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.

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Episodes

Tuesday Feb 08, 2022

Week 5 of the Artist's Way Creative Recovery Course
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Monday Feb 07, 2022

Hip Hop Artist, Producer, and Emcee, Oddisee
Listen in as Oddisee Explores Music, Travel, and How to Keep and Grow Audiences While Staying Authentic To Your Music and Yourself
Amir Mohamed el Khalifa is better known by his stage name Oddisee. Oddisee is an American rapper, Emcee, artist, and record producer. He was born in Washington, D.C, and spent many years in the DC music scene. He is based in Brooklyn, New York, USA, but he is a world traveler and explorer.
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Friday Feb 04, 2022

Thinking of entering the gig economy as a performing artist? Listen to this episode.
Here's episode 1 of Agents and the gig economy - what you need to know.
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Thursday Feb 03, 2022

How connecting and being curious about your audience will improve your communication skills
Listen to chapter 11 of the audiobook as I record it. This book is for you if you want to improve your communication and presentation skills from the inside out.
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Wednesday Feb 02, 2022

Can you unknow what you know?
How Our Minds Work When Getting New Information and Deciding How to Respond To It
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Tuesday Feb 01, 2022

Alan, Izolda, Megan, and Sergio recover a sense of integrity
This week we discuss integrity, self-awareness, more childhood favorite lists, and much more!
Join Alan Fessenden, Megan Vasiles, Sergio Giovanni, and yours truly as we work our way through Julia Cameron’s seminal book. This is week 4 of the 12-week class/process. We discuss our challenges and victories, struggles, and realizations as we discuss the points in the book and our responses to them.
If you want to join in, it’s not too late. Grab a copy of the book wherever you buy books (or check it out from your local library) and go through your own process of creative recovery.
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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Monday Jan 31, 2022

Best-selling Author, optioned screenwriter, and Curious Professor Karen M. Bryson, Ph.D. on how stories shape our lives and our world.
KAREN M. BRYSON is an award-winning/optioned screenwriter and USA TODAY bestselling author of over 50 books. She hosts two podcasts, THE CURIOUS PROFESSOR and THE DEAD WRITERS SOCIETY.
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Karen and her husband are the owners and founders of Short on Time Books, a small boutique publishing company, and Short on Time Academy, where they help coaches, creatives, thought-leaders and entrepreneurs to create buzz for their brands through book authorship and the power of podcasting.
When she not writing or podcasting, Karen works as a tenured university professor and searches for fascinating stories in unusual places.
Connect with Karen
https://www.thecuriousprofessorpodcast.com
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Friday Jan 28, 2022

Thinking of entering the gig economy as a performing artist? Listen to this introductory episode of the series.
Here's the intro of Agents and the gig economy - what you need to know before you pursue the gig life.
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Thursday Jan 27, 2022

How Focus and Fragility Improve Your Communication and Presentation Skills
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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Wednesday Jan 26, 2022

How to Build Your Observation Skills and Supercharge Your Ingenuity at the Same Time
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