Creative Entrepreneur

Episode #570: From Cringe to Cult Following: What Happens When You Stop Playing Small

By Tracy Matthews / January 14, 2026

Your Fear of Being Cringe is Costing You Everything Let me ask you something uncomfortable: How many times have you watered down your message because you were afraid of what people might think? How many posts have you…

Episode #569: The Pivot: Why I Refuse to Put Creatives in a Box (And What an Iconic Founder-Led Brand Actually Looks Like)

By Tracy Matthews / January 7, 2026

What Happens When You Outgrow Your Own Success? There’s a special kind of trap that successful creatives fall into. You build something good, maybe even great. Revenue is flowing. Systems are working. But underneath it all, you’re suffocating.…

The Breakthrough Year: Make 2026 The Year It All Clicks

By Tracy Matthews / December 23, 2025

What If You Actually Held The Vision This Time? Every December, we do the same thing. We set intentions, choose a word of the year and we tell ourselves “this is going to be MY year.” Then February…

From Stripper to CEO: How One Woman’s AI Bot is Replacing $10K Coaches With Andrea Crowder

By Tracy Matthews / December 17, 2025

When Success Feels Like Survival: The Hidden Cost of Building a Business Have you ever achieved everything you thought you wanted and still felt completely shattered? Andrea Crowder had the million-dollar home, the Mercedes in the driveway, a…

2026 The Year of Overflow: How To Unlock Limitless Abundance and Wealth as a Creative

By Tracy Matthews / December 10, 2025

Are You Ready to Stop Playing Small and Step Into Overflow? What would it look like for 2026 to be your most creative AND most wealthy year? Not just financially, but wealthy in energy, purpose, and full life…

What Resistance Is Really Trying to Tell You (And Why You Should Listen) with Tracy Matthews and Heather Chauvin

By Tracy Matthews / December 3, 2025

Why Resistance in Business Isn’t What You Think Have you ever felt like you’re pushing against an invisible force in your business? Like there’s something keeping you from the next level, but you can’t quite name it? That’s…

How to Stop Abandoning Yourself and Finally Build a Life You Don’t Need to Escape with Danielle Laura

By Tracy Matthews / November 20, 2025

What happens when everything looks perfect but your soul is dying inside? You’ve done everything right. You climbed the ladder, built the business, checked all the boxes. So why does Saturday morning fill you with dread because Monday…

How to Start a Podcast That Builds a Ride-or-Die Community (Even If You’re Scared)

By Tracy Matthews / November 6, 2025

Your First Episodes Will Be Awful (And That’s Exactly Why You Need to Start) Jessica Burgio is here to tell you: Just start. In this conversation, Jessica shares her journey from hairstylist to business mentor and podcast host,…

The Wake-Up Call Every Business Owner Needs: How to Prepare Your Business for the Unexpected (Even When You Think You Can’t) with Erin Pelicano

By Tracy Matthews / October 9, 2025

The Wake-Up Call Every Business Owner Needs: How to Prepare Your Business for the Unexpected It’s the question no one wants to ask. But after what happened to Erin Pelicano, it’s the question every small business owner needs…

The 5-Minute EFT Tapping Session That Cracked Me Open: Becoming a Wildly Wealthy Woman with Jackie McDonald

By Tracy Matthews / October 2, 2025

What If the Thing Holding You Back Isn’t a Lack of Strategy But a Part of You That’s Still Scared? I used to think that if I just worked harder, got clearer on my goals, or found the…