We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Megan Wolf a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Megan, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

Being creative has always been a part of me. From me insisting on wearing exclusively yellow and purple socks as a child, to trying to sew my own pair of shorts after one single home economics class in middle school, to decorating cardboard boxes in college, I knew in my heart I’d be doing something creative for the rest of my life. I actually thought I’d be in the fashion industry for the longest time, I even went to school for Fashion Merchandising, so essentially learning all the behind-the-scenes of what goes into building a brand and a store. I had a minor in Marketing, mostly so I could pursue a career in the digital advertising world, which is what I do full-time currently.

But the more I learned about the fashion industry, the more I realized it just wasn’t for me. Then, in 2018 while I was dating my boyfriend (now husband) at the time, I wrote some random note on his whiteboard one day, couldn’t even tell you what it said. I remember writing it really carefully too, paying attention to how I was creating each line for each letter. He said my handwriting was really good, and recommended I try calligraphy. And that moment really sparked something in me. Someone was encouraging creativity in my life, in a new way. That moment of feeling like, “Wow, someone is encouraging me to use this gift I have” was the best feeling ever.

Shortly after, I started modern calligraphy as a hobby and absolutely LOVED it. I was obsessed, hand-lettering on everything I could. Making DIY cards and notes for friends then turned into making things like wooden signs and canvases and creating digital art.

And throughout this whole discovery, I realized how truly healing art can be. Art is so personal, and so nourishing to the soul. It awakens something in you that you may never discover otherwise. And so if you know me, or ask any of my friends and family, then you know that when I love something I want the whole world to know about it. I’m singing its praises night and day. That’s what led me to get my certification as a therapeutic arts facilitator. To say I’m “multi-passionate” is an understatement.

Megan, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

Of course! I’m an artist and a therapeutic arts facilitator. I run my business Clover Corner Co as a side hobby for now, and maybe one day it will be full time. And I have to say, if I didn’t have people in my life to encourage my own creativity, I wouldn’t be where I am right now. I owe a lot of gratitude to my family and friends.

What really lights me up is seeing how the session prompts cover such a wide range of emotions in just one-hour session. It’s incredible to see how refreshed the person feels afterwards. And the best part is, they don’t have to keep their artwork. The art we create in these sessions don’t ever need to be kept. Sometimes I’ll encourage clients to keep it for a little while, but other times I’ll tell them to rip it up and throw it away.

A quick story on the “why” behind my business name. The red clover increases soil fertility, helping plants grow. But it also was historically used if you had asthma, a cough, menopause symptoms, or even certain types of cancer. And after discovering this, it hit me — I want my brand to tell a story of healing and hope. That is what I want to convey at the core of my business.

What sets me apart from other businesses like mine is that I do the art exercise with you, every time. I strongly believe that it lessens the tension and pressure on the client when I am participating in the activity with them. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say something along the lines of “It really helped that you were doing the prompt with me.”

Another thing that makes me stand out is that I am an artist, and I understand how easy it can be to feel burned out. Being a multi-passionate entrepreneur means I get to explore a ton of different avenues of creativity. It also means I have a tendency to overcommit and therefore burn myself out. Through that, I’ve been able to recognize the signs of burnout a lot easier and I have developed ways to recover from burnout.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

Art has been so healing and therapeutic for me, and I’ve loved being able to share that with others. A lot of people, if you asked them, would say they don’t consider themselves to be creative. What I think is that they just haven’t unlocked that part of their brain in a long time. Most of the time, people don’t pick up their paintbrush after setting it down in early childhood. Maybe the decided they no longer have time for it, or maybe they got discouraged because they weren’t perfect at their craft. I get to spark that creativity in them again through my 1:1 therapeutic art sessions as well as my online therapeutic art community, Clover Buds. Everyone is creative at their core, and I help draw their creativity out so they can fully appreciate this beautiful part of them.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

I had to unlearn the idea that people don’t want to hear about your personal life when you run a business. It’s actually quite the opposite! It gives people the ability to connect with you in a way they wouldn’t have normally. Even if they don’t end up being a client or purchasing any of your products, having that personal connection with you as the business owner is something that leaves a lasting impression on them.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://clovercornerco.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clovercornerco/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@clovercornerco
• TikTok: @clovercornerco
• Pinterest: @clovercornerco (spoiler alert – all the same everywhere so far!)

Image Credits
Billy Rae from BRIM Design