This episode has nothing to do with sport - please don’t worry ;)

I sat down with George Eghator and we spoke about hustle culture, the freedom of discipline, support circles and the difficulty of stepping away from collaborations.

Sometimes, it’s hard to take your own advice. Five years ago at an online Creative Rebels event I advised George to take his projects solo. It took me two years to finally take this podcast solo after my co host bowed-out.

It was great to chat to George about his journey and I hope you’ll take something away from listening.

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The people you meet will change your life.

As an introvert, I wish it wasn’t the case… but that networking event that you don’t want to go to or that email that you don’t want to send could be thing that changes everything

This weeks guest is Rosie Woods.

Rosie travels the world making art. Her career is a tapestry of establishing connections, exploring ideas and following her curiosity.

I’m proud to have played a small part in Rosie’s career. She became my first ever apprentice about a decade ago. Rosie was curious about spraypaint so emailed for some pointers. That email turned into a four year apprenticeship. Now, she’s one of the world’s most recognised street artists!

Every artists journey is different but after doing hundreds of interviews for this show I’ve noticed some universal truths;

The successful artists are the ones that keep going. They find their style by following their curiosity. Opportunities follow them because they take chances and put themselves out there.

You can find more of Rosie's work here: http://instagram.com/itsrosiewoods

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Social media has moved on so much since this podcast was last in the world three years ago, and Justin’s a person who’s owning it and can teach us how to really show up online in a way which is open and honest. Talking to him has shown me that I need to be more brave - he was a great interviewee and I hope you get a lot out of this too. 

Find Justin on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@justinschumanofficial?lang=en

Justin’s Insta: https://www.instagram.com/justinschumanofficial/?hl=en

As he said, he’s also on loads of other platforms - just search Justin Schuman Official to find him 

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Chloe Brotheridge is an author, podcaster and anxiety coach. Chloe suffered acute anxiety as a child. After later conquering this herself she decided to help others to stop worrying and start feeling more confident. She says that no one was born with low self-esteem, it was learnt, so we can un-learn it!

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Harry Mack is a freestyle rapper. Harry started freestyling at 12 years old. He sucked. But his love of music inspired him to keep practising. Harry is now recognised as one of the best in the world. He performs complex raps based on random words that are thrown to him by a crowd. He has built his career through a series of viral videos, allowing his passion to become a viable career.

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Jamali Maddix is a stand up comedian. Jamali became interested in comedy at a young age but wasn't sure what he wanted to do with his life. He got a tattoo to remind himself of this, on his forearm, depicting a businessman staring into an abyss. The tattoo got infected which in a weird twist of events gave Jamali a six month period to work on comedy. He gave himself a deadline, six months to make it or he would give up comedy. Six years later he's not doing too bad.

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In this episode Adam talks to Alex Strohl, an outstanding outdoor & adventure Photographer based in Montana. Alex has amassed over 2 million followers through telling visual stories. In this episode we talk about curiosity, adventure and designing your own life.

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Rebecca Seal is an author, journalist, editor and TV presenter. As with many guests on the show, there was a point in Rebecca's life where, to the outside world, it looked like she had 'everything'. However, she started to realise that society's view of success didn't match her own and non-stop work was affecting her mental and physical health. In this episode, we talk about how important it was to make a change.

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The show where we answer your questions!

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Lindsay Adler is one of the world's best Fashion Photographers. Based in New York City, her fashion editorials have appeared in numerous fashion and photography publications including Marie Claire, Elle Magazine & Harper's Bazaar. Lindsay also loves to educate; She teaches workshops, is the author of 5 books and has a huge catalog of online tutorials.

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I think this might be our best EVER episode and I'm betting it will be our most listened to episode, too. Whatever pain you’re dealing with as a creative, it will most likely be answered by Aimee over the course of this hour. She is a powerhouse, a visionary, a legend. So buckle up, listen.

Buy Aimee’s Book: https://www.amiemcnee.com/pre-order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee

Aimee’s website: https://www.amiemcnee.com/

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Chase Jarvis is an entrepreneur, a speaker, a content creator, a photographer and most importantly a creative. Chase was heading for a job in medicine, following the career path that was expected of him. With the passing of his grandfather, Chase inherited some photography equipment and decided to change direction and follow his creative calling.

Chase went on to become a world-renowned photographer and the founder of multiple successful businesses.

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Creative Thinking, a show where we answer your questions.

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In this episode Adam talks to Lara Jade, An incredible British fashion & beauty photographer living in New York. Lara enjoys creating timeless and emotive imagery and is inspired by feminine strength, unique beauty and timeless style.

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Charlie Dark is a musician, a poet, a Yoga teacher, a speaker and the founder of Run Dem Crew.

With a creative career that spans three decades, Charlie knows all too well the ups and downs of being a creative. He has dealt with failures along the way but this has developed his endurance and a knowledge of how to create something that inspires people. A lot of people ask us how to gain a following, a good start is to become a leader and Charlie is just that.

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Gabby Reece is a former professional volleyball player, a health and fitness expert, a best-selling author, a presenter, a podcaster and a mum. She has co-founded multiple businesses and is a true example of someone who falls in love with the process of things, pursuing excellence with grit and determination.

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Creative Thinking - A show where we answer your questions.

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In this episode Adam interviews Nastasia Yokoub founder of Dame Traveler and author of the new book; Dame Traveler: Live the Spirit of Adventure. Nastasia aims to inspire and empower her huge community to Travel more, Do more and Be more.

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Daniel Priestley is an entrepreneur, best selling author and international speaker. His company Dent Global is a business accelerator, but Daniel and his team will only work with companies and entrepreneurs that are making a positive impact in the world. Without Daniel's book 'Oversubscribed' we probably wouldn't have a business and without his book 'Key Person of Influence' we definitely wouldn't have a podcast!

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Mackenzie Thorpe

Mackenzie Thorpe is a world renowned artist. From humble origins, Mackenzie has pursued his calling and at an early age discovered that he’s on this planet to make art. The story that unfolds during this podcast is one of love. Mackenzie's process and story - are so inspiring. He is a natural story teller - I didn’t look at my notes once!

Mckenzie’s insta: https://www.instagram.com/artistmackenzie/?hl=en

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Gemma Cairney is an award winning broadcaster, author and documentary maker. Gemma’s work is always about people, communication and community. She is able to see the world as it is, to recognise problems but to overcome them with contagious positivity and DIY attitude. A key example of this is her business; after feeling like her ideas weren’t being heard she founded Boom Shakalaka Productions, to make the kind of programmes she wanted to make!

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Anna Fowler is a Fashion & Wedding Photographer. Anna inspires, brings confidence and helps her clients crush their insecurities. After 10 years in television Anna picked up the camera, discovered her passion and after all these years has never looked back.

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Lucy Sheridan is the world’s first and only comparison coach. She helps her clients work out their own definition of success and teaches them how to kick the habit of constantly comparing themselves to others. This one is one of those episodes you’re going to want to listen to twice, it’s packed with so much valuable advice on how to kick out the ‘thief of joy’!

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Steph Elswood is an entrepreneur, a food and fitness blogger, a dancer and an advocate for body positivity. After struggling for years with an eating disorder, Steph started her road to recovery by posting pics of her meals on instagram. Over the years her account grew massively and opened many opportunities for her, to not only make a living but help lots of people along the way

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Melissa Hemsley is a self-taught chef and a best-selling cookbook author who champions ‘real food’ and sustainability. In this episode we went way off menu and chatted on a bunch of different topics from coping with grief to the imposter syndrome around being seen as an expert.

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This episode was such therapy for us! We confronted, head on, some of the totally crap parts of the current situation and how we’re dealing - and we all left smiling 😅 We Zoomed with @annacod and @tiffphilippou from 'Is This Working' Initially to talk about freelance issues but the conversation became much more than that.

Worry Tree;
https://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/worrytree.htm

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Tilly Walnes is the founder of Tilly and the Buttons, a sewing brand that offers sewing patterns and online classes, to help people make their own clothes. Tilly used to work a 'proper job' but turned an interest into a passion and her passion into a career. This episode is a masterclass in how to build a brand, a community and a successful business!

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Neil Rankin is a chef. He became well known for cooking BBQ, but has since started creating Vegan food as well. Neil went from studying sound engineering to becoming a well known chef and broke into the industry by working for free at 30 years old to learn his craft. It's an inspiring story of grit and determination.

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'Is this Working' with @annacod and @tiffphilippou is one of our favourite podcasts, so we were super honoured to be invited on as guests for their season finale! We dived into some really big topics around creativity, work and happiness. If you enjoy this episode please let ITW know and have a binge of their show :D

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Elijah

Elijah is founder of the Yellow Squares, a project he uses to share thoughts, ask questions, and start debates.  I knew I needed to interview him when I saw a square (which became the title of his new book): Close The App, Make The Ting. This is a really insightful chat - he has a similar mindset to me and it was fascinating to pick his brains about everything - so listen, then close your apps, and make something. 

Elijah’s Yellow Squares insta: https://www.instagram.com/eli1ah/?hl=en

Elijah on X: https://x.com/eli1ah?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Elijah’s book: https://velocitypress.uk/product/elijah-close-the-app-make-the-ting/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacbfTWJ1gaY1DFOrG5w11j9GX8fn0wjXV0zjLaepFZSznsPrzzb2jHXOuWrKQ_aem_9P9viZz3jtu3VELLX_Nx6g

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Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis are host of the squiggly careers podcast, authors of the Squiggly Career book and founders of Amazing If. Their mission is to make work better.

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Paul Kemp-Robertson is the co-founder of Contagious, a multi-platform marketing resource. Paul is a global marketing expert and in his book the Contagious Commandments he breaks down what it takes to make a brand, or essentially a story or message, contagious and how good ideas are spread.

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Bruce Daisley is the former VP of EMEA for Twitter. He was instrumental in the growth of the social media network over the eight years that he was there and became interested in the dynamics of teams and company culture within the organisation. This interest led Bruce to start the Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat podcast and ultimately to write his book 'The Joy of Work'.

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Liz Earle is a writer, presenter and entrepreneur. After selling 'Liz Earle Beauty Co' to Boots in 2017 she could have retired to an Island to sip pina colada's, instead, she threw herself into start-up life, and founded Liz Earle Wellbeing. Her company creates content around all areas of wellbeing, food, health and beauty, and is founded on Liz's passion for working out how we can all live better lives.

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Our guests this week for our Valentine’s Day special are Florence and Reed from Come Curious. The duo has been making YouTube videos since 2015. Come Curious are on a mission to normalise the conversations around sex, to educate and help people better understand their bodies, their feelings and their relationships and to eradicate the shame and stigma that so often hangs around the topic.

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Andria Zafirakou is an art and textiles teacher from North London, who is a 'Global Teachers Prize' winner.

Andria used the prize money of $1m to set up Artists In Residence, an artist residency programme that gives young people the chance to work with professional creatives and see the opportunities available for careers in the creative industries.

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Mike Winnet is a fictional character.

He is a content creator who goes after online 'gurus' or as he calls them 'contrapreneurs' ™ who use exploitative tactics to sell their courses, mastermind programmes and mentorship.
The real Mike sold his company for $11m and this chat is a fascinating look at what it takes to actually get rich and how it feels once you get there.

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Lauren Bravo is a freelance journalist and author.

Her new book 'How to Break Up With Fast Fashion' does a couple of things. As well as highlight the shocking statistics of just how much fast fashion is screwing the planet , it also offers up practical solutions we can all implement as well as looking at our spending habits and how we've got into this mess in the first place. This is a fascinating conversation with an excellent human!

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Amanda Palmer is a rockstar, an artist, an activist, a writer, and a TED speaker

If you google Amanda, you'll find a lot of articles that focus on the brash Amanda 'Fucking' Palmer rockstar persona. You'll find her mistakes, well documented and you'll find outrage that she has the audacity to ASK her people to support her. We didn't interview the rockstar. We interviewed an artist who understands the complexities of making work, asking for support and surviving as a creative in these crazy times.

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Alastair Humphreys is an adventurer! He's also a motivational speaker, an author, a #1 podcaster. He has cycled around the world covering 46000 miles in four years, he has rowed across the Atlantic ocean and has busked his way around Spain, with no back-up money (or musical talent). You can find his podcast 'Living Adventurously' on any podcast platform and his book 'Doorstep Mile'

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Emma Gannon

A record breaking fourth appearance on the show for Emma Gannon - to kick off a brand new season with me (David Speed - hi!) solo in the presenting seat. Emma chatted to me about breaking up from her podcast, finding creative 'balance' and why she’s now excited to stop work at 2pm. 

Find Emma on Substack: https://thehyphen.substack.com/

Emma’s new book Table for One:  https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/table-for-one-emma-gannon?variant=41818765099086

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One year ago Emma Gannon helped put Creative Rebels on the map as our first ever guest! We are so happy to welcome Emma back onto the show to talk about everything she's been up to in the past year and how her confidence has grown since turning 30.
Emma is a podcaster, a best selling author, a speaker, and a true multi-hypenate (she should know, she wrote the book). Emma has just written her first novel 'Olive' which is available for preorder right now!

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😮 IT’S OUR LAST EPISODE OF SERIES ONE! (Don’t worry, Series 2 kicks off with a massive bang next week!)

This episode we decided to take a look back at some of our favourite shows from the past year (yes, we’ve been making Creative Rebels for a whole year). We discuss some key guests and major takeaways we got from their interviews.

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Clare Pooley is a blogger and a novelist. Her book ‘The Sober Diaries’ is an account of her journey from drinking over a bottle of wine a day to quitting completely - an incredibly difficult task. Clare coped by blogging her ups and downs and built a supportive network around her. Blogging reignited her love for writing and Clare’s first novel ‘The Authenticity Project’ is out in spring of 2020

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