Sustaining Creativity Podcast

Creativity through the lens of the host of The Delicious Culture with Jon Francois" podcast

"Creativity means being compassionate to your imagination."

Jon Francois is the  host and producer of "The Delicious Culture with Jon Francois" podcast where he gets to know a variety of guests through three questions: 1. What's a delicious meal you've had lately? 2. What's a delicious piece of pop culture you've been loving? 3. What's a delicious thing that's happened in your life lately?

Jon is also an actor and Uber & Lyft driver! He resides in Vermont with his wife Toni and their five dogs and two cats!

https://linktr.ee/thedeliciousculture

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Before you go: take our 5-question Creativity Archetype Quiz at https://sustainingcreativity.fillout.com/creativityarchetypequiz. It takes under a minute and reveals your dominant creative style, your superpowers, and the #1 bottleneck holding you back.

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Creativity through the lens of a writer, filmmaker and creator

"The meaning of creativity is taking an idea and bringing it into reality."

Terry grew up in San Bernardino, California. After high school, he enlisted as a Navy Corpsman and deployed as a combat medic with the U.S. Marines, serving in Kuwait and Iraq from 2002–2003.

He attended Mays Business School at Texas A&M on the prestigious Pat Tillman Foundation Scholarship, earning a BBA in 2011. He later completed a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies at Grace School of Theology.

Terry is a published author of five books and the founder of VEL Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. He is the award-winning lead actor in the television series Breaking Strongholds, with additional acting and writing credits across television and film.

In 2025, Terry wrote, produced, and directed his debut feature film, The Beast of Trinity Texas, now streaming on Amazon, Tubi, and Apple TV.

He is happily married with four children. He resides near Houston, Texas.

Terry's mission is to inspire those he loves and the world through faith, creativity, and storytelling. Learn more at terryweaver.substack.com

https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B07S2FZ8MN
https://thebeastoftrinitytexas.com/
https://terryweaver.substack.com/

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Before you go: take our 5-question Creativity Archetype Quiz at https://sustainingcreativity.fillout.com/creativityarchetypequiz. It takes under a minute and reveals your dominant creative style, your superpowers, and the #1 bottleneck holding you back.

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Creativity through the lens of a NY State Senate Funded Dyslexica Researcher

"Creativity means: How do you look at a problem and solve it."

Russell Van Brocklen is a severely dyslexic New York State Senate–funded dyslexia researcher and the founder of DyslexiaClasses.com. His speech-first methodology — developed by combining the brain research in Dr. Sally Shaywitz's Overcoming Dyslexia with the writing strategies in James Collins's Strategies for Struggling Writers — helped high school students with dyslexia improve their writing by seven to eight grade levels in a single academic year. Russell is the co-author of If You Write, You Will Read, has presented repeatedly at the Everyone Reading Conference in Manhattan, and has appeared on over 200 podcasts sharing his work with parents and educators.
Website: https://dyslexiaclasses.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-van-brocklen-2007ab87/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dyslexiaclassesus/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dyslexiaclasses/
Free Parent Guide: https://mailchi.mp/dcacd9a6f9ae/3-reasons-ebook

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Before you go: take our 5-question Creativity Archetype Quiz at https://sustainingcreativity.fillout.com/creativityarchetypequiz. It takes under a minute and reveals your dominant creative style, your superpowers, and the #1 bottleneck holding you back.

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Creativity through the lens of the founder of Steve Barton Coaching and creator of The Game of Ten

"There is no box! What box?! And we also need to be gounded in reality, and grounded in what is."

Steve Barton is the founder of Steve Barton Coaching and creator of The Game of Ten®, a registered awareness-based leadership and performance framework designed to help entrepreneurs, executives, and high achievers lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose. 

With more than 47 years of business experience, Steve grew a family-owned floral company from $200K to over $2 million in annual revenue before transitioning into executive coaching and transformational leadership work.  

 In 2015 he registered with the U.S. patent office Then Game of Ten®, a process designed to operate from Awareness, rather than conventional methods of Thinking.  

 He has presented Harvard Business School on The Game of Ten® 

 Co-Authored The Father, the Son, and the AHA Moment, “Tools For Helping You and Your Child Develop a path To Happiness”. with his 18-year-old son Spencer. 

 Today, Steve helps leaders reduce internal noise, strengthen intuition, and create greater success in business, relationships, and life through awareness, accountability, and intentional living. 

https://www.stevebartoncoaching.com/

https://www.instagram.com/stevebartoncoaching/

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

https://www.linkedin.com/in/coach-steve-barton/

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Before you go: take our 5-question Creativity Archetype Quiz at https://sustainingcreativity.fillout.com/creativityarchetypequiz. It takes under a minute and reveals your dominant creative style, your superpowers, and the #1 bottleneck holding you back.

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Creativity through the lens of an author

"You need some motivation to come up with something new and you need building blocks."

PERRY ATWAL  has been a lecturer with the Sauder School of Business at the  University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, since 2007. During this time, he has taught over twenty thousand students at all levels, including undergraduates, masters,  and executives. He has consulted, led projects, and taught professionals in numerous industries, such as banking, transportation, health care, real estate, engineering, insurance, education, automotive, and pharmaceuticals. His outstanding teaching has stretched to guest lecturing around the world, including stints at New York University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. As a versatile, impactful, and respected teacher, Perry has taught courses in many subjects, including negotiation, human resources, strategy, change management, decision-making, leadership, entrepreneurship, labour negotiations, marketing, performance management, and management boot camps. His infectious energy, passion, and commitment towards students have resulted in winning several teaching awards, as voted for by peers. Prior to moving to Canada, Perry was with the US investment bank Morgan Stanley in London, Hong Kong, and New York. He has consulted with Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, and Barclays Capital, and worked with ICI Paint in Europe. Perry lives in Vancouver with his wife and two children and can often be seen engaging in his favorite hobby of taking extralong walks. He is an avid soccer fan and tries to watch and play as often as possible.

https://perryatwal.com/

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

https://www.instagram.com/perryatwal_wisdom/

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Before you go: take our 5-question Creativity Archetype Quiz at https://sustainingcreativity.fillout.com/creativityarchetypequiz. It takes under a minute and reveals your dominant creative style, your superpowers, and the #1 bottleneck holding you back.

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Creativity through the lens of an author brand strategist

"Using your imagination to express yourself."

Jessica Sorrentino is an author brand strategist with more than a decade of experience helping writers and thought leaders connect with their audiences in meaningful, lasting ways. She has worked with top publishing houses, including Simon & Schuster and Macmillan Publishers, where she developed deep expertise in positioning authors for commercial success and authentic reader engagement.
Jessica is the voice behind Open Book: Where Storytelling Meets Strategy on Substack and co-host of the Third Glass: Reading Between the Wines podcast, where she explores the intersection of storytelling, publishing, and personal brand. Her insights have also been featured on many industry podcasts.
A sought-after speaker and respected industry voice, Jessica has repeatedly moderated at the Digital Marketing World Forum. She speaks on the importance of personal branding for authors, sharing best practices for using content and storytelling to build engaged communities as well as strategies for maintaining sustainable content creation.
Based in Connecticut with her partner and dog, Jessica spends her mornings reading, her weekends baking and gardening, and her workdays helping authors build story-driven brands that connect them with the readers who will love their work most.

https://jessicasorentino.com/

https://www.instagram.com/jessicasorentino

https://jessicasorentino.substack.com/

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

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Before you go: take our 5-question Creativity Archetype Quiz at https://sustainingcreativity.fillout.com/creativityarchetypequiz. It takes under a minute and reveals your dominant creative style, your superpowers, and the #1 bottleneck holding you back.

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Creativity through the lens of an Award Winning Film Maker, published photographer, Content Creation Agency owner

"You don't have to be an artist to be creative."

Jake Isham is a filmmaker-turned-brand strategist
who helps founders and entrepreneurs turn their
expertise into authority through powerful
storytelling.

 Over the past decade, Jake has worked with more
than 150 entrepreneurs and companies—
including Grant Cardone, Callaway, 5.11 Tactical,
and Travis Mathew—creating content that’s
generated over 1 billion views online.

Blending his background in filmmaking with deep
marketing strategy, Jake helps B2B leaders cut
through the noise by crafting content that builds
trust, drives visibility, and creates true
omnipresence across platforms.

Whether scaling a founder-led brand or launching
a thought leadership show, Jake brings a unique
creative lens and proven playbooks that turn
storytelling into growth.

https://www.youtube.com/jakeisham

https://www.instagram.com/jakecapturedthis

https://www.facebook.com/jakeisham

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

https://x.com/jakeisham

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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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Before you go: take our 5-question Creativity Archetype Quiz at https://sustainingcreativity.fillout.com/creativityarchetypequiz. It takes under a minute and reveals your dominant creative style, your superpowers, and the #1 bottleneck holding you back.

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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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Before you go: take our 5-question Creativity Archetype Quiz at https://sustainingcreativity.fillout.com/creativityarchetypequiz. It takes under a minute and reveals your dominant creative style, your superpowers, and the #1 bottleneck holding you back.

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