One Creative Act

Carlie Christenson said YES to entrepreneurship at the age of nine! A Neptune Beach, Florida native, Carlie is quick to acknowledge her Mom and Dad for their early support in her young vision. She was the pulse that drove an idea into a product that now sells coast to coast AND just made its way into partnership on internationally recognized Spanx’s website! Boob-eez — nipple covers, stick on bras and seamless layers for women of all ages — was a little girl’s idea to solve a problem. Little did she know that problems would be solved and a business would bloom along her own blossoming. Now, 14 years in the making, Carlie is passionate and shares a mature and professional perspective that far exceeds her 24 years of life. While she’s clearly a great businesswoman, it’s her attitude we can all learn from. 

In this conversation you’ll hear:

• How to recognize (and claim) your passion project
• What an entrepreneur is (from an entrepreneur)
• Why acknowledging those who helped your vision happen is part of success
• How research is important in following your dreams
• Why resources are closer than you think when you’re willing to keep working
• Why fun is always a necessary part of the story

Resources:

• One Creative Act’s Instagram: @onecreativeact
• Mary Lyn Jenkin’s Instagram: @marylynhjenkins
• entreYOU Instagram: @entreyoubymlj
• entreYOU Website: entreyou.com
• Carlie’s Instagram: @carliehannah
• Boob-eez’s Instagram: @boob_eez 
• Boob-eez’s Website: boob-eez.com 
• Spanx’s Website: spanx.com 
• Jaffi’s Website:  jaffisneptunebeach.com 
• Jaffi’s Instagram: @jaffisboutique

Hip and down to earth, Emilie Christenson has created an iconic boutique in Neptune Beach, Florida that celebrates and satisfies women of all ages. It’s a rare treasure and a space where Emilie says she delivers true retail therapy. Jaffi’s, the 20-year-old boutique, has brought joy and the life she wanted; and she didn’t even know it until she took the leap out of corporate. It’s her story that got her here — family, challenges, choice, motherhood, and building things her way — that delivers heartfelt inspiration. And lucky for you. She’s available every week to offer her fashion forward savviness, love for people and joy for life. 

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• How to surround yourself with a great team
• Why taking the leap is imperative if you want to start building your dream
• How family matters through fear and change
• Why faith and staying in real, authentic conversation creates great life
• Why giving your kids permission to feel heals

Resources:

• One Creative Act’s Instagram: @onecreativeact
• Mary Lyn Jenkin’s Instagram: @marylynhjenkins
• entreYOU Instagram: @entreyoubymlj
• entreYOU Website: entreyou.com
• Emilie’s Instagram: @emilie_christenson 
• Jaffi’s Website:  jaffisneptunebeach.com 
• Jaffi’s Instagram: @jaffisboutique

The vision for the audio-visual experience of The Feminine Soul Project started back in 2002. After receiving generous support from The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, Tiffany Mannings’ 19-year vision became a reality  — The Feminine Soul Project and its intention to unify communities is now gaining the interest of cities nationwide. Next stop — Grand Rapids, Michigan from September 16 - October 3, 2021 at ArtPrize, an independently organized international art competition expecting half a million visitors. This courageous portrait artist has depth, heart, and courage and is causing a ripple effect to connect and relate. 

Images show women’s faces. Voices share their stories. Only you don’t know who’s speaking. (Completely transformational! I promise.) Be guided on a spiritual journey of connectedness through the Feminine Soul Project — changing a city near you. 

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• How to say yes and trust the process
• What’s possible when we step out on our own
• How vision, courage, and passion create change
• How surrender plays the biggest role in success
• How perseverance plays an equally big role in success
• What happens when we surrender and persevere

Resources:

• One Creative Act’s Instagram: @onecreativeact
• Mary Lyn Jenkin’s Instagram: @marylynhjenkins
• entreYOU Instagram: @entreyoubymlj
• entreYOU Website: entreyou.com
• Tiffany Manning’s Instagram: @squareshapedlove
• Tiffany Manning’s Website: tiffanymanning.com  
• Feminine Soul Project’s Website: feminesoulproject.com 
• Feminine Soul Project’s Instagram: @femininesoulproject
• Art Prize’s Instagram: @artprize 
• The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida’s Website: jaxcf.org 

Keeping her commitments intentional — serving family and community, Stevan Brown returned to Neptune Beach, Florida after four years working in New York. The tragic loss of her parents brought her home; even with immense loss, her creative family leaned in and were embraced by the community. Stevan is a wife, momma, co-owner and Public Relations Director at The Hotel Palms, and shares authentically her story of why community and family matter most of all; and when you look for signs, they always appear. 

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• How tragedy hurts, transforms, and creates connection
• What the impact of strong community can be
• Why family matters and the possibilities when working together
• How to operate together — and from your gifts
• Why believing in your vision makes it happen
• How commitment to your mission drives collaboration

Resources:

• One Creative Act’s Instagram: @onecreativeact
• Mary Lyn Jenkin’s Instagram: @marylynhjenkins
• entreYOU Instagram: @entreyoubymlj
• entreYOU Website: entreyou.com
• Stevan Brown’s Instagram: @stevansteve
• The Hotel Palms Instagram: @hotelpalms 
• The Hotel Palms Website: thehotelpalms.com 
• Ron Artis’ Instagram: @ronartisii
• Show Pigeon Coffee’s Instagram: @showpigeoncoffee
• Edge and Lines Instagram: @edgeandlinesdesign
• Edge and Lines Website: edgeandlines.com
• Obi Family: Timmy Obi Family Fund 
• Beaches Towne Center Fashion Show: Party & Tickets 

Patti Hughes is a true treasure — her enthusiasm for life, motherhood, creating and working with her growing team and business at Natural Life and her passion for having fun — are infectious. She never put pressure on any of the unfolding processes and growth of Natural Life; it is organic and passion-driven. Enjoy hearing Patti’s approach to stay committed to the client, creating fun and enjoying the creative, natural process, and keeping perspective to love every part of expanding along the way. 

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• How one creative act should be rooted in joy and fun vs. making a business
• How humble beginnings are a solid foundation
• How “no pressure” is more than a motto. It's a core value
• How having the right people is the key to success
• Insight into keeping your client first and your business safe
• How delivering the product is a process of enjoying the journey

Resources:

• One Creative Act’s Instagram: @onecreativeact
• Mary Lyn Jenkin’s Instagram: @marylynhjenkins
• entreYOU Instagram: @entreyoubymlj
• entreYOU Website: entreyou.com
• Patti Hughes’s Instagram: @naturallifepatti 
• Natural Life’s Instagram: @naturallife
• Natural Life’s Website: naturallife.com 
• Llama Farm's Instagram: @milkandhoneyacres 
• Ponte Vedra Inn and Club's Website: pontevedra.com

After years in San Francisco, Sedona, and staying on a plane more than being on the ground, Rachel Roberts Mattox shifted gears and lives in the Beaches of Jacksonville, Florida with her husband and baby girl. She works globally as the Founder of her brand development company, Oyl and Water; although successful in business, her real success is her beauty and wisdom from loving fully, listening deeply, and embracing her strength and softness in all the right ways. 

Her personal health journey interrupted her fast paced climb and has become a dragon to slay every day; she shares that transformation isn’t a one-time gig and creating beauty is a practice in every moment. We talk about parenthood, marriage, being strong and independent and learning how to love bigger than our independence. 

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• How the hero’s journey is the unfolding, universal journey
• How the body is always talking to us if we’ll listen
• How operating business from spirit is possible and necessary
• Why the creative process is the greatest unfolding process
• What happens through acceptance
• What it means to live from spirit vs. ego

Resources:

• One Creative Act’s Instagram: @onecreativeact
• Mary Lyn Jenkin’s Instagram: @marylynhjenkins
• entreYOU Instagram: @entreyoubymlj
• entreYOU Website: entreyou.com
• Rachel Mattox’s Instagram: @rrmattox628
• Oyl and Water’s Instagram: @oylandwater
• Oyl and Water’s Website: oylandwater.com 
• Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey: Hero’s Journey Book 

Although not an expert — just ask my kids — I am a dedicated parent of two teens; and I love what parenting teaches me daily. In this episode, I talk about the most under-practiced skill in parenting — listening. Just by bringing this into the spaces and interactions with my kids, connection fills the room and our relationship deepens. My top 10 simple summer additions to the home work (almost) every time to stir conversations and I can’t wait for you to try them in your own home. Creativity would be a fulltime job in parenting, so listen for what I believe is the most important thing we can practice to enjoy our days through parenthood. Be inspired, Momma, Daddy, mentor, or anyone shaping the next generation to be great. And thanks for joining me in the game. 

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• What I’ve found to be the secret sauce of parenting
• My top 10 additions for every home to build connection with your kids
• What I believe is the most important practice in parenting
• What my husband and I argue about the most
• How the room will lift and shift when we see ourselves as “the board”
• How relax and rigor can be our greatest friends

Resources: 

• One Creative Act’s Instagram: @onecreativeact
• Mary Lyn Jenkin’s Instagram: @marylynhjenkins
• entreYOU Instagram: @entreyoubymlj
• entreYOU Website: entreyou.com
• Lit from Within LeadershipTrainings’ Instagram: @litfromwithinyoga 
• Compassion International’s Website: compassion.com 

Mitch Kaufmann seems to have started surfing the same day he learned to walk. As a result, his love for the water and traveling to remote surf spots became his life. His profession of videography and surfing waves intertwined and made every day a lucky day. His trust in gratitude for his life, creativity as a daily opportunity, and generosity because he’s been given so much, are prominent in his attitude. 

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• How serving others is always available from your passion
• Why your first step could cause the biggest adventure
• Why service without expectation is the greatest reward
• What it means to have a lucky attitude
• Why doing what you love is the greatest success

Resources:

• One Creative Act’s Instagram: @onecreativeact
• Mary Lyn Jenkin’s Instagram: @marylynhjenkins
• entreYOU Instagram: @entreyoubymlj
• entreYOU Website: entreyou.com
• Mitch Kaufmann’s Website: https://atlanticvideo.biz/
• Tacolu Website: https://www.tacolu.com

TF Jenkins shares the top three values in most individuals: faith, family, and finance. What you put first shapes your whole life. Starting a family in Seattle and choosing to move back to his hometown of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida has given him a perspective of taking risks while trusting something bigger. His creativity in his profession as a wealth advisor is a choice — from the office he’s made as a home away from home to his attention to detail with every client. 

His love for family is shared through encouraging his kids to try new things alongside him. And he shares that this is the most important thing for kids to experience — seeing their parents try something new first. His eloquent voice and calm demeanor are lovely to experience and are qualities he holds in success and under pressure. 

The relationship we share comes through our conversation. I’m so proud to call him my husband; and he really is the example of living a life of creative abundance.

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• How work is art
• Why your kids need to see you trying new things first
• How trying new things is the key to life
• What drives every person (in some way and in some order)
• What a shared vision with your partner can cause

Resources:

• One Creative Act’s Instagram: @onecreativeact
• Mary Lyn Jenkin’s Instagram: @marylynhjenkins
• entreYOU Instagram: @entreyoubymlj
• entreYOU Website: entreyou.com
• TF Jenkins' Website: https://www.rivergrasswm.com/
• Starr Sanford's Website: https://www.starrsanford.com/
• Starr Sanford's Instagram: @starrsanforddesign 
• Tacolu's Website: https://www.tacolu.com/
• Emerald Trail: https://www.groundworkjacksonville.org/emerald-trail/
• Church of Eleven 22's Website: https://www.coe22.com/

Jenna Alexander  has created a life from her creativity and exudes beauty with every word she speaks. She’s quick to say that it’s most important to stop the perfection that social media can display, and take time to see what’s in front of you. She shares the reality of life as a wife and mom, homeschooling as her new venture for 2020, and what’s on the horizon with her creativity. Jenna shares how her creative acts have made her who she is every step of the way. Her lightheartedness and spirit inspired me to soak up every word she had to say.

She shares what our culture is too committed to; and what came out of 2020 for her. Her vulnerability is in every expression; and her story is one of staying true to her passion and stepping day by day into her continued love for creativity and her passion for it.

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• How doing what you love can give you the life you want
• Why taking a break from social media is a good idea
• How beauty is perfect and in every imperfection
• How showing up is the ultimate first step
• What matters is what you say matters

Resources:

• One Creative Act’s Instagram: @onecreativeact
• Mary Lyn Jenkin’s Instagram: @marylynhjenkins
• entreYOU Instagram: @entreyoubymlj
• entreYOU Website: entreyou.com
• Jenna Alexander’s Instagram: @jennaalexanderstudio
• Jenna Alexander’s Website: https://jenna-alexander.com/
• Sunday Everyday’s Instagram: @sunday___everyday
• Book: Show Your Work, by Austin Kleon