Your Creative Mind

Your Creative Mind

By Izolda TrakhtenbergBusinessEntrepreneurshipArtsPerforming Arts
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Your Creative Mind episodes

  • How the principles of study and mindfulness build your ability to innovate
    Increase mindfulness through study

    Innovation is a mindset and also a practice. You must build skills that will help you innovate, but that doesn't occur in a vacuum. You have to apply mindfulness - the awareness that problems exist - and creative actions in order to innovate. That happens when you make a study of mindfulness.

    In today's episode learn how study will improve the entire set of skills you need to change the world through innovation and creative actions.

    The Mindful Creative Card for Study

     

     

    This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm every day! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial.*

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    It's also brought to you by Gloria Chou's PR Starter Pack. If you want to get featured in the media, this is your best first step. I've used these techniques to get featured in magazines, newspapers, and podcasts. They work! https://izoldat.krtra.com/t/so6Aw0yCuva4
    * I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
    ** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.

    12 min
  • How to Boost Intensity and Entice Your Audience By Working at it Less - Chapter 6
    Increase urgency and intensity with this surprising technique

    Here's something we don't think about too often. If you want to get your audience to lean in and hang on your every word, don't shout at them.

    This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm every day! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial.*

    URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset
    If you love it as much as I do, you can get 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset
    * I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
    ** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.

     

    9 min
  • How Compassion Will Build Community On Your Team and With Your Clients and Customers
    Compassion starts with you but grows to encompass the whole world.

    This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm every day! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial.*

    URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset
    If you love it as much as I do, you can get 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset
    It's also brought to you by Gloria Chou's PR Starter Pack. If you want to get featured in the media, this is your best first step. I've used these techniques to get featured in magazines, newspapers, and podcasts. They work! https://izoldat.krtra.com/t/so6Aw0yCuva4
    * I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
    ** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.

    16 min
  • How to Access Your Inner Artist with Confidence and Grace
    We are all artists!

    This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm every day! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial.*

    URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset
    If you love it as much as I do, you can get 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset

    Whew! That's a hard one to admit and accept even for me, especially for me. Listen in to get your super-secret instructions on how to access and bring forth your inner artist.

    * I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
    ** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.

    24 min
  • How to Improve Customer/Client Retention - A case study of two different approaches on employee innovation
    What two companies with radically corporate cultures do with respect to employee innovation

    This is a case study from my own experience when trying to get from New York City to DC to officiate the memorial celebration of a dear friend of mine. It gets personal and somewhat scatological, so please be aware.

    This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm every day! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial.*

    URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset
    If you love it as much as I do, you can get 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset
    * I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
    ** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.

    22 min
  • Being Resolute - What It Means For Your Awareness, Mindfulness, and Peace of Mind
    Today's Mindful Friday episode explores the idea of being resolute.

    This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm every day! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial.*

    URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset
    If you love it as much as I do, you can get 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset

     

    When you're resolute, what happens to your ideas, doubts, and imposter syndrome?

    * I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
    ** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.

     

     

    9 min
  • Let‘s Talk ”Loud!” - How to use your voice to carry your message - Speak From Within Chapter 5
    Is it the volume of your voice that carries your message, or is it something else?

    This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm every day! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial.*

    URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset
    If you love it as much as I do, you can get 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset

    In this episode, chapter 5 of my book Speak From Within I explore how to increase your volume without straining your voice. I give you some fun and simple missions and techniques to improve your authority and projection when speaking to audiences of any kind in rooms of any size.

    Links 

    Lea Michele's Don't Rain on My Parade

    JAMA article on vocal folds

    * I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
    ** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.

    13 min
  • How Compassion Can Unleash Your Creativity
    What does compassion do for your creative output? How does a lack of compassion stifle it? And what can you do about it?

    Today's episode explores the notion of scoffing and how it can smother your or someone else's creativity.

    This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm every day! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial.*

    URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset
    If you love it as much as I do, you can get 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset
    * I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
    ** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.  

    20 min
  • Unlock Your Ingenuity with this Simple Creative Practice
    It doesn't take more than a minute to supercharge your creativity every morning.

    This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm every day! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial.*

    URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset
    If you love it as much as I do, you can get 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset

    Spend no more than a minute every morning, and you'll be amazed at how you improve your creative thinking and doing skills.

    The App I'm using is Sketchbook (iPhone) - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sketchbook/id883738213

    The Hashtag to use so we can support each other's creative growth: #dailydoodlesiwthIzoldaT

    My doodle from this morning. (Remember, this should take no more than 1-2 minutes to create. It's just what you imagine and not a finished product. And remember to sign your work.

    * I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
    ** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.

    11 min
  • Lane Stowe on Applying His Creative Talents to His Business Career
    How to Combine Being a Creative with Success in the World of Business or Contracting

    This episode is brought to you by Brain.fm. I love and use brain.fm every day! It combines music and neuroscience to help me focus, meditate, and even sleep! Because you listen to this show, you can get a free trial.*

    URL: https://brain.fm/innovativemindset
    If you love it as much as I do, you can get 20% off with this exclusive coupon code: innovativemindset

    Lane Stowe is a 1990 Graduate of the Ithaca College School of Music. He’s the current bass vocalist with the Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet. He’s also a freelance musician who has worked with Natalie Cole, Orleans, New York Voices, Jack DeJohnette, Kathie Lee Gifford, and Joe Piscopo among others. He grew up in Woodstock NY, where he was influenced by musicians such as Tony Levin, Mike Manieri, David Sanborn, Paul Butterfield, Levon Helm and many others.

    Connect with Lane

    https://www.facebook.com/thelanestowemusicpage

    https://www.facebook.com/HGWTradioshow

    * I am a Brain.fm affiliate. If you purchase it through the above links and take the 20% off, I’ll get a small commission. I'm also a PR Starter Pack Affiliate. I use Gloria's methods to get featured in the media often. And please remember, I’ll never recommend a product or service I don’t absolutely love!
    ** I'm also an Amazon affiliate so if you purchase a book or other product through the links on this page, I might get a small commission.

     

    1 hr 5 min

About Your Creative Mind

From the publisher's feed

Behind every book, play, and song is a person juggling self-doubt, deadlines, and the drive to create. On Your Creative Mind, Izolda Trakhtenberg talks with writers, artists, musicians, and creative professionals about how they create and how they manage the stress and anxiety that often come with creating. Izolda and her guests explore the unexplained mechanisms and personal experiences that shape creative artists, writers, and others.