All episodes of Mind Your Practice

A *very special* crossover episode with Nicole J. Georges and her podcast Sagittarian Matters! Questions asked and answered! Foot Stuff! And a reminder to pick up Beth's upcoming book "Make Your Art No Matter What" (available April 6).

Published 03/30/21

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!).

Published 03/17/21

Beth Loves You: A Love Letter to Artists

Beth shares another Love Letter to Artists - Everyone has their fear.

Published 03/10/21

Lover Letter: Valentine's Day

Beth shares a Valentine's Day Love Letter to Artists.

Published 02/14/21

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 suggest resolutions but I do love all things lists. So here is my list for 2021: my Top Five Reminders to Strengthen Your Practice in a New Year.

Published 01/01/21

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 the beginning of December.

Published 12/30/20

A Note from Beth

Enjoy this short, soothing account of Beth Pickens reassuring you that you do NOT have to end this year on top of the world. You don’t need to get super productive over the next six weeks. You don’t have to force anything, finish anything, or figure out anything. Also, a reminder to join Homework Club before the price goes up in early January!

Published 11/16/20

Workshop Announcement: Your Practice in Perilous Times

This Election Day is going to be stressful, to say the least. So, to help you stay focused and maybe take your mind off our grim presidential candidates, I’m offering an Election Day workshop for artists. It’s called “Your Practice in Perilous Times”, it’s on zoom at 4pm PST, 7pm EST - right during the sweet spot of the evening when you’re toggling between the news and 8 different social media platforms.

Published 10/27/20

Does My Art Really Matter?

Welcome to Mind Your Business. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, I’ll talk about a question very common among artists. “Does my art really matter?” The short answer is ‘YES’ but listen to the episode to find out why.

Published 10/21/20

Showing + Sharing Yourself

Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, I’ll talk about showing your work, sharing yourself, why it’s so hard to do it, and why I think you ought to anyway.

Published 10/21/20

Focus + Productivity

Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, I’ll talk about focus and productivity. What can you do to increase them for your practice and when you ought to accept limitations.

Published 10/21/20

Start Again

Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode I invite you back to your practice, returning over and over again.

Published 10/21/20

HELP

Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, we’ll discuss asking for help and how hard it can be to open up and receive it.

Published 10/21/20

Oh, The Pain of Life!

Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, we’ll make some time and space to consider the enormous pain and grief swirling in 2020.

Published 10/21/20

What If You're Lost?

Welcome to Mind Your Practice. I’m Beth Pickens and in this episode, I’ll talk about ways you may feel lost right now and how to find your path again.

Published 10/21/20