Creative Engagement Podcast

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest is Rabbi Adina Allen author of The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom. I feel very aligned with the ideas in this book. Rabbi Adina explores how ancient Jewish text, not only the Torah but related writings and teachings connect to creativity and curiosity. Each chapter invites us in to experiments to allow us to...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest Molly Clasen is an Illustrator and Visual Story Teller. This is Molly’s 2nd appearance or Full Circle interview following her Encouragement Session back on February of 2024. We discuss how speaking in this public forum put a certain gentle pressure that comes along with the attention. Molly is wise at every turn, you may even want to be ready to pause and...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest is Musician, Composer Anne Wood. I thank Niloo Kahn for introducing me to Anne. It is so fascinating to learn about Anne’s life story and the story of how her theatrical experience called When Mountains Meet came to life. I won’t give away any plot twists here. I especially loved hearing how each part of Anne’s life contributed to the artist that Anne is t...

Engage with us via Text Message! I remember artistic retreats where I met my guest Tamsin Haggis and I was in awe of her creative exploration, her different styles and as I learned more I was fascinated with her background. Recently Tamsin has begun writing her own Substack which you can find here: Art Pilgrim which I find fascinating. I’ve seen Tamsin create sand paintings and abstract images tha...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest Writer Lisa Martens joins us all the way from Costa Rica! I want to thank Yolande Brener for introducing us. We discuss Lisa’s Novel: Like It Never Happened a humorous yet insightful exploration of generational trauma. Lisa has become an expert in family dynamics, drawing from some personal experiences while also crafting the fictional journey of Alice as...

Engage with us via Text Message! I had the privilege of being paired with my guest Christel Knappe on a songwriting retreat on the Greek Island of Crete last summer. Christel’s creativity is multifaceted. As we get to know how Christel’s creativity manifests in her life we remember together the process of writing our song called Let The River Decide. It am so interested to explore the parts that f...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest is Henry McGrath Creative Entrepreneur, filmmaker, performance artist, actor, lover of the wild places and Founder of The Solo School and Eden's Cave. I was able to attend the online screening premiere of Henry's film Red Bird, and I have experienced Henry as a cohort of the Discipline of Freedom workshops and Kath Burlinson's PathMakers. He...

Engage with us via Text Message! Adam "Tex" Davis is the Executive Producer and Co-Founder at Atomic Entertainment as well as a podcaster, and Producer and Writer of Films and Television. You can find out more at: https://www.atomicentertainment.com/ If you enjoyed this podcast please give us a rating and write a review where you listen to podcasts. Please share this with friends by send...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest is Svend-Erik Engh a storyteller and story coach from Edinburgh, Scotland and Denmark. I was introduced by his wife Alice Fernbank who also appeared as a guest recently. This discussion helped me distinguish the difference between a writer of stories and a storyteller. Svend-Erik has a delightful way of engaging and being of service to those learning to te...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest is Tina Rath multidisciplinary artist using neuroesthetics as a guide. Tina and I discuss a wide range of topics including the muse and motivation, embodiment, regulation and healing. Tina has created a public memorial to address the trauma and death from the Covid-19 Pandemic she has called the REQUIEM PROJECT with ongoing compassionate drawing events and...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest Veronica Love is a Coach, Artist and Painter and Global CEO of Newfield Network. I appreciated this discussion about embodiment and the Applied Somatics Coaching Course that Newfield is offering. Veronica leads us in a body awareness meditation and also shares a poem.  To find out more: https://newfield-learning-collective.teachable.com/p/somatics-course2...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest this episode Theater Maker Niloo Khan and I captured this interview on the Scottish Island of Lismore as we are both participating in a course called PathMakers created by Kath Burlinson. It was wonderful to meet and get to know Niloo in this context. We discuss Niloo's various roles in theater and in life as the daughter of immigrant parents from Pak...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest Actor and Theater maker Nigel Hollidge lives in Brittany. I have encountered Nigel through several Discipline of Freedom artist workshops and in this interview we found ourselves both participating in a PathMaker workshop on the Scottish island Lismore offered by our teacher and friend Kath Burlinson. Watching Nigel work is truly amazing, and I have really...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest this episode is Storyteller Alice Fernbank. I was so delighted to reconnect with Alice in a new cohort of the PathMakers workshop offered by Kath Burlinson. Alice and I initially met at a Discipline of Freedom artist workshop in France many years ago. One magical element of Alice's storytelling is that she is known to create stories completely from sc...

Engage with us via Text Message! It is so wonderful to include my guest, my friend, Singer Songwriter Christine Sparks! I have known Christine for many years since we have both attended many Discipline of Freedom workshops and are now in our 2nd PathMakers workshops. Christine shares her experiences in creativity with music, visual art and video. Christine's painting is featured in this episo...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest Author Charles Smith returns for his 2nd Creative Engagement interview. Charles and I met at a Billy Gathering several years ago. We discuss Charles' recently published short story, The Silver Ring and Charles reads an excerpt from a new story called the Serpent Pool. You can also travel back in time to hear Charles 1st interview from 2023! Additional...

Engage with us via Text Message! For this Special "Double" episode my guests are Eva Hillered and Patrick Rydman. They are both performing Singer Songwriters, Musicians, Theater Makers and as we discuss they are Songwriting Retreat Facilitators! I had the privilege of attending this summer's retreat on the Greek Island of Crete. You'll hear us discuss positivity, vulnerability...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest this episode is Author and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art History, Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Illinois at Chicago. We discuss Robert's new novel Roman Ivory from Beautiful Dreamer Press. Robert's novel Roman Ivory takes us into the late 19th century to consider what life would have been like for men who loved me...

Engage with us via Text Message! I am so blessed to be a part of a creative community where I can invite artists such as my guest Daniéle J Minns. Their creative output spans film projects, writing, dancing and martial arts as a starter list. I contacted Daniéle after seeing a short film Death and Beauty created in collaboration with Yolande Brener who I interviewed in the prior episode. Later I a...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest Yolande Brener currently in New York was introduced to me by a UK artist Daniele J. Minns. I saw their short collaborative film Death and Beauty and contacted Daniele who introduced me to Yolande. I so love meeting new artist friends through the lens of creativity. It is such a rich and delightful way to explore thoughts and ideas and feelings. Yolande has...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest for this Encouragement Session is Joe Bielling a certified level 3 Internal Family Systems practitioner and Coach with a Masters Degree in Therapy. Joe is seeking encouragement relative to the launch of his new brand and series of courses under "UnifyYourSelf". We have a course and community we are building for post psychedelic integration experi...

Engage with us via Text Message! In this episode of the new Encouragement Session format I welcome my guest Miriam Mandell. Miriam describes herself as a Creative Practitioner and her focus has been collage and paper. Miriam is seeking encouragement as she looks to gain confidence in her skills and experiences. To find out more go to: Instagram: mnm_art7 If you enjoyed this podcast please give us...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest is Writer and Storyteller Dougie Strang. We discuss his new book The Bone Cave (A Journey Through Myth and Memory). Dougie has wonderfully captured an amazing camping adventure incorporating place names and ideas from Scottish folklore and at the same time shared his love and kindness seamlessly with ecology and his own personal history — magically as the...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest is Coach and Facilitator Polly Chandler. Polly is also an explorer of various art forms including creating mandala's on the beach! Polly describes her lifelong relationship with the natural world and how her life has been enriched by her discovery of the many ways she can express herself with creativity.  To find our more: https://pollychandlercoachin...

Engage with us via Text Message! My guest for this Encouragement Session of the Creative Engagement podcast is Tom Purtill. It is easiest for me to encourage songwriters being a songwriter myself. Tom brings a real sense of openness to collaboration. We met in the context of a gathering where we were both performing original songs and I invited Tom to record in my home studio.  After the interview...