{"podcast":{"title":"Creative Pep Talk","slug":"creative-pep-talk-838349","podcast_index_feed_id":838349,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TPG2212080179","website_url":"http://www.creativepeptalk.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0ca137e0-bc74-11ee-a299-b739941e412c/image/a176b67f923337bf4d6913e9905a786b.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Creative Pep Talk","episode_count":566,"summary":"A Weekly Podcast Companion for Your Creative Journey Transform your creative potential into reality by making your creativity a practice. A “creative discipline” can feel like an oxymoron. Creativity is about doing something new. Discipline is about doing something consistently. The aim of this podcast is to help you strike that elusive balance. Each week, New York Times Bestselling Author Illustrator Andy J. Pizza shares everything he’s learning about building a thriving creative practice. Through solo episodes and interviews with top-tier creatives, Pizza brings you the strategies and stories that you need week in and week out to keep your inner critic at bay, bust through creative blocks and stay creatively pepped to the max!! Learn more: creativepeptalk.com Check out the host: andyjpizza.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T14:19:01.942340+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-pep-talk-838349"},"episode":{"title":"554 - Get Back to Creativity that Actually Helps Your Mental Health with Gemma Correll","slug":"554-get-back-to-creativity-that-actually-helps-your-mental-health-with-gemma-correll","published_at":"2026-05-06T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-pep-talk-838349/554-get-back-to-creativity-that-actually-helps-your-mental-health-with-gemma-correll","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-pep-talk-838349","url":"http://creativepeptalk.com/554","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/mgln.ai/e/51/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG5876002870.mp3?updated=1778013447","summary":"Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co --- Most of us start making things because on some level it feels good! It feels like a meditation. It brings flow. It helps us process. But if you ever get serious about your work, you may also accidentally lose all these positives and replace them with negative side effects like pressure, anxiety, and even despair. If you want to get back to the kind of creative practice that lifts you up instead of triggers you, this episode is for you! Gemma Correll is a world-renowned illustrator and cartoonist with one of the most personal and practical creative practices that I know of. She has been art journaling way before it was cool, and it’s turned into a cathartic experience that she now shares with the world through her online comics and now her phenomenal graphic memoir “Anxietyland”. We discuss: 1 - How to access that energy of making just for yourself before you think about anyone else. 2 - The power and pitfalls of mixing creativity with your mental health. 3 - What type of creative community we hope to see evolve in a post-social media-centric world. SHOW NOTES: Gemma Correllhttps://www.gemmacorrell.comAnxietyland by Gemma Correllhttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Anxietyland/Gemma-Correll/9781668004159 Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.comSpotify Playlist of WHY? Songs Used on This Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZIE7PHG5I1Ddg1BuVGRzj?si=4x_BzDZjQgqSpoaLXdVACgπ=h4HsIKG0SP6Kg SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using…","meta_description":"Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co --- Most of us start making things because on some level it feel…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3013,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creative-pep-talk-838349/episodes/554-get-back-to-creativity-that-actually-helps-your-mental-health-with-gemma-correll/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-pep-talk-838349/554-get-back-to-creativity-that-actually-helps-your-mental-health-with-gemma-correll.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}