Somewhere down the line, we are all creative beings. But due to life's circumstances, jobs, relationships, family, responsibilities, and more, we get sidetracked. Creativity lands on the back burner. This happens to many people, and trying to get back to your creative soul is a quest in itself. Simon Pipkin, jumped at the chance to get back to creating. Pipkin is an illustrator and lives in Cornwall. The heart of a creative community and loves to draw nature. With no formal training, his work is shown in exhibitions. In this episode Pipkin shares his journey with us, the hardship and "just doing the work".

When you are secretly wishing you could do something else than the job you are doing right now... You might want to listen to Sharon's story.

Sharon used to be a TV producer for the BBC, and dreamt about doing something with her hands.

So...What do you do? Pivot?

That is exactly what Sharon did. But there were a few unexpected moments. How to overcome doubt, start a completely new direction, and set up a business you never even thought about.

This episode is about how to pivot and what comes your way when you do. It's about bravery and determination.

Find Sharon at www.twistedeye.co.uk

What do you do when you have a creative dream? Martin Bloomfield used to be a postman and secretly dreamed about something else. He had always been creative, surfed the waves on self-made motorised surfboards, and played for years in a band. But this time, the dream was different, bigger. Bloomfield changed his life around and made his creative dream come true. How he did it, you can hear in the episode of the creative mind project.