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The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft
Jim Kroft
50 episodes
1 week ago
đŸŽ™ïž The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft This podcast is for creatives who’ve chosen the long road. Each week, I take one aspect of the creative life — a breakthrough, a challenge, or a tool that’s helping me — and share what I’m learning from the inside. I started the show because I couldn’t find what I needed: a companion for the real challenges of making art while building a life around it. The podcast swings between the psychological traps we face and the practical tools that keep me going. It moves between mindset and method — but always comes back to how we keep showing up. I’m Jim, your host. I’ve lived a long life in the arts — full of meteoric highs and humbling lows. Here are a few stops from the journey: 🎾 Released 7 records — from major labels to van tours đŸŽ„ Filmed 6 feature docs, screened at 200+ festivals 🧠 Built a creative business in Berlin since 2013 ✍ Top 1% on Substack for weekly consistency 📈 Raised nearly €100K for refugee & Ukraine war efforts 🎧 The Creative Life has hit the Apple Podcast charts Thanks for being here, Jim 🔗 Listen & Follow: Spotify Apple Podcasts Substack YouTube Instagram
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đŸŽ™ïž The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft This podcast is for creatives who’ve chosen the long road. Each week, I take one aspect of the creative life — a breakthrough, a challenge, or a tool that’s helping me — and share what I’m learning from the inside. I started the show because I couldn’t find what I needed: a companion for the real challenges of making art while building a life around it. The podcast swings between the psychological traps we face and the practical tools that keep me going. It moves between mindset and method — but always comes back to how we keep showing up. I’m Jim, your host. I’ve lived a long life in the arts — full of meteoric highs and humbling lows. Here are a few stops from the journey: 🎾 Released 7 records — from major labels to van tours đŸŽ„ Filmed 6 feature docs, screened at 200+ festivals 🧠 Built a creative business in Berlin since 2013 ✍ Top 1% on Substack for weekly consistency 📈 Raised nearly €100K for refugee & Ukraine war efforts 🎧 The Creative Life has hit the Apple Podcast charts Thanks for being here, Jim 🔗 Listen & Follow: Spotify Apple Podcasts Substack YouTube Instagram
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Arts
Business,
Entrepreneurship
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How To Keep Going When Life Loses Meaning
The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft
27 minutes
6 months ago
How To Keep Going When Life Loses Meaning

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How to Keep Going When Life Loses Meaning
🎙 The Jim Kroft Podcast

Ever feel like you’re doing all the right things—showing up, staying creative, staying committed—yet the meaning behind it all quietly disappears?

This episode is for every artist, writer, and maker who’s hit that invisible wall. When the results don’t come. When your energy drains. When you wonder, what’s the point of any of this?

I walk you through that space—not with quick fixes, but with hard-won insight from years on the creative path. This is about how to stay connected to your “why” when you’ve lost the thread, how to face the inner voices that sabotage you, and how to keep going—especially when it feels like no one’s watching.

Whether you're in a creative burnout, doubting your purpose, or simply trying to stay inspired in a world full of noise—this episode offers a way back to the work that matters most.


Here’s what we explore:

đŸ”„ Face the Voice in the Dark: Why the thoughts you fear most might just be here to help you grow.

🛑 The Courage to Stop: How stopping is often the beginning—not the end—of creative movement.

✹ Break the Mould: Why the version of yourself you’ve outgrown is blocking your way forward.

🌌 Meaning Is the Work: Not something you wait for—but something you practice, daily.

đŸȘž Forgive the Shame, Catch the Cynic: How to stop projecting your pain—and begin transmuting it.
🌀 Stuckness Precedes Breakthrough: Why the feeling of being stuck is part of the cycle—not a sign you’ve failed.


This is a personal, scripted reflection on how to keep going—especially when everything in you is asking whether it’s still worth it.

—
 🎧Your host, Jim Kroft


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The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft
đŸŽ™ïž The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft This podcast is for creatives who’ve chosen the long road. Each week, I take one aspect of the creative life — a breakthrough, a challenge, or a tool that’s helping me — and share what I’m learning from the inside. I started the show because I couldn’t find what I needed: a companion for the real challenges of making art while building a life around it. The podcast swings between the psychological traps we face and the practical tools that keep me going. It moves between mindset and method — but always comes back to how we keep showing up. I’m Jim, your host. I’ve lived a long life in the arts — full of meteoric highs and humbling lows. Here are a few stops from the journey: 🎾 Released 7 records — from major labels to van tours đŸŽ„ Filmed 6 feature docs, screened at 200+ festivals 🧠 Built a creative business in Berlin since 2013 ✍ Top 1% on Substack for weekly consistency 📈 Raised nearly €100K for refugee & Ukraine war efforts 🎧 The Creative Life has hit the Apple Podcast charts Thanks for being here, Jim 🔗 Listen & Follow: Spotify Apple Podcasts Substack YouTube Instagram