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
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Tom Peters, Author, Speaker, Leadership Expert, Extreme Humanist
Tom Peters is co-author of In Search of Excellence—the book that changed the way the world does business and often tagged as the best business book ever. Many books and thirty-five years later, Tom is still at the forefront of the “management guru industry” he single-handedly invented. What’s new? A lot.
As CNN said, “While most business gurus milk the same mantra for all it’s worth, the one-man brand called Tom Peters is still reinventing himself.” His previous book The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work That Wows and Jobs That Last. Tom’s bedrock belief is: “Execution is strategy—it’s all about the people and the doing, not the talking and the theory.” In November 2017, Tom received the Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award. And this week he’s releasing his latest book and course called Excellence Now: Extreme Humanism.
Connect with Tom
https://twitter.com/tom_peters
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Lisa Zawrotny, Founder of the Positively Productive System, On Making Space To Breathe and Create
Lisa Zawrotny is the founder of Positively Productive Systems and the host of the Positively Living Podcast. As a Certified Stress Management & Productivity Coach she shares the powerful healing of simplicity, self-care, and structure with multi-passionate entrepreneurs and multi-tasking caregivers.
Lisa became a coach and speaker after a deeply overwhelming time in her own life juggling multiple roles as a caregiver, wife, mother, and business owner. She is now on a mission to help her overwhelmed audience make space for what matters in their lives by teaching value-based decluttering and customized systems and habits design.
Lisa holds certifications in stress and time management, life coaching, and meditation and is a member of the American Institute of Stress and the National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals.
Connect with Lisa
www.facebook.com/positivelyproductive
www.instagram.com/positively_lisa
www.linkedin.com/in/positivelyproductive
www.twitter.com/positively_lisa
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Business Growth Consultant, Jim Adams, Breaks Down The Numbers For Us
Jim Adams is a speaker, online educator and financial management consultant for small and family owned businesses. Nowadays, you’ll find him travelling the country in his RV, speaking at Virtual events, and looking for the muddiest, scariest obstacle course race he can find, all while serving his clients and facilitating his ProfitSpeak online interactive workshop.
Jim left his job as a full-time 100% travel consultant to get his life back while better serving small business owners. His goal is to help you get your business unstuck by helping you to be able to better DRIVE your business using YOUR numbers. You can start now by downloading his free Back of the Envelope Business Model at www.JimAdamsConsulting.com.
Connect with Jim
Website www.JimAdamsConsulting.com
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Rob Greenlee on Podcasting and Communication in the New Future
VP of Content and Partnerships, Libsyn (LSYN), former Chairperson of ThePodcastAcademy.com and is a well-known evangelist of the podcasting industry and was inducted into the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame in 2017. Formerly served as VP, Podcaster Relations at Voxnext’s Spreaker and as Head of Partnerships and Head of Content.
Rob has a long and storied history on nationally syndicated terrestrial broadcast radio starting in 1999, then webcast and podcast. WebTalk World Radio Show was heard on XM satellite radio and is recognized as the first broadcast radio program in the world to begin podcasting on Sept 15th, 2004.
Connect with Rob
He is a twice-weekly podcaster by co-hosting of The New Media Show audio & video podcast that airs LIVE every Saturday morning at 9 am PST/Noon EST and Wednesday afternoon at Noon PST/3 pm EST. Last year he stopped publishing his three years old 186 episode podcast series called Spreaker Live Show on Spreaker. Former founder and lead host of WebTalk World Radio Show and Zune Insider podcast.
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/robwgreenlee/
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Talk About Innovation! Leslie Mullen Reports About The Cutting Edge Work Being Done By NASA's Missions
Imagine you had access to the innovators at NASA - the scientists and engineers who are doing the cutting edge work of space exploration. They study everything from the farthest reaches of space to tracking soil moisture right here at home.
This week's guest has that access, and she's bringing it to you! Leslie Mullen is the writer, producer, and host of the NASA-JPL podcast, "On a Mission." She's been a science journalist for over 20 years, and previously was a producer for Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Star Talk" podcast and TV show.
Links
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/podcast/on-a-mission/s2/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasajpl/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASAJPL
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASAJPL/
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Imagine How You'd Feel If You Had The Courage To Follow Your Wildest Dreams - With Swimming and Life Coach, Cori Myka
Cori Myka co-owner of Orca Swim School and creator of the Foundations of Change learning method. For over 20 years Cori has been taking adult non-swimmers from fearful beginning to realizing their wildest dreams. Her unique teaching is so highly regarded because it is based on training and healing the mind so you can learn physical steps. Taking swimming beyond the pool and into life. Based in Seattle, WA, Cori has been training students and teachers locally and across the USA as well as in the United Kingdom and Singapore.
Connect with Cori
Resource for Listeners
https://orcaswimschool.com/product/feel-better-now/
WEBSITE/SOCIAL CHANNELS
Website
www.orcaswimschool.com
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUs_T6vPOPkbYOqr5mmt2GQ?view_as=subscriber
https://www.facebook.com/OrcaSwimSchool/
https://www.instagram.com/orcaswimsch/
https://twitter.com/OrcaSwimSch
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Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Writer and Writing Coach, Kat Caldwell
Kat Caldwell believes that each person on earth has a story to tell. This passionate belief has catapulted her into creating interactive journals to help people start writing; becoming a creative coach to help people start their book; and creating a podcast, Pencils&Lipstick, where creatives have a space to tell their story.
Kat is a storyteller in her own right, having written a historical novel, Stepping Across the Desert, and a magical realm novel, An Audience with the King. In between coaching clients and writing her next novel, you can find Kat traveling the world, studying another language, reading a good book or volunteering at her local church --with a cup of cold brew close by.
Kat's Books
Connect with Kat
Creative Writing Community: https://katcaldwell.com/creative-writing-community/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katcaldwellauthor
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katcaldwell.author/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katcaldwell/
Website: https://katcaldwell.com
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Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
The Employee Owners of Vegan Cafe Seitan Rising Are Innovating How Cafes Run and Succeed
Two of the employee-owners of the cafe, Christina Verna and Amanda Fox join me to chat about how they are reinventing how the restaurant industry does business.
From the woman-owned, queer-owned, employee-owned cafe, Seitan Rising.
This cafe is the product of Pisces Rising Vegan and Seitan’s Helper meeting and combining forces.
They worked at pop-ups around the city for years and now they finally have a brick and mortar location in Brooklyn right near my house!
We’re going to chat today about how these women are Working on changing what is expected in the restaurant industry and how we treat ourselves and the beings we share the planet with.
Website: Www.seitanrising.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seitanrising/
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Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
It's no secret. A lot of us are feeling the crunch. Here's a super short episode with an even shorter technique on how to beat overwhelm creatively.
Enjoy!
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Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
How Companies, Organizations, and Individuals Can Adopt Innovative Sustainability Practices with Aurora Benton
Dr. Aurora Dawn Benton is the Founder of Astrapto LLC, which offers courses, coaching, and consulting to advance sustainability in services industries. Her passion is to make sustainability practical and positive for anyone with a passion to drive positive impact in and through their organizations. Aurora loves helping people realize their potential while discovering a greater purpose for good in business. She regularly speaks on both leadership and operational angles of implementing sustainability initiatives. She also coaches social entrepreneurs and non-profit founders to help them develop strategy, improve their pitch performance, and measure social impact.
Connect with Aurora
YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCJgNjcIblVPNh35EUX96dbA
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/AstraptoAcademy/
Website: https://www.astrapto.com/