Podcast Episodes

Cosplay Production

Ask yourself what you are producing?  As I’ve said before, it goes beyond the Cosplay itself

It’s videos, podcasts, photography, design, art, and many other creative elements that make up a self-brand…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Your Brain on Cosplay: Taking Yourself Too Seriously

You may need to lighten up.  When are you being too serious or critical and when do you know when to go light on yourself?

It’s different for everyone, but knowing yourself and looking at what you do …

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Your Brain on Cosplay: Impostor Syndrome

You are enough.  Often, when you want to start making money at something, you feel like you’re not ‘expert’ enough to do so. You might even think that being confident in who you are and what you offe…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Your Brain on Cosplay: Fear of Missing Out

FOMO  One feeling I’ve often had with Cosplay is missing out on things.  Cons, builds, the stuff, building a following – there’s a lot to miss out on – at least that’s the feeling.

FoMo is marketing. …

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Your Brain on Cosplay: Social Anxiety

Nervous to be on camera, be in crowds, be in the spotlight? Is this way the eff out of your comfort zone?

Let me tell you.  Being “on” in front of people can be overwhelming.  I still have my moments …

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Your Brain On Cosplay : Overwhelm

There’s a lot going on and staying on top of your cosplay means that you need to produce content at scale.

Production, shoots, negotiating, the rest of your life, expenses & budgeting, branding, marke…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Managing a Cosplay Project

Managing a project – your project – your cosplay shouldn’t be rocket science (unless there are rockets involved...)

Why we procrastinate, run into crunches, and aren’t consistent or hit walls may be h…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Agile for Cosplay

This is an approach to deal with changing requirements and many unknowns with incremental work on projects.

Think of a ladder that breaks down a project into phases and steps, but also offers flexibil…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Environment is Everything

It is – where you are and the space you create can limit you or provide you with all the creative energy you need.

If you are in a toxic environment – think about this because it’s different for every…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Creating Consistency

You have to decide – this is really the tip because being consistent is a choice.

Decide what you want to do and how you will do it, and then take steps at regular intervals.

This is not easy to do – w…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago