Creativity: Uncovered

Lauren Spangler's biggest creative boom came when she had LESS time than ever. But even though the timing was a little off, she was able to use this experience to redefine her relationship with her creative side.

After facing creative burnout, Lauren pivoted her career from being a musician and artist to a desk job as strategist. It wasn't until years later, when she was up nursing her newborn that creativity stuck again. Lauren joins me on Creativity: Uncovered to share her story about how she was able to get back her creative spark.

Tune in to Creativity: Uncovered to hear about:

• Lauren's previous career as a professional musician and artist
• How creative burnout crept up on her
• Navigating her dormant creativity
• When creativity re-struck
• How to fit creativity into parenting and family life
• How to maintain a daily creative habit
• Lauren's creative coaching to help others re-engage their creativity

Happy listening!

xo Abi

P.S. For more information about this episode and our guest, head to: www.crispcomms.co/podcast-episodes/when-creativity-strikes-in-an-inconvenient-moment

Creativity: Uncovered is lovingly edited by the team at Crisp Communications.

Creativity: Uncovered is a registered Australian Trade Mark.

With a career spanning 40+ years, Steve Griggs has certainly refined his creative process. As New York's premier landscape designer, Steve flexes his creativity and imagination every day to deliver beautiful, functional and livable spaces for his clients.

Steve joins me on Creativity: Uncovered to share more about his process and how he remains inspired after nearly half a decade in the field.

Tune in to hear about:

• How Steve got into landscape design
• Why he calls himself a landscape artist
• His process for bringing a client's vision to life
• Some tips for getting (and remaining) on the same page with your clients
• Why he emphasises lifestyle design
• How he stays motivated and creatively inspired
• How his process has evolved throughout his career

Happy listening!

xo Abi

P.S. For more information about this episode and our guest, head to: www.crispcomms.co/podcast-episodes/landscape-artistry-lifestyle-design

Creativity: Uncovered is lovingly edited by the team at Crisp Communications.

Creativity: Uncovered is a registered Australian Trade Mark.

Why is it that when life gets tough, we turn to creativity?

In this episode of Creativity: Uncovered, I am joined by Amber Byers, an attorney who re-found her love of writing after being made redundant.

Now Amber is an award-winning author, editor and head judge of the Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest.

In this episode we talk about:

• Amber's career as an attorney when she knew it wasn't right for her
• How Amber found her creativity again
• Her journey to become an award-winning author
• How she has made a business from writing - in more ways than just being an author
• Her writing competition, the Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest
• Her tips for others who may want to switch their current career to a more creative pursuit

Amber has also prepared a special offer for Creativity: Uncovered guests. To access this, head to: http://www.tadpolepress.com/uncovered

Happy listening!

xo Abi

P.S. For more information about this episode and our guest, head to: www.crispcomms.co/podcast-episodes/how-to-change-your-career-to-better-serve-your-creative-self

Creativity: Uncovered is lovingly edited by the team at Crisp Communications.

Creativity: Uncovered is a registered Australian Trade Mark.

Rebecca Noel Ati is ambitious, curious and is determined to achieve her goals.

In fact, she ticked off her goal to be a writer at age 14, when she wrote, illustrated and self-published her first book.

In this episode of Creativity: Uncovered, Rebecca shares her story of balancing her personal and professional creativity, managing her own ambition, dealing with naysayers and her journey to her dream career.

We chatted about:

• How Rebecca published her first book at age 14
• Tips to avoid and manage burnout
• How to balance paid and personal creativity
• Navigating criticism and discouragement
• The concept of the "starving artist"
• How Rebecca moved into illustration and running her own business
• How she and her husband have become digital nomads

Happy listening!

xo Abi

P.S. For more information about this episode and our guest, head to: www.crispcomms.co/podcast-episodes/balancing-goals-burnout-amp-naysayers

Creativity: Uncovered is lovingly edited by the team at Crisp Communications.

Creativity: Uncovered is a registered Australian Trade Mark.

Have you ever heard of a "branded podcast"?

Angela Hollowell did so well with her own podcast Honey & Hustle, she was approached to create a paid, branded podcast for Castos.

In this episode I pick Angela's brains about the differences between a personal podcast and a branded podcast, and her experiences of the two.

Tune in to hear about:

• How she was approached to create the Creative Architects podcast
• The restrictions and freedoms of crafting a branded podcast
• How to stay authentic when creating a podcast for others
• The rise of the creator economy

Happy listening!

xo Abi

P.S. For more information about this episode and our guest, head to: www.crispcomms.co/podcast-episodes/exploring-the-world-of-branded-podcasts

Creativity: Uncovered is lovingly edited by the team at Crisp Communications.

Creativity: Uncovered is a registered Australian Trade Mark.

What if I told you that everyone has at least one type of creativity waiting to be unleashed within them? I know that you do, but perhaps you just haven't realised it yet!

In this episode I aim to help you discover and understand the untapped potential of your creativity by exploring three traditional types of creativity: exploratory, transformational, and combinational.

By shedding light on these distinct forms of creativity, I aim to spark a realisation within you, igniting a journey to unleash your innate creative abilities. Tune in and embark on an exploration of your creative self.

Happy listening!

xo Abi

P.S. For more information about this episode and our guest, head to: http://www.crispcomms.co/podcast-episodes/the-3-types-of-creativity-which-one-suits-you

Creativity: Uncovered is lovingly edited by the team at Crisp Communications.

Creativity: Uncovered is a registered Australian Trade Mark.

Maps usually depict places, their physical features, cities, roads, topography…

But, for my guest Sonja Bajic, her maps capture so much more. Her hand drawn maps immortalise your experience, feelings, perspective and memories of a place. And, for Sonja, it's not just about places; everything can be a map.

Tune into this episode with illustrator, artist and mapmaker Sonja Bajic, to find out:

• How she got into mapmaking
• How anything can be turned into a map
• Why maps help keep memories alive
• How everyone is creative (and can start to make their own maps)

Happy listening!

xo Abi

P.S. For more information about this episode and our guest, head to: www.crispcomms.co/podcast-episodes/life-is-a-map

Creativity: Uncovered is lovingly edited by the team at Crisp Communications.

Creativity: Uncovered is a registered Australian Trade Mark.

Being creative seems like such a fun, adventurous and freeing experience. And it is, until… it's not. When you have to be creative on demand, you can experience burnout… So how can you tackle this and get your zest back?

Mari Reisberg, is a therapist, performer, creativity and innovation coach, and host of the Sustaining Creativity Podcast. She uses her training in psychology, acting and coaching to help people find balance between their creative careers and everyday creativity.

Tune in to hear about why burnout happens, how to achieve balance and the need for creative safety. This is a really practical episode, which will leave you with some tried and tested tips for sustaining your own creativity.

Happy listening!

xo Abi

P.S. For more information about this episode and our guest, head to: www.crispcomms.co/podcast-episodes/sustaining-creativity-amp-battling-burnout

Creativity: Uncovered is lovingly edited by the team at Crisp Communications.

Creativity: Uncovered is a registered Australian Trade Mark.

Some people have so much creativity in them, it can't help but come out in so many different ways. And often, these people also seem to have a calling to help others bring out their creative self.

My guest, Karen DeLoach, is on a mission to teach and stir up the creativity in others for their happiness, and for their healing.

Tune in to hear how to tap into latent creativity, how to foster a creative environment and art as self-therapy.

Happy listening!

xo Abi

P.S. For more information about this episode and our guest, head to: www.crispcomms.co/podcast-episodes/mission-not-impossible-inspiring-creativity-in-others

Creativity: Uncovered is lovingly edited by the team at Crisp Communications.

Creativity: Uncovered is a registered Australian Trade Mark.

If you think that you have creativity inside of you, but just don't know how to tap into it, this episode of Creativity: Uncovered is for you.

Samantha Mackay is a personal development and Enneagram focused on helping people tap into and express their true creative selves.

As someone with a long journey of recovering from chronic illness, pain, anxiety and depression, Samantha has always been curious about: what is healing and how do we do it. Creativity has been an essential part of her journey of recovery and of her self-expression.

Samantha joins me to share her story and how she coaches others to express their creative selves.

Happy listening!

xo Abi

P.S. For more information about this episode and our guest, head to: http://www.crispcomms.co/podcast-episodes/using-enneagram-to-find-your-creative-self

Creativity: Uncovered is lovingly edited by the team at Crisp Communications.

Creativity: Uncovered is a registered Australian Trade Mark.