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TOTALLY F#@!ING NORMAL

Your friendly reminder that all the challenges which arise in your creative pursuits are TOTALLY F@!ING NORMAL.Exploring anything and everything pertaining to the art world and life as a creative.

Podcast · By Maggie D. Fedorov · English · Official site

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Sep 7, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 7, 2026

    Episode 37: Commission Savvy w/ Hayley McAuliffe (opens the original)

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    In this episode @maggiefedorov is joined by Hayley McAuliffe ( @offurandfeather ) of Portland, Oregon to talk about the unique challenges of operating a commission-based creative career as a freelance preservationist. Hayley discusses how client involvement impacts the results of a project and where it's important to leave room for your expertise to speak loudest; the ways in which how we carry ourselves in the conducting of business can lend itself to either humanizing or de-humanizing us as th

  2. Episode · Aug 3, 2026

    Episode 36: THE ISOLATION EFFECT: Expansion and Growing Pains (opens the original)

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    In this episode @maggiefedorov is joined by Michelle Jaramillo ( @michellejaramillomiami ) of Miami, Florida to talk about how expansion in creativity, business, and beyond requires isolation and what the struggles inherent in that stage of development looked like. Michelle discusses the necessity of having a mirror, an equal, that you can depend on; the importance of leaving time for boredom, play and whimsy; and the incongruence that comes when you have to reconcile holding cosmically huge str

  3. Episode · Jul 6, 2026

    Episode 35: THE ART OF LETTING GO: Discovering the Mystery of the Muses w/ Scott Breton (opens the original)

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    In this episode @maggiefedorov is joined by Scott Breton ( @scottbreton ) of Queensland, Australia to talk about how tension, defiance, and NOT 'doing' enter the chat when we talk about how we move through the act of creation. Scott discusses the importance of embracing surrender and leaving space for the muses to show themselves; how creating meaning is woven in with our more primitive creative impulses; and finding the sacred in the process. Do you think you've introduced enough tension and st

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