Culture Your Creative

We are back with a brand new episode and this week I am blessed to have had a super inspirational conversation with Mark Brazil from Ikonick about entrepreneurship & focusing on what it is you love to do in life.

Mark is an incredible entrepreneur with true grit & determination that has enabled him to grow an extremely large business in the art world.

Mark & his business partner Jeff saw an open space in the art market that was underserved and really made it their own with their unique brand Ikonick.

IKONICK is a Los Angeles brand putting a new spin on the business of inspiring others through art. Embodying popular culture, our exclusive collections exist to motivate in a way that’s entirely our own. Whether you’re working out of a cubicle or hustling with an ocean view, we’ve created hundreds of pieces to motivate you through your mornings, days, and nights.

Fed up with the dead-end jobs that were going nowhere, we felt our ambition draining away at our desks, so we decided to leave it all behind and set out to create something that would inspire ourselves and others to chase those ambitions.

Started as a passion project in 2016, IKONICK is now one of the fastest growing digital art companies in the world. Our artwork displays in thousands of homes and offices spaces. We partnered up with entrepreneurial icons Gary Vaynerchuk and Scooter Braun, and earned licensing rights for the NBA, Muhammad Ali, Marilyn Monroe, and many others. We are dedicated to producing affordable high-quality canvas art that’s guaranteed to make you sit up straight, put your head down and go follow your passion.

You can follow Mark & find out more below:
https://www.instagram.com/markbrazil/
https://ikonick.com/

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We are back with a brand new episode and this week I am blessed to have had an incredibly deep conversation with Lisa Mazzotta about relaying much needed information through story telling & documentary making.

Lisa is an amazing producer & director and has worked on so many projects highlighting social & environmental issues in a way that really educates you and leads you down the path of finding out more for yourself.

The work Lisa does is extremely important for people to know about & learn from so that the world can be a better place for everyone.

“In every moment there is a story waiting to be found, and if we are quiet enough, we can hear it.”

From Your Lips, that’s how we share our stories and what we know.  The more visceral the story, the more exciting it is. The more authentic, the more we can relate.                                                                                                              

Lisa Mazzotta is the founder of FYL.  She has been working in film and television for over 15 years, her projects garnering an Emmy and other national and international awards.

You can follow Lisa & find out more below:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2057807/
https://www.fylprod.com/work/upcoming-untitled-project

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We are back with a brand new episode and this week I am blessed to have had an incredible conversation with the amazing Adam Taubenfligel and his sustainable denim brand Triarchy that is truly leading the way in how a fashion brand can still be creative whilst designing through the lens of ethics & sustainability.

Adam is a shining light as a human as well as being an incredibly creative & courageous head designer & co founder of a fashion brand that has no room for complacency when it comes to doing what is right for the future. 

What Adam is doing by planting a flag in the ground for transparency in fashion is providing the opportunity for new & existing brands to follow.

When he's not elbows deep in denim, he's exploring the world in search of design inspiration and sustainable innovations within the fashion industry. Adam learned everything about denim working on the factory floor in Italy, getting first hand experience from Italian denim masters. You might catch him in downtown LA walking to the Triarchy design loft with bolts of denim in hand and his pooch Frenchie by his side.

You can follow Adam & find out more below:
https://triarchy.com/
https://www.instagram.com/triarchy/
https://www.instagram.com/adamtriarchy/

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We are back with a new episode & this week I am very blessed to have had an amazing in depth conversation with the loving Jessie May Wolfe.

Jessie May just radiates such positive energy & love to all around her and its inspiring to see how connected she is to her heart center and has been able to create a thriving business around helping others to deeply connect back to the love in their hearts. From celebrities to big corporate culture, Jessie May works right across the board in helping people to live a life more filled with love.

I trust you will listen to the end when Jessie May takes us through an amazing guided meditation which you can use at any time of the day.

Jessie May empowers teams of creatives, entrepreneurs and executives around the world using the integration of the HeartRise Method. Over the last decade she has activated HeartRise in cities globally, sharing the method with educational organizations + leading-edge companies, foundations and communities. Each program powerfully results in increased emotional intelligence, strategic problem solving, corporate communication, and leadership development. From Wellness to Tech, Travel, Advertising, Real Estate, Non Profit, and Education, HeartRise disrupts company culture offering a fresh take on heart powered leadership. 

Jessie May is building bridges with the language of the heart.

HEARTRISE MOVEMENT IS A UNIVERSAL CALL TO IGNITE THE RADIANT HEARTPOWER IN ALL OF US.

You can follow Jessie May & find out more below:
https://www.heartrisemovement.com/
https://www.instagram.com/heartrisemovement/
https://www.instagram.com/jessiemaywolfe/

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We are back with a new episode & this week I am blessed to have had an incredibly in depth conversation with Paul M Vincent about exceeding what we believe are our potentials in life.

Paul is an unbelievable human performance coach and works with elite athletes & movie stars to train them to be the best of their abilities.

I am inspired by Paul and learnt a lot from this conversation we had and am definitely implementing some of his advice into my daily routine.

A world-class athlete, elite trainer, accomplished academic and restless explorer, Paul Vincent has spent a lifetime studying and pushing the limits of human potential – both in his own body and with professional athletes, Olympians, celebrities and executives with whom he works.

Through his research, Paul has discovered new ways to access what lies untapped within us all. Paul earned a Masters Degree in human performance, has studied with many indiginous cultures and is an expedition-length adventure athlete.

The owner of Altus, a global health and wellness company, he worked with lead actors from Star Wars, Kingsmen, James Bond, First Man, Ray Donovan, Star Trek, Black Panther, Jurassic Park, Spider Man, House of Cards, Prince of Persia, and many other Hollywood hits. Paul is sought after for his unconventional philosophies and approach to optimizing our lives.

You can follow Paul & find out more below:
https://www.paulmvincent.com/
https://altushealth.com/

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We are back with a new episode & this week I am blessed to have had an extremely important & educational conversation about food inequality with Olympia Auset

Olympia is an incredibly hard working & inspiring human at the forefront of changing food insecurity in food desert areas of Los Angeles.

She is relentless in her mission to eradicate food inequality so that healthy nutritious food can be available to anyone in lower income areas.

Her passion to help people be better versions of themselves just by providing them an equal opportunity through the food they eat is a shining guide we can all follow.

This conversation was recorded last year and since then, Olympia is now very close to opening the organic grocery store SUPRMARKT in south central LA but can always use your help so please check out @supr.mrkt

In 2016, Olympia started SÜPRMARKT to eliminate food deserts. A vegan of 12 years, she grew tired of traveling hours by bus each time she needed fresh, healthy food. Having grown up in neighborhoods across Los Angeles, Olympia is very familiar with the differences in creativity, potential, and happiness that accompany differing socio-economic landscapes, and she is steadfast in her commitment to creating infrastructure for a better Earth.

Her work has been covered by publications like the LA Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Complex, SXSW, USA Today, Forbes, and in the documentary Meat Me Halfway. In 2020, Olympia was named a Create & Cultivate Changemaker, and she has previously received certificates of Presidential and Congressional recognition for her service. She is a former Co-Opportunity Market board member, a GRID110 – PledgeLA cohort graduate, and a Howard University Alum.     

Olympia was featured by Wanderlust and Huffington Post for “Give Three Gifts,” a video about innovative kindness. In 2015, she initiated the creation of the 100 ft. “Let’s Be Good To Each Other” mural at 54th/ Crenshaw in Los Angeles, and is actively engaged in birthing experiences, gatherings, and gifts to LA which make earth a better place to live.

You can follow Olympia & find out more below:
https://suprmarkt.la/give/
https://www.instagram.com/supr.mrkt/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXa96om0XXTLtOi3_FV-eQ/videos

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We are back with a brand new episode & this week I am grateful to hold a conversation with Daniel Kasidi.

Daniel is a true inspiration, not just as an incredible entrepreneur & business owner but also as a shining light of positivity.

Daniel has grown a thriving business from the ground up and has always kept helping others through positivity at the for front of everything that he does.

It is possible to grow a business that cares & gives back and what Daniel has built with his brand Rastaclat is a shining example of this.

Daniel has a natural attunement for vision & leadership with the business acumen to execute branding, partnerships, international distribution, eCommerce, and retail distribution to name a few. Over the past 10 years, these skills have allowed Daniel to build a business bootstrapped from $4,000 savings to scaling to a multi-million-dollar enterprise. Rastaclat has been recognized by Inc5000 for the past 4 years as one of the Fastest Growing Privately Held Businesses in America (ranked 166 in California and 1,397 in America). Also, Daniel has built a global brand community with millions of followers in the USA, China, and Southeast Asia. Acquired over 10 million customers forging partnerships with licenses including the Olympics, NBA, MLB, NCAA, NASA, Hello
Kitty and Bruce Lee to name a few.

Daniel’s personal goals and vision are centered around the calling to inspire others to “Seek the Positive” by doing good for themselves and others while focusing on his personal brand and businesses as a vehicle of that messaging. Daniel has spent a decade building a culture around his businesses that are passionate in that pursuit while ensuring his organizations remain socially responsible by giving back in times of need to organizations such as Boys and Girls Club, the Tilly’s Life Center, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation, Keep a Breast, the Bolsa Chica, Conservancy, It Gets Better, #HashtagLunchbag. To date, Daniel has led his organizations to in-kind donations of over $1,000,000 to causes he is passionate about and committed with Rastaclat to donate 1% of all net proceeds to the Seek the Positive Foundation to continue the pursuit of Equality and Personal Development in the world.

You can follow Ilana & find out more below:
https://www.instagram.com/daniel.kasidi/
https://rastaclat.com/
https://rastaclat.com/pages/seek-the-positive-foundation

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We are back with a new episode & this week I am blessed to have a conversation with dietitian nutritionist, Ilana Muhlstein.

It consistently blows my mind how hard working Ilana is and her determination to help others reframe their mindsets around food for the better.

Ilana went through so much growing up with a dysfunctional relationship with food, which I truly relate to myself having similar issues with my mindset around food & health from when I was young through a lot of my life.

So it inspires me to see that Ilana faced her insecurities head on, learned from it and has been able to build a thriving business around helping others at the forefront to do the same.

Over the years, Dietitian Nutritionist, Educator, Published Author, Mom and Health Enthusiast Ilana Muhlstein M.S., R.D.N. has become a sought-after weight loss expert. Ilana is an acclaimed public speaker and influencer and sits on the prestigious Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association. She has been lecturing for the Bruin Health Improvement Program at UCLA since 2013 and is a contributing writer for distinguished publications including The Journal of Obesity, and has been featured in the LA Times, The Washington Post, Reader’s Digest, SHAPE, Health and Women’s Health.

By the time Ilana was 13 years old, she weighed over 200 pounds and struggled with losing weight, emotional eating and diets that didn’t work. While most kids dream of becoming pop stars or famous athletes, Ilana's early inspirations were the knowledgeable registered dietitians she met every summer at fat camp. She became one herself the first chance she got and used everything she learned to lose 100 pounds. Since then, she's built a thriving private practice in Beverly Hills and helped hundreds of people lose weight happily--and keep it off.

There is a lot to take in from this episode & I know there are takeaways for everyone listening.

You can follow Ilana & find out more below:
https://www.instagram.com/ilanamuhlsteinrd/
https://www.youtube.com/user/IlanaProudPoser
https://www.tiktok.com/@nutritionbabe?lang=en
https://www.ilanamuhlstein.com/

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Welcome back. This week I am beyond blessed to have Garrain Jones on as a guest. 

In this episode Garrain takes us through his journey from being at rock bottom to then turning his life around & now empowering millions of people to create a life beyond their wildest dreams.

To say Garrain is a life coach or a mentor is an understatement, his energy and lust for living is in abundance when he speaks and it was a real pleasure to go deep in conversation with him.

Garrain hosts retreats, workshops, 1:1 coaching, has spoken in over 60 countries and is a best-selling author. After everything he's been through, he truly believes everyone deserves to live a life worth living…

That’s why his mission is to create a safe space where people learn to embody peace and joy that creates inner freedom and gives them full access to their natural gifts that are utilized to produce extraordinary results in their lives.

I know I am certainly inspired by Garrain and am sure you will be too.

Also a huge congratulations to him & his wife on the birth of new baby girl. 

You can follow Garrain & find out more below:
https://www.garrainjones.com/
https://www.instagram.com/garrain.jones/

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This is the premier episode of Culture Your Creative and I am beyond blessed to have Liz Hernandez on as a guest. 

Liz consistently inspires me and thousands of others with her calm, loving presence, her work ethic and her vision to help people through Wordaful. 

During this conversation Liz guides us through the ways we can help ourselves to grow by being more mindful about the words we use on ourselves and others. 

'Liz is a Mexican American Emmy-nominated television personality and journalist.

As a former radio host and entertainment reporter for Access Hollywood, E! News and MTV, her career has been built on words, but no chapter more meaningful than the one she is currently living with WORDAFUL, a video and live event series that focuses on the importance of how we communicate with others and ourselves.

Through WORDAFUL Liz has created a new form of storytelling that will encourage and connect us to the power of words. We can create new realities for ourselves by changing our internal and external dialogue, ones that support more meaningful relationships and lives. 

Our thoughts and words from yesterday are what make up our lives today.'

I know I certainly learned a lot from Liz and am sure you will too. 

You can follow Liz & find out more about Wordaful below:
https://wordaful.com/
https://www.youtube.com/wordaful
https://www.instagram.com/wordaful/
https://www.instagram.com/LizHernandez/

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