By Lauren LoGrasso Productions LLC
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Do you feel stuck in your creative process or struggle with self-doubt? What if you could access proven techniques to unlock your full potential and discover new levels of self-expression? Today’s guest, Marilyn Horowitz—an award-winning author, filmmaker, and former NYU professor—has guided Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning students with her groundbreaking storytelling method and today she'll do the same for YOU! She shares transformative practices for overcoming barriers, enhancing creativity and healing which you can apply immediately.
From today’s chat, you’ll learn:
How to use the Self-Acknowledgment Hug to instantly boost your creativity and happiness.
Insights from Marilyn’s Word of the Day method to help you find and express your authentic voice.
Tools to get into and embrace the physicality of creativity!
Practical tips for overcoming self-doubt and embracing your creative potential.
Tools for personal healing and emotional well-being.
And much more! Tune in to discover practices that will elevate your creative journey and enhance your overall well-being.
More on Marilyn:
https://www.marilynhorowitz.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Word-Day-Transform-Writing-Minutes/dp/1803415169
Pre-save my version of Genie in a Bottle:
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Have you ever found yourself pouring your heart, soul, and wallet into your creative work, only to feel drained, frustrated, and stuck in a cycle of financial strain? What if I told you that the secret to creating freely and sustainably lies not in your bank account, but in shifting your mindset? Today, we're diving into how to Create Like a Rich Person and why adopting the strategies of wealthy and mainstream creators can help you fund your dreams without breaking the bank or your heart!
From This Episode You’ll Learn:
The key mindset shift that allows wealthy creators to fund their projects
Proven funding strategies every indie creator should know
How to secure sponsors, grants, and investors without spending your own money
The importance of thinking outside the box to sustain your creative journey
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Do you want to make work that makes a difference in the world? Work that shows the true beauty of humanity? If this sounds like you, you may fear that it might not reach the audience it deserves as the algorithm seems to reward divisive and fear-mongering content. Today’s guest is author and Vice President of Upworthy, Lucia Knell. Lucia has a depth of knowledge on how seeing and sharing stories of human goodness can profoundly impact our personal well-being and inspire positive change. Her story is proof that there’s a way forward for good.
From this conversation you’ll learn:
-How to create and grow your work from an authentic and optimistic point of view.
-How to embrace the vulnerability of believing people are generally good.
-Tips for creating better boundaries with social media that support mental health.
-How community-driven content can foster genuine connections.
-Why it’s important to maintain your creative passions, no matter what your job is!
More on Lucia: Lucia Knell is the vice president of Upworthy, a media platform dedicated to sharing the best of humanity with the world. She’s spent her career championing the belief that the internet can and should be used as a tool to unite people vs. stoke division. During her tenure at Upworthy she developed the @Upworthy Instagram account, which now has 5 million followers (and counting). She is the co-author of Upworthy’s new book,GOOD PEOPLE: Stories From the Best of Humanity, published in partnership with National Geographic Books. A fierce advocate for mental health access, she strongly believes in the power of taking a step back from social media and engaging in the real world. She is a proud cum laude graduate of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio with a B.A. in Spanish Literature and Dance. She splits her time between Los Angeles and New York City.
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Is there a creative project you’re sitting on? Too scared to put it out? Today I have a surefire way to inspire you to put the project out pronto because SPOILER ALERT: as all the kids in 2013 said: YOLO. You’ll learn the single best question to ask yourself to release self-doubt & make sure you put your creative work out now and Why We must create like it’s our last day! ENJOY!!
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Do you ever feel trapped by the expectations of who you’re supposed to be? What if breaking free from these expectations could lead you to a more fulfilling and creative life? Today’s returning guest is author, content creator, tarot card read, leader in the Italian American community, former litigator, and double-ivy league graduate, Leigh Esposito. She will share her journey from good girl attorney to rebellious author and content creator. She’ll teach you how she broke (and continues to break) free from societal norms to live her truth and how you can too!
From this conversation you’ll learn:
-How to overcome the fear of pissing people off (including your own family)
-Why experience matters more than credentials
-Practical steps for pursuing a brand new passion, and
-How to navigate the complexities of your generational trauma AND your generational gifts!
More on Leigh: Leigh Esposito is an author, coach, tarotist, and former attorney with a B.A. in English from Penn and a J.D. from Columbia Law. Her coaching style combines the strategic acumen of a litigator with an artist’s eye for creative expansion, all informed by her trademark positivity and penchant for identifying and maximizing her clients’ strengths. Leigh also draws on the insight and intuition gleaned through her work with tarot, in which she became an expert while researching her debut novel, The Godmother. Through her popular Instagram account @msleighesposito, she explores everything from Italian culture and tarot to empowerment, feminism, and motherhood.
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Hi sweet creative! Today I have an incredible treat for you. You are going to hear an episode of one of my new favorite podcasts, Bewildered with Martha Beck and Rowan Mangan. Martha and Rowan are both amazing people. I've had the pleasure of meeting them in real life a couple of times. They're always insightful and inspiring, as is this podcast. I love bewildered because it has a very similar mission to unleash your inner creative. And that is to help you reconnect with your true nature and your authentic voice.
So check out this episode of Bewildered, hand selected for you by me, about feeling like an alien aka when you're on a healing journey and you realize you've started to outgrow the people around you. Martha and Rowan give great tips on what to do should you find yourself in that situation or if you just in general feel out of place and are looking for your community, they give great tips on how to navigate that. So check it out and make sure when you leave here to give Bewildered a follow and to rate and review.
Follow the show here:
-https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bewildered/id1498838493
-https://open.spotify.com/show/49qaW4xxzE8JDAnvy92f4s
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Have you ever thought about your creative work through the lens of not only how you want to express yourself, but also, what you want to leave to the world? What is the impression you want to leave about who you are and what you care about? What do you want to leave to your family, to your friends and to the whole entire world? Well, today we're going to chat about why creativity isn't just about personal expression, but also, about your unique creative legacy.
From This Episode You'll Learn:
-What Creative Legacy is
-Why creative legacy matters
-How to make it a primary focus of your creative work and journey
-And a surefire antidote to self-doubt!
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Have you ever wanted to put a creative project out in the world in a short amount of time and actually done it? I haven't, but I have someone here today who has and can help us to do the same! He'll teach you how to stop overthinking, start trusting your instincts, creating, and putting your work out into the world. Today, my guest is my boyfriend, Timmy, AKA Timothy Michael Blewitt. He's a SAG AFTRA actor, teacher, writer, and a recently published author, thank you very much! Today he is here to discuss his brand new book, 1001 Tips for Actors and Artists in Los Angeles: The Do's and Don'ts of Making It in Hollywood.
You'll Learn:
-How Timmy went from idea to published author in 1.5 months (and how you can, too)
-How to bust through creative blocks and burnout
-Everything you need to know if you want to self-publish
-How to move through self-doubt with compassion and get to the other side.
Buy Timmy's book, 1001 Tips for Actors and Artists in Los Angeles Here: https://a.co/d/dAKDbB6 - Don't forget to rate and review!
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Hi Creative! Today I have a special treat for you! I want to introduce you to a show I've recently discovered that I LOVE called The Best Advice Show. Hosted by Zak Rosen. If you love the Unleash Minisodes, you'll love The Best Advice show!
The Best Advice Show is your reminder that there are weird, delightful and effective ways to make life slightly and sometimes profoundly better. In every (very short) episode of the show, a different contributor offers their take on making life more joyful, healthful and livable and it's likely gonna be something you can try today, if you want.
Zak puts out two new episodes per week. To rate, review and follow the show, check it out:
-On Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-advice-show/id1507811918
-Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23pHF1qhzm1gaJEc7pBzSn
Or wherever you get your pods!
LOVE YOU!
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Have you ever started a new creative venture and just relentlessly beat yourself up every single time you made a mistake? Did it help? I can speak from experience in saying it has never helped me. And in fact, I think it's often held me back. So today we're going to explore with you an alternative to self-criticism when we're releasing a new creative project out into the world. Welcome to the Unleash Your Inner Creative Minisodes! My name is Lauren LoGrasso, I am a Webby award-winning podcast host and creative coach. Every other week for the rest of summer, I will be coming on the pod to give you bite-sized Unleash episodes. Each show will contain actionable advice about creativity, working toward your dreams and self-development. They are full of tools you can implement in your life immediately.
Today’s topic is: How to Move from “I Suck” to “I’m excited to Improve!" -a journey to finding self-compassion and self-growth instead of self-criticism.
From today's chat, you'll learn:
-How to recognize that you are stuck in a self-critical voice
-A visualization for how learn what your inner-critic wants for/from you
-How to focus on and work toward what you want to improve, and
-The importance of self-forgiveness
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