Creativity through the lens of an Award Winning Musical Theater writer and performer

"Creative people enjoy being creative." 

Sair Kaufman (they/them) is an award-winning musical theatre writer and performer based in NYC. They create work that centers queer and disabled joy. Sair has been featured in the New York Times, and Broadway World described their writing as “laugh-out-loud.” Recipient of the Danny Award for Original Song, finalist in the Write Out Loud Contest, and winner of the 48th Annual Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival, Sair was selected for the BMI Advanced Musical Theatre Writers Workshop, the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project, the Johnny Mercer Writer’s Grove, the Prospect Musical Theatre Lab (twice), and Theatre Now’s Soundbites Festival (twice). Their flagship project is a D&D-inspired fantasy musical podcast called The Reality Shaper (therealityshaper.com) - season 1 launches on June 9th 2026! Their music has gone up at venues across the country.

therealityshaper.com

sairkaufman.com

https://www.instagram.com/sairkaufman/

https://www.tiktok.com/@sairkaufman

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Creativity through the lens of a link building specialist, marketing expert and brand growth

"I try to live and step into what is scarry. Feel the fear and do it anyway!"

Linksandmaria - or by her very Swedish name ”Maria-Katarina Johannesson” - is a people-first marketing expert who is currently navigating new motherhood and a plant obsession. She specializes in the art of getting brands not only seen but trusted, using link building to send out the right signals in a constantly evolving landscape. She is interested in patterns, and building bridges (but has a fear of walking on them). She tries to honor her creative side by always asking the question: “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”

Website/social media:

www.linksandmaria.com

https://www.tiktok.com/@linksandmaria

https://www.instagram.com/linksandmaria/

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Creativity through the lens of musician, author and podcast host,

"I think we make the choice to be creative

John Voelz is the host of the Gig to Live podcast, a full-time musician, and the author of "Becoming an Idea Mentalist: The Unusual Perspectives, Practices and Rituals of Idea People." 

Through his speaking, writing, and conversations, he explores the creative life, the realities and practicalities of performing, innovation, and the unusual ways idea-driven people turn experiences into something meaningful and lasting. 

https://johnvoelz.com/

https://www.facebook.com/JohnVoelz/

https://x.com/shameonyoko

https://www.instagram.com/johnvoelzmedia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-voelz-b953264/

https://gigtolive.buzzsprout.com/

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Creativity through the lens of someone who helps people find their voice,

"If I'm not creative things aren't flowing."

Paul Fabulous Gasztold is a popular life coach, vocal coach and spiritual mentor. People say his super power is helping people relax and fall in love with their voice.

He tends to fall in love with his clients' voices, and has been serving his many happy clients internationally around the world since 2004.

He loves spending time by the water in Toronto with his friendly golden doodle pup 'Freedom', and helping his clients in person and virtually across North America.

PaulFab.com

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Creativity through the lens of an author and illustrator

"Being a creative person, you can just do whatever you want."

I’m Regina, a Taiwanese American author and illustrator specializing in contemporary Chinese gongbi-style painting, an ancient form of brush painting that depicts narrative subjects in colorful high detail. Using traditional ink and wash techniques in digital painting, my illustrations deliver classic subjects through a modern lens.

I did not go to art school! Born and raised in Texas, I’ve always enjoyed the creative arts, but I didn’t learn traditional Chinese painting until after I moved with my young family to Taiwan in my mid-thirties. Holding management degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and Cornell University, I’ve worked in marketing technology and information systems for the travel and tourism industry. Now, I create stories that celebrate East Asian folklore and philosophy in an accessible way.

My most notable creations are the characters from The Oxherd Boy, an inspirational webcomic that started on Instagram. A young boy, his family ox, and a rabbit living in his garden convey the three core schools of Classical Chinese thought: Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. The collection of these inspirational pieces called THE OXHERD BOY: Parables of Love, Compassion, and Community released as a bestseller in 2024, and was followed in 2025 by an award-winning original story for children called Big Enough. Its companion book Little Helper, which expands on the themes and message of community, comes out in May 5, 2026.

I’m currently working on The Tao of Nature, an illustrated collection of meditations sharing examples of Taoism found in the natural world.

I’m happy to live in Rhode Island with my husband, kids, and our rescue, Yuki.

https://reginalinke.com/

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/regina-linke/little-helper/9780316531252/?lens=little-brown-books-for-young-readers

https://www.instagram.com/reginalinkeart/

https://www.amazon.com/Little-Helper-Regina-Linke/dp/0316531251/ref=sr_1_1?crid=BIG0S5LGH86Z&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.StdbX6LzRDwysizeKRnaicEFd1iO9FRyTxknbwF7KBwuWWUve1--byqyGluwDPSHZQ6Og5bbopJVAt7nBQEMY3midUZk3kMGWIJmhkaaWXDqIVGRIqmxod3tFkZpke6eHZGx2OHPQBsf7xOMBA1CeQm2dPafZ7bn4ODkUluJQnH07_VkwSsU0boGG92i0iGJVPwcnFXktKzqfFmHglHiOUvqjwcZXVfJOkEE6ZQDbSs.ronwEfZ7Y_a-A6_K6_K6ud3WIWO6CQ039gQsG1efabU&dib_tag=se&keywords=linke+little+helper&qid=1780427700&sprefix=linke+littl%2Caps%2C974&sr=8-1

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Creativity through the lens of the Co-Founder and CEO of 50hrs.com

"Creativity is turning thought into reality."

Claire Giovino is the Co-Founder and CEO of 50hrs.com, built around a simple belief: most leaders don’t need better productivity tools — they need to design their perfect day and remove the work that doesn’t belong in it.
Early in her career, Claire noticed that email and administrative work weren’t simply time-consuming. They were low-energy, reactive tasks that fractured attention and quietly crowded out deeper work. Email felt necessary and productive, yet it often ended up setting priorities by default. Curious about what would change, Claire began experimenting with delegation and systems, first in her own work and then alongside other entrepreneurs, to see what happened when leaders stepped out of constant inbox triage.
A pivotal moment came while working with online entrepreneur Yaro Starak. By redesigning how his inbox was filtered, handled, and responded to, Claire reduced his direct involvement with email to checking it just once a month. The shift wasn’t about efficiency alone; it changed how his days were structured and where his attention went. Claire saw the same pattern emerge again and again: as people become more successful, email multiplies, and without deliberate systems, it quietly reshapes how their days unfold.
In 2017, Claire co-founded 50hrs.com to address this problem at scale. Instead of offering surface-level organization or software tools, 50hrs.com provides human executive assistants who manage inboxes and calendars end-to-end — replying to emails, handling follow-ups, and learning each client’s voice, priorities, and decision-making over time by becoming an integral part of their business. The model is built on trust, context, and redundancy, with AI used as a support layer rather than a substitute for human judgment.
Today, Claire works with leaders across entrepreneurship, law, academia, real estate, and beyond who want their days to reflect how they think and work at their best. Her focus is helping them protect the limited hours when their attention is sharpest by removing low-leverage work that quietly drains energy and focus.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairegiovino/
https://inboxdone.com/

https://www.50hrs.com/

https://playbook.50hrs.com/

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Creativity through the lens of the founder of The Humane Space and artist

"Creativity; it means exploring something new."

Lauren Henkin is the founder of The Humane Space, a lifestyle company and first-of-its-kind app designed to help people find greater meaning in life through curiosity, wonder, and awe. A trained architect, award-winning visual artist, and branding expert with over two decades in luxury wellness and management, Lauren blends art, design, and humane technology to support mindful living in a distracted world. Her work has been featured in NPR, Architectural Digest, and leading museums—and is grounded in a mission to inspire wonder and deepen self-connection through intentional, curiosity-driven experiences.

https://www.thehumane.space/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thehumanespace

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thehumane.space

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehumanespace

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thehumanespace

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Creativity through the lens of a Real Estate Broker, Radio Host and Author 

"How we live our lives is an extension of our creativity."

For more than twenty years, Lisa Parda has helped people buy, sell, and reimagine properties in New Hampshire. As the Owner of RealtyScape Brokerage, LLC, she doesn’t just work in residential real estate — she’s also an income-producing, value-add agent with experience fixing up and revitalizing commercial and multifamily properties. That passion for creating spaces that serve people and communities threads through all her work.

Today, she’s just as likely to be found behind a microphone as she is at a closing table. As co-host of Lisa and Robyn on the Mic, a live weekly radio show, Lisa has spent the past two years hosting two-hour conversations that meander the way real life does. Listeners tune in for honesty, laughter, and the kind of exchanges that feel like pulling up a chair at the kitchen table.

Food has become her latest way of exploring connection. Her forthcoming cookbook, My Love Language Is Food (Fall 2025), isn’t about flawless recipes — it’s about survival, joy, and the small rituals that keep people going. Lisa draws from her own seasons of struggle: long work hours, the ups and downs of body image, and the lessons of using food both as comfort and as medicine. She’s candid about nights when dinner comes from a box, but she also knows the pride of making one dish exactly the way you like it.

At 53, Lisa is choosing to let her real estate career take a smaller footprint so she can make space for projects that leave her energized — conversations on radio, a cookbook rooted in lived experience, and opportunities to speak and travel. Her story is about pivoting in midlife without burning down the past, and about building sturdier foundations — whether in homes, meals, or communities.

What drives Lisa is simple: connection. Whether through a property, a meal, or a two-hour conversation, she believes in meeting people where they are, without gloss. As a podcast guest, she brings humor, candor, and the kind of energy that makes audiences lean in and feel seen.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-parda-a0125532b/

https://www.youtube.com/@LisaandRobynOnthemic

https://www.instagram.com/lisaandrobynonthemic/#

https://starsatnightpublishing.com/

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Creativity through the lens of the founder of Crooked Compass & Key Note Speaker

"Creativity means when things just flow naturally."

Lisa Pagotto is the founder of Crooked Compass, an immersive travel company built around depth, cultural respect, and meaningful experiences. She grew the business into a multi-seven-figure venture featured on Shark Tank Australia. When global travel came to a standstill, Lisa rebuilt and expanded in unconventional ways — including earning clearance to land a light aircraft at Sydney Airport while commercial flights were grounded. Her work is shaped by firsthand experience navigating uncertainty, risk, and reinvention.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-pagotto/
• X: https://x.com/crookedcompass
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisapagotto_/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crookedcompasstravel/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CrookedCompass
• Website: https://www.crooked-compass.com/

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Creativity through the lens of a physicist and psychotherapist 

"Creativity to me is making reality in some sense."

Lincoln Stoller is a certified clinical counselor in British Columbia, Canada. He works with people worldwide to help them with the environments they have created, and their sense of self. He’s a volunteer counselor with the American Alpine Club’s Climbers Grief Fund.

Lincoln’s experience includes theoretical physics, business software CEO, neurology-based brain training, psychedelics, and hypnotherapy, soar plane pilot, mountaineer, a father, a partner, and a cultural ambassador to communities in the Caribbean, Panama, and Mongolia.

His work comes together under the heading of recreating one’s state of mind through experience, perception, reflection, relationships, trauma, and spirituality. He questions science and intellect and emphasizes relationships and spirit. He blogs on topics in learning, therapy, and social awareness at
https://mindstrengthbalance.substack.com/

His latest books, "Dream Fragments" and "Dreaming Yourself into Being," explore the psychology of dreams and were published in February 2026.

https://www.mindstrengthbalance.com

https://www.mindstrengthbooks.com

https://www.facebook.com/lincolnstoller/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lincolnstoller/

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