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#053: From Networking To Galleries, Here’s How Artists Get On The Wall With Jennifer Luney
Dec. 15, 2025

#053: From Networking To Galleries, Here’s How Artists Get On The Wal…

Curiosity brought us together years ago in a networking room; purpose brought us back to talk about how creatives actually get their work on the wall. Jennifer Luney, a private wealth advisor with deep roots in advertising an...

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#052: How Improv Mindsets Help You Lead, Collaborate, And Navigate Real-Life Curveballs With Amanda Austin
Dec. 8, 2025

#052: How Improv Mindsets Help You Lead, Collaborate, And Navigate Re…

What happens when you bring improv out of the theater and into the mess of everyday work and life? With Amanda Austin... comedian, educator, entrepreneur, and former owner of Dallas Comedy House... we explore how trust, prese...

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#051: What If Freedom Means Loving What You Love, No Matter Who Leaves With CarolLaine M. Garcia
Dec. 1, 2025

#051: What If Freedom Means Loving What You Love, No Matter Who Leave…

What if the most honest version of you is the one you’ve been avoiding? We sit down with CarolLaine M. Garcia, PhD, coach, and self-proclaimed embodied liberation guide...whose life arcs from early loss and academic rigor to ...

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#050: What If Reinvention Is Not A Crisis But A Calling With Sabrina Labvah
Nov. 24, 2025

#050: What If Reinvention Is Not A Crisis But A Calling With Sabrina …

What if the fastest way to heal burnout is to make something beautiful? We sit down with designer and psychiatric provider Sabrina Labvah to trace how a grueling pandemic workload pushed her back to a first love... fashion......

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#049: Becoming By Subtraction: When Music Rebuilds A Self With Sean Patrick Maher
Nov. 17, 2025

#049: Becoming By Subtraction: When Music Rebuilds A Self With Sean P…

What if the most profound shift of your life arrived as a single instruction: turn around and face the amp? That’s the moment Sean Patrick Maher describes—when a wave of sound churned grief through his body and out into the o...

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#048: From Corporate Chains To Quilter’s Gold: How Blake Serrano Built A Fabric Business With No Money Down
Nov. 10, 2025

#048: From Corporate Chains To Quilter’s Gold: How Blake Serrano Buil…

What happens when an ultra-competitive systems thinker walks away from a comfortable tech career and decides to build something real, messy, and human? Blake joins us to unpack how a failed $40k app, a seasonal toy, and one c...

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#047: Hara Allison Chose Art Over Chemo And Found Peace
Nov. 3, 2025

#047: Hara Allison Chose Art Over Chemo And Found Peace

What if your creative practice wasn’t a side note, but the reason you get out of bed? We sit down with Hara Allison—graphic designer, photographer, and founder of Dream Studio—whose mantra “make love and make art” is both a r...

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#046: What If The Work Isn’t What You Do, But Who You Become With Maddox & Dwight
Oct. 27, 2025

#046: What If The Work Isn’t What You Do, But Who You Become With Mad…

What if the most powerful upgrade to your creative life isn’t a new tool, but a new identity? We’re expanding our platform with a third pillar—becoming—and opening up a candid, behind-the-scenes conversation on choosing who y...

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#045: Sabrina Handal Finds Her Purpose Isn't in Her Head... It's in Her Heart
Oct. 20, 2025

#045: Sabrina Handal Finds Her Purpose Isn't in Her Head... It's in H…

Ever feel like you're creatively stagnant, pulled in different directions, and overthinking every possible path forward? You're not alone. In this vulnerable coaching conversation, we sit down with Sabrina, a graphic designer searching for greater fulfillment while struggling with perfectionism and…

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#044: The Science Behind Why Everyone Can Create and Thrive With Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
Oct. 13, 2025

#044: The Science Behind Why Everyone Can Create and Thrive With Dr. …

What if everything you thought about creativity was wrong? Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, senior research scientist at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and author of The Creativity Choice, challenges our assumptions ab...

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#043: When You Believe in Yourself, Everything Becomes Possible With Laetitia Bouffard-Roupe
Oct. 6, 2025

#043: When You Believe in Yourself, Everything Becomes Possible With …

From the Paris Opera Ballet School to circus stages and fine art photography, Laetitia Bouffard-Roupe’s path defies convention. Born in France but belonging “to the world,” she shows how saying yes to the unknown can transfor...

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#042: Douglas Lewis Struts Past the Haters: When Fashion Becomes Armor
Sept. 29, 2025

#042: Douglas Lewis Struts Past the Haters: When Fashion Becomes Armor

From the confines of his grandmother's office—the very space where his creativity was first nurtured—Douglas Lewis takes us on a transformative journey from bullied youth to fashion revolutionary. Douglas's story begins with childhood memories of assembling photo albums alongside his grandmother, a…

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#041: Your Creativity Thrives When You Follow What Makes You Happy With David Powell
Sept. 22, 2025

#041: Your Creativity Thrives When You Follow What Makes You Happy Wi…

Creativity rarely follows a straight line, and David Powell’s story proves it. From self-taught web designer to craft cocktail bartender to digital project manager overseeing 20+ bars, his journey is a testament to following ...

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#040: Elisha Oliver is Breaking Free From Generational Patterns: How Art Creates Possibility
Sept. 15, 2025

#040: Elisha Oliver is Breaking Free From Generational Patterns: How …

Elisha Oliver's path from classroom teacher to Executive Director of Texas Folklife offers a masterclass in following creative curiosity. When standardized testing drained her passion for education after nearly twenty years, Elisha found herself at a crossroads that many creatives face: continue th…

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#039: Birds, Brushes, and Breaking the Starving Artist Myth With Andrea Holmes
Sept. 8, 2025

#039: Birds, Brushes, and Breaking the Starving Artist Myth With Andr…

Andrea Holmes didn’t always believe art could pay the bills. After stints in catering, restaurants, and even TV, she embraced her true calling as a muralist. Now known as “the Bird Lady,” she supports herself and her daughter...

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#038: Bold Moves, Big Dreams With Imani Black
Sept. 1, 2025

#038: Bold Moves, Big Dreams With Imani Black

Boldness opens doors that talent alone cannot. This truth radiates through Imani Black's journey from a tiny North Carolina high school to becoming a multi-faceted creative force in Dallas. With refreshing candor, Imani shares how she transformed from the teenager who boldly announced to her entire…

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#037: Curtis Tran's Unique Approach to Creativity That Keeps Him Craving More
Aug. 25, 2025

#037: Curtis Tran's Unique Approach to Creativity That Keeps Him Crav…

What happens when you grow up as "the outcast among outcasts"? Photographer Curtis Tran joins us to share how being one of only three Asian students in his East Texas high school shaped his approach to creativity, community, and belonging. Curtis takes us on a journey through his unique upbringing …

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#036: Beyond the Menu: Mico Rodriguez Lives a Life Served with Intention
Aug. 18, 2025

#036: Beyond the Menu: Mico Rodriguez Lives a Life Served with Intent…

What does it take to build a restaurant empire with heart? Mico Rodriguez reveals the answer through his extraordinary journey from washing dishes at age five to creating Dallas's beloved Mi Cocina restaurants. Growing up in ...

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#035: Finding Your Audience: The Hidden Path Between Creation and Connection With Kevin Whitehurst
Aug. 11, 2025

#035: Finding Your Audience: The Hidden Path Between Creation and Con…

What happens when a high-powered tech executive trades boardroom meetings for a canvas and paintbrushes? Kevin Whitehurst's journey from 33 years in healthcare technology to becoming "The Art Health Nut" reveals powerful less...

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#034: Carla Biasi Creatively Transforms Lives Through Personal Style
Aug. 4, 2025

#034: Carla Biasi Creatively Transforms Lives Through Personal Style

What if your clothing choices were a gateway to personal transformation? In this conversation with stylist Carla Biasi, "The Closet Queen," we uncover how authentic style isn’t about trends… it’s about unlocking your value an...

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#033: Patrick Williams Reclaims the Wonder: Finding Your 5-Year-Old Artist Again
July 28, 2025

#033: Patrick Williams Reclaims the Wonder: Finding Your 5-Year-Old A…

Creativity isn't just a nice-to-have skill—it's as essential as oxygen, water, and food for meaningful human existence. Artist Patrick Williams draws from decades of experience to reveal how our natural creative abilities become "colonized" as we grow up, often leading to what he calls "creative co…

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#032: Renuka Rajagopalan is Breaking Artistic Boundaries: From Classical Dance to Garage Art
July 21, 2025

#032: Renuka Rajagopalan is Breaking Artistic Boundaries: From Classi…

What happens when traditional artistic boundaries dissolve and diverse creators come together? Renuka Rajagopalan answers this through her groundbreaking work with the Garage Arts Project in Plano, Texas. Our conversation rev...

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#031: Running Towards Pain Awakened the Divine Creator Within Mark Russell Jones
July 14, 2025

#031: Running Towards Pain Awakened the Divine Creator Within Mark Ru…

What happens when we stop running from our pain and instead race toward it with open arms? In this soul-stirring conversation with artist Mark Russell Jones, we discover how embracing our deepest wounds can transform not just...

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#030: From Moss Shoes to Unicycles: Surtzy's Fearless Journey
July 6, 2025

#030: From Moss Shoes to Unicycles: Surtzy's Fearless Journey

What does it mean to live a life driven by boundless curiosity? Surtzy takes us on an extraordinary journey through her creative existence, where each day brings a new project and every experience becomes potential artistic f...

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