Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen

Five Things I’m Thinking About: The Creative Process, Pricing Your Work, Inspiration vs. Discernment, Insanity, and the Etymology of Should

Feb 29, 2024

In this podcast, Elise Loehnen discusses topics like pricing creative work, the importance of rest, and the left vs. right brain hemispheres. She also explores managing pressure, intuition vs. discernment, societal judgment, and finding sanity. The conversation shifts to valuing diverse perspectives, transcending 'should,' and changing the menopause narrative.

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Manage creative projects with a higher vibration than the creation to maintain integrity.

Price creative work based on output, not time, to account for mental and emotional labor.

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Introduction

2min

Maintaining a Higher Vibration for Creative Management

8min

Embracing Your Gift and Importance of Rest

5min

The Master and the Emissary: Brain Hemispheres and Culture

5min

Navigating Pressure, Wellness Discounts, and Intuition vs. Discernment

3min

Navigating Intuition and Judgment

7min

Navigating Judgment and Finding Sanity

4min

Transcendence, Diversity of Thought, and Renouncing 'Should'

3min

Shifting the Menopause Conversation: Embracing Power and Potential

3min

Hi, it’s Elise Loehnen, host of PULLING THE THREAD. Today, it’s just me. I’m sharing five things I’ve been thinking about a lot—from understanding how to quantify and charge for one’s time, what to consider before starting a new creative project, and the art of a gentle no. I’m also answering some of your questions—about judgment, sanity, and the etymology of “should.”

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