The Modern Creative Woman

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Would you describe yourself as a leader? Maybe a self leader? You are! Today we're talking about eight powerful ways that we express leadership. This is also a bit of a swan song to women leaders around the world, including my mom, who's got some bang up advice for dealing with tricky situations.  Support the show Explore the Modern Creati...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! What have been your game changing attitudes? Today we're talking about how sports psychology and some of the modern updates to it are redefining self leadership for women.    Sports psychology is full of strategies to help people visualize their success in their performance on the field. It's a subset of psychology that began around the 19...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! How do you lead yourself? Do you like the way you do it? Are you a good boss? We're talking today all about how to craft your destiny using the art of self leadership.  And a modern, creative woman who is a self leader is unapologetically authentic and fearlessly pursuing her passions and empowering others to do the same. That was my initial de...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! What are the lessons that you keep learning over and over again? Today I'll be sharing two of my lessons that I seem to keep having to learn.  Welcome to the modern Creative Woman exploring the art and science of creativity. This is the podcast for women who want to elevate their creativity and start applying creative thinking in their everyday...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Our relationship with ourselves is the longest lasting and closest of all our relationships. Perhaps you are best friends with yourself, or perhaps you feel really ill at ease. This episode outlines the internal behaviors you might want to consider to build a stronger relationship with yourself.  This is a two part episode of behavior and understand...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! When our choices and actions line up with what is most important to us, we feel good. It's like we're living our purpose and enjoying our lives when we take those kinds of actions. Today's episode is all about aligning our behavior.  This episode is a two part series on behavior. Today we are talking about external behavior, and the t...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think!   Ever wonder what to believe? Me too.  An abundance of scientific literature is truly a great thing, and yet we all need some help in carefully selecting what we consume to avoid being swept away by wishful thinking or pseudoscience.  There are many ways of knowing and in this episode I am talking about the scientific method. I want you to be able...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Emotions are like the weather and we are the sky. The weather comes and goes but we as the sky are constant. This episode is all about the psychology of dealing with the metaphoric, turbulent weather of unwanted emotions, and how you can best choose the coping strategies that will help you in the moment. This episode is all about choosing the best s...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think!  What time is it? It's the new Year, and it's time to take stock of your life and make your creative plans. Temperatures might be dropping, but it is the season to heat up your creativity. 7s Welcome to the modern creative woman exploring the art and science of creativity. This is the podcast for women who want to elevate their creativity...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Have you heard the brain body connection? Many people believe that the two are connected and that concept is so outdated. It's time we got to the heart of the matter.  This week we are talking all about the myth of the mind body connection and how making contact with the present moment helps us see the illusion of connection and disconnection,...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! The first law of holes says, if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. The second law of holes is to notice that when you stop digging, you're still in a hole.  These rules about holes were first popularized in 1911, in the Washington Post. And of course, there's been lots of variations. We're talking today about how to stop diggi...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Women are not the content of their thoughts or feelings or memories or actions. Whether we are the consciousness, experiencing or observing our thoughts and feelings and memories. This is my definition of our observing self, and that's what we'll be talking about today.  If you have yet to listen to last week's episode, I encourage yo...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow. So today is the right day to love, to believe, and to mostly just live. This quote from the Dalai Lama speaks to us today about presents. Welcome to the modern creative woman exploring the art and science. I want to talk to you tod...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Ever have a block like a writer's block and artist's block? Maybe even a decision block? You might feel like something is holding you back. Maybe you're the person who freezes up or distracts themselves or procrastinates. Or maybe you're a person who moves about frantically doing a lot of unproductive things. Today we're tal...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Let's talk friendships.  Think of your bestie. Who's your best friend? Aren't they amazing? Now think of a casual friend. Someone you see only occasionally, or you have not such a deep connection with. And now think of a distant social relationship. Maybe like your barista.  Research has demonstrated that all of these kinds of relatio...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Gratitude allows us to make contact with the present moment. It opens our eyes to the possibility of our own creativity. And gratitude also puts us in contact with our intuition and our inner wisdom. Today, we're talking about the practical ways that you can use gratitude to foster your inner and outer peace.  If you have yet to join the 21 Day...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! There's a really unique way. I want you to think about gratitude. Gratitude is both a state and a trait.  For example,  you could be in a state of happiness because something happened. You could also have a trait of happiness where you just kind of lean towards happiness. You put a lot of time and attention into that experience of happiness. Gr...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Join the 21 DAY GRATITUDE CHALLENGE! Build your inner peace.  And from a place of gratitude, we really can continue to work towards family, community and world peace. When we feel settled, we choose actions towards peace. So if you're interested, you can consider this challenge as your commitment to embark on a path of gratitude and appreciatio...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think!  What would your creative spirit say? Have you chatted with her lately?  Let's talk about what that means to be in alignment with your creative spirit. And sometimes it is the way through a hectic season of our lives, a busy day at work or with family. And it's certainly a way to connect when we're feeling the stress from the outside...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Yes or no? What is your go to answer? If you find that you are saying yes to things you know are burning you out, and you're saying no to the things that would truly enrich your life. This episode is for you.   I'm really excited to talk with you about yes and no. And I'm going to teach you a powerful tool that you can use right away...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! In acceptance and commitment therapy, we have a great metaphor for how to get out of our own way. It's essentially the idea of taking your brain for a walk. So if you can imagine yourself like you're walking the dog but you're walking your brain, it's about letting that active, busy, chattering part of our brain come along with y...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Creativity connects to everything! This episode explores the intersection between positive psychology, creativity, and personal growth.  Positive psychology emphasizes  well-being, happiness, and personal growth as well as subjective well-being, positive emotions, character strengths, resilience, and flourishing, all of which are relevant to your cr...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Welcome to the modern creative woman exploring the art and science of creativity! Acceptance is not love. You love a person (including yourself) because they have lovable traits. But you accept everybody, (including yourself) just because we're alive and we're human.  This is a quote from psychologist Albert Ellis and this episode is all a...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Welcome to the Modern Creative Woman, exploring the art and science of creativity . This week is all about the Emotional Cycle of Change: Uninformed Optimism, Informed Pessimism, the Valley of Despair, Informed Optimism (hopeful realism), and Success. What can you learn from your past Valleys of Despair to help you move forward through change? My af...

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! Feeling stuck or fearful of change? Wish there was a way to experiment with change in a safe and risk free way? Change can be scary, that's for sure. Do you ever wish you could experiment with change without the risk or the hassle of actually changing behaviors? You might be surprised that such a thing does exist and it far more than just imagi...