Episode 163: Playing Small Isn't Humility, It's Fear In A Costume

Honest Art Podcast with Jodie King · Aug 25, 2026 · 1m

You've sold your work. You might even have a waitlist. So why do you still talk about your art like it's a hobby you squeeze in around your real life? That's not humility. That's fear, dressed up in a really convincing costume. In this episode, Jodie names the three lies keeping artists small, even ones who are already selling: that success will cost you the joy, that visible ambition means public failure, and that claiming this life means giving up who you already are. She shares stories from her own life and from artists inside Studio Elite who faced these exact fears and moved through them…