{"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":"558 - Start, Do, Finish: Get Around What's Blocking You from Doing Stuff","slug":"558-start-do-finish-get-around-what-s-blocking-you-from-doing-stuff","published_at":"2026-06-03T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-pep-talk-838349/558-start-do-finish-get-around-what-s-blocking-you-from-doing-stuff","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-pep-talk-838349","url":"http://creativepeptalk.com/558","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/TPG1763171652.mp3","summary":"Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co --- Most creative people don’t need help being creative. You have the ideas. Where you trip up is the executive dysfunction. It’s getting yourself to start, middle, and finish the thing strong. In this episode I want to share with you the number 1 things that’s helped me, a creative with MEGA ADHD, transform ideas into 10+ books, projects that lead to work with X-Box, Apple and Nickelodeon and more. Stick around until the end for our “Creative Call to Adventure” it’s called “Out Block” and it will help you turn your current creative block into a starting block today! SHOW NOTES: ICON 13 ILLUSTRATION CONFERENCE $100 OFF:www.eventbrite.com/e/1808652431109/?discount=ICON13FriendofBoard 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 code PEPTALK RULARula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/peptalk #rulapod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Pre-Order My New Book “Mysterious Things” and Help Us Spread the Word: invisiblethings.co --- Most creative people don’t need help being creative. You hav…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1449,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creative-pep-talk-838349/episodes/558-start-do-finish-get-around-what-s-blocking-you-from-doing-stuff/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-838349/558-start-do-finish-get-around-what-s-blocking-you-from-doing-stuff.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}