Episodes

  • 505 - How Demystifying Your Craft can Enhance the Magic with Maggie Smith

    505 - How Demystifying Your Craft can Enhance the Magic with Maggie Smith
    May 14 2025
    Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. --- This was an INCREDIBLE CHAT. I left so pepped. If you are overwhelmed by the blank page, scared to try and fail, or feel the pressure to exist in a vacuum, this episode is for you! In this episode, Poet Maggie Smith is back with her brilliant new book “Dear Writer: Pep Talks and Practical Advice for the Creative Life”. I LOVED this book and this chat JUST AS MUCH. This episode is CHOCKED FULL of creative insights from Maggie and her new book, you are going to love it! SHOW NOTES: Maggie Smithhttps://maggiesmithpoet.com/book/dear-writer/ Good Boneshttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/good-bones Dear Writer: Pep Talks and Practical Advice for the Creative Lifehttps://maggiesmithpoet.com/book/dear-writer/ Katherine Faheyhttp://www.thecrankiefactory.com/115034631.html Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • 504 - Reduce Overwhelm and Unlock More Creative Work with This

    504 - Reduce Overwhelm and Unlock More Creative Work with This
    May 7 2025
    Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter here: andyjpizza.substack.com --- Are you overwhelmed pretty much no matter what you do? Are you overwhelmed by long to do lists? Short ones? Complex and simple ones? In this episode I will share a recent shift that has made a big impact on me that resulted in me feeling less overwhelmed and more able to be creatively productive. SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com John Cleese on Creativity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvKeu46jgwo Cal Newport https://calnewport.com SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • 503 - Embrace Change and Reclaim Belonging with Morgan Harper Nichols

    503 - Embrace Change and Reclaim Belonging with Morgan Harper Nichols
    Apr 30 2025
    Feel like things have changed or are always changing? Do you find yourself changing yourself to fit? Where do you really want to be? In this episode I am joined by artist and author, Morgan Harper Nichols. We discuss envisioning a future for yourself that you actually want to go towards and how to find the right creative home within all the possibilities. https://morganharpernichols.com ------ Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter here: andyjpizza.substack.com SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • 502 - How to Beat the Analysis Paralysis of "The Right Path"

    502 - How to Beat the Analysis Paralysis of "The Right Path"
    Apr 23 2025
    Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter here: andyjpizza.substack.com If you THINK more about making stuff than actually making stuff, this episode is for you! I tell a story that helped me realize that going the right way is overrated and what to do instead. SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com War of Art by Stephen Pressfield https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/ Cal Newport Deep Work https://calnewport.com/writing/ Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey https://mwp.com/product/writers-journey-25th-anniversary-edition-mythic-structure-writers/ Brian McDonald Invisible Ink https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/invisible-ink-stewart-stern/1146054340 SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • 501 - How To Create Gentle Habits with Sophie Yanow

    501 - How To Create Gentle Habits with Sophie Yanow
    Apr 16 2025
    How do you develop discipline as an artist? Can you hack your behavior and form creative habits? What tips or tricks could help you to create more often AND more confidently? In this episode I'm joined by Eisner Award winning cartoonist Sophie Yanow. Sophie has so much insight on this topic and found great value in creating what she calls a 'Gentle Comics Habit'. We talk starting, stacking and bundling habits and what it all achieved. Discuss this episode, share creative wins and obstacles at our next monthly meetup! Join this month’s Creative Pep Rally by supporting the show on Substack or Patreon: andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk Photo credit: Michael Worful SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com https://www.sophieyanow.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sophieyanow GABRIELLE BELL https://gabriellebell.com/ JAMES CLEAR https://jamesclear.com/habits BJ FOGG https://tinyhabits.com/ SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 500 - 5 Steps from ADHD Serial Quitter to Podcaster with 500 Episodes

    500 - 5 Steps from ADHD Serial Quitter to Podcaster with 500 Episodes
    Apr 9 2025
    Discuss this episode, share creative wins and obstacles at our next monthly meetup! Join this month’s Creative Pep Rally by supporting the show on Substack or Patreon: andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk If you’re like me, you have more trouble with following through with ideas than you do coming up with new ideas. I am a serial quitter. I have ADHD and I am often working on 5 things at once. BUT. In this episode I want to share 5 things that have helped me stay consistent long enough to make 500 episodes of the same podcast, publish over 10 books and work with clients like X-Box, Nickelodeon and Apple over the past 15 years. This episode ends with a CALL TO ADVENTURE called “MAKE SUM-THING OF YOURSELF”. This action is something you can do in an instant, that in my experience INSTANTLY increases your ability to follow through and achieve what you set out to achieve. SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com Susan David - Emotional Agility https://www.susandavid.com/book/ Steven Pressfield - The War of Art https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/ Julian Glander on Creative Pep Talk https://www.creativepeptalk.com/474-the-obstacle-is-the-swagway-with-julian-glander/ Sophie Yanow https://www.sophieyanow.com James Clear - Atomic Habits https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits Undermining Children’s Intrinsic Interest with Extrinsic Rewards: A Test of the ‘Overjustification’ Hypothesis https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281453299_Undermining_Children's_Intrinsic_Interest_with_Extrinsic_Reward_A_Test_of_the_Overjustification_Hypothesis SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • 499 - Which of These 3 Pitfalls is Stopping You and How to Overcome

    499 - Which of These 3 Pitfalls is Stopping You and How to Overcome
    Apr 2 2025
    Discuss this episode, share creative wins and obstacles at our next monthly meetup! Join this month’s Creative Pep Rally by supporting the show on Substack or Patreon: andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk On this Ask Dr. Pizza episode we hear from 3 artists in totally different creative pitfalls and explore what action you can take to get past each of them! This episode is for you if: 1 - You don’t have enough time and space to create the art you want 2 - You’re afraid of what will happen if you share your work 3 - You know what to do next but it requires leaving your creative comfort zone SHOW NOTES Andy J. Pizza Skillshare Style Class (Affiliate Link) https://skl.sh/4gMGVfW Michael Hyatt https://fullfocus.co/rebrand/ Ryan Holiday https://ryanholiday.net Indie Rock coloring book https://www.hpb.com/indie-rock-coloring-book/P-4791738-USED.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=HPB_PMAX_ECOM&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAoO5LlWHVc8SkPz24bfhlHlv9iXRN&gclid=Cj0KCQjwna6_BhCbARIsALId2Z2xYfo7EqnFqpyWtE24TwFyCV_7WmVgJSdiZXOaJmsyDY77xtostb8aAqPpEALw_wcB Eric Nuzum Make Noise http://ericnuzum.com Bon Iver Interview on Popbase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBvC_-XaTTc Dijon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijon_Duenas Mk.Gee https://www.mkgee.com John Klassen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Klassen Ian McGilchrist - Master and His Emissary Ian McGilchrist - Master and His Emissary Timothy Goodman https://www.tgoodman.com Ghibli / Hayao Miyazaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki Roman Muradov on Style https://substack.com/@bluebed/note/c-104114669 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • 498 - The Hidden Skill You Need to Develop with Cheyenne Barton

    498 - The Hidden Skill You Need to Develop with Cheyenne Barton
    Mar 26 2025
    Join our January Virtual Pep Rally by supporting on Substack or Patreon! andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk Do you feel like you’ve lost your way a bit creatively? Maybe you feel lost or in a creative rut. Today on the show we chat with Artist / Actor / YouTuber Cheyenne Barton about a recent creative crisis and we find some aha moments along the way! Loved this episode! SHOW NOTES: Cheyenne Barton https://cheyennebarton.com https://www.youtube.com/user/cheyennebarton Nat Andrewson https://www.natalieandrewson.com Ghostshrimp https://www.ghostshrimpglobal.com The Artist’s Way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist%27s_Way Missing Link https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6348138/ Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 mins
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