Are you feeling stuck, burned out, or just going through the motions? Do you want a life that feels present, alive, and joyful? Your Creative Mind is here to spark your imagination, awaken your spirit, and help you build the life and career you’ll love. Hosted by Izolda Trakhtenberg—an expert in creativity, communication, and mindfulness—this podcast dives deep into how we can use creativity to solve life’s biggest challenges. Whether you’re writing your first novel, sketching your next masterpiece, or tackling global issues like the climate crisis, creativity holds the key to transformative solutions. Episodes feature intimate and inspiring conversations with Grammy and Tony winners, bestselling authors, acclaimed actors, and innovative leaders. They share their secrets on staying motivated, inspired, and productive, offering practical tools and fresh perspectives to supercharge your creative drive, mindfulness, and communication skills. Other episodes will give you actionable steps you can take today to infuse your life with the juice and sizzle of creativity. Discover answers to profound questions that even our guests have never considered, and gain actionable insights to unlock your own creative potential. From tech CEOs to Broadway producers, conservationists to comedians, our guests span industries and disciplines, bringing you cutting-edge ideas and timeless wisdom. Your Creative Mind is more than a podcast; it’s a guide to living fully, thinking boldly, and creating with purpose. Subscribe now and start transforming your world one creative solution at a time.
Episodes
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
A Super Fun and Colorful Way to Stimulate and Build Creative Skills
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
The Visionboard is a cool and unusual way to build creative thinking skills. Most use it to set goals and remind themselves about them. But you can also use a vision board to stimulate your creative brain and come up with unique and innovative solutions to problems.
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Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Metaphorical Thinking-How to Use It To Unlock Your Creative Problem-Solving
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
This technique works super well, and it will unleash your imagination and let you play while you come up with unique solutions to problems.
I love using it and give you a real world example of how you could use metaphorical thinking to market a book, a product, or anything else in creative ways.
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Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Six Simple Techniques to Supercharge Your Creative Thinking
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
What are some techniques to spark your creativity?
Here are a few that will jumpstart your thinking and open your mind to fab new possibilities.
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Monday Jun 13, 2022
How the future of nutrition can also save the Earth - with Corinna Bellizzi
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
How can a product that is cruelty-free and good for you also help save the planet?
Listen in to this podcast chat with Orlo Nutrition Marketing Executive Corinna Bellizzi, MBA to find out.
Corinna Bellizzi, MBA is a natural products industry executive and omega-3 expert who pioneered the growth of Nordic Naturals from less than $1 million to over $100 million in annual sales. Given her concern for the future health of people and the planet, she shifted her focus from fish-sourced omegas to algae in 2016. An activist at heart, she launched her podcast, Care More Be Better, in 2021 to cover social and ecological issues that affect us all. Today she leads Orlo Nutrition, a new brand that features the world’s first carbon-negative omega-3s. She hosts a new podcast, Nutrition Without Compromise, to support that effort. She covers health topics without compromising your ethics, or the health of our home planet.
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Friday Jun 10, 2022
How do creatives and innovators do things?
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
How do creatives and innovators think differently, and how can we harness that super power for ourselves?
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Thursday Jun 09, 2022
What are the ways to make your sales offer not feel sleazy
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Is it time to change our selling paradigm?
Don't let sales people waste your time.
Listen to a case study that sounds awfully sleazy and salesy and learn some ideas on how to do it differently.
Fair warning, I'm pretty ticked in this episode. I don't normally skewer people, but this tactic was egregious, and I needed to address the issue.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on these sales tactics. Are they a good thing? Do they work? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think. Particularly, if you're a creative, and you want to make a living with your art, you'll need to learn and refine your technique.
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Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
How Do We Handle Bullies From the Playground to the Boardroom
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Dr. Rob Fazio joins me for a quick live interview on how to handle a bully from his new book Bully Proof.
I'll be bringing a more detailed review in a few weeks. In the meantime, enjoy this quick interview/overview of Dr. Fazio's ideas from his book launch event.
The book is Bully Proof.
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Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
How Acting On Your Apology Can Deepen All Your Relationships
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
How an Apology Can Move You Forward
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I meditate daily. I have been setting intentions for my meditation practice. I want to figure out the psychology behind inaction. Over the last few days, I've tackled the following thoughts.
Meditation Realizations
- Hope without action leads to delusion.
- Desire without action leads to envy.
- Promises without action lead to falsehoods.
- Goals without action lead to resentment.
- Inspiration without action leads to stagnation.
- Apologies without action lead nowhere.
Today I’m looking at how to acting on your apologies will deepen everything you do.
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Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
TV Producer and Content Creator Reena Friedman Watts
Reena Has a Gift for Building Connections, Inspiring Confidence, and Supporting Vulnerabilities While Being Incredibly Entertaining.
There’s not much Reena Friedman Watts hasn’t done in her professional life. She’s scoured the NPR newswire for stories. She’s combed through hundreds of small claims cases. She’s worked on reality TV shows such as The Jerry Springer Show, Court TV, and Nanny 911. She’s worked in Radio. She’s planned mega-events for the telecom and finance industries.
Reena has a talent for connecting people and building communities. Ideas for how people can achieve the fantastic flow out of her head effortlessly, and her diverse background and skill set allow her to seamlessly weave in and out of multiple markets and open doors that remain closed to others.
Reena is the host of the host new podcast, Better Call Daddy. She’s telling stories that haven’t been told and sprinkling them with wisdom from one of her most trusted advisors, her Dad.
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Friday Jun 03, 2022
How to keep inspiration from sliding into stagnation
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
How to stay inspired and not tumble into paralysis and stagnation
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I meditate daily. I have been setting intentions for my meditation practice. I want to figure out the psychology behind inaction. This week I’m tackling the following thoughts.
Meditation Realizations
- Hope without action leads to delusion.
- Desire without action leads to envy.
- Promises without action lead to falsehoods.
- Goals without action lead to resentment.
- Inspiration without action leads to stagnation.
- Apologies without action lead nowhere.
Today I’m looking at how to get and stay inspired and then avert stagnation.
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This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial and 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset .*
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