Episode 25 – Creating Empowered Personalized Learning Opportunities by Design

What would happen if we fully integrated creative expression into the learning environment? What life lessons might we learn when we begin to dialogue with our Inner Self from a young age?

Listen in as guest, Kathy Magnusson shares her passion for engaging young people in creative discovery. She supports teachers and non-profits to go beyond traditional teaching methods to support kids to use their curiosity to explore new ideas.

As a parent, have you ever considered yourself a Consultant to your child? Kathy has! Want to understand the difference between a facilitator and a traditional teacher? Kathy shares some of her strategies for engaging young people in leadership training through experiences. Kathy describes herself as a Story Listener and she uses this special skill to help people uncover their strengths.

Do you have a favorite board game? There are life lessons in these, too!

How ’bout Radical Downtime? Kathy shares her take on what’s missing for lots of children, and adults.

Wondering how to help your teen with challenging decisions? Listen all the way to the end as Kathy shares a story about her high school age daughter’s European opportunity and the dream they created together.

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/createplaylive/CPL_E25.mp3

RESOURCES:

Wildewood Learning resource letter http://eepurl.com/cGctJ5

Wildewood Learning blog: https://wildewoodlearning.com/blog/

Girls Lead: https://www.peacemakerresources.org/girls-lead.html

The Self-Driven Child: http://www.theselfdrivenchild.com/

GUEST PROFILE:

Kathy Magnusson, M. Ed. believes learning is an adventure. She has over 25 years working with youth in a variety of formal and informal settings. Kathy taught for 10 years as a science teacher and has a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota.

As owner of Wildewood Learning Coaching and Consulting, Kathy supports educators and youth professionals in designing personalizing learning environments so each student can connect the dots from the classroom to the community and to a career. Through the process of personalized learning, she helps educators to develop self-awareness of their strengths and interests. Creating a ripple effect that changes the process of learning for all. Connect with Kathy via email at: kathy@wildewoodlearning.com or through her website at http://wildewoodlearning.com.

Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook. Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

Episode 24 – Cheers To The Walkabout

The Practice of Creating and Connecting Your Way

Amy McNamara, Artist, and Designer share her practice of art-making as an observer and listener in a life filled with ever-expanding connections.

What happens when an artist takes on a 365 Day Drawing Challenge purely for the joy of it? Join Artist and Designer, Amy McNamara, as she invites us into her creative process. Wondering what it feels like to discover a new doodle? Listen in as Amy describes her experience.

What if you don’t consider yourself an artist? Don’t worry — listen in to hear why Amy always wants to be an amateur! Where does she go for inspiration? How can being disoriented be an exciting part of the creative process? How might conversation lead to a visual art experience? It’s the walkabout, Amy shares, that has to happen before the drawing. Does she ever go back to “touch up” her drawings? You’ll want to hear her describe her relationship with her drawings. What about the business of art? What’s next for Amy? Be sure to listen all the way to the end to join the fun.

RESOURCES:

New Haven City-wide Open Studios (https://artspacenewhaven.org/cwos-home/)

Arts Warehouse (https://artswarehouse.org/)

Arts Garage (https://artsgarage.org/)

ArtServe (http://artserve.org)

MOSS – Mom’s Open Studio Series (https://www.briahluckey.com/moss)

New Haven Creative Arts Workshop (http://creativeartsworkshop.org/)

Book: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (https://amzn.to/2HIVC6W)

CONNECT WITH AMY:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amoscatfish/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-mcnamara-55b51450/

HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free-spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories of nurturing their creativity and curiosity to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffees. Schedule with Nanette at http://chatwithnanette.com or http://wisewellwomen.com

Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook.

For more, visit CreatePlayLive.com. Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

Episode 23 – Creating Without Limits and Going Beyond What We Know

Are you a creator who’s getting hung up in worry about the unknowns? Do statements like “I don’t know exactly what it’s going to look like” or “I don’t know what to call it” or “I can’t see it clearly yet” stop you from exploring what else is possible?

Follow along as Nanette invites you to check-in with yourself and affirm that being willing to see the next step and to take it is all that you need! Let your curiosity be the fuel that ignites all the possibilities of expanded expression.

What does it look like to choose to be in your creative life in every moment? Wonder with Nanette as she shares how a dinnertime conversation became the content of this episode. What do you think her Inner Critic had to say about that!

Is rambling on about flatbread and pizza enough to keep a podcast audience interested? You be the judge. Maybe your Inner Critic tries to stop you, too! Listen in as Nanette shares her delightful exploration of the innovation process through the lens of new cuisine. Will your questions lead you beyond what you know? Will you allow yourself to play in the possibilities?

RESOURCES:
Flatbread’s Rise: https://www.getflavor.com/flatbreads-rise/
What is Flatbread?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatbread
The History of Pizza: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza
“Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert: https://amzn.to/2UUr70j

EG (Elizabeth Gilbert) Quotes:

“Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.”

“The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them.”

“Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy.”

“So this, I believe, is the central question on which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?

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HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free-spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffee. Schedule with Nanette at ChatWithNanette.com or WiseWellWomen.com.

Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook.

For more, visit CreatePlayLive.com. Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

Episode 22 – Start Where You Are

Nanette Saylor Invites You to Allow, Explore, and Surprise Yourself

What if every answer you ever needed was inside of you? When you’re not quite feeling your way to getting started again, what might you do?

Listen in as host, Nanette Saylor, shares how she picks up again after a break. She shares some great resources, too, for getting started in this New Year.

RESOURCES:
Books: Start Where You Are, Meera Lee Patel
The Call, Oriah
Start NOW!, Kate Neckel
Christine Kane’s Word of the Year Practice

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Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook.

For more, visit CreatePlayLive.com. Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

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HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffee. Schedule with Nanette at ChatWithNanette.com or WiseWellWomen.com.

Episode 21 – Let Your Curiosity Lead

What does it mean to “let your curiosity lead”? Join Nanette Saylor, your host, as she ponders her declaration and commitment to using curiosity as the fuel for a joy-filled life. What is the official definition anyway?

And what about “wonder” and “imagination”? How are those words defined? Follow along as Nanette describes how she lets her curiosity lead and then follows her heart.

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Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook.

For more, visit CreatePlayLive.com. Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

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HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffee. Schedule with Nanette at ChatWithNanette.com or WiseWellWomen.com.

Episode 20 – The Living Art of Storytelling

What if we humans could learn to listen with more than our ears? Today’s guest, Tracy Chipman, has been practising her storytelling craft for 23 years and she believes we can. She shares that a teller needs a listener and a listener, a teller.

Want to know how to be an active listener? Listen in as Tracy shares what she calls the defining feature. She introduces us to active imagining, too, and invites us into the co-creative practice.

Wondering where the stories come from, or how you might receive one? Keep listening. Is there a difference between reading the written word and storytelling? Yes, and you’ll delight in listening to Tracy share how she discovered this truth.

Curious about becoming a storyteller? Tracy shares her path and her current projects. There is something about storytelling that “lights me up like a Christmas tree,” Tracy says. Stick with us ’til the very end to smile along with us. We can’t wait for Tracy to join us again with her special surprise!

GUEST PROFILE: Tracy Chipman stepped onto the path of Storyteller under an Oregon hazel tree twenty years ago and has never looked back. She believes that storytelling fosters deeper listening, more meaningful connections with the human (and more than human) world. Join Tracy in her storytelling circle.

RESOURCES: Tracy’s website

HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free-spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffee. Schedule with Nanette at ChatWithNanette.com or WiseWellWomen.com.

Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook.

Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

Episode 19 – Life as an Experiment

Rachel Schrank, Creative in Transition, invites us into the world of a Harvard-educated Wedding Photographer who is now heeding her soul’s call for expression as a teacher and performance artist.

What would you try if you accepted the notion that failure was highly likely? What might happen if you started and have no idea how to finish? Today’s guest, Rachel Schrank, an insatiably curious creative, answers those questions–and more, declaring with delight, “I’m going to warn you, I ramble!” as we begin.

After 20 years of work in digital arts, Rachel describes how she followed a feeling that called her to sign up for a singing lesson. You’ll delight in her story about her first stage performance, the talk she had with herself about taking on the challenge, just how high she set the bar, and the whole world that opened up when she did! “I feel more ME!” she exclaims.

She shares the core skill we all need to develop, and it isn’t knowing your path. Don’t miss her “Real Talk” at the 28-minute mark, her demonstration of Eurythmy as a daily performing arts practice between 30 – 35 mins in, and her project management calendar tips at the 60-minute mark.

Wondering how she keeps everything in perspective as she moves through life? Don’t miss a minute of this enlightening conversation.

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GUEST PROFILE: Rachel Perry de Schrank on Facebook
on Instagram
The Performance Troope: StageGarden Project on Facebook
Beachfront Gypsy Caravan Concert – AirBnB experience
Nochas de Divas
Playa Weddings Photography

 

HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free-spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffee. Schedule with Nanette at ChatWithNanette.com or WiseWellWomen.com.

 

Episode 18 – Magic & Miracles: Fun, Play + Choice with Connie Vanderzanden

Can you imagine what life would be like if you considered everything as a choice? Today’s guest, Connie Vanderzanden can! An early adopter of the tools of Access Consciousness, Connie is a curious creative who serves as a Cash Flow and Business Mentor, and has been an entrepreneurial business owner/Bookkeeper and Accountant since 2001.

Listen in as Connie shares how giving her creativity attention allows her to co-create solutions for her clients and to remind her of what’s possible — anything! If you’re stuck subscribing to the “starving artist” persona, you want to listen to this conversation as Nanette and Connie share their experience with coming through those dark and shaming periods of poor money management.

Curious about Connie’s most trusted tool for building financial security and wealth? Keep listening.

Wondering what recommendations Connie will make for shifting your mindset around money? You won’t believe how simple it is!

What does all this money conversation have to do with creativity anyway? Wait until you hear Nanette’s “ah-hah” moment near the end of the conversation.

At “50-ish” what has Connie learned that is most important? Hint: Nanette agrees! Lastly, listen as Nanette challenges Connie to create art from scraps — and you won’t believe what they are going to use!

Questions or comments? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com or reach Connie at connie@goingbeyondrevenue.com.  Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConsciousCreatorsCafe/). Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

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GUEST PROFILE: Connie Vanderzanden, Cash Flow, and Business Mentor and the CEO of The Accounting Department Inc, focuses on outsourced accounting services and cash flow planning. Connie’s knowledge spans 30 years of accounting and bookkeeping experience, a variety of industry knowledge, and her own real-life business growth journey since 2001. It is her mission to teach business owners the simple steps, financial discipline, and structure to finally be able to create and save money and live the lifestyles they choose using the Going Beyond Revenue Cash Handling System. Connie, a true Oregonian, being born, raised, and currently living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Where she spends time with her husband of 32 years and their two “fur kids.” Easy link to schedule is https://chatwithconnie.as.me/30minChat-with-Connie

Reach Connie on Instagram: @connie.vanderzanden

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RESOURCES:
Profit First, Mike Michalowicz,
Prosperous Heart, Julia Cameron
Universal Law of Polarity
GoingBeyondRevenue.com

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HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free-spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffee. Schedule with Nanette at ChatWithNanette.com or WiseWellWomen.com.

Episode 17 – Inspiration for Joy-Filled Living

Are you ready for a “lasting creative awakening”? Join Nanette Saylor, your host, on the Artist’s Way journey to “retrieve your creativity,” as Julia Cameron (the author) describes it. Embrace this daily practice, and you will experience the miracle of expanding creative energy and the joy of creative recovery.

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Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook.

Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

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HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free-spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffee. Schedule with Nanette at ChatWithNanette.com or WiseWellWomen.com.

Episode 16 – Can Creativity and Discipline Co-Exist?

Does the word discipline make your skin crawl? If you’re like Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach & host, the answer is a resounding “YES”!

Does the rebel persona match your identity more often than not?  Yes, Nanette is one, too.

What if having a practice, a process and/or a ritual around creating could actually support your creative work rather than hinder it?

Are you willing to consider that possibility?

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Curious about something and wish we’d add it to the conversations? Questions? Send an email to nanette@wisewellwomen.com. Join other like-spirited creatives in the Conscious Creators Cafe on Facebook.

For more, visit CreatePlayLive.com. Like what you hear? Please subscribe and share. Need help crafting a practice, process or ritual for your creative experience? Connect with Nanette here: http://chatwithnanette.com

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HOST PROFILE: Nanette Saylor, Creativity Coach + Possibility Partner, Author, Speaker, Access BARS© Practitioner, Wise Well Women, Inc. An early adopter of Creativity Coaching, Nanette has distinguished herself as a thought-leader among curious creatives. She has curated a growing collection of free-spirited allies who make fun featured guests adding their unique stories to the conversation. She delights in having connection conversations known as Virtual Coffee. Schedule with Nanette at http://ChatWithNanette.com or WiseWellWomen.com.