Unleash Your Inner Creative with Lauren LoGrasso (A Creativity Podcast) – Details, episodes & analysis

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 

-Set up your FREE 15 minute Creative Coaching Consult with me by filling out this form: https://www.laurenlograsso.com/contact 

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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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Get Olivia’s Book: https://www.oliviachristian.co/product/ask-olivia

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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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Get Tori’s Book: https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-tori-dunlap-book

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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! 

YOU CAN Vote for Unleash for the Signal Awards here: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2022/shows/general/creativity-marketing 

^It's a huge award and I'm the only indie podcaster nominated! Please vote and support- it takes less than 20 seconds!

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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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