What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! If you're someone like me who is a multi-passionate creator, there is a message in this episode for you. I wish this was something I had heard or considered sooner than this. That it is okay to change. It is okay to love something, and then fall out of love with it. If you've ever changed something in your life, or started something new, but felt guilt or loss over that decision. Or felt sad about what you left behind when you chose to pursue that...
Jan 28, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 23
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Where your focus goes, your power grows. So, what is it you want to create in your life? And is that the beautiful rose you're focusing on, or are you staring at the thorns that are in your way? In this episode, I riff on all of the thoughts that have been on my heart and mind this week. I wasn't sure how it would turn out, but it is quite powerful. I suggest you give it a listen! :) IN THIS EPISODE: Ask others what value you bring. Ask yourself w...
Jan 26, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 22
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Enjoy this bonus episode with the duo from the Create for No Reason Podcast, Kate Volman and Shawn Pfunder. This conversation was recorded a few weeks ago, and it so much fun that I wanted to share it for you all. Shawn is the senior communications director at Go Daddy, and he also just launched a book of his creative poetry "I Believe in a God Who Roller Skates." Kate is the CEO of Floyd Consulting and the best conversational moderator you'll eve...
Jan 22, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 21
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Are you doing what lights you up? If you hesitated, it might be time to update your personal meatloaf recipe. In this episode, I speak with my own coach, intuitive and healer Bree-Anna Vincent, whose gift is seeing people's highest potential. her purpose is helping women see it for themselves. As she points out, we often don't even realize what's holding us back. (Is it the meatloaf?) In this episode, you'll hear my journey with The Creative Commu...
Jan 19, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 20
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Are you stuck in the "how?" Is doing things perfectly causing you to procrastinate? I see you, creator. In this episode, I share some thoughts on how we often get stuck in the "how," some thoughts on how to to think about the "how" differently, a two-step process I used to create my current affirmation for feeling more confidence and joy in my work, and how to anchor it all with a word of the year. Enjoy! LINKS If you're interested in joining my f...
Jan 12, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 19
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! What if you were told that you can commandeer your own life? What if you learned that from a three-foot-tall, forty-pound, bright yellow wooden fisherman/wannabe pirate captain? Well, that’s what Geeg Wiles is here to inspire you to do. To find the extraordinary in your own life, seize a new outlook and create what’s possible for you. He reimagined the purpose behind Captain Ahab, a giant lawn gnome handed down to him from his grandfather. Togethe...
Jan 05, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 18
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! We have an opportunity to make this world a happier and better place. But we cannot do it unless we know who we are at our core – what brings us joy, what we delight in doing – so we can give it back to the world with love. Enjoy this episode that really digs into the basis of my journey in 2020, and how the word I chose for this year – delight – brought me some unexpected gifts. This is the final episode of season 1 of The Creative Commute podcas...
Dec 08, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 17
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Kristi Nellor is a multi-passionate creative force who sees everything around her as a possibility. She believes in a growth mindset and has seen the power of "yet" transform lives. A complete creativity and collaboration junkie, her motto is simple: Creativity Always Saves the Day. Takeaways: - You are worthy, and you are exactly where you are supposed to be. - Creativity is not a thing. It's a way of being. - Honor your seven-year-old self. - Be...
Dec 01, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 16
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Oswald Perez wasn’t expected to survive. Born premature with a mild form of cerebral palsy, he’s been fighting his entire life. Yet, Oswald proves time and time again that he’s more than the sum of his difficulties, facing each challenge with a determined and grateful heart. We talk about spelling bee disappointments, his brand new book and how quickly a sense of joy is lost by instantly looking to what’s next. I highly recommend you give this spe...
Nov 24, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 15
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! After being laid off from her job as a pastry chef, Precious Pioneer had a choice to make. She could live her life with clenched fists full of fear – or she could learn to let go. In this episode, Precious gives us a peek into her creative journey and shares some important lessons she’s learned about leaning into the life you love, being honest about your feelings, and letting go of the things that are out of your control. Takeaways from this epis...
Nov 17, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 14
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Revealing your authentic self is often harder than it should be. For many of us, exposing our creativity can feel like baring ourselves naked for others to leer at. Yet, if Dalton Steinert and I had not each individually done this, the conversation you're about to hear would never have taken place. In this episode, Dalton, who cohosts the Readers Turned Writers podcast, shares how finding courage is key to realizing the amazing experiences that ar...
Nov 10, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 13
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! “There’s no direct path toward creativity. Once you realize this, the floodgates open.” Katie Morland is an inspiration – and a hilarious human being. In this episode, we go down some deep rabbit holes, sharing some of her personal experiences with creative imposter syndrome and even depression. Katie found a huge opportunity to use her natural gifts to bring people together by dishing LAUGHTER – the very best medicine. She’s the realest person yo...
Nov 03, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 12
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Getting Past Perfection with Tawny & Felicia from the Two Chicks and a Horror Flick Podcast If you’re on the fence about doing something – anything – these women will inspire you to do it. In this episode, Tawny Rea and Felicia Conner from the Two Chicks and a Horror Flick podcast talk about their journey to create a podcast, and how they’re bringing joy into the world by doing what they love. We talk about how showing up and doing something t...
Oct 27, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 11
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! It’s spooky season, and I absolutely cannot get through Halloween without talking to you about one of my favorite topics: FEAR. I have a really interesting and complex relationship with fear. I bet you do, too. In this episode, I share a three-step process for examining fears both big and small, and how changing your relationship with those fears can propel you past whatever is holding you back from what you really want to achieve. Support the sho...
Oct 20, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 10
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! This week we're joined by my wonderful friend, Rusty Bilberry, and I cannot wait for you to hear his story. Rusty is one of our greatest contributors and a frequent co-host in The Creative Commute Facebook group, where he currently hosts weekly Unicorn Yoga for the group of 700+ creativity-loving humans. He exemplifies courage, kindness and beauty, and he can school us on showing up as your authentic self. Glittery polish, piercings and all. Enjoy...
Oct 13, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 9
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Creativity. We often think of it as the end result of a process. But, in reality, creativity is found around every corner and bend on the journey to that end result. In this episode, we break down what it means to BE creative and how each of us, whether we consider ourselves to be “creative” or not, are capable of even more of it than we give ourselves credit for. Support the show 🔥 Ready to step into your next level? Join us at Island Awakening ...
Oct 06, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 8
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! If you're a creative who has a hard time sticking with things, if you’re a Grade A procrastinator, or if you're a multi-passionate person who wants to do everything and so you do nothing at all , this episode is customized to your specifications. Jillian Soprano's story of how much she's accomplished in less than a year will help you understand how taking the tiniest bits of action can change your life in a very short period of time. Plus, she sha...
Sep 29, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 7
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! What is holding you back from getting the things you really want out of life? From doing things that would make you a happier version of yourself? In this episode, Jen digs into how we can find the courage to overcome our most challenging fears – with some real talk about her own journey and how she's overcome some of those challenges. Key takeaways from this episode: Fear will always be there, but the well of courage never runs dry. You don't hav...
Sep 22, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 6
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! At the beginning of 2020, Holly Danger’s business was thriving. She’d left her corporate job in pursuit of her dream as a self-employed designer of immersive art installations. She’d just nabbed a massive project destined for Times Square. Everything was awesome. Then, well… we all know what happened. Hear how Holly shifted her focus – and her entire medium – to help others when they needed it most. And how this kept her business moving. ABOUT HOL...
Sep 15, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 5
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! How is worry, the silent thief, popping in to steal your present joy? This episode is for all kinds of worriers. (If you’re a level 5,000 worrier, listen to it at least twice!) Jen talks about the journey she’s on to take down her personal arch-nemesis, how worry-thoughts make us less prepared to deal with bad situations, and she also shares the tactics she’s found to best wrangle this wily beast. Tactics shared in this episode: 1. Write your worr...
Sep 08, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 4
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Are you living the life other people want you to live, instead of one that fills you with purpose and joy? In this episode, Jen speaks with Rachel Chamley, host of the Your Time Now podcast, about how to connect back to the person you were before expectations, judgment and limiting beliefs told you how you “should” live. As a mindset coach who specializes in The Law of Attraction, Rachel’s ideas and methods for manifesting the life of your dreams ...
Sep 01, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 3
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Creating the life of your dreams sounds big and fantastic, but also unattainable as hell. In this episode, we go back to step one. Come with me and allow yourself to imagine the multiple lives of your wildest dreams.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thecreativecommute/support Support the show 🔥 Ready to step into your next level? Join us at Island Awakening in Saint Martin from June 4-8, 2025 ! Let’s rise together. 🌴✨ 💫 Claim your spo...
Aug 25, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 2
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Get the deets on why I created this podcast, how I've found things to delight in (yes, even in 2020), why I left a perfectly great career to start something completely new, and why there’s never been a better time than right now to try new things. Subscribe and join me on this journey! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thecreativecommute/support Support the show 🔥 Ready to step into your next level? Join us at Island Awakening in Saint ...
Aug 18, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 1
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Unlock your true potential and embrace your inner brilliance with "Untethered with Jen Liss," the empowering podcast where renowned international speaker, coach, and breathworker, Jen Liss, hosts enlightening interviews with successful authors, speakers, and entrepreneurs. Learn from their inspiring journeys as they pursue their greatest passions, embrace their unique gifts, and achieve their fullest potential (so you can too!). Get ready for a tr...
Aug 15, 2020•4 min
