The Create and Grow Your Brain Capital Podcast

'Music is the transformative technology of the mind," Dr. Ani Patel As we skill and reskill our workforce for this future of work, do we really take into account the interactive methods and activities that make brains more aware and creative in business?  With the work of Lisa Peterson, we do.  Lisa is a music therapist and supports our advocacy here at CAFFE Strategies that claims our t...

Today's prismatic leader is a leader that understands their inner game. They are strong in self awareness, emotional regulation, meta-cognition and interoception, which is the ability to understand your body’s internal signals. Who knew that poetry was an effective way to build these skills? And it’s now proven by neuroscience! Nationally recognized poet and author, Peter Kahn is a national though...

What a perfect time to celebrate creativity and our world premiere of the audio version of I AM CREATIVE! than on World Creativity and Innovation Day! Today we are inviting some of the top voices on workplace creativity and doing something unique with the book.   We are taking this children’s book and discussing how these ‘16 Diamond Tools of Creative Thinking’ are major points of concern for the...

Episode 100: The Creative Potential of Our First-Gen Students Dr. La’Tonya “LT” Rease Miles is an expert on the first-generation college experience. Being a first-gen college graduate and a former stop-out student herself, she is now the Director of University Partnerships at ReUp Education, a company founded in 2015 to help colleges reconnect with the long-overlooked population of stopped-out stu...

Episode 99: Mindfulness, Meditation, and the Power of the Creative Brain   Nicole Tetreault is the author of Insight Into A Bright Mind, and today we have her discuss Neurodiversity and everything that revolves around that subject. To begin, we will learn about Nicole's path through the field of neuroscience so that we can gain a deeper comprehension of her experience and acquire some context rega...

Episode 9 8: Being Unashamed, Unafraid, And Beautiful Even In The Face Of Creative Abuse *Disclaimer: There are sensitive subjects are addressed in this episode. Listener discretion is advised.   Experience changes the brain and affects our creative identity. Therefore, when our childhood or early life involves any type of abuse, it affects the way we see ourselves, our environment and others. Tra...

Episode 9 7: How Intercultural Creativity® is Impacting our Climate for the Better With Susan Israel Susan Israel, the founder and president of Climate Creatives, an architect, artist, social entrepreneur, and change agent, joins us in a very fascinating episode wherein we talk about what she does and how she started. What kept people from taking action? Fear and a lack of conviction that their ac...

Episode 9 6: The Neuroscience of Education: How to Empower Our Students by Teaching with the Brain in Mind with Dr. Kieran O’Mahoney Dr. Kieran O’Mahoney, who is a neuroscientist, author and speaker, joins us in a very interesting discussion about being aware of the brain’s part in making the way for diversity, equity, and creative thinking in our classrooms. In this episode, the Genein and Dr. Ki...

Episode 95 - How to Find the Creative Gold within Your Wellness Journey with Alicia Leytem Alicia Leytem joins us for a conversation on wellness and creativity! Alicia is a certified Wellness Coach, Wellbeing Consultant and a Mindfulness Expert combining her passions for healthy living, mindfulness, and authentic leadership to guide professionals in creating lasting changes for their physical, men...

A Creative Tribute to a Teacher:  Mr. Miller For this Diamond Mentor moment, I will be sharing my recent experience speaking at my 6th grade teacher's memorial service and how his guidance and empathy structured my current mindset and creativity.  I nominated him for the 2011 Sondheim Award which he won $10,000. I’ll share how that award affected his reflection on his whole teaching career. We wil...

Episode 94: How A STEM Career is Made Better with STEAM with Joseph Jefferson How do the arts help leaders navigate through a VUCA world? NASA's award-winning flight engineer, Joseph Jefferson discusses how his arts background trained him to be adaptable, observant, and emotionally aware throughout his STEM journey. He and other JPL-NASA and CalTech employees and students just finished an 'off-off...

Words can build or destroy and now we have the neuroscience to prove it. During this Diamond Mentor Moment, I'll bring in the work of Dr. Andew Newburg, Dr. Lisa Feldman Barret and Dr. Mark Waldman to show how words, microaggressions and negative phrasing can hurt our ability to thrive, create and connect with one another.   Intercultural Creativity® and Intercultural NeuroCreativity® at its best!...

Episode 93: Living a Creative Life of Purpose with Yetunde Shorters Yetunde has a calling, and it’s crystal clear - to guide women in discovering their life’s purpose so they can impact lives, brand their business, and earn profits confidently! Yetunde believes the world would be more joyful, compassionate, and kind if everyone stepped fully into their purpose. She has made it her mission to find...

 Episode 92: How to Be an Interculturally Creative Communicator with Monique Russel Communication is critical and language is powerful. Language can influence the way we see ourselves, others and the creative potential of us all. Monique Russell, the Communication Coach, shares her wisdom to guide us to craft our words and melodic messages to get our message across to the masses. Come learn how to...

How does being on the most powerful non-profit board literally change a brain? 🧠 For our Diamond Mentor Moment, I open up and share my journey of self discovery through the participation of one of the most awesome and powerful boards in the nation, Donorschoose.org. We look at mindset, culture, neuro-mind maps and what it means to truly discover your authentic self. I’ll be bringing in statements...

From veterinarian to comic to creative guru, Dr. Caroline Brookfield is on the mission to make sure people are in control of their everyday creativity. She encourages people to *DANCE” which is 5 effortless habits to help YOU release your inner creative genius. Listen to this hilarious and information packed episode to learn what they are. She loves to challenge, entertain, engage and interact wit...

How do you create a life that combines neuroscience with social activism?   Well, our next guest Dr. Peter Sterling has written the playbook on it. From being a Freedom Rider and getting arrested for social justice to seeing the connection between discrimination and brain stress, Dr. Sterling started to see a connection between wellbeing, brain science and overall health in marginalized communitie...

How does being wise and creative with our food help us be more innovative in life? The ‘Fit Foodie’ Mareya Ibrahim-Jones is here to share her wisdom!     Mareya Ibrahim is "The Fit Foodie" - Clean eating and food safety expert, patented inventor of Eat Cleaner and the Grow Green line of products, author of the book Eat Like You Give a Fork: The Real Dish on Eating to Thrive and podcast host of Rec...

Did you know that it is possible to transform your health data into artistic expression? Justus is here to tell you how having something tangible about your body’s information helps in healing healthcare. In today’s episode of The Create and Grow Podcast, we speak with Justus Harris. Justus Harris is the epitome of what it means to combine disciplines to make a greater impact in the world. They ar...

‘Genein, I can’t take any more voice over powerpoints! This is having no long term effect on people’s behavior around these DEI topics!”   I heard this and I knew one reason why. If facilitators aren’t tapping into people’s emotional brain, there is no strong connection to the topic. Sitting in a 60 minute lecture you are not emotionally committed to means it goes in one ear and out the other. Esp...

Did you know this was Mental Awareness Month? Yes! And to improve your creative thinking, you need to be mentally aware and mentally healthy. In today’s episode of The Create and Grow Podcast, we speak with Dr. Saliha Afridi. Dr. Saliha Afridi is a powerful thought leader in the areas of mental health, wellness, parenting and dealing with that inner critic – that voice – that influences your creat...

Did you know your creative thinking ability affects your financial wealth? Did you know that your relationship with money is also affected by your cultural lenes?  Bob is here to share how these concepts are connected and how to build a solid financial foundation with these connections in mind. In today’s episode of The Create and Grow Podcast, we speak with Bob DePasquale. Bob is an advocate of s...

Are you leading the way for others? If you need to know how, Tara is here to lead the way! In today’s episode of The Create and Grow Podcast, we speak with Tara Jaye Frank. Her work, fueled by a deep belief in the creative power and potential of everyone, focuses on building bridges between people, ideas, and opportunity. Before founding her culture and leadership consultancy, Frank spent twenty-o...

Today’s Diamond Mentor Moment uses the incident of the 2019 university college scandal to talk about the effects of “protecting” our children and team members from experiencing rejection. What is going on in the brain when rewards are just given to us and we don’t have to work for them? What does that do to our creative identity? Join me today as we dive into the university blues of removing failu...

How does theater arts help you in business? Well Theo is here to highlight the connections! Bronx, NY native Theo Caesar began his career as a professional actor at the age of 10. From his first commercial, which was filmed in the original office of MTV in the 80s, to his first feature film role in "Police Academy 3", it was obvious that there was a positive chemistry between young Teddy Abner and...