Framed with Love

Giving yourself space for discovery in the art world is beneficial but what happens when you lose the access to studio space you have as an art student and how do you evolve as both a person and an artist, this is Alysia Piatkowski's story of how she has formed a practice that fulfils her.

Aliana is s a Toronto-based yoga & meditation instructor, sustainable consultant and mindful programming developer. Her passion lies in helping everyday people find their way to a happier, healthier more conscious and connected lifestyle using movement, meditation and self-discovery practices. On this episode we speak about how she comes to her practice, familial events that led to finding her own form of spirituality in her own terms and how this translated intro a career in mindfulness and the relationships around her currently that help her and are made stronger through a dedicated practice.

Allison Asis is the founder and designer of Cadette Jewelry, a small business creating handmade jewelry with meaningful design. Each piece is unique and works as a means of self expression. In this episode Ally talks about how she comes of with the ideas for each design, how she started up her business and the steps that led there, pillar relationships that allowed her to make the leap to leave her 9-5 job and how she finds community as a Solopreneur.

Persevering through challenging times through connection and art.

Lauren Gill founded Studio 5, a Barbados advertising agency fresh out of university in England and in the midst of finally being back in the same place as her long distance love. It wasn't easy to navigate her new autonomy as a boss, and working with friends and figuring out what it means for her relationship now that distance wasn't a factor. Flash forward and she's engaged, her studio is growing and thriving and she's done it without sacrificing her perosonal life. In this interview she explains what those years of long distance felt like, how the relationships modelled around her inspired her and her ability to stay confident and passionate about her work while also tackling anxiety.

Astrology does not equate to a loss of rational thinking, instead it's our key to knowing ourselves better in work, relationships and self care. Tati Petkovic tells us her story of gain perspective through an astrological eduction.

Wild Concrete is the brain child of Brazilian born and raised Bruna Kowall. Now settled in Toronto you can catch Bruna selling her beautiful minimalist plates, trays, coasters and pots at various beloved markets. In this episode we explore the importance of her faith in her practice, how she transferred her experience of growing up seeing her dad’s construction company back home to studying industrial design and prototyping these concrete creations that help ground her and bring her back to herself. Integral to it all are the mentors, her husband and friends that told her to just do it. We aren’t thinking about a figurative one day anymore, we’re putting whats unique to us out into the world to be appreciated.You can find Bruna athttps://www.instagram.com/wildconcrete/https://wildconcrete.ca/To keep up with our guestshttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/

The journey to becoming an artist, to using your creative drive to establish oneself and make a living is no easy task and Rosalie shares her own struggles and victories finally landing into floral arrangement for intimate weddings and working with teams of women that spark joy. She explains her own feelings of shortcoming at not hitting the milestones she’d expected for herself early on but how her perseverance to find her own niche essentially paid off. The art game can be a lot os schmoozing and endlessly networking but when you find the right supportive time, it can all start to feel like it flows seamlessly and jobs fill you with a sense of excitement.

Having a natural nurturing energy can manifest in many ways, for Emile is eventually was answered in pursuing naturopathy but it was a journey to realize the beautiful life he though certain careers promised him wasn’t necessarily the answer. The young naturopath/musician balances his passions with pursuing his alternative healing path by day and boy band concerts at night, and somehow he’s been a serial serious monogamous long term relationship guy with all of that going on. We talk about what it means to easily slide into relationships and how it has affected him to experience being single. Why being present and completely honest can be a challenge when dating and how his music allows him to cope with everything.

The low down on how to create content for your brand mindfully with Bianca Foti. Using your connections but also the pressure that working with people you know creates and having the courage to transition into full time freelancing.