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The Infinite Creator Podcast
Hosted by Beth Lapides · EN
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Things Stick Together Differently
4d ago00:07:40Tap to summarizeA reflection on trauma, coherence, creativity, and the possibility that there isn’t just one doorway into the whole bouquet.Come find me Get full access to The Infinite Creator at bethlapides.substack.com/subscribe
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Your Story Loves You
2w ago00:10:08Tap to summarizeThis episode is about stories. How the idea that we are not our stories rubs me the wrong way — and what does rub me the right way about loving our stories.With infinite love and gratitude,Beth Get full access to The Infinite Creator at bethlapides.substack.com/subscribe
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The Long Hello
4w ago00:10:50Tap to summarizeSo there’s a moment before beginning a project…In this episode, Beth Lapides explores what she calls “the long hello” — that strange threshold between wanting to begin and actually beginning. The circling. The almost deciding. The emotional weather around choosing what to make.A companion piece to this week’s Infinite Creator Post this episode reflects on creative resistance, timing, fear, identity, and the vulnerable moment before something blooms.If you’re in a long hello with a project right now, the Pick Your Next Project Guide is here. Pick Your Next Project Get full access to The Infinite Creator at bethlapides.substack.com/subscribe
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In a World of Leaf Blowers, Be a Rake
May 300:03:58Tap to summarizeAn unattended leaf blower, running loud and moving nothing, becomes a lens on modern life: all that noise, zero signal.This episode explores the difference between noise and signal, why fighting chaos with more chaos doesn’t work, and a quieter way to create real change.In a world of leaf blowers, be a rake.curious? bethlapides.com Get full access to The Infinite Creator at bethlapides.substack.com/subscribe
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Meet the Moment - Hi!
Apr 2000:04:45Tap to summarizeThere are times when something is already in motion.You can feel it before you understand it.You don’t have to force it.You can meet it.In this episode, Beth explores the idea of recognizing when a moment is already unfolding—and how to align with it instead of trying to control it. Drawing from the current astrological conversation around “all the planets in Aries,” she reflects on beginnings, energy, and what it means to move with what’s happening.This isn’t about belief.It’s about perception.About learning to name the moment, and step into it.🎧 Listen when you’re ready to start where you are. Get full access to The Infinite Creator at bethlapides.substack.com/subscribe
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Start Where You Are
Apr 1100:06:47Tap to summarizeThis is one of the core ideas behind Pick Your Next Project.Working to clarify—but not waiting until everything is completely clear.Working to be ready—but not waiting until you’re certain you are.Working to move forward—but always starting… where you are.Today reminded me—that where you are isn’t the obstacle.It’s the starting point for solutions.xxBeth The Infinite Creator is a reader-supported publication and podcast. To receive new posts and support my work - and your own - consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Thanks for reading and listening to The Infinite Creator! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to The Infinite Creator at bethlapides.substack.com/subscribe
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Why Are So Many Oscar Nominees About Making Things?
Mar 1100:08:07Tap to summarizeThis week I noticed something surprising looking at this year’s Oscar nominees. More at bethlapides.substack.comA surprising number of them are about artists and art-making — stories about writing, music, theater, filmmaking, and the complicated lives of people who make things.Which made me wonder if that says something about the moment we’re in.In a time shaped by AI, rapid change, and existential questions about what it means to be human, it’s interesting that so many of the stories we’re telling right now are about creativity itself.In this episode I read my recent essay exploring why movies about artists might feel especially resonant right now — and why making things might be one of the most human things we do.Along the way we talk about:• why the word creativity can feel strangely academic• the cycle of making things and how it changes the maker• the artists at the center of this year’s Oscar conversation• why sacrifice and art are often intertwinedAnd yes — there’s a small detour into my grandmother knitting in movie theaters.Because apparently knitting has much better SEO than creativity. Get full access to The Infinite Creator at bethlapides.substack.com/subscribe
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Season 2: Episode 1
Nov 2800:12:48Tap to summarizeHey thanks for listening! This is the launch of season 2 of the podcast. Learned a lot from Season 1. The way reveals itself as we walk on the way;)The episode… the thing about gratitude that we don’t usually talk about. A kind of hack that really shifts everything. The Special Black Friday Offer!Schedule a mini-strategy session with me.Thank you for listening!xxBThe Infinite Creator is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work and your own, become a free or paid subscriber. Thank you! Get full access to The Infinite Creator at bethlapides.substack.com/subscribe
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Best Places to Live: AuthentiCity
Oct 2200:06:13Tap to summarizeWe need to talk about what’s real. And here’s an important piece of that conversation That gets buriedBy the AI part. A video from a random TikToker alerted me to the “fact”that on SPANE:The Scale Of Positive And Negative Experiencethe very highest vibration Is… guess!Right - ha ha you read the title of the post. Authenticity. But on all the charts I can find it’s love.Here’s my take. In all my experiences of love - romantic, spiritual, platonic, ecstatic etc the underlying vibration is authenticity. True love happens when we are authentically ourselves. The desire to love and be lovedisn’t just - but certainly includes -The desire to be ourselves. And be seen as ourselves. And for creatives - where one of the great love affairs is with The audience - the viewer It’s this ability to have your own voiceTo be your actual self in your work.I was once at Sardi’s with the actor Judd HirshAfter his show Tuesday’s with Morrie.With ex and my ex-father in law - who was a friend of his. Mid dinner Judd suddenly clocked meAnd though we had already been introduced He asked my EFIL Who are these people.My EFIL gave him my thumbnail - Which at that point - early in my careerWas weighted heavily towards Solo shows and performance art. Judd turns to look at me and says:I love people like you. Real people.And then he pinched my cheek,Hard. Ow.Filed it under ‘uncomfortable moments’.But lately, I’ve come to understand The way universe/god/higher-power speaks to us. I get that the language of signs -Can be subtle But is usually not quiet. In fact loudness is one of the main characteristics.It’s like when people try to talk to each other in foreign languages We just sometimes say the same thing again.But louder!The loudness of a sign might be volume.Or repetition. Or something being out of place.Or a visual sign - words that are so on the nose that they are loud. I’ve experienced a few of those And they are part of It’s A Lot.I bring it up here because that cheek pinch was loud!It was weird. Who pinches cheeks besides grandmothers?And it was hard enough to kind of hurt.And he was such a weird person to be telling meI love people like you real people.My unthought thought: isn’t everyone a real person?Doesn’t everyone want to be a real person?As it turns out, no.And maybe less so now.And this TikTok about authenticity being the highest vibration Jogged this memory. And it felt like - oh that was a message.’God’ speaks through us all.People are always telling me that thing you said - blah blah blah - Changed my life.And yet I have no memory of it.We are vessels. I do value authenticity.I’m drawn to extreme authenticity over extreme virtuoso. I love hearing That’s so you!In my coaching and teaching Helping creatives and comedians find their true voices and their real work Is one of my missions. I have this now rare in person You But Funnier workshop coming up LA.Finally. And importantly.I started to wonder what makes a higher vibration - higher and better. I mean in music the bass - low vibration is no worse - or better Than a wildly high sax.Why do we even aspire to ‘high vibration’. My understanding is that high vibe has to do with being in the now.Acceptance.Lack of resistance. Going with the flow.And in this world right now - where there is so much to resistThat can be tricky.So. How not to resist that which we are better off not resisting:The very nature of our own unique beingness And yet also resist that which requires resistance.You know what I’m talking abut.It’s subtle. We each have to find our own way.But listening to what is loudly being whispered right to us.Understanding that authenticity and love are connected. Allowing ourselves to experiment with trial and error.Not being afraid of error.These are some of the ways. Listening to your own true heart’s desire. Marching to the beat of your own drummer. You do you.Even that means balloon denim.All the love, Beth And if you are in LA please do join me on Friday night for It’s A Lot! The Infinite Creator is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work - and you own - become a free or for $5 a month - a paid subscriber. Get full access to The Infinite Creator at bethlapides.substack.com/subscribe
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One Year From Now
Sep 500:09:06Tap to summarizeWhere will you be year from now?Unknown, of course.Because where will we be a year from now?We each have our hopes, our fears.Our searchlights and our blinders. But where you will be The next time Halloween is in your sights And beach sand is still at the bottom of your bagIs at least somewhat up to you.Where you will be the next time The heat of September Feels left over and also predictive.When the moon and the Jewish calendar and the trees whisper Let go…And at the same timeThe school year beckons you toGrab on to your future?Make a schedule and a plan.Letting go and grabbing onAll at once. Because life is a pulse.Not a line Or even a circle. A pulse.And a spiral.DNA, the galaxy, sunflowers… your moods.And when this moment comes back around next year You will be at a different place. And, to some degree at least -You get to decide what that place is. I used to think of myself as a Type A free spirit.Working hard to let the wind blow me where it will. It was a joke, but also true.And about 15 years ago, when I decided to change One of the things that shifted was my relationship with decisions.I decided to decide. And while we can’t know exactly what will unfold In the public realmWhat we can know is that we will fight for our work.That no matter what We will write the book.The script. Paint the pictures.Tell the stories.Work on finding our audiences. Enhancing beauty, joy, mystery.Become the people we need to be to make the workThat is our true heart’s desire. We can know it and we have to know it.Because without the creative sparkWithout you becoming the author of your own lifeYour own authorityWithout you claiming this for the worldOne more piece of the grey fog descends.But in order to do this, for ourselves and for the worldWe have to decide on the project.It sounds so mundane.But we have to create the boundaries.It’s one of the three requirements for momentum.And because life now is decision overwhelmAnd creative life is literally nothing but decisions And your success depends on making this one decision I created Pick Your Next Project to help.Deciding is hard partly because it’s violent. Decide is related to the other cides.Homicide. Suicide. Etceteracide. Cide is a cutting off. Of the other options. So it can be uncomfortable.But we have to decide on projects.Can you change your mind?Yes, sure change your mind.But not every day. And plus, you can’t change your mind until you make up your mind.And then you can’t change your mind just because the draft isn’t good enough. Can you decide to experiment for a month and then decide decide?Sure. Can you talk to everyone you know first?Not everyone. But three types of people, yes.Is it natural to have an aversion to deciding?Yes. You are a creative person.But the thing is, creativity comes from a word meaning to grow.We think it means making stuff.But the making is so we can grow. And once we grow, we make different things.More growth. More evolved work. That’s the process. And it’s an infinity loop. I learned a ton about decision making… by making decisions.Haha.And in some cases avoiding them. By getting less attached to being right.Then I learned more about decisions by helping other people make theirs. Friends and students and clients.Then I learned even more about making decisions When I wrote So You Need To Decide. And now I’m here to help you decide. Next Wednesday, Sept 10, I’m going to help you Pick Your Next Project. It’s a free 90 minute mini masterclass. I’m going to go through the process which you’ll be able to use again and again.And I’ll be answering questions as well. This isn’t one of those webinars that’s really just a sales pitch for the thing.This is the thing.It helps you and it’s also is a great way for me to connect with creatives who are thinking that after making the decision they might like clarity, inspiration, insight and motivation- as well as community - for executing the decision over the next year.That’s what I do in The Infinite Creator.So there will be a special offer at the end of the session.But the session itself, all content. And if you’d like to skip the masterclass and get on a call to explore working with me here’s the link to my calendar, grab a time.Thanks for all your hard work on behalf of the divine spark. And for welcoming me into your process, through these emails. Infinitely Yours…xxBeth The Infinite Creator is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work -and your own - consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Thanks for reading The Infinite Creator! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to The Infinite Creator at bethlapides.substack.com/subscribe
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