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 Aug 21, 2019
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
We all have dreams we like to pursue but we don’t for some reason. How would you like to be able to take those dreams and turn them into reality with practical, doable action steps? This episode will help you get started.
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Friday Aug 16, 2019
In this week's Friday Feature, I relate life lessons from two short interactions. These two brought me some great knowledge. People drop wisdom in their everyday conversation that they don't even realize.
Today's lessons come from two frenemies and a six-year-old.
Listen to get the shameless eavesdropping scoop.
Wednesday Aug 14, 2019
Wednesday Aug 14, 2019
How can you use integrated thinking to build the life of your dreams? Most people think about the right and left brain hemispheres. They know the left side is analytical and the right is more creative. But they don't take into account the other parts of the brain. In today's episode, I break down the four major parts of the brain that need to work on building your best life (and there are even more that I'll discuss in future episodes).
Listen to the show to get started using SPIT (Strategic Planning and Integrated Thinking). You can start changing your life right now.
Friday Aug 09, 2019
Friday Aug 09, 2019
Want to be more who you are on the inside? Listen to this week's Overheard Friday Feature.
I learned amazing lessons in this week's Overheard. As a shameless eavesdropper, I pick up these nuggets and share them with you.
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
In today's episode, I ask this super important question. Which is the better path to success? To create your thing and keep doing it until you find your audience? Or to pay close attention to what people want and then give that to them?
For more thoughts on this, check out
Seth Godin's Unleashing the Idea Virus.
Guy Kawasaki on being an evangelist.
Kevin Kelly's 1000 True Fans.
Gary Vaynerchuk on his Instagram success strategy.
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
You want to work doing something you love, right? But what if you didn't major in that field in college? How do you break into a new field? What trees do you have to shake?
If you want to switch careers or get your dream job, listen to this episode.
Know someone who is struggling with changing jobs? Share this with them.
Saturday Aug 03, 2019
Friday Jul 26, 2019
Friday Jul 26, 2019
This week's Overheard has three fun bits. These slices of life are brought to you by me being a shameless eavesdropper. I learn so much about people, their dreams, ideas, and lives by keeping an open ear and an open mind.
I hope you enjoy these snippets of life from cafe's restaurants and the streets of New York City.
Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
Are you posting all day every day on social media to try and reach your potential clients, customers or employers? And are you hearing nothing but crickets? Sometimes, even though we post a ton of content, we're not reaching, really reaching, our audience.
In this episode, I detail an effective technique to figure out what to post and how, so you make the connections and build the relationships to succeed.
You want to be authentic, and you want to be useful. But what if you aren't sure exactly how to bring that across. Listen to the episode and you'll learn two techniques to do it.
Share this out if you know someone who's frustrated by their lack of connection to their intended audience. It will help them connect in an authentic and more importantly, valuable way. Particularly, if you're a creative or an artist, this episode will guide you towards better interactions.
Friday Jul 19, 2019
Friday Jul 19, 2019
Today's Overheard episode has three fun stories.
Sometimes, when a conversation is particularly fun or poignant, I grab a photo of the people speaking.
If you like this Friday feature, please let me know.
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xox
Z