Common Shapes

Dear Listener Thank you so much for tuning in Don't forget to grab the free Creative Ideation Portal : Your three day guide to visioning your projects For more of Brandi's work : Website Knitting is a Love Language Newsletter Knitting for Radical Self Care Book Brandi on InstagramLandscapes : A writing group for all genres, where Brandi hosts the monthly BIPOC writers circle. The whole group meets every Tue/Thu 11-1 EST and this Sunday January 12 Jacqueline Suskin is our guest teacher Mapping Your Creative Business Jan 18 + 19 : A year ahead planning retreat on zoom to support you in visioning each quarter of the year, designing your weeks, and dreaming up your offeringsTo support Common Shapes consider becoming a paid subscriber of Monday Monday my weekly newsletter Thank you to everyone who makes this show possible : Softer Sounds Studio for editing + support Saltbreaker for our music and Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo for our art 

Dear listener,Welcome to our last episode of Common Shapes for the year! We will return with new episodes every Wednesday starting January 8In today’s episode I share a series of practices, systems, and rituals I am doing in place of using Instagram.Make sure you grab the free Creative Ideation Portal : A three day email guide to help you vision your projects and put them out into the world.ALL MY GUIDES :Creative Ideation PortalWeaving in Our Values ToolkitNote Taking Tools + PossibilitiesDaily Writing TrackerSublime - You can also subscribe to Sublimeon Substack - grateful to Alex Dobrenko`for folding me inAre.naOTHER THINGS I MENTION:Tiego Forte’s PARA methodhow a photo and video-sharing social networking service gave me my best friends, true love, a beautiful career, and made me want to die - on sale for $5!LIST MAKING PROMPTS :Make a list of five things you’re grateful forMake a list of ten things you can do instead of reaching for your phoneMake a list of five friends to call in the next weekMake a list of your seventeen favorite words - hang these upMake a list of the ten blessings social media gave you and then make a list of ten places where you can replace thatWAYS TO SUPPORT THE SHOW :Leave a review on Apple PodcastsLeave a five star review on SpotifyWHO MAKES THIS SHOW POSSIBLE :Editing and support by Softer SoundsPodcast art by Lukaza Branfman-VerissimoMusic by Saltbreaker

In this week’s episode I bring us through both the process of creating a new suite of business offerings as well as presenting to you my very own.I bring you through how I invented these and where I started and how I worked back from that space. A little glimpse inside of my brain.But first : Make sure you download the free Creative Ideation Portal : A three day guide for visioning and planning your own work.Want to go straight to the booking links : Go here. This includes a free 15 minute call you can book if you want to see if any of these are the right fit for you! I am always open to finding exchanges that are right for us together.

Welcome to another episode of Common Shapes. I am delighted today to share this interview with Nic Antoinette where we talk about doing business differently, unhooking from the loops of social media, self publishing our books, anti capitalist business frameworks, and so much moreYou can find more of Nic’s work by subscribing to Wild LettersYou can check out her website hereAnd her hiking memoirs hereDon’t forget to download the free three day Creative Ideation Portal to vision all of your beautiful projects as well as the new Daily Writing TrackerThanks for listening!