Today on the podcast we are thrilled to bring you Lauren Hooper, crafter, adventurer, and storyteller. She has been living overseas with her husband and pup for 6 years and has created a career out of creativity and adventure. She co-founded the Get Messy Art Journal program and now she runs Radiant Art Retreats, hosts the podcast How She Creates, teaches online courses for creatives at lauren-likes.com, and is currently redesigning her popular travel art journal which will be available this spring. Her work explores the intersection of art, travel and good in the world.
SUMMARY //
Lauren Hooper starts off talking to Amanda + Kristin about her early years of creativity, what her first creative business was, and how once she hosted her first art retreat, she was hooked!
Lauren talks about the trying times we’re living in right now, and how her full-time travel based business was effected by it.
Lauren answers the question WHY ART JOURNALLING? in the grand scheme of her business and creative practice. She also discusses her favorite mediums, and a bit about the process.
Lauren talks to A + K about how she diversifies, The Flight of the Hummingbird, the Marco Polo app, and how RESILIENCE – this season’s theme – is a core life value of hers!
CURRENTLY ROUND //
(inspired by Kristin’s CURRENTLY CARD that you can NOW get in a SCRAPBOOK JOURNAL <—-Wooo!)
WATCHING: Tiger King
READING: The Crow Girl
LISTENING TO: Brene Brown’s podcast
MAKING: art journals
FEELING: all the things at one time
PLANNING: a world move
LOVING: movies on the lawn
WE WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU LEFT US A WRITTEN REVIEW ON ITUNES HERE.
WHERE TO FIND LAUREN //
WEBSITE | RETREATS | IG | PODCAST | NEWSLETTER | TRAVEL JOURNAL | COURSES
SHOW NOTES //
• Radiant Art Retreat
• Lauren’s upcoming travel journal
• Lauren’s GRIEF/RELEIF art journal page
• Ashley Beaudin of Imperfect Boss
• Passion Planner
• Amanda’s Passion Planner
• The 100 Day Project
• Self-Portrait Radiant Art Retreat
• Liz Gilbert: Flight of the Hummingbird
• STORIES FROM HERE
• Amanda’s 100 Days
• Marco Polo app
• Nebula | Portable Projectors
AFTER-CHATTER SHOW //
Head to our Patreon page to sign up for just $5 a month to listen to our BONUS PODCAST and hang out backstage with Amanda, Kristin, and Lauren to find out if she has a favorite photo! See ya there!
NEW BITE SIZE BOOK CLUB //
Our BITE SIZE BOOK CLUB is now open to everybody, and our next book will be Lisa Congdon’s book FIND YOUR ARTISTIC VOICE. You can catch all our back episodes on Elise Blaha Cripe’s book BIG DREAMS, DAILY JOYS and Austin Kleon’s book KEEP GOING HERE.