The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Karan Bajaj discusses his life in the Indian Himalayas and how very different the “east” is from the “west” in our world. He talks about living your Dharma, keeping community alive in a world that’s continuously connected but more isolated, a little bit of mysticism, and much more. Karan Bajaj is a novelist and striving Yogi. Born and raised in the Indian Himalayas, he now lives in Brooklyn,...

We all have our own story, but what common thing ties your story together? Pamela Slim discusses that, taking pride in heritage and how to carry that heritage over generations, how creativity shifts over time, and more. Pamela Slim is an award-winning author, business coach and speaker. In 2005, she started the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog, which is now one of the top career and business b...

Join us on Unmistakable Creative for an enlightening conversation with Adam Gazzaley, a renowned neuroscientist, author, and the founder and executive director of Neuroscape. In this episode, Gazzaley shares his insights on the science behind how we develop attention and how to optimize it. Discover how Gazzaley has devoted his career to understanding the workings of attention. Learn about the too...

Body language and non-verbal communication often says more about you than the actual words you use. Mark Bowden is an expert in body language, non-verbal communication, and behavior, and he’s learned how to use non-verbal communication to change the emotions of an audience, to influence and persuade people, and to change how others view you. Mark Bowden is a body language and behavior expert and t...

From a young age, Holly Shaw knew that she wanted to perform. She felt the most alive and awake when performing in front of others, and she uses that passion to help try and awaken others. She details her creative journey and how her creative DNA has woven itself into being. Holly Shaw is the host of the Performers & Creators Lab Podcast . She’s also a bestselling author and creativity coach w...

After her husband and creative partner of over two decades left her, Val Vigoda went through one of the roughest moments of her life. Creating was no longer the joyous process it used to be. But through working on  Earnest Shackleton Loves Me , she discovered what “peak aliveness” felt like. Now she hopes to help others find that joy. Valerie “Val” Vigoda is a successful electric violinist wh...

Welcome to an inspiring episode of Unmistakable Creative featuring Laura Belgray, a trailblazing entrepreneur and master of her craft. Join us as we delve into the captivating journey of finding your calling by breaking all the rules, guided by the wisdom of an extraordinary creative powerhouse. Belgray shares her incredible story of defying norms and forging her own path to success. She reveals h...

What’s the secret to having an engaged and productive team? It’s having a plan for developing all employees, no matter where they are on their personal learning curves. Whitney Johnson is an expert in this field and built her ideas of constructing a proficient team off her ideas of how to “disrupt yourself” from a more personal level. Whitney Johnson was named one of the world’s fifty most influen...

How do you get past some of the mental roadblocks you’ve put up? How do you get past failures in both your personal and business life? Jessica Eley has devised a mental framework called the Four Quadrants of Achievement that helps set up pathways and strategies to help you get the most out of your process. Jessica Eley helps go-getters and high-achievers reach their big goals without losing themse...

How do you overcome a fear of rejection? By getting rejected over and over again and learning lessons from those experiences. Jia Jiang did just that, and he turned 100 days of rejection into a life-altering experience that culminated in a full blown movement. Hear his story and how rejection completely changed his life. Jia Jiang came to the United States with the dream of being the next Bill Gat...

Faith is an important part of Dave Barnes’ life, and it’s colored a lot of the choices he’s made in life. He discovered his passion of music at an early age, but it wasn’t always easy to navigate that career path. He discusses his journey through music and how he’s entering a new chapter of his life once again. Dave Barnes is a musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He and his family moved to Knoxvil...

After losing a child, Christine McAlister’s life drastically changed. She discusses how to cope with grief, how emotional resilience is developed, and how it takes more than just yourself to make it through a tragedy. Christine McAlister is the Founder of LifeWithPassion.com . She provides business and success coaching for motivated, high-achieving entrepreneurs to quit or stay out of th...

Join us on Unmistakable Creative for an insightful conversation with Chris Guillebeau, the creator of The Art of Nonconformity and a New York Times bestselling author. In this episode, Guillebeau discusses his career and his new book, 'Born for This.' Discover how to create a deliberate life without a grand vision and learn valuable lessons from failures and dead ends. Guillebeau shares his insigh...

In this episode of Unmistakable Creative, we delve into the mind of Aubrey Marcus, the founder, and CEO of Onnit, one of the fastest-growing human performance companies in America. Marcus shares his unique approach to health and fitness, challenging the overload of information and complex plans that often lead to failure. Instead, he advocates for owning your life one day at a time, striving to ma...

What makes a story worth telling? According to Nikki Groom, all it takes is being transparent and “owning your story.” Whether that’s from a personal perspective or a business perspective, sharing your story is important and helps move your cause forward. And according to her, everyone has a story worth telling no matter how many people it may reach. Nikki Groom is a digital marketer, brand s...

You should never stop asking for what you want. That’s one of the many things that AJ Leon discusses believes helps you to live a life of intention, meaning, and purpose. He tells his story about evacuating a life plan after it had gone horribly wrong, speaks about starting his company, the influence of Shakespeare in his life, and much more. AJ Leon is the founder of Misft Inc , and the author of...

How do you get employees in a company to work their best? As a leader, it’s to promote the intelligent pursuit of happiness for all their workers. This is the heart of what Fred Kofman believes about business and economy, and he believes the individual is key above all. Fred Kofman is the author of Conscious Business: How to Build Value through Values . He is Google’s leadership development adviso...

Too often nowadays, companies and business owners focus on scale and growth at the expense of their happiness and health and their employees’ well-being. Shawn Askinosie has seen that, and he wants to rework the groundwork of how we operate. He believes generosity gives us greater meaning, and peace should drive our business model. In 2005, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal de...

It's not ever easy to take a risk and completely change the direction your life is going, but that's exactly where Jon Acuff found himself. He went from one career to a totally different one, and he knows the ingredients of what it takes to have a successful career do over. The Unmistakable Guide to Grit – Grit is how we bounce back from failure, work through the fear and uncertainty of chas...

Susan Piver’s marriage was deeply in trouble. They had tried everything possible to try and fix their relationship, but her and her husband just couldn’t reconnect. It wasn’t until she leaned on her Buddhist faith and the Four Noble Truths of that religion that she realized there are Four Noble Truths of love as well, and that changed everything. Susan Piver is the New York Times bestselling autho...

When he was growing up, Alex Banayan felt like it was his destiny to become a doctor. But once he got to college, he realized he wasn’t on the right path. Alex ended up going on The Price Is Right, winning, and using that money to go on a journey to track down the most successful people in the world and discover what they did to break through and launch their careers. He’s now one of the most succ...

Unleash the power of unconditional giving with Phillip Mckernan on the Unmistakable Creative podcast. This episode delves into the profound impact of giving without expecting anything in return. Mckernan, a renowned speaker, coach, and creator of the film 'Give and Grow: A Journey to Uncover Your Gift,' shares his insights on the transformative power of unconditional giving. He discusses the trage...

Sasha Heinz took inspiration from her time in athletics for her approach as a life coach in psychology. An actual coach in any sport doesn’t approach a player as someone who’s broken and needs fixed; they view them as a person who is whole and just needs to be taken from good to great. And that’s the approach she takes to psychology. Hear her story, how she developed her approach and uses it now,...

Janelle Hanchett wasn’t sure if she was crazy or the rest of the world was when she became a mother. She saw all the ideals and characters of “motherhood” and realized she didn’t fit hardy any of them. So she began her blog, Renegade Mothering, to see if others felt that same way. She attempts to break down the cultural narratives of what being a mother truly is, and she discusses her addictive pa...

When you think of the idea of “deliberate practice” and the study around that concept, one name comes to mind: Anders Ericsson. He shared with us his thoughts on what that is, how we use that to attain peak performance, and the importance of teachers in our lives. K. Anders Ericsson is a Swedish psychologist and Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University who is...