The Creative Spirits Podcast

Erin Bina Erin Bina has been designing and planning events for most of her life, but professionally for over a decade. Growing up, she was obsessed with party planning and all the beautiful details that go into creating events that elicit the most memorable moments. Even as a young girl, she was always very thoughtful and meticulous when it came to design as a whole, wanting every detail perfected...

Tannaz Talasazan is a licensed Marriage and Family Psychotherapist with over ten years experience working with families, couples and children. This is part 2 of a very special Valentine's Day episode. Tannaz gives her insights on getting married young, the purity of love, teamwork in relationships and the importance of trust and honesty in a loving relationship. You can find her on IG @creatio...

Tannaz Talasazan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Psychotherapist with over ten years experience working with families, couples and children. In this special Valentine's Day episode we explore different ways of being creative and how to create more sparks in our relationship with our significant other. She shares tips and sage advice on love and strengthening bonds. This is an episode you don't w...

January of 2025 made me realize how much we need to heal especially through the power of art. With the recent fires in Los Angeles and losing my beautiful studio pal Buddy , I learned how to cope with the grief and the loss through expressing myself. I also learned how to create space for my own family to grieve in their own way. In this episode, I share my experience and how you too can get throu...

Jorge Perez is a Hollywood agent with over two decades of experience in the personal development and entertainment industry. He has personally studied with Byron Katie, Tony Robbins, Abraham Hicks, Marianne Williamson and Dr. Joe Dispenza. His debut book, "The Shut The Fuck Up Method," achieved the #1 spot on Amazon's new releases list upon publication, marking a significant milestone in his liter...

Happy Ali is the author of  The Intuition Bible: How and Why to Tap Into Your Inner Wisdom . With a BA degree in psychology from UCLA, he is a prophetic dreamer, certified master NLP practitioner, certified master clinical hypnotherapist, and host of the Happy Insights podcast. Happy’s spiritual journey began in 1995 when he dedicated his life to the exploration of metaphysical disciplines after a...

Tannaz Talasazan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Psychotherapist with over 10 years of experience working with families, couples, and children. Outside of her practice, Tannaz enjoys writing poetry and cooking for her husband and three beautiful kids. In 2023, she wrote a poem for her children when her son was just six months old, which she found beautiful and decided to illustrate and publish a...

In this episode, we sit down with a trailblazing entrepreneur who turned a vision into a thriving business. Join us to hear the untold stories behind the journey. The highs, the lows and the invaluable lessons learned along the way. Jessica Silverman is a spiritual wellness expert to help heal past trauma + inner child wounds. Through a trauma-informed approach, she enables women to come ALIVE in...

After reading the book Memoirs of a Geisha again, I realized how art can move us in more ways than one. Whether it's going to see a dance performance, going to an art gallery, watching a movie, art is all around us if we are open to seeing it. And there are so many ways to create art. Join me as I talk about different ways of creating and learning.

We as humans tend to stay where we are comfortable because it just feels good and it's too hard or painful to change. But what if we tried one new thing this month? Maybe a new recipe or medium? What if we tried watercolors instead of oils? Or started to take dance lessons or played the instrument we always wanted to play (the one we make our kids play) . Join me as I talk about how you can tr...

What is an art journey? What can you do to start one today? How can creating an art journey manifest your own dreams? I will share everything I have done and how it has helped me on my artistic/creative journey.

I love to travel and discover new places. When my dear friend took me to the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum, I was in awe. Then I heard about the heist that happened where 500 million dollars of art was stolen! I will share that story with you in this podcast and the key lessons I learned by Isabella Stewart Gardner. Sometimes the best medicine in life is travel and art. It's that simple!

After seeing my cousin in a coma after a stroke and at times losing hope we slowly started seeing signs of miracles in process. I truly believe that no matter what happens in life that we must never lose hope and to always see the miracles that are going on all around us, big or small.

I remember watching a video on Steve Harvey and how he gave a speech to JUST JUMP! It really changed my perspective on a lot of things. When my son told me to do the same as I was looking down 12ft into a Cenote I was terrified but I thought of Mr. Harvey in that moment. Sometimes we need to just feel the fear and just do it! You will love this episode, please listen until the end and please share...

Have you ever been afraid to up your game and try something new with your art? I know I have! I have been wanting to create a more professional backdrop for my Body Art for the Soul series but have been afraid of failing at it until I took action and saw that it actually turned out better than ok. You too can get out of your own way and do what I did.

Jahje Ives, is a certified Quantum Human Design™ Specialist, Transformational Coach, Mystic Artist and Intuitive Guide who helps her clients transform and re-align their lives using the unique map within them… their Human Design. She is truly passionate about how we can use Human Design as a tool to understand our inherent gifts and challenges to start re-imagining and shifting our lives to bloom...

Do you know your worth? Do you believe in yourself? Join me in this captivating story about a 12 year old boy named Andres Valencia. And have you seen AGT’s golden buzzer Richard Goodall and his amazing performance singing “Don’t Stop Believing”? Another great story and what it taught me.

Bring out your coffee and paint and join me and Christine Lane for a fabulous conversation about never being too old to live your best life and try new things. And listen until the end for a captivating story of one of Christine’s patients and his last moments here on earth. His words will give you goosebumps!

After watching a documentary on Frida Kahlo and visiting my cousin after he has come out of a coma, I realized even more the power art has to help us through the most difficult and challenging times. What challenges do you face and how do you cope with them?

Lots of kids paint. But 12-year-old Aelita Andre is an established artist known for her abstract paintings inspired by everything from nature to music. Andre, who is from Melbourne, Australia, was just 2 years old when she had her first gallery exhibit. Since then, the painter’s work has been exhibited in cities around the world, including London, Hong Kong and New York City. She has sold painting...

Are you ever too old to follow your dreams? Are you ever too old to paint again, or play an instrument or learn a new skill? In this podcast I share an inspiring story of Grandma Moses and how she started to paint again at the age of 78! Moses' work has been a subject of numerous museum exhibitions worldwide and has been extensively merchandised, such as on greeting cards. In 2006, her 1943 painti...

Get your coffee and paintbrush out for a fun conversation with my bestie of 32 years Christine Lane who is also the founder of Twice The Kindness and is a big Creative Spirit junkie just like me! In this episode we talk about how we navigated and fostered our kids creativity and dreams. Our tips and advice for all the mamas out there who want their kids to try new things and be more creative witho...

Since 2020, there has been so much darkness, negativity and division due to Covid, presidents and wars. So what can you do to increase the light in the world? I share what I do on a daily basis, or try to at least. Please share this episode with anyone that may be interested and look me up on IG @sherylbenjy_art or www.sherylbenjy.com.

Art has healed me in more ways than one. In this episode I share how art can heal you as well by tapping into that inner creative child.