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PODCAST

Make Art ~ Be Happy

with Lynn Hardin

Begin Again with Lynn Hardin, creator of Make Art~Be Happy, is a podcast for women who want a gentle, consistent art practice. Honest stories, prompts, and encouragement to keep creating—no guilt, no pressure. lynnhardin.substack.com

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6:29

My Wish Came True and So Can Yours

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2026/02/05

I was out for a walk today.Same pond. Same path. Different body. Different life.Almost exactly one year ago, I was here too. But then, I was walking with a walker after a bilateral mastectomy. One breast removed. One rebuilt using a flap surgery where they take fat from your belly and rebuild the breast.I had no idea what I was getting into.I only knew one thing.My health mattered more than anything else.This time last year, like so many of us, I was thinking about goals and wishes. New year energy

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19:00

Why an Art Practice Matters (A Story I Don’t Tell Often)

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2026/01/28

I just got back from my grandson’s transitional kindergarten classroom.There was art.There was relationship.There was that soft, steady feeling that happens when people are making something together.And it stirred up a memory I haven’t shared in a long time.My art practice began in 1989.I was married with a newborn. Elizabeth was just a couple of months old. My oldest son was four. My husband was a hospital administrator in Los Angeles. One afternoon he called and told me he’d had a deep needle

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16:11

Why We Buy Courses - Do Not Start or Finish and Why...

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2026/01/16

Let’s talk about something almost every creative woman has done at least once.We buy the course.We feel hopeful.We feel excited.We feel like “THIS is the one.”And then…We don’t start.Or we start and disappear.Or we finish… and still don’t implement.And we quietly wonder what’s wrong with us.Why we buy courses in the first placeMost of the time we’re not buying information.We’re buying relief.We’re buying a feeling.We’re buying the moment our nervous system whispers,“Okay… maybe I’m not stuck

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12:24

Ways Women Do Not Believe They Are Artists

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2026/01/13

Most women who are drawn to art carry a quiet belief.I am not an artist.Art belongs to other people.I missed my chance.It often feels like a fact.Something settled long ago.But that belief did not appear out of nowhere.It was shaped by childhood moments.A comment in school.A comparison that stung.A paper that did not look right.A teacher who moved on.A feeling of being behind.So you learned to hesitate.To hold back.To apologize for your work before it even exists.That does not mean you lack

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11:17

Your feelings are not in the way of your art

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2026/01/12

Most creative women think they need to feel motivated, calm, confident, or inspired before they sit down to make something.So when they feel tired, anxious, sad, flat, or overwhelmed, they wait.They scroll.They clean.They overthink.And the art table stays empty.What I shared in today’s video is simple and important.You do not need the right mood to create.You need permission to bring your feelings with you.DOWNLOAD PRACTICE PAGEYour art table is a safe place for all of

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16:33

How to Solve a Creative Problem

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2026/01/11

Most creative women think they are the problem.Not consistent enough.Too scattered.Too late.What if the problem is not you but the way it has been named?Low quality creative problems sound likeI am behindI am lazyI never finish anythingThey create shame and very little art.High quality creative problems sound kinder and more useful.I want a gentle practice that fits my real lifeI want to rebuild trust with myselfI want to pay attention to what lights me upOne shuts you down.The other opens a door.I

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5:47

2025 Sucked and Here is the Evidence

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2026/01/01

2025 was the hardest year of my life.Breast cancer.Surgery.Infection.Family layoffs.Illness.It felt like wave after wave after wave. There were days I was scared. Days I was exhausted down to my bones. And for a while, my art practice slipped away.But then something quiet happened.I found my brush again.Not from motivation.Not from discipline.Just from a gentle pull inside me that said come home.And when I painted, it didn’t feel like pressure anymore.It felt like refuge.So in 2026, I’m laying down

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6:45

When Shame Pretends to Be Responsibility

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/12/23

I return shopping carts. Not because I am especially good.But because if I do not, a small voice wakes up.You are careless. You leave things for others. You are doing it wrong.That voice is shame. It does not shout. It whispers in ordinary places.Parking lots.Unfinished paintings.Messy tables.Art hears this voice too.You should be further along.This should look better by now.If you were really an artist, this would feel easier.But art is not saying that.Shame is borrowing its voice.Art is not a

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3:41

How to get into your creative rhythm

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/12/21

Flow doesn’t arrive fully formed.It shows up after we begin.For me, it comes through writing.I start without knowing where I’m going. That’s when the words begin to move on their own.m and I clear out what blocks me from my creative rhythm.I see the same thing with someone I coach, though her doorway is different. She finds flow through meditation. The effort softens. The practice opens. She isn’t trying to get anywhere else. That’s her rhythm.Flow isn’t one thing.It’s personal. Some of us write

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5:30

When You’re Overwhelmed, Frustrated, and Just Want to...

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/12/15

Sometimes life just feels heavy.You’re frustrated. You’re tired. You want to cry.And you don’t feel good in your body or your heart.In this live, I talk about how to let those emotions move through you without getting stuck in them and how to stop pulling meaning from the past and instead let the future guide your next step.Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or

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3:34

You Didn’t Lose Your Practice

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/12/13

This morning I was walking around our pond.Foggy. Christmas lights still up. The sun trying to break through.Yesterday my doctor said I could start moving again.After a year of breast cancer.Four surgeries.A body that needed rest more than discipline.When I was 58, I ran a marathon.I will never do that again.But I am still a runner.Once you run a marathon, that truth doesn’t disappear just because you pause.And the same is true with art.This year my art practice hasn’t looked like it used to.Not

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12:52

What is Your Biggest Creative Problem?

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/12/03

I just posted the first session of Start Where You Are, my five part series for creative women who want to return to their art with more ease and confidence.Today we talked about creative problems. Not the dramatic ones, but the quiet thoughts that keep us from starting or finishing. I show you how to turn a low quality problem that shrinks you into a high quality creative problem that grows you.If you want a tiny homework practiceWrite down your main creative problemRewrite it in a kinder, more

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5:12

Why take art workshops?

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/11/06

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lynnhardin.substack.com/subscribe

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9:30

Live with Lynn Hardin

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/10/29

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lynnhardin.substack.com/subscribe

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2:06

The first step to a seven step process of building a...

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/10/25

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lynnhardin.substack.com/subscribe

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5:26

Live with Lynn Hardin

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/09/26

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lynnhardin.substack.com/subscribe

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8:11

Live with Lynn Hardin

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/09/15

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lynnhardin.substack.com/subscribe

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4:12

The Day the World Changed

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/09/12

I was in second grade, walking home with a pickle, when the news broke: President Kennedy had been assassinated.Before that moment, the world felt safe. After that moment—it didn’t. Then came Bobby. Then Martin. A generation was shaken awake, and because of it, women like me could open a credit card without a husband’s signature.I believe we’re at that line again. Hate is loud. Violence is excused. Even online. But here’s the truth: violence is never justified. Not in politics, not on the

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3:28

Live with Lynn Hardin

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/09/11

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lynnhardin.substack.com/subscribe

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6:40

Why creativity feels harder than it "should."

Make Art ~ Be Happy ·

2025/05/01

Making art is not always easy. It looks like it should be. Children in kindergarten and certainly my grandsons make art with ease whether with a brush, marker, crayon or even a stick out in the yard.All we must do is grab a brush, press play on that course, make a little something while dinner is in the crockpot.But the moment we try being creative, something deeper starts stirring.It’s not just about paint or paper. It’s about us.It touches all the soft spots—our emotions, our self-worth, our

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