Stepping Off Now
by Kendra Patterson
May 10, 2025 7:00 am
Stepping Off Now is a podcast about how to live your creative best life. I’m Kendra, a social scientist and writer. I spent decades feeling creatively unfulfilled while I pursued conventional life goals, culminating in severe burnout that took years to recover from. This podcast chronicles my journey in real time as I find my way home to my essential creative self. I discuss topics like harnessing the intuitive creative process, using creativity to manage mental health, and sorting through all the external pressures and expectations to figure out what YOU really want. My hope is that you’ll find inspiration and solace here. You are not alone, and you are stronger and wiser than you know! You can find out more by visiting my website, kendrapatterson.com.
Recent Episodes
E168. Not Letting the Big Picture Sabotage Your Creativity
2 months agoE167. Interview Episode! Featuring Kristin Kisska, Author of The Hint of Light
3 months agoE166. Maintaining Motivation for Creative Work in Challenging Seasons
4 months agoE165. How Doing Art Constitutes Resistance
4 months agoE164. Is the Ability to Make Choices More Important to Art than Creativity?
5 months agoE163. A New Theory of Talent
5 months agoE162. Creative Practice and the Artist's Illusion
5 months agoE161. What Taking on a Second Creative Practice Has Taught Me (+ Some Thoughts on Disruption)
6 months agoE160. Learning to Use Conceptual Tools as an Intuitive Creative: Is It Possible?
6 months agoE159. What Role Do Artists Play in Society? It May Not Be What You Think
7 months ago