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Ellie Kime is a business personality strategist who helps small business owners show up as themselves.  We talk about why Ellie doesn’t call what she does creative, even though it is creative. We also cover framing parking receipts and a trumpet on the wall, why she’s brilliant at gifting, and why “professional” doesn’t have to mean boring!  Ellie spent a decade as a copywriter before working out that the thread running through everything was helping people be more themselves. We talk about how everyone is interesting, even if they think they’re not and how sharing about ourselves connects us to each other.   Ellie also has a brilliant freebie, the Lore Starter Kit, to help you discover your foundational lore, which is linked below.  All the links:  Ellie’s Lore Starter KitEllie’s websiteEllie on Instagram and ThreadsEllie on LinkedIn

This week’s guest is the brilliant Liz Mosley — branding designer, podcast host, public speaker and wonderful, honest, open, creative human.  Liz studied graphic design at university and still works as a graphic designer now, but there is a lot more to her story that a relatively “straight line” career.  We talk about how creativity has to come out and finds its way in unexpected places if you don’t give it an outlet. We talk about the rejection challenge (she credits Katie Chappell), what failure actually is and whether it even exists, why adults have forgotten how to play, and how Liz’s first maternity leave taught her that creativity isn’t a luxury, it’s a vital human need. Liz also has her own brilliant podcast ‘Building Your Brand’ which you can find below.  Show notes (ALL the links!): Liz’s InstagramLiz’s websiteBuilding Your Brand podcastRejection sticker chartsLiz’s episode with Meg Lewis on failure Liz’s episode with Katie Chappell’s on the rejection challengeAdobe MAX (watch free online - Liz is speaking)Marina Willer (dot sticker artist mentioned)Studio CottonPortrait drops waitlistMentoring waitlist

This week I’m joined by the wonderful Suzy Reading. Chartered psychologist, author of TEN books including ‘How to Be Selfish’, and the person behind one of the warmest, most encouraging and validating Instagram feeds on the internet. Suzy grew up in Sydney, was an ice skater (yes in Australia!), studied psychology, accidentally moved to the UK for two months and stayed for seven years, and has spent the last twenty years weaving together psychology, movement, yoga and writing into a practice that helps people weather stress, loss and change. We talk about awe hunting - what it is, how Suzy does it every single day and how it’s transformed the way she sees the world. We also talk about creativity as emotional digestion, why self-expression is a human need, how to find time for creativity when life is very full, and what to do when you feel disconnected from your creative self. Suzy’s said on her first book coming out, it took twenty years for her career to make sense. I feel like that’s worth remembering for those of us feeling impatient! Maybe it’s helpful and maybe it’s not but this conversation was wonderful and I hope you enjoy it.  Show notes: Suzy’s InstagramHow to Be Selfish by Suzy ReadingSelf Care for Winter also obviously by Suzy ReadingThis Book Will Help Make You Happy (children's book we mentioned)MindBody Spirit Festival Birmingham, Suzy is speaking on the Midlife Wisdom stage on Saturday 14th Nov at 2:30pm on how to start cast off your good girl conditioning and channel all the main character energySuzy’s Henley workshop, 21st November

Hannah Isted makes marketing simple for small business owners and it turns out she's also got brilliant chat on creativity, identity and doing things that scare you a bit, who knew (I did!) In this episode we talk about why "I'm not creative" is an identity worth questioning, the difference between being imaginative and creative, scrappy marketing vs polished marketing, what jealousy can actually tell you about what you want from your life, and why Hannah decided ten years ago that her identity was simply "a legend." (Iconic) Hannah makes marketing simple for small business owners through her daily membership The Best 90 Days Ever. She's been running her own business for over 10 years after realising she was a terrible employee who couldn't be creative on demand between the hours of nine and five. Hannah's membership is open now — price goes up 14th October. Affiliate link in show notes. Show notes: Hannah's InstagramThe Best 90 Days Ever (affiliate link)Hannah’s WebsiteThe Best Marketing Podcast Ever: Apple / Spotify or search wherever you listen. Hannah's book - The Best 90 Days Ever: How 10-minute marketing can transform your business one day at a timeLois Seco who runs Creative Kin (mentioned by Hannah)

This week I'm joined by lovely Katie Chappell, illustrator, educator and one third of The Good Ship Illustration alongside Helen Stephens and Tania Willis. After building a successful live illustration business working with clients including Google, Adobe and Apple, Katie accidentally got ‘too good at marketing’, (great problem to have I guess!), set up an agency, got burnt out, scaled it back, and is now helping other illustrators get visible and well paid for their work instead. We talk about visibility for illustrators and creatives, giving yourself permission to pivot even when something is working, the difference between good work and getting booked, and what to do when you're in a creative dip.  It was such a joyful conversation and I could talk to Katie all day about this stuff! I really hope you enjoy it! Show notes: Katie's Instagram (the watercooler if you will)Katie's website - Illustrated LiveGood Ship illustration websiteGood Ship freebies (including the Colour Workshop)Good Ship Illustration Business CourseThe Good Ship Illustration InstagramLiz Mosley’s podcast with Meg Lewis (which I seem to mention a lot!) Thank you so much for listening and I would love to hear what you thought of the episode. Come and find me on instagram @imogen.partridge and if you enjoyed it, maybe share it with someone you think might like it too!

My guest today is Emma Jeffery, women's movement coach, founder of The First Six Weeks, The Postnatal Plan and Smart Move, and the expert voice on returning to exercise postpartum in Davina McCall's bestselling book Birthing. She's also become a wonderful close friend of mine so this was a lovely relaxed chat. We talk about Emma's journey from chartered surveyor and asset manager in London to building an online business helping women with movement at every stage of life from post partum to menopause. We get into creativity in unexpected places, problem solving, building a business, pottery, and we talk honestly about finding time for the things that bring you joy, light you up, about self compassion, and why doing a little bit is always enough. Emma also talks about human design, perimenopause, and why sometimes you need to pay for the accountability to make yourself do the thing. A really lovely conversation with a really wonderful human. I hope you enjoy it. Show notes: Links mentioned: Emma's website and programmesEmma's InstagramLauren Barber — website design and human designWest Kent Mind Creative MindsBuilding Your Brand podcast with Liz Mosley interviewing Meg LewisArt Cure (book) by Daisy Fancourt (READ IT!)

My very first guest is Nicky Denson-Elliott. Feminist founder, community builder and host of Women's Business podcast. Nicky spent 15 years in events before starting a kids clothing brand, launching her podcast, then building The Wilder Collective. In this conversation we talk about how creativity gets defined too narrowly, why so many people are told they're not creative when they absolutely are, how capitalism plays into the value we place on creative work, and what it means to live a creative life (and how lots of us are doing it without even knowing it). Nicky also shares her petition to rename the term hysterectomy in NHS patient materials, we mention her Good Girl Economics research and a podcast episode which discusses that and we incredibly DIDN’T talk about Wilder Live, Nicky’s amazing event coming on October 14th, with speakers, workshops, a live podcast recording and amazing humans to network with. I went last year and can highly recommend it. I’ll link all of this in show notes. It was a brilliant first conversation (except for some sound issues I discovered when editing), So thank you Nicky for being my first guest and thank you to you all for your patience while I learn! Show Notes: Nicky's websiteNicky's InstagramWomen's Business podcast - search wherever you listenWilder: LIVE 14th October, LondonThe Wilder Collective & The Confidence ProjectNicky's petitionGood Girl Economics episode

In this first episode, before the guest conversations begin, I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself as your host. I'm Imogen Partridge, a watercolour artist, illustrator and creative workshop facilitator based in Kent. I talk a little about who I am, how I got here, and why I've wanted to start this podcast for years. Plus what you can expect from A Little Bit Creative and the conversations to come. If you're new then welcome, this is a great place to start.

Welcome to A Little Bit Creative! This is a podcast about creativity, confidence and finding your own way. I'm Imogen Partridge, a watercolour artist, illustrator and creative workshop facilitator, and this is my new podcast! You can expect conversations with all sorts of amazing people exploring their relationship with creativity (wether they feel creative or not), how it shows up in their work and life, and how it helps them along the way. You don't have to be an artist to be creative, far from it, even just feeling a little bit creative is enough. Follow along now so you don't miss the first episode, coming very soon!