Welcome to the Episode 3 of The Clueless Creatives Podcast "Mental Health, Creativity, & Bubble Baths".

In this episode we have our first guest on the show, my lovely wife Danielle Kvick. She is an advocate for mental health, graduate student in Counselling Psychology, and an all around amazing person (she didn't make me write that last one by the way...).

In this episode we open up and talk about mental health, mental well-being, creativity and the inherent struggles with mental health, and my new found love for bubble baths.

We also share with you 2 lifehacks for overcoming & understanding situations that you may face and we share 5 all around mental wellbeing tips.


2 Lifehacks: 

1. When facing moments of anxiety say out loud "I am Excited"
2. Triggers are the windows to self awareness - try to understand them

5 Tips:

1. Self care is vital for your mental well-being
2. Physical activity and nutrition are extremely important
3. Ground yourself in the moment using your 5 senses
4. Crush the 'ANTS' (automatic negative thoughts)
5. Look for professional support when needed

These are all tools that we use all the time and it will help empower you to process through your seasons and to work through your struggles.

As a disclaimer, this is what we have found that has helped us and what Danielle has learned in her life and in her schooling so far. Neither of us are current practicing professionals but we are here to start a conversation and to help give tips and tricks that we use. If you are struggling with mental health and don't know what to do, find the professional support online or in your local area to help you start to process through your mental health and help aid you in your mental health journey.

Thanks to the digital age we all have access to amazing online support and counselling platforms that will help you jumpstart your journey to better mental health.

Links: (disclaimer - I can't verify the quality of these services however when first starting off looking for support these may be places to consider)

https://www.talkspace.com/
https://onlinecounselling.io/

You're amazing and you deserve to have a thriving creative journey and support yourself in your mental well-being. :)

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I'm your host, Mike Kvick. I'm a photographer and videographer based in Vienna, Austria and I work with businesses, brands, and organizations to help them tell the right story for the right reasons.

I believe, you deserve to thrive in your creative journey and that you don't have to settle and be another clueless creative doing this . And that’s what the Clueless Creatives is all about. It’s a community - banding together, eager to learn, to listen, and to live out their creative dream. Together we'll pull back the curtain on my personal creative journey, we chat business, mindset and motivation, have some laughs, and together, well… we'll figure this whole thing out.

It's gonna be a great journey together. 

It'd be awesome if you decided to share this episode on your Instagram Stories and while you're at it, make sure to tag me @mikekvick. ;) 

If you have any feedback or questions, head on over to Instagram and message me @mikekvick or visit my website at michaelkvick.com. I'd love to hear from you and find out more about your creative story. 

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