Feeling Feelings
Conversations about the highs and lows of being an artist with Jessica Zollman & Jamie Varon.
Episodes
August 21, 2018 • 61 mins
In this episode, we went VERY meta. Feeling feelings about feeling everything. We discuss what it's like to feel everything, the importance of expressing feelings, and why sensitivity is a strength, NOT a weakness.
It's a strangely vulnerable episode as we discuss our past experiences with feeling too much or too little. Mental health is discussed again and we go startlingly honest in our season 2 finale.
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August 14, 2018 • 60 mins
In this episode, we discuss QUITE an involved topic: BEING ENOUGH. Woo, did we go real, real, real vulnerable on this one! Both of us talk about how inadequacy manifests in our lives, what that means for our careers, and how to overcome feelings of inadequacy.
The concept of being enough is one that inevitably deals with comparison and this is an idea we heavily interrogate in the episode. If being enough requires being better th...
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August 7, 2018 • 62 mins
In this episode, we discuss the complicated and often-fraught world of getting paid as a creative. Jessica talks about her experience being paid through an agency / agent that hustles on her behalf. Jamie talks about how she invoices, gets paid directly from her clients, and what that entails.
We get down to the practicalities here: what do you charge and how do you figure out your rate; do you have contracts, do you require a dep...
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July 31, 2018 • 61 mins
In this episode, we talk with badass, Anita Sarkeesian about a topic near & dear to us: BURN OUT. We talk about all our feelings on avoiding burn out, what burn out looks like in each of our lives, and how we deal with burn out once it happens.
Each of us are SO different in how we approach and look at burning out, so it's a lively and interesting conversation filled with both honest truths (as always!) and some seriously practic...
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July 24, 2018 • 57 mins
In this episode, we discuss all our complicated feelings on love, relationships, and marriage. We share our dating experiences from our 20s (kinda horrifying, but also formulative).
Of course, and as always, both of us have VERY different behaviors and experiences in love and in dating. It makes for an interesting, vibrant convo. Bless us and our differences.
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July 17, 2018 • 66 mins
Content Warning: In this episode, mental health issues are discussed. Also discussed: sexual assault and other potentially triggering topics.
After the recent deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, both of us wanted to talk about our experience with mental health, as we felt very affected by the news of both Spade and Bourdain.
Both of us take turns sharing our past and current struggles on mental health. This is one of our ...
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July 10, 2018 • 87 mins
In this episode, we have our first guest, Kevin Avery. Kevin is an Emmy-winning TV writer, comedian, podcaster, and actor. In this conversation, we talked about his early days trying to "break into" Hollywood.
The overarching topic of this episode is PAYING YOUR DUES and what does that mean and what does that look like? So many great anecdotes are told and Kevin is hilarious and honest and transparent about what it REALLY took to...
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July 3, 2018 • 63 mins
In this week's episode, we discuss our feelings on INTUITION. Listening to it. Following it. Being inspired by it. We talk about how we both believe our art is intuitive, but also guided by practical knowledge. It's a whole convo and it's a good one!
Of course, we talk about moon cycles (it was a full moon when this episode was recorded and we were both VERY affected by this fact). We discuss science-y things about currents and g...
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June 26, 2018 • 61 mins
In this week's episode, we discuss the idea of "choosing" happiness? Is this bullshit? Or is there some truth to it? We both dissect our feelings on what it means to be happy, how it feels to be told you can "choose" happiness, and the way that intersects with our mental health and careers.
We bust through some myths about being able to control your life. Jessica reveals that she's a chaotic person who seems to have her shit toge...
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June 19, 2018 • 62 mins
In this week's episode, we discuss THE HUSTLE. Is it toxic? Is it aspirational? Does it actually make us happy?
Both of us have varying thoughts on ambition. Competitiveness is discussed and as it relates to being a woman. Are women taught to be competitive? Nope. Only with each other as it relates to men, but not for jobs, for work, for the pursuit of excellence. This bullshit is discussed—and of course, our feelings on it.
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June 5, 2018 • 62 mins
In this episode, we honestly and frankly explore our feelings on turning 30 and then being in our 30s. Jamie had a lot of feelings about turning 30, while Jessica divulges an unpleasant feeling about WHY she didn't feel many negative feelings about turning 30. It gets real!
We discuss our friendship break-up (yep, we broke up for 4 years and then got back together). Lots to unpack here and boy, do we unzip the suitcase and let lo...
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May 29, 2018 • 61 mins
The best thing about this episode is that Jessica comes prepared with quotes and research, including the actual definition and backstory of Imposter Syndrome. Like, A+ for Jessica. (Jamie was useless in the research department, but had lots of feelings to share, so it evened out? Maybe? F for Jamie, but that's okay.)
Lots of feelings about Imposter Syndrome are shared, but also feelings on receiving criticism/feedback as an artis...
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May 22, 2018 • 59 mins
Turns out: we feel lots of feelings about social media. Who doesn't, tho? Really? We're millennials, raised on AOL and chat rooms (asl?). To complain about social media, yet still be dependent on it is like breathing to us.
Addictions are discussed. Yes, we both admit, without shame, that we are addicted, that we care about likes, that there is still some part of us that wants to throw our phones in the ocean and go live off the ...
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May 15, 2018 • 64 mins
The second episode of Feeling Feelings goes for it—big time. We discuss the ultimate taboo topic: MONEY. First, we talk about why nobody wants to talk about money. We go deep into our pasts, what we learned about finances from our parents (or, in Jamie's case, what she DIDN'T learn ), and all the money bags we carry around. (Money bags = money baggage. Neither of us have trust funds or are rich.)
We get into debt (talkin...
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May 3, 2018 • 39 mins
It's our first episode and we dust the cobwebs off our (brand new) mics and overshare about our feelings. Spoiler alert: We will be oversharing on every episode, so, I don't know, if you're not into that sorta thing, kindly put your earbuds down and don't listen to this. JK. Put your earbuds back in. Please? We like you!
In this episode, we go into WHY we're doing Feeling Feelings, how we know each other (friends for 22 years met ...
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