Creative Journeys

In this solo-episode, Victoria shares her 5-step framework to navigate career change or a pivot in your business. Be sure to click the link below to grab your free 5-Step Roadmap handout! 

She also shares a sneak peek into her Find Your Path program which starts on January 19th. Doors are now open and you can book a FREE Clarity Call below to connect with Victoria and learn more.

Last but not least, Creative Journeys is going on a hiatus. If you are not already, please do follow Victoria Hines on Instagram @thevictoriahines for bonus content, career tips and tricks, and fun interviews with fellow creatives.

Nadine Kenney Johnstone is a writer, coach, teacher, international presenter, and an award-winning memoirist of "Of This Much I'm Sure". She shares her journey of switching majors in college, moving cross-country post-grad school to be with her now husband, building a writer's community, and then moving back to Chicago to raise a newborn AND write her full-length memoir. She dives into really great tips for writers and creatives alike, such as the importance of finding a community, using conference to grow your network, and why rejection is a numbers game.

Hanah Chang is an actor, storyteller and karaoke enthusiast who recently guest starred on Sing On! on Netflix. We are both recovering people-pleasers and perfectionist so this was a really fun conversation for me. Together we dive into the difference between quitting and letting go, navigating college to adulthood, prioritizing a never-ending to do list, and how to let go of our desire to control our circumstances. As a Korean-American, Hanah brings her story of what it was like navigating away from what she felt she "should" be doing to what really lit her up inside: acting.

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In this solo-episode, I'm going to share my "why" (aka my mission) with you. I want to see more creative artists build a sustainable and thriving life for themselves and I have some pretty mind-blowing insights into what's been holding you back.

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Jaime Herrera Jr. is a Chicago filmmaker who recently graduated from Columbia College amidst the pandemic. As a director, editor, and writer, he has produced many short films including Degüello, Ampersand, and Highborn. He discusses the importance of collaboration, learning from his mistakes, and building connections.  

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Kelsey McGrath (they/them) is a writer, producer, and actor with a long history of wearing many different hats... something most of us in the creative arts know very well. Together we talk about their time working as a theater critique and dramaturg, their transition into acting, as well as founding and producing The Newness: The Salon which created a space for fearlessness.

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This is a big one folks! Anna LeFlore is my guest this week who works in the entertainment industry at Universal Orlando Resort in Florida. Anna talks all about building her career in theme park entertainment after realizing early on her lifestyle needs demanded a more stable acting career. She also shares personal wisdom from her own life on learning how to be your own best source of happiness as well as navigating a chronic illness.

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Katherine Tanner Silverman is a director, arts educator, and the founder of Mentalhaus, a devised theater company located in Chicago (currently performing virtually) with a focus on mental health. Together we discuss her biggest takeaways from starting a new company, how her previous experience has impacted her new definition of an ensemble, how she keeps her motivation up, and her bravery in willing to admit the 3 words: "I don't know." 

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Carolyn Edge, founder of EdgeCraft, discusses her path from post-college burn out, to traveling the world, to launching her on-edge paper quilling business from her home in Austin, TX. Through her personal experience and time spent working with youth programs, Carolyn's developed a mission to embrace whatever life sends our way and integrate the experience through art.

In my first solo-episode, I'm going to share with a you a glance at my journey from energetic childhood to hustling (and struggling) actor to realizing my calling as a creative career coach. I'm going to get vulnerable and share with you how some MAJOR traumatic moments in my life have led me to recognize the importance of creating a vision, trusting the process, standing up for you value, and asking for help when we feel lost.

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Lydia Hiller is an actor, writer, director, and stage combatant who is no stranger to the ups and down of pursuing a creative career in the theater. Together we discuss where her love for the theater originated (at the Stratford Festival in Canada), her time spent working for Universal Studios in Japan, and where she is at now in the middle of Covid with theaters foreseeably closed. We also dive into the rampant feeling of scarcity in the arts which directly leads to how we define our own value and how she is shifting her perspective of a creative career to start taking ownership and build her own opportunities.

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Mary Regalado, actor and host of the Shakespeers podcast, is on the pod today where we talk about letting go of control, holding onto gratitude, and the joy in being able to practice without the pressure to perform. Mary also shares why she believes making Shakespeare accessible is important. Together we answer an audience member's question around maintaining focus and organization in your creative practice.

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Alan Murphy, actor, musician, and writer, digs into the heart of what 2020 has been like without the opportunity for live performance. From balancing mental and emotional health, to activism, to figuring out how to market a new song in a virtual world, this episode truly speaks to the times. As a latinx actor from Texas, Alan also discusses how representation on stage has changed (or not changed) through the last decade. Last but not least, we answer an audience member's question about how to prioritize and focus when you have a lot of interests pulling you in different directions.

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My guest this week is Adam Honoré, a resident of Harlem New York and an insanely talented lighting designer who worked on his first off-Broadway production at 22.  Together we discuss his time interviewing for colleges and accidentally finding himself in the warm-up room with actors to designing his all-time favorite production, “Ain’t No Mo’” by Jordan E. Cooper at The Public Theater. This episode spans the complexities of humanity and what it is like to be alive right now, from Covid-19 to the Black Lives Matter movement to living in a culture where our identity is tied to our jobs. Adam poignantly reminds us that in order to enjoy yourself you have to stop chasing the next best thing and that there's almost always an opportunity somewhere.

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