain that succeeding as female entrepreneurs means violating every single message that’s been poured into us about what it means to be a ‘good’ woman.
Jo specializes in helping coaches do that self-development and unlearning work, get more clients and build sustainable, honest businesses without resorting to the darks arts or sleazy marketing tactics.
Jo’s patronus would be Lesley Knope and Maya Angelou, Stephen Fry, Trevor Noah, Caitlin Moran and Tina Fey are among the many guests Jo would invite to her fantasy dinner party.
TOPICS
- Jo’s journey of becoming a coach
- How we can all advocate for showing the messier sides of bit of human
- The 4 things you need for a sustainable business
- Bringing feminism and politics into your work and your message
RESOURCES
ABOUT MEG &
THAT HUMMINGBIRD LIFE
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with clients, I'm usually covered in paint and thinking of imaginative ways of hide my would-be dog from my landlord.
I’m Meg and I’m the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I’m an INFJ creative and multipassionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate.
I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.
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Episode 59: The Importance of Listening to Yourself with Eva Jannotta
In this episode, Eva Jannotta shares her entrepreneurial journey, how she deals with uncertainty and the paradox of both striving for newness and adventure as well as a routine.
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Eva Jannotta is a social media marketing entrepreneur in Washington, DC and founder of Simply Put Strategies. Her mission is to use social media to create and nurture relationships between brands and their fans by telling the brand story and featuring new products – with an emphasis on supporting sustainable clothing brands. Eva loves to read novels, listen to oldies music, cook, and organize stuff. She is an aspiring minimalist and zero-waste-er.
Website | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Pinterest |
TOPICS
Listening to your intuition and the importance of having time to think
The power of turning your shoulds instead of coulds
How moving forwards can sometimes feeling like you’re moving backwards
How we don’t need advice, we know what to do
RESOURCES
ABOUT MEG &
THAT HUMMINGBIRD LIFE
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with clients, I'm usually covered in paint and thinking of imaginative ways of hide my would-be dog from my landlord.
I’m Meg and I’m the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I’m an INFJ creative and multipassionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate.
I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.
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Episode 60: Creating Your Personal Compass & Leaving a Mark with Rebecca Thering
In this episode, Rebecca Thering shares her story, from living abroad teaching english to her personal sabbatical and creating a personal compass.
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Originally from Wisconsin, USA, Rebecca Thering has lived in Spain, South Korea, and most recently France. She’s a fan of snail mailing, writing, taking wander walks, slow travel, creating, unplugging, minimalism, and enjoying everyday moments. Taking life a moment at a time, she’s following her personal compass and the light of Alexandra Franzen and Candace Rose Rardon to see where she ends up next!
TOPICS
The importance of thanking people, and how being thanked can make a huge difference
Disconnecting and giving yourself more head space
Living with intention and capturing the small moments
Rebecca’s take on changing the world and leaving your mark – it’s all in the small things!
RESOURCES
ABOUT MEG &
THAT HUMMINGBIRD LIFE
When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with clients, I'm usually covered in paint and thinking of imaginative ways of hide my would-be dog from my landlord.
I’m Meg and I’m the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I’m an INFJ creative and multipassionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate.
I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.