Hospitality as a Creative Calling

About this episode

The episode explores hospitality as a creative practice and form of survival through a conversation with guest Adrienne Garrison.

Today we're joined by Adrienne Garrison, a writer, educator, and podcaster, whose life and work explore hospitality as both a creative practice and a form of survival. From a years-long holiday cookie swap that followed her across states, to designing meaningful learning experiences for her children, to podcasting as an act of deep listening, Adrienne invites us to consider what it means to host others with intention. We talk about loneliness, belonging, and the fierce hope that generosity might lead to connection, and how these experiences shape the stories we tell. Whether you love throwing dinner parties or crafting sentences, this conversation reframes hospitality as a brave and deeply creative act. This show is brought to you ad-free by our generous Substack community. If you'd like to support the work we do for as little as $3/month, head to coffeeandcrumbs.substack.com to join us (and get bonus episodes!). For show notes, go to coffeeandcrumbs.net/podcast . While Adrienne is organizing podcasts and cookie swaps, we're over here trying to get our act together; listen to this bonus episode to see what's working and what's not: Organize My Life, Please . For more…

People in this episode

Hosts: Katie Blackburn, Ashlee Gadd

Guest: Adrienne Garrison

Topics covered

• hospitality
• creativity
• connection
• generosity
• motherhood

Keywords

• hospitality
• creativity
• connection
• motherhood
• generosity
• podcasting
• loneliness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coffee + Crumbs, Substack

Books & works: You're In Good Company, I Will Wait, Exhale Creativity, Hidden Figures, Worlds Within

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