The Creative Soul Podcast

In this month's solo episode, Leya shares authentically about her process on learning how to trust the process as it unfolds. She also shares about duality, specificity in the details, the two antidotes to any creative block, the importance of having a daily creative practice, and the possibilities of the unknown. Creative Resources Mentioned: Janne Robinson Mari Andrews Sign up for Leya's...

Rachael Ferrera is a Certified Reiki Practitioner, Life Guide, and Spiritual Teacher. Founder of the Align & Shine movement, Rachael specializes in helping ambitious artists, creatives, and multi-passionates to level-up their lives and careers by learning to deeply love themselves, trust their intuition, and follow their unique paths. Rachael is also an artist who believes in the powerful inte...

Alyssa Lauren is an astrocartographer and the founder of Nomad Astrology which combines her love of travel with the magic of astrology. She helps other's align with their soul purpose and find an energetically supportive destination where they can thrive.  In this episode we talk about how travel mirrors the creative process, what astrocartography is and why you might use it, how to listen to...

Malorine Mathurin is an Intuitive Astrologer who uses her clairvoyant, clairsentient, and clairaudient skills in her Akashic Records, Tarot, Numerology, and Divination readings to help her clients. Malorine has studied various forms of Divination and spirituality through her Caribbean roots and ancestry and is a self-taught Astrologer and Cartomancer with over 25 years experience. Malorine has bee...

In this month's solo episode, I share all about the different creative cycles and seasons and how to determine which one you're experiencing. From creative spring to summer to fall to winter, how can we honor our creativity as cyclical beings and allow ourselves to ebb and flow? I also take a moment to honor the life and passing of Episode 23's guest, Amy Oestreicher. Sign up for Leya&...

Kate Lumpkin (she/her) is the Founder of and Lead Casting Director at Kate Lumpkin Casting, CSA. Collectively, as a casting professional, she has worked on over 40 TV/Film productions and 80 theatrical productions in New York City and across the USA including shows at The Kennedy Center, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The A.R.T, NYTW, and many others. Kate teaches workshops in New York and at n...

Christina Sutra is an artist, painter, and helps women rewild themselves. She shares authentically on her social media platform with her community of over 60,000 followers. In this episode, we talk about being authentic on social media, sensuality as the art of receiving, the power of gratitude as a ritual, the messages in our dreams, and more. Creative Resources Mentioned: Shambhala Connect with...

Jessica Soares is an empowerment and self-sovereignty coach specializing in helping women overcome the fear of success and learn how to use their emotions to build a life by design rather than default. She is all about the doing and works to get people from the awareness stage into aligned action. She is also an actor and writer, wildly passionate about bringing original stories to the big screen....

What do dragonflies, bike rides, and sunrises in Mexico have to do with Discovering Your Creative Soul? Tune into this special solo episode where Leya announces the launch of her newest creative workshop, Discover Your Creative Soul - a 6 week journey to uncover your next creative idea. You'll hear the story of where she got the inspiration for the workshop, the steps of the journey that make...

Shaun Leisher (he/him/his) is a Philadelphia-based dramaturg and producer. As a dramaturg, Shaun has worked on productions of CLYBOURNE PARK by Bruce Norris and SMART PEOPLE by Lydia R. Diamond under the direction of nationally-recognized theatre artist and educator, Kashi Johnson at Lehigh University. As a producer, Shaun has organized play readings and new work festivals throughout Eastern Penns...

Kim Alexandrescu is the owner of Sacred Space Astoria, a yoga studio and healing center created to fully support your spiritual journey.  Born in Michigan, she’s made New York City her home since 2006.  A 200-hour yoga teacher since 2012, Kim is also a reiki master, Urban Zen Integrative Therapist, End-of-Life Companion and Mama to 3 awesome kids.  In this episode we talk about end of life work an...

Ashmi Pathela is an artist and writer who left her career in Silicon Valley with this intention: "Show me the power of my heart, and I will teach the world." Her travels took her all over the world, finding love in Bali, moving to Australia… but of course, the greatest journey was within. It opened her eyes to a new way of living – in joyful alignment with her heart. This week, she launche...

Are you the type of creative that only creates when you're inspired? What do you do when you don't feel inspired? In this episode, I share a mini message on inspiration and how to find inspiration anywhere and everywhere. I define the two different types of inspiration and share three ways you can find endless wells of inspiration. Creative Resources Mentioned: SparkFile - Susan Blackwell...

Shauna Cummins is a Hypnosis Practitioner and Trainer, board certified through the National Guild of Hypnotists in 2012. She is the author of Wishcraft: A Guide to Manifesting a Positive Future and Founder of  The Divine Feminine School of Hypnosis . Her work as a hypnotist and performance artist has been showcased worldwide at The Center for Contemporary Art in Glasgow, Scotland, The Queens Museu...

Daniela is a ballet dancer turned farmer living in Boston, MA. After walking away from the professional dance world and finding farming in college, she hopes to find ways to bring the two together and share their numerous parallels with others (while dedicating her life to growing the sweetest carrots anyone has ever tasted). Daniela credits being able to press restart on her personal creativity j...

Amy Oestreicher is an Audie award-nominated playwright, performer, and multidisciplinary creator. Amy overcame a decade of trauma to become a sought-after PTSD specialist, artist, author, writer for The Huffington Post, international keynote speaker, RAINN representative, and health advocate. She has given four  TEDx  Talks on transforming trauma through creativity, and has contributed to NBC’s To...

In this special solo episode, Leya explains what is a creativity circle, where the idea came from, the meaning behind the "circle" and what makes it sacred, and the four pillars that guide Leya's creativity workshops. Then, she guides us through a mini creativity circle - complete with a guided meditation and writing prompts. Make sure you listen to this episode someplace where you can...

Madeline Sayet is a citizen of the Mohegan Tribe and Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program. For her work as a theater maker she has been honored as a Forbes 30Under30, TED Fellow, and recipient of The White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama. In this episode, we talk about how growing up with both Mohegan stories and Shakespeare shaped her, the responsi...

Lindsay quit a 5-year career selling corporate life insurance to pursue a dream of learning to cook in France. After backpacking solo for six months, working with local farmers exchanging labor for room and board, and receiving a Cuisine Certificate from Le Cordon Bleu Paris, she arrived in San Francisco. She is the founder of FOOD LA LA and curates unique creativity-inducing food and cocktail exp...

Carly is an artist, community builder, dot connector, softball player and slam poet. She is the founder of The Reach Out Party, a course where individuals with diverse minds and from seemingly disparate industries gather to cultivate connection, community and collaboration. She is a curious questioner, nuanced communicator and mind map lover who has experienced the power of reaching out every sing...

In this episode, I share the lessons I learned during 2020. We discuss moving to NYC to follow your dreams, the economic privilege of being an artist, social media, my journey with ayahuasca and plant medicine, hosting creativity workshops, leading Writing Magic, facing your shadow, plants in Hawaii, shedding old dreams, and what navigating this year of ups and downs has taught me. Take what you n...

Megan Bowen is a performer, creator & entrepreneur in NYC. Alongside her professional performing career, Megan founded Dance From Home LLC, an online company that helps Broadway lovers reconnect with the joy of live performance through musical theatre-themed fitness, dance & industry workshops. Megan believes the dance space is for everyBODY and is excited to reenter the industry post-pand...

Kuhoo Verma (she/they) is an NYC based artist who has been seen at Joe's Pub, 54 Below, UCB, and countless developmental workshops. Favorite roles include Zubeida (X-Files Girl) in Academy Award Nominated  The Big Sick  and Velma in Dave Malloy's  OCTET  (Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor). Upcoming: The film  Plan B  coming to HULU and a show at The Public.  In this epis...

Kerri Van Kirk is a multidisciplinary storyteller, energy untangler, human design guide & soul-led coach for writers, performers, leaders and deep creatives. She has a podcast called The Cleaner I Get, orders nachos weekly, and is trying to choose between a hot tub and infrared sauna for her new house in Maine. She also loves TikTok.  In this episode we talk about her story living in NYC for 1...

In this episode, I share a mini message on boredom and how to move through the feelings of boredom because so much creativity is born out of allowing yourself to get bored and DO NOTHING! While I find boredom very challenging, it can truly be a portal for creativity. We explore questions like: What happens when we judge ourselves for getting bored? Is boredom a privilege? How can you allow yoursel...