Mind Your Practice
Artists! Need some support? Strategies for navigating your life and your work? Accountability and deadlines? We all do! Here is a podcast for you.
Beth Pickens is an arts consultant in Los Angeles, California. She's the author of two self-help books for artists, and for over 12 years has helped clients navigate the complexities of being an artist in the modern world.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 26
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
Yes, You're An Artist
Ep 8. Yes, You’re An Artist
Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, I am here to tell you that yes, you’re an artist. And yes, absolutely, you ought to keep making your wo…
Do Take It Easy
EP 7: Do Take It Easy
Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, I will make a case for resting, which will only help your creative work.
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Your Greatest Resource
Ep. 6 Your Greatest Resource
Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, I will talk about your greatest resource as an artist: your creative community.
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Adventures in Rejection
EP 5: Adventures in Rejection
Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, I will talk and talk and talk about rejection and how to make friends with it.
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Not a Ladder but a Continuum
Ep. 4 Not a Ladder but a Continuum
Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, we turn a ladder on its side.
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It Was Perfcet...
Ep. 3 It Was Perfcet...
Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, I will talk about the illusion of perfection.
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Surrendering to the Success
Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, I surmise that it’s easier for artists to get success than to enjoy it. As usual, I've included homework!
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Are You Too Old To...?
Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, I will consider the lies we are told about aging.
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Love Letter: Love for the Long Haul
Beth's new book, Make Your Art No Matter What enters the world on this special day! The book is a Love Letter to artists, and so is this bonus episode!
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You Can't French Braid Your Own Hair: a very special crossover episode with Nicole J. Georges of Sagittarian Matters
A *very special* crossover episode with Nicole J. Georges and her podcast Sagittarian Matters! Questions asked and answered! Foot Stuff! Beth makes a disturbing confession! And a reminder to pick up…
3 Lessons I Learned: Make Your Art No Matter What
Beth shares 3 lessons she learned while writing her upcoming book, Make Your Art No Matter What (available April 6!).
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Beth Loves You: A Love Letter to Artists
Beth shares a Love Letter to Artists.
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Lover Letter: Valentine's Day
Beth shares a Valentine's Day Love Letter to Artists.
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Your Practice in a New Year
Welcome to a new year. It probably doesn’t feel much different than the last one and that’s ok. Let’s not put a ton of pressure there. You can have lots of new years, this is just one.
I don’t sugges…
Extra Credit! Ghosts of Projects Past
To celebrate the end of endless 2020, we share an "extra credit" episode made for our beloved Homework Club Members in early December.
Homework Club offers creative people a framework for keeping the…
A Note from Beth
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Workshop Announcement: Your Practice in Perilous Times
Announcing Your Practice in Perilous Times:
This Election Day is going to be stressful, to say the least. No matter how that day goes, I know this - you, artist, have to keep making your work. And tha…
Oh, The Pain of Life!
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Start Again
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Focus + Productivity
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