#Creativeinspo, Seconds To Courage.

#Creativeinspo, Seconds To Courage.

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#Creativeinspo, Seconds To Courage. episodes

  • Creativeinpso Message #3: Tell Your Story

    Creativeinspo Message #3: TELL YOUR STORY 

    That's write! WRITE it down. 

    Whether you are already doing what you love or just starting to follow what makes you happy, start at the heart of why you are doing what you do. It's important to remember this because at times when you feel doubt, when said 'ego' gets in the way, defining your story will help you stay aligned with your purpose.  

    This week I share my talk from the Creative Abundance Leadership Forum, hosted by our own guest, Clarissa Castillo-Ramsey. My topic was Story(TELL)ing, The importance of storytelling. I share my journey of quitting my 9-5 , what I did to give me the courage to do so, to where I am today.  

    Thank you so much for listening!! As with all Solo Episodes I've included a worksheet attached with some key questions and takeaways into writing out your story.  

    Download your worksheet here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MhRHrQVJr1-wIP6Gia2EZHGGipWFFruH/view?usp=sharing

    Contact Daisy: www.aporpro.ca email: [email protected] 

    IG: www.instagram.com/creativeinspo_daisy

    24 min
  • Jackie Amsden, How to find your voice (again) by having fun and building community.

    In this week's episode I chat with Jackie Amsden, this girl is funnnnny, and she has a pretty fantastic story. As a teenage model who got to work and travel in Asia, she was able to turn her adventures into a novel. From what I learned through Jackie's story, the most important thing to remember is, outside validation can only go so far. Until you can truly fulfill what is lacking inwards, it is only then when one can build their voice authentically, and have a good time doing so!


    Jackie Amsden is a mum, indie YA author and podcast host living in Port Moody, BC. These Mums Write is about helping mums achieve their writing goals and dreams.


    My Favourite Jackie quotes:


    "I’m still waking up..I’m just starting to do that, before you thought there was nothing, then you start to see things that were always there, but you couldn’t see them before and that’s the really exciting thing thats happening now."


    (On social media)  "It's just about you showing up and sharing who you are and being authentically curious about other people and it starts to build that way."


    "You do the writing in your head that’s part of the process, so even if you don’t have time, but you’re still thinking about the ideas, they’re simmering, that’s writing too."


    Thank you for listening!


    Contact Jackie:

    IG: www.instagram.com/jackieamsden

    FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/431217441728153

    Jackie Podcast: These Mums Write

    Available on Apple here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/these-mums-write/id1590690580

    Available on Spotify here: https://anchor.fm/jackie-amsden4/episodes/Making-mums-writing-dreams-a-reality--with-a-side-dish-of-hemorrhoid-e18rkf9/a-a6ss523

    Contact Daisy:

    www.aporpro.ca

    IG: www.instagram.com/creativeinspo_daisy

    48 min
  • Creativeinspo Message 2: Self Love

    For Valentine's Month the Creativeinspo message #3: SELF-LOVE.


    What does it mean? What are the benefits of self love? I go over how you can activate the feel good hormones: Endorphins, Dopamine, Seratonine, Oxytocin and how can you cultivate a meaningful self practice love. 

    It's important to recognize you must put in effort to achieve a happier, healthier state of mind and it's not a matter of ignoring or being immune to bad feelings.

    One of the most important reminders as well is, when things feel a little too hard, too sad, too much. Recognize your feelings, honour them and forgive yourself. Remind yourself no feeling is final. Above all else when in this state, just breathe. This can be the greatest form of self love.

    I share a snippet of a song I wrote that speaks to this annnnd I sing it--TERRIFYING!!! But the message is there to pass on so, hope you enjoy it!

    Thank you so much for listening!!


    Link to Episode Worksheet Review highlighting the Creativeinpso Message of the month:

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l58PjC0stXs-yzoGN4xFdY-dWxpcuqp0/view?usp=sharing


    Contact Daisy:

    www.aporpro.ca

    IG: www.instagram.com/creativeinspo_daisy



    14 min
  • Susie Miles, Intentional change for a life you love.

    This week’s episode is with Susie Miles, if you ever needed to look for inspiration on how and why you should leave a job that’s no longer serving you, listen to this episode!

    Susie not only breaks it down how she did it, but shares the dreams she’s going for, after leaving a well established career. It’s not too late to start again, remember it’s not starting from scratch, and, it’s the only start that matters, to living an intentional life you love. 

    My Favourite Susie quotes: 

    "Even if fear is in front of me, I have no choice, I gotta knock it down, I just have no choice BUT to knock it down." 

    “No one is coming-and I think a part of me thought someone was gonna come, that someone was going to led me to where I had to go, to get out of the little prison I was in, the self imposed prison of course.” 

    "I was just getting impatient with myself, and I just came to a point and I’m like, I gotta do it, I just gotta do it and if I fail, well, I'll learn from that failure and I’ll just move on." 

    "Before you leave your job if you start making connections..start planting the seed early on, so it’s not as if you’ll be sort of bereft the moment you leave your job, you’ll have something either kind of waiting or something that you’ll be involved in, and I think that’s really helpful." 

    Susie's Bio: 

    Susie Miles lives in Northern Virginia and has for the past 25 years.  She’s married, has two children, who are now in college, and a goldendoodle named Henry. Susie has worked in television throughout her career and but recently decided to leave the industry to pursue a new career in podcasting.  She’s had a life long love of cooking and is currently developing her own podcast ‘Cooking and Convos’ which will be available in February 2022. Through the podcast, she’s hoping to inspire others to get in the kitchen to discover how they can easily prepare a good meal with simple ingredients, that won’t take a lot of time.  She wants to show people they can love and appreciate the process of cooking without feeling burdened by it and that they also can look forward to the gift of a good meal at the end of the day. Susie has also written a children’s book this year ‘My Friend, the Light’ which had been in her heart for the past 20 years and is now available online at Amazon, Walmart and Barnes and Noble.  It’s about a small boy and the love of his nightlight, which makes him feel safe (like a friend) throughout the night.  She’s in the process of writing her 2nd book in the ‘My Friend’ series.

    Contact Susie: 

    smilesmediaworks.com 

    IG: www.instagram.com/susiemiles88 

    Buy Susie's book: https://rb.gy/1pncld 

    Upcoming Podcast (Feb 2022): Cooking and Convos 

    Contact Daisy: 

    www.aporpro.ca 

    IG: www.instagram.com/creativeinspo_daisy

    40 min
  • Creativeinspo Message #1: Start Before You Are Ready

    Creativeinspo message #1: Start Before You are Ready!

    I go over common creative blocks when it comes to thinking about all the reasons why you can't get started and I share ideas on how you CAN. 

    This episode is here to get you started on that idea/project/art you've been wanting to start but haven't felt ready. YET. 

    Learn about Michelangelo and fun facts about the Sistine Chapel. 

    Break free from the term "Starving Artist".


    "Your price does not determine your worth but it gives you the freedom to live a life you love."


    Thank you so much for listening!!


    Link to Episode Worksheet Review: 

    shorturl.at/bvSWY

    Contact Daisy: 

    www.aporpro.ca

    IG: www.instagram.com/creativeinspo_daisy

    14 min
  • Clarissa Castillo-Ramsey. Painting Your Path. Employee to Entrepreneur
    Welcome to Season 2!! We are kicking it off with Clarissa Castillo-Ramsey!
    Dr. Clarissa Castillo-Ramsey is a leadership & life coach and practicing abstract artist. Clarissa's passion for coaching can be traced back to her childhood and young adult days. She was the friend people would go to for advice, counsel, and encouragement. Clarissa is the author of the book Painting Your Path, 21 Interviews with Extraordinary Women. She incorporates her Painting Your Path framework with her clients, who are seeking to define their path in life, whether to explore a new career or branch out on their own. It’s what she’s used in her life to achieve her visions, dreams, goals.
     My Favourite Clarissa quotes: 
    "Art is just a form of self expression" 
    "Writing Painting Your Path was just another way to document that time in my life where I was just feeling like ok, it's time for another pivot, it's time for another transition again."
     "The benefit of having a 9-5 if you want to transition to entreprenuership, is I had a schedule, the whole time management piece has been so great for me, and helpful for me, now I get to design what my Monday through Friday looks like, it's a huge transferable skill." 
    "All it takes is seconds of courage and I feel like once you take that little bit of action you'll find that what you feared the most, is actually not so scary and then my taking little action everyday, soon enough whatever it is that you desire to put out there in the world it's gonna be  your reality. When you let one door close, so many other doors open, so I just want to encourage everyone listen to paint your path and have fun doing it." 
    "You either get that result you want or you get the lesson that you need."
     Clarissa's info: 
    Book a free strategy call: 
    https://calendly.com/clarissaramsey/15min 
    www.clarissastudio.com
    Facebook Group : From Employee to Entrepreneur Mindset
    IG: www.instagram.com/ccr_sunshine 
    LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/ccastilloramsey 
    Daisy's Info: 
    www.aporpro.ca 
    IG: www.instagram.com/creativeinspo_daisy 
    ***Bonus***We are celebrating Season 2: DM or email a picture of you sending this episode to a friend and I will send you a personalized gift :)  email: [email protected] or DM via Instagram
    51 min
  • Anna Tsui, Shadow Magic teacher. How to work with your shadows befriend them and use them to create a life you love.
    This week guest is Anna Tsui. She is a powerhouse. Not only did she move to China in her twenties, where she didn't know how to speak the language, she also started a successful company-one of many!
    We talk about the challenges of being a successful asian women business leader, in a male dominated society, and how things are changing. The importance of sharing your voice, even when you are uncomfortable, and how, when you see your shadows come up, befriend them. You become stronger and it is through this work, you can create a life that feels purposeful, and ultimately feel empowered to help others feel/do the same. 
    My Favourite Anna quotes:
    "I could feel my life before my eyes and if I want to do something, then I should do something now and not make any excuses."
    "The more that you can sit in that discomfort, and make it work for you, you’re going to find that you have these intangible qualities, that’s the reason they hired you in the first place, it’s the reason why people enjoy working with you...You’re going to have to force yourself to see the whole package of you as a person-you’re a really compassionate person, you're a fun person to be with, you're a non-judgmental person. We all need to know these intangible parts of you."
    “When we work on the speaking muscle, we also work on the receiving muscle…when we advocate for ourselves, when we ask for what we need, we also then need to learn I need to receive that all the support that is coming, or all the compliments, or whatever it is.”
    "When I was getting to know my own shadows, I realized that it was actually really powerful, and this part of me isn’t meant to be killed, it’s actually meant to build a relationship, cause It can help me with connecting with other people who have the same shadows. It helps me with compassion, helps me to have a different perspective on certain things, that other people might not have, because they didn’t kinda go full circle on their healing journey."
    "If anything, I want people to plan for self-sabatoge, which is a shadow showing up and saying, uh uh you want to do this risky thing? You’re not doing it, cause it’s scary, and then we self sabotage ourselves, we get sick or we get overly busy or whatever. Any time we take a risk, plan for it and build a relationship with our shadow so we are not sabotaging ourselves all the time."
    "When a shadow show ups it’s a really good sign that you’re growing it’s a really good sign that you are taking risk and shadows almost always comes up to be healed."
    Anna's contact info:
    www.annatsui.com
    IG: www.instagram.com/ms.annatsui
    FB: www.facebook.com/anna.tsui.18?ref=bookmarks
    Download free chapters of Shadow Magic: www.annatsui.com/book
    This is the final episode of Season 1!! See you again mid Jan 2022. Don't be a stranger!! 
    Connect with Daisy: 
    www.aporpro.ca
    IG: www.instagram.com/creativeinspo_daisy
    Fb Group: #Creativeinspo, Seconds To Courage
    Thank you for your support!! Thank you for listening!!
    47 min
  • Gina Clark, left brain analytic creative with a soul of a poet.

    This week's guest is Gina Clark. She talks about how and why it's so important to reconnect with yourself creatively, while being a mom, a wife and wearing alll the hats. It might take decades to realize what you need to do, but if in your day-to-day motions of life, if you are feeling any sort of lack, a void and uninspired, these are signs that you need to FILL. YOUR. CUP. This is definitely different for everyone, but it can be starting as simply as Gina did, with saying goodnight at littler earlier to her family and spending half and hour reading before bed. Gina was able to turn her creativity curiosity into a meaningful career change. She founded Gina Clark Creative, supporting people as a creativity coach as well as exploring her love of arts through watercolour. 

    My favourite Gina quotes:

    "I think how we stay young at heart is by being curious and by learning and there’s no end to that."

    "If you don’t take care of yourself you can’t take care of anybody else, when you crash you are not good to anybody."

    "Taking that extra 5min to yourself you are going to be a better mom, a better partner."

    "5min a day, daliy-ish exercise, it’s usually the starting that’s the harder part but then momentum takes over."

    "Just go make something small and crappy, it’s gonna get you creating."

    Connect with Gina:

    www.ginclarkcreative.com

    IG : www.instagram.com/ginaclarkcreative

    Fb Group: the creativity collab

    Connect with Daisy: www.aporpro.ca 

    IG: www.instagram.com/creativeinspo_daisy

    Fb Group: #Creativeinspo, Seconds To Courage

    36 min
  • (Solo Episode 2) 3 ways to RESIST the urge to DO and find ease in the process of REST.

    Hello friends! This week's episode is just me and you. This kicks off the first episode where I am going to give you creative prompts in order to answer this question, How can I resist the urge to constantly do, be productive, be on the go-go-go and not feel guilty about taking time for ourselves. 

    But trust me. there is a method to the what we think is the madness, of unapologetic rest. 

    I share ways that helped me find moments to take a pause from work to see and respond honestly yes, this is the work that I want to be doing, or no, I need to change direction. 

    How talking a rest can actually give you more energy to get things done. 

    Here are my three tips:

    Tip#1 ~Notice how you feel. Take stock and listen to what your body is telling you. 

    Tip#2 ~Look at your situation from a bird's eye view. Track your point A (where you are) to point B (where you think you want to be) and make sure you pre-plot in your rest stops along the way. For your day-to-day it can be a 15-30min dance or meditation. If it's over the course of a month, what day(s) can you take for yourself? What would fulfill you with absolute energized peace. Peace that fills your entire body. Ahhh..le sigh. 

    Tip#3 ~Be ***productively unproductive REST. FULL STOP. PERIOD. Put away social media!! Have compassion for yourself when you want to do absolutely nothing. There’s guilt and shame and attached thoughts of laziness when we don’t have the energy to do anything. BUT please, I’m not your MOMMA but I’m going to preach to you, give yourself permission to REST.

    In these moments rest can ultimately lead you to heart centred peace!

    Thank you for listening. I appreciate YOU!

    Daisy's contact info:

    www.aporpro.ca

    IG: www.instagram.com/creativeinspo_daisy

    ***Use #productivelyunproductive and tag me, show me what that means to you!




    11 min
  • Meltem Algan, Wellness Journey to Welcomely. How she worked through an alcohol addiction and how she persevered beyond.
    This week’s episode features Meltem’s Algan. Her wellness journey led to Welcomley, a company she founded during the pandemic. Wellness for her meant finding the courage to admit she had an alcohol addiction and bravely moving forward to ask for help. Learn about what she did and continues to do to achieve a healthy well being on a daily basis.
    My favourite Meltem quotes:
    “On May 19th 2020, I decided to get sober."
    "There is one thing that is really standing In the way of me being a) happy b) productive and c) healthy and it is alcohol and if I cut alcohol on its own and just abstain from alcohol that’s not gonna cut it. There is an underlying issue here and I have to put myself into a program, I need to work on my physical and mental health."
    "I had to reprogram my brain into thinking look, you were not operating at your best, heres' a program that is introducing a new way of life and a new way of thinking, you need to be open to it..once I was able to open my mind to it, I found different ways to form my own understanding of spirituality and spiritual connection."
    “Your inability to sit still, to not check out for 5-10min is a good indicator that you might be using something as a crutch to keep the noise level up around you..when you start trying to control your check out method, there might be a reason you are holding on to that try and seek even free guidance at first."
    (on meditation) "10min of just resetting your mind, of pure clarity..changes the course of your day."
    Connect with Meltem: 
    www.welcomely.app
    IG personal: www.instagram.com/meltem.algan
    IG business: www.instagram.com/welcomely.app
    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meltemalgan/
    Connect with Daisy:
    www.aporpro.ca
    IG: www.instagram.com/creativeinspo_daisy
    46 min

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#Creativeinspo, Seconds to Courage is a podcast sharing real life stories of people's experiences in the moments when the choose themselves. It highlights how everyone's unique tale reflects a common message, that creating a life you love is possible.