Ep 107: Quiet Creatives: Showing Up Authentically on Instagram with Ilona Glastonbury

In this gentle, honest, deeply encouraging conversation, Anna talks with Ilona Glastonbury, Instagram strategist, chronic illness survivor, and founder of the Quiet Creatives Academy — a space for sensitive and introverted creatives who want to grow on Instagram without burning out or becoming someone they’re not.

Ilona’s journey from potter to disabled creative to Instagram coach is rooted in lived experience: learning how to find visibility that honors her health, her energy, and her nervous system. Now she helps other Quiet Creatives do the same — creating simple, sustainable strategies for showing up online with integrity and ease.

In this episode, we explore:

• What a “Quiet Creative” actually is
• The unique challenges Quiet Creatives face on Instagram (and why typical marketing advice doesn’t work for them)
• Ilona’s personal experience with fear of visibility — and the practices that help her move through it
• Why authenticity performs better than performative content
• Why quiet voices are needed more than ever in online spaces
• How Ilona helps clients grow their reach and sell their work without betraying who they are
• What lights her up most when supporting her clients and groups
• How to build a relationship with Instagram that’s sustainable for sensitive, introverted, or chronically ill creatives

This episode is like a cup of tea and a permission slip — especially if you’ve ever wondered whether you can grow online without losing yourself.

 

Connect with Ilona

• Instagram: @quietcreativesacademy / @ottimade
• Free resources for Anna’s audience: https://www.thequietcreativesacademy.com/annah

 

Connect with Anna

Seen & SafeA supportive, intimate group for sensitive creatives, practitioners, and entrepreneurs who want to reconnect with themselves, work with fear instead of against it, and return to flow again and again.

• Enrollment open now through January 26
  👉 https://www.annaholtzman.com/seenandsafe

Free Workshop — Let Yourself Be SeenCurious about the work before committing? Join Anna for a replay of her free workshop where you’ll get a taste of the tools shared in Seen & Safe, including a gentle introduction to the Melt-Through Method.
👉 https://www.annaholtzman.com/beseen

Questions?
Sent me an email anna@annaholtzman.com