The Creative Muscle

What should you do when no one’s hiring you to do the kind of work you want to do? How do you find the balance between c... Read more

Audrey Assad is the daughter of a Syrian refugee, an author, speaker, producer, and critically lauded songwriter and mus... Read more

In this week's episode, author, entrepreneur and marketer Seth Godin exposes the cultural systems and societal pressures... Read more

Maybe you have a creative side hustle and you aren't sure if you should tell your employer about it. Well, this week's g... Read more

Signed to a label just few weeks before her 16th birthday, iconic pop legend Amy Grant has sold 30 million albums worldw... Read more

Another James Beard Award-winning author and entrepreneur, Jeni Britton Bauer has been making splendid ice creams for th... Read more

It's 2018, and we're back with a special episode on New Beginnings! Featuring three mini-interviews with people who are ... Read more

Creative people are not forged in a vacuum. All of us have been shaped by important relationships that set us on a cours... Read more

What, exactly, is an apartment therapist? Is that a thing? This week, in a surprisingly moving interview with Maxwell Ry... Read more

A lot of people have developed their skills and passions into successful careers that bring satisfaction and profit. But... Read more

James McLaughlin didn't happen upon a job posting on CareerBuilder.com or wait around for a position to open up at the c... Read more

Ok, we can’t avoid it any longer. It’s time to talk about the F word. Probably not the one you’re thinking of. We’re fin... Read more

Do plumbers get plumber's block? Is a banana hemp shake with cashew milk the key to creativity? In Part 2 of our discuss... Read more

Every day, Jonathan Neman and his friends asked themselves the same question: "What are we going to eat?" They felt limi... Read more

Have the words "connection" and "engagement" been hijacked by social media? How can we be responsible, discerning citize... Read more

We all want the flashy gig, the high profile project, the notable client, the award-winning work. But what about the uns... Read more

Most designers go to art school. But should they go to business school instead? On the one year anniversary of the Creat... Read more

Ainsley Arment is the trailblazing leader of a counter-cultural collective of hip parents who have made bold choices abo... Read more

Jahmal Cole thought his only career options were to be a basketball player or a rapper because that’s all he could see i... Read more

Winner of MTV's Chicago Breakout Artist of the Year, local singer-songwriter Andrew Belle has been awarded a John Lennon... Read more