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
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Do you want to know the exact things to say or do to achieve creative success? Do you want to live your best truth? Ask the person who knows you best. Ask yourself. But don't do it on the surface. Go deep. Ask your subconscious. Learn some key techniques on how to listen and interpret what you're trying to tell yourself.
Friday Mar 15, 2019
Friday Mar 15, 2019
Learn some practical techniques on how to keep your mind engaged, creative, and flexible.
Thursday Mar 14, 2019
Thursday Mar 14, 2019
A practical and tactical episode on how to budget your time and resources.
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Rich Potter is a variety entertainer, comedian, and artist. Full disclosure, he also happens to be my husband. We’ve been talking about having him on the show for a while now to talk about creativity and its role in the world of clowns, juggling, and fire-eating. So, I’m super happy to have finally done it.
Rich is a graduate of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus’ Clown College. He was in the circus for three years and then spent a number of years traveling the world with his one-man show as a busker. He’s recently written and stars in God the One Man Show. To me, the show is about what would happen if God had severe ADD and he was running late creating the universe. To hear how you can go from performing under the Big Top to busking the streets of Europe to embodying a hilarious ADD-addled diety, listen to this week's episode.
RESOURCES
Juggling for the Complete Klutz
The Complete Juggler by Dave Finnigan
Mime Spoken Here by Tony Montanaro
Looney Tunes
Buster Keaton, Chaplin, Dick van Dyke Show, Lucille Ball, Your Show of Shows, Ernie Kovaks, Laurel and Hardy
Rich Potter on social:
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Are you a Creative who's trying to spread the word about your work? What do you need to know to engage your audience? Here are some tips and techniques to engage and excite your tribe.
Monday Mar 11, 2019
Monday Mar 11, 2019
Many talk about how creatives are inherently broken. We don't have to be. We can create wild, vibrant, life-changing art. And we can be healthy, healed, and whole while we do it. Flaubert said, "Be orderly in your life so you can be wild in your art," (forgive the slight paraphrase). And it's true. Let's get rid of the "mad" in "mad genius." Listen to this episode to find practical ideas on how to do just that.
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Let's explore what it takes to make an effective business card for a creative. You want a card that will highlight what you do and entice people to work with you. What information should you have on it? Do you want social media links? What's your elevator pitch and how do you use it in your card's design? Here's what you need to know.
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Marjorie Alexander has been telling stories for years. As a film producer, she worked on more than a hundred media pieces. In addition to her production work, she’s also an environmental activist. After more than a decade in film production, she started the “A Sustainable Mind” podcast. As the host of the show, Marjorie focuses on highlighting every-day people who work to building a more sustainable world. What’s great about her show specifically is that she works to bring relatable stories and actionable content to her growing audience.
This episode will give you ideas on how to live a smaller footprint lifestyle. And Marjorie also has a ton of great information if you want to start a show of your own.
Listen for her wisdom and humor. You'll enjoy her spirit just as much as I did.
Here is the A Sustainable Mind show page.
Find Marjorie and A Sustainable Mind on social media.
Resources we discussed in the episode.
Marjorie's Favorite Documentaries
Tuesday Mar 05, 2019
Tuesday Mar 05, 2019
OK, it's a few months after New Year's. Did you make any creative resolutions? Have you kept them? If not, listen to this episode to get back on track so you can create what you imagined.
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Wednesday Feb 27, 2019
Have you ever found yourself at a loss for what to say or do to make an interaction successful? Do you think of the perfect answer or remark five minutes after you've left a meeting?
You're not alone. Most of us go through that. So, here are three easy techniques to employ to help your interactions become more successful, more meaningful, and more successful.
And last, I want to give a shout-out to my family. Today, February 26, 2019, we're celebrating a special anniversary. Forty-five years ago, today, we arrived on the shores of the USA. Our plane flew into JFK airport in New York, and our lives would never be the same. Listen to hear my first reactions. You'll also learn the super cool dream that was born at that moment that I'm about to achieve. As an added bonus, I'll give you yet another technique to help you achieve a secret dream, too.