In this episode, Matthew checks in via LinkedIn Live to talk about the times he knew adventure was calling and how you can apply it to your career, art, or business!---📖 Chapters Creative helps founders, creators, and brands build their true, radical, and bold narratives for all things brand and content.📓 I offer the ⁠Brand Narrative Workshop⁠ to help you brainstorm and plan your brand/content strategy using time-tested storytelling tactics.📕 Got a problem with your messaging, branding, or content? Reach out. We'd love to help.

The world of careers is changing at breakneck speed, and 2025 was the year that proverbially broke the camel's back. In this episode, Matthew and Amanda review their year in freelancing and what the future holds for 2026 and beyond.

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📖 Chapters Creative helps founders, creators, and brands build their true, radical, and bold narratives for all things brand and content.

📓 We offer narrative workshops, the ⁠⁠Unstuck Reset⁠⁠ and the ⁠⁠Brand Narrative Workshop⁠⁠, we help you brainstorm and plan your brand and content strategy using time-tested storytelling tactics.

📕 Got a problem with your messaging, branding, or content? Reach out. We'd love to help.

It's been a bit since I've caught up with my design partner, Amanda Killian!

We talk about my experience at Aftershock Festival and the differences between Oasis and My Chemical Romance's tours, highlighting the importance of connection.

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📖 Chapters Creative helps founders, creators, and brands build their true, radical, and bold narratives for all things brand and content.

📓 We offer narrative workshops, the ⁠Unstuck Reset⁠ and the ⁠Brand Narrative Workshop⁠, we help you brainstorm and plan your brand and content strategy using time-tested storytelling tactics.

📕 Got a problem with your messaging, branding, or content? Reach out. We'd love to help.

I met Melissa Belongea on LinkedIn not too long ago. I was drawn to her views on the future of work, whether it's portfolio careers, the dangers of tying ourselves to AI, or how relationships are more important than ever in connecting as professionals and humans. I knew I just had to chat with her to talk about the importance of relationships and intimacy in our careers.

Melissa Belongea is the host of The Regenerative Relationship podcast. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn!

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📖 Hi, I'm Matthew Nanes, and I help founders, creators, and brands build their true, radical, and bold narratives for all things brand and content.

📓 Starting with Narrative Workshops, I help you brainstorm and plan your brand and content strategy using time-tested storytelling tactics. Wanna know more? Go ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

📕 Got a problem with your messaging, branding, or content? Reach out. I'd love to help.

This is a big one! In this episode, Matt introduces the newest member of Chapters Creative, strategist and designer Amanda Killian.

We chat about how we, as two unseemingly and unlikely marketers, got into marketing, how punk/DIY influenced us, and Amanda's love of My Chemical Romance and Matt's love of Smashing Pumpkins.

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📖 Chapters Creative helps founders, creators, and brands build their true, radical, and bold narratives for all things brand and content.

📓 We offer narrative workshops, the Unstuck Reset and the Brand Narrative Workshop, we help you brainstorm and plan your brand and content strategy using time-tested storytelling tactics.

📕 Got a problem with your messaging, branding, or content? Reach out. We'd love to help.

According to Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, people are continually transformed from a hero to a guide.

In this episode, Matt breaks this down using his early music career and post-graduate jobs to recognize how his music experience allowed him to be transformed into the beginning of his career and how you can contextualize it for yourself.

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📖 Hi, I'm Matthew Nanes, and I help founders, creators, and brands build their true, radical, and bold narratives for all things brand and content.

📓 Starting with Narrative Workshops, I help you brainstorm and plan your brand and content strategy using time-tested storytelling tactics. Wanna know more? Go ⁠here⁠.

📕 Got a problem with your messaging, branding, or content? Reach out. I'd love to help.

*APOLOGIES FOR CRACKLY AUDIO!*Imposter syndrome affects everyone in one way or another. In today's video, I talk about a snippet of Stephen King's On Writing and how imposter syndrome can come from parts of our lives we don't realize.///📖 Hi, I'm Matthew Nanes, and I help founders, creators, and brands build their true, radical, and bold narratives for all things brand and content.📓 Starting with coaching sessions and Narrative Workshops, I help you brainstorm and plan your brand and content strategy using time-tested storytelling tactics! 📕 Got a problem with your messaging, branding, or content? Reach out. I'd love to help.Download the WTF Is Brand Strategy assessment:https://www.chapterscreative.com/wtfCheck out the Chapters Creative site:https://www.chapterscreative.com/Book an intro meeting here:https://calendly.com/chapterscreative

In this episode, I read from Ikigai, where we take a deep dive into Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy and the Ikigai to recognize the gulf between what we're "supposed" to do and our actual purpose.

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