Fireside

Hosted by Kayte Ferris

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Mar 2024

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Short, explorative chats on topics and questions around creative work and life.

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March 1, 202418 min

Abandoning "Value" and Figuring Out Who You Are Online - Blog Post Omnibus

Welcome back to Fireside. Today’s episode is a blog post omnibus, where I share the blog posts that I’ve published the previous month. In this episode, I cover three blog posts written in January and February, talking about some behind-the-scenes from my rebrand, embodying more than what is portrayed online, and the relief of not having to be a leader in my online space. In this episode I talk about: All the figuring out that I’ve done and am still doing about the new Kayte Ferris brand The disjoint between this actual me, and the me I am online Remembering my word of the year Realising that I don’t want to lead For links and resources discussed in the show, see the full show notes. Kayte on Instagram Subscribe to my newsletter!

February 23, 202416 min

Identifying Unhelpful Patterns In Your Work

Hello and welcome back to Fireside. Today I’m beginning to share what it’s like to work within my Finish With Confidence programme, and in these episodes I’ll take a deeper dive into some of the things asked by the last cohort, and, of course, my responses. Today we’re covering those unhelpful patterns and cycles you begin to notice within yourself that hold you up, or hold you back. Interrogating the pattern and cycle Observing parts of the cycle neutrally Actively anticipating patterns and cycles For links and resources discussed in the show, see the full show notes. Kayte on Instagram Subscribe to my newsletter!

February 16, 202422 min

How To Find Your Secret Sauce (Or Not)

Hello and welcome back to Fireside. Today I’m going to be talking about something that has stirred a lot of thinking in me: secret sauce. What I mean by this is the ‘thing’ that makes us successful online, and particularly on that app we can’t help but love-hate: Instagram. The ways in which Instagram has changed, and what it’s meant for ‘growth’ The beauty in the absence of strategy Embracing creation, and showing up, and infectious joy For links and resources discussed in the show, see the full show notes. Kayte on Instagram Subscribe to my newsletter!

February 9, 202421 min

The Big Overwhelming New Thing

Hello and welcome back to Fireside. Today is a topic prompts very much a ‘been there, know that’ feeling for me, because if there’s one thing I’ve always done, it start big, new, overwhelming things. Whilst that is part of the fun of it, there are a few ways in which you can approach it to make your redirection easier, and more easily attainable. That’s what I’m talking about in today’s episode. Not underestimating the limiting power of the ‘box’ you’ve put yourself in Mourning your old vision Being organised and deliberate - without rushing it Detaching from the outcome How to break a redirection down as a project For links and resources discussed in the show, see the full show notes. Kayte on Instagram Subscribe to my newsletter!

February 2, 202414 min

Shame And Creative Tools

Hello and welcome back to Fireside. This is an episode about creativity and also about shame. In it we explore the root of shame around the ways in which we feel creative, and how to perhaps look at it differently. What I talk about in this episode: How you view your creativity Embracing new ways to tap into your creativity Interrogating your shame Carrying on in spite of your shame For links and resources discussed in the show, see the full show notes. Kayte on Instagram Subscribe to my newsletter!

January 19, 202420 min

Getting Curious About How You Feel (About Goals)

Hello, and welcome to Season 2 of Fireside. I’m back a little earlier than expected due to a very interesting January-themed question that I received, and it’s all to do with goal setting - or the lack thereof! In this episode I talk why I personally enjoy goal setting, why you may NOT feel the need to set goals (or not in the New Year sense, anyway) and about getting curious about what you actually need and feel. How the goals I’ve set have changed over the years Why I enjoy goal setting Interrogating our emotions - namely, guilt Alternatives to aims and goals depending on how you feel Embracing the magic of the questions My One True Want workbook, available for free to download For links and resources discussed in the show, see the full show notes. Kayte on Instagram Subscribe to my newsletter!

January 2, 202410 min

Intentions, Goals & Word of the Year 2024

If 2023 was concluding the last chapter of my life, then 2024 is the turning over into the next one. Almost every aspect of my life is completely different now than it was a year ago, and at this point I have no idea what’s going to happen with all these new plot points and locations nor where the story is going to go. But then, as I was writing that sentence, I remembered: I’m the author. I decide what happens in this next chapter. What I talk about in this episode: What I hope to embody in 2024 The goals I hope to achieve in the coming year What my Word of the Year is for 2024, and how I came to decide on it For links and resources discussed in the show, see the full show notes. Kayte on Instagram Subscribe to my newsletter!

December 27, 20239 min

2023 Review: The "Rock Bottom" Year

What I talk about in this episode: What hitting a perceived ‘rock bottom’ actually felt like How this year has felt in relation to the future How 2023 has helped me become a person in the world For links and resources discussed in the show, see the full show notes. Kayte on Instagram Subscribe to my newsletter!

December 1, 202317 min

Burn Out & Changing Names - Blog Post Omnibus

Welcome back to Fireside. Today’s episode is a blog post omnibus, where I share the blog posts that I’ve published in November. It’s also the last episode of Fireside for this season, and for this year, so now seems as good a time as any to share with you something exciting that you can see in 2024. What I talk about in this episode: How I recognised that I was on the brink of burnout The self reflection processes that helped me recognise that burnout was at the door How to bring yourself back from the brink of burnout How the Simple and Season name started - and why it’s changing For links and resources discussed in the show, see the full show notes. Kayte on Instagram Subscribe to my newsletter!

November 24, 202320 min

Making Time For Sacred Work

Welcome back to Fireside. Today’s episode is about time management but it’s also about the work we want to keep sacred - this means ring fencing your time, and doing what’s necessary to carve out that space in which deep work to happen. What I talk about in this episode: Creating stronger boundaries around deep work What dropping everything teaches people about what they can expect from us Working through discomfort to ring fence your time Introducing themed days to your working process Changing up your environment to improve productivity For links and resources discussed in the show, see the full show notes. Kayte on Instagram Subscribe to my newsletter!