Similar to the Analytical episode, Ellen takes a closer look at what "creative" means and reflects on 4 questions:

1) What do you love about your creative side?

2) What are some stereotypes of being creative?

3) When do you rely on your creative side?

4) When can your creative side be a detriment?

Would love your reflections too!  If you have any insights on these questions, feel free to email them to: [email protected] or go find me @the_analytical_creative on IG.   Also, you can find Ellen's mom's painting that beat out 128 other works in her local community art show to win "Best in Show." Also, if you have questions you want me to tackle, please share them, too.

Ellen takes a closer look at what "analytical" means and reflects on 4 questions:

1) What do you love about your analytical side?

2) What are some stereotypes of being analytical?

3) When do you rely on your analytical side?

4) When can your analytical side be a detriment?

Would love your reflections too!  If you have any insights on these questions, feel free to email them to: [email protected] or go find me @the_analytical_creative on IG.   Also, if you have questions you want me to tackle, please share them, too. 

This next conversation is with my dear friend Abigail Gross! As we get into Abby’s story, you will hear how she is truly multi-passionate, with many jumps in her career from starting off at a non-profit to project management at a tech company to user-design and her latest jump into nutrition and health!  All throughout, Abby tells how food has been an integral part since childhood. This passion led her to getting a pastry chef certification at a French pastry school, but has more recently expanded to a regenerative view of food and the earth that has shaped her new career in Nutrition.  Abby is a woman of many talents! You don’t want to miss her story!

You can find Abby at IG: @fithappyabs

You can find me at IG: @the_analytical_creative

Thanks to Tiana for creating my podcast theme!  You can find her on Facebook and IG: @tianavmusic

I am so excited to bring you this conversation with my long-time friend Joy Huang. We start with Joy’s love of chemistry and the lab, but then follow her explorations that take her to living abroad in Taiwan, a stint as a talent scout, before settling back into a field closer to her scientific roots. As a creative passion, she has built a culinary following from her blog, The Cooking of Joy, and her renown Instagram account @joyosity where she posts stunning pictures of her creations.  This all started with her wanting to make a cookbook of her mom’s Taiwanese recipes as a gift, but has led her to being on John Krasinski’s Some Good News, the food website Bon Appetit, and the Boston Globe.   Food, culture, and racism also come up in our conversation.  We recorded this episode prior to the increase in news reports of attacks against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders. We are greatly grieved by these events and continue to advocate for our community. Joy shows that food as a creative and analytical process is one way to continue cultural dialogue and social advocacy.  Stay tuned to hear our wide-ranging conversation! You don’t want to miss it!

You can find Joy at:

The Cooking of Joy - Recipes mentioned in this episode include: Tomato and Eggs over Rice, multiple Chinese dumpling recipes, Rainbow Cookie Sandwiches (aka Rainbow Poop Cookies), and Greyscale Cream Puffs (aka Game of Throne pastries)

IG: @joyosity

You can find me at:

IG: the_analytical_creative

If you have topic suggestions, please email me at [email protected]

Music created by Tiana V Music:

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Welcome to the premiere episode of The Analytical Creative Podcast! In this episode, I talk with Carol Monaco, a tech marketer, and wildlife rehabilitator. She helps solopreneurs and small businesses with marketing strategies and positioning.

Carol talks about her career journey in marketing and marketing research and how she was able to combine her sociology interest with marketing research. She also describes how she transitioned from the technical and analytical side of marketing research to a business owner who is more able to balance work and life.

Carol shares her experiences interacting with wildlife in Africa and rehabilitating small to medium wildlife in her home in Colorado. Listen in to learn the benefits of interacting with wildlife and how you can become part of the movement.

What You Will Learn:

[0:48] Intro

[2:11] How Carol ended up in marketing and marketing research and how she helps her clients.

[4:10] Her interest and background in psychology and sociology and its relation to her career.

[8:43] How she navigated the difference between studying sociology and then business.

[10:33] How she transitioned from school into the workforce before starting her own business.

[11:44] Her experience working in the technical and analytical side of market research.

[14:00] The perks of being a business owner over working for a company.

[16:13] Carol on how she fell in love with wildlife and wildlife photography in Africa.

[21:07] She speaks on her work in wildlife rehabilitation and the beauty of that world.

[30:39] The age and types of animals she cares for plus how she releases them back to the wild.

[35:45] The Wildlife Connections with Carol – bringing people into the wildlife rehabilitation world.

[41:07] How working with wildlife helps work a different part of your brain.

Connect with Carol on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/wildlifeconnectionswithcarol/ 

https://www.instagram.com/marketingstrategycoach/

Connect with Ellen on Instagram: 

@the_analytical_creative

Music created by: Tiana V Music - IG: @tianavmusic - FB: www.facebook.com/tianaVmusic

Hi! I'm Ellen! I find life more vibrant when using both my left brain and right brain. Join me as we learn how people combine their analytical and creative skills to give you inspiration to do it in your life!

Find me on IG: @the_analytical_creative

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