Artists for Joy

Merideth Hite Estevez

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Booking Overview

Artists for Joy explores creativity as a spiritual practice—helping listeners rediscover healing, joy, and meaning through making. Guests (and related voices) share how art connects to the divine, self-knowledge, and courage in real life.

Metrics

Episodes: 270

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 18.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Merideth Hite Estevez - Juilliard-trained oboist, author, and coach who helps self-proclaimed artists and the creatively curious discover or recover joy in making, framing creativity as a spiritual practice that connects ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Public-facing creative professionals (e.g., authors, editors/book coaches, actors/musical theatre performers) who can speak credibly about art-making as a spiritual practice and about lived experience of creative healing or personal transformation through creativity.
Required Achievements:  
Published writing or books (authors, editors, book coaches), Professional performance credentials (e.g., major theatre roles), Recognizable creative works referenced as 'thin places' (books/poetry/poems/arts)

Recent Guest Discussions

Mara Eller - Spiritual Dimensions Of Writing; Self-reflection And Creative Partnership; Editing As Trust; Spaciousness In The Creative Process; Writing Uncovering The 'true Self'; Poetry As 'thin Places'.

Jennafer Newberry Peery - Art As A Spiritual Practice; Tenderness In A Performance-heavy Life; Courage And Justice Through Changing Our Minds; Thin Places In Everyday Life (film/poetry/theater/sunsets); Motherhood And Eight-show Weeks.

Recent Topics

Spirituality, Art, Writing, Performance, Healing

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Artists for Joy
:

270: Through Art's Open Door: Mara Eller

June 19, 2026

Writer, editor, book coach, and podcast host Mara Eller joins me to explore the spiritual dimensions of writing, self-reflection, and creative partnership.  As the developmental editor who walked alongside me through the drafting of Art Is How God Loves Us, Mara offers a unique perspective on the ways creativity can become a gateway to deeper self-knowledge, connection, and encounter with the divine. We discuss the trust between writer and editor, the importance of spaciousness in the creativ...

269: Through Art's Open Door: Jennafer Newberry Peery

June 12, 2026

In the first installment of Through Art's Open Door,  I chatted with Broadway actress Jennafer Newberry Peery, who plays Glinda in Wicked on Broadway.  Jennafer shares what it's really like to perform in one of the most beloved musicals in the world while balancing family life, motherhood, and the demands of eight-show weeks. We explore art as a spiritual practice, the courage it takes to remain tender in a world that rewards efficiency, and why changing our minds may be one of the bravest ac...

Fear to focus

June 05, 2026

In this episode, I share a personal look at the "gremlins of self-doubt" that arrive during a book launch. Inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic, let's discusses how to treat fear as a passenger rather than the driver, using a "Fear to Focus" framework to turn anxieties into actionable truths. Links: Joyster Monthly Meetup: Friday, June 12th. Topic: "Courage to share your work without losing your joy." Free for Joysters or $5 for a one-time pass. Book Tour: Stops include NYC, South C...

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