Episode 66: Betsy Heeney | She’s Elder and Wiser and We’re Listening!
Show Notes:
In this week’s episode Nicole interviews Betsty Heeney, Baltimore writer, artist, teacher, and host of the Elder and Wiser podcast. Betsy shares her experiences with The Artist’s Way, challenging Julia Cameron’s teachings, finding her own voice, and her advice on how we can become hosts of community events for creatives no matter where we live and what we wish to explore. Betsy and Nicole also share some reflections on their journey together to learn how to podcasters as well as their meeting in Los Angeles at 2019’s Dreamtopia event hosted by Cathy Heller. Finally, as this interview was recorded at the beginning of the COVID-19 event Betsy and Nicole share some of their thoughts and experiences on the implications of and techniques to get through social distancing while maintaining connections with our communities. Mentioned in this episode:
- Elder and Wiser by Betsy Heeney https://www.elderandwiser.org/
- Baltimore Artist Talks Meetup by Betsy Heeney https://www.meetup.com/Baltimore-Artist-Talks/
- Julia Cameron Live https://juliacameronlive.com/events/
- It’s Never Too Late To Begin Again https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/its-never-too-late-to-begin-again/
- Elephant Journal https://www.elephantjournal.com/
- Betsy Heeney’s Elephant Journal page https://www.elephantjournal.com/author/betsy-heeney/
- Creative Life Scholars (Sam Kimberle’s Book Club) https://creativelifescholars.com/
- Susan Piver https://susanpiver.com/
- Cathy Heller https://www.cathyheller.com/
- Sam Harris MAKING SENSE podcast/website https://samharris.org/
- The Moth https://themoth.org/
- Episode 9: Words of Wisdom from Cathy Heller’s Dreamtopia https://stopwritingalone.com/2019/03/21/episode-9-words-of-wisdom-from-cathy-hellers-dreamtopia-2019/
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