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Stepping Off Now: Support for Neurodivergent Creatives

Hello, and welcome to the Stepping Off Now podcast. I'm Kendra, an AuDHD writer, and this is my safe space for talking about the challenges of being a neurodivergent creative and the lessons I'm learning along the way. It's a little bit dark and a little bit visceral, but always honest. I hope that it can be a safe space for you too, where you feel seen and validated wether or not you identify as neurodivergent yourself. All gentle souls are welcome, and my goal is to provide solace and support. The world at large may not understand or appreciate...

E171. Neurodivergent Burnout: Why It Happens and What It Feels Like

37 mins; November 05, 2025

E170. Assessing Safe vs. Unsafe When Interacting with the Neurotypical World

26 mins; October 22, 2025

E169. The Ironies of Being a Neurodivergent Writer

21 mins; October 15, 2025

E168. Not Letting the Big Picture Sabotage Your Creativity

30 mins; May 09, 2025

E167. Interview Episode! Featuring Kristin Kisska, Author of The Hint of Light

68 hours 23 mins; April 18, 2025

E166. Maintaining Motivation for Creative Work in Challenging Seasons

22 mins; April 04, 2025

E165. How Doing Art Constitutes Resistance

27 mins; March 21, 2025

E164. Is the Ability to Make Choices More Important to Art than Creativity?

20 mins; March 07, 2025

E163. A New Theory of Talent

28 mins; February 21, 2025

E162. Creative Practice and the Artist's Illusion

33 mins; February 07, 2025

E161. What Taking on a Second Creative Practice Has Taught Me (+ Some Thoughts on Disruption)

26 mins; January 24, 2025

E160. Learning to Use Conceptual Tools as an Intuitive Creative: Is It Possible?

34 mins; January 10, 2025

E159. What Role Do Artists Play in Society? It May Not Be What You Think

26 mins; December 27, 2024

E158. Interview Episode! What Health Looks Like Through the Lens of Creative Practice

61 hours 56 mins; November 29, 2024

E157. Finding Psychological Safety in a Tumultuous World as a Sensitive Creative

30 mins; November 15, 2024

E156. How I Learned to Take Myself Less Seriously...and More Seriously

25 mins; November 01, 2024

E155. Why You Really Really REALLY Shouldn't Listen to Advice (*With Some Exceptions)

49 mins; October 18, 2024

E154. Does Structure Constrain or Free Us?

30 mins; October 04, 2024

E153. Preliminary Thoughts on Being a Neurodivergent Creative

33 mins; September 20, 2024

E152. Are the Things We Suck At Actually Special Talents in Disguise?

24 mins; September 06, 2024

E151. When All You Have Is a Drum... Play

20 mins; August 23, 2024

E150. The OG Society Thought Experiment: Why and How We Share Our Art

26 mins; August 09, 2024

E149. Are Big Dreams Bad for Us? Learning to Not Miss the Stars

22 mins; July 26, 2024

E148. Looking for Your Lights in the Dark

30 mins; July 12, 2024

E147. In Search of Continuities in Our Artistic Identity

33 mins; June 28, 2024

E146. In Which I Read My Short Story "The Trash House"

42 mins; June 14, 2024

E145. Re-Envisioning the Creative Journey through the Kishotenketsu Lens

36 mins; May 31, 2024

E144. Special Release: The Calming Effects of Kishotenketsu Narrative Structure

38 mins; May 10, 2024

E143: The Writing Conference and Live Pitching Experience

36 mins; April 19, 2024

E142. Handling Rejection Sensitivity for Neurodiverse and Highly Sensitive Creatives

61 hours 1 min; April 05, 2024

E141. Following What's Alive in Your Creative Work

34 mins; March 22, 2024

E140. Update Episode! Plans for Pitching My Novel

28 mins; March 08, 2024

E139. Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Times in the Creative Process

25 mins; February 23, 2024

E138. Recognizing and Recovering from a Creativity Injury

33 mins; February 09, 2024

E137. Good vs. Bad Discomfort in Creative Practice and Life

24 mins; January 19, 2024

E136. Crafting Your Artist Origin Story

47 mins; January 05, 2024

E135. Magical Thinking in the Creative Life: Use and Misuse

28 mins; December 22, 2023

E134. Celebrating Not Accomplishing Goals

33 mins; December 08, 2023

E133. Connecting With Your Greater Purpose for Your Art

26 mins; November 24, 2023

E132. Maintaining a Creative Practice Under Conditions of High Stress

28 mins; November 10, 2023

E131. Developing Your Artistic Voice

24 mins; October 27, 2023

E130. The Deadline Experiment

34 mins; October 06, 2023

E129. How Not to Get Stuck in the Doldrums of Almost Done

46 mins; September 22, 2023

E128. (Final) Summer Updates + Upcoming Programming

18 mins; September 08, 2023

E127. Summer Updates + Creative Breakthrough

21 mins; August 18, 2023

E126. Summer Updates + Redefining My Creative Identity

33 mins; July 28, 2023

E125. Summer Updates + Thoughts on Humbling Yourself to Art

21 mins; July 07, 2023

E124. Some Changes Going Forward

14 mins; June 16, 2023

E123. A Defense of the Lone Wolf

28 mins; June 09, 2023

E122. Three Kinds of Creative Boredom and How to Handle Them

34 mins; June 02, 2023

E121. I Think I'm Done with Ambition

28 mins; May 26, 2023

E120. Embracing Messy Art in the Age of AI

23 mins; May 05, 2023

E119. Using Interruption Constructively in Life and Your Creative Practice

22 mins; April 28, 2023

E118. Entropy as Art: Turning Pessimism and Negativity into Appreciation

25 mins; April 21, 2023

E117. You Know What You Need To Do

28 mins; April 14, 2023

E116. Catching Ladybugs (aka Cultivating Creative Inspiration)

29 mins; April 07, 2023

E115. What Science Says About Creativity and Mental Illness (bonus cut)

32 mins; March 31, 2023

E114. Casting Yourself in Your Role

24 mins; March 24, 2023

E113. Three Types of Creative Risk and How to Take Them

34 mins; March 17, 2023

E112. The Future of Art: A Discussion about AI and Creativity

29 mins; March 03, 2023

E111. Has Magic Abandoned You?

33 mins; February 24, 2023

E110. The Impossible Dream (Birthday Weekend Re-Release)

25 mins; February 17, 2023

E109. A New Way of Understanding Done with Creative Projects

29 mins; February 10, 2023

E108. The Anatomy of Creative Breakthroughs

21 mins; February 03, 2023

E107. Playing the Long Game: Inspirational Hollywood Stories

26 mins; January 27, 2023

E106. The Sneak-Attack Motivation Killer

26 mins; January 20, 2023

E105. Dealing With Lack of Clarity in the Creative Experience

23 mins; January 13, 2023

E104. Why Do We Feel Nervous When Things Are Going Well?

34 mins; January 06, 2023

E103. Special Release: Aron vs. Dabrowski on Being Highly Sensitive

37 mins; December 30, 2022

E102. Holiday Help: Dealing With Holiday & End-of-the-Year Blues

19 mins; December 23, 2022

E101. Special Release: Eastern vs. Western Storytelling Structures

37 mins; December 16, 2022

E100. Interview! Lindsay Getz on Combining Art & Spirituality

78 hours 22 mins; December 09, 2022

E99. Creative Courage Starts Small

31 mins; December 02, 2022

Let the Holidays Begin + Thoughts on Social Media

6 mins; November 25, 2022

E98. Two Perspectives on Art as Healing

34 mins; November 18, 2022

E97. Art vs. Entertainment: What's the Difference?

26 mins; November 11, 2022

E96. Why I Don't Try to Get Over Shit Anymore (and what I do instead)

19 mins; November 04, 2022

E95. An Analysis of Elia Kazan's Actor's Vow (It's not just for actors!)

23 mins; October 28, 2022

E94. Midlife "Crisis" My Ass

31 mins; October 21, 2022

E93. Balancing Routine and Change in the Creative Life

29 mins; October 14, 2022

E92. How to Handle Creative Boredom

39 mins; October 07, 2022

Hurricane Coming Through

1 min; September 28, 2022

E91. How and Why Does Creativity Make Us Happy?

26 mins; September 23, 2022

E90. Do You Have to Suffer to Create Good Art? Kind Of, but Also Not Really

24 mins; September 16, 2022

E89. Mind-Wandering and the Default Mode Network's Role in Creativity

32 mins; September 09, 2022

E88. Getting Through the Void Stage of the Creative Process

41 mins; September 02, 2022

E87. My 2022 Update on Creative Entrepreneurship and Earning a Living as an Artist

27 mins; August 26, 2022

E86. The Feedback Episode: When to Ask--and Not Ask!--For It and How to Deal With It

36 mins; August 19, 2022

E85. What to Do When Your Artistic Plan Changes + When to Seek Feedback

27 mins; August 12, 2022

E84. The Two Kinds of Hard Work and Which Is More Important for Creatives & Artists

28 mins; August 05, 2022

E83. Interview! Jill Patterson and I Discuss Her Big Cycling Win + Handling the Ups and Downs of the Unconventional Life

60 hours 23 mins; July 29, 2022

E82. Reconciling the Tension Between Making Art and the Business of Art

22 mins; July 22, 2022

E81. Do We Really Fear Success More Than Failure?

33 mins; July 15, 2022

E80. How to Be Your Own Biggest Fan (And Why It Matters for Creatives & Artists)

19 mins; July 01, 2022

E79. What the Heck Does "Trust the Process" Mean, Anyway?

19 mins; June 24, 2022

E78: Something New! An Exercise to Help You Find More Fulfillment AND Reach Goals

34 mins; June 17, 2022

E77. A Summer Update + Challenge

21 mins; June 10, 2022

E76. Recognizing the Damage Formal Schooling Does to Creativity

32 mins; June 03, 2022

E75. On Taking the Time You Need to Recover and Adjust

22 mins; May 27, 2022

E74. When Change Comes

19 mins; May 20, 2022

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