Chasing Creative

S5 E4: Creativity, Burnout, and a New Way of Looking at Self-Care with Addie Zierman

Episode Summary

The creative world is full of people and places encouraging you to practice self-care. But what if the self-care that the world is promoting feels a little hollow? Addie Zierman shares with us a new way at looking at self-care on the podcast today. It’s called “resourcing” - and we think you’re going to gain a lot from this concept. Addie Zierman is the author of When We Were on Fire (named one of Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Books of 2013) and of Night Driving: A Story of Faith in the Dark. She lives in Minnesota with her husband and two sons and blogs regularly at addiezierman.com.

Episode Notes

The creative world is full of people and places encouraging you to practice self-care. But what if the self-care that the world is promoting feels a little hollow? Addie Zierman shares with us a new way at looking at self-care on the podcast today. It’s called “resourcing” - and we think you’re going to gain a lot from this concept.

Addie Zierman is the author of When We Were on Fire (named one of Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Books of 2013) and of Night Driving: A Story of Faith in the Dark. She lives in Minnesota with her husband and two sons and blogs regularly at addiezierman.com.

You can connect with Addie here:

Website: https://addiezierman.com

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/addiezierman

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/addiezierman

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/addieziermanwriter/

Our inspiration for this episode comes from a post Addie wrote on her blog, “A Better Way To Think About Self-Care”.

Addie shared Jessica Abel’s Growing Gills workbook as something she used to get back on track creativity after a period of taking a step back.

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Books we talked about in this episode:

How to Be Here by Rob Bell

Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren

Here’s where you can find Ashley:

Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial

Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial

Here’s where you can find Abbie:

Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs

Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages