Create & Elevate Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The Circle Is Getting Smaller. On Purpose. If your circle has shrunk this year, congratulations. You might be doing it right. In today's episode we talk about false responsibility, and the freedom on the other side of releasing it. What false responsibility actually is, carrying people who place demands on you they never earned Why creatives are prime targets, generosity is y...

Send us Fan Mail Capable & Credited You've spent years being the most capable person in the room. The one they hand the mess to. The one who delivers. So why isn't your name on the work? In today's episode we talk about being capable and not credited. The difference between them, capable is what you do, credited is what the room says about what you do How the gap forms, and why...

Send us Fan Mail You have seventeen unfinished projects and you've called yourself lazy, scattered, undisciplined. Wrong diagnosis. An unfinished project can't be rejected. It lives in permanent potential: forever brilliant, never tested. Your unfinished work isn't a discipline problem. It's a protection strategy. In this episode, Dannielle takes it apart: why you stall at the...

Send us Fan Mail Every creative has said it: I have to do it all now. The show, the business, the book. Now. This year. Before it's too late. We call it drive. We call it purpose. After 25 years watching brilliant people run on that fuel, Dannielle says the thing nobody says: sometimes it isn't purpose. Sometimes it's panic wearing purpose's clothes. The two produce identical o...

Send us Fan Mail You've read the imposter syndrome articles. Done the affirmations. Listed your accomplishments like the internet told you to. And the fraud feeling is still there. Here's why: it's not imposter syndrome. It's something older. Imposter syndrome says "I don't deserve this seat." What most creatives actually carry says "if they see all of me, t...

Send us Fan Mail You Are Not Your Art. Thank God. Somebody told you to follow your passion. Make your creativity your identity. Your brand. Your whole life. It sounded like freedom. It's actually the most dangerous place you can build from. Dannielle Rhimes Lecointe, Olivier Award-winning choreographer, director and creative entrepreneur, takes apart the "be your art" myth and shows...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I share an inside training from my membership Spotlight: The Inner Room.  In this training we talk about the Universal Law of Polarity and how when understood you can shift your reality. There are 12 Universal Laws and we're diving into each one inside.  Want to learn more? Join us inside Spotlight: The Inner Room or email me at hellow@danniellerhimeslecointe....

Send us Fan Mail What if your life wasn't supposed to look the same all year round? What if the quiet periods weren't failures — they were part of the design? In this episode, Makeda breaks down the concept of seasonal living and what it actually looks like to build a life by design rather than by default. Drawing from her own experience working across different industries, disciplines a...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been told to pick a lane? To focus, simplify, specialise — as if everything that makes you you is somehow the problem? This episode is for the creative who has never fit neatly into one box. The one with a portfolio that looks like five different people built it. The one who lights up in multiple rooms, across multiple disciplines, and has spent years wondering if th...

Send us Fan Mail This episode was born from a real conversation. A moment that got uncomfortable — and that's exactly why it needed to be said out loud. This one is for the artist. The performer. The creative entrepreneur who is undeniably talented, widely respected in their lane — and quietly, privately, desperately unfulfilled. You didn't mean to stop. But somewhere between the booking...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is all about how we win in the world of AI. An ever growing and changing industry.  Key Points: The lie: “my work should speak for itself” Sales = articulation of value, not manipulation If you can’t sell it, you can’t sustain it The difference between talent and paid talent How avoiding sales is avoiding visibility Owning your price without over-explaining Cr...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as we dig into the importance of sales, beliefs around sales and how it's connected to your visibility  Key Points: The lie: “my work should speak for itself” Sales = articulation of value, not manipulation If you can’t sell it, you can’t sustain it The difference between talent and paid talent How avoiding sales is avoiding visibility Owning your price without over-e...

Send us Fan Mail Your next level doesn’t start with a new planner or a louder hustle. It starts with a brutally honest look at what you’ve actually done, what you’ve avoided, and what your habits are quietly proving about your priorities. We’re sharing 10 powerful end-of-quarter questions designed for creatives, freelancers, and entrepreneurs who know their vision is bigger than the rooms they’ve...

Send us Fan Mail Living by your principles & Standards means embodying your values. Join Dannielle as we tackle profound questions to help you gain clarity on your values and take that next step into integrity.  Thinking of joining the community Spotlight: The Room. JOIN THE WAITLIST  Spotlight:The Room is about personal, professional and creative growth so that you can live at your highest le...

Send us Fan Mail Creativity Is Currency (If You Structure It) Talent alone does not create wealth. In this episode, we discuss the shift from being talented to being positioned. Creativity is currency — but only when it is structured, priced and aligned with identity. We cover: • The myth of the struggling creative • Underpricing as misalignment • The difference between labour and leverage • Money...

Send us Fan Mail Stop Softening Your Message So Nobody Gets Offended There is a difference between being kind and diluting your truth. In this episode, we unpack the habit of softening your message to protect other people’s comfort — and how that habit quietly erodes your authority. We explore: • Managing other people’s triggers • The fear of being “too much” • Clean communication without aggressi...

Send us Fan Mail You’ve Outgrown the Room There comes a moment when growth no longer feels exciting — it feels uncomfortable. In this episode, I explore what it really means to outgrow your current level. The rooms. The pricing. The conversations. The version of yourself you’ve been performing. Outgrowing isn’t arrogance. It’s awareness. We talk about: • The emotional discomfort of expansion • Why...

Send us Fan Mail 2025 wasn’t just a year. It was a reckoning. In this episode, Dannielle reflects on the internal and cultural shifts that changed how she works, leads, creates, and chooses herself. This is a conversation about: Leaving behind the version of you who needed permission The cost of staying palatable What happens when your nervous system catches up to your ambition Why alignment is mo...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you stop planning from fear — and start leading from knowing? In this opening episode of Create & Elevate , Dannielle Rhimes Lecointe invites you into a different kind of new year. Not resolutions. Not hustle. But standards . Using ten deep reflection questions, Dannielle walks you through how to close one chapter and step into the next with clarity, alignmen...

Send us Fan Mail The Create and Elevate Podcast: Candid Conversations Sign up to the Masterclass Here    In this episode I share a little on my experience coming out of a marriage and how I stepped into living by design.    I would love to here your thoughts    Instagram: @thisdannielle Want me to coach you? Click Here Looking for a Money Mindset course Click Here Looking to build and launch your...

Send us Fan Mail The Create and Elevate Podcast: Candid Conversations    In this episode I share a little on my experience coming out of a marriage and how I stepped into living by design.    I would love to here your thoughts    Instagram: @thisdannielle Want me to coach you? Click here Looking for a Money Mindset course Click Here Looking to build and launch your unique business? Click Here Look...

Send us Fan Mail The Create and Elevate Podcast: Candid Conversations    In this episode I share a little on my experience coming out of a marriage and how I stepped into living by design.    I would love to here your thoughts    Instagram: @thisdannielle Want me to coach you? Life & Mindset - https://danniellerhimeslecointe.com/services-and-education Business & Ideas - https://danniellerh...

Send us Fan Mail The Create and Elevate Podcast: Candid Conversations    In this episode I share a little on my experience coming out of a marriage and how I stepped into living by design.    I would love to here your thoughts    Instagram: @thisdannielle Want me to coach you? Life & Mindset - https://danniellerhimeslecointe.com/services-and-education Business & Ideas - https://danniellerh...

Send us Fan Mail The Create and Elevate Podcast: Candid Conversations    In this episode I share a little on my experience coming out of a marriage and how I stepped into living by design.    I would love to here your thoughts    Instagram: @thisdannielle Want me to coach you? Life & Mindset - https://danniellerhimeslecointe.com/services-and-education Business & Ideas - https://danniellerh...

Send us Fan Mail The Create and Elevate Podcast: Candid Conversations In this episode we're diving into Price Prichetts - Quantum Leap. The strategy that successful people (like you and 1) flourish in!  I would love to here your thoughts Instagram: @thisdannielle Want me to coach you? Life & Mindset - https://danniellerhimeslecointe.com/services-and-education Business & Ideas - https:...