How can we use creativity to come up with the critical solutions we need in the world? Whether you’re trying to start your first novel, draw a picture, or solve the climate crisis, you need to approach the problem creatively. You have to think outside the norm, come up with ideas, and then act on them to solve the big problems we’re facing. Are you depressed, burned-out, or just going through the motions? We’ve got the solution for you, and it’s a creative one. Hear Interviews with Grammy and Tony winners and nominees, bestselling authors, actors, and creative leaders on how they stay motivated, inspired, and productive. Together, we explore their internal, uncharted waters about what inspires them to grow, achieve, and succeed. Get their up to the minute insights as we tease out answers to questions they’ve never pondered before. Remember, you can use creativity and mindfulness to build the life and career you’ll love. You’ll also learn how to supercharge your own creative drive, mindfulness, and communication skills. Guests have included bestselling authors, artists, marketing and pr pros, leadership experts, tech CEOs, technology futurists, professional speakers, communication coaches, public speakers, award-winning Broadway producers, musicians, lyricists, standup comedians, actors, performers, singers, writers, conservationists, non-profit executive directors, and many others.
Episodes
Friday Nov 19, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
How to Improve Your Ability to Be Practical By Being Mindful
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Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Keep learning about how to deal with your fear of standing up in front of people and speaking to convince, inspire, and motivate.
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Find the auxiliary exercises so you can make even more progress here: https://IzoldaT.com/speak-book.
* I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
How This Compassionate Practice Will Help You and Your Loved Ones Shine
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Books I mention
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** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Valerie Higgs on how to balance your creative side and your business side to grow and succeed
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Valerie A. Higgs is an Administrative Professional by day and a pianist and music director by night. Currently based in the Washington, DC metro area, she has music directed productions at theaters such as the Ritz Theatre Company in South Jersey, the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, and the TADA! Youth Theater Company in New York.
Valerie teaches piano online; accompanies for area auditions and competitions; regularly MDs at Ovations Theatre in Rockville, MD, and is a member of the DC Tango Orchestra, the Da Capo Tango Quintet, the Tango Reo ensemble, and sings with the Philosopher’s Tones.
Connect with Valerie
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PianoWithValerie/
Twitter: @vahiggs
Instagram: @vahiggs
Main website: vahiggs.com
For lessons: higgspianostudio.com
* I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Petra Mayer, NPR Books Editor, and my good friend. Encore Episode.
Petra died suddenly and tragically on November 13th. In tribute to her, this is an encore of the interview she did with me back when the show was called the Creative Mindset Podcast. If you want to know this wonderful, creative, talented, generous, and kind person, listen to this show. You will also learn a ton about writing, publishing, and being creative.
--Original show notes--
NPR Books Editor, Petra Mayer
Petra Mayer is an editor (and the resident nerd) at NPR Books, focusing on fiction, and particularly genre fiction. She brings to the job passion, speed-reading skills, and a truly impressive collection of Doctor Who doodads. You can also hear her on the air and on the occasional episode of Pop Culture Happy Hour.
Previously, she was an associate producer and director for All Things Considered on the weekends. She handled all of the show's books coverage, and she was also the person to ask if you wanted to know how much snow falls outside NPR's Washington headquarters on a Saturday, how to belly dance, or what pro wrestling looks like up close and personal.
Mayer originally came to NPR as an engineering assistant in 1994, while still attending Amherst College. After three years of spending summers honing her soldering skills in the maintenance shop, she made the jump to Boston's WBUR as a newswriter in 1997. Mayer returned to NPR in 2000 after a roundabout journey that included a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a two-year stint as an audio archivist and producer at the Prague headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. She still knows how to solder.
Useful Links
The most recent Concierge, which links to all the past years:
https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2019
A couple of summer polls:
https://www.npr.org/series/729710522/summer-reader-poll-2019-funny-books and
https://www.npr.org/series/617220176/summer-reader-poll-2018-horror
Life Kit/How To Write A Book:
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/27/845797464/if-youve-always-wanted-to-write-a-book-here-s-how
Reading the Game: https://www.npr.org/series/510664099/reading-the-game
NK Jemisin on worldbuilding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xyFQhbsjQ or find the PDF here: http://nkjemisin.com/2015/08/worldbuilding-101/
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Mindful Friday - Transformation
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* I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links above, I might get a small commission.
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Learn how to deal with your fear of speaking to people to convince, inspire, and motivate.
This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm every day! 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.*
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If you love it as much as I do, you can get 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset
It's also brought to you by Gloria Chou's PR Starter Pack. If you want to get featured in the media, this is your best first step. I've used these techniques to get featured in magazines, newspapers, and podcasts. They work! https://izoldat.krtra.com/t/so6Aw0yCuva4
Find the auxiliary exercises so you can make even more progress here: https://IzoldaT.com/speak-book.
* I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Unlocking vision-driven innovation.
In this episode, I explore and unlock the key to innovation that will motivate you and your colleagues to stay on the cutting edge of innovation.
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Innovation assets I mention*
Tamsen Webster's Find Your Red Thread
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Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
How Creative Cohorts Help You Create and Innovate
In January, three colleagues and I will embark upon a creative voyage. You can join us and awaken your unique creative genius. In today's episode, I preview what we'll do and how we'll do it.
Hint: It has a little something to do with this book that's helped so many rediscover their inner creative. Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way.**
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* I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
**I am an amazon.com affiliate so if you buy the book through the link above, I might receive a small commission.
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Communicative Leadership Executive Suzanne Bates on What Leaders Need to Innovate and Succeed
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Suzanne Bates is Managing Director and Partner at BTS, a global leadership firm based in Sweden. Suzanne came to BTS in an acquisition – as founder and CEO of Bates, she pioneered new approaches to communicative leadership, including the first research-based assessment of executive presence, and a breakthrough model of how teams perform. Suzanne is an innovative entrepreneur who came to business through a circuitous route as a television news anchor and reporter. She’s the author of four books on leadership, including Speak Like a CEO, a McGraw Hill Business Classic.
Connect with Suzanne
https://twitter.com/ceocoachbates
https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannebates/
Suzanne's Books**
* I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
**I'm also an Amazon.com affiliate, and if you get any of the books above, I might get a small commission.