# Ep 719: Creative Blocks, Career Pivots, and Letting Go with Christina Orthwein

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Podcast: [The Maker's Playbook](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-maker-s-playbook-3471418)
Published: 2026-06-15T21:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 5451

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Send us Fan Mail Most of us have been told (or have told ourselves one way or another) that building a successful creative business means picking a lane and staying in it. But what happens when the lane you've built starts to feel more like a cage, and the work that once lit you up becomes just another obligation you can't motivate yourself to do? Christina Orthwein's journey from production potter to sculptor to jewelry maker and back again is a raw and honest look at how the pressure to mon...

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