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I went to Japan looking for inspiration. What I came home with was a reminder of how much place shapes creativity, and a renewed desire to make. In this episode, I reflect on travel, art, mastery, and learning to do less with more love. --- Email me at [email protected] --- Order a One Word Journal --- Instagram @jessicayolandakaye --- Newsletter https://jessicayolandakaye.substack.com/

After 2.5 years of not painting, I’m back to making art. It’s early days, but I feel a shift. I want to make something different. But as I move towards making the art I actually want to make, I find myself facing resistance. What if it’s bad? What if people don’t understand it? What if I can’t make a living from it? In this episode, I talk to my art teacher and mentor, Daryl, about what’s underneath that resistance, what it means to make art that feels true to you, and how to learn to play. Thoughts? Email me at [email protected] You can find Daryl here. Sign up to my newsletter here. Order a One Word Journal here. xxx

When life gets hectic, it’s easy to get swept up in the noise and lose touch with yourself. For most of my life, I lived on autopilot. Matteo did too. But everything changed when we started picking a word each year. In this episode, we talk about what ten years of this practice has taught us — how one word can help you reconnect with your voice, your values, and how you want to live. Order a One Word Journal here (free international shipping this week) Share your One Word here Email me at [email protected] Sign up to my newsletter xxx

I haven’t painted in 2.5 years. I told myself all sorts of stories about why — not the right time, place, space. But underneath it all, I think I was blocked by something deeper. This week, I reflect on creative block, the fear of not knowing, and how I’m finding my way back to painting. --- Email me at [email protected] --- Order a One Word Journal --- Instagram @jessicayolandakaye --- Newsletter https://jessicayolandakaye.substack.com/

Psychologist Cass Seidler joins me to unpack two listener questions. Together, we explore why it can feel so hard to give yourself permission to go after what you want, how perfectionism, people-pleasing and uncertainty can keep us stuck, and why the things that make us feel most alive are still worth making space for.  Do you have a question you'd like us to explore? Email me at [email protected] --- Order a One Word Journal --- Instagram @jessicayolandakaye --- Newsletter https://jessicayolandakaye.substack.com/ --- Pod reference: Brad Stulberg x Rich Roll

This week, my friend Romy Galombik turns the microphone around as we reflect on 20 episodes of Masterpiece. We explore what creating the podcast has taught me about getting into the arena, overcoming the need to be liked, and why creating something meaningful is the right kind of hard. --- Email me at [email protected] --- Order a One Word Journal --- Instagram @jessicayolandakaye --- Newsletter https://jessicayolandakaye.substack.com/

This week I reflect on why so many of us want to create but feel like we can't, the cost of constant busyness, and the little flames inside we can't keep ignoring. What is something you want to do that feels scary to say out loud? Email me at [email protected] --- Order a One Word Journal --- Instagram @jessicayolandakaye --- Newsletter https://jessicayolandakaye.substack.com/

Creating a life and art that feels true to you is like climbing a mountain. It can feel long, lonely and uncertain. But after six months of releasing Masterpiece, I'm realising that none of us are meant to do this alone. This is an episode about the cheerleaders who help us find the courage to keep going. And a thank you to everyone who has reached out, shared their story, and reminded me that there are people on the other side of this microphone! --- Email me at [email protected] --- Order a One Word Journal --- Instagram @jessicayolandakaye --- Newsletter https://jessicayolandakaye.substack.com/

A conversation with writer Grace O'Neill on Tracey Emin, Lena Dunham, and the tension between self-expression and approval. Thoughts? Email me at [email protected] --- Grace's word for the year is ASSERT. Mine is PERMISSION. Find your word for the year here. --- Grace O'Neill:  instagram substackJessica Yolanda Kaye: [email protected] instagramnewsletterBig Little Things: My Heart is This: Tracey Emin on Painting by Martin GayfordFamesick by Lena DunhamThe Interview Podcast with Lena DenhamThe Louis Theroux Podcast with Tracey EminThe Art of Accomplishment: How to Stop Seeking Approval--- Order a One Word Journal here. Thank you for listening :) JYK  --- The Masterpiece soundtrack is composed by Josie Mann, with strings by James Tarbotton.

A conversation with my art teacher and friend, Daryl, on quietening the inner critic, reconnecting with the artist inside, and expressing yourself freely. Thoughts? Email me at [email protected] --- Contact Daryl: @blankcanvasartscool Email me: [email protected]  DM me: @jessicayolandakaye  Sign up to my newsletter Order a One Word Journal Thank you for listening :) JYK  --- The Masterpiece soundtrack is composed by Josie Mann, with strings by James Tarbotton.

When I moved back to Sydney, I started confronting the things I’d spent years running from. My mind. My body. My feelings. And it was much harder than I expected. Much more time consuming, exhausting, isolating. I thought it was getting in the way of my life and my painting. But lately, I’ve realised it was never separate from the art. It was leading me back to it. Thoughts? Email [email protected] --- You can DM me on IG here Email me on [email protected] Sign up to my newsletter here Order a One Word Journal here I love hearing from you 🤍 JYK  --- The Masterpiece soundtrack is composed by Josie Mann, with strings by James Tarbotton.

A conversation on leaving the safety of a job, starting something of your own, and why you need your cheerleaders.  Thoughts? Email me at [email protected] --- BIG LITTLE THINGS 'The Best Money Advice You Will Ever Receive: 4 Rules From the Top Financial Minds in the World' on the Mel Robbins Podcast (Spotify | Apple) '10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)' on Acquired (Spotify | Apple) --- Follow Romo's florals @grumpypetal. Email me on [email protected] + DM me on @jessicayolandakaye + sign up to my newsletter. Find your One Word for the year here. Thank you for listening :) JYK  --- The Masterpiece soundtrack is composed by Josie Mann, with strings by James Tarbotton.

So many of us are sitting in the stands of our own lives — wanting to act, but held back by what people might think. In this conversation with Zac, we explore what it looks like to step into the arena. Zac is a clinical psychologist and one of Australia’s leading voices in men’s mental health. He’s also someone who has learned to back himself — to speak, act, and move with conviction. We explore why finding your gap matters, how self-belief is built through action, what it means to reconnect with parts of yourself that were shut down, and why vulnerability looks different for men and women. -- Learn more about Zac here. Email me on [email protected]. DM me on IG here. Sign up to my newsletter here. Order your One Word Journal here. Thank you for listening :) JYK 🤍

What’s something you want to do this year that feels scary to say out loud? What arena do you want to get into? For me, it’s painting. And yet, I find myself sitting in the stands, afraid to take that first step. --- You can DM me on IG here Email me on [email protected] Sign up to my newsletter here Order a One Word Journal here I love hearing from you 🤍 JYK  --- The Masterpiece soundtrack is composed by Josie Mann, with strings by James Tarbotton.

Last year Madeleine Gottlieb spent 53 days in the South Australian desert directing a television series, working 18-hour days in intense conditions — an experience she describes as physically, emotionally and mentally taxing, and completely life-changing. In this conversation we talk about the role friction plays in creative expression, what happens when the plan falls apart (like the day a brown snake appeared on set), and why understanding the feeling underneath what you’re trying to create might be the most important part of the process. We also explore what balance means to us, why curiosity might be the sexiest quality in a human, and when being yourself stops feeling like rebellion and starts to feel like being. -- Sign up to my newsletter here for 'things I learnt' from Mads. Learn more about Mads here. Order your One Word Journal here. Email me on [email protected]. DM me on IG here. Thank you for listening :) JYK 🤍