Episode 176
#176 - What is Pia Mailhot-Leichter and what is The Creative Club? (book review)
Published on:
25th September, 2025
Pia Mailhot-Leichter’s book, Welcome to the Creative Club, is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, and Waterstones.
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Timestamps:
- [01:45] Realizing you’re an artist
- [05:50] Weaving in business with creativity
- [08:18] Blending religions and cultures with your identity
- [14:00] Traveling to Mongolia and Beijing
- [19:20] Learning to sit with pain
- [25:23] Responding to life with creativity
- [31:24] The myth of the tortured artist
- [35:28] Choosing happiness like Sisyphus
- [40:49] Balancing creative potential and fieldwork
- [44:43] Co-creation in the creative process
- [51:57] Being a shapeshifter and being yourself
- [57:26] Ways to find yourself
- [01:02:35] Last question
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