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Welcome to Season 4, episode 9.

Today's guest is Evan Kidd, a Director, Filmmaker and Writer.  He speaks about his new film Panda Bear It, how the importance of mental health impacts the movies he makes and the huge amount of work it takes to create a movie.

Evan is a thoughtful and kind guest whose love of both creativity and humanity is very apparent.

Enjoy!

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 8.

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 7.

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 5!

John Badger is an Audio Drama Producer and in this episode, he describes what it takes to produce audio dramas and where you can find them.  Hint, it takes a lot of work! Luckily, that work produces fun audio movies that you can listen to at your leisure.

Welcome!

Katie Barbaro is the special guest this episode. She not only wrote her book she also created the illustrations.  Her book, Fed Up, is about the unhealthy aspect of America's diet culture and she shares her own experiences along with her triumphs in a way that is full of wisdom and humor.

In this interview, Katie speaks candidly about her experience with an eating disorder and how she used therapy, comedy, writing and art to transmute the dark aspects of herself into her book - a product that educates and helps others.  

Welcome!

For all my painters out there, you wouldn't start a painting by dipping your brush into dirty water first.  Well, in a similar light, Chef Dr. Mike is here to remind us that what we put into our mouths shouldn't come from contaminated sources.  

Welcome to Episode 1 of Season 4.

Welcome to the last episode of Season 3.

Our guest is Haden Starbuck and she is a much needed in this world, Creativity Coach.  

In this interview she speaks about how she realized finding fun is one of the most important things for her and where being a creative fits into that.  She also goes over the many services she offers, plenty of freebies and a group as well.

This is from her website:

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 9 featuring Costanza Roeder.

Constanza speaks about how her positive experience on a children's oncology unit helped motivate her to start this organization for adults with cancer.  Yes, ADULTS.  

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 8!

Eric B has a podcast called: The Life X Of Eric, and it's about "giving you actionable tips each episode you can execute dailyl to improve your life, mindset, and acquire your goals..."

I was so grateful to have Eric as a guest because many people in creative fields share that they have difficulty making a  living from what they do. Eric gives examples of how he used creative thinking to make his resume look good, negotiate with interviews, and look at life from such a great attitude, no matter what it throws at you.  His tips can be beneficial for anyone at any age.

He's funny too!

Enjoy!

You can find Eric at:

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 7!

Meet Gaby Deimeke.  She is a portrait and lifestyle photographer who loves capturing the personalities of the people she photographs and she is always trying new things, such as gifs and video.  Gaby talks about how she went from photography student to photography business owner, despite the warning from some of her photography professors that making a profit from it wasn't possible.

Gaby has a great spirit and is super encouraging to all who have a passion and may be unsure of how to develop it.  Also, last but not least, Gaby is on a mission to capture BAD ASS WOMEN.  She has a completed exhibit in New York, and is working from Austin Texas.  She is looking for referrals, so if you know of any woman that deserves the title please go to Gaby's website and scroll to the bottom and contact her.

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 6!

Jenn Ashton, author and artist is the kind and talented guest today.  Her work has been published starting at the young age of 14!

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 5!

Elliot Evans is the honored guest today, and he is currently a Life Coach.  

Elliot has had a life long passion and love of music, however he studied finance.  

What made that happen?  How did that work out for him?  What wisdom does he have to pass on for creatives who struggle with feeling like their craft won't give them a lifestyle they want?

He tells all in this conversation, and let me tell you he has tried all as well...

Enjoy!

Today's guest is Rachel Kling, author of the book: My Walk on the Aikido Path - A Healing Journey of Self Discovery.

We discuss surviving and coping with mental illness and trauma, how natural interests in writing and dancing led Rachel to where she is today and how her creativity as a writer is helping spread the word of how Aikido can help clear one's mind and become more compassionate towards oneself and others.

Don't miss this testimony to human strength and resiliency!

Welcome to season 3 Episode 2!

Yiqing Zhao is an actor, writer, and creative life coach. She helps business people unlock creativity and help artists become their own bosses.

On this episode, she speaks about how she transitioned from a medical career path to acting, writing and being a creative life coach.

She speaks practically about taking leaps of faith in life as well as acknowledging that miracles DO happen.  

Yiqing gives tips on how not to be emotionally drained as an actor when acting and also when trying to earn a living. She discusses this and a lot more because SHE is so much more.

Welcome to Season 2, episode 9.  

D.B. Marshall, the author of international best-seller, Love's Pursuit: A Journey to Wellness, is the special guest.

He shares how being "po'" helped him use the resources he had in a creative manner for the first half of his life, and then how pain and sorrow were the catalysts to using his creativity to share the wisdom he gained through life's struggles.

Mr. Marshall is a formidable human being in that he learns from everything and doesn't let life's pitfalls stop him, in fact he uses them to grow and love even more.  Truly remarkable.

The link to his book is here:

Welcome to Season 2, episode 8!

Justin Connor speaks about why he made this movie and starred in it and directed in it and sang in it and...well you get the point.  He did ALL the things!

From what Justin says during our conversation, it may just be the most thorough form of therapy you can do on your own.  He put everything he had into telling a story that was about his life and the life of many musicians as well.  

Movie making, spirituality, mental health, pop music - it's all covered during this fascinating conversation.

Enjoy!

To find Justin Connor's work click below:

Welcome to Season 2, episode 7!

Daniel Hess is a film maker and has filmed over 5000 weddings!  

Welcome to episode 4, Claudia Goetzelmann is the special guest.

Claudia is a fashion, advertising and beauty photographer & art director and more!  

She also is trained as an end of life doula, and has a spiritual coaching business called Permission to Bloom, where she aims to "help women step into their full potential to live a purposeful life in the Here and Now."

You can find Claudia Goetzelmann's photography here: 

Joshua Marquez is a talented Filipino-American composer, sound artist and guitarist who has received death threats.

Why has he received death threats? The answer is something I'm still processing, although Mr. Marquez explains it thoroughly and transparently in this episode.

Unfortunately this is not the first guest who has spoken about their experience with racism. 

The amazing thing is, like previous guests, Joshua uses his art to bring awareness to this issue, and for cathartic purposes.  He uses creativity,  in one of it's most powerful and highest forms - as medicine for himself and as a sword of truth for the rest of us who may still be ignorant of the sheer depth of hatred there is in this world. And, almost miraculously, the way he expresses the complex emotions he has, is pure beauty.  That in itself is a major feat to accomplish.  The strength it takes to channel all of those powerful feelings and then translate it into a piece of music that adds to the world - I just can't say enough about.

In addition to diving into the depths of the underworld of composing, Joshua also explains his creative process, shares bits of wisdom his mentors gave to him and breaks down composing in a way that makes people feel like they too can start composing at any age.

His album, Violent Yellow can be found here:

Nina is CEO of Bay Area Children's Theatre which has won awards as well as toured nationally and internationally. She also is a person who understands the ins and outs of creativity, just look at her answers to the 4 questions I ask every guest:

1) What is creativity?

"Creativity is the magical combination of a spark of an idea and the discipline to go on the journey, including the struggles to allow that spark to become a beautiful flame."

2) What do you love about creativity?

"I love that creativity allows for discovery and failure simultaneously.  I love that creativity has no limits or bounds.  I love that creativity can make an entire world appear and disappear in the length of a breath.  But mostly, I love that creativity can be the ultimate conduit to connection."

3) What do you hate about creativity?

"It's hard.  There's no way that a creative process can ever happen without at least a few hours, a few days or a few months of staring at a wall, completely convinced that everything you are doing is terrible and that it will never work out."

4) Where is your creativity?

"My creativity lives in the shine of my daughter's eyes when she laughs at a story we are creating together.  It's in nature.  It's on the pages where I write.  It's on the stages where I direct.  It's everywhere I look, as long as I remember to open my eyes."

Her passion is creativity, stories and story-telling for children and adults alike and that definitely is apparent throughout this episode. She talks about the power of dyslexia, and how it shaped her mind and also gives 5 excellent tips on how to bring creativity into parenting, so keep an ear out for them.  

You can find Nina Meehan at:

Welcome to season 2!

Please look at this link before listening to the episode, we discuss the video and it is gorgeous: 

Fen Alankus opens up about how it was and is to live life as a sensitive, queer and empathic person who believes in magic.  She shares how her creative voice was always there trying to help out but how it's not always so simple to just listen and follow it.

This episode also includes viewpoints on how different types of schooling can make a creative person hide or thrive. 

Matthew Temple is a writer, director, film maker, podcaster, has been in a band...he knows how to knit!  

You name a creative activity he most likely has some experience with it.  In this episode, he tells us about the creative process involved in these jobs and he shares a wonderful new project he and his life partner have produced called: The Lovers Journal - a great workbook for couples.

Enjoy!

Please find the Lovers Journal Information along with Matthew's contact information and his movie (Hardball: The Girls of Summer) links below: