Tending Creativity Podcast Episode 014 ✿ Inner Work, Illustration, and Self-Acceptance ft. Allison Filice
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Episode 014 ✿ Inner Work, Illustration, and Self-Acceptance ft. Allison Filice
For this episode I spoke with illustrator, designer, and podcaster Allison Filice about her experience as an illustrator and podcaster becoming a new mom, and the inner journey she experienced while transitioning to becoming an illustrator.
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In this episode we talk about:
Allison introduces herself
Her expectations for motherhood and career before having a child
Accepting the need to take a step back from work as a new mother
Starting her podcast, The Friendly Unknown
Her experience with depression at that time in her life
Dealing with depression and recognizing it if you have experienced it before
The importance with doing things for yourself and not for external validation
Healing through following your inner voice
The power of others’ stories
Her experience working as an editorial freelance illustrator
Lacking boundaries with work and time management
Basing self-worth on career accomplishments
Realizing her relationship with work needed to change
Being on a hiatus from her podcast
Letting herself just be and waiting until the right timing to start on her next project
Her journey with self-development and inner-work
Switching paths from being a designer to an illustrator
The inner-work required on her path to becoming an illustrator
The impact of the media your consume and how it shapes your perspective and reality
Letting go of limiting beliefs
Her process for creating podcast episodes
Struggling with perfectionism
Focusing on enjoying the process of creating and not just the end product
Allison’s recent/current interests - depth psychology, reading, tarot, and pondering existence
Allison’s podcast and book recommendations (links): The Creative Peptalk podcast, Don't Keep Your Day Job podcast ,This Jungian Life podcast, Contact (1985 novel) by Carl Sagan, The Heroine's Journey (1990 book) by Maureen Murdoch
The timing of our encounters with ideas, media, and others’ stories and work
The importance of being selective with books or media we consume
Focusing on what you’re most passionate about and being truly yourself
Allison's Podcast, The Friendly Unknown
On Design podcast episode with Allison
Host/Marissa's Youtube Channel
Interview recorded in summer 2021 and originally published February 2022