The Centered Creator
Stories from inside a creative life — the messy middle, the pivots, the parts that don't make the highlight reel. For anyone living a life that doesn't fit neatly in a box. Hosted by Stephanie Arapian — actor, writer, filmmaker, entrepreneur and former bartender. Still figuring it out.
The Centered Creator
Latest Episodes
Try To Do It Badly
Stephanie gets a tarot reading. One of the invitations that comes up: go buy some paint and a canvas and see what happens.She's never really been drawn to painting. But she goes to the art supply store, grabs the cheapest smallest canvas...
The Apartment With No Floors
Stephanie is standing outside her old apartment building in Hamburg. It's snowing. The Alster has frozen over. She can see the picture window of her old living room from the street.She doesn't go in. It's not her space anymore. But she w...
Congratulations, LOA Not Approved
Stephanie is on set in New York, playing a prosecutor, phone hidden under a pile of fake files, waiting between takes to find out if HR approved her leave of absence.They did not.What follows is a masterclass in in-between-takes c...
Can You Do This?
Stephanie flies home from Prague with no job, no money, and no plan. The next morning, there's an email: job offer, China, one year.She's pretty gung-ho. Her parents are restrained. And then her dad pulls her aside - which he didn't do v...
Drop Kicked Into the Deep End
Stephanie lands in China on a Tuesday. By Thursday she's standing in front of five classes at a public school, making it up as she goes, with no Chinese and a stack of Xerox copies. Friday she's at a completely different school with air conditi...
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