Abby Anderson joins The Write Brain podcast for a raw, honest conversation about creativity, anxiety, control, and what it really means to be gifted.

In this episode, Abby opens up about:

Growing up feeling “too sensitive”

Why creative people struggle with anxiety and self-doubt

The neuroscience behind right-brain dominance

How control and perfectionism can turn into coping behaviors

Her experience navigating the music industry at 19

Why artists often crash emotionally after shows

Turning pain into purpose through songwriting

Learning that nothing was “wrong” with her — her brain just works differently

This episode blends real-life vulnerability with brain science, offering language and understanding for creatives who’ve always felt deeply but never knew why.

If you’re an artist, songwriter, or someone who’s ever thought “why am I like this?” — this conversation will make you feel seen.

Memory isn’t what most people think it is.

In this episode of The Write Brain podcast, Ellis and her dad dive into how memory actually works — and why so many creative, right-brained people feel like they “don’t remember anything.”

We talk about:

The difference between right brain and left brain memory

Why some people remember feelings but not details

How trauma and stress affect memory

Why forgetting can actually be a strength

The connection between creativity, anxiety, and memory loss

Why most people who think they’re “losing their memory” actually aren’t

How memory relates to identity, learning disabilities, and ADHD

Practical ways to improve memory and protect your brain long-term

If you’ve ever felt embarrassed because you can’t remember names, dates, or events — but you can remember emotions, songs, or moments — this episode is for you.

In this episode of The Write Brain podcast, we sit down with Stephen Astephen, founder of The Familie, a sports and music management agency, to talk about right brain entrepreneurship, dyslexia, insecurity, and vision.

Steve shares his story — struggling in school, growing up with instability, never graduating high school, and being labeled “bad at academics” — and how those same traits became the foundation for building multiple groundbreaking businesses.

This conversation explores:

• Why so many entrepreneurs are right-brain dominant
• Dyslexia, attention issues, and struggling in traditional school systems
• How insecurity and anxiety can become fuel instead of failure
• Seeing a vision before it exists — and building it anyway
• Manifestation as identity, not wishful thinking
• Leadership, empathy, and managing creatives, athletes, and artists
• Mental health, depression, and the emotional weight of responsibility

Steve opens up about building the first snowboard shop of its kind, becoming the first agent in action sports, helping build one of the largest sports agencies in the world, and why he ultimately chose to relaunch The Family on his own terms.

This is a raw, honest conversation about work ethic, vision, failure, mental health, and what it really means to be right-brain wired in a world built for left-brain systems.

If you’ve ever felt like you didn’t fit in school, didn’t think the traditional path was for you, or knew you were meant to build something different — this episode is for you.