Creative & Not Broke is a faith-rooted platform by Christia and Kenny DeShields designed to help creatives overcome the starving artist mindset and build sustainable income with their gifts.
This is where artists, authors, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate creatives learn how to honor their creativity while creating financial stability. Through honest conversations, practical resources, and mindset-shifting tools, we help creatives break free from limiting beliefs and step into purpose, provision, and confidence.
Creative & Not Broke exists to support creatives who want to build meaningful work, develop healthy money habits, and pursue abundance without guilt. If you are ready to create with intention and build income without abandoning your values, you are in the right place.
What If God Wants to Use Your “Ugly Art”?
I had the thought the other day while on a run.What if God wants to use your ugly art? Not the polished version.Not the cleaned-up testimony.Not the carefully curated narrative. But the real one. When I look at Scripture, and when I look at my own life, there is precedent for this. God consistently takes…
Feeling Stuck? Here’s 5 Ways to Use What’s in Your Hand
What if what the thing that you are waiting on is actually waiting on you? We often delay action waiting for more clarity or confidence. Most of the time, what we really need is courage.
Fear kept me from using ideas that were already in my hands. In business and calling, the question isn’t “Do…
Creative & Not Broke
For as long as many of us can remember, the creative world has preached a single narrative: If you’re an artist, you’re going to struggle.Struggle financially.Struggle emotionally.Struggle to feel legitimate.Struggle to feel supported. But on Episode 1 of Creative & Not Broke, Kenny and I sat down to confront this lie head-on — because “broke”…
Christia DeShields 