The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Emmanuel recounts his gripping story from his time as a child soldier of Sudan’s civil war, to escape and rescue. A war child turned activist and rising hip-hop artist, hear how Emmanuel uses his voice to help those who can’t speak for themselves, how music became his painkiller, and how we can use story for survival and shaping the future.

In this episode:

• How do you navigate suffering and violence without becoming a victim of circumstance?
• The power of forgiveness
• How do we heal from pain in the face of triggers?
• How do we bring our experiences into our art and make it impactful for those who consume our art?
• How we use stories to overcome pain and unite communities

Resources:

• Emmanuel’s Website
• War Child, The Documentary
• Emmanuel’s TED Talk

Emmanuel Jal is an artist, musician, and activist on a mission for peace. He is also the subject of the book and award-winning documentary, “War Child”. His new album “The Key” releases this week. He is also featured in the upcoming film, “The Good Lie”.

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Billy started his first job after college, soon realizing this typical path wasn’t for him. Instead, he began a career as a professional poker player, eventually scaling it into a successful multi-entity business and founded Forever Jobless. He shares with us what poker has taught him about risk, failure, and standing out.

In this episode, hear:

• Developing a tolerance for risk, failure, and loss
• How do you bounce back from failures?
• Are you born with the ability to move forward in the face of failure?
• Making the shift from long-term mindset if you’ve had a short-term mindset
• Working hard now to pave the easier road later
• How Billy used long-form content to stand out amongst the noise

Resources:

• Billy’s Website
• Jayson Gaignard episode: “Taking Action in the Absence of Clarity”

“The riskiest play is not taking the risk.” – Billy Murphy

“When you fill a gap in the market, that’s when the successes are born.” – Billy Murphy

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In the conclusion of our two-part interview with Lisa, we go deeper into her life after losing her son and how that has taught her how to live with sorrow and joy equally.

In this episode, hear about:

• Using a mantra to navigate difficult times of fear
• Raising a healthy-minded child through terminal sickness
• Why we should listen to others without reaction
• Making sense of bad things happening
• Navigating pain and uncertainty over an extended period of time
• Embrace joy
• THere's' more to life experience than what we see in front of us
• LIsa had a mantra that helped her navigate her most difficult times of fea
• The purpose of your personality and how we can use it to learn from each other
• Self judgment and scrutiny can be a weight to bear in your lifetime
• Raising a healthy minded child through terminal sickness
• Why we should listen without reaction
• How can we learn from sick children?
• LIve as fully as they can live in the moment with whatever energy they have
• HOw do you live with curiosity and urgency when you're not dying?
• I can have sorrow and joy equally, at the same time.
• Making sense of bad things happening

We're really good at trying to be like everyone else and feeling a need to conform, and when we get to that point in our life where we're free and so full of love that we can be our authentic self without being afraid, that is unmistakable. – Lisa DeLong

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In this special two-part episode, Lisa shares her grief in coping with the loss of a child, followed by navigating the sickness of another child, and her journey from religion to an unexpected shift in spirituality.

Resources:

• Lisa’s Website
• Joe Loya Episode: Confessions of a Bank Robber
• Lisa’s Book: Blood Brothers
• Your Soul’s Plan, Your Soul’s Gift: Robert Schwartz
• Death Cafe

“Life, even with all of its tragedies, is not something we have to suffer through, but rather experience…and learn what it is to be human at every level.” – Lisa Solis DeLong

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Esme shares her courageous journey of writing her way through struggles bipolar, Cotards Delusion, and a medication-resistant form of schizophrenia, and how we can shift our own narratives of brokenness through our own creative expressions.

Episode highlights:

• How do we develop a sense of self without achievement?
• How looking at others differently helps us heal ourselves.
• Reading and playing with others voices to develop your own.
• Writing our way through our own stories to create a different ending.

Resources:

– Esme's Web Site 

– HardwiringHappiness by Rick Hanson

What if you take that narrative [of brokenness] that you've been using for a really long time and then you do a new one? And what happens when you start to wear that groove into your brain…and into your life? – Esme Wang

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In this episode, Ben shares how he uses bio-feedback, specific practices, and supplements to think better and perform optimally.

Episode Highlights:

• Homeschooling, and how to cultivate creativity in an indoctrinated system.
• How to use bio feedback, cold showers, and specialized breathing to increase our instinctual emotional response.
• How to train our stress response.
• Using health and fitness to think better.
• Brain inflammation: What causes it and what helps it.
• Smart drugs for optimal thinking.

Resources mentioned:

• (Ben’s website)
• App: Sweetbeat
• Guitar App: Rogue
• Peaknootropics.com
• Labdoor.com
• Examine.com

“Big difference between reading what someone wrote on a blog who has never spent the time in a gym vs someone who has spent time in the trenches.” – Ben Greenfield

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Her frustrations with organized religion caused Nadia to create the kind of church that she wanted to attend. What started out as a living room congregation, eventually grew into the House for All Sinners and Saints.

In this episode, hear:

• How and why Nadia started the House for All Sinners and Saints
• Her experience being raised as a fundamentalist Christian
• Dealing in an environment where you don’t fit in
• The dissonance between what we’re told and what we experience
• Choices we have in response to the circumstances of our lives
• Nadia’s deep commitment to being as honest as she can 
• The power of vulnerability and telling the truths about yourself
• A recurring experience of death and resurrection 
• Why we don’t learn and grow when life is free of problems
• Learning how not to judge our suffering and how to release it
• How to have authority in a community full of people suspicious of authority
• The freedom in not being an idealist when it comes to humans
• Personal transformations that have occurred within the House for All Sinners and Saints

Nadia Bolz-Weber is a Lutheran minister who founded and is the pastor at the House for All Sinners and Saints, a mission congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Denver, Colorado.

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An epic journey of driving an ambulance from the UK to Mongolia became a turning point in Chris Plough's life. When he returned to the United States, he realized that he could not return to the life he was living before. 

In this episode, hear about:

• Chris' year of incredible highs and incredible lows
• The loss of his two parents at the same time
• What happens when your company starts to become your identity
• Leveraging adventure as an escape into the unknown
• Driving an ambulance from UK to Mongolia
• Chris’ realization that he couldn’t go back to the life he had before
• Dealing with grief in a way that doesn’t completely consume you
• Learning to unlink cause and effect in a way that serves us
• The inflection points in life that lead us in a different direction
• Living according to your own definition of success
• What happens when we equate dollar value to happiness
• Making sure you know when you’ve hit the point of success
• Riding a rickshaw 3000 miles across India
• A life changing motorcycle ride across Siberia
• The moments that reinvigorate our hopes for humanity
• How endurance adventures give us perspective

Chris Plough is an adventurer, entrepreneur and storyteller who has launched companies, survived sketchy adventures, and met incredible people.

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Join us on Unmistakable Creative for an enlightening conversation with Sally Hogshead, a Hall of Fame speaker, best-selling author, and leading expert on branding and fascination. In this episode, Hogshead shares her insights on how the world sees you at your best and how to apply it to every aspect of your life.

Discover the importance of finding work that truly speaks to you and learn how to come up with the perfect words that describe a brand or product. Hogshead discusses why certain people and brands fascinate while others don’t and how wellspring and quicksand tasks impact your work.

She also delves into the concept of becoming a high performer in the areas which you are suited to achieve and why you’re adding value or taking up space when you’re communicating. Don't miss this episode to learn from one of the most influential voices in personal branding and gain insights that could transform your life and career.

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Jayson Gaignaird created an online product business to over 6 million dollars a year. Like many entrepreneurs, he built his business at the expense of his health. Eventually, he realized that money and happiness scale differently, and decided to focus on doing work that lit him up.

• Growing an online product business to 6 million dollars a year
• Looking at success through Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
• Why money and happiness scale very differently
• How Jason navigated the challenges of 250,000 dollars in debt
• The start of the Mastermind Dinner series
• The large financial commitment that put Jayson’s back against the wall
• Finding the things that cause you to lose track of time
• The perfect day exercise to help you identify your ideal life
• Building your business off of what you want your perfect day to look like
• Why we must take action in the absence of clarity
• Setting up your day in order to gather small wins
• The space between stimulus and response that can determine our freedom
• Why Jayson doesn’t focus his efforts on building connections with big names
• The ROI of going to higher priced events with influential people
• Identifying our greatest fears and worst case scenarios
• Why Jayson’s core goal is to put 100 amazing people in a room
• The mind necessary to take on a very big goal
• The power of surrounding yourself with the high caliber individuals
• Viewing everything through the lens of incredible experiences

Jayson Gaignaird is the founder talent scout of Mastermind Talks and the host of the #1 Rated Business Podcast, The Early to Rise Podcast. He spends his days sharing value, inspiration, resources, and ideas with fellow entrepreneurs.

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