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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!