Unleash Your Inner Creative with Lauren LoGrasso (A Creativity Podcast)

Today is a creative check in episode where I talk about: My distaste for the word "aspiring": why I don't believe in it/why YOU should strike it from your vocabulary!  Why there's nothing more valuable than a good idea (and why popsicles prove my point!) Plus, tips on redefining failure and why it shouldn't be connected to financial success!  And honestly, so much more!!  Follow the show @unleashY...

Jayla Roxx is a television personality, entrepreneur, actress, producer, choreographer, and trailblazer.. She’s made headlines in the likes of Forbes, Entertainment Tonight, Page Six and more, as the first African American Transgender Woman in the country to run her own beauty brand. Her company, called BatMe, celebrates individuality and makes high quality products both affordable and accessible...

Paria Sadighi is one of my favorite people and dearest friends. She is a storyteller, publicist, television producer, and now a music video director. She’s best known for producing and publicizing some of reality TV’s biggest shows and she’s also the director of my latest music video, Freakshow, which you can all check out in the link below! From this conversation you’ll learn: The importance of c...

Michael Jade, or Mikey, as I like to call him, is a singer, songwriter, and producer, signed with Warner/Chappell. He’s written songs for huge artists including Ava Max, David Guetta, G-Eazy, Little Big Town, Andy Grammer, Bea Miller, and so many more! He was also a finalist on both American Idol and The Voice Israel. Aside from his music career, he also has a deep curiosity for spirituality and m...

Chemda Khalili is a podcaster, singer/songwriter and incredible human being. She’s known for being a podcasting Hall of Famer (yes that’s an actual thing!) -for co-hosting her hit comedy podcast Keith and The Girl with Keith Malley for over 15 years, which makes them pioneers in the industry. From this conversation you’ll learn: To overcome familial barriers to creativity The importance of surroun...

Dr. Michele Harper is a Harvard grad, ER doctor, author and overall magical, spiritual person. In her recent New York Times Best-selling book, The Beauty in Breaking , she tells her story of healing: from her childhood and into her medical career. The book addresses her journey to understand and heal from her childhood trauma, as well as her experiences of and observations on structural racism in...

Today’s guest is a professional broadcaster and my friend, Sarah Fraser. If you don’t know her from her podcast: The Sarah Fraser Show, I highly recommend you give it a listen. In her career she’s hosted and co-host of a multitude of radio shows with huge ratings, including the enormously popular iheartradio program, “The Kane Show” of HOT 99.5. Other than her own podcast, Sarah has also written a...

Julia Cameron, Author of The Artist's Way is a living legend and one of my personal heroes. She has been an inspiration for so many creatives-from Elizabeth Gilbert, to Alicia Keys, to Pete Townsend and me! Julia is an artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, journalist, music composer and teacher! She's best known for her revolutionary book on creativity: The Artists’s Way, which has sold o...

Christina Helena is a true survivor. As you may know, pancreatic cancer has one of the lowest survival rates of any cancer and Christina became one of the youngest survivors at just 19 years old. A second near death experience at age 25 would lead her to finally face both her physical and emotional scars and ignited her purpose to share her story with the world. She currently has a one-woman show...

In my year end show I go over the importance of self-expression and it's ability to help the collective, how to make sure what you're doing lines up with what you want, the important pain in growing and the difference between your passion and your purpose. Enjoy and happy New Year! -Oh reminder that I am doing a show on my Instagram on New Year's Eve at 9:30pm ET. Tune in here: instagram.com/laure...

Hello and Welcome to the Unleash Christmas Spectacular! Today I am talking with the most iconic duo around: My parents! That's right, Jo Ann and Mike LoGrasso make their triumphant return to their adult child's podcast, and they are in ABSOLUTE rare form. Enjoy their most cherished creative Christmas memories both from my childhood and theirs, the stories of how we all found out Santa wasn't real...

Beth Bice is a content creator, video editor, reality star and beauty professional. She’s best known for her appearance (and marriage) on the hit Lifetime reality show Married at First Sight and for being a personality on Married at First Sight: Couple’s Cam. In addition, she’s a creative spirit, a beauty industry guru, and an expert in authenticity. What you see is what you get with Beth and that...

Eric Kalver is a music supervisor, drummer, arranger, composer, and even former child-star magician best known for working on music for shows such as Hawaii 5-0, The Talk, the movie Fast-Five and for music supervising a couple recent iterations of Crash Bandicoot, the video game! He was also raised by a professional magician and clown, so he had a VERY unique childhood. He has a fascinating story!...

Caroline Stokes is a comedian, dancer, visual artist, musician and self-expression expert and I am so thrilled to have her on Unleash Your Inner Creative. She’s best known for getting featured on CTV National News, for a wild and hilarious video collaboration she did with THE Bill Murray as her character, Doug Carl and her Caroline side-by-side posts she does on instagram and tiktok where she come...

Today I do a check in about a recent dating experience I had where I realized the guy I was seeing for a minute blocked me creatively. I just wasn't singing the whole time we were talking. I talk about the warning signs and why I think we need to only bring people into our lives (romantic, or otherwise) who help us expand creatively. You deserve to be seen and honored for all you are and inspired...

Hi Babes! Today is a quickie, but rest assured, it's an absolute goodie!  I'm talking about two things: 1) Why sometimes when you have multiple creative projects you need to shift your focus to the one that needs the most immediate attention (The creative infant, if you will)  2) If something doesn't feel good, why you shouldn't do it - even if it's something that normally brings you joy I hope yo...

Hi Babes! Well, this episode is coming out late, because I, like most Americans last night was on an emotional rollercoaster and couldn't deal with finishing the episode. So here we are, Wednesday morning, still figuring out what's going on. It felt completely wrong to NOT talk about the election as it at the forefront of everyone's mind. So I do spend the first 8 minutes of this episode doing jus...

Today one of my favorite people, comedians, and Italians, Brittany Brave, returns to Unleash for a friendship chat episode where we discuss DATING in ALL its glory! We talk about:  -What it's like to date on the apps -A couple dating horror stories  -The particular joys of dating during quarantine -Our thoughts on the apps -How to deal with heartbreak as a creative  -How to get your mind back on b...

Hello my little creative goblin! Today I have a very spooky special for you with a cinematic flair! I’ll be chatting with Joel Meares who is the Editor in Chief of Rotten Tomatoes and an overall film and writing aficionado, as well as a delightful human being! I wanted to have Joel on the show for two reasons: 1) Rotten Tomatoes has this really cool editorial section up right now called Scare Cent...

This is a creative check in episode where I discuss:  -What your most persistent questions are trying to teach you (and how to move them forward) -A visualization to take back your power & not abandon yourself -Why authenticity should be a leading force in our lives  -And more! Get my new single, FREAKSHOW here: ffm.to/laurenlofreakshow --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.c...

Anne Helen Petersen is an academic, journalist, and author best known for her work as the former senior culture writer and western correspondent at BuzzFeed, her book Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation , and her most recent gig as a writer at Substack. On top of that, She has been featured in publications such as Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, The Wallstreet J...

Hi Babe! Here with a creative check in. Throughout the years I've always heard people talk about using your pain to create art. And while I've done that before, it's never been more blatantly apparent how useful that tactic is and how it can be employed to take you out of your tough moments. I have found a way to do that this week. I share how you can do the same in this pod and how to get in touc...

Guy Raz is a podcaster, producer, journalist, author and entrepreneur, best known for creating  and hosting some of the most popular podcasts of all time, including NPR’s How I Built This (a show where he interviews successful entrepreneurs about their journey to build their company), Wisdom from the Top and The Rewind on Spotify . He’s also the co-creator of the acclaimed podcasts such as TED Rad...

Who else is feeling literally EVERYTHING right now? I know I am. Yesterday (the day I recorded this episode) I was a wreck. Despite the fact that I was so happy that I put my song out and had a good week at work, there were so many other things bogging me down (things I am not even sure I was/am 100% aware of)...Some of it has to do with the pain of the collective, some of it personal/professional...

Today my guests are Lili Taylor and Tara Mohr. Lili is an Emmy Nominated actress, writer and birder best known for her work on projects such as mystic pizza, The Conjuring, Six Feet Under, American Crime and her one-woman show Birdland . Tara Mohr is an expert on women’s leadership and well-being as well as an author and coach. She’s best known for her book Playing Big , creating the global Playin...