Today we are discussing the little-known golden nugget that is self initiated projects. For creative business owners, self initiated projects can be a low risk space to test out creative ideas and build new skills. And they can be great tools for marketing your business too.  Bo, Amy and Tess have all had plenty of experience with self initiated creative projects over their careers and have seen how dynamic they can be. LINKS Creative Minds Bo’s ‘Golden State: Afterglow’ project  Tess’s series of books ‘Conversation with Creative Women’ Tess’s website Bo’s retreats Lalese Stamps’ 100 mugs project Shannyn Higgins Duality project Kitiya Palaskas’ creative wellbeing blog series - This podcast is a collaboration between Soul Traders Podcast and Creative Minds.  If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please, take a moment to recommend us to a friend by sending them a link to the show.  You can find us online at soultraders.net.au and creativemindshq.com Tess’s new book Self-Promotion Without Social Media is available at bookstores and independent retailers around Australia, internationally via Amazon, and at creativemindshq.com Thanks to Lucy Peach for our music and Scott from Sound Mind Editing.  This podcast is recorded across the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri and Menang peoples.