Own Your Creativity

Own Your Creativity

By Elizabeth Johnston ~ Author, Professor, Creativity ConsultantBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Own Your Creativity episodes

  • It’s A Choice. Dr. Paul Jenkins. Positivity Speaker & Coach. 42






    About Dr. Paul

    Summary


    I am a psychologist.  I started into school thinking that I would become an engineer, in fact I was a chemical engineering major when I started at BYU way back in 1984.  I figured I could make some money using all of those sweet math and science skills that came pretty easily to me.  I chose to become a psychologist when I realized that I have a passion for assisting others to live their life on purpose.  There is far too much negativity, fear, and doubt in the world.  I am on a mission to lift and inspire my fellow human beings to create and live a life they love.  When I made the shift to psychology, I found out quickly that not only do I have a love and passion for what I do, I’m also really good at it.  When I do my thing, people’s lives are changed for the better.  I don’t say this to brag, but to acknowledge that I am in my element.  I believe that everyone has a “sweet spot” or a “unique mission” in life, and your sweet spot is when you do what you love for the people who love what you do.  I also believe that you have the ability to create a life around your unique mission which has a two-fold effect:  First, you begin to love your life – Second, you generate wealth.  Some people have commented to me, “Dr. Paul, you are so lucky to have a job that you love!”  Lucky??!  I made this.


    I am a man of faith.  I make no apologies for this because it is my faith that gives meaning and context to everything that I do.  Those who work with me are perfectly welcomed and encouraged to include discussions about faith and the role that it plays in their life.  I’m not here to  impose my beliefs on others, and I’m not here as your spiritual advisor.  I do believe, however, that our relationship with our creator is the first key relationship we have, and that as we understand our source, life begins to make more sense.  I’m happy to share my faith and beliefs with anyone who asks – feel free to ask me about this or get a quick summary here.


    In addition to my unique mission and my faith, the love of my life is that sweet lady in the picture with me.  Vicki and I were married in 1988 and it just keeps getting better.  We have four wonderful children – Ryan, Adam, Brennan, and Lyndi.  We have made our home in the beautiful mountains of Utah.  I think the best is yet to come!


     


    My Faith


    I was raised in the high mountain valleys of Utah, where my Mormon Pioneer ancestors fled after being persecuted for their religious beliefs.  My family has been faithful members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for generations back on both sides.  I was raised in this faith, and have matured into my own commitment and understanding of the principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Vicki and I met as we were both serving voluntary proselyting missions for the Church in Finland.  This gave us a good start on our relationship with common beliefs and experiences – and we both speak fluent Finnish as a result!  We believe that family relationships extend beyond this mortal life, and that through adherence to certain principles we can be together forever.  This adds great meaning and value to our lives.  We have raised our children in the Church as well, and at the time of this writing three of our sons have also served missions; Ryan in Fresno California (speaking Spanish), Adam in Stockholm Sweden, and Brennan in Los Angeles California (speaking Korean).  We both commit a portion of our time to voluntary service in the Church and in the com

    34 min
  • Creative Output Depends Upon Creative Input. Ann Douglas. Author & Radio Host. 41
    Ann Douglas sparks conversations that matter about parenting and mental
    health. She is a bestselling parenting author (her most recent book is Parenting Through the Storm)
    and the weekend parenting columnist for CBC Radio. A passionate and
    inspiring speaker, Ann delivers keynote addresses and leads small-group
    workshops at health, parenting, and education conferences across the
    country.

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    Ann Douglas  
    Author, radio columnist, speaker
    Sparking conversations that matter about parenting and mental health
    Web: anndouglas.ca  having-a-baby.com  Parenting through the Storm
    Social: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram
    25 min
  • Creativity & Motivation. Rob Dial. Coach & Podcaster. 40
    Rob Dial believes that leaders are not born, they are groomed. From the time
    Rob started working with Dean, he has inspired the vision that leaders
    must first develop a clear purpose and align their behaviors with that
    purpose to create a worthy future. Today, Rob and Dean inspire a
    massive amount of people through podcasting, blogging and book writing
    that teach people to lead by example in every facet of their life.

    Rob believes that if you help enough people get what they want, the

    rest is taken care of. Rob is passionate about his music career and
    helping people find out what they were put on Earth to do.

    https://www.facebook.com/mwfmotivation/


    32 min
  • Creativity is a Conscious Practice. Luis Congdon. Podcaster. 39
    Luis Congdon is on a mission to help others find their freedom through creating podcasts that help you get your message heard, grow an audience and make money. He has gone from homeless to running a six figure business in less than two years, and interviews experts & celebrities all around the world to enlighten, inspire & inform his listeners on how to improve their personal and professional life. “Thriving Launch” is now one of the top rated podcasts on iTunes, which broadcasts multiple times per week. You can check it out here: ThrivinggLaunch.com
    23 min
  • Creativity Makes Us Whole. Ellen Koronet. Chief Fun Officer. 38

    Ellen Koronet,

    Principal and Chief Fun Officer


     

    As Principal & Chief Fun Officer of LNK Creative, Ellen designs and

    hosts interactive personality quizzes and assessments to expand reach, generate
    warm leads, and interact with customers. An Anthropologist by training, she
    spent over three decades as a focus group moderator and marketing research
    executive, serving Fortune 500 corporations. At conferences and venues such as Florida
    Creativity Weekend, MD Business Women, QRCA, On Purpose Women, a Robotics Team,
    and Communication Central (an editor/freelancer conference), she applies deep
    insight to business and personal conundrums, often based on her signature
    system of Inner Muse & Mentor archetypes.

     

    You can find her in person at

    ·     

    2016 On Purpose Woman Conference on October 21-22,
    2016 in Baltimore MD www.OnPurposeWomanConference.com

    ·     

    Florida Creativity Weekend Conference in March
    24-26, 2017 in Sarasota FL www.FLcreativity.com (Last
    year’s speakers are still available here: www.nonage.org/client/flcw2016b/)

     

    25 min
  • Creativity is Bringing Things to Life. Scott Wilhite. Social Entrepreneur. 37
    Scott
    Wilhite  is an award-winning commercial filmmaker turned social
    entrepreneur. As a writer, producer, and director he was enjoying a
    promising creative career without actually enjoying it. During ten of
    his most productive years he found them to also be ten of his darkest,
    most unsatisfying years. He felt directionless and that his life was
    missing purpose and meaning. 

    This
    all changed when a friend introduced him to the world of positive
    psychology and showed him the difference that comes from deliberately,
    consciously choosing what he mentally focuses on. With his personal
    transformation, he wanted to make the education easily accessible to
    others. He created the Feed Your Happy app as a mobile mindset
    conditioning tool, founded nCOURAGE.LIFE, produced a 40-part video
    series called 2 min to HAPPY, and authored the soon-to-be-released book
    The 7 Core Skills of Everyday Happiness: Scientifically Proven Skills
    For a Happier, More Meaningful Life. 

    “I
    had no idea happiness was a skill. I thought I was just a ‘tortured
    artist,’ and that that’s the kind of life I should expect being in the
    creative field,” he says. Now he uses all of his creative talents to
    package mindset skill training for others so they can spiral up and live
    with intention. 

    Scott has a beautiful wife who teaches high school, four kids who don’t fight, and lives high up in the Rocky Mountains. 

    More on nCOURAGE can be found at: nCOURAGE.LIFE
    More on Scott’s films can be found at: BigSherpa.tv/films
    33 min
  • Creativity is a Muscle. Filip Valica. Mechanical Engineer. 36

    Filip Valica has been a mechanical engineer and engineering manager for over 12 years, designing, testing, and building products from cradle to grave. He has worked for a broad range of companies – from mom-and-pop small businesses to some of the largest corporations in the US. His hands-on point of view resonates with other action-oriented small business owners and entrepreneurs. 

    Filip is also the founder of The Product Startup, a site that provides a step-by-step blueprint to aspiring product creators wanting to bring their ideas to market.  Through interviews with successful small business owners, inventors, and Shark Tank winners, he explores the intersection of his interests and experience: DIY Product Development.

    theproductstartup.com


    26 min
  • Creativity is a Muscle. Flip Valica. Mechanical Engineer. 36













    Filip Valica has been a mechanical engineer

    and engineering manager for over 12 years, designing, testing, and building
    products from cradle to grave. He has worked for a broad range of companies –
    from mom-and-pop small businesses to some of the largest corporations in the
    US. His hands-on point of view resonates with other action-oriented small
    business owners and entrepreneurs. 




    Filip is also the founder of The Product

    Startup, a site that provides a step-by-step blueprint to aspiring product
    creators wanting to bring their ideas to market.  Through interviews with
    successful small business owners, inventors, and Shark Tank winners, he
    explores the intersection of his interests and experience: DIY Product
    Development.


    theproductstartup.com










    26 min
  • Creativity: The Essence of Life - Marc Hurwitz, Entrepreneur, Neuroscientist, Author #35

    Marc is co-founder and Chief Insight Officer of FliPskills. He holds a

    PhD in cognitive neuroscience, an MBA and Masters in Physics and Math,
    and combines that with many years of corporate, executive and
    entrepreneurial experience in diverse areas from Marketing to HR to
    Actuarial. He is on faculty at Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and
    Technology Centre at the University of Waterloo. He has been recognized
    with numerous awards for teaching, academic achievement, speaking,
    professional training, acting and poetry.

    Marc is known for being engaging, interesting, super insightful and not a woolly-headed academic!

    http://flipskills.com/


    35 min

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