#25 Finding Your Artistic Voice with Louise Fletcher: How to Trust Your Intuition & Find Joy in Painting
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Welcome to this week’s episode of Empowering the Artist Within with Liz Ross. I am so excited to bring you this extra special bonus episode this month. Today I’m joined by the incredible Louise Fletcher; Artist, mentor, and creator of the transformative courses Find Your Joy and Find Your Voice. In this honest conversation Louise shares her journey from overcoming her limiting beliefs to mentoring hundreds of artists worldwide, and how her work helps creatives break free from perfectionism to rediscover their authentic voice.
We dive into the heart of her teaching: trusting your intuition, embracing mistakes, and showing up for your art consistently. We also explore the power of community through her Art Tribe membership, and how art can be a mirror for life - teaching patience, self-acceptance, and presence.
Key Takeaways from This Episode:
Rediscover Your Voice: Louise’s courses gently guide you out of perfectionism and back into your own creative flow, helping you trust and celebrate your unique artistic voice.
Trust Your Intuition: How to move from copying to expressing yourself freely. Let your instincts lead the way and watch your art come alive with authenticity.
Embrace Imperfection: The “mistakes” are often where the magic happens. Allow yourself to be messy, playful, and real, and your work will naturally become more expressive and personal.
The Power of Community: Being part of Art Tribe reminds you that you’re not alone. Support, encouragement, and shared growth spark confidence and inspire experimentation in ways you can’t achieve on your own.
Show Up Consistently: Waiting for the perfect moment or a burst of inspiration can hold you back. Showing up, even when it feels hard, builds momentum, trust, and a stronger connection to your creative self.
Safe Sharing: Putting your work out into the world can feel vulnerable but it’s in that openness where connection, feedback, and real growth happen.
💡 Try This: Paint or draw for 20 minutes without judgment. Focus on process, not perfection. Notice what happens when you release expectations.
Connect with Louise Fletcher:
If you want to explore Louise’s teaching further, you can sign up for her free course here: https://www.louisefletchercourses.com/creative-reset and start your journey toward creative freedom today.
Follow Louise;
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Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/louisefletcherart
Website; https://www.louisefletcherart.com
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#24 Balancing Art & Life with Kaisa Hart: Creative Practice, Self-Belief & Showing Up as an Artist
Welcome to Empowering the Artist Within, the podcast that nurtures your creativity, builds your confidence, and reminds you that your art and your story matter. I’m your host, Liz Ross, and today’s conversation is a tender and expansive one with the wonderful artist and community builder, Kasia Hart.
Together we explore what it really looks like to keep showing up for your creativity while navigating the realities of life.
We talk about creative momentum, resistance, and the beauty of being witnessed by someone who just gets it. It’s open, honest, and full of those “me too” moments that make artist friendships so meaningful.
If you’ve ever questioned your pace, your voice, or your place in the creative world, this one’s for you.
What to Expect:
Honest reflections on creative identity and self-doubt
The difference between being productive and being present
How to keep going when resistance shows up
Why community and artist friendships matter so much
Thoughts on showing up as yourself
Talking about your work, showing your work, and letting it evolve
Key Takeaways:
Your art doesn’t need to be loud to be powerful.
Artist friendships are medicine - you don’t need to create alone.
It’s okay to grow slowly. It’s okay to start again.
Your creativity doesn’t disappear - it transforms.
Talking about your work helps you understand it.
Showing up imperfectly is better than not showing up at all.
Artists & Links Mentioned:
Liz Ross @artbylizross | www.artbylizross.com
Kasia Hart: galiaalena.com
Lewis Noble: //www.lewisnoble.co.uk/
Louise Fletcher @louisefletcher_art | https://www.louisefletcherart.com/
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#23 Affirmations for Speaking Kindly to Yourself and Knowing Your Worth
Take a gentle pause in your day...
In this grounding affirmation episode, I’m inviting you to soften. To breathe. To speak to yourself the way you speak to the people you love - with kindness.
If you’ve been hard on yourself lately, questioning your creativity, or caught in comparison, this is your reminder that kindness is strength and you are worthy of your own tenderness.
These affirmations were written to help you reconnect with your self-worth, your voice, and your creative confidence. So let this episode be a soft landing for you, open up and give yourself time, space and the love you deserve.
🌸 You’ll hear affirmations for:
Creative confidence and self-love
Letting go of comparison and perfection
Speaking kindly to yourself
Trusting your creative voice
Growing your art practice from a place of compassion
This is for the artists who give so much, but forget to refill their own cup. Let this be that moment.
🎧 Take a breath, get still, and let’s begin.
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Let’s keep building a creative life rooted in connection, community, and freedom of expression -together. 💛
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#22 Building Creative Momentum After Corporate Life: Sam Waters’ Journey to Full-Time Artist
Is it ever too late to become a full-time artist? In this episode, Host of Empowering the Artist Within, Liz Ross talks with painter and printmaker Sam Waters, Sam shares how she reignited her creativity after decades in corporate life and what it really took to rebuild her confidence, momentum, and art practice from the ground up.
Liz and Sam explore how past experiences can support your creative future, why community and artist friendships matter, and the mindset shifts that helped Sam step into life as a working artist.
For anyone navigating the space between a creative calling and real-life responsibilities, this conversation is full of practical wisdom and honest encouragement.
Sam's encouragement;
“It’s never the worst thing that happens. In fact, usually more opportunities open up.”
🎯 Key Takeaways
You’re never too late. Creative energy doesn’t disappear - it waits.
Your past is not a detour. Every job or skill can fuel your art life now.
Treat your art like it matters. Know your worth, track your numbers, and plan intentionally.
Creative friendships are fuel. Find your people - they’ll keep you going.
Momentum is built, not found. Small actions; sketchbooks, shows, community - it all adds up.
Give yourself freedom. Time spent organising, thinking, or pausing is still part of the process.
🔗 Links & Resources
Sam’s Website
Follow Sam on Instagram – @samwatersartist
Connected Artist Club Waitlist – Listen to Episode 20 with Alice Sheridan
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#21 How to Be Seen as a Sensitive Creative: Visibility Without Overwhelm
How to Be Seen as a Sensitive Creative: Visibility Without Overwhelm
Have you ever felt that lump in your throat when it’s time to share your work? Like you’re about to reveal a piece of your soul to the world?
In this personal solo episode of Empowering the Artist Within, we explore the vulnerability of being visible as a creative, especially for sensitive souls, women, and those who’ve grown up with messages about staying quiet, small, or “perfect.”
We talk about the fear of being seen, how past experiences and perfectionism feed that fear, and most importantly how to begin sharing your work in a way that feels safe, empowering, and true to you.
This is a gentle space to reflect, feel understood, and take small steps toward being more visible without the overwhelm.
Because showing up isn’t about being loud or flawless, it’s about being real and authentic.
In this episode, we explore:
Why visibility feels so uncomfortable and how to move through that fear with care
The difference between expression and exposure and why you get to set the boundaries
How to reframe vulnerability as a strength, not a weakness
Gentle ways to practice “safe visibility” and build your confidence over time
Why imperfect, raw creative work is often the most powerful
A personal story from a year ago when I felt nervous speaking out, but did it anyway
A reminder that your voice matters, even when it’s quiet, imperfect and ra
Episode Takeaways Recap:
Fear of being seen is natural, it means you care
Visibility doesn’t mean baring all. You get to choose what, how, and when you share
Vulnerability is courage in action
Sharing your work helps you grow even when it’s messy or unfinished
Safe, empowering visibility is something you can build gently, at your own pace
Community matters, you don’t have to do it alone
Every small act of showing up creates momentum
You don’t need to be perfect to be powerful
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Empowering the Artist Within is a podcast for artists who want to create with more confidence, clarity, and connection, without the pressure to have it all figured out.
I’m Liz Ross; Artist, creative coach, and host of real, encouraging conversations for creatives who want to let go of perfectionism and create intuitively.
Each episode offers soulful stories, honest reflections, and mindset shifts to help you reconnect with your creativity and build a sustainable, meaningful art practice.
We talk about:
Creative confidence and overcoming self-doubt
Building community and finding your artist voice
Balancing your art with life, work, and motherhood
Permission to grow, change, and start again
Creating with freedom, heart, and less perfectionism
This is a space for slow, steady, heart-led growth. A place where you’re seen, heard, and supported as an artist and human. Because art isn’t just what you make. It’s how you show up.
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