The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft

arts, business, entrepreneurship · EN

🎙️ The Creative Life — with Jim KroftThis 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🎥 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 L