Creative Chats with Mike Brennan

Intentions aren't enough. We need to take action. With action comes clarity. What do you want to create in 2023?  What is going to ensure that you show up to create?   Take advantage of 2 resources I have created just for you: 1. The Daily Creative Habit guided journal - https://amzn.to/3GDv84d   2. The 90-minute Daily Creative Habit workshop on Jan. 5th at 8 pm EST  Secure your spot: http://tiny....

 Vincent Pugliese is the author of The Wealth of Connection and Freelance to Freedom, a keynote speaker and the host of the Total Life Freedom Podcast. He is the owner of The Total Life Freedom Mastermind Community- which brings entrepreneurs and small business owners together to build a life of time, money and location freedom. Vincent is, most importantly, a husband to his wife, Elizabeth, and f...

Jeff Fajans is a creative performance & leadership coach who works with creators, entrepreneurs, and leaders to help them bring their biggest ideas to life and reach their next level of creative success.     Through his 1-on-1 coaching, 30-Day Creative Momentum Challenge community, internationally acclaimed digital courses, and speaking engagements, Jeff has helped thousands of people from around...

Derek is a lifelong musician and performer. After years of doing music full-time, he decided to shift his focus to the business side of the music industry. He was able to work with several major musical instrument brands and some of the top artists in the world. He soon realized that the skills he learned were made for more than just the music industry and he started branching out with brand deals...

Nikki Takahashi is a Digital Media Designer and brand strategist who has helped over 300 entrepreneurs embrace and amplify what makes them unique. Her graphic and website design achievements earned her a Governor General's Medal and her keynotes on brand design have reached audiences around the globe. Nikki is founder and CEO of Fetching Finn, an agency that gets clients noticed in person, online,...

Just a quick episode to say thank you and let you know about a new resource to help you create! The Daily Creative Habit guided creative journal!  This 90-day creative journal offers a simple, but powerful method to establish a more consistent creative practice in your life. A Daily Creative Habit! In just a few minutes a day using this journal, you will unlock your creativity by consistently taki...

Bjorn Okholm Skaarup, born in Denmark in 1973, is a sculptor and historian living and working in New York City. His numerous animal sculptures build on a long tradition in which animals have been represented allegorically; from national birds and symbols of empires to iconic figures in fables and fairy tales. The animals of his bronze bestiary are anthropomorphized and reference both human aspirat...

Tony Pharo is a Multidisciplinary Artist, whose work draws the eye of those seeking something, something unknown. With a dramatic color palette that pushes the boundaries of emotion and smacks you in the face, he tears down the barriers to the soul to evoke such powerful emotions. See Tony's work at: https://tonypharo.com   It's never too late to start your own daily creative habit! Join our free...

Bill Nelson is a gallery artist at Cavalier Gallery. The intention of his work is to generate conversations about values and identity by assembling unlikely pairs, Hollywood film icons and nostalgic comic book environments. Each entity reveals a partial narrative. The nature of a comic and the personas of the movie stars, presented in the ethos of the Hollywood studio system, act as blank canvases...

Bill Nelson is a gallery artist at Cavalier Gallery. The intention of his work is to generate conversations about values and identity by assembling unlikely pairs, Hollywood film icons and nostalgic comic book environments. Each entity reveals a partial narrative. The nature of a comic and the personas of the movie stars, presented in the ethos of the Hollywood studio system, act as blank canvases...

Diana Alt is a No BS executive coach and career growth strategist who helps people take charge of aligning life and livelihood. Diana uses her 20+ years of experience in corporate product development roles to help people get out of their own way by building confidence, setting boundaries, and casting a vision for an awesome career and life. She believes work should feel good, not like a long slow...

I'm sharing a conversation I had with The Thing event founder, Terry Weaver, during a recent Daily Creative Habit Facebook live. The Thing conference is November 4-6th 2022, in Orlando Florida.    You need to come and join me! (I'll be speaking & live event sketching)   If you truly want to see a change in your creativity, business, and even personal life, you have to surround yourself with the ri...

We take a pause to celebrate 3 years of weekly episodes of Creative Chats as well as 2 years of Daily Creative Habit.  It's never too late to start your own daily creative habit! Join our free Facebook community Daily Creative Habit & subscribe to the Daily Creative Habit newsletter, delivered right to your inbox twice a week!  www. DailyCreativeHabit.com  

Paul Klein  is a business consultant and entrepreneur. From his days as a 1980s hair band guitarist and lifelong entrepreneur to starting and scaling a successful SAAS company to consulting for some of the biggest brands including Target, Neiman Marcus, Starbucks, Holiday Inn, and other global brands, Paul helps Consultants, Freelancers, and Solopreneur's price their services, stop undercharging i...

June Gervais's debut novel, Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair, is now available in hardcover and ebook from Pamela Dorman Books/Viking Penguin, and audiobook from Penguin Random House Audio. Her essays and stories have appeared in Lit Hub, Writer's Digest, Sojourners, The Common, Cordella, Big Fiction, The Missouri Review, The Southampton Review, Image Journal, Consequence Magazine, and elsewhere...

Creative people sometimes get a bad rap when it comes to our working habits and practices.  Have you heard adjectives like "flaky, undependable, too out there...?" On episode 155, I share three tips you can employ as a creative professional to ensure you keep getting work!   It's never too late to start your own daily creative habit! Join our free Facebook community Daily Creative Habit & subscrib...

It's no secret I'm always talking about establishing a daily creative habit. It's been THE thing to transform my creative journey.  So for episode 154, 'm unpacking the five benefits of having a daily creative habit: 1. Permission 2. Self-discovery   3. Clarity 4. Skill   5. Consistency It's never too late to start your own daily creative habit! Join our free Facebook community Daily Creative Habi...

We all experience fear. Especially around our creativity. There are three fears that we can find is stopping us from creating: Fear of failure, Fear of Success, and Fear of process. Which one do you resonate with most? Subscribe to the Daily Creative Habit email newsletter and join the Facebook group! www. DailyCreativeHabit.com  

There is a sleeping giant in every human. Awakening those giants within and turning them into legends, by helping individuals grab just what's out of their grasp, is Brian's purpose in this life. Brian is a heart surgeon without a blade. He does not start outside with what you need to do, he starts inside with who you are. In a world that is disconnected, Brian is revolutionizing how individuals,...

Rich Kirkpatrick, a native of San Jose, California, studied music at The Phil Mattson School, and earned his bachelor's and master's from William Jessup University. Over the years, he has worked as a church musician and ministry leader. Rich writes, consults, and speaks about the intersection of creativity, faith and leadership. His new book, MINDBLOWN: Unlock Your Creative Genius by Bridging Scie...

I talk about the importance of consistency in establishing your daily creative habit, but another critical element is spontaneity.  Consistency gets you to show up. Spontaneity gets you to keep showing up.  I'd love to extend the invitation for you to be a part of two resources: The Daily Creative Habit private Facebook group, and the new Daily Creative Habit newsletter, which is delivered right t...

Kelly Chase is an entrepreneur, social influencer, speaker, podcast host, and reality TV star best known for her role as a castmate on the breakaway hit Netflix show, Love Is Blind. She is the founder of the coaching program "Goddess Magic" which combines mindset coaching + law of attraction + self love tools + business strategy to help women think and act like the person they desire to be, improv...

It's no secret that I talk about the importance of establish a daily creative habit .  It's been my own journey, and what has allowed me to discover my voice and style, and be the best version of my creative self I can be.  In my conversations with other creative people, I've found that many who are feeling the urge to engage with their creativity at a deeper level fall into three categories: the...

Episode 147 is part three of a three part series exploring 3 key steps in establishing a daily creative habit.    Part one was Start Small.    Part two was Schedule it!   Part three is Celebrate Your Wins.   What gets rewarded, gets repeated. But you have to know if you're making progress. Celebrating your wins is about stopping to realize how far you've come, and actually tracking what you've don...

Episode 146 is part two of a three part series exploring 3 key steps in establishing a daily creative habit.    Part one was start small.    Part two is Schedule it!   Nothing seems further form creativity than scheduling it, but the truth is that we can't wait for the Muse.   The Muse is finicky, and if we're going to make any progress in our creativity, we need to show up consistently for it!  ...