Your World of Creativity

In today’s episode, we chat with Seline Shenoy. Seline is a Digital content creator - a writer, a podcaster, and a journalist. Seline will share with us a lot of ideas on how to explore our own creativity, how to produce, how to research, how to write and how to look for new channels to express that creativity.  

Seline is from Dubai, UAE, and has lived in the USA,  in Sweden, and has traveled to many countries across the world. Through these experiences, she has interacted with people from different countries, cultures, ethnicities, and different racial backgrounds.

These experiences have enabled her to understand different perspectives and really take it in and figure out where she sees herself on the whole broad spectrum of all these different backgrounds and worldviews. she was able to figure out what she could do to relate and build a rapport with people who were different from her.

What are some of the ways this can contribute to a person's creative process?

• Get out of your comfort zone, your social comfort zone, and reach out to people who are different from you. You will see that there are so many different ways to live and think in the world. By doing this, your creativity really gets stimulated.  
• the memorable interactions are with the people. Whenever you have the chance, interact with the people.

What about these different channels you use as a digital content creator that stimulates you to share these messages in so many different ways?

• I experiment a lot so I can get to see what are different ways that I can inform people about different aspects of the world. People take in information differently, I want to make sure I reach out to everybody and their media diet should not be a hindrance for me to convey this information.

Is there a protocol and a process you use no matter what the subject matter?

• First, it depends on how much you know about the topic, the less, you know, the more research you need to do.  After the research, you must figure out how can I craft this material in a way that people would resonate with it, what would make it palatable for them? What would make it interesting for them? And that requires you to understand who your readers are, who's consuming your content.
• Second, I always think about, what is my intention in writing this? What is it that I want people to take away from this piece? And that informs the approach that I take and the angle that I take on the topic

What are some of the considerations for you when you sit down to write for different readers in different places?

• I try not to use too much jargon, I try not to use too many, terms that are very specific to certain cultures, also I try to make it as culturally neutral as possible because I want to reach everybody. Additionally, I use examples and anecdotes that everyone can understand.

In summary, as a content creator, you must have a thick skin because sometimes, you get rejected, so you must get creative about how you reach people. 

You can find out what Seline is working on by visiting --

Seline's Website: Selineshenoy.com

Seline's Blog: Thedreamcatch

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iolani/

In today’s episode, we focus on fostering inclusion and bringing diversity to our world. Our guest today is ‘Iolani Bullock.

‘Iolani is a Diversity and Inclusion expert and an author of the children's picture book Lenox takes flight. She is also a trained ballet dancer. 

‘Iolani was inspired to write the book when she was traveling to Thailand with her infant son and husband. While she was at the airport, she tried to find a travel book to read to her son. The books she came across didn't have very diverse characters. They didn't have very interesting storylines or, different characters, from different backgrounds. When she couldn't find the book that she wanted to read with her son, she decided that she should create it.

After her decision to write her own book, ‘Iolani started by journaling and writing new ideas on her phone since she was still on holiday in Thailand. She would look at her son for inspiration. Since the majority of the book takes place in an airport, thinking back to when she traveled for the first time as a 13-year-old, really gave her inspiration. The book took a lot of iteration, not only when she was turning her bullet points into stories but through her collaboration with her editors. 

One thing that ‘Iolani focuses on in her children’s book is the diversity and inclusion aspect of it. In this book, she brings together the blind, children of color, and even black Americans who were in the world war. These images help normalize different cultures and people that they will see in the society as they are growing up.

Having written this book while working from home, ‘Iolani gives us tips on how to have a successful work-life balance. These tips include:

• Spending time outside, moving your body. You don’t have to take your recurring calls inside the house, you can have that call when taking a walk. This helps you clear your mind and gives you space to be creative.
• Bounce your ideas off people you trust. 
• Speak and write your ideas when your creative juices start flowing. 

In summary, Finding a community that inspires you and you can use to bounce ideas off also helps. The more you put into your creative process, the more you will get out. 

You can reach out to ‘Iolani on:  

Website: Lenox takes flight

Copyright 2026 Mark Stinson

In today’s episode, we chat with Valeria Aloe, the author of Uncolonized Latinas; Transforming Our Mindsets And Rising Together.  Valeria possesses over 20 years of experience in finance, marketing, and business development, she is also a trainer and public speaker. 

Valeria was born in Argentina and after getting her Business degree, she came to the US to get her Masters from Dartmouth University. Her grandmothers are her biggest inspiration because of the sacrifices they made.

According to Valeria, the Latin American countries and Hispanic culture holds limiting beliefs about who they are and what achievements they can get when they go to the US.  The thesis of the book is for Latinos to become more aware of limiting cultural beliefs that hold them back, and then letting them go.  

In her book, Valeria mentions systemic biases and the best way to overcome them is by working on yourself. Not waiting for the system to change, to become responsible for overcoming those limiting beliefs, not being afraid to speak up and ask for what you need to succeed. 

Once you  have identified your limiting beliefs, and have started working on yourself, you must take assertive action which involves two steps: 

• Learning to create your own brand, to bring your full self to the table.  This is about finding your value, understanding what you bring to the table, knowing, knowing what makes you, YOU, and looking to the unique skillset and the values that have to offer. 
• Creating and finding Allyship. Latinas need to do more by going out there and connecting with allies, and asking for what they need, whether it's asking for sponsorship, getting mentorship,  learning from others, observing what works for those who are non-Latino, navigating the system by learning and expanding your network outside of the Hispanic community. 

Valeria’s book writing process was new for her, having corporate background which had taught her to think sequentially but when she started writing her book, the creation process was messy and uncomfortable.  She learned that she had to sit and be open to receiving information without trying to put it into categories.  Her publishing company gave her a lot of support by giving writing workshops, coaching from other writers.

In conclusion, the advice she would give to creatives is to pay attention to your instincts.  Don't try to silence the intuition that you have, follow the intuition in that messy process. It will guide you to the path that is important for people.

As for the allies, offer Latinas help, be willing to lend a hand, to offer guidance,  since they don't speak up and ask for what we need. 

To other Latina women, her message is to believe in themselves, to realize the power they have individually and collectively as a community, and not be afraid to bring their full selves to the world because what they have to offer is needed. It matters. It makes a difference.

You can connect with Valeria on 

LinkedIn: Valeria Aloe

Book: Uncolonized Latinas

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Anne Jacoby

Anne Jacoby has spent over 15 years cultivating creativity in business. In her role as founder of Spring Street Solutions, Anne partners with leading companies to build innovative, connected and inclusive workplace cultures, offering custom workshops, executive coaching, business culture strategy and learning program development. She previously served as employee #7 at Axiom, a global leader in on-demand legal talent, which she helped launch globally across 14 offices. She has also served as VP of Learning, Development and Culture at RGP, a global consulting firm with 5,000+ professionals. Before her transition to the corporate world, Anne spent 15 years as a professional singer, actor, dancer and voice-over artist, developing a healthy obsession with storytelling.

Anne's Website

@annejacoby.author on Instagram

Today, we ignite and unlock your own creativity, but also the high-performance culture, happiness of your own teams inside and out, clients, the whole sort of stakeholders.  In today’s episode, we chat with Anne Jacoby

Anne is a professional keynote speaker,  author, entrepreneur, and Founder + CEO of The Spring Street Solutions Company. She’s on a mission to cultivate creativity at work, through corporate culture strategy, custom workshops, and leadership programs.   

Anne grew up in the theater. She was a performing artist, a singer, an actor, a dancer, prior to getting into business.  She went to Northwestern University to study theater as she was determined to create a career out of the performing arts. When she went into business, she thought that her creative background was actually a liability she tried to hide it.  Later, she went to business school, where she realized creativity at work is essential.

Through her company, she helps leaders and individuals build creative cultures to thrive in this new world of work.  

When she’s working with companies or clients, she starts by finding out what the organizational purpose is, the why behind why your company exists, and what you're aiming to do in the world.  Everyone is creative at work, everyone has the opportunity to make incremental, positive change, to reinvent that, is essential in business across the organization. Thinking that only the marketing department is creative, is the kind of thinking that's blocking a lot of ingenuity and innovation that can rise within all parts of your company. 

Some steps you can take in your company or even personally if you want to implement something new and different can include:

• Psychological safety and really getting a good read on whether your team members feel comfortable sharing their ideas.
• Forming those human connections across our organization.
• Belonging is a big lever for organizations to build community, to drive up employee satisfaction, understanding if people feel like they belong and, feel included.

With the new way of work, it's now an opportunity for leaders to use this as not a liability but as a strength and a way to differentiate themselves and their organizational culture.  

Research done on creativity and the benefits in the workplace include, increased productivity and increased feelings of belonging & improving the feedback loop which lets leaders understand what people are craving, what people want out of their work experience.

For individuals trying to increase their creativity, they should build a connection with their audience, with the person that is consuming your art. It's about building that connection to really listen and to connect the dots.  keep at it, keep refining, keep getting that feedback from whoever the audience is, keep reinventing. 

In conclusion, from working with leaders across many different companies, there's a change in leadership, they are starting to recognize what employees want out of their work experience and they're open to change, while now prioritizing employee wellbeing. 

Copyright 2026 Mark Stinson

In today’s episode, we travel to Akron Ohio, where we talk to Mattew Shields. 

Matt wears many hats including that of a Founder & CEO of Virtus Technology &  Co-Founder at Significan LC, a digital transformation process expert, the host of Pass the Secret Sauce Podcast, and an author of Sprocketize: An Uncommon Approach To Rapid Digital Transformation, Incredible Innovation & Building A Business You Love.

In his podcast Pass the Secret Sauce, Matt has interviewed over 160 business leaders, executives, and entrepreneurs.  The main purpose of this podcast is to tell the story is of entrepreneurs. Because a lot of people want to be entrepreneurs or people that are thinking about business, think that they need some kind of some type of a connection or some type of a leg up, or, maybe they weren't born with a silver spoon in their mouth. So, they shy away from it. But his podcast aims to not only give good tips and good advice but also, encourage people to be able to move forward with whatever it is that they're looking to get involved in.

In addition, these successful individuals also focus on personal development and how they look at their own lives and what they're doing in their own lives, and how they want to improve. 

While successfully running Virtus Technology, Matt also runs Significan LC a multifamily real estate company, where they are both owner-operators of the buildings. Significan LC’s approach is different in that they consider those that are leasing agents, to be membership coordinators, they break down the landlord-tenant dynamic and instead refer to them as members because at Significan LC they believe in building communities.  

After interviewing these successful individuals a few things are common to what makes them and their businesses a success

• Frameworks - The way they break down their process and create frameworks to be able to make things more simple. and, creating that repeatable way that you can plug your business into this exterior tool that, you can use to track and, measure things and, make sure that you're moving in the right direction.
• Personal Development - these successful individuals also focus on personal development and how they look at their own lives and what they're doing in their own lives and, how they want to improve. 
• Failure-if you're not failing then you are not trying. You must get out there and give it a shot and learn what sticks. 

Matt’s future involves working on a training program that will teach people the beginning levels of investing in multifamily real estate, having a deal room so that if you are looking to move into a new area as an investor, or you want to start investing in a new city and you don't have any connections there, he will be the connector. 

In addition, Matt is working on creating the synopsis of the frameworks and the learnings from Pass the Secret Sauce. 

You can connect with Matt at 

Podcast: Pass the secret sauce

LinkedIn: Matt Shields

Instagram: @Matthewshields

Copyright 2026 Mark Stinson

Christina is not only a podcast host of mindset to manifestation, but she is also a real estate broker, a sales professional, and a Reiki master. Christina tells us how her background in art has helped her creativity in selling real estate within New York.

Christina is the phoenix that rose from the ashes. Having grown up from extremely humble beginnings with teenage parents who later exposed her to an environment of drugs, getting married then divorced, and then being one of the oldest students in her undergraduate class, she started doing yoga and meditating. Through this spiritual journey, Christina has emerged as one of the best real estate agents in New York, selling high-end properties and signature developments and with a successful podcast. 

Christina incorporated all these in her real estate business where she shares with us some creativity tips she has used in her industry including:

• Christina believes that 95% of sales is the energy you portray to people as it reflects what you're feeling. It's about how you’re making this person feel when they are around you. When working on the developer/ seller side, you're selling a product, you're meeting new people with every appointment, you must really use those creative juices
• Following her Coaching background, Christina is teaching people how to transfer that energy in sales and real estate sector by making them unlearn some things and then build it back up because people have this preconceived idea of what sales is. This has led to teaching these habits on her Mindset to manifestion podcast.

 What lies ahead for Christina after she has finished reassessing and reinventing herself, and taking time to reflect on herself and what she wants to give back to herself, she wants to make an impact more on a big corporate level because I feel like those leaders in those companies need to have that awareness 

Bio:

Christina Medina is a certified life coach, blogger, and podcast host who is passionate about teaching others how to use the power of manifestation to uncover their inner magic. As the founder and CEO of Mindset to Manifestation, she provides one-on-one coaching, workshops, and other services to people who are serious about wanting to transform their lives.

Christina overcame several obstacles as a child, including growing up with family members who struggled with substance abuse and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Determined to see more of the world and make it on her own, Christina moved out of her family home at the age of 17 and worked several jobs to support herself.

She worked her way through university studying visual art, and in 2007 made her dream come true by moving to NYC. In 2009, feeling the impact of the recession, Christina lost her dream job in an art gallery. Because she was determined to make it work in a city she always dreamed of living in, she started bartending at night to support herself. 

It was during this time that Christina also started working at a yoga studio by day, where she learned more about yoga, meditation, and Reiki. It was then that she had the epiphany that she wanted to help people for a living as a life coach. She received her coaching certification in 2011 and worked with several clients who needed guidance. However, Christina realized that she wasn’t generating enough income to replace her bartending job so she decided to try her hands at real estate too in order to fund her coaching business and expand her services. There she applied her mindset techniques to real estate to attract more abundance, and this is where she truly transformed her life. It wasn’t long before Christina quickly rose to the top of the industry due to her people skills, fierce ambition, and ability to manifest her deepest desires. Despite attaining a high level of success and prestige, she realized that she wanted more and missed helping others break through mental barriers.

Christina decided to merge her two passions (manifestation and real estate) and organized frequent mindset workshops for real estate agents who wanted to learn how to meditate, develop an abundance mindset and overcome their fears. Confident that she’d found her calling, Christina launched the official Mindset to Manifestation podcast in 2018 to connect with others who wish to bring more abundance into their lives. Now Christina is passionate about helping others develop the right mindset and dive within so they can make their dreams a reality through the power of manifestation.

You can follow Christina’s work and connect with her on:

FB Group:  https://www.facebook.com/mindsettomanifestation

IG: https://www.instagram.com/christinamedinanyc/

https://www.instagram.com/mindsettomanifestation/

Official Page: https://www.mindsettomanifestation.com/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinareneemedina/

Dorothy Kolb

After a foundational start at Deloitte and building a 20+ year career in media finance & operations across notable companies including CBS Sports, FOX Sports, NBC & HGTV/Food Network, Dorothy launched dk east associates to bring her world-class background to emerging businesses to help them grow to their fullest potential through outsourced CFO, accounting strategy and HR services.

Questions Dorothy is always ready to answer

• What in my business do I need to look at today in order to be succeed in 6 months from now?
• How do I make sure my business is profitable?
• What made you finally realize that staying in your marriage would cause more harm than leaving? How did you find the strenght?
• How did you prepare for the divorce knowing you would have zero financial support?

Dorothy's Website

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Sam Waines

Sam Waines is a podcast producer and travel content creator. After years of moving from one minimum wage job to the next, he decided to take the leap and moved to Asia, eventually transitioning into a full-time digital nomad. Using only a GoPro and free editing software, his YouTube channel "Nomad With Us" gained over 10,000 subscribers in its first year. In his day job, he secures interviews with CEOs and produces a live show and podcast (How We Solve) that helps start-ups solve their growing pains.

Sam is a creator, teacher, problem solver, go-getter, and tech lover. He produces and edits shows that help people solve their toughest business problems.

Sam's Website

@samwaines on Instagram

Sam on YouTube

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michelle clarke

Michelle is an energy maverick, mindset queen, public speaker, author, and intuitive business coach who shows soul-led entrepreneurs how to harness and leverage their energy for quantum business results so they can set themselves free and live in abundance, joy, ease and flow. She is obsessed with showing women how powerful they really are, because together we are rising to change the world. Michelle speaks on how to tap into soul, harness quantum energy, and apply her Success Triangle method to get massive business results in ease and flow.

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@energymaverick on Instagram

@empowermentempi on X

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Mark Stinson

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Katie Chonacas is an international actor, author, environmental activist, and women empowerment advocate.

A Modern Day Renaissance Woman, indeed.

Katie is ever-imaginative. she is an artist who uses her profession and the arts to spread hope and love. She empowers others to improve their lives and reach their full potential.

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