311 - Meet my Mom, Erika - A Mother + Daughter Conversation

Dedicated to all the Mama's out there - in honor of Mother's Day and celebration of my Mama's 84th birthday today.   A deeply personal podcast episode for you.   For years I've wanted to invite my mom, Erika to share her story here on the podcast, and today (on her birthday) it's finally happening!   A conversation with a Mother and Daughter, a personal story of a dynamic, passionate, independent Woman whose life began during WWII in Germany and ultimately brought her to the United States with via Italy and Paris, France, the Bahamas, and Russia.   Not our usual creative business chat, but we talk about life, from family, generational evolutions, culture, career, travel to love and teddy bears.   A very big leap of trust for a deeply private person to share her story here with us.   We truly hope you enjoy this episode and that it might inspire you. We only got through a portion of Erika's story and we may be open to bringing you more of the story if you think that's another episode you would enjoy. Please let us know, send me a dm over on Instagram @creativethursday   Lots of love. Happy Mother's Day! Happy Birthday Erika!   {the black and white photo is of my mom the middle daughter in the middle of the photo, her 2 sisters, and my grandparents, Edith and Erwin who I knew as Oma and Opa 💖)   To get the latest updates, click here to join the Creative Thursday List   You can find all things Marisa and Creative Thursday creativethursday.com and on instagram and facebook @creativethursday

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Marisa Anne Cummings, a Los Angeles based artist + author + entrepreneur, actually started the Creative Thursday podcast in 2006. What? what! how is that even possible? And yes! she wishes she had kept it going after all these years. Yet as a small business owner, maybe you can relate? choices needed to be made, and a passion for painting and continuing to build her art business became her focus. Cut to over a decade later, armed with SO many more lessons learned, and a - can no longer be suppressed - desire to share them with you! Marisa is ready to make a return to one of the first creative mediums she loved, podcasting! Even more fired up than before, Marisa is looking forward to picking up where she left off on her creative journey through both - one her favorite things to do - having thoughtful, inspiring, keeping it real, conversations with fellow Creatives + Business Owners along with offering her own perspective as an artist and entrepreneur, traversing this online world. We’re talking everything from life + business + creativity + entrepreneurship.