Are you tired of grinding away, feeling burnt out, and wondering why success still feels so far away? What if the key to abundance wasn’t in doing more but in doing less—and shifting your mindset instead?

On today’s episode, I sit down with abundance coach, Petia Kolibova to uncover the secrets to manifest abundance, heal your money story, and break free from the grip of hustle culture. Petia shares her transformative journey from overworking and burnout to creating a life of freedom, joy, and financial success and how you can do the same! 

From this episode, you’ll learn:

-How to find, connect with and manifest your inner vision

-How to uncover and rewrite your money story and build a relationship with money for lasting abundance

-Why chasing clients, money, or opportunities is holding you back—and how to start attracting them instead

-Practical tips to embrace ease and step into alignment with your truest self

If you’ve been craving a life where success and fulfillment coexist, this conversation will inspire and empower you to take the first step toward soulful success. Let’s ditch the hustle, heal our relationship with money, and create a life of unapologetic abundance—together.

Follow Petia at @PetiaKolibova and visit her website,PetiaKolibova.com.

Stream “Genie in a Bottle” here: ffm.to/genieinabottlecover 

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Do you ever feel like there’s no time left for your creative passions? Or maybe you dream of a big, bold goal but aren’t sure how to make it happen? If so, this episode is for you! In today’s Minisode, I’m sharing the power of small, consistent actions and how they can help you move closer to your dreams than you ever thought possible. Inspired by my latest obsession—belly dancing!—I dive into how breaking down your goals into manageable steps can help you show up every day, build momentum, and make real progress. 🌈

✨ From this episode, you’ll learn:

-Why starting small can lead to huge results

-How to schedule mini creative sessions that actually stick

-Tips for staying consistent, even with a busy schedule

-A simple way to find more time for your passion and avoid burnout

Stream Genie in a Bottle here: ffm.to/genieinabottlecover

Remember: even the tiniest steps can lead to giant leaps. Tune in, and let’s get one step closer to those creative dreams together! 🎧

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Have you ever found yourself pouring your heart, soul, and wallet into your creative work, only to feel drained, frustrated, and stuck in a cycle of financial strain? What if I told you that the secret to creating freely and sustainably lies not in your bank account, but in shifting your mindset? Today, we're diving into how to Create Like a Rich Person and why adopting the strategies of wealthy and mainstream creators can help you fund your dreams without breaking the bank or your heart!

From This Episode You’ll Learn:

• The key mindset shift that allows wealthy creators to fund their projects

• Proven funding strategies every indie creator should know

• How to secure sponsors, grants, and investors without spending your own money

• The importance of thinking outside the box to sustain your creative journey

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Today I’m taking you inside a coaching session with Caroline Stokes. Caroline is a comedian, dancer, visual artist, musician, and self-expression expert who has who has been lighting up the internet with her hilarious content for years now…Building an organic audience of 111k followers on TikTok and almost 20 thousand people on Instagram. This is actually Caroline’s third time being on Unleash! I was quite honored that she, someone who I see as a fully unleashed person, wanted to be coached. It’s a reminder that everyone needs someone to see, guide and believe in them--that often times, that’s how they got there in the first place, and that’s how they continue to grow. This coaching session helped Caroline figure out a part of her creativity she didn’t even know she desired so deeply. It also was illuminating for me, as I discovered a whole new way to guide fellow multi-passionates (and honestly, myself) on how to allocate our time and creative energy. It was honestly pretty revolutionary.

From today's episode, you'll learn: 

• Why everyone needs a coach
• How to honor your authentic self -even if it’s uncomfortable
• Why joy is enough
• How to discover the creative life you’ve been afraid to let yourself want
• The magic of admitting your creative dream to yourself
• The power of being an introvert 
• The importance of saying what you want out Loud
• What parts make up your creative whole & how to balance them 
• How to introduce new endeavors to your audience
• Why self-expansion is contagious 
• Why when you unleash your inner creative, you’re really unleashing your truest self
• Why I believe in the art of being bad at something
• How to run a relay race with yourself 
• AND MORE!

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Make sure to visit Caroline’s TikTok and Instagram: @imcarolinestokes

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Hi Creative Cutie! Today’s guest is Olivia Christian. She’s an entrepreneur, coach, sports expert/host and author, best known for her work on NPR, ESPN radio, and her acclaimed workshop  “Own Your Story”,  which helps participants find their personal brand story…Through her workshop she’s partnered companies such as LinkedIN, Facebook, indeed, Microsoft and MANY more!I actually met Olivia when I was producing Girlboss Radio--We met literally RIGHT before the lockdown in march 2020! Wild. Back then I was struck by her warmth, authenticity, bubbly personality and kindness. I also love that her life mission has everything to do with figuring out who you are and how to communicate that to the world.

From today’s chat you’ll learn: 

• How to create a personal brand story
• Why repetition is KEY 
• How to share a new passion with your audience
• How to stop yourself from falling into a comparison trap
• How to deal with the distance between where you are with your dreams and where you want to go  
• And why if you love it, you should always keep going!

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Hi Creative Cutie! Do you ever ever wake up and find your thoughts are already spinning in a VERY unpleasant way? Then, you go straight from your intrusive thoughts to social media, making you further feel like shit…Then you check your email, things are already going wrong at work…And the whole rest of the day you find yourself trapped in an anxiety spiral? Well the past couple days that’s how life has been for me…

So today my Boyfriend Timmy and I are here to talk about:

• Anxiety and tips to get through and out of that spiral (tactics that actually WORK for us)
• How to tell if you’re being too cautious with your creativity/career + the remedy 
• AND How to realize when you need a perspective shift on your career and how to approach it! 

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On The Guest: Today I’m honored to say that for the third year in a row Unleash is having on the ironic author of the Artists’ way and prolific creative, Julia Cameron. Julia is  an artist,  teacher, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, journalist, and music composer. She’s best known for writing The Artist’s Way which has sold millions of copies, has been translated into 40 different languages and gave her the title “The Queen of Change” for starting a movement that brought creativity into mainstream conversation. Without the Artist’s way, there would be no Unleash. Her brand new book is called: Write for Life and it’s a love letter and guidebook for writers and aspiring writers.

From our Conversation, you’ll learn:

• How to have gratitude for the gift of your creativity
• Who she pictures when she writes
• What a longterm creative partnership takes
• How she would personify writing
• How to maintain flexibility and consistency
• Why setting a daily quota works
• The Power of the morning pages and why she’s STILL religious to them
• Why the Morning Pages ARE real writing
• Why all good writers are authentic and what that means in practice
• How to not shame yourself
• Why it’s important to not shy away from your first thoughts
• How to talk to the inner critic
• Why you can’t get rid of the inner critic
• How to Blast Through Creative Blocks
• The three most important questions to ask yourself when you’re creating
• The difference between honesty and authenticity
• Why simplicity is a good thing
• Why repetition is necessary
• Why having fun can actually be difficult for people
• Why creativity Can come from joy
• Why it’s important to share and spotlight other creatives
• Why bribing yourself is important
• The desire to be original vs. authentic
• How to know when something is “finished”

Get Julia’s Book: https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/write-for-life/

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Today’s guest is Tori Dunlap- she went from graduating as a theatre major to becoming a top financial expert- creative AF. Today she’s a financial educator, entrepreneur, podcaster, author and social media personality best known for founding her company, ‘Her First $100K,’ her podcast ‘Financial Feminist.’ And her many appearances on TV such as Good morning America, The Today Show and for her first book, Financial Feminist.  At the age of 22, Tori started her financial education blog and began saving money towards a goal of saving $100,000 by the age of 25. She did just that and now she helps other women do the same.

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• How she went from being a Theatre Major to becoming a finance Expert
• How to see other women’s financial success as an  inspiration and as expansive vs. having a scarcity mindset
• What the gender pay gap really is and how it works
• How to become a budget Queen (if you’re currently living on vibes alone)
• How to figure out your first money memory and how it might be affecting you today
• How to reframe budget as a permission slip 
• Hot and fast investing tips
• How to approach debt + what debt to pay off right away vs. what you can take more time with
• How to dispel the conditioning that you aren’t worthy of money
• How she found her voice as a writer and her writing process
• How to get comfortable talking about finances
• How to remove the shame around finances
• How to see money as a source of joy, abundance, ease, and a tool to build life the way you want

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My parents, Jo Ann and Mike LoGrasso are back for the third annual Unleash Christmas Spectacular and it's as glorious as ever! 

On today's episode My parents share their take on hard-hitting topics like: 

• What should Santa get paid and WHO pays him? 
• Who their deepest self really is and why my Mom's has something to do with a hair brush 
• Your most controversial Christmas Take 
• How to handle having your child's significant other over for the holidays (and tips for the significant others out there, too) 
• Their most creative Christmas Hacks/tips
• The critique they'd like to give Santa 
• What Christmas movie they would like to live in 
• How it feels having me home 
• What Christmas is like with an adult child vs. when I was little 
• Mom Explains Movies- This time, It's A Wonderful Life!! 
• A little insight into our Italian heritage and recent reconnection with our Sicilian relatives 
• PLUS, an impromptu family songwriting session! 
• That and more on this year's glorious Unleash Christmas! 

ENJOY! 

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Family patterns and generational trauma. It’s something I think about a lot. Do you ever? Do you ever wonder how much of your life and your issues are actually based on your own choices vs. how much you’re just playing out patterns that you witnessed and ingested from generations past and present? Through epigenetics, they have found that trauma can be passed through our DNA for up to 16 generations. Mind-blowing. Today’s guest is a family patterns expert who will teach you how to free yourself from ancestral trauma and patterns so you can be your full, truest self and unleash!

Today’s guest is Judy Wilkins-Smith. She’s a highly regarded organizational, individual and family patterns expert, systemic coach, motivational speaker and founder of System Dynamics for Individuals & Organizations. She’s also the author of Decoding Your Emotional Blueprint and more! She has 18 years of expertise in assisting high-performance individuals and Fortune 500 executives and their teams, to break limiting cycles and reframe challenges into lasting breakthroughs through an approach called constellations, or interactive mapping, which allows you to map out generational issues at play, feel them and heal them.

From our chat you’ll learn: the difference between closed-minded and closed-hearted, how to transform the meaning of ‘trauma’ into ‘possibility,’ how to align your heart and gut, how to identify generation patterns throughout your family, how to decode emotional blueprint so much more!

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• What emotional DNA is and how to figure out yours
• How to align your heart and gut 
• How to identify and heal generational patterns & ancestral trauma 
• How to reframe trauma into possibility 
• How to do family constellations and systemic work (and how it can help you become your authentic self) 
• Why your physical ailments could be manifesting from past generations' pain (and what to do about it) 
• How to do the work to heal up and down the bloodline 
• The danger of family secrets and why it's brave and healing for everyone to be the one who stops an unhealthy pattern
• Why your nevous system might not *just* be your own 
• And MORE! 

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Today I had the honor of doing a creative and career coaching session with one of our creative community members! Her name is Consie Sindet. She’s an expressive mixed media artist, art journaler, art journaling teacher and a creativity coach. She runs her own business, where she does all of this and more called “Atop Serenity Hill.” Consie is an incredibly talented artist and coach, but wants to refine exactly what her niche is...she also wants how to define and articulate what her brand and business is and increase her coaching clients. So today I coach her and offer some ideas on how to do just that!

From our chat you’ll learn: 

• What art journaling is and why it can be impactful as a tool to unleash 
• The power of finding the mid-point between your greatest pain and joy 
• How to find your pure why
• How to use art as meditation & to find PURE joy
• How to stop letting fear affect your goals and creative output
• How to zoom out and find your own definition of creativity
• Ways to create and refine a personal brand 
• How to turn your creative passion into a business
• AND MORE

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Today’s guest is Melody Beattie. She’s a New York Times Best Selling Author known for titles such as The Language of Letting Go, Playing It by Heart, The Grief Club, Beyond Codependency, and her most famous book, Codependent No More-which just came out with a revised and updated edition that you should check out! Codependent No More, has sold over 7 million copies since its release in 1986. Melody is a true pioneer in this field and has helped millions find healing. Her work has changed my life, and it might just change yours, too!

From our chat you’ll learn:

• The true meaning of codependency and whether you might be codependent
• How to heal codependency through creativity
• What it REALLY even means to love yourself 
• How to not turn on yourself when you're disappointed
• How to trust the creative process--even if it takes YEARS!
• Why Codependent No More IS Actually a romance novel
• Plus never-before-heard insight into Melody’s creative process and how she birthed the original Codependent No More!
• And More! 

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Check out Melody's work and get her new edition of Codependent No More here: https://melodybeattie.com/ 

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Hi Creative Cuties! 

TW- Eating Disorders. This is a little Thanksgiving special! I'm doing some new content on what to do when someone comments about what you're eating, how much you're eating or the pace at which you eat, followed by a re-air of my episode originally titled, "Just Say No To Getting Weighed at The Doctor's." 

All of the above is based on my real experience. My hope is to give you some tools this holiday season to protect your mental health and serenity when someone makes a careless comment or when a doctor tries to throw you on a scale without even saying hello, let alone getting your medical and mental health history. 

We have much more authority in our own lives than we give ourselves credit for. Step up to the plate and protect your inner-child. And, for God's sake, don't comment on what anyone else is eating or how they're eating it. Stay in your lane, babe. We can't Unleash if we're constantly wrapped up in things that don't matter- focus on yourself and your healing journey. The rest will fall into place.

NOTE: This is a Video Episode, as well as audio! Check the video out on Spotify :) 

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Do you want to make work that makes a difference in the world? Work that shows the true beauty of humanity? If this sounds like you, you may fear that it might not reach the audience it deserves as the algorithm seems to reward divisive and fear-mongering content. Today’s guest is author and Vice President of Upworthy, Lucia Knell. Lucia has a depth of knowledge on how seeing and sharing stories of human goodness can profoundly impact our personal well-being and inspire positive change. Her story is proof that there’s a way forward for good. 

From this conversation you’ll learn:

-How to create and grow your work from an authentic and optimistic point of view. 

-How to embrace the vulnerability of believing people are generally good.

-Tips for creating better boundaries with social media that support mental health.

-How community-driven content can foster genuine connections.

-Why it’s important to maintain your creative passions, no matter what your job is!

More on Lucia: Lucia Knell is the vice president of Upworthy, a media platform dedicated to sharing the best of humanity with the world. She’s spent her career championing the belief that the internet can and should be used as a tool to unite people vs. stoke division. During her tenure at Upworthy she developed the @Upworthy Instagram account, which now has 5 million followers (and counting). She is the co-author of Upworthy’s new book,GOOD PEOPLE: Stories From the Best of Humanity, published in partnership with National Geographic Books. A fierce advocate for mental health access, she strongly believes in the power of taking a step back from social media and engaging in the real world. She is a proud cum laude graduate of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio with a B.A. in Spanish Literature and Dance. She splits her time between Los Angeles and New York City.

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On The Guest:

Today’s guest is Colin Bedell. He’s a  nondenominational, strengths-based Astrologer looking to queer the cosmos and provide secular approaches to personal, relational, and professional development. His work has been seen in Cosmo Magazine, discovery plus, his amazing Instagram, @QueerCosmos and countless podcasts, including his own, Good Risings! 

NOTE: We have an amazing discussion at the top about life, self-development, Colin’s career journey and the difference between self-acceptance and self-enabling, but if you just want the astrology deep dive, skip to minute 28!

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• Why Everything is the same everywhere
• The Difference between self-acceptance and enabling
• What the Big Three (Sun, Moon & Rising Sign) REALLY are and what they mean about you/your journey
• The best place in the chart to look for career development
• Where in your chart to look to find information about your creativity and career
• How to develop self-trust
• How to not run away from fear but the face it and embrace it
• The importance of meditation to seal off your day
• Why Catholic and Italian Culture actually pairs beautifully with astrology

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Today’s guest is Laura B. Whitmore. She is a singer/songwriter, music marketer, event producer, and founder of the Women’s International Music Network AKA WIMN, as well as the She Rocks Awards, both of which focus on bringing together and honoring women from all facets of the music industry. Laura fell in love with music at a young age and always kept the dream of pursuing it on her heart. Studying business and music in college, Laure earned a B.S. in Music Merchandising and she started her music marketing career right away...Going from a company called Korg, then transitioning to create her own PR and Marketing firm and finally ending up as the senior Vice President for Positive Grid, which is a musical instrument and software company. During her entire professional career, she always remained an artist-putting out music continuously, whole time she kept her passion for songwriting alive, continuously putting out music, she also became a music journalist and interviewed musicians at places like Parade and Guitar World, as well as all her advocacy work to empower and bring together women in music with WIMN and the She Rocks Awards.

From Today's Chat, You'll Learn:

• How to balance multiple passions 
• How to avoid negativity bias in your creativity
• How to authentic and effective networking
• How to market yourself and your business
• The best way to choose a path when you have many different options
• Why it’s okay to step away from your art for a while 
• How to micro-dose courage.
• How to have an open mindset and be willing to learn
• What your “Big Three’s” are and how to adapt with them through your everyday life
• How to come into an experience with the question “can I learn?” other than “what can you give me?”
• How to build self-trust
• And MORE!

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Do you consider yourself a late bloomer? Do you beat yourself up on your journey? Condemning yourself for not moving “Quickly enough?” or taking, “Big enough steps?” Me too. But I think I’m about to stop doing that so much and I have so ideas on how you can too. 

Today I want to talk about the power and beauty of being a late bloomer, why it’s okay if you take a little longer to make a move in your life/dreams and how to have more patience and grace for yourself as a creative and human. 

Also- this revelation was brought to me by a...fruit tree? YES. You heard that right, honey. It's about to get weird and woo woo in here. Time to unleash. Join me in dropping the charges on yourself, learning to trust and believe in divine timing and how to invest in the art of allowing. Here we go! 

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On The Guest:

Today’s guest is Lizzie Weber, the singer/songwriter who first put the idea in my mind that I also might be able to become a songwriter someday. More on that later. For now you should know she is an incredible  indie folk artist known for her features in publications such as the Huffington Post, Glide Magazine and Seattle Weekly, as well as her collaborations with Grammy-award winning producer Sheldon Gomberg and Oscar-winner and singer/songwriter, known for the movie and musical Once, Marketa Irglova and for just being a stellar person.

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• How to take a chance on yourself
• How to take fear out of the driver’s seat and take the risky path that leads to our truest selves.
• Why your subconscious is a fruitful ground for creativity
• How to focus on your long-term creative work rather than social media content alone
• Tips for cultivating patience
• The merit of being a big fish in a small pond
• How to recover from trauma and turn pain into purpose 
• How to adapt to uncomfortable changes
• Why a long creative process is okay 
• Lizzie's emotional story about her miscarriage and how she is sharing it through music 
• How to get yourself seen as an indie artist or small business 
• The importance of following instincts 
• And More! 

Check out Lizzie's new song here: https://linktr.ee/lizziewebs 

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Hi Creative Cutie! Today’s guest is Elaine Lou Cartas. She’s a business coach, career coach, and speaker for Women of Color and Allies, serving clients in 23 different countries! Elaine has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Money Magazine, Badassery Magazine, Pasadena Magazine, and Good Morning La La Land. She has spoken around the world from Sweden to Indonesia, as well as Fortune 500 companies like Universal Music Studios.

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• How to structure work around your life, not the other way around 
• When it's time to move on from free work 
• Why it’s more important to think about Who you want to speak with and what you want them to feel
• How to view money as energy
• Why free may no longer be appropriate for you
• How to confront your mental health head on
• Why it’s never too late to start something you’ve always wanted to do
• How to Start Your Dream Project / business 
• How to build a support system
• Tips for working through fear 
• How to control/manage money while building your business
• Why managing the things you need are important for the things you want
• How to identify your roles outside of your work and learn to understand those roles
• Why learning your outside rules are a crucial part of living a fuller life
• Why setting boundaries with your work and outside life are important
• Why is your ‘WHY’ important, how to find it, and then once found, figuring out how it guides you
• How to shift your thought process from ‘what do I want to achieve?’ to ‘how do I want to feel?’
• How to move through generational trauma 
• How to live a healthy and holistic life
• The value of mistakes
• And More! 

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Today’s guest is Laura Vanderkam. She’s an author, speaker and productivity expert best known for her wildly popular Tedtalk, which has been viewed over 7.4 million times, for hosting the Do it by Breakfast Podcast AND co-hosting the Best of Both Worlds Podcast, and for authoring several books, including The New Corner Office, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast and more Her most recent book, TRANQUILITY BY TUESDAY, is out October 11th and teaches readers to:Think about time strategically by creating a resilient, not perfect, schedule. That’s what we’re discussing today. Oh and she’s also married and a Mother of 5 children, so you best believe her time-management methods work! Her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, City Journal, Fortune, and Fast Company. She has been on a number of television programs as well including The Today Show, CBS This Morning, and HUNDREDS of radio segments.

From This Conversation You’ll Learn:

• How to start tracking your schedule
• Why time management is an important factor in creating a life you love & reclaiming your time
• Why creating a schedule isn’t restrictive, it’s actually expansive
• How to take a normal life and make it joyful and adventurous, by small adjustments
• That organizing your life will help increase creativity
• How to plan ahead for the things you want to do
• How to prioritize stressful things that need to get done to help with anxiety
• Why we all need a bedtime
• How to create a habit in just three days
• Why making a list of your wildest dreams is important
• Why adventure is crucial to living a fulfilled life
• And Much More!

Get Laura’s new book, Tranquility by Tuesday, HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Tranquility-Tuesday-Ways-Chaos-Matters-ebook/dp/B09Q7SWZRV

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Can you believe???? My little baby (podcast) is all grown up. When I started this show all I knew was I wanted to use my voice to connect with other people and I really wanted to do that through a podcast AND that I knew repressed creativity was the cause of so much of the world's suffering and I wanted to help people unleash. What I have learned, the community I've gained and the love I've poured into this show and it has poured into me has been so much greater than what I could have anticipated. Through it I have gotten to meet some of the kindest, most talented souls in the world (you,) talk with my heroes and discover and bring myself to the table in a more authentic way than I knew possible. So today we're taking a trip down memory lane - I'm going to share some of my favorite Unleash Lessons and my top takeaways from 200 episodes. 

From this, you'll learn: 

-Why inspiration is great, but at the end of the day, unleashing is an Inside Job

-Why you should never let fear of making a mistake rule you 

-Why going through pain is necessary sometimes in order to get the life you want 

-Why maybe multi-passionate life has its drawbacks and ways to overcome them/focus for a time 

-Why Planning is overrated 

-The importance of consistency (and why it's hard AF for me) 

-How to overcome a creative block from yourself or others with the negativity bias antidote 

-How the artist alchemizes pain

-Why let go, let God really works for sensitive souls trying to achieve a dream 

-How Morning Pages have saved my life (and my gentle plea that you try them, too) 

-Why ageism is BS -creativity does NOT have an age limit 

-Why regret is a myth 

-Why just because something is more popular, doesn't mean it's better

AND MORE!

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Today’s guest is Karenlee Poter, a self-proclaimed “COUGAR,” as well as an author, influencer, and co-host of the popular podcast, “Sex Talk with My Mom." Karenlee is  a true phoenix. At age 47, her husband of 24 years was tragically murdered and she found herself a widowed Mother of three, having to completely rebuild her life from the ground up. With courage and tenacity, she rose from the ashes and transformed her pain into purpose. She ended up reinventing herself and creating a new career as a host, sex expert and author, talking about her life as a cougar and a sexually expressed woman. Her and her work have been featured on Tosh.0, The Today Show, Comedy Central, the Huffington Post, Pop Sugar, esquire and today she adds Unleash to the list!

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• How to embrace all that you are & own it
• How to recover from trauma and come out even stronger
• The BEST way to deal with trolls
• Why allowing yourself to be uncomfortable can only help your growth
• How to STOP caring what other people think
• How to reinvent yourself at any age
• How to get comfortable talking about sex with ANYONE (even your parents And/or your kids)
• How to become comfortable with your body and figure out what you like
• Why you should never hold back from going for your dreams and to “just do it”
• How to release fear 
• How to stop giving a f*ck and start living boldly 
• AND how to have great sex life!

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On The Guest: Today’s guest is Joshua Brandon. Josh is a writer, director, and producer. He has been part of many films including CBS’s Friend Me, Syfy’s Haven, Fox’s Houdini & Doyle, and his upcoming production film A Thousand Little Cuts. He also became a coauthor for one of William Shatner’s books called Boldly Go. Joshua came to America from Australia with a goal to be a TV writer. Through struggles he has developed skills to independently make his dreams a reality. He brings a lot of stories through his experiences that we can all learn from.

From this Conversation You’ll Learn:

-Why Fear of Regret can actually be a great motivator

-The anxiety of keeping your big break

-Why you must keep creating even when no one asked you to

-Why Relationships are EVERYTHING in Business

-The importance of owning your power and your ability to make Your Own Dreams Come True

-What being inside of a writer’s room really looks like

-How do authentic networking (and build REAL relationships)

-Why people are everything -if you have good people in your life success is inevitable

-Why you should Invest in people, not ideas

-How to recover from Rejection

-How curiosity can lead your career

-The power of asking, “Hey Can I come and Learn from you?”

-How to recover from your creative pandemic slump

-How important planning is in a creative’s life + How to get better at planning

-How to use your privilege to make art to help disenfranchised groups

-Leadership tips for working in creative places

-The importance of therapy for creatives

-The power of asking

Relevant Info:

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Today’s guest is Elissa Kalver, founder and creator of We Got This, an online platform whose goal is to support people going through cancer as well as a support for their loved ones. Elissa was diagnosed with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer in July of 2021. Elissa hopes to inspire, empower and lift cancer patients spirits through their lives. She has a lot of tips and tricks to seeing the beauty in bad situations and is so true to heart.

From this conversation you’ll learn:

-The difference between Being alive & Truly Living

-How to help people through the hardest parts of life

-How to allow people to help you

-Why the WE is always more powerful than the I

-How she partnered with huge companies

-Alchemize your pain

-The best thing you could do to help a cancer patient + the thing you should NEVER do

-Why you don’t have to handle your burden alone and in fact, no one can

-Why you shouldn’t try to relate to someone going through cancer

-How to Join Elissa's non-profit, We Got This and help cancer patients and their loved ones everywhere! 

Relevant Info:

More info on We Got This: https://wegotthis.org/

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Is there a creative project you’re sitting on? Too scared to put it out? Today I have a surefire way to inspire you to put the project out pronto because SPOILER ALERT: as all the kids in 2013 said: YOLO. You’ll learn the single best question to ask yourself to release self-doubt & make sure you put your creative work out now and Why We must create like it’s our last day! ENJOY!!

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Do you feel overly attached to outcomes? Do you struggle to tolerate discomfort and, because of this, often give up? Are you struggling to find your purpose and the ‘why’ underneath what you want? Then, honeybuns, you are in the right place!

Today, I’m sharing some revelations that have been on my mind in the past few weeks  having to do with the importance of tolerating disappointment, finding a why that's healthy for you and balancing your desire for greatness with the knowledge that who you are is the best thing about you.

From this episode, You'll Learn: 

• The importance of developing tolerance for discomfort
• Why I've realized I don’t need to be a monk and I don’t need to be a capitalist drone (And WTF that means in practice haha)
• How to combine your inner-worth with your dreams
• Why the message you want to bring forth matters more than the way you bring it forth 
• Why it's best to wait to pursue something until you can find a why that is healthy for you. 
• The power of remembering how many people are rooting for you
• Sometimes the key to feeling more yourself and just getting back to doing what you love with good people
• Unadulterated joy and passion still rise to the top - IE The Corn Song! 

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Today’s guest is Harleen Kaur, co-founder and CEO of “Ground News” a platform that makes it easy to compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias and break free from algorithms…Basically, it’s a news source that tells the truth without a political slant, which is pretty damn rare these days. Harleen is a remarkable woman and creative and a person who has never let an obstacle stand in her way…She went from having her high school math teacher tell her she couldn’t pass to becoming a top aerospace engineer to transitioning her career several times until she decided to revolutionize the News Business with The Truth.

From Today's Chat, You'll Learn: 

-Why the most creative choice is going back to basics

-How to overcome early childhood programming & release limitations 

-Why unconditional love is one of the most underestimated head starts you can have in life

-The power of the twisty and ever-changing creative path

-How to reinvent yourself & release fear of change 

-How to go back to the definition of something

-Why The truth alone is revolutionary. The basics are revolutionary

-Whether the liberal media could have helped Trump get elected

- Why You’re Not 100% Right and why that’s empowering

-The meaning of SOULCIAL Justice

-Why you should be open to being wrong

-The benefits of having an open mind

-The benefit.power of being an outsider

-AND MORE!

LINKS:

Check out Ground News Here: https://check.ground.news/unleash (CANNOT RECOMMEND ENOUGH!!!!) 

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On this week's episode my boyfriend Timmy joins me to answer some deep, funny and heartfelt questions. We found these questions in my friend and fellow podcaster, Danielle Robay's Question Everything deck: which is a deck of 52 cards (featuring 52 different questions) designed to help people tap into the power of getting curious, which, as we know, is a key to creativity, empathy, compassion, self-love and basically all things that are good.

On the episode, you'll hear us answer Questions Such As : 

-What's the title of your memoir for THIS season of your life?

-Do plants thrive or die in your care? 

-What's the biggest sacrifice you've had to make on your path to achievement? 

-How did you get your name? What's your nickname and who gave it to you? 

-What would younger you not believe about your life today? 

-What's your favorite scent

-What's the best and worst you've ever gotten and why? 

-What's a quote, lyric or poem you hold onto tightly? 

-How would you introduce yourself to a stranger? 

-What's the weirdest thing you've ever done in a car? (MY STORY IS HORRIFYING lol)

-And MORE!

...Answer along with us, jot some of the questions down to ask your partner, friends, family, etc. and start building your curiosity about yourself and the world around you! It's one of the best ways to spark creativity! 

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Over the past year I have been thinking a LOT about why I want what I want when it comes to my creative career. In this episode I break down some of the less-healthy parts of my why--the possible origin(s) to my why...This episode is a bit like a solo therapy session where I try to dismantle unhealthy beliefs. My hope is that in listening to me do it, you can start to unravel your own untrue or unhealthy beliefs that are keeping you from being your most authentic/joyful self and from doing work that lights you up. Here we go! 

A few takeaways: 

• How to pinpoint the origin of your unhealthy beliefs
• How to start to untangle and rewire those limiting beliefs 
• Why if you can figure out your authentic Why- the How matters not 
• Why disappointment is not the same thing as failure
• Why the people in your life are the ultimate litmus test of success 
• Why the answers are always inside of us- not outside 

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On The Guest:

Today’s guest is Lindsay McCormick, founder and CEO of “Bite” a brand whose goal is to help make a cleaner planet by eliminating the use of plastic in personal care products. Lindsay has been featured in Business Insider, Fast Company, Today.com, CNBC and Bloomberg to name a few. She even turned Mark Cuban Down for an investment on Shark Tank because she’s that much of a badass. She has a lot to teach us all about how to trust your gut and heart even when it’s not logical to onlookers. It always pays off in the end. BITE makes everything ranging from toothpaste to deodorants and the products are Cruelty Free, Vegan, Carbon Neutral and as someone who has used them, I can honestly say, they’re awesome!

From this Episode, You'll Learn: 

• The benefits for a twisty path
• Tips for 20-somethings 
• How to follow your curiosity 
• How to build and grow and audience or customer base 
• How to quit the right way 
• Why sometimes you need to take a step backward to take a step forward 
• The merit of slow, sustainable growth 
• How to make friends with your anxiety 
• Leadership Tips 
• Why right now is the most important time for world-changing ideas
• And A LOT more! 

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Today’s guest is somebody whose goal is to inspire climate action with, get this, watercolors. Her name is Nicole Kelner. And in just about a year of pursuing climate art, that’s art, that teaches about climate change, she has gained a huge following, makes her whole living from art, has been recognized by publications such as The Verge, Canary Media and YES Magazine and has even caught the eye of President Barack Obama who now follows her work on Twitter.

From today's chat, you'll learn: 

-How to make a living from your passion

-How to transition your career 

-Why all your previous experiences could lend themselves to your dream job

-How to combine creativity and activism

-Think like an entrepreneur even when you're pursuing a traditionally creative career

-How to make and sell prints, merch and build an online store

- Easy and approachable tips to increase sustainability 

AND MORE!

Vote for Unleash for the People's Choice Podcast Awards HERE -In the ARTS category! 

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Hello Babes! This is the final week of the show's hiatus, as I travel back from Rome, I am also here to encourage you to not be afraid to take a break and slow down and disappear from the world for a while to get back to yourself. It is a vital part of the creative process and also, of being a human. Be sure to check out old episodes and thank you for coming with me on this journey! We'll be back next week with a full-length episode. 

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Hello Babes! Today the show is on a hiatus, as I swim through the sea in my ancestral land of Sicily, but I as I take my time off, I am also here to encourage you to not be afraid to take a break and slow down. It is a vital part of the creative process. Be sure to check out old episodes and thank you for coming with me on this journey! 

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Hi Babes! Here's Part 2/2 with hit indie artist and Berklee School of Music teacher, Susan Cattaneo! Thanks for your patience!!

From today's conversation, you'll learn: 

-Why Susan has had her greatest success post-child & why you might, too!

-How a near-death experience can completely alter you creatively

-How to forget the rules and play

-Why over-practing can be a foe

-How to dedicate yourself to joy

-The power of stripping all the technique, frills and pageantry away and telling hard truths

-Lessons from your younger self

-The importance of asking for signs

-How to start a new career in your 30s

More on Susan below :)

Susan Cattaneo is an award winning singer/songwriter, teacher at the prestigious Berklee School of Music and all around phenomenal human.  Her last album The Hammer and The Heart charted #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and yielded a #1 song on folk radio and a top 10 album of 2017. Her latest album, All Is Quiet, cracked open my heart in the most beautiful way, and you’ll hear that on the interview today. It’s a must-listen.

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On the Guest: Susan Cattaneo is an award winning singer/songwriter, teacher at the prestigious Berklee School of Music and all around phenomenal human.  Her last album The Hammer and The Heart charted #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and yielded a #1 song on folk radio and a top 10 album of 2017. Her latest album, All Is Quiet, cracked open my heart in the most beautiful way, and you’ll hear that on the interview today. It’s a must-listen. 

From our conversation you’ll learn about ageism in the music industry and why it’s worth fighting, how to start healing generational pain passed from Mothers to Daughters, the importance of stillness, rest and quiet for the creative process, a writing exercise to help get you unblocked and how your inner child can inspire your next creative project.

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Do you ever feel trapped by the expectations of who you’re supposed to be? What if breaking free from these expectations could lead you to a more fulfilling and creative life? Today’s returning guest is author, content creator, tarot card read, leader in the Italian American community,  former litigator, and double-ivy league graduate, Leigh Esposito. She will share her journey from good girl attorney to rebellious author and content creator. She’ll teach you how she broke (and continues to break) free from societal norms to live her truth and how you can too!

From this conversation you’ll learn:

-How to overcome the fear of pissing people off (including your own family) 

-Why experience matters more than credentials

-Practical steps for pursuing a brand new passion, and

-How to navigate the complexities of your generational trauma AND your generational gifts!

More on Leigh: Leigh Esposito is an author, coach, tarotist, and former attorney with a B.A. in English from Penn and a J.D. from Columbia Law. Her coaching style combines the strategic acumen of a litigator with an artist’s eye for creative expansion, all informed by her trademark positivity and penchant for identifying and maximizing her clients’ strengths. Leigh also draws on the insight and intuition gleaned through her work with tarot, in which she became an expert while researching her debut novel, The Godmother. Through her popular Instagram account @msleighesposito, she explores everything from Italian culture and tarot to empowerment, feminism, and motherhood.

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On today’s episode my boyfriend, Timmy and I talk all about our recent experiences speaking a goal or a dream into existence. Timmy had something manifest quickly and I had something that just happened that was a slow burn over many years. From these experiences, we’ve learned a lot and are eager to share.

From this episode you’ll learn

• The difference between a quick and slow burn manifestation 
• How to access courageous vulnerability
• The importance of specificity
• Why sometimes you need someone else in to help nudge you in the right direction of your dream
• The importance of removing desperation when you ask for things
• How to your spirit guides can assist in manifesting (inspired by Spirit Sis aka Steffi Hill)
• Why you literally must speak something out loud
• How you can start to test this out in a small way, so it’s not overwhelming
• And More!

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On The Guest: Yemi Penn is a British-born Nigerian author, Engineer, TEDx speaker, and entrepreneur whose mission is to help others overcome and transform their traumas. As a true multi-passionate creative, she has managed to dip her toes into many industries. Most recently she released a short documentary titled “Did I Choose My Trauma?” that follows her experience from childhood abuse to actively healing adulthood.

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• Healthy ways to tap into your trauma
• The reason matriarchal wounds run so deep
• The wisdom of our bodies (and the pain they hold)
• How to break cycle of generational trauma
• Traditional Eastern modalities of healing trauma
• How to move through transferred trauma
• How to get specific about what part of you needs healing
• The role of curiosity in empathy, tolerance, and purpose
• The concept of bending reality
• The equation for manifestation
• Why you might not trust your intuition
• How to start reclaiming your pleasure
• How sexuality unlocks creativity
• The problem with collecting and hoarding accomplishments
• How to recognize your “alibis”
• How to find your WHY
• The journey to a healthy mind
• And so much more!

Check out “Did I Choose My Trauma?” Documentary

Buy her book Did You Get The Memo?: Because I F**king Didn't

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I am back with the second half of the lessons I learned from taking my break and also just some revelations I've had from the past few weeks of being alive/pursuing a creative path.  It turns out a I learned a lot from this time and wanted to share my findings with you.

Check out this episode to learn:

     -How to never make a fear-based decision again [at 2 mins]

     -Why it's not the work you don't like, it's just the way you're doing it-and how to change [at 6 mins]

     -The importance of taking the long way around [at 10 mins]

     -The power of a good creative partnership [at 13 mins]

    -Why there might be a reason that you're dragging your feet [at 16 mins]

    -A big lesson I learned from a tip jar about life[at 20 mins]

   -Why People only appreciate what they pay for  [at 23 mins]

   -Why none of us should feel badly about tiktok (even though I kind of do)  [at 28 mins]

   -The power of Ego Death [at 28 mins]

   -The are consequences of building too big too fast and how to find beauty in the grind [at 30 mins]

   -How to give yourself optimal places to create [at 33 mins]

   -And MORE! [at the whole time mins]

This episode is dedicated to my dear Uncle, Anthony Ribaudo aka Uncle Tony. He passed away last week and we celebrate his life this weekend. To learn more about him, check out his obituary at this link: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/grosse-pointe-woods-mi/anthony-ribaudo-10775791 -My Dad and I wrote it together and it is very special to me. Love you, Uncle T. Thank you for teaching me how to live passionately and generously. 

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I am officially back after my May *sort of* hiatus. It turns out a I learned a lot from this time and wanted to share my findings with you. 

Check out this episode for great tips on:

• Why when you take a break you should take it all the way
• Lessons on how to build community
• Getting rid of stories about yourself/your life that don't serve you 
• Why making space may create an increased emphasis on your health
• Why taking a BIG trip might be the ultimate dream to tackle 
• How to come home to yourself 
• And MORE!

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Hi creative cuties- this one really inspired me- Dr. Dom got rejected from over 100 medical schools and had to apply three years in a row before finally getting into ONE and graduating with honors. That's just a small part of what makes this episode great- there's also tons of mental health and self-development tips! Before we get to the best of show, I share some BRAND NEW CONTENT at the top of this episode about what I've been up to in the past week and the creative rejuvenation tool that I have been using for the past week that has helped me finally break free from some of the fog/depression I was in. Maybe it can help you, too! Talk soon :) 

OH! Also, I have a show in LA coming up on Wed, 06/01 at 8pm at Urban Press Winery in Burbank, CA. Link to get tickets here: https://shows.fanflex.com/artists/xcJ1j3C4ia2T3jlEdsze/campaigns/gcqCWfXwox1YuBjacivk

Original Show Description:

Our first episode for Mental Health Awareness Month! Dr. Domenick Sportelli is a board certified adult and child psychiatrist and well-known media expert in behavioral health. Aside from having his own medical practice & making tv appearances on shows like “The Doctors” on CBS, he hosts his own amazing podcast, called “Psych Unfiltered” which you should totally check out. And if that wasn’t enough, Dr. Dom is also an actor, producer, and brilliant musician.

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• How to embrace the multi-hyphenate in you and let go of the labels
• The role culture plays in mental health
• The importance of resilience & perseverance in achieving your dreams
• How your pain points can evolve into a passion
• How to know if you’ve found your calling
• Why psychiatric meds are a tool, NOT a solution
• Why your age shouldn’t stop you from doing what you love
• What we can learn from the terminally ill
• How to believe in yourself when you’re surrounded by non-believers
• Why the grades don’t make the student
• Creative solutions for landing your dream job
• Art & the mystical experience
• The link between creativity & mental health
• Where to start if you’re struggling with your mental health
• The importance of talk therapy
• How to deal with irrational fear & why fear is useful
• How to find a therapist
• How to differentiate between psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and therapists
• Tried & true therapy methods that WORK
• Why you don’t have to be on medication forever
• And so much more!

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Hi my dear creative cutie! Today's best of episode is another amazing one. Honestly, one of my favorite conversations EVER! I think it has some of the most tangible takeaway of any show or any topic I've ever done on the pod. If you struggle with your mental health - especially anxiety, overthinking and depression, this episode and the tools Meredith offers, will be so very helpful to you. I also loved listening to it because it is a snapshot of the show at a very specific time. It was July 2020- the height of the pandemic and I think I was so far from being burnt out at the time-- I hear all this energy and polish in my voice. It makes me excited for the me I might meet again after this rest and revaluation. I hope you're doing well in this time. Enjoy this episode- even if you've already heard it, it's worth the re-listen...There was so much that I even forgot! Original title and description below. OH! Also, I have a show in LA coming up on Wed, 06/01 at 8pm at Urban Press Winery in Burbank, CA. Link to get tickets here: https://shows.fanflex.com/artists/xcJ1j3C4ia2T3jlEdsze/campaigns/gcqCWfXwox1YuBjacivk

Original Show Description:

Meredith Arthur is a mental health pioneer, author, Emmy-Nominated creative producer, and a content leader at Pinterest. She’s best known for being a founding member of the food site: Chowhound, creating the mental health wellness site/community, Beautiful Voyager, writing for Medium and for her debut book, Get Out of My Head: Inspiration for Overthinkers in an Anxious World.

I wanted to have Meredith on the show because she has so many actionable tools to help you get out of your own way. So many creatives are overthinkers...Including myself...If we get stuck in our heads, it really can keep us from meaningful opportunities to express ourselves, so I am excited to share her insight to help you stop the anxiety feedback loop!

From our conversation, you’ll also learn:

• What anxiety REALLY is and some great ways to manage it
• The benefits of anxiety medication
• How to find your ‘audience’
• Methods to shut up the inner critic
• The best way to let go of the illusion of control
• Tips to eliminate bad mental habits
• A brilliant tool to get someone to see you as more than just one type of creative
• And tons more!

Get Meredith's Book HERE!

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On this "Best of Episode" I re-air the episode where I detail every step of my mental health journey and how you can do the same for yours. BUT before I get to that, some exciting announcements about an award the show won, as well as an update on what has been happening since I took my break, plus insight on why I chose to re-share this episode with you. Original show description below! 

But first, here's the link to get tickets to my show tonight (05/04) it's at 8pm at Urban Press Winery in Burbank. Tickets here: https://shows.fanflex.com/artists/xcJ1j3C4ia2T3jlEdsze/campaigns/rvHyntab12ywCp7BZiFm 

On this episode of the pod, you guessed it: I, your host (Lauren LoGrasso) will be sharing my full mental health journey- from my family history, to childhood, to  how I got to where I am today--in a good place with and most importantly: aware that my mental health is something that needs to be tended to. My hope is that in hearing my story you’ll: 1) Be able to trace the lines of your own mental health journey and gain some new insight about yourself 2) You’ll go onto share your story with someone else so that we can all become part of the destigmatization of mental health and 3) To really share all of who I am - what I am finding is that we cannot fully appreciate the good and the light without acknowledging and owning the dark, too - you must feel it to heal it. 

Please note: we (My associate producer Emily (who acts as a guide for this episode) and I) talk about some sensitive topics including anxiety and depression, body image and eating disorders and also physical abuse/violence. If any of those topics are tough for you, please keep that in mind before listening. Love you and thank you for holding space for me today as I talk through this vulnerable subject!

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On The Guest: Shayna Cornelius and Dana Stiles, Human Design specialists and co-creators of DayLuna, are here on a mission to empower the collective towards self-love, personal freedom, and radical authenticity. Their wildly successful DayLuna Human Design Podcast has generated over 850k downloads worldwide.

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• How to navigate your life in alignment with your purpose
• The danger of comparing yourself to your colleagues
• The basics of human design
• The blueprint of your energy
• Why self-awareness is freeing
• Strategy vs authority
• The 5 different energy types
• Energy differences in couples and how to navigate them
• The ideal work hours for your energy
• Ideal careers for different energy types
• What you’re designed to feel when you are in alignment
• The importance of focus and rest for Projectors
• How to use your specific creative energy
• The danger in confusing the love of recognition for the love of the work
• The collective “crumbling” and “rising”
• And so much more!

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Hi sweet creative! Today I have an incredible treat for you. You are going to hear an episode of one of my new favorite podcasts, Bewildered with Martha Beck and Rowan Mangan. Martha and Rowan are both amazing people. I've had the pleasure of meeting them in real life a couple of times. They're always insightful and inspiring, as is this podcast. I love bewildered because it has a very similar mission to unleash your inner creative. And that is to help you reconnect with your true nature and your authentic voice.

So check out this episode of Bewildered, hand selected for you by me, about feeling like an alien aka when you're on a healing journey and you realize you've started to outgrow the people around you. Martha and Rowan give great tips on what to do should you find yourself in that situation or if you just in general feel out of place and are looking for your community, they give great tips on how to navigate that. So check it out and make sure when you leave here to give Bewildered a follow and to rate and review.

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-https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bewildered/id1498838493

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On The Guest: Dr. John Demartini is a researcher, best selling author, international educator, and public speaker on the topic of human behavior. He founded the Demartini Institute and has trademarked certain methodologies in human development, the primary two being the Demartini Method and the Demartini Value Determination Process. He’s authored 9 internationally best-selling books, including The Breakthrough Experience, Inspired Destiny, Riches Within, and Stress to Success.

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• How daily affirmations can shift your perspective of yourself
• A new definition of “genius”
• How to tackle shame talk
• The opportunities in a crisis
• The benefits of looking at the benefits
• How to become more resilient by letting go of the past
• The importance of having command over your perceptions
• The doors that trauma can open
• How to balance extreme positive and negative thinking
• The true definition of baggage
• Visual inspiration and how to get it
• Intuitive listening for homeostasis
• How to govern yourself from within
• Reflective vs Deflective Awareness
• Owning your hero and your villain
• How to know when your injecting other people’s values into yourself
• Signs that you’re not living authentically
• Questions you can ask yourself to learn your personal hierarchy of values
• And so much more!

Check out https://drdemartini.com/

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On The Guest: Michelle Meredith is an actress most known for her recurring co-star role on the Apple TV+ series, The Morning Show. She’s also appeared on shows such as I’m Dying Up Here and Black-ish.

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• Giving credit to yourself where credit is due
• The importance of having creative outlets outside of your career
• The skill of receiving compliments
• Accepting what AND how the universe gives you what you want
• How to navigate giving and receiving help from others
• Surprising types of codependency
• Tips for new actors
• The role of guilt and luck in success
• How to appreciate the rate at which your career takes off
• How to be an “early-investor” in your friends’ dreams
• The importance of building a community of support
• Behind the scenes for an actor on set
• How to find the joy in smaller parts
• Tools for dealing with creative disappointment
• Simple ways to get out of a mental spiral
• The importance of being open and vulnerable about mental health
• And so much more!

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On The Guest: From professional soccer player to scientist, Leidy Klotz is a multi-passionate creative, engineer, professor, and author. His research has appeared in major publications including Nature and Science, and he has written for popular outlets including The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and The Behavioral Scientist. Perhaps most notably, he’s written a fascinating book called Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less that touches on an essential tool for the creative process.

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• The tool of subtraction in problem solving
• Why our first instinct is to add
• The biological force of displaying competence
• The effect of bias and neutrality in subtracting from your own work
• Why simplifying gives you more space for creativity
• How to find the courage it takes to subtract
• Why you should add “stop-doings” to your To Do Lists
• The importance and balance of reminders and rules
• The conceptual distinction between subtracting and “not adding”
• Creative parenting and changing behavior with subtraction
• How multi-tasking is detrimental to seeing subtraction opportunities
• Why subtraction is so necessary for the creative process
• When to break the rules
• Tools for consistency
• Proof that people value time over money
• And so much more!

Purchase Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less

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