The Art School Podcast

Leah Badertscher

The Art School Podcast is a space for creatives to step into the full expression of their vision and achieve their goals and dreams. The creative process can be applied to creating extraordinary results in all areas of life, in money and personal wellness just as much as in art, and Master Certified Life Coach, artist, and former lawyer Leah Badertscher can show you how. If you can create a painting, a song, or a poem, you can create exactly what you want in all of life. Join Leah each week and learn how to apply principles of the creative process, training, mindset coaching, mental discipline, and rigor to creating the art, money and life you want as a successful artist or creative. read less
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217. Awakening: The Transformation Available to All of Us
Feb 2 2023
217. Awakening: The Transformation Available to All of Us
A little time away from the podcast has given me the perfect opportunity to reflect and learn so much about how we minimize our pain and our suffering, but also our achievements and celebrations. So this week, I'm shining a light on what is actually possible for you, showing you how to see the places where you’ve been minimizing and ignoring your own gifts, and inviting you to start awakening to the energy of transformation.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/217

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217. Awakening: The Transformation Available to All of Us
Feb 2 2023
217. Awakening: The Transformation Available to All of Us
A little time away from the podcast has given me the perfect opportunity to reflect and learn so much about how we minimize our pain and our suffering, but also our achievements and celebrations. So this week, I'm shining a light on what is actually possible for you, showing you how to see the places where you’ve been minimizing and ignoring your own gifts, and inviting you to start awakening to the energy of transformation.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/217
216. A Holiday Gift to Last a Lifetime
Dec 29 2022
216. A Holiday Gift to Last a Lifetime
Epic artist David Bowie once said, “I’ve had an incredible life. I’d love to do it again.” As you look back on your life, or even just the past year, what would you love to do again? This applies not only to your creative work, but every area where you have invested your precious time, energy, and life force. And if there is a part of your life that you don’t believe was so incredible that you’d love to do it all over again, I’m showing you how it is absolutely possible for you to start living this way from this moment onward.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/216
215. Working in the Shadows
Dec 22 2022
215. Working in the Shadows
What is lurking in the shadows for you? Tune in this week to hear some coaching I recently offered a client, tapping into the archetypes that can be at play in the ways that we either resist or run away from the information that darkness offers us. I’m showing you how to identify the demons that are playing in the shadows, and how you can turn toward and befriend them, surrendering with sovereignty, wisdom, power, and an absence of needing to control.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/215
214. Letting The Glittering Darkness Illuminate Your Treasure
Dec 15 2022
214. Letting The Glittering Darkness Illuminate Your Treasure
Tune in this week to discover how to make the darkness conscious. I’m sharing where you may have been spending your precious energy running away from the darkness, and how to allow yourself to surrender to the failure and frustration, resting deeply in the rock bottom and feeling safe, before allowing The Glittering Darkness to illuminate the treasure that lies down there.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/214
213. An Introduction to The Glittering Darkness
Dec 8 2022
213. An Introduction to The Glittering Darkness
As we move into December and deeper into the darkest time of year in this hemisphere, I felt compelled to create something that will act as a guiding star as you move through any kind of darkness, whether it’s seasonal or metaphorical, and remind you that darkness tends to proceed rebirth. Tune in this week for the first installment in a series all about The Glittering Darkness. I’m inviting you to consider that there are different orientations to darkness, and how to move into The Glittering Darkness.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/213
212. A New Way to Play to Your Edge
Dec 1 2022
212. A New Way to Play to Your Edge
If I were to tell you to play to your edge, what comes up for you? If you are like I was, it might be a mixture of excitement to grow and evolve, but also anticipating overwork, exhaustion, and feeling deficient. Tune in this week to discover a new way to play to your edge. I’m sharing why playing to your edge doesn’t mean you have to be on top of everything, why playing to your edge is all about self-trust, and how to access the absolute gold found in the alchemy of surrender.    Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/212
211. How to Harvest Your Creative Potential
Nov 24 2022
211. How to Harvest Your Creative Potential
Tune in this week to discover an exercise for deep self-inquiry, so you can identify and begin to harvest all the seeds you’ve been sowing over the course of this year. This whole episode is a Coach with Me, and it will feed your soul and nourish you through a long winter.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/211
210. When Perseverance and Magic Come Together
Nov 17 2022
210. When Perseverance and Magic Come Together
Tune in this week to discover the ideas you’ve internalized about what creativity is supposed to look like and who is worthy of being a creative. I’m sharing a simple exercise to get clear on these paradigms and rigid ways of thinking, and I’m showing you how to start breaking them down and begin exploring all of the ways you can be an affluent artist.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/210
209. The Power of the Written Word and Your Deepest Truth
Nov 10 2022
209. The Power of the Written Word and Your Deepest Truth
In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the time of year when the veil between worlds is thinnest. So, what better time to knock on the door of your deepest truth, of your unconscious, and ask that the gifts and potential within you be unlocked and allowed to pour through you into the world? The imagination can be an instrument for forces that transcend the human experience, and I’m showing you how to use it to sculpt your life and reality.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/209
208. YOUR Creative Process
Nov 3 2022
208. YOUR Creative Process
Tune in this week to discover why you already have a creative process, if you’re willing to listen to it. I’m sharing why the creative process is more intuitive and nonlinear than we often allow ourselves to believe, and the magic that is created when you feed and nourish that which wants to be created through you.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/208
207. Telling the Story You Want to Tell with Sandra Chuma (Part 2)
Oct 27 2022
207. Telling the Story You Want to Tell with Sandra Chuma (Part 2)
Last week, Sandra shared the story about how a little girl who was raised in a tiny mud hut in Zimbabwe with no running water or electricity became a woman who built seven-figure and eight-figure businesses, losing and finding herself and her alignment in the process. Tune in this week to discover the intricacies of building a life on your own terms, from the inside out. We’re discussing the sticking points that keep so many women from valuing their value and sharing their story with the world, and I’m diving into how to find what really lights you up, and why that is what’s going to make the biggest impact.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/207
206. Telling the Story You Want to Tell with Sandra Chuma (Part 1)
Oct 20 2022
206. Telling the Story You Want to Tell with Sandra Chuma (Part 1)
Tune in this week to hear part one of my conversation with entrepreneur, speaker, coach, podcast host, and award-winning documentary filmmaker, Sandra Chuma. Sandra is sharing why the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and who we could potentially be have the most influence on our lives, and she’s sharing her story, going from grinding like she thought she was supposed to in pursuit of success, to instead defining what success means to her, and living it every day.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/206
205. You Are Not Your Work
Oct 13 2022
205. You Are Not Your Work
Tune in this week to discover a new way of reviewing and analyzing the things you’ve brought into the world, so you can create a little space between you and your work. I’m offering you practical tips for understanding where your mental and emotional energy is focused right now, and how to shift it, so you can start treating your work as just that: your work.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/205
204. The Secret to Surrender and Flow
Oct 6 2022
204. The Secret to Surrender and Flow
So many creatives struggle to relinquish control enough to actually let flow happen. If you have ever struggled in your life to discern your place between control and intuition, structure and flow, having a plan versus trusting and surrendering, tune in this week. I’m sharing how to recognize this internal conflict and I’m giving you one simple phrase that will serve as a reminder of what works best for you in bringing your creativity to life.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/204
203. Digging Up Your Treasure
Sep 29 2022
203. Digging Up Your Treasure
Tune in this week for a reminder of the treasure you’ve buried deep in the earth, and to receive an invitation to bring it to the surface. I’m sharing the power of allowing enthusiasm to carry you in sharing your creativity with the world, and showing you how to create the kind of sanctuary that allows you to truly explore all that you’ve buried deep.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/203
202. Aging Beyond Possibility: It’s Never Too Late
Sep 22 2022
202. Aging Beyond Possibility: It’s Never Too Late
Tune in this week to discover why aging beyond possibility is not inevitable, despite what society has conditioned us to believe about what we have to offer the world as we age. I’m sharing some profound thoughts, as well as a powerful question to ask yourself when assessing the horizon of your possibilities that will help you see the gifts you have yet to share.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/202
201. Stop Planning, Start Imagining
Sep 15 2022
201. Stop Planning, Start Imagining
If you want to create a life that is beyond your wildest dreams and more than you could have ever consciously chosen for yourself, listen closely this week. I’m sharing a story from a client who allowed for the excitement of possibility and now lives an entirely new life, without ever nailing down the how or the why, and I’m inviting you to do the same.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/201
Ep #200: How to Set a New Standard for Your Life
Sep 8 2022
Ep #200: How to Set a New Standard for Your Life
If you’ve ever felt like you don’t feel safe being who you are in the world, or you don’t have any evidence that the world can handle you just as you are, tune in this week. I’m showing you how to trust yourself even when it feels like the world around you doesn’t, so you can give yourself permission to live a life where you feel truly alive.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/200
Ep #199: Waving the Wand that Brings Magic to Your Work
Sep 1 2022
Ep #199: Waving the Wand that Brings Magic to Your Work
This week, I’m sharing an amazing way of tapping into the energy of what wants to happen through you and be released out into the world, and I’m showing you how to decide on the kind of magic you need to let into your life that would make your work flow with ease. Discover how to wave the magic wand that will cast a creative spell on everything you put your mind to work on.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/199
Ep #198: Energy First: The Secret to Creating with Ease
Aug 25 2022
Ep #198: Energy First: The Secret to Creating with Ease
Tune in this week to discover how fear, both external and internal, has been blocking the channels of your creativity and how to instead trust yourself. Learn how to trust the process by dropping the limits of language and leading with your vision and your genius.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.leahcb.com/198