If you’re looking for creative inspiration and mindfulness skill building, you’ve come to the right place. This show brings you interviews with creative peak performers whether they’re bestselling authors, artists, entertainers, game designers, athletes, scientists, or entrepreneurs. You’ll get their insights on how and why they do what they do. You’ll learn their techniques and secrets, so you can do it too. In Izolda’s solo episodes, you’ll get techniques to infuse your life with mindfulness, creativity, and reap all the benefits of living in a state of possibility and imagination. 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. 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.
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
What It Takes To Walk The Path to Stand-up Comedy
In this week's episode, I continue to chronicle the journey to becoming a stand-up comedian. And I have help!
I've already mentioned that as part of this process, I decided to allow myself to suck. I'm keeping a Beginner's Mind (seems to be crucial for me to be able to stand up in front of people, connect with them, and try to make them laugh).
But this week, I've asked some of my classmates to join me on the show. Each week and through the class show, I'll interview them to see how they're progressing. Miranda Roldan and Molly Bossardt join me to dig into mindset, courage, and what it takes to write a joke.
You'll love hearing their take. Miranda is a working actor, and Molly is brand new to performing of any kind. Two different perspectives that will give you a ton of insights on what it takes to take on this new challenge and achieve such nerve-wracking goals.
Drop a comment and let these fab women know how wonderful they are!
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Three Key Benefits of Doing Something That Scares You.
If you feel like you're in a rut or need a creative jumpstart, listen to this episode. In it, I give three major benefits of doing things that challenge you.
What would you try?
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
I get it. You've got a ton to do. Every day. But somewhere in the back of your head, this tiny voice is saying, "But didn't you say you want to write a book/act in a play/learn the guitar?"
And as much as you try to ignore that little voice, it never hushes up.
I've heard that little voice most of my life. I wasn't always an avowed creative. I used to think that rarified air belonged to other people. It took me years to figure out that the most important thing when you want to create something is to start.
This episode will take you through a "Start Creating" scenario. If you follow it, you'll start. And hey, you might even finish. Now wouldn't that be fab?
For the example in the episode, I used writing, but you can apply this to other creative outlets. And if you want to write that first book, grab the template pdf and use it to finally, finally begin!
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
This is a terrific method of supercharging the amount and quality of your content. If you're feeling overwhelmed with how much you have to do, this technique will work like a charm.
Tag someone who needs to hear this.
xox
Z
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Let's face it. We work - all the time. We run from one thing to the next. I don't know how we keep our heads straight at the best of times. And sometimes even the simplest stuff falls through the cracks. I felt that way a lot. And then I discovered this simple technique that gets my head straight. It supercharges my creativity. And it helps me get to know myself better every day.
Do you want to know the secret? I write in a journal. Every day. But I don't slog away in some rigid, "You must do it this way," sort of thing. It frees me to create. It helps me my manage my time. And it works.
This week's podcast episode tackles things head-on. It shows you how you to start. You take one simple step. You eke out a bit of room in your day. And you get your stuff done.
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
If you want to increase your team's ingenuity, motivation, and energy, try this simple technique.
Friday Aug 23, 2019