In this episode I give you a few tips on how to be more resourceful with your time. It’s how I have become the artist I am today.

Asal Dean is a oncology pharmacist and gratitude coach. She has inspired hundreds of people with her Tedx talk on gratitude and how her patients have inspired her. In this episode Asal will share how you can bring gratitude into your life as an artist/creative. This is an episode you don’t want to miss!

In this episode I talk about how Marie Kondo inspired me to be more organized and I share her tips with you.  Her book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" has sold over 7 million copies and her consultations have a 6 month waiting list.  Kondo shares how its important to hold an object and feel if it "sparks joy".  I hope this episode inspires you to organize with more joy!

Sieglinde Van Damme is an artist based in California, although she used to be an economist with European roots. As an award-winning artist, she participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions spanning the US, Europe, Russia, India, and Japan.

Her work serves as an inspiring invitation to open your mind and engage in the joy of pondering new realities, for you. She co wrote the book Art Sparks In a Book and she teaches free webinars for the Professional Artist Institute.  We also talk about courage, stepping out of the box and how everyone was born a creative spirit. http://www.sieglindevandamme.com

This episode is all about how we can foster and nurture our children's creativity and let them live out of the "box".  Being an art teacher for almost a decade has taught me a few things that I will share with you. We as adults can also be examples for our kids and join in on the fun.  The practice of creating should be a magical experience so lets create that space for our children!

Los Angeles-based painter, Michael Hayden, uses melted beeswax combined with pigments, oils and resins to create colorful and luminous paintings. Sometimes his use of found objects brings an unexpected sculptural quality to his work. His words of wisdom will inspire you to be your authentic self. It’s an episode you don’t want to miss!

Ruby Vartan is an artist who allows viewers a peek into her inner world through painting. The merging of figuration and abstraction is where their gaze is then focused. She explores emotion and sensuality in all their physical and emotional glory. The hallmark of her work is its revelry in abstracting the female form. These are simultaneous self-portraits and cross-cultural signifiers of feminine essentialism. While wounds and trauma are represented in the abstract, her layered compositions render them as part of a greater journey toward healing and redemption. The ultimate aim of the work is to investigate the notion of a vital life force in a constant state of renewal. Her studio process is inclusive and experimental. She will tear the canvas one day, sew it the next, mix turmeric into pigment, whatever it takes to find that precise resonance of closeness and discretion that her work embodies. This physicality and rough handling contrasts the preciousness of the intimacies she reveals. She is not bound to one pictorial method; the fierce liquid power of her experience thrives in an endless refreshing of mediums. Telling her own story through her art, she viscerally draws viewers into a world filled with volatile honesty and fragile self-expression.

Happy Ali is a spiritual life coach who was once a make-up artist and fine artist.  He talks about how he went from being a make-up artist to a life coach.  Happy also talks about writing his book "The Charisma Within"  We also discuss how his near death experience put him on the spiritual journey he is on now.  It's a fascinating podcast you don't want to miss!

I don't feel inspired, I haven't been inspired to do so.  Are those things you tell yourself?  What is the secret to inspiration?  How can we bring more of it into our lives?  In this episodes I share my insights and tips on what has helped me feel more inspired.

Mary Ann Benoit is an artist, Interior Designer, Edesigner and color consultant in Seward, Alaska.  In this episode we talk about what fractal art is and how Mary Ann didn't limit herself by saying she couldn't draw and found different ways to create and express herself.  She also creates beautiful fractal art with peoples portraits/images to help shine their light.