Unleash Your Inner Creative with Lauren LoGrasso (A Creativity Podcast)

In this special re-release, I’m sharing one of my absolute favorite conversations from the early days of Unleash Your Inner Creative…an episode so dear to me, it feels like a time capsule. You’ll even hear how my voice has changed, because I recorded this over six years ago, basically as a creative fetus. LOLz.

This powerful episode features the incredible visual artist, podcaster, and creative entrepreneur, Amanda Oleander. If ...

What if the life you really want isn’t lost—it’s just buried under expectations? Today’s guest is activist, author, and founder of Moms Demand Action, Shannon Watts. On the pod, she shares what it takes to reclaim your voice, reconnect with your purpose, and live a life lit by your own desire. We talk about identity, burnout, blowback, and what it means to start a fire at any age.

You’ll Learn: 

-How to reconnect with your true d...

Are you hyper-independent? Do you struggle to ask for help, but deep down yearn for community, creative partners, and support? In this solo episode, I’m sharing the (honestly hilarious and kind of painful) story of how I finally learned the power of collaboration--and why trying to do everything alone was costing me my creativity, my energy, and yes…some of my actual hair.

I’ll walk you through how to know when it’s time to bri...

Have you ever felt like giving up on your dream?  Like it’s taking too long, or like  maybe you missed your shot? Today’s guest is a Grammy-nominated hit songwriter and public speaker, Monty Criswell. He got his first big break at age 39, after more than a decade of rejection. He’s also a colon cancer survivor whose story is a masterclass in perseverance, purpose, and the power of the late bloomer.

If you're a creative, feeling ...

Do you ever take a break, but still feel anxious, guilty, or like you should be doing more? In this solo episode, I share a personal story about what happened when I tried to rest over Memorial Day weekend...and couldn’t stop mentally working. This experience led me to a major realization: I’ve learned how to take time off—but I haven’t learned how to actually rest.

If you’ve been pushing through exhaustion, struggling with prod...

Hello Creative Cutie! Today, in honor of our THREE Webby Wins, I am back with our third and last episode in a trip down unleash memory lane. This one is very special to me, because it's a coaching session.  I really came into myself as a coach during this episode and discovered how much I can trust myself and how my intuition is a big part of how I coach people. It's also a VERY important episode for anyone out there considering sh...

This week we continue to take a tour down memory lane with one of the best and most-listened to Unleash episodes of all time! It is with Sadie Blasucci--she shares her journey of making an extremely creative decision: leaving the religion that your parents and community have told you is the "right" one. For her, that was Mormonism. We need to use our creativity in ALL aspects of life, not just work. Questioning the script that has ...

Okay creative cutie, we did it again—Unleash just won our third Webby Award (!!), and it's all thanks to YOU. To celebrate, I’m resharing one of my absolute fave episodes with the wildly inspiring Chandrika Tandon. She didn’t pursue music until her 50s, and now, in her 70s, she’s officially a Grammy winner. She just won this year! Her story is living proof that your creative dream wants you back, no matter the timeline. Make sure t...

What does it mean to truly let go? How do you know when it’s time to move on, trust the journey, and step into a new chapter of your creative life? In this special episode, longtime Unleash producer, mentee, Emmy Award Winning journalist and dear friend, Rachel Fulton joins me to reflect on our three-year creative partnership as she graduates and moves into her new role as a TV reporter and anchor.

We talk about the beauty and ...

Is there an area of your creativity that feels draining, stuck, or even overwhelming right now even though you deeply love it? Maybe you started with passion and excitement, but lately, it's felt exhausting. You might even be questioning whether it’s worth continuing at all.

If so, you’re not alone. In this solo episode, I share the pivotal moment when I almost quit this very podcast…and the shifts I made that saved it (and me...

What happens when you challenge yourself to write 100 songs in one year? How can structure, within creativity, free you? In this episode, artist and longtime Unleash listener, Maria (aka her stage name, Monelise), shares how her year-long songwriting experiment helped her reconnect with her creative essence, release perfectionism, and merge her onstage persona with her true self.  From burnout to flow, this conversation is for any ...

Is there a part of your creative life you’ve put on ice? Maybe it got too painful, maybe life got too busy, maybe you felt like you failed or maybe you never even started…But when you think of your creativity and the fact that this piece isn’t in it, you know it’s not right. In this solo episode, I’m opening up about a powerful healing session that uncovered a deep creative wound, which helped me realize what had been missing from ...

Have you ever felt disconnected from your body—or grieved the version of it you used to know? I have. And in this episode of Unleash Your Inner Creative, I’m talking with disability advocate and author Jayne Mattingly about something we don’t hear enough about: body grief, and how it can quietly block our creativity and self-love.

Here’s what I’ve come to realize: when we lose trust in our bodies, we often lose connection to our...

Hi Creative. As you may have seen, last week was a very scary week for me. My Dad, who I am extremely close to, was in the ICU for a subdural hematoma. At some point, I will tell the full story, but for today, I am sharing just a little behind the scenes of what has been going on, as well as resharing one of my favorite episodes in honor of my Dad. Please keep him in your prayers and good thoughts for a full recovery. I appreciate ...

Are you feeling stuck, torn between two (or more) options, and unsure which path to take? Whether it’s a major life decision or something as simple as choosing what to eat for dinner, I’ve got you.

In today’s solo episode, I’m sharing my foolproof, go-to decision-making trick that has never led me astray. This simple yet powerful tool helps you tune into your body’s natural wisdom, so you can ditch overthinking, trust your intuition...

What if healing after trauma wasn’t just about survival—but about creativity, reclamation, and transformation? Today’s guest, Marlee Liss, is living proof that healing can look radically different than what we’ve been taught. After experiencing sexual violence, she was thrown into the justice system and quickly realized something: the traditional punitive approach wasn’t leading to healing—it was retraumatizing. So, she did somethi...

Hi, creative cutie, as you know, I've been very open and honest about my journey with codependency on the show: my struggles with it, my healing from it, my trying to understand it...In 2022, I was lucky enough to have Melody Beattie author of Codependent No More on the podcast.

A couple days ago, Melody's daughter Nichole Beattie posted on her socials sharing that her mother had passed away on February 27th at 10pm. So today, ...

BOO! I’m the ghost of your creative past, and I have one question for you: Do you have unfinished projects haunting you in creative purgatory? What if I told you they're the KEY to getting Unstuck?

Have you ever abandoned a creative project, only to forget it existed? What if your best idea is already sitting in your notes, voice memos, or sketchbook—unfinished, unseen, and full of potential?

In this episode, I take you insid...

What would you do if climate change threatened your home? That’s the reality I faced during the devastating California wildfires—an experience that changed my entire perspective on the climate crisis and our role in it. I realized that climate change isn’t just about the environment—it’s about our safety, our homes, our families, and our future. It’s a human issue. And while it can feel overwhelming, there are ways to fight back—an...