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Self-sabotage as a socially accepted norm for mother artists
We are expected to not make it, so why bother?
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Elin Petronella
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Put earplugs and shades if you must; the artist-blockers are coming (if they’re not already around)
When people you know tell you that you can’t achieve what other somebodies have achieved, it’s your choice to keep walking
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Elin Petronella
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How to talk about what you do in a way that others want to know more (and buy)?
And three emotions you want to avoid for your reader
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Elin Petronella
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Balance is an illusion too good to give up
We’re all on the same train
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Elin Petronella
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Parents that Write: #6 Q&A with Elin Petronella
NOTE: This column is the thread, start wherever you can
Published on Parents Who Think • 
The not so novel way of networking and growing our independent careers
Karma on social media
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Elin Petronella
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September 2024

20 things I remind myself daily as an independent artist
Hi there,
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Elin Petronella
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I became a Substack bestseller, then this happened
reflections on how our relationship to Substack evolve, sometimes even too far
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Elin Petronella
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10. On Writing With Children
Hi there, welcome to Follow Your Gut, a newsletter where I (Elin Petronella) write about the artist life and business from soon a decade long…
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The myth about consistency that nobody talks about
Be consistent for the right reasons or else you’ll burn yourself out sooner than you can say artist
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Elin Petronella
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Why I do what I do as an artist
A personal essay
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Elin Petronella
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August 2024

I posted to Instagram (200k) for the first time in 1.5 years; This happened
Full reveal and visual insight into the story-reels + the results (and what I’ll do moving forward)
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Elin Petronella
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