Lifestyle Podcast

26: Getting Creative with Digital Arts with Janaina Oliveira

26: Getting Creative with Digital Arts with Janaina Oliveira

Do you have some kind creative outlet that you use, in order to express what’s going on with you, and in your life? Did you know that creating art is really good for you, both emotionally and mentally? Today we are really excited to have Janaina Oliviera, of With2Worlds.Org as our guest on the show.

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25: Creative Storytelling Through Music and Lyrics with Forrest Eaglespeaker

25: Creative Storytelling Through Music and Lyrics with Forrest Eaglespeaker

Today we welcome our very first musician on the show! He is the delightful Canadian musician Forrest Eaglespeaker, founder of the band The North Sound and today he will be telling us about his storytelling, his music and the poetry of his lyrics, so listen in to find out more about Forrest and the wonderful music that he plays.

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22: Creatively Addressing Women’s Health Issues with Dr. Mary Guinan

22: Creatively Addressing Women’s Health Issues with Dr. Mary Guinan

Public health is a topic many of us aren’t sufficiently informed on, and should be. We aren’t aware of the work that’s going on behind the scenes, or the benefits we’re missing out on due to the lack of attentiveness to the world around us. Dr. Mary Guinan has written a book on the subject, traveled the world for vaccination work, and helped women recover rights that should be basic human rights.

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18: Increasing Your Creativity Quotient in Your Chosen Career with Dr. Eliza Chin

18: Increasing Your Creativity Quotient in Your Chosen Career with Dr. Eliza Chin

What is your creativity quotient in YOUR chosen career? Have you ever thought about it? Sometimes we fall into the trap of thinking that only certain careers allow for creativity, but, in reality, there is room for a creative approach almost everywhere! My guest today shares how she finds creativity in her work as a physician, and how women through generations have been creative in their endeavors to make a difference in the field of medicine.

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17: Varied Interests Can Enhance Your Creativity with Margot Potter

Has anyone ever tried to limit your creativity? Have you been criticized for “jumping from one thing to another”? My guest today is proof that varied interests and endeavors can enrich and enhance your innate creativity. Don’t be afraid to let your creative efforts flow in different directions!

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10: The Journey from Teaching to Acting with Keiko Elizabeth

10: The Journey from Teaching to Acting with Keiko Elizabeth

Creativity comes in many forms, and even though many choose a career that isn’t particularly creative, you can find ways to leverage your creativity in that career. Other times, the creative soul isn’t being fed and that mandates a change in career. That’s exactly what happened to today’s guest. Keiko Elizabeth went through a mid-career transformation and she’s here to share her journey with us!

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Photography Podcast

34: A Creative Approach to Fine Art with Diane Richey-Ward

34: A Creative Approach to Fine Art with Diane Richey-Ward

What really inspires your creativity? Do you ever use the time it takes to do your routine tasks as an opportunity to reflect on things? And if so, do you make use of those reflective moments for your inspiration? Some of my most creative ideas have come to me while preparing a meal, or while doing laundry.

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29: Creative Photography with Shutter Sisters Founder with Tracey Clark

29: Creative Photography with Shutter Sisters Founder with Tracey Clark

What is your artistic vision? The way you see the world is completely different than everyone else. And how incredible is that? As creative individuals, we have this great capacity to grow and heal through our art. This podcast celebrates the triumphs we as artists create, and I cannot think of a better person to celebrate with than today’s guest.

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03: Coloring Outside the Lines with Erin Manning

03: Coloring Outside the Lines with Erin Manning

Do creative people inspire you? Would you like to enhance your own creativity, or nourish it in your children? If so, let this week’s dynamic and versatile guest on  “A Creative Approach Podcast”, Erin Manning, encourage you to “color outside the lines” as she is interviewed by Karen Poirier-Brode.

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Scrapbooking Podcast

43: Crafting The Life You Love With Amy Tan

43: Crafting The Life You Love With Amy Tan

Joining me on the show today is crafter, designer and author, Amy Tangerine. Amy has always had a creative outlook on life. Growing up in Chicago, she wallpapered her walls with pages from fashion magazines.

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42: Feeding Your Creativity with Food and Flavor with Lina Fat

42: Feeding Your Creativity with Food and Flavor with Lina Fat


Lina Fat is VP of Culinary Research and Development for Fat Family Restaurant Group, based in Sacramento, CA. Her first dream was to be a pharmacist, which she fulfilled when she earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of California-San Francisco in 1964, where she met and married her husband, Kenneth.

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40: Using Photography to Support a Cause with Alison Brown

40: Using Photography to Support a Cause with Alison Brown

Our guest today is the photographer, Alison Brown. I learned of Alison through the Women’s Environmental  Network of the San Francisco Bay area. I saw her work online, and I knew I had to have her on the show. Alison is an international photographer that discovered...

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39: Doctors Who Create with Vidya Viswanathan

39: Doctors Who Create with Vidya Viswanathan

It is always a joy to see creativity bloom where you least expect it. I am speaking with student physician Vidya Viswanathan today, the founder of Doctors Who Create. Vidya and her team are on a mission to change the culture of medicine by fostering creativity. It is...

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38: Celebrating National Scrapbook Day with Nancy Nally

38: Celebrating National Scrapbook Day with Nancy Nally

Do you know that May 5th is International (aka National) Scrapbook Day? By now, my regular listeners all know that I’m a really enthusiastic scrapbooker, and at the moment, I am busy creating a kit to take with me to Dixon, California, to celebrate this special...

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26: Getting Creative with Digital Arts with Janaina Oliveira

26: Getting Creative with Digital Arts with Janaina Oliveira

Do you have some kind creative outlet that you use, in order to express what’s going on with you, and in your life? Did you know that creating art is really good for you, both emotionally and mentally? Today we are really excited to have Janaina Oliviera, of With2Worlds.Org as our guest on the show.

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23: The Beauty of Being Different with Anna Aspnes

23: The Beauty of Being Different with Anna Aspnes

One of the best things about art and design is its playfulness. Have you ever stopped to see your latest project as a playground? Maybe you are like so many of us and you caught up in chronological order, the perfect edges, and the ideal composition?

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