Own Your Creativity

Own Your Creativity

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

  • 033 Angels and Your Creativity with Soul Success Mentor Jen Gilchrist
    Jen Gilchrist – Soul Success Mentor + Speaker


    An Entrepreneur for 17 years, and a Spiritual Mentor for 6 years, Jen
    Gilchrist has gone from Struggling Single Mom to a 6-figure Business
    Owner –making money doing what she loves and empowering others to do the
    same. Jen is the creator of the Blissful Bride Program and Enlightened
    Entrepreneur Program.   She supports  coaches, authors, messengers and
    speakers create more visibility and freedom of time, money and travel in
    their purpose driven business so they can make a big impact  in the the
    world. Jen is deeply inspired and passionate about empowering  others
    to be the leader in their life and business.

    For a free gift from Jen Gilchrist to help you live a more blissful life, go to http://empoweredwomansleadership.com/free-gift/





    20 min
  • 031 Creativity Really IS For Everybody with Kathryn Haydon, Creativity Consultant
    Kathryn P. Haydon writes, speaks, and consults to support an educational
    paradigm based on student strengths and creative thinking. She is a
    keynote speaker and specialist for families, schools, and educational
    organizations nationwide.  Kathryn co-authored Creativity for Everybody
    (2015) and Discovering and Developing Talents in Spanish-Speaking
    Students (2012); writes for publications on education, creativity, and
    parenting highly creative and gifted children; and is a published poet. 
    As a former teacher, Kathryn founded Sparkitivity to engage “square
    peg” students and to support the parents and educators who want them to
    succeed. She holds a Master of Science in Creativity, Creative Problem
    Solving, and Change Leadership from the International Center for Studies
    in Creativity at State University of New York, and a Bachelor of Arts
    from Northwestern University. Learn more and find resources at http://www.sparkitivity.com or @sparkitivity
    26 min
  • 030 Memories, Memoirs & You with Elizabeth Johnston, Author, Professor, Podcaster

    My

    name is Elizabeth, and I’m a writing coach for wonderful writers like
    you who don’t want to waste any more time. Through my coaching programs,
    I give you the tools, support and guidance you need to turn your idea
    into reality whether it’s a memoir or a screenplay.

    Who Am I?

    I didn’t know I was a writer. I had always

    written creatively, but it wasn’t until I went to university that the
    doors of my imagination were blown wide open.

    I had found my calling!

    I went on to take two degrees in writing then

    taught in the arts for over 20 years. Helping others own their
    creativity was (and is) very rewarding.

    But over the years things began to change.

    Even

    though while teaching I still wrote and published on a regular basis, I
    started feeling stressed at work and that eventually spilled over into
    my personal life. I was so caught up in the daily routine of teaching
    that I forgot about the importance of nurturing my creativity.

    So, in 2013, I vowed to make my creativity a priority.

    No longer would it be something I squeezed in

    here and there. The result? Not only did I accomplish more, I was less
    stressed at work and had an overall sense of well-being that had eluded
    me for years.

    It was the best decision I had ever made.

    From that moment on, I pledged to do all I

    could to help others own their creativity so they could lead happy,
    fulfilled lives and know, in their bones, that it truly is never too
    late to be who you were meant to be.

    7 min
  • 029 Sticking Your Neck Out with Kristen Joy, Author, Publisher, Book Ninja

    Kristen

    Joy decided she was “unemployable” at the tender age of six when she
    started her first business making and selling pet rocks. She’s never
    been able to “hold down a real job…” ever. A serial entrepreneur,
    in 2003 she turned her life-long love of reading and writing into a
    full-time career she LOVES, teaching authors and entrepreneurs how to
    create books that bring them business and turning authors into
    successful authorpreneurs.

    After

    discovering how to thrive through chronic illness, Kristen went on to
    write and publish 18 Kindle books in 18 weeks, start over 50 publishing
    companies for others, publish over 200 books and e-books, teach hundreds
    of webinars, coach thousands of authors from idea to published, build a
    livelihood from negative $300-a-month to a multi six-figure business,
    study martial arts, get her conceal-carry license and eat way too much
    chocolate.

    She

    currently changes lives through her students… one published message at a
    time, encourages authors through free articles and videos at TheBookNinja.com,
    teaches a ton of courses and still studies martial arts, working toward
    her black belt in MMA karate… while maintaining a healthy daily dose of
    chocolate.

    Besides on her website, she can also be found online at her second home in Facebookland

    and occasionally aimlessly roaming the Star Wars and pet supply aisles
    with her man at Target hunting down toys for themselves and their cat.



    35 min
  • 028 Going From Little to Large As A Writer with Elizabeth Johnston, Author, Professor, Writing Coach

    Hello

    Everybody, and welcome to today’s show. I’m really excited to announce a new
    direction for the Own Your Creativity Podcast. Starting today, I’ll be
    alternating between solo episodes and interview episodes. Why am I doing this?
    Because there are a lot of things I want to share with you about creative writing,
    how to do it, why to do it, the science behind it, and how it can enrich your
    life and the world. I truly believe that art makes the world a better place,
    and I want to share my passion for writing directly with you.

    So the title

    for today’s show is “Going From Little to Large as a Writer.” Specifically,  I’ll be talking about five ways that writing
    and reading can improve your life so that you own your creativity. I want you
    to feel empowered so that you go from hiding your light under a bushel to letting
    your voice ring out in the form of your books, poems, screenplays or whatever
    other type of writing that you do.

    Today’s episode

    is for you if you want to write but haven’t started yet or if you are writing
    but haven’t since the results of which you know you’re capable or you’re
    already happily writing away but love all things related to discussion of the
    importance of writing.

    The five things

    I’ll talk about today are

    -      

    Chocolate for the brain

    -      

    Making Lemonade

    -      

    Living in the Stone Age

    -      

    Trying on Different Shoes, and

    -      

    Changing the world with your stories.

    Afterwards, I’d

    love to hear from you which of the five topics resonated the most with you. 


    ABOUT ELIZABETH JOHNSTON:

    I'm

    a writing coach for people who have an important story to
    tell but don't have the right know-how to make it happen and aren’t sure
    how to make room in their busy lives.

    I know how frustrating it can be to feel

    overwhelmed by work and family commitments, how there never seems to be
    time or energy left over for you to work on that story you’ve been
    dreaming about for years.

    Truth be told, sometimes you secretly

    wonder if it's just not meant to be -- because you’ve spent countless
    hours reading books and trolling the Net, but that hasn’t taken you very
    far.

    You’re at the point now where you don’t

    want to reinvent the wheel. You want concrete, efficient and
    professional guidance so that you can own your creativity and finally
    write that screenplay or memoir.



    24 min
  • 027 Destruction, Intention & Creation with Elizabeth Bryan-Jacobs, sculptor & painter

    Elizabeth Bryan-Jacobs was

    born in Rockland County, New York. She is passionate about communicating the
    relationship of the human body and spirit to nature and the earth. She
    pioneered the field of Creative
    Behaviorism, a proprietary methodology that awakens the creative process in
    artists and non-artists alike in order to maximize their human and spiritual
    potential.  To apply these principles
    with individuals and groups, Bryan-Jacobs developed Creative Awakenings™, a program that integrates
    this methodology with various wellness modalities. Creative Awakenings has become a highly in-demand program that she
    teaches at exclusive resorts and spas. Her work resides in numerous private
    collections across the United States.

    Bryan-Jacobs is

    also the co-author of bestselling Chicken
    Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings, and Soul Models: Transformative
    Stories of Courage and Compassion.

    She also works

    closely with her husband, artist Bobby Jacobs, creating large-scale commission
    works for private and public collections, with a work most recently acquired by
    Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin, Texas, for The Dell Children’s Healing
    Garden. The couple live and work on their farm in upstate New York.

    22 min
  • 026 Creativity is My Yoga with Amanda Bernardo, philanthropist & author of Little Voice


    Amanda Bernardo is the local author of the children’s book Little Voice, a story that encourages children and adults alike to be confident, creative and inspired to chase their dreams. While working full-time as a Policy Analyst with the Government of Canada, Amanda has taken her dream of publishing her own book and transformed it into a movement that has now made its way into thousands of homes across Canada. Amanda is a great example of someone who has taken her passion for writing and applied it not only in government but also creatively in Little Voice.


    http://littlevoicethebook.com/




    38 min
  • 025 Creativity is the Simple Solution to a Complex Problem with Author Amar Vyas

    Biography- Amar Vyas

    I am a husband, Co-Founder of Kamakshi Media, host of MyKitaab Podcast, the

    creator of Baalgatha- Podcast of Classic Childrens’ stories, and author of the
    Amol Dixit series of books. I have lived in fifteen cities over the past twenty years,
    including the two years spent at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    as a graduate student. In 2010, I spent an year at the Indian Institute of
    Management, Ahmedabad for my MBA. These days I live in Bengaluru
    (Bangalore) in India.In my spare time, I like exploring offbeat places, learning
    Gujarati from my wife,and spending time with my dog, Buddy.

    You can find more about me at www.amarvyas.in or about MyKitaab, THE

    Podcast on Book Publishing in India at www.mykitaab.in

    My Book NRI:Now, Returned to India is at www.smarturl.it/nrithebook


    I am on Twitter @amarauthor @Mykitaabcast and on Instagram @Mykitaabcast

    34 min

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Story Vision by Elizabeth Johnston of Own Your Creativity is a weekly interview show about how entrepreneurs use story in their business and life.