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Conflict facilitator and writer Shivani Mehta Bhatia joins as a colleague and friend on this episode of Feed the Art, to chat with Catherine about the ways that conflict and creativity intersect -- and in fact can be one and the same. In this conversation, Shivani shares many of her learnings from her experience in community-based care work and justice-rooted organizations. Listen in to learn about the ways that power dynamics and relational dynamics affect our approaches to conflict...and our relationship with our creative practices. This season is all about exploring different (and sometimes unexpected) tools that can support your creativity. Try them on and see what works for you! Want to explore more ways to build a creative practice that suits your needs, dreams, and capacity? Download your copy of Catherine's FREE, self-paced Design Your Daddy workshop here: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/designyourdaddy Join Catherine for a live, online Be Your Own Daddy retreat on October 23, 2026. More information and registration link can be found here: https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/byodretreat About our guest: Shivani Mehta Bhatia is a conflict facilitator and writer based in New York City. She works with senior leaders at justice-rooted organizations -- especially queer folks and women of color -- helping them use conflict as a diagnosis for change. She came to this work after a decade inside public health, crisis response, and community-based care, where she kept noticing the same pattern: the most persistent strategy problems were almost always relational ones, rooted in power and story. Shivani is also the author of Intimate Practice, an ongoing research project on birth, sex, and death work. More about Shivani Mehta Bhatia: website: shivani.co The Conflict Prism: shivani.co/journal/the-conflict-prism LinkedIn: /shivanimehtabhatia Instagram: @shivanimehtabhatia Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

To kick off our series of conversations in season four, Catherine is joined by her friend, colleague, and favorite productivity coach Dr. Kate Henry. They talk about how we can redefine "productivity" in a more gentle (and less capitalism-fueled) way, and Dr. Kate offers several productivity tools and examples to help you get those important and meaningful creative tasks completed. Pour yourself a delicious beverage and get inspired with some terrific ways to add supportive scaffolding to your practice! This season is all about exploring different (and sometimes unexpected) tools that can support your creativity. Try them on and see what works for you! Want to explore more ways to build a creative practice that suits your needs, dreams, and capacity? Download your copy of Catherine's FREE, self-paced Design Your Daddy workshop here: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/designyourdaddy Want to learn more from Catherine and Dr. Kate? Check out their conversation together on Dr. Kate's podcast Honing In: katehenry.com/honingin/catherinelasota About our guest: Dr. Kate Henry, MFA, PhD, is a Productivity Coach who specializes in sustainable and well-being-oriented productivity for academics and writers. Dr. Henry writes the newsletter Tending and hosts the podcast Honing In, where she interviews creative thinkers about the intersection of creativity and productivity in their practice and projects. More about Dr. Kate Henry: website: katehenry.com Tending newsletter: buttondown.com/KateHenryPhD Honing In podcast: katehenry.com/honingin Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

In this season of Feed the Art, we are in conversation with a series of amazing guests, to chat about (possibly unexpected) things that can support your creativity, such as: conflict, productivity tools, mysticism, and more. Tune in to start gathering new tools for experimentation in your own creative practice! In this introductory episode for season four, host Catherine LaSota talks about the importance of finding the methods that work for you, as you draft your book, write your songs, make your paintings, or work on any other creative pursuit that is meaningful to you...even if (maybe especially if!) those methods are unusual and not the "expected" way to do things. Plus, a free workshop! DESIGN YOUR DADDY: Catherine has a new, free, recorded workshop to offer you, as an introduction to the concepts in her Be Your Own Daddy program.Sign up here to receive the link to Design Your Daddy in your inbox -- this workshop is full of actionable prompts to start getting you in touch with your own inner authority, to build your creative self trust and make progress on your creative dreams! Free Design Your Daddy workshop (includes video and audio versions, plus a transcript and worksheet): https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/designyourdaddy Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

In this five-episode summer season of Feed the Art, we dive into the concepts that you'll find inside Catherine LaSota's Be Your Own Daddy workshops and retreats. What does it mean to "be your own daddy" in your creative practice? In each episode, Catherine explains one concept of the Be Your Own Daddy ethos, with examples, and then offers two writing prompts for you to bring to your journal if you'd like to dive in deeper! In this episode: REWARD YOURSELF *** Enjoying this series? Learn more about the workshops that Catherine offers here: https://catherinelasota.com/workshops FREE WORKSHOP! Want an introduction to the concepts behind Be Your Own Daddy in a workshop facilitated by Catherine? Go here to grab a free Design Your Daddy recorded workshop and worksheet from Catherine here: https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/designyourdaddy Sign up for Catherine's free newsletter for more creative inspiration and prompts: https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/newsletter *** More about your host: website: catherinelasota.com Instagram: @catherinelasota Thanks for listening to Feed the Art, a podcast about nourishing your creative practice, hosted by creative advisor & inspirer Catherine LaSota! ***** Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

In this five-episode summer season of Feed the Art, we dive into the concepts that you'll find inside Catherine LaSota's Be Your Own Daddy workshops and retreats. What does it mean to "be your own daddy" in your creative practice? In each episode, Catherine explains one concept of the Be Your Own Daddy ethos, with examples, and then offers two writing prompts for you to bring to your journal if you'd like to dive in deeper! In this episode: VALUES & THREADS *** Enjoying this series? Learn more about the workshops that Catherine offers here: https://catherinelasota.com/workshops FREE WORKSHOP! Want an introduction to the concepts behind Be Your Own Daddy in a workshop facilitated by Catherine? Go here to grab a free Design Your Daddy recorded workshop and worksheet from Catherine here: https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/designyourdaddy Sign up for Catherine's free newsletter for more creative inspiration and prompts: https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/newsletter *** More about your host: website: catherinelasota.com Instagram: @catherinelasota Thanks for listening to Feed the Art, a podcast about nourishing your creative practice, hosted by creative advisor & inspirer Catherine LaSota! ***** Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

In this five-episode summer season of Feed the Art, we dive into the concepts that you'll find inside Catherine LaSota's Be Your Own Daddy workshops and retreats. What does it mean to "be your own daddy" in your creative practice? In each episode, Catherine explains one concept of the Be Your Own Daddy ethos, with examples, and then offers two writing prompts for you to bring to your journal if you'd like to dive in deeper! In this episode: SKILLS & EXPERIENCE *** Enjoying this series? Learn more about the workshops that Catherine offers here: https://catherinelasota.com/workshops FREE WORKSHOP! Want an introduction to the concepts behind Be Your Own Daddy in a workshop facilitated by Catherine? Go here to grab a free Design Your Daddy recorded workshop and worksheet from Catherine here: https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/designyourdaddy Sign up for Catherine's free newsletter for more creative inspiration and prompts: https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/newsletter *** More about your host: website: catherinelasota.com Instagram: @catherinelasota Thanks for listening to Feed the Art, a podcast about nourishing your creative practice, hosted by creative advisor & inspirer Catherine LaSota! ***** Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

In this five-episode summer season of Feed the Art, we dive into the concepts that you'll find inside Catherine LaSota's Be Your Own Daddy workshops and retreats. What does it mean to "be your own daddy" in your creative practice? In each episode, Catherine explains one concept of the Be Your Own Daddy ethos, with examples, and then offers two writing prompts for you to bring to your journal if you'd like to dive in deeper! In this episode: CONTROL & CONSTRAINTS *** Enjoying this series? Learn more about the workshops that Catherine offers here: https://catherinelasota.com/workshops FREE WORKSHOP! Want an introduction to the concepts behind Be Your Own Daddy in a workshop facilitated by Catherine? Go here to grab a free Design Your Daddy recorded workshop and worksheet from Catherine here: https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/designyourdaddy Sign up for Catherine's free newsletter for more creative inspiration and prompts: https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/newsletter *** More about your host: website: catherinelasota.com Instagram: @catherinelasota Thanks for listening to Feed the Art, a podcast about nourishing your creative practice, hosted by creative advisor & inspirer Catherine LaSota! ***** Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

In this five-episode summer season of Feed the Art, we dive into the concepts that you'll find inside Catherine LaSota's Be Your Own Daddy workshops and retreats. What does it mean to "be your own daddy" in your creative practice? In each episode, Catherine explains one concept of the Be Your Own Daddy ethos, with examples, and then offers two writing prompts for you to bring to your journal if you'd like to dive in deeper! In this episode: WHO'S YOUR DADDY? *** Enjoying this series? Learn more about the workshops that Catherine offers here: https://catherinelasota.com/workshops FREE WORKSHOP! Want an introduction to the concepts behind Be Your Own Daddy in a workshop facilitated by Catherine? Go here to grab a free Design Your Daddy recorded workshop and worksheet from Catherine here: https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/designyourdaddy Sign up for Catherine's free newsletter for more creative inspiration and prompts: https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/newsletter *** More about your host: website: catherinelasota.com Instagram: @catherinelasota Thanks for listening to Feed the Art, a podcast about nourishing your creative practice, hosted by creative advisor & inspirer Catherine LaSota! ***** Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

Season Two of Feed the Art is an experiment in tarot and creativity! Want to dive in deeper? REGISTRATION is live for our March 26, 2026 online Magician Year writing workshop: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianworkshop ***** About this tarot podcast miniseries: Join host Catherine LaSota every weekday from March 9-20, 2026 for a new episode and a new tarot pull in support of your creative practice. In each episode in this miniseries, Catherine pulls a new tarot card in support of your creative practice, offers her interpretation on the card, and provides some prompts for you that are inspired by this daily tarot pull. In this episode: How can the 7 of Swords support your creative practice? Want to learn more about the tarot card of the year for 2026 (the Magician, plus the Wheel of Fortune and the Sun)? Join Catherine on March 26, 2026 from 8pm-9:30pm ET on Zoom for her tarot card of the year workshop! You'll receive information about some ways you can work with this year's Magician archetype in your creative practice, and Catherine will offer lots of powerful prompts to give your creative projects a boost this year. Sign up here! Everyone who registers for this workshop will also receive a recording and workshop slides so you can continue to work with the material throughout 2026. Magician Year writing workshop: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianworkshop Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

Season Two of Feed the Art is an experiment in tarot and creativity! Want to dive in deeper? REGISTRATION is live for our March 26, 2026 online Magician Year writing workshop: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianworkshop ***** About this tarot podcast miniseries: Join host Catherine LaSota every weekday from March 9-20, 2026 for a new episode and a new tarot pull in support of your creative practice. In each episode in this miniseries, Catherine pulls a new tarot card in support of your creative practice, offers her interpretation on the card, and provides some prompts for you that are inspired by this daily tarot pull. In this episode: How can the 9 of Swords support your creative practice? Want to learn more about the tarot card of the year for 2026 (the Magician, plus the Wheel of Fortune and the Sun)? Join Catherine on March 26, 2026 from 8pm-9:30pm ET on Zoom for her tarot card of the year workshop! You'll receive information about some ways you can work with this year's Magician archetype in your creative practice, and Catherine will offer lots of powerful prompts to give your creative projects a boost this year. Sign up here! Everyone who registers for this workshop will also receive a recording and workshop slides so you can continue to work with the material throughout 2026. Magician Year writing workshop: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianworkshop Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

Season Two of Feed the Art is an experiment in tarot and creativity! Want to dive in deeper? REGISTRATION is live for our March 26, 2026 online Magician Year writing workshop: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianworkshop ***** About this tarot podcast miniseries: Join host Catherine LaSota every weekday from March 9-20, 2026 for a new episode and a new tarot pull in support of your creative practice. In each episode in this miniseries, Catherine pulls a new tarot card in support of your creative practice, offers her interpretation on the card, and provides some prompts for you that are inspired by this daily tarot pull. In this episode: How can the 8 of Cups support your creative practice? Want to learn more about the tarot card of the year for 2026 (the Magician, plus the Wheel of Fortune and the Sun)? Join Catherine on March 26, 2026 from 8pm-9:30pm ET on Zoom for her tarot card of the year workshop! You'll receive information about some ways you can work with this year's Magician archetype in your creative practice, and Catherine will offer lots of powerful prompts to give your creative projects a boost this year. Sign up here! Everyone who registers for this workshop will also receive a recording and workshop slides so you can continue to work with the material throughout 2026. Magician Year writing workshop: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianworkshop Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

Season Two of Feed the Art is an experiment in tarot and creativity! Want to dive in deeper? REGISTRATION is live for our March 26, 2026 online Magician Year writing workshop: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianworkshop ***** About this tarot podcast miniseries: Join host Catherine LaSota every weekday from March 9-20, 2026 for a new episode and a new tarot pull in support of your creative practice. In each episode in this miniseries, Catherine pulls a new tarot card in support of your creative practice, offers her interpretation on the card, and provides some prompts for you that are inspired by this daily tarot pull. In this episode: We pull a repeat card! Again: How can the 7 of Cups support your creative practice? Want to learn more about the tarot card of the year for 2026 (the Magician, plus the Wheel of Fortune and the Sun)? Join Catherine on March 26, 2026 from 8pm-9:30pm ET on Zoom for her tarot card of the year workshop! You'll receive information about some ways you can work with this year's Magician archetype in your creative practice, and Catherine will offer lots of powerful prompts to give your creative projects a boost this year. Sign up here! Everyone who registers for this workshop will also receive a recording and workshop slides so you can continue to work with the material throughout 2026. Magician Year writing workshop: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianworkshop Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

Season Two of Feed the Art is an experiment in tarot and creativity! Want to dive in deeper? REGISTRATION is live for our March 26, 2026 online Magician Year writing workshop: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianworkshop ***** About this tarot podcast miniseries: Join host Catherine LaSota every weekday from March 9-20, 2026 for a new episode and a new tarot pull in support of your creative practice. In each episode in this miniseries, Catherine pulls a new tarot card in support of your creative practice, offers her interpretation on the card, and provides some prompts for you that are inspired by this daily tarot pull. In this episode: How can the High Priestess support your creative practice? Want to learn more about the tarot card of the year for 2026 (the Magician, plus the Wheel of Fortune and the Sun)? Join Catherine on March 26, 2026 from 8pm-9:30pm ET on Zoom for her tarot card of the year workshop! You'll receive information about some ways you can work with this year's Magician archetype in your creative practice, and Catherine will offer lots of powerful prompts to give your creative projects a boost this year. Sign up here! Everyone who registers for this workshop will also receive a recording and workshop slides so you can continue to work with the material throughout 2026. Magician Year writing workshop: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianworkshop Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

Season Two of Feed the Art is an experiment in tarot and creativity! Want to dive in deeper? REGISTRATION is live for our March 26, 2026 online Magician Year writing workshop: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianworkshop ***** About this tarot podcast miniseries: Join host Catherine LaSota every weekday from March 9-20, 2026 for a new episode and a new tarot pull in support of your creative practice. In each episode in this miniseries, Catherine pulls a new tarot card in support of your creative practice, offers her interpretation on the card, and provides some prompts for you that are inspired by this daily tarot pull. In this episode: How can the 9 of Pentacles support your creative practice? Want to learn more about the tarot card of the year for 2026 (the Magician, plus the Wheel of Fortune and the Sun)? Join Catherine on March 26, 2026 from 8pm-9:30pm ET on Zoom for her tarot card of the year workshop! You'll receive information about some ways you can work with this year's Magician archetype in your creative practice, and Catherine will offer lots of powerful prompts to give your creative projects a boost this year. Sign up here! Everyone who registers for this workshop will also receive a recording and workshop slides so you can continue to work with the material throughout 2026. Magician Year writing workshop: catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianworkshop Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.

Season Two of Feed the Art is an experiment in tarot and creativity! (Scroll down for information on our upcoming tarot card of the year workshop!) Join host Catherine LaSota every weekday from March 9-20, 2026 for a new episode and a new tarot pull in support of your creative practice. In each episode in this miniseries, Catherine pulls a new tarot card in support of your creative practice, offers her interpretation on the card, and provides some prompts for you that are inspired by this daily tarot pull. In this episode: How can the 7 of Cups support your creative practice? Want to learn more about the tarot card of the year for 2026 (the Magician, plus the Wheel of Fortune and the Sun)? Join Catherine on March 26, 2026 from 8pm-9:30pm ET on Zoom for her tarot card of the year workshop! You'll receive information about some ways you can work with this year's Magician archetype in your creative practice, and Catherine will offer lots of powerful prompts to give your creative projects a boost this year. More information: Sign up here to join the waitlist for our Magician Year Writing Workshop (March 26, 2026) so you won't miss receiving all of the information when registration opens soon! Everyone who registers for this workshop will also receive a recording and workshop slides so you can continue to work with the material throughout 2026. Magician Year writing workshop: https://catherinelasota.myflodesk.com/magicianyearinfo Thanks for listening to Feed the Art! Learn more about Catherine LaSota's offerings as a creativity coach and workshop facilitator at catherinelasota.com. Looking for more ways to feed your art? Join Catherine's occasional newsletter, full of stories, prompts, inspirations, and resources, here. Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Pat Irwin for our theme music.