The Get Kraken Lab
We explore all aspects of creativity. The premise is that a creative kraken resides in all of us. AND it is only when we learn to release it and express ourselves in the world that we can lead rich and fulfilled lives.We alternate between examining neuro physiology, the creative process, and picking successful creatives brains and lives.
Episodes
In this episode we have a conversation with Veronica Safoa Ozuwu.
We talk about Ghana, golden nuggets, finding your inner gifts, and impacting the world simply by being an unabashed, unapologetic version of yourself.
And of course we talk about dancing, singing, music, joy.
Veronica is a mother, coach, philanthropist, and just an overall badass human.
Come listen, come learn, and be inspired.
What does "independence" mean to you?
It is no coincidence that this episode drop on Independence Day in the U.S.
To me, ANY day of the year can be your independence day.
When you recognize your innate talents, embrace them, develop them, and leverage them to create your dream life you will experience the ultimate independence.
We all get caught up in circumstances but when you set you ...
Is your life balanced?
Do you want it to be?
Are you in touch with your creative soul?
Come listen to our conversation with Archie Roundtree Jr. and see how you can strive for balance in your life and leverage your creative side to live a rich and fulfilled life.
I double dog dare you to listen.
Welcome to the last episode of Season 2!
Do you want to learn more about releasing YOUR creati...
In this me, myself, and I episode I talk about structural tension.
The universe moves toward releasing tension. When we can leverage this foundational principle we can create great things in our life.
Robert Fritz, author of The Path of Least Resistance, Creativity, and other books has taught thousands of people in all walks of life about this concept.
I take his concepts and integrate with my theory of ...
In this episode we have a conversation with Sparkly Lindsay, a transformation recovery coach.
We talk about the shame, blame, and guilt game many of us play with ourselves, friends, family, and life in general. This is a zero sum game and only when we release ourselves from the chains of this destructive cycle, embrace our creative energy, be completely present with our emotions, thoughts, and others can transform our liv...
I've always said that we do not live our lives in a vacuum.
That is, for every successful person there is a community around them that helped them get to where they are today.
In this episode we talk with Dr. Tonia Phanor about knowing your purpose, getting excited about it and then communicating from that space.
When you do this you are very powerful and can create whatever you want in your life.
Me, myself, and I unpack the lofty topics of:
- faith with respect to science and religion;
- the Two Slit Experiment;
- the Law Of Attraction
... all leading to you releasing your creative kraken in order to:
Create a rich and fulfilled life for yourself...
AND...
A better world for everyone!
Give us a listen you won't be disappointed.
Do you want to learn...
To game or not to game.
That is the question.
Whether we spend our our life IRL or we spend our life online...
Regardless, we all need to stay centered.
Bently is a creative who has tech, musical, and gaming chops.
He plays his instruments for fun and build community.
He designs games because it his passion.
And he uses his tech skills to help others.
We speak ...
What a creative lawyer?
Is that allowed?
It's is not only allowed but required.
For those not completely familiar with all things lawyerin' in the States or Canada much is founded on case law.
With case law and most court proceedings it's all about making connections between the original statutes, historical decisions (precedence and case law), and forming an argument for the curre...
Ever wonder what the price is for not releasing your creative kraken?
Most people view "price" as a bad thing.
It is not; it is simply a statement of the value ($s, power, attention, fame, <insert desired attribute here>) you can accrue based on actions you take.
This show is all about informing your actions by releasing your creative kraken, embracing your passions and dreams, and leverag...
This week we discuss living within our passions, our purpose with Devin James Stinson. He went from being an auditor/accountant to a marketing role.
He is continually learning how to synthesize emotions into advertising.
He took his attention to detail as an accountant and applies them to his new role in marketing in order hone his craft to tell Brand Stories for his company's clients.
We had fun so...
Sri Mahabir is my guest on this episode.
She has built a business around short form videos and live blogs on Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and elsewhere.
She does for herself and she helps her clients get their vision clear and determine how video and live shows can help them.
Other than that she is a mom, a friend, and a general force to be reckoned with.
Come her drop some wisdom around how to u...
Season 1 is over.
Thank you all for downloading those episodes.
This season we will focus on using the release of your creative kraken to live a rich and fulfilled life.
I will use the first episode of each season to focus the follow three months of interviews. Learn that failure is a reality of life and that success is not the absence of failure but our choice and act to move on from failure.
...
Zoe Weston is a woman of many talents.
She is healer who specializes on women in their child bearing years with postpartum recovery.
She works with people to organize their space for both health (energy and spiritual) as well as flow (conducive to what you will use and do in that space).
She also leads a book club which starts in April so look for that.
You can see all of her wares at zoeweston...
In this episode we discuss the topic of flow in more depth than in other episodes.
My guest is Tannasia Gonzalez (aka T) a friend, an inspiration, and a force to reckoned with.
Every time I speak with T she always up to something new (while maintaining the drive behind her previous efforts). Her main focus is leveraging small data to improve the healthcare administration space.
However, she also a writer...
In this episode we speak with my friend and supporter Wayne Gabriel. You never know what's going to happen when you start a conversation with him (AND I was not disappointed here).
Wayne has played pro hockey, been a bass player in many rock bands, and then found his way into the world of information technology and program management.
He is a father of 4 and supporter of many.
We look back at the pa...
Episode 8 was very impactful for me.
Zineb Layachi is one of the most fun and inspirational humans I have ever had the pleasure in meeting.
I was so engaged in this conversation that I failed to notice some kinks the audio quality. After much contemplation I have decided to release the episode as is (rather than rerecord of "fix in post" <== Technically, I fixed in post as much as possible).
In episode 7 I had the pleasure of speaking with Travis Lachner.
Some of you may know him from his MySpace musician days (just kidding; although he is a good song writer) but more of you know him as the leader of his company Beast Node and the community for creatives Beast Club.
We explore his life experience with the creative process from hockey to music to marketing to producing to... Who knows what's next...
It is my hope that the listener identify and be inspired by each and every guest on The Get Kraken Lab podcast. In this episode we have a conversation with Jack W. Gregory a man who went through a little (or a lot depending on your perspective) hell to get to heaven.
He speaks of his struggles with dyslexia, abuse, addiction, crime, and health throughout his life to discover his passion to protect others who are going thr...
As we continue our journey to help everyone their Creative Kraken we discuss all things creative with Charlie Powers.
Charlie works with animation, gaming, painting and other artistic endeavors.
He and our partnering on an animation/music project that should hit airwaves by end of March. Come listen to his journey through the creative process finding unique ways to express himself through his art, his game design...
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