Your Creative Mind
Behind every book, play, and song is a person juggling self-doubt, deadlines, and the drive to create. On Your Creative Mind, Izolda Trakhtenberg talks with writers, artists, musicians, and creative professionals about how they make their work and how they manage the stress and anxiety that often come with creating.
Through candid interviews and practical insights, you’ll learn storytelling techniques, mindfulness practices for creative professionals, and strategies for overcoming perfectionism in writing and art. Whether you’re searching for inspiration, tools to strengthen your resilience, or fresh ideas for balancing creativity and mental health, this podcast is your guide to creating with courage, clarity, and joy.
Episodes

Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
KYRIAKI aka Katie Elizabeth Chonacas on mental health, art, acting, and how she wins in the NFT space.
In this episode we discuss mental health, art, creativity, and Katie's latest efforts and wins in the NFT space.
Katie Chonacas aka Saint Kyriaki is a globally outstanding Greek-American actor with over two decades of experience in the Hollywood entertainment industry. She began her career as a classically trained actor, model, poet, painter, and philanthropist at an early age.
As an actor, Chonacas made her first appearance on a network TV show. She has been on shows like CSI: NY, Cold Case, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Law & Order SVU. She has also appeared in films with Al Pacino, Milla Jovovich, and Nicolas Cage, to name a few. Chonacas is a leading top talent as a Voice Over artist who loves animations, playing in video games, etc… and her branded vo name is “Cartoon Katie”
Chonacas is a Renaissance person, multi-disciplinary artist & blockchain trailblazer who is thriving to empower women. The Hey Layer platform recently released her latest NFT collections, 11 Pillars of Katie Chonacas, A Lover’s Fairytale Poetry Pieces, and a Women Empowerment collaboration curated by Saint Kyriaki. Last year, she released her EDM musical “Dreamland 1111” Album on Opensea and sold two of the NFTs at Art Basel Miami 2021 to Blake Jamieson, a fellow NFT artist, collector, and curator. Kyriaki’s genesis NFT made her the very first person to have minted a “love poem” on the blockchain.
In addition, Katie is a host of a popular podcast titled She’s All Over the Place and an entertainment industry coach that empowers others to improve their lives and reach their full potential. She is an artist who uses her profession and the arts to spread hope and love.
Her first poetry book on love titled “A Lover’s Fairytale” is now on Amazon. Check out her two music videos and her debut album Dreamland 1111 on all music streaming platforms.
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https://www.chonacas.com/links/
https://www.chonacas.com/
https://www.tiktok.com/@chonacas
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Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
Peak Performers Share Their Wisdom Wisdom from the Sky part 4
"If you had an airplane that could skywrite anything for the whole world to see, what would you say?"
Peak performers give their succinct yet profound answers on what we need to know to shine, thrive, succeed, and live a good life. They are artists, authors, musicians, futurists, teachers, educators, and they have all answered the question I ask of every guest. Some answers are short. Some more in-depth, but they are all critical grains of wisdom you need now and tomorrow.
The first three sets of answers have already been released. Listen and let the ideas and wisdom flow over you.
This is the last set of these snippets of gold. To hear more, listen to the end of every single interview episode. Listen to them. They will change you.
This Week's Wise Sayings Come From The Following People
James Young (He/They)
Sally Shaver DuBois
Stephen Heidenreich
Suzanne Bates
Tamsen Webster
Marjorie Alexander
Katie Kyriaki Chonacas
Ryan Hayashi
Alex Bradley
Renée Camus Bradley
Teresa Funke
Tim David
Tom Peters
Valerie Higgs
Vikas Garg
Wally Green
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Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
What role does intelligence play in artistic ability?
Can you be an artist regardless of your intelligence level?
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Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
What entrepreneurial qualities does an artist need to succeed?
If you're an artist, do you need to also be an entrepreneur? Is it OK to just make art for the sake of art? Or do you automatically need to make it your creative work a business? Explore this hot topic with me.
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Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
What a leader can do to help their team innovate
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Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
Zach Stein Discusses How Sustainable Investing Can Make a Positive Impact on Climate Change
Zach Stein is one of the founders of Carbon Collective, the online investment platform built around solving climate change. Built with his oldest childhood friend, Carbon Collective constructs and manages portfolios that mitigate climate risk, while maximizing impact all for the same fees and risk/reward you would pay for generic index-based online investing.
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carboncollective.co
https://www.linkedin.com/company/carbon-collective/?viewAsMember=true
https://www.instagram.com/carbon.collective/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/CarbnCollective
https://www.tiktok.com/@carbon.collective
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Friday May 13, 2022
Friday May 13, 2022
Peak Performers Share Their Wisdom Wisdom from the Sky part 3
"If you had an airplane that could skywrite anything for the whole world to see, what would you say?"
Thirty-Three peak performers give their succinct yet profound answers on what we need to know to shine, thrive, succeed, and live a good life. They are artists, authors, musicians, futurists, teachers, educators, and they have all answered the question I ask of every guest. Some answers are short. Some more in-depth, but they are all critical grains of wisdom you need now and tomorrow.
The first two sets of answers have already been released. Listen and let the ideas and wisdom flow over you.
Over the next few weeks, on Friday's, you'll get more. Listen to them. They will change you.
This Week's Wise Sayings Come From The Following People
Mark Blankenship
Mark West
Meg Rentschler
Melissa Rodriguez
Mike Bummer
Mike Kim
Molly Thornton
Myq Kaplan
Nicky Scorpio
Norm Snyder
Oddisee
Captain Paul Watson
Peter Shankman
Petra Mayer
Portia Badham
Rob Greenlee
Rochelle Marie
Shawna Schuh
Star Hayward
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 .*URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset
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Thursday May 12, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
Creative Business Entrepreneurs Face a Two-Pronged Challenge
How do you figure out a creative business that you can make successful? If you're a creative, do you just try to do your creativity and hope to make a profit? If you want to put your own spin on an existing business, what process do you follow?
Today's episode explores this dual-pronged entrepreneurial topic and gives you ideas and several methods to follow.

Wednesday May 11, 2022
Wednesday May 11, 2022
What is the benefit of all your social media posts to you, to your friends and family, and to the world?
This short contemplation on the "Why" of it all will give you some crucial things to think about.
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Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Why would you want to think "outside the box" as a leader?
Whether you leave a Fortune 500 or manage a group of singers, you have extra responsibilities as a leader. And they're not just to maintain the vision and direct people where to go. In fact, that's no longer the case in the most successful organizations. Listen in to learn why a creative and innovative mindset will set you apart from others and help you succeed like no one else.
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 .*URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset
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