Bobby and Stephanie are back with life updates, and a discussion about coping with holiday stress. There are sympathetic otters involved. Crisis Resources: Call NAMI.org National Alliance on Mental Illness’ hotline at 800-950-6264 The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States. Call 988. CrisisTextline.org Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a volunteer Crisis Counselor - text/chat/whatsapp

TEACH IT! Join our guest Kevin Endres as we finish our series on creative leadership.

#creativeleadership

Are you feeling the burn? Burnout can happen to us all and sometimes it can be pretty jarring. Stephanie and I play a game of burnout bingo as we dive into some symptoms of burnout. 

#graphicdesign #mentalhealth #creatives #digitalart #creativeart 

Join Stephanie and I for an episode where we dive deep into the topic of Toxic Positivity. Whether you are experience these situations at work or internally, we all have had a taste of the damaging effects of toxic positivity.

Be sure to follow us on Spotify.

Resources for listeners:

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Administration National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357), or TTY: 1-800-487-4889 is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders. This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. Callers can also order free publications and other information. More information and online treatment locators can be found at SAMHSA’s website: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helplineThe Shulman Center for Compulsive Theft, Spending, & Hoarding: Call 248-358-8508, contact via email at terrenceshulman@theshulmancenter.com or visit their site for more information at: https://theshulmancenter.com/overspending-shopping-addiction.htmlBEAM (Black Emotional & Mental Health Collective): BEAM is a non-profit collective of advocates, yoga teachers, artists, therapists, lawyers, religious leaders, teachers, psychologists and activists committed to the emotional/mental health and healing of Black communities. Find their wealth of resources online at www.beam.community or jump straight to their list of helplines to speak to someone directly at https://www.beam.community/talktosomeone

Works Cited:

JJ;, Gross. “Emotion Regulation: Affective, Cognitive, and Social Consequences.” Psychophysiology, U.S. National Library of Medicine, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12212647/.Whillans, Ashley, and Ashley Whillans. “Time Confetti and the Broken Promise of Leisure - by Ashley Whillans.” Behavioral Scientist, 7 Oct. 2020, https://behavioralscientist.org/time-confetti-and-the-broken-promise-of-leisure/.Conger, Cristen, and Caroline Ervin. “Episode 116: Ask Unladylike:  Happiness vs. Toxic Positivity.” Unladylike, performance by Laurie Santos, episode 116, https://unladylike.co/episodes/116/ask-unladylike-happiness. Accessed 22 Nov. 2021.Foran, Caroline. “Owning It: Toxic Positivity.” Owning It: The Anxiety Podcast, episode 80, https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wrDjCBhaWZhyBCvyZfDd1?si=EzKKTFCpShulsVS4eFzCGw. Accessed 22 Nov. 2021.

Cherry, K. (2021). https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-toxic-positivity-5093958.

Join Stephanie and I for an episode where we dive deep into the topic of Toxic Positivity. Whether you are experience these situations at work or internally, we all have had a taste of the damaging effects of toxic positivity. 

Be sure to follow us on Spotify. 

Resources for listeners:

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Administration National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357), or TTY: 1-800-487-4889 is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders. This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. Callers can also order free publications and other information. More information and online treatment locators can be found at SAMHSA’s website: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helplineThe Shulman Center for Compulsive Theft, Spending, & Hoarding: Call 248-358-8508, contact via email at terrenceshulman@theshulmancenter.com or visit their site for more information at: https://theshulmancenter.com/overspending-shopping-addiction.htmlBEAM (Black Emotional & Mental Health Collective): BEAM is a non-profit collective of advocates, yoga teachers, artists, therapists, lawyers, religious leaders, teachers, psychologists and activists committed to the emotional/mental health and healing of Black communities. Find their wealth of resources online at www.beam.community or jump straight to their list of helplines to speak to someone directly at https://www.beam.community/talktosomeone

Works Cited:

JJ;, Gross. “Emotion Regulation: Affective, Cognitive, and Social Consequences.” Psychophysiology, U.S. National Library of Medicine, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12212647/.Whillans, Ashley, and Ashley Whillans. “Time Confetti and the Broken Promise of Leisure - by Ashley Whillans.” Behavioral Scientist, 7 Oct. 2020, https://behavioralscientist.org/time-confetti-and-the-broken-promise-of-leisure/.Conger, Cristen, and Caroline Ervin. “Episode 116: Ask Unladylike:  Happiness vs. Toxic Positivity.” Unladylike, performance by Laurie Santos, episode 116, https://unladylike.co/episodes/116/ask-unladylike-happiness. Accessed 22 Nov. 2021.Foran, Caroline. “Owning It: Toxic Positivity.” Owning It: The Anxiety Podcast, episode 80, https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wrDjCBhaWZhyBCvyZfDd1?si=EzKKTFCpShulsVS4eFzCGw. Accessed 22 Nov. 2021.

Cherry, K. (2021). https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-toxic-positivity-5093958. 

Real spooky stories from real creators. Happy Halloween!

Do you have a scary story about being a creative professional? Client from heck? Ghosts up in your render queue? Let us know and we might feature you in the future. Reach out to us with your scary stories, show feedback, or other interest in being a guest at mindanddesignpod@gmail.com and we'll get in touch as soon as we can.

Music by astrofreq on Pixabay.com

Do you ever just not know, but are afraid to admit that out loud? Stephanie and I dive into the topic to discuss common feelings and thoughts that come up with saying "I don't know". 

***Help us out with the show! You can donate at https://anchor.fm/mindanddesign. Click the support button and help us anyway you can. 

This episode explores the need for setting boundaries and the process of “firing” a client.

Guests: Monica Govind - LPC Associate & Stephanie Reith - Graphic Designer

Tune as as Jeff Leet and I discuss life after design school. We look at the experiences that we both faced as we entered the world. 

In this segment, we speak to Alex Patin who is a UX designer/Creative Technologist as he walks us through the world of UI/UX Design. 

This episode covers the need for self-love, self-acceptance, self-efficacy, and equifinality in design.

Guests:
·  Payton Mueller, NCC, MS, LPC-Intern, Supervised by Jay L. Jeter, LPC-S

·  Renee Lynn - Creative support

This segment is the first part of the designer party series where we focus on the designer. In this episode we dive into interviewing. 

Guests:
Peter Karpick - Creative Director
Stephanie Reith - Graphic Designer

We need to get the work done! Join our guest Kevin Endres as we explore ad agency life back in the day.
This is part 2 of our 3 part series on creative leadership.

#creativeleadership 

This episode covers the need for self-love, self-acceptance, self-efficacy, and equifinality in design and the power of these concepts to us as humans.

Guests: 

Monica G. MS, LPC- Associate
EMDR certified

Marcela Vasquez - Graphic Designer

This episode explores the three core conditions from Carl Rogers: being genuine, practicing unconditional positive regard, and empathy. The guests help the host explore the implications of these conditions in working with design clients.

Guests:
Andie Chapa, LPC Associate
Keenan Mack, Graphic Designer

This episode is an examination over a designer’s imagination “bank” and how to refuel or revive our imagination during extended breaks.

Guests:
• Renita Newton, NCC, MS, LPC-Intern
• Renee Lynn Creative Support

The episode focuses on self-care in the field and ways of exploring burnout while learning ways of coping through the stress.

Guests
·  Andie Chapa NCC, MS, LPC-Intern
·  Bianca Blue - Creative Director

This episode covers the idea of culture and community when it comes to graphic design. The focus of the show is to give the listener ways of connecting and networking within the graphic design field.

Mental Health Professional: Spencer Yeamans
Graphic Designer: Stephanie Reith

Happy Pride! Join my good Judy Quintin Walker and I as we talk about our experiences as gay creatives. 

#pride #gayartists #translivesmatters #creative #mentalhealth 

Resources for Pride: 

https://www.glaad.org/resourcelist

https://www.cdc.gov/lgbthealth/youth-resources.htm

https://www.thetrevorproject.org

https://pridefoundation.org

Who is leading who? Great question and let's explore that! Join our guest Kevin Endres as we explore a definition of creative leadership.
This is part 1 of our 3 part series on creative leadership. 

#creativeart #design #art #creativeleadership 

Magic Button? We don't know her. This is our second episode of DEAR NON-CREATIVE and we dive into the need for understanding processes and time with creatives. 

#design #mentalhealth #art #creative #artprocess #artistsworth #dearnoncreative 

Join us as we speak with artist/designer Quintin Watkins as we discuss the perspective of a black/queer designer.
Thank you Quintin for sharing your view on the design world.
Here's how to connect with him:
IG - @quimawa
Twitch - twitch.tv/quimama/

#creative #blackdesigner #artist #mentalhealth #community #art

Join us as we speak with artist/designer Quintin Watkins as we discuss the perspective of a black/queer designer.
Thank you Quintin for sharing your view on the design world.
Here's how to connect with him:
IG - @quimawa
Twitch - twitch.tv/quimama/

#creative #blackdesigner #artist #mentalhealth #community #art

What is simplicity? We may have received feedback before but what does it actually mean. Dara Paryas helps us define it and gives us some deep things to think about with it comes down to simplicity. 

Thank you Dara Paryas (IG: dara.paryas)

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#simplicity #design #creativity #creativelife

This is our first Dear Non-Creative episode focusing on an interview gone awry. Interviewing is a big deal in a creatives life as it can be the break needed for us to keep on creating. Listen in and let us know what you think about interviewing. If you are interested in writing your own dear non-creative episode, please submit your letter to mindanddesignpod@gmail.com.