It's All Creative - Creative Life, Creative Career, Creative Balance

This episode features a discussion I had with Tania Ho, owner of Museflower Retreat and Spa in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Tania talks about how she started her business, named one of Thailand's Top 10 Yoga and Wellness Retreats in 2016. We also talk about the variety of modalities she offers, how they work, and how they can support your search for peace, help reduce stress, and put you on a path for continuing your rituals and practices...

Today's episode features my recent conversation with Flytimeless, a motivational entertainer building an exciting and innovative project that features motivational concerts in San Diego and southern CA. His company also offers professional development events that help people discover their "masterpiece" inside and build the skills needed for success. As you'll hear, Flytimeless has plans to take his movement beyond San Diego, going...

Do you feel stuck in life? Are you an empty-nester or someone who has reached a point in life where maybe you're realizing life isn't what you'd hoped, and you wish there was some way to make a change? In today's episode, Jennifer Arthurton and I discuss exactly that. How to take that pause, and listen to your inner voice. How to take that tiny seed of a dream, and give it some air, out in the world, where you can make things happe...

Jacqui A. Johnson started life in Ghana, where she followed her grandmother's and mother's paths, by becoming a fashion designer at just 19. Relying on word of mouth for advertising, her business was quite successful, and by the time she was 29, she had 14 full-time employees and a backlog of orders that would take 7 months to complete! She moved to London and started her family, and continued in the design business, providing even...

Maggie Mills is a ghostwriter who talks about the writing process, how readers' minds work, how non-fiction is researched and written, how to overcome writing blocks, and how to get your story out there into the world. She confirms that, much unlike what some people say, it doesn't have to cost thousands. Have you ever found yourself reading a book, or listening to a story and thinking, "I could have written that! Mayb...

According to her media package, Laura Bray is a creative non-fiction writer who focuses on her memories and the challenges many GenX women face as they enter their 50s and beyond. But in our discussion today, you'll find that there is much more to Laura.

Laura is a non-fiction creative writer who finds herself at the end of that fiction cliff, with some great stories in mind, including one that features a sturgeon who frequent...

Today's episode features Laura Westman, an executive/leadership coach with a different take on building connections, who also considers play and fantasy as pillars for true creative leadership. And that leadership style supports team, passion, and cohesion in a workforce. OK, OK, are you asking yourself, "What does that mean?"

Laura Westman brings her unique approach to coaching today's creative business leader...

Today's episode is a discussion with Mary Moses, the daughter of a previous guest, motivational speaker Sarah Moses. Mary is entering her senior year in high school, works as editor-in-chief of her school newspaper, and has just completed 10 episodes of her YouTube Series, Life Stories of Santa Barbara, in which she interviews residents of an assisted living facility, Wood Glen Hall. As you'll hear, Mary feels asking questi...

Today's episode features someone who is an author, a poet, a soon-to-be one-woman show coordinator, a survivor, a mother, and a library fan.

DeLisa Seals has weathered life's storms and believes that we all have our storms to survive. With her collection of poetry, Clearing the Room, she has taken that first step beyond the stories of the past, to create a new life, and a more positive outlook on possibilities.

DeLisa sur...

Today's episode features Danielle M. Orsino, author of the "Birth of the Fae" series of novels. If you're a fan of the fantasy genre, you may be familiar with Danielle, and looking forward to her second volume of stories, which draw on more of a contemporary theme. She's currently getting ready to relaunch her first volume, rewritten, re-edited, and perhaps a bit closer to her original ideas.

She admits that ...

Today's episode is a bit different. Rather than featuring a guest who shares their creative passion, community, or skills, I'm featuring a conversation with Kimmie Nowak. Someone who has experienced some serious challenges in her life, but who has recently discovered the creativity of finding her voice, taking on challenges that pushed her outside of her comfort zone, and found a new approach and vision of what her life can...

Do you celebrate Pride? Is it something you feel is inappropriate, or something you try to avoid? Or do you feel it belongs to all and why should there be a separate day/month/event to honor it? In today's episode I talk about two TV shows I've been watching that are featured on HBO and Paramount+ in honor of Pride month. They may be available all year round, but they were definitely featured when I was looking for somethin...

Crazy to think that It's All Creative hit it's first birthday on June 2nd, and with today's episode (a much pared down version of what I'd hoped to create) I am launching my 100th episode. This is a milestone for podcasts, since only 4% of podcast series reach that number. I wanted to thank my guests, my listeners, talk about some of the types of episodes I've done, what I'll be doing in July, and where I ho...

In today's episode, I reflect on the creative community, and how we benefit from offering our skills, life experience, and ideas as a way both to receive benefits, but also to help our chosen community grow, and how our input can energize someone else's creative life. From someone wishing they could "do" something creative, but don't know where to start, to someone reaching burnout, to someone who has no other...

PLEASE NOTE: This episode does include conversations about suicide. While this is not the focus of the discussion, this is a spoiler to alert any who may be triggered by this topic.

Today's guest, Sara Moses, had a life and career path similar to many. She went to college, and started a career in public relations and sales, but quickly realized that the 9 - 5 grind, was not for her. She wanted something that fed her entrepreneu...

Today's meanderings is related to a question I got on a podcast where I was a guest and was asked about my podcast. It spurred my thinking towards the whole idea of creativity and the arts having nothing to do with science, technology, etc. I have friends who say, "oh, I'm not into that fluffy stuff. I'm more a numbers person, or I like technology better." Or as my cousin Joann used to say, "none of that ...

Are you a 9 - 5 worker feeling overwhelmed with your job and the life you feel stuck with?

Are you someone looking to start a business or a busy entrepreneur wishing you could take a break from the craziness, regroup, and perhaps discover a new life for yourself and those you love?

How does an escape to the northeast corner of TN, with plenty of fresh air, wildlife, and a comfy place to lay your head sound? Maybe you've alwa...

In today's episode I talk about the importance of time, and giving yourself time to do all that needs to be done. Believe it or not, time to daydream, time to just sit and think, time to get outside and connect with nature... those are important, too.

For me, chapter 7, Geography is No Longer Our Master, from the book Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon was an important one. It talked about finding and/or creating your own wo...

In today's episode, I speak with a fellow Do The Thing community member, Jean Green. Jean is the host of the "Your Life After 50" Podcast. We spend time talking about Jean's life... how she got to where she is, and where she hopes to continue. Our discussion starts with Jean as a young woman signing up for military life to pay for college. There she met her husband, and soon after had her three children. Jean is a...