What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! In this conversation with reinvention coach Erin Minogue, we talk about living with integrity, helping people come home to themselves, truly challenging the "truths" we’ve been believing, and how to truly reclaim our humanity. Erin was an educator for 20 years who found herself working 100-hour work weeks, and after a big wake up call, she realized she’d lost her humanity somewhere along the way. Now, using her unique tools and experiences, Erin h...
Jun 30, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 53
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! The world needs you to shine your light, but so many of us have forgotten how to sparkle. Join me as we get to the heart of it! In this episode, we’ll rediscover your inner unicorn, take its pulse, and learn ways you can start to bring it back to life. I’ll also give you ideas of ways you can feed it what it needs to thrive, so together, you can ride out on your unique and beautiful rainbow path. After listening to this episode, ask yourself: What...
Jun 28, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 52
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! “You don't know the impact you could have in the world just by waking up today.” Gary Hirsch is on the podcast today to remind us of the little ways we can make a huge impact in the world — just by being ourselves — and how approaching life with an improv mindset can transform your life in countless ways. As a global joy artist, Gary has dedicated much of his career and life to using art to help us feel more human, while bringing more joy and less...
Jun 23, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 51
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Are you doing things that fully support your highest, most creative self? Many people aren’t. In fact, most folks are just living life as it comes at them, instead of taking the reigns and steering our day-to-day in a way that supports our highest selves. In this episode, I share some thoughts on how you can begin to let go of the negative things you’re hanging onto so you can welcome in more of the bubbly, deliciousness your mind and body are cra...
Jun 21, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 50
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! When faced with unexpected unemployment at the beginning of 2020, Danielle Harmon could have sat around and whined. Instead, she decided to wine. Today, Danielle and her husband Ken own Alzavino Wine Tavern, a thriving wine bar in the charming Delano District in my hometown of Wichita, Kansas. Deciding to go all in on their dreams during a global pandemic isn't easy, and in this episode, Danielle shares the struggles she faced with honesty, vulner...
Jun 16, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 49
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! How often do you sit in discomfort because you’re not willing to ask for what you need? In this episode, you'll hear all about a crappy lesson (a really crappy lesson) I learned when I chose to sit in discomfort instead of speaking up, and what you can do instead when faced with a similar situation. Enjoy! Takeaway questions to consider for yourself: When faced with a situation where I’m uncomfortable asking for something, what emotions am I feeli...
Jun 14, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 48
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! I can’t wait for you to hear this conversation with Matt Bragstad, a mentor and source of inspiration during my own career transition. Matt is one of those people who lights up a room, and after every conversation I have with him, I feel like I can conquer the world. He’s had such a unique career path, having used his own strengths to traverse the structured, rigid corporate world with a seemingly magical ease. Some call him the caffeinated unicor...
Jun 09, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 47
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Did you know that one of the most effective tools for boosting your creativity is in your feet? And you don't even have to be any good at using it to get it to work. Dance is a super fast way to boost your feel-good energy, taking less than 30 seconds to become effective. So whether you're about to walk into a group brainstorm, a job interview, a big meeting, or a negotiation, moving your body is the best way to get all that nervous energy unstuck...
Jun 07, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 46
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Listening to this episode with my dear friend Wendy is like giving yourself a golden ticket to YESville. She drops so many hot nuggets, you’ll feel like you’re standing in the McDonald’s drive thru on a Friday lunch hour. (Except Wendy would suggest – instead of nuggets – you seek a Beecher’s mac ‘n’ cheese.) Listen in to this episode and learn how doing more of what delights you is the fast track to a life of ease and abundance. Takeaway question...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 45
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! This episode is full of crabs. The cute kind, I swear. Listen in to hear how sweet beebee hermit crabs can teach you a thing or two about growth, expansion, and even how to be a better leader. Takeaway questions to consider for yourself: Am I feeling any discomfort in my life right now? Where might I be outgrowing my shell? If I were to take the first step to finding a new shell, what might that be? ----------- Are you ready to up level your fun a...
May 31, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 44
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! When kicking off interviews for season 3, I knew I had to invite a good friend to come update us on his latest adventures. Geeg Wiles is a real, live swashbuckler, and he has a pretty epic story to tell – a story he couldn’t yet tell when we last heard from him in the first episode of season 2. Tune in to hear the details of how Geeg summited one of the world’s tallest mountains with Captain Ahab, a giant lawn gnome handed down to him from his gra...
May 26, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 43
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! In this kickoff to season 3, I tell the story of what kicked my rear back into gear to get this podcast going again. It was -– of all things – a Penny. Yes, a Penny with a capital P. Hear how Penny the Penguin, and a string of emotional events, led me down a path that ultimately gave me unequivocal confidence that this was the exact right time to start moving forward. Takeaway from this episode: Learn to manifest a penny! Sit still. Close your eye...
May 24, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 42
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Jen is comin' back atcha with all the fun, creative, deep, and meaningful conversations to help you get unstuck and inspired to DO THE THING! Season three will bring us two episodes a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays – one short solocast and one interview-style conversation. So whether your commute is from the bed to the office or an hour on the train, you'll have plenty of time to get inspired. Get ready to move past the perfectionism, judgment, an...
May 10, 2022•4 min•Season 1Ep. 41
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! This is episode 40. FORTY. Can you believe that? In this episode, I dive deep to reveal more about how the idea for The Creative Commute came to be, and how it was the response to a very specific question. (A very specific question that I hope you'll ask yourself after you listen to this episode.) If you take nothing else away from this episode, I hope it's this. There is no other person in the world like you. Not one other person has the same, ex...
May 25, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 40
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! What's the B.S. you're telling yourself? Jocelyn Brady is here to help you jostle those Brain Stories (B.S.) you've been writing for yourself and rewire your brain so you can get moving on your creative commute! Listen in for lots of nuggets of brainy wisdom from this brain coach who believes the most important thing in life is to live a life you love. "Just do the thing. You will not regret it." – Jocelyn Brady EPISODE TAKEAWAYS Think about death...
May 18, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 39
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! On Saturday, I took three minutes to explore something I've been curious about for years. In that short window of time, my perspective of a place I'd been hundreds of times changed forever. It's a story about choices, laced with magical reindeer and questionable decisions to wander into the woods alone. Enjoy! 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 togeth...
May 11, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 38
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! You are a creative being. So, what are you doing to support this vital, primal, core part of yourself? If you're anything like me, hardly anything at all. In fact, rather than building a village of support to surround and nurture my creativity, I've often burned the whole village to the ground. What's left is a heaping pile of creative burnout. The idea of spending more of our waking hours supporting our creative selves is the antithesis of everyt...
May 04, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 37
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Right now, the world is not a safe place for creative people. Listen to this episode with Dr. Barbara Kerr, who has devoted her life to supporting creative humans, and let me know if you agree with her statement – by sharing this episode with #CreativeCommuter or by leaving a review on iTunes! This was such a fun conversation with a brilliant woman, and in listening back, I wish I'd been able to ask 50 more questions. I bet you'll feel the same. E...
Apr 27, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 36
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! I gotta be honest with you, I'm toasted. Roasted, toasted, burnt to a crisp. The impending shift back to normal is already rocking my socks about as much as the initial upheaval did. Except for, this time, replace the fear, astonishment and booze with enthusiasm, social awkwardness and...well. Booze. Don't misunderstand me. I am so excited to see people again. It's just that I got used to having some decisions made for me, and now it's time to sta...
Apr 20, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 35
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! What’s holding you back from chasing your dreams? If you’ve been procrastinating on your career moves, get ready, because Jayati Vora is here to dish you some serious straight talk. As an editor who once walked into her boss’s office and said “I quit,” Jayati’s got some meat in her message. She also comes up with way better metaphors than that. In this episode, we talk about burnout, how to know when you should leave your job, facing your fears (p...
Apr 13, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 34
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Let's talk about why so many people feel like they’re an imposter when it comes to creativity. Loosely defined as doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud, imposter syndrome* appears to be keeping it real amongst many of us when it comes to speaking about our own creative abilities. I struggle with it myself! According to one internationally recognized expert and author on the topic , the only way to stop feeling like an imposter is to sto...
Apr 06, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 33
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Spring is in the air, and with it, a sense of newfound motivation. The world is beginning to open back up for many of us, and feelings of excitement and anticipation are bounding back in. But also, some new anxieties. This makes right now a really great time to do some mental and physical spring cleaning to clear out space where happiness and creativity can bloom. January is the time where we usually set big, beautiful goals for ourselves, but spr...
Mar 30, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 32
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Mindfulness is hard. I mean, how many of us struggle to clear our minds without falling asleep or feeling a compulsive need to write a to-do list? Angie Bailey knows this, and that’s why she’s so passionate about teaching her skill to others. As a burned-out nurse at her wit’s end, Angie needed something to focus her reeling mind. Fortunately, she found it. And now, Angie teaches the creative practice she discovered to help others gain mental peac...
Mar 23, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 31
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Today is The Creative Commute's birthday! Like with any birthday, it’s been a good time for reflection. I learned so much about myself this year. I did it primarily by doing three things: accepting what is, choosing joy and doing things messy. I was going to record a new podcast episode to celebrate this occasion. But then, I relistened to the first episode of this podcast, and I realized I say some very true things in there that are still true to...
Mar 16, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 30
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Outrageous pizzas are spreading joy all over New York City, but they can't be bought. When the pandemic hit last spring, 30-year-old Gabriele Lamonaca had just begun seriously pursuing his lifelong career dream of opening a pizzeria. Instead, he found himself locked down in his Harlem apartment with his girlfriend and… a whole lot of pizza. The predicament gave rise to a creative idea. They thought, “What if we exchange our freezer full of pies fo...
Mar 09, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 29
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Do what brings you joy. That is the message Michal Kapral is on this planet to spread, and he's doing it one joggling ball at a time. Yes, joggling. Michal is one of the most talented – and creative – athletes on the planet. What started out as a silly goal has now earned him the world records for running the fastest marathon and half-marathon while juggling, for the fastest 10-kilometer run while juggling without a drop, and formerly the world re...
Mar 02, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 28
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! By choosing to listen to this episode, you are doing the work. You are working toward the life of your dreams. Trust that, no matter how far behind you might feel, you are steps ahead of most people. I needed to hear this message this week, and I thought you might, too. Self-discovery is important work. I still have a lot to discover about myself, but I’m definitely more in tune with what lights me up inside than I’ve ever been before. And I want ...
Feb 23, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 27
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! Does the word "networking" make your palms sweat? For most of us, that word instantly conjures up visions of job fairs, giant pad folios and even car salesmen. It feels uncomfortable, icky and scary. Isabel Sachs wants to change that. She's a master networker, a skill she recognized when her work as a creative producer dried up at the beginning of COVID. Suddenly, all of her creative friends were looking for work, but no one knew how to net work. ...
Feb 16, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 26
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! One year ago, I wrote myself a permission slip. It felt silly and uncomfortable, and I almost didn't do it. But someone convinced me it was worth it, and I'm so glad I listened. That's why I recorded this episode, and I hope you will give it a try. Even if it feels a little weird. Especially if it feels a little weird. In this episode, you'll write yourself a permission slip. Giving yourself the head nod, thumbs up, the go-ahead to try things. To ...
Feb 09, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 25
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text! How would it feel to be unstoppable? Well, you're about to find out! Get ready to be guided on a life-changing journey by the only person in history to not only climb Mt. Everest but the highest mountain on every continent, ski to both poles and complete the Hawaii Ironman. And all of this after two terminal cancers, a year-long coma, with one lung . Meet Sean Swarner, the most superhuman person I’ve ever met. He was voted one of the eight most in...
Feb 02, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 24
