We all need a little inspiration now and then. Â There are a lot of different ways to get inspiration, such as reading or being out in nature, or even having fun with your family (and so many other ways…) Â But lately, I’ve been listening to podcasts to get the creative juices engaged. Podcasts are a great way to get inspired while you’re driving or working out. Below are my go-to podcasts for creative inspiration.
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Own Your Creativity
One of my go-to podcasts is Own Your Creativity by Elizabeth Johnston.  Elizabeth is a writer and writing coach. She interviews several exciting people, including Jeff Goins and the Book Ninja, Kristen Joy.  The topics are varied such as one interview with an entertainment lawyer who discussed copyright laws as well as the legalities of writing about living people and other subjects.  Another was about journaling for transformation, and one was about motivation.
She also interviewed Sheila Horrell, who leads drumming circles, and Chef Dave Cote. Â She interviewed a mechanical engineer, a neuroscientist, and a songwriter. All discuss how creativity plays a role in their life.
Magic Lessons
I love Elizabeth Gilbert.  I first found her through her book Eat, Pray, Love which was published in 2006.  I know it’s been panned by “literary” critics everywhere but I don’t care.  When this book first came out, I was a brand new yoga teacher.  The book and her soul searching through food and meditation before finding love hit a nerve. My fellow newly minted yoga teachers and I fell all over this book.  As the years passed, the book faded into the background, but in 2015 Gilbert came out with Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear.  And you know I wasn’t going to let a book about creativity pass me by.  In 2016, she created her podcast Magic Lessons.  There are only 21 episodes, but she packs a lot into a short time frame.
There is an episode on Creativity and Fear and another called You Have a Screaming, Not a Calling. Â Her interviews include Brene Brown and Amy Purdy. Â She kicked off the podcast by interviewing Cheryl Stayed of Wild fame.
The Deliberate Creative
This podcast really illustrates what I speak about. Â Creativity is needed no matter what field you work in. Â This podcast, The Deliberate Creative by Dr. Amy Climer, is designed to help leaders drive innovation in the workplace. Â There are episodes on how to open and close meetings, how to use improv to build creative teams, and how conflict impacts team creativity. Â She interviews a variety of people, including an artist, a project manager, and a professor who discusses how yoga has had an impact on her creativity. Â She even has an episode on Shackleton and how through his leadership skills (and creativity) he was able to get his entire crew back home despite their ship sinking in Antarctica on a trip to the South Pole.
Anna Faris Is Unqualified
Life can’t be all work. Â That’s a surefire way to make your creativity disappear. Â So there has to be at least one (or more) thing that is just for fun. Â Anna Faris is funny as she interviews Hollywood and music stars. Â Her interviews range from Stan Lee to Alanis Morrisette, from Russell Peters to RuPaul to Jeremy Renner. Â She creates characters to roleplay with her guests and creates “let’s pretend” scenarios to have fun with her guests. Â This podcast will make you laugh. Â Laughter is the inspiration for your creativity.
I hope you enjoy these podcasts. Â And I’d love to hear what podcasts you enjoy listening to.
I love listening to Elizabeth Gilbert. She’s given me such amazing inspiration. I’ll have to listen to these podcasts. Thanks!
I’m glad you like Elizabeth Gilbert too! The podcasts are just as inspirational as her books.
I have been listening to podcasts lately as well..it’s a new habit I am finding solace in….These seem like interesting choices..I’ll search for them
They are. I highly recommend all of them, but if you need some humor go to Anna Faris’ podcast first.
I am looking at Magic Lessons 209! Did I miss the 21 lessons is that a different thing?
There are 21 podcasts
You have intrigued me again to podcasts. I have listened to a few but admit I need to get into the habit again. Thanks
I’m glad that you’re intrigued!
I really, really want to listen to podcasts. I want the time to. What a good list!
With all that traveling you do you’d think there was time on the plane or the car ride.
Do you realize, I don’t listen to podcasts…but I should. Who doesn’t need some inspiration??
XOXO
Exactly. Great for long car or plane rides!
This is the 20th time some has recommended Elizabeth gilbert’s podcast to me. Maybe this will be the final time. Maybe I will find the magic too! Thanks, and also thanks for the Anna Faris. I am sad about her marriage but happy about her podcast.
I love Elizabeth Gilbert, but there is a whole Yogi background connection thing going on there. I would say that if you’re not a fan then the podcast won’t move you either. I do love her outlook on creativity. In Big Magic she talks about having an idea for a book but never writing it either because of the timing or because she wasn’t really into it and then a few years later coming across the book written by someone else. Not just an idea but whole sections of the book were the same ideas that she had. She said the book was ready to be written and it found someone to write it.
Listen to Elizabeth Gilbert’s podcast all the time. In fact, it was playing in my car today. I’ll have to check out the others. Thanks so much!
You’re welcome! You’ll love Anna she is hilarious.
I usually listen to podcasts when travelling and I will be checking out your faves as they sound really interesting – especially The Deliberate Creative.
I’m glad I introduced you to some new ones.
Isn’t the Elizabeth Gilbert podcast over? I listen to a lot of them actually, all different genres. I love comedy usually, The West Wing Weekly( episode breakdowns of the West Wing), 2 Dope Queens, The Science of Social Media by Buffer, Death, Sex and Money, Levar Burton Reads (adult Reading Rainbow), ProBlogger Podcast, and Conversations with People Who Hate Me.
No new ones are being created but there are a lot of episodes to listen to for someone who hasn’t experienced them yet. Thanks for sharing these others. I’ve heard of Pro Blogger but not the others.
What a great round up of podcasts to get the wheels turning again when we feel stuck.
Thanks. I find they inspire me.
The only podcasts I’ve ever listened to were the ones Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant did, which probably only means something in Britain! I love Anna Faris though – I bet hers are fun.
I know exactly who Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are, but didn’t realize they did a podcast. I’ll have to look for it!