Access Creativity Thru Life Transitions. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Jeannette Diaz. We learn of three life-transition times of Jeannette Diaz which led to her releasing and applying her creativity: (1) becoming a professor of architecture, (2) creating a fused-glass studio, and (3) obtaining a doctorate in creativity from […]
The Creatrix Journeys (The Creative Life)
Calling Out Your Inner Creatrix. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is JoAnn Antonelli. Lifelong serial entrepreneur and creator JoAnn Antonelli introduces ‘The Creatrix Journeys’, whose purpose is to foster authentic ‘soul-sistering’ using pods of 8-10 women from all walks of life and ages. We learn about the mechanics of organizing […]
The Way of Dialogue (The Creative Life)
Chasing the Light. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Susan Taylor. Building from Susan’s story of purpose, which she discovered at a very young age, we discuss the ‘double-edged sword’ of what it means to be meaning-seeking and how it led Susan to discover physicist and philosopher David Bohm and […]
Creating the Meaningsphere (The Creative Life)
Create Deeper Meaning in Work. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Jeff Westphal. Jeff Westphal, 20 year CEO of Vertex, a global leader in tax software which went public in 2020, left the company to start Meaningsphere — a platform and community dedicated to helping anyone create deeper meaning in […]
Innovation in the Law (The Creative Life)
Collaborative Law Solutions to Conflict. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Amie Rodnick. Guest Amie Rodnick, JD, is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1990; a Super Lawyer; rated AV®Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell legal directory; and current president of Collaborative Divorce Austin, TX. She […]
The Baháʼí Wisdom for a Creative Life (The Creative Life)
The Power of Reflection on Creativity. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Khotan Shahbazi-Harmon. Khotan Shahbazi-Harmon, multiple award-winning journalist working at the intersection of leadership, spirituality, society, innovation, and technology, introduces us to the wisdom teachings of the Baháʼí faith. The Bahá’u’lláh teaches ‘The source of crafts, sciences and arts […]
The Interior Journey to Creativity (The Creative Life)
From Work-life Balance to Wholeness. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Michelle Waters. Author and leadership coach Michelle Waters shares her journeys to discovering the unlimited and timeless source of creativity achieved in a life of wholeness. Her first was her professional life ‘exterior’ journey to achieve a ‘whole life’ […]
Creativity is Biography (The Creative Life)
Writing Your Narrative Story. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Susie McDaniel. Human creativity springs from human beings. All that we are is what we bring to that moment in time, when creativity is called for at all stages of the family life cycle: from job changes, relocations, grief, and […]
Creative Thinking in Education (The Creative Life)
Embedding Creative Thinking in Academics. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Joyce Juntune. Many educators think of creativity as open-ended ‘free-time’ activities. But creative thinking strategies are powerful tools to empower learners, build comprehension, increase content comprehension, engage students in the learning process, and increase student ownership for learning. Creative […]
‘Pipe’ Dreams–Race to Transform Toilets (The Creative Life)
Solutions to Global Crises that Stick. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Chelsea Wald. Science journalist Chelsea Wald, based in the Netherlands with her family, has repeatedly plunged into the topic of toilets since 2013, when editors first approached her to write about the latent potential in our stagnating infrastructure. […]