In today's episode, I talk with Sarah Henn Hayward about her experience writing Giving Up God, a memoir about leaving religion. We talk about how she didn't feel very creative before writing her memoir, but the process of writing it awoke her creativity a

Heather Buchanan is back! In this episode, we talk about Heather's new book, Blame the Stars [https://bookshop.org/p/books/blame-the-stars-a-very-good-totally-accurate-collection-of-astrological-advice-heather-buchanan/20598813?ean=9781797226392], based o

In this episode, I'm joined by Kaighla Rises, Pushcart Prize Nominee and award-winning author of Evryn, The Light [https://bookshop.org/p/books/evryn-the-light-kaighla-rises/19964668?ean=9798218167462], to talk about returning home to ourselves through cr

My guest this week is Toni Nagy, stand-up comedian, content creator and interpretative dancer extraordinaire. Toni shares her unexpected path to accepting the "ugly" in her life and how this led her to embrace her own style of dancing, the importance of f

Today's guest, April Fitzpatrick (she/her), aka "The Pineapple Lady," is an art therapist whose work centers art as a process that allows people, particularly those who've experienced racial trauma, to reclaim agency over their personal narratives. April

In this episode, I talk with fellow editor and book coach, Sabrina Estudillo Butler, about standing in our values and saying the quiet part loud. We discuss how it feels in our bodies when we step out

Today's episode is all about the importance of queering up the creativity process and I am lucky enough to be joined by M Eifler (they/them), a San Francisco-based artist who uses art and technology to explore disability as a hotbed of innovation.M and

In this episode, I chat with Switzerland-based writer and fellow healing perfectionist Jo Bahdo about their recent season of writing project, defining what perfection even is, taking steps to heal dis

The Ugly Podcast is back from hiatus, and I couldn't think of a better person for this episode than Emerson Lee, my creative partner and former co-host. Emerson and I both share big life events we're currently grieving, how making art and having an expans

In this episode, I'm rejoined by my fellow editor and twin perfectionist, Erika Steeves! We're back to talk about perfectionism but through the lens of Katherine Morgan Schafler's book, The Perfection