Margo is joined by Sarah Walsh in this two part conversation where they go in-depth on finding motivation, leaning into intuition, how you can work on your true dream project today, by taking ahold of your time, and your yeses. Sarah is an illustrator, painter and designer with home goods, children's books, socially conscious based projects, nature and loves tapping in to mystical subject matter as the mainstays of her work. She is also the co-proprietor of the illustrative product based brand Tigersheep Friends. She collects books, new and old, plants, adores folk art and also loves cooking, thrifting, listening to records, haunting coffee shops with her sketchbook and spending time with her favorite humans.

Margo and Sarah discuss:

• Her creative upbringing and the influence her mom and grandma had on her

• How having a child at a young age impacted her creative journey

• Why creative ruts are actually important to our process and story

• Being led intuitively

• Having compassion for ourselves and giving grace

• How to slow down and learning to say NO

• Social media and self sabotage

• What defines a dream project to Sarah

• Learning what we could accomplish if we treated ourselves like we do our clients

Mentioned in this episode:

I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt by Madeleine Dore

I Just Like to Make Things: Learn the Secrets to Making Money while Staying Passionate about your Art and Craft by Lilla Rogers

Connect with Sarah

Www.sarahwalshmakesthings.com

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tigersheepfriends

www.instagram.com/sarahwalshmakesthings

Connect with Margo:

• Website: www.windowsillchats.com
• Instagram: @windowsillchats
• www.patreon.com/inthewindowsill
• https://www.yourtantaustudio.com/thefoundry

Margo Tantau is joined by artist, tax expert, and founder of Sunlight Tax, Hannah Cole, for a refreshingly human conversation about money, creativity, and her new book, Taxes for Humans: Simplify Your Taxes and Change the World When You're Self-Employed.

Hannah brings compassion, clarity, and humor to a topic many creatives carry shame, fear, or confusion around—and reframes taxes as something that can actually support creative, mission-driven work rather than stifle it.

Margo and Hannah discuss:

• Why creative work is economically vital and plays a real role in shaping culture
• How the tax system is designed for humans—not perfection—and includes room for forgiveness
• Simple, realistic systems that make taxes easier for self-employed creatives
• Tax incentives that actually exist to support artists and independent workers
• How money shame shows up for creatives, and why it's completely normal
• Why making mistakes with taxes doesn't mean you're "bad at money"
• How compassion and clarity can coexist with practical financial systems

Connect with Hannah:

• Book + Workbook: https://www.sunlighttax.com/book
• Website: https://www.sunlighttax.com
• Instagram / YouTube / LinkedIn: @sunlighttax

Connect with Margo:

• Website: www.windowsillchats.com
• Instagram: @windowsillchats
• www.patreon.com/inthewindowsill
• https://www.yourtantaustudio.com/thefoundry

Margo is joined by watercolor landscape artist and muralist Juliene Sinclair, a creative whose passion for color runs as deep as the mountains she paints in. Juliene is dedicated to helping painters finally understand color—why it behaves the way it does, how to mix it with intention, and how mastering it can completely transform artistic confidence. She believes that once you grasp how color truly works, your entire creative world opens up. Juliene lives in the mountains with her husband, son, and two cats, and when she's not painting, she's likely geeking out about color theory or hiking steep trails with bear spray in hand.

Together, they explore the emotional and technical layers of color, the courage it takes to follow your creative curiosity, and why making art—imperfect, vibrant, deeply human art—is essential to feeling whole.

Margo & Juliene Discuss:

• Juliene's winding path to watercolor and murals, and how she found her creative voice
• Why color feels intimidating for so many artists—and how to move from confusion to confidence
• The power of intentional mixing and creating palettes that feel authentic to you
• How limiting your palette can actually expand creativity and harmony
• The emotional side of color—self-doubt, breakthroughs, and trusting the process
• Creativity as essential human expression, not just a career path
• Painting with her young son, and what kids teach us about fearless creativity

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Connect with Juliene:

• Website: www.julienesinclair.com
• Instagram: @juliene.sinclair
• YouTube: @julienesinclair

Connect with Margo:

• Website: www.windowsillchats.com
• Instagram: @windowsillchats
• www.patreon.com/inthewindowsill
• https://www.yourtantaustudio.com/thefoundry