Artist Recovery Podcast

Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 25: James Walters: Joyful Rebellion & Reinventing Your Creative Life

2 h 9 min · 19. kesä 2026
jakson Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 25: James Walters: Joyful Rebellion & Reinventing Your Creative Life kansikuva

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What happens when hard-earned success starts to feel empty?  This deeply honest conversation of the Artist Recovery Podcast, host Rich Wright sits down with accomplished wedding photographer turned storyteller James Walters to explore three-plus decades behind the camera, the slow unraveling that comes with life's hard resets, and the path back to joy, creativity, and authentic self-expression. James is the author of the memoir "Accessory to Marriage: Chronicles of Outrageousness from My Life as a Wedding Photographer," host of the Joyful Rebellion podcast, and a creative mentor helping others tell their stories through photography, video, and audio. A self-described INFP innovator, dad, and educator, James blends humor, southern roots, and deep introspection into a conversation every sensitive, heart-centered creative needs to hear. From a sleepy 1970s beach town in Wilmington, North Carolina to the windowless commercial studios of High Point, James shares how a kid who rode his bike everywhere and observed the world from the corner of the room became a master of light and story. He opens up about the moment a high school guidance counselor changed his life, why he learned to advocate for himself early, and how he discovered that the camera matters far less than the human relationships in front of it. This conversation goes far beyond photography. James and Rich dig into the cost of "robot mode," the trauma response many creatives recognize when life demands we hold it all together. James shares his journey through loss, the end of a marriage, a late ADD diagnosis at 40, and the systems he built to reclaim his life. Together they explore the courage it takes, especially for men, to sit down with a therapist and let the guard down. You will hear powerful, practical wisdom for creatives at every stage: Why saying no protects your creative journey, and why "no" feels scary for different reasons early and late in your career. ~How to problem-solve in impossible moments and turn a hard situation into something beautiful. ~Why work that captures people increases in value over time, while commercial work fades. ~How to ramp up complexity and challenge yourself so your craft keeps growing. ~The Steve Miller "greatest hits" lesson that reshaped how James thinks about creativity and meeting your audience where they are. This is a conversation about personal reinvention, self-discovery, and using art to author your own life. If you have ever done all the things you were told would make you happy and still felt empty, James offers a roadmap for the joyful rebellion that follows. Connect with James: Website: https://jameswalters.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-walters-57136326 Join Podmatch: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistrecovery Dyslexia Classes: https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes #JamesWalters #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #richwrightartist  #JoyfulRebellion #CreativeReinvention #WeddingPhotography #photographers  #CreativeBurnout #FindingJoy #PersonalReinvention #MentalHealthForCreatives #ADDDiagnosis #TherapyForMen #SayingNo #AuthenticExpression #HeartCenteredCreatives #SensitiveSoul #StorytellingThroughPhotography #CreativeMentor #INFP #LifeHardResets #RobotMode #CreativeJourney #PhotographyCareer #ObserverMindset #SelfAdvocacy #CommercialPhotography #Memoir #AccessoryToMarriage #ReclaimingCreativity #richwrightunlimited #richwrightunltd #beaguest #podmatchguest  ⁨@PodMatch_com⁩ [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC4DJzxAgjypfUeS-mNgi-Jg]  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2457939/support] Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com [https://www.theartistrecovery.com] Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com [https://www,artrecroom.com] Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com [https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com] Connect: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/theartrec] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theartrec] X [https://www.x.com/TheArtistRec] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@theartrec] Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/richwrightunltd]

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jakson Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 29 | Greig Watts: Eurovision, K-pop & the Songwriter's Journey kansikuva

Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 29 | Greig Watts: Eurovision, K-pop & the Songwriter's Journey

Greig Watts spent his teenage years being told a songwriter was not a real job. Decades later he is a co-founder of DWB, one of the UK's most successful independent songwriting and publishing teams, a Eurovision trailblazer with 18 entries across 11 years, and the bestselling author of "Keeping the Dream Alive." Greig walks Rich through a childhood in Surrey defined by a house that welcomed foster kids, church youth groups, and a record player that never stopped spinning. He talks candidly about being a deeply shy child who built a character just to survive being called on in class, and how one humiliating first day of secondary school became the moment he decided to always go first instead of last. The conversation moves into the years most creatives never talk about out loud. Greig describes taking a "safe" job at a bank to prepare for marriage, watching the commute to London slowly bury his songwriting dream, and the 2003 turning point when his wife told him it was time to hand in his notice and give music one real year. That leap led to a publishing deal that let him write songs while building a department around himself. From there, Greig unpacks how DWB became a top UK publisher in Japan years before K-pop and J-pop were on anyone's radar, how a festival in Cannes changed his career, and why he chased Eurovision, a stage that reaches 250 million viewers, when other UK songwriters dismissed it as too cheesy. He breaks down how Eurovision works for American listeners who have never seen it, and shares the mindset that took his songs from quiet at home to number one abroad. Greig also opens up about neurodiversity in songwriting, a topic close to his own family. He estimates half the songwriters he mentors are on the ADHD or autism spectrum, and argues neurodiverse thinkers change history because they refuse to accept "you're not good enough" as an answer. That perspective drives his mentoring work, built since 2022. The episode closes with a grounded conversation about AI tools like ChatGPT and Suno in songwriting, why authenticity matters more as AI floods the market, and the copyright gray areas every collaborative songwriter should understand. 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jakson Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 28 | Lindsey Kirkendall: Neurodivergence, Trauma & Creative Identity kansikuva

Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 28 | Lindsey Kirkendall: Neurodivergence, Trauma & Creative Identity

Lindsey Kirkendall is the founder and CEO of Revolution, a business consultancy helping musicians and artists build sustainable, scalable, and profitable businesses through non-traditional revenue streams. She's also co-founder and VP of Storyteller Media in Tampa, a 15-plus-year veteran of B2B/B2C sales, national radio promotion, and entertainment production for CMT and MTV, and a hypnotherapist working toward master-level certification in Rapid Resolution Therapy and Rapid Transformational Therapy. This conversation traces Lindsey's journey from a lonely Southern Baptist childhood in Southern California through undiagnosed neurodivergence, gymnastics and competitive cheerleading, teen acting auditions, and a chaotic path through California State  Long Beach and USC's recording arts program.  She opens up about autistic burnout mistaken for depression, a womb-memory recovered through subconscious regression work tied to an amniocentesis at 40, imposter syndrome after moving to Nashville's music scene, and building a 20-year marriage and creative partnership with her music-producer husband Dustin. Together, Rich and Lindsey dig into Human Design and Enneagram frameworks, the hidden cost of zero scaffolding for gifted and neurodivergent kids, the grief of being valued for appearance over intellect, the shift in identity that motherhood brings for female artists, and why rapid, evidence-based hypnotherapy modalities can outperform decades of traditional talk therapy.  Lindsey also shares how Storyteller Media and its predecessor, Popgun Entertainment, were born from an ethical breaking point in the music industry, and why she believes most creatives carry some degree of neurodivergence. This episode speaks directly to sensitive creatives, neurodivergent professionals, entrepreneurs healing from childhood trauma, and artists trying to reconcile ambition with family life. Topics covered: ~Growing up neurodivergent and undiagnosed in a religious household ~The blank face experiment and attachment theory ~Gifted kids, masking, and academic burnout ~Human Design, Manifesting Generators, and Time Benders ~Enneagram types 3 and 4 in creative achievers ~Teen acting, gymnastics, and imposter syndrome ~College burnout and the myth that college guarantees success ~Womb memory recovery through subconscious hypnotherapy ~PTSD, ADHD, and Rapid Resolution vs. Rapid Transformational Therapy ~Nashville's music industry culture and independent artist management ~Motherhood as a shift in artistic identity ~Medical intuitives and energetic healing modalities Connect with Lindsey: Website: https://www.lindseykirkendall.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsey-kirkendall-58072b20 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindseykirkendall/?hl=en Join Podmatch:  https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistre... Dyslexia Classes: https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes #LindseyKirkendall #Neurodivergence #UndiagnosedAutism #AutisticBurnout #ImposterSyndrome #HumanDesign #ManifestingGenerator #TimeBender #Enneagram #GiftedKids #Masking #Hypnotherapy #RapidResolutionTherapy #RapidTransformationalTherapy #PTSDHealing #ADHD #WombMemory #NashvilleMusic #StorytellerMedia #CreativeEntrepreneur #MotherhoodAndIdentity #WomenInCreativeIndustry #MedicalIntuitive #EnergeticSensitivity #SensitiveSoul #ChildhoodTrauma #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #CreativeRecovery #richwrightartist #richwrightunlimited #richwrightunltd #artistsoninstagram #artistlife Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2457939/support] Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com [https://www.theartistrecovery.com] Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com [https://www,artrecroom.com] Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com [https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com] Connect: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/theartrec] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theartrec] X [https://www.x.com/TheArtistRec] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@theartrec] Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/richwrightunltd]

10. heinä 20262 h 25 min
jakson Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 27 | Dr. Rod Berger: The Narrative Edge of Authentic Storytelling kansikuva

Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 27 | Dr. Rod Berger: The Narrative Edge of Authentic Storytelling

What does it take to interview Magic Johnson, Pope Francis, and refugees in camps across Africa with the same depth of curiosity? On the Artist Recovery Podcast, host Rich Wright sits down with Dr. Rod Berger, clinical psychologist, journalist, and author of The Narrative Edge: Authentic Storytelling That Meets the Moment. This conversation revolves around the real roots of a storyteller's life and what it means to finally own your own story. Dr. Berger has conducted over 4,000 interviews for outlets including Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Los Angeles Magazine. He holds a BA in psychology from Michigan State University and a doctorate in clinical psychology from Phillips Graduate University. He is a longtime guest lecturer at Vanderbilt University, a keynote speaker with over 350,000 social followers, and holds a television development deal with the Jim Henson Company. His subjects have included Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Sammy Hagar, United Nations officials, Pope Francis, and the Crown Princess of Sweden, plus refugee camps across Africa. Before the bylines, Rod was a serious, observant kid in Metro Detroit, raised by a German father who survived World War II and rarely spoke of it. That silence became the spark. Rod traces his curiosity to Sunday nights watching 60 Minutes, a childhood trip to Germany to meet a grandmother he could not speak to, and years spent studying adults instead of playing with peers his own age. What followed was a path through Columbia College Chicago, a psychology degree from Michigan State, clinical work on the streets of Watts and Compton, and a career built on asking questions most people are afraid to ask. THIS CONVERSATION REVOLVES AROUND: ~Growing up in a strict German immigrant household in Metro Detroit and how silence shaped a lifelong curiosity. ~A childhood trip to Germany at age nine and the grandmother he could not understand. ~Watching 60 Minutes as a boy and the early roots of a storytelling obsession. ~Competitive soccer and basketball, and how sports parented him when guidance was scarce. ~Public speaking to hundreds of students as a teenager and the mentor who pushed him onto the stage. ~Studying media at Columbia College Chicago before returning to Michigan State for psychology. ~Clinical training at King Drew Medical Center in Watts and Compton, sitting with people in crisis. ~The move from Los Angeles to Nashville and building a career around Vanderbilt University. ~Writing The Narrative Edge and its central question: if you are not in control of your own story, then who is. ~Why creatives need permission to be seen, not just their work.~Whether artificial intelligence is a disruptor or a tool for storytellers.~Why every story matters, including the ones that never traveled anywhere at all. WHY THIS EPISODE MATTERS FOR CREATIVES:Rod's story is proof that the questions left unanswered in childhood often become the questions we spend a lifetime learning to ask. For every creative who has wondered if their story is worth telling, this conversation offers a clear answer. Your story matters, and if you do not own it, someone else will write it for you. Connect with Dr. Berger: Website: https://www.drrodberger.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodbergerpsyd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drrodberger Youtube:  ⁨@drrodberger⁩ [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCYEfE5CjX7_9gjmKAZGQvFA] Artist Rich Wright’s WOW Essential Spirit Paintings: ⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com/white-owl-wisdom-1 Join Podmatch: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistrecovery Dyslexia Classes: https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes #DrRodBerger #TheNarrativeEdge #AuthenticStorytelling #StorytellingPodcast #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #RichWright #ClinicalPsychology #ForbesContributor #VanderbiltUniversity #KeynoteSpeaker #CreativeCoaching #FindYourVoice #PermissionToTellYourStory #PsychologyOfStorytelling #NarrativePsychology #Curiosity #Resilience #HumanConnection #MentalHealthJourney #MichiganPodcast #HeartCenteredCreatives #AuthorInterview #AIStorytelling #CreativeConfidence #PersonalGrowthPodcast #richwrightartist #richwrightunlimited #richwrightunltd #beaguest #podmatchguest  ⁨@PodMatch_com⁩ [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC4DJzxAgjypfUeS-mNgi-Jg]  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2457939/support] Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com [https://www.theartistrecovery.com] Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com [https://www,artrecroom.com] Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com [https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com] Connect: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/theartrec] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theartrec] X [https://www.x.com/TheArtistRec] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@theartrec] Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/richwrightunltd]

3. heinä 20261 h 51 min
jakson Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 26: Deanna Scaldaferri on Reiki, Sensitivity & Healing the Soul kansikuva

Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 26: Deanna Scaldaferri on Reiki, Sensitivity & Healing the Soul

What happens when a sensitive soul stops hiding their gifts and starts using them to heal? This conversation goes very deep as Rich Wright sits down with Deanna Scaldaferri, a Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist, Usui Holy Fire Reiki Master, and Intuitive Life Coach, and walks through her story from a childhood in suburban New York all the way to the sacred space of energy healing. Deanna is the founder of Healing Hands by Deanna, offering massage, Reiki, and transformational coaching that support the mind, body, and spirit as one connected system. As a survivor and advocate, she also facilitates narcissistic abuse recovery support groups and speaks publicly on healing, integrity, and reclaiming your power. This episode is for the creatives, the empaths, and the highly sensitive people who were told their feelings were too big, their tears too frequent, and their intuition too strange. Rich and Deanna share an uncanny number of parallel experiences, from being labeled "too sensitive" as kids to discovering that the gifts they once hid were always meant to be their superpowers. This conversation revolves around: ~How childhood sensitivity gets mislabeled as shyness, and why so many of us learn to dim our light early ~The connection between people pleasing, perfectionism, codependency, and narcissistic relationship patterns ~Why the body keeps the score, and how repressed emotion becomes physical pain ~What Reiki actually is, explained in the simplest, most beautiful way you will ever hear ~How energy gets stuck in the body and what energy healing does to restore natural flow ~The truth about Western and holistic medicine working in synergy rather than opposition ~Why healing is a process, not a quick fix or a Band-AidHow to recognize narcissistic abuse, the love bombing phase, and the slow erosion of your spirit ~The role of trust, faith, and divine timing when you follow a true soul calling ~Why creatives are doing the Creator's work, and how to reconnect to the gift you were born to share Deanna also shares her own pivotal awakening, the moment in a quiet spa that redirected her entire life from corporate finance into the healing arts, and how learning to deliver intuitive messages, even through fear, became central to her purpose. Rich opens up about a profound healing session exploring betrayal, a spiritual awakening delivered through a psychic medium, and the realization that the only thing we can truly control is how we respond. Whether you are navigating anxiety, recovering from a toxic relationship, searching for your purpose, or simply curious about energy healing for the first time, this episode offers comfort, clarity, and an invitation to shine brighter. Connect with Deanna: Website: https://www.healinghandsbydeanna.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/healinghandsbydeanna Insta: https://www.instagram.com/healinghandsbydeanna Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCw4Sv8POfGX8H6KJXnh4kJw Artist Rich Wright’s WOW Essential Spirit Paintings: ⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com/white-owl-wisdom-1 Join Podmatch: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistre... Dyslexia Classes: https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes #Reiki #EnergyHealing #ReikiMaster #HighlySensitivePerson #HSP #Empath #IntuitiveHealing #IntuitiveCoaching #NarcissisticAbuseRecovery #HealingJourney #SpiritualAwakening #MindBodySpirit #MassageTherapy #HolisticHealing #EnergyWork #Chakras #AnxietyRelief #TheBodyKeepsTheScore #TraumaHealing #PeoplePleasing #Codependency #DivineTiming #SoulCalling #LifePurpose #CreativeHealing #SensitiveSoul #EmotionalHealing #HolisticWellness #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #RichWright #DeannaScaldaferri #HealingHandsByDeanna #VirtualReiki #LifeForceEnergy #richwrightunlimited #richwrightartist #richwrightunltd #beaguest #podmatchguest  @PodMatch_com [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC4DJzxAgjypfUeS-mNgi-Jg] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2457939/support] Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com [https://www.theartistrecovery.com] Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com [https://www,artrecroom.com] Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com [https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com] Connect: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/theartrec] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theartrec] X [https://www.x.com/TheArtistRec] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@theartrec] Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/richwrightunltd]

26. kesä 20262 h 5 min
jakson Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 25: James Walters: Joyful Rebellion & Reinventing Your Creative Life kansikuva

Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 25: James Walters: Joyful Rebellion & Reinventing Your Creative Life

What happens when hard-earned success starts to feel empty?  This deeply honest conversation of the Artist Recovery Podcast, host Rich Wright sits down with accomplished wedding photographer turned storyteller James Walters to explore three-plus decades behind the camera, the slow unraveling that comes with life's hard resets, and the path back to joy, creativity, and authentic self-expression. James is the author of the memoir "Accessory to Marriage: Chronicles of Outrageousness from My Life as a Wedding Photographer," host of the Joyful Rebellion podcast, and a creative mentor helping others tell their stories through photography, video, and audio. A self-described INFP innovator, dad, and educator, James blends humor, southern roots, and deep introspection into a conversation every sensitive, heart-centered creative needs to hear. From a sleepy 1970s beach town in Wilmington, North Carolina to the windowless commercial studios of High Point, James shares how a kid who rode his bike everywhere and observed the world from the corner of the room became a master of light and story. He opens up about the moment a high school guidance counselor changed his life, why he learned to advocate for himself early, and how he discovered that the camera matters far less than the human relationships in front of it. This conversation goes far beyond photography. James and Rich dig into the cost of "robot mode," the trauma response many creatives recognize when life demands we hold it all together. James shares his journey through loss, the end of a marriage, a late ADD diagnosis at 40, and the systems he built to reclaim his life. Together they explore the courage it takes, especially for men, to sit down with a therapist and let the guard down. You will hear powerful, practical wisdom for creatives at every stage: Why saying no protects your creative journey, and why "no" feels scary for different reasons early and late in your career. ~How to problem-solve in impossible moments and turn a hard situation into something beautiful. ~Why work that captures people increases in value over time, while commercial work fades. ~How to ramp up complexity and challenge yourself so your craft keeps growing. ~The Steve Miller "greatest hits" lesson that reshaped how James thinks about creativity and meeting your audience where they are. This is a conversation about personal reinvention, self-discovery, and using art to author your own life. If you have ever done all the things you were told would make you happy and still felt empty, James offers a roadmap for the joyful rebellion that follows. Connect with James: Website: https://jameswalters.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-walters-57136326 Join Podmatch: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistrecovery Dyslexia Classes: https://www.skool.com/dyslexia-classes #JamesWalters #ArtistRecoveryPodcast #richwrightartist  #JoyfulRebellion #CreativeReinvention #WeddingPhotography #photographers  #CreativeBurnout #FindingJoy #PersonalReinvention #MentalHealthForCreatives #ADDDiagnosis #TherapyForMen #SayingNo #AuthenticExpression #HeartCenteredCreatives #SensitiveSoul #StorytellingThroughPhotography #CreativeMentor #INFP #LifeHardResets #RobotMode #CreativeJourney #PhotographyCareer #ObserverMindset #SelfAdvocacy #CommercialPhotography #Memoir #AccessoryToMarriage #ReclaimingCreativity #richwrightunlimited #richwrightunltd #beaguest #podmatchguest  ⁨@PodMatch_com⁩ [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC4DJzxAgjypfUeS-mNgi-Jg]  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2457939/support] Always remember, Listen to your Heart and Be Kind to Your Mind! -Rich Wright Follow us here: https://www.theartistrecovery.com [https://www.theartistrecovery.com] Join the Community: https://www,artrecroom.com [https://www,artrecroom.com] Listen Weekly at: https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com [https://www.artistrecoverypodcast.com] Connect: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/theartrec] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/theartrec] X [https://www.x.com/TheArtistRec] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@theartrec] Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/richwrightunltd]

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