Juliana Meyer is an award-winning entrepreneur as well as highly qualified and experience musician and engineer.

Today, her small software and technology company, SupaPass, is making big changes in the way that artist, musicians, podcasters and creatives of all kinds connect with their audience and super-fans.

In this episode, we explore Juliana’s fascinating backstory as a musician growing up in South Africa and how her own frustration turned into an opportunity creating a brand and platform that’s been recognised as one of the top 6 most progressive companies in the tech sector.

Juliana’s technology allows anyone to create a subscription based business to connect with their audience and community using a high quality website or app of their own.

Her technology provides an environment for creatives and fans to share their energy and ideas together.

Hear how SupaPass has grown from strength-to-strength having won numerous innovative business awards including Best European and Best UK Startup.

You can experience the Inspirational Creatives podcast using Juliana’s technology here.

Which markets and communities are you interested in serving?

What is it you are planning to offer?

And what is it that people need in those communities that they aren’t getting yet?

In today’s short action episode, Paul and Emily, creators of the Parent Guide to GCSE membership community, share their lightbulb moment when they spotted a gap in a market they were already familiar with.

You’ll also hear Neil Foley, from the Business Growth Club, about why it’s important to do a bit of research to find out if the gap that you’ve spotted has a market in it.

Starting a small business can be both tough and exhilarating.

Being technically gifted as a master craftsman/woman of your trade is a good place to start.

Yet knowing how and when to start is better…

And it pays to get help.

In this episode, you’ll hear why it’s a good idea to get feedback early on.

And how the right kind of mindset can impact your success when starting out.

I introduce you to one of my closest business mentors, Neil Foley.

Neil shares his best advice with you, from his many years experience, as an advisor, coach and owner, to many businesses.

Neil kindly answers the frequently asked questions often asked by aspiring business owners:

Revealing why pricing is often about confidence and how offering discounts can hurt both you and your business.

(And why you shouldn’t worry about the competition…)

This interview was recorded live at JMS Studios in Hethersett, Norfolk, England.

www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/285-neil-foley

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Since launching five years ago, in November 2014, the Inspirational Creatives podcast has grown to over 100,000 downloads with a small yet highly engaged audience dedicated to creating, and leading, a more meaningful life with purpose.

To celebrate, host, founder and creator (curator) of Inspirational Creatives, Rob Lawrence, shares how his podcast has changed his life in the last five years and what the power of a podcast can do.

Get the new Inspirational Creatives app here.

Aaron Nace is an educator and photographer.

In 2011 he founded Phlearn to professional teach students around the world, Photoshop and Lightroom skills.

With over 600 tutorials and 1.8 million subscribers on YouTube, and counting, today, the Phlearn platform reaches folks through the power of video in 149 countries from their base in Chicago.

In this episode we hear how growing up in Hawaii gave Aaron the foundation to become a business owner.

And the daily challenges he’s faced with learning to become a leader of creative people in global and inspirational organisation.

In part one of this two part interview, we explore his love for photography, all things cooking, and the mindset Aaron had to wrap his head around shifting from employee to employer and entrepreneur.

https://www.inspirationalcretives.com/281-aaron-nace

https://www.phlearn.com

In this second chat, artist, John Link, describes how vulnerability and a sense of play both motivate and inspire his creative work.

Recorded in the heart of Norwich, England, in his studio, John shares how John’s recent ill health and confronting mortality has changed his outlook to life and his relationship to his painting.

We begin by talking about the John’s painting and the stories behind John’s paintings.

And how, in some sense, we’re all like Shakespearian characters.

www.johnlink.co.uk

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www.johnlink.co.uk

How do you navigate a career following your dreams?

In this second interview of the "Bringing it Home" series on Inspirational Creatives, artist, John Link, describes the relationship he has with his painting and background as a theatre director.

Recorded in the heart of Norwich, England, in his studio, John shares his creative process and what his painting endeavours mean to him:

How his painting both challenges and rewards him.

It seems there are deep similarities and a deep relationship between acting, director and painting, for John.

Hear how he chose to follow a childhood dream of acting,

And how he has navigated his creative career ever since.

https://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

www.johnlink.co.uk

What does it take to remain at the cutting edge of education in the creative arts and design?

In 2017, Professor John Last was appointed an OBE in the 2017 Queen’s birthday honours list for his services to education.

Today Professor Last is the vice-chairman at the Norwich University of Arts and the chair for the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership Digital Creatives group.

In this interview, Professor John Last reveals what it takes to create a positive and safe environment for those wishing to carve a creative life and career utilising one's creativity at the very core.

You’ll hear what his own career and experiences have taught him.

And how smaller universities can offer a thriving creative community for creatives and artists alike.

The interview is the first of a short series,  of the Bringing it Home season on Inspirational Creatives, and recorded in the heart of Norwich at Future Radio studios.

https://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/275-professor-john-last

What is the true reality of working for yourself?

Alison can tell you.

Digital marketing expert, Alison Boyle, began her own business journey juggling children with uncertainty during the launch of her first business.

She understands what’s at stake and what’s involved, when starting up under your own steam, pursuing a passion with purpose.

In this conversation, hear how Alison managed both life and a new business and what she had to let go of as part of her own evolution growing LA Marketing.

Hear about the traps many new business founders fall into.

And why starting out ‘organically’ can often be a great place to start and how ‘shiny object’ tactics will distract you.

You’ll also learn how to start succeeding with digital marketing today as Alison offers some core guiding principles to follow.

Listen to how you can make a business doing what you love, which people will want to buy from; one that is based upon a clear offer.

https://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/273-alison-boyle

 

Mark Asquith is the CEO and founder of Rebel Base Media and Podcast Websites.

(He’s also a massive DC Comics fan.)

More recently, with new products, podcasts and services well underway under the Captivate and Productivity brands, to name a couple, he is somebody who is making a difference to podcasting and globally.

As a podcasting coach and mentor to hundreds, if not thousands, of content creators and small business owners, in this episode, hear how podcasting can help build confidence, trust and credibility.

Hear how to overcome the challenges of starting and re-branding an existing podcast.

And how a little a bit extra can take your podcast from average to very good…

https://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/271-mark-asquith

He bought his first Ferrari for cash at the age of 25.

He’s spent six months in Pentonville, one of the UK’s toughest and most violent prisons.

As an accomplished athlete, skydiver, diver, honorary black-belt, and as someone who claims to have climbed some of the world’s highest peaks, Peter Sage, is known for having created 20 businesses in 15 different industries.

He is a speaker, serial entrepreneur and best-selling author;

In this revealing interview, Peter shares how he sets up his mind, and his life, for success.

You’ll also hear about life after prison.

And how to start setting yourself up to win - in your own life.

Plus hear Peter’s views on today’s education system and why ‘time management’ is a big mistake.

www.stressproofprofessional.com

www.petersage.com

www.inspirationalcreatives.com/269-peter-sage

Ben Jeffries created his first business at the age of 15 and is now a CEO at the age of 22.

Partnering up with YouTube sensation Casper Lee, as a co-founder, in 2017, Ben was labelled as one of the young entrepreneurs to watch by both Alphr and Startups.co.uk having created Influencer.com.

Quoted as ‘The SOHO house of influencer platforms‘, you’ll hear why Ben’s team are partnering with large brands, such as Pretty Little Thing, to use male influencers to promote a female brands.

Hear what makes an influencer, how Ben’s team match brands with influencers,

And the challenges around influencer fraud…

https://www.influencer.uk

http://www.benwjeffries.com

https://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/267-ben-jeffries

From poet to entrepreneur to copywriter, Mike Giannulis, is somebody who takes bold, creative action with his ideas.

In this full length interview, Mike shares his best tips on how to succeed in life and business by embracing failure and taking action.

Mike’s commitment to action has seen him deal with a stutter and lose over 100Kgs (250lbs) in weight which has saved his life.

(By the way – he was on a global reality TV show where he successfully lost weight only to put it all back on again after the series had finished…hear what he did next…)

Mike also reveals the two things you need to consider to succeed in creating and scaling a new idea or venture

Hear how he is successfully growing an enterprise today, using his creative talents, towards making $25 million dollars in revenue.

And why not to invest in dairy goats.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/255-mike-giannulis

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Lorraine Whyte was once a successful recruiter using her intuition to select the right candidates.

Today, she is an intuitive life strategist.

In the is episode, hear how your super-power is your uniqueness.

Hear how you can begin to live more authentically by reconnecting with who you truly are.

Lorraine also shares how she helps people to reconnect with who they truly are through both numerology and mediation; whilst offering Rob a live ten minute reading (in this episode.)

Hear why Lorraine believes it is important to find a life we love.

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http://www.lifestrategist.co.uk

Creating a clear and compelling pitch can be hard

 

But it needn’t be...

 

In this short action episode, 15-second pitch girl, Laura Allen, reveals what is at the core of creating a clear and compelling pitch.

 

Using examples, Laura reveals pitches that work and also why many don’t.

 

Learn how to create a pitch that is both compelling and clear.

 

And as a way to test out new ideas.

 

Hear why you can benefit from creating lots of different types of pitches in specific niches too.

 

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/

 

http://www.thepitchgirl.com

According to her website, the pitchgirl.com, Laura Allen allegedly once sent a three-foot tall steel pyramid to Star Wars director, George Lucas, yielding a $60m dollar deal for her client.

At the thepitchgirl.com, Laura is someone who helps people to refine their pitch when it comes to offering their creative talents to others.

In this episode, Laura reveals how her childhood shyness created adult confidence enabling her to help her clients win big: achieving the life and results they are after.

Laura describes how 9/11 changed her own perspective and that of those around her.

You’ll also hear how the challenges of working in the corporate world have helped her to gain the necessary skills to inspire, motivate and be of service to others.

She also shares why learning to promote ourselves is now more important than ever.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/

http://www.thepitchgirl.com

What’s stopping you from achieving your biggest creative dreams and ideas right now?

Every creative person has felt stuck when pursuing a big idea or aim.

So you’re not alone.

The more attached we are to the outcome, the more likely we are to become stuck.

In this short action episode, artist, coach and performer, Ilyana Kadushin, shares how she keeps inspired and in her creative zone reaching her biggest aims, ideas and endeavours.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/

http://www.ilyanakadushin.com/

Ilyana Kadshuin creates positive change in the world through her voice and through her art.

As a voice-over artist, performer and coach, she is somebody who not only educates and entertains people, but as an activist, connects people together whilst helping them to find meaningful connection.

In this conversation, filled with timeless wisdom and inspiration, Ilyana describes how she enjoys helping others to express their ideas whilst living her own truth.

Having found her own voice at an early age, hear how she has created and developed professional opportunities using her abilities and talents.

You’ll learn how Ilyana has been able to overcome both internal and external resistance, and how, as an artist, she has faced her biggest fears and challenges through living creatively.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/

http://www.ilyanakadushin.com/

How do we invite people to buy our creative work?

Our music, photography, teaching, coaching, creative products or services.

Best-selling author of Book Yourself Solid and Steal the Show, actor and business communications expert, Michael Port, explains how.

In episode 185, Michael shared the fundamentals of creating a stellar performance in any of life’s high stake situations.

These are moments where our ability to perform really matters.

A job interview, an important relationship decision, an audition, a business pitch, a keynote speech, or a presentation.

Inviting others to buy our work is another one of them.

Yet, how do we do this in a way that feels natural to us?

Michael explains in this short ten minute action episode…

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/

http://www.michaelport.com/

http://heroicpublicspeaking.com/

Highly acclaimed actor and public speaking guru, Michael Port, is the author of several books including Book Yourself Solid (2006) and Steal the Show (2015).

In this ‘classic’ episode replay, you’ll learn tips on how to create a compelling story and performance in critical situations.

You’ll hear how to treat many ‘high-stake’ moments in life, such as those encountered in relationships or job interviews, as an opportunity to steal the show.

Once a professional actor and having guest starred on popular television shows including Sex & The City and Law & Order plus films you may know including The Pelican Brief and Down to Earth, today he can be regularly found on air as an expert in communication and creative business development.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/

http://www.michaelport.com/"

http://heroicpublicspeaking.com/

In the chaotic world of creativity finding focus can be hard.

For Becoming Minimalist blogger and author, Joshua Becker, the key to his creative success is to simplify.

In this short action episode of Inspirational Creatives, Joshua describes his own, simple, writing environment.

Regardless of your creative pursuits, you’ll learn, in less than six minutes, how a ‘less is more’ approach to mindset and environment can benefit you and your creative output.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/

http://www.becomingminimalist.com/

“Owning less is great, wanting less is even better” – Joshua Becker

Best-selling author of Simplify and Clutter Free With Kids, Joshua Becker, reaches 350,000 readers every month through his blog, Becoming Minimalist.a

Whether you enjoy the idea of a life that embraces simplicity or not, Joshua’s story, insights and simple strategies can help you to learn how he has benefited from a life less cluttered.

Own less, achieve more.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/

http://www.becomingminimalist.com/

Here’s the challenge:

Living in a busy, distracting world, with information overload, can feel overwhelming.

These challenges are greater still when there are so many new ideas to play with: we don’t know where to start - or even where to finish - when it comes to managing our creative projects

With so many other responsibilities this can all lead to stress and anxiety.

Yet we all seem to crave is peace, happiness and the space to create: to find and fulfil our true purpose.

In this special short action episode, mindfulness coach, Shakya Kumara, offers two brief exercises that you can try and actively engage in as you listen.

This is an easy opportunity to get a sense of mindfulness in practice and to gauge how it could help you.

Hear how to begin to achieve a happier, more peaceful and more creative life.

Shakya is a specialist who helps people to improve their quality of life through the reduction of anxiety, overwhelm and stress.

Hear the full interview with Shakya and more of his story (and more exercises) here.

http://www.briefmindfulness.com/courses/quickstart

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Shakya Kumara, is a specialist who helps people to improve their quality of life through the reduction of anxiety, overwhelm and stress.

He’s also a Bhuddist who enjoys nature and discovering everyday ordinary beauty through photography.

As a leadership and management coach who specialises in mindfulness, Shakya has a rich and diverse background.

His background includes having working with charities and multi-national companies across the globe. He has a fascinating story to tell.

In this special episode, Shakya offers exercises that you can actively engage in as you listen, as well as live demonstrations of mindfulness in practice.

Hear how mindfulness can help you to creative a more fulfilling life.

http://www.briefmindfulness.com/courses/quickstart

http://www.briefmindfulness.com/

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/

Author, Amanda Turner, has created a life being able to write whilst living in different countries around the world with her family.

As with any creative project:

Any writer knows that writing isn’t always easy...

In episode 179, Amanda shared her story and experiences as an author and part-time digital nomad.

Offering insights into her own writing and creative practice, Amanda shares how she gets her creative work done.

Despite a multitude of distractions, and her own resistance, hear how she overcomes creative paralysis and what some people call writers block.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://www.vagabondingwithkids.com/

http://www.akturner.com/

In this short action episode, author and part-time digital nomad, Amanda Turner shares how she avoids distraction to keep focussed on the creative work that matters to her.

In episode 177, Amanda shared her own story and experience describing how she has created a life that she loves; one that comes with its own unique challenges.

As an author and as a mother who spends long periods of time away from home with her family, how does she find time to write?

Seemingly getting the best of both worlds, Amanda lives in exciting new places across the globe, with her family, whilst writing books, and she gets her work done.

Hear how in this short action episode.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://www.akturner.com/

Amanda Turner is a writer, a mum, an author and a part-time digital nomad.

Despite many close calls with publishing houses, today she is a New York Times bestselling author.

All she needs is a pen and paper (or a laptop and an internet connection) and an inspiring place to live.

Having written a number of books that have received acclaim, Amanda is the author of a series of books called Vagabonding with kids, having developed a life living part-time on the road.

When not at their home base in Idaho, she works whilst living across the globe with her husband and two children.

In this episode, part one of our two-part chat, Amanda reveals the reality of writing multiple books whilst visiting many countries and how she remains focussed when there’s so much to do and see.

Hear how her young children receive an education and how travel has affected their characters and personalities.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://www.akturner.com/

Creative people struggle because they’re either stuck starting or struggling to launch a new idea, product or service.

Yet there’s a little-known formula to making big ideas a reality and getting things done.

In this short action episode of Inspirational Creatives, you’ll learn how you can make your big ideas happen in just four simple steps.

Creative entrepreneur and social sidekick podcaster, Laurie Solgon shared in episode 175 how she focusses to get things done.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://SocialSidekickPodcast.com

Laurie Solgon is a podcaster, blogger, software engineer, and web designer who has worked at various Fortune 500 companies.

She established her Social Sidekick podcast in 2015 having lost her job.

Whilst looking for a new job, Laurie realised that her journey could help others who desired to be their own boss too.

In this episode, Laurie reveals how she transitioned from computer professional along to creative entrepreneur and why she’s decided to write a book about letters between her parents, from the war, for herself.

Hear where Laurie, although a self-proclaimed introvert, finds her confidence for public speaking and how podcasting has helped her to navigate an ever-evolving life journey following her curiosity.

Also, what ideas Laurie would give for those looking to find their own destiny.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://SocialSidekickPodcast.com

In this special repeat short action episode of Inspirational Creatives, author and music producer, Bobby Owsinski, reveals his writing process, one which has seen him create a high volume of best-selling books and many hit records.

 

Bobby's simple yet very effective approach to his writing and creative work is broken down, step-by-step, for you to try.

 

Although the example given focuses on writing, as you'll hear, Bobby's approach can be applied to almost any creative endeavour.

 

Bobby is one of the best-selling authors in the music industry.

 

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

 

http://www.bobbyowsinski.com/

Bobby Owsinski is a best-selling author and much sought after audio producer in the music industry.

In the repeat edition of this classic episode, Bobby reveals his writing formula and why he is excited about the future of the music industry.

He's worked on hundreds of projects for 'superstar' acts and written countless books that document and reveal the art and science of music production.

Having worked with, and interviewed, many A-list audio producers, in this episode of Inspirational Creatives, Bobby reveals why he hopes there is someone, somewhere creating a new style of music.

You'll also hear why you're in the wrong industry if you simply want to get famous and how selling a million records, today, is barely getting you into the game.

Hear what advice Bobby would give to his younger self and why he would have liked to have played bass guitar.

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http://www.bobbyowsinski.com/

Having automation and data is no good if you don’t have an exciting way to position your creative work to the right people.

In the re-run of this classic short action episode, serial entrepreneur and business founder, Jeff Goldenberg, shares 3 actionable tips you can try today to start growing your creative business quickly and effectively.

In episode 171, Jeff described what he learned having interviewed very successful business people for his new book “A Growth Hackers Guide To the Galaxy.”

Jeff is a serial entrepreneur based in Toronto and the co-founder of a digital marketing consultancy which specialises in business development and growth hacking.

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In this content-rich repeat episode of Inspirational Creatives, serial entrepreneur, Jeff Goldenberg, reveals how he raised over $10,000 USD to publish his new book, The Growth Hackers Guide To the Galaxy, using Kickstarter.

Co-authored with Mark Hayes (CEO of Tiger Tiger, and founder of one of the world's first growth hacking agencies) his book was written, and is being independently published, via the Kickstarter platform, with colleagues across shifting time-zones.

Jeff is a serial entrepreneur based in Toronto and the co-founder of a digital marketing consultancy which specialises in business development and growth hacking.

Having successfully launched a number of start-ups, and as the Head of Growth of a Canadian loans company, Borrowell.com, Jeff shares what he knows about the reality of being an entrepreneur and how to get started with growth hacking.

You'll learn why you don't have to be a coder to get started.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/171-jeff-goldenberg

Have you ever noticed how insanely creative people get immobilised and stuck when attempting to take massive action?

It’s all to do with inner beliefs that limit us.

Beliefs that include the need to constantly be productive,

and those that include the need to seek external approval from others...

In this short action episode, we briefly explore how to overcome some of these limiting beliefs.

We also explore how catching ourselves experiencing self-doubt can lead ourselves towards being more at ease in the world.

In episode 169, coach and expert on thought mastery and mental focus, Kim Ades, shared a variety of reasons as to why these beliefs limit us and what to do about it.

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http://frameofmindcoaching.com/

Kim Ades is the founder of Frame of Mind Coaching.

As a mother of 5 and as an author, speaker, coach and entrepreneur, Kim is an expert on thought mastery and mental focus.

In this episode we go deep into the topic of how our thoughts affect our feelings and how they affect our actions too.

Kim explains how her pioneering work has led to breakthroughs with her clients using on-line journaling.

And what we can learn about how parents behave towards children.

You’ll also hear how a need to be productive can be counter-productive.

And how people who possess high emotional resilience are often the most successful too.

How and why this all comes down to the ability to develop self management.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://frameofmindcoaching.com/

In all areas of life we need to be asking:

Elegantly, creatively, considerately and consistently.

Whether we realise it or not we are always asking.

When it comes to crowdfunding your ability to succeed or not comes down to your ability to ask.

So in this short action episode we explore how to ask anyone for anything.

In episode 167, renowned international SXSW speak, PR expert and author, Ariel Hyatt, shares what she learned from her first successful crowdfunding experience.

Having raised over $50,000 USD to fund her new book, Crowdstart, in this short episode we explore the fundamental principles, which Ariel believes, underpinned her success.

Crowdstart is a new book about how to create a powerful and profitable crowdfunding campaigns.

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http://www.arielhyatt.com

How do you create an effective crowdfunding campaign?

What can you expect to experience emotionally?

Crowdstart author and publicity expert, Ariel Hyatt, reveals the emotional reality of her first crowdfunding experience.

After years of advising clients on their own campaigns, Ariel put her money where her mouth is raising over $50,000 on Kickstarter to launch her new book, Crowdstart.

In this episode, Ariel shares how her tragic apartment fire, and a bad experience with Oprah, led to her crowdfunding success today.

Ariel reveals the three main benefits of starting a crowdfunding campaign and who her new book, Crowdstart, is for.

You’ll learn how her new book can help you to create your own powerful and profitable crowdfunding campaign, avoiding the mistakes that so many make.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://www.arielhyatt.com

In episode 165, successful business growth coach and entrepreneur, Kelly Roach, revealed how she helps people to grow their creative businesses often enabling them to double and triple their income.

In this short action episode of Inspirational Creatives, Kelly offers three ways to scale your creative business quickly and sustainably..

By learning successful strategies from coaches such as Kelly, we can save ourselves time, and misfortune, by focussing on the right things and avoiding the mistakes so many make.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/166

http://KellyRoachCoaching.com

Kelly Roach is a Former NFL Cheerleader and Fortune 500 Executive turned Entrepreneur, Mentor and 'Time-Compression' Business Growth Coach.

If you're struggling with not having enough time to create the life and living you want, then you'll enjoy the inspiration and motivation Kelly has to offer.

We discuss burnout and major life change.

And the importance of taking time out to get to know yourself...

In this episode of Inspirational Creatives, Kelly reveals what a successful life looks like to her today.

You'll also hear why success, however you define it, is never a straight-line journey.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://KellyRoachCoaching.com

As creatives, we get stuck for all sorts of reasons when attempting to achieve our big ideas.

Sometimes there’s a gap in our lives such as the support we need or the know-how;

Sometimes it could be fear.

In episode 163, adventurer and explorer, Laura Kennington revealed how she achieves her big aims and adventures in life.

In this short action episode, Laura shares how to get unstuck and started again on your big ideas and dreams.

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https://lauraexplorer.com/

Having traversed Russia, alone in a canoe, British adventurer and explorer, Laura Kennington, soon found herself in hot water with many thousands of Russians trying to track her down.

Having hitched a ride together from the local station to Yestival, last year, in this special before and after episode Laura reveals her feelings and experiences on a new personal adventure.

This year, 2016, Laura swam, cycled and kayaked around three of the Channel Islands.

But there was a surprise...

Hear her expectations before, and her reflections after, this personal mission.

You’ll hear how she trained and what she would do differently if she were to do all again.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

https://lauraexplorer.com/

What happens to our life on-line after we leave this physical, mortal world?

What happens to your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts after you are gone?

In episode 161 of Inspirational Creatives, Death Goes Digital author, Pete Billingham, shared his thoughts on what it means to leave a digital legacy.

As creatives we need to be mindful about what we leave behind and to whom.

If you’re interested in living a creative life then your life’s work is your legacy.

Sometimes when we’re so busy creating stuff we don’t get the chance to slow down and think about these things.

In this short action episode Pete offers four tips to start managing your digital legacy.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://www.deathgoesdigital.com/

http://peterbillingham.com/

What would you want to happen to your Facebook account when you die?

Your creative life’s output is your legacy.

Online that’s your digital legacy.

In episode 159, funeral celebrant, speaker and author of the book, Death Goes Digital, Pete Billingham, shared with me his thoughts on what it means to leave a digital legacy.

Amongst our digital assets are social medium platforms including Facebook.

Pete shared in part one of our chat that there are over 35 million accounts on Facebook belonging to those who are sadly no longer with us.

In this short action episode you can learn how to quickly and easily manage your Facebook legacy settings.

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http://www.deathgoesdigital.com/

With over 35 million people no longer alive on Facebook now is the time to start considering your digital legacy

Who is going to manage your content when you die?

What’s going to happen to everything you've ever created online over time?

In this episode of Inspirational Creatives, funeral celebrant, previous guest and author of, Death Goes Digital, Peter Billingham shares his ideas, tips, thoughts and stories on what it means to manage your digital legacy before it's too late.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://www.deathgoesdigital.com/

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

Matt Peet makes a living from his creativity.

He has his own wedding photography business.

And is the creator and founder of a podcast show called Finding Creative Success.

In this interview, Matt shares how his journey unfolded and some of the challenges that came with marketing and promoting his creative work.

Having been coached by previous guest, Michael Gebben, Matt shares how he was able to scale a successful model into a business which supports him, financially and satisfies him, creatively.

You’ll hear how he finds clients and how changes to his website have affected his business.

You’ll learn the importance of being authentic and the benefits of going above and beyond for your clients.

http://www.findingcreativesuccess.com

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

Are you an artist struggling to make ends meet?

Are you a creative looking to make more money with your ideas, projects and endeavours?

According to money relationship expert, Joan Sotkin, in episode 155, what we earn is never to with money.

It’s to do with our relationships.

Relationships to ourselves and to others.

In this short action episode of Inspirational Creatives, Joan reveals what is at the essence making money from our creative work and why wealth is never about money...

http://ProsperityPlace.com

http:/JoanSotkin.com

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

What does it feel like to you to be financially free?

Does money affect your emotions or do your emotions affect your wealth?

In this episode, finance and money expert, Joan Sotkin, shares how to earn more and get out of debt by understanding our emotional relationships with money.

Drawing upon 25 years experience, Joan guides us with the emotional principles that underpin our financial results.

As an award winning author and as the host of The Prosperity Show podcast, she’s someone who is dedicated to helping those struggling financially to find financial freedom in their lives and business.

In this episode, Joan shares her own experience and how she has helped creative entrepreneurs and practitioners to earn more and understand what it really means to feel financial free.

http://ProsperityPlace.com/spreadsheet

http://ProsperityPlace.com

http:/JoanSotkin.com

Creator, Nathan Chan, thinks creating Foundrmag is the most successful thing he’s ever done.

In this short action episode, the successful entrepreneur and creator, reveals the four little-known secrets to his success.

The turning point for Nathan was being able to feature Sir Richard Branson on the front cover of the free edition, enabling Nathan to build early trust and credibility.

You’ll hear what else he believes is the secret sauce to his own entrepreneurial success.

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https://foundrmag.com/

https://foundrmag.com/free

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

 

Creator, Nathan Chan, claims creating Foundrmag is the most successful thing he’s ever done.

He’s interviewed Richard Branson, Seth Godin, Tim Ferriss and Arianna Huffington, and many more.

Foundrmag his visually attractive online magazine is designed to help folks break from the daily grind towards developing their own business.

In this interview, Nathan reveals how creating Foundrmag has challenged him and changed his life.

And why an epic T-shirt opportunity lead to an epic fail.

Nathan shares what he believes is the secret sauce to entrepreneurial success.

And how great design is becoming a modern commodity.

 

https://foundrmag.com/

 

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

 

In this short action episode of Inspirational Creatives, musician and entrepreneur, Steve Palfreyman, shares how he takes action on new ideas.

 

Hear why Steve wishes he got started on his new online virtual summit for musicians one year earlier.

 

Also, hear how getting started on a new project or idea, now, can be a valuable exercise towards achieving the creative life, and community, you want.

 

In episode 151 Steve revealed the mindset behind his new free online virtual summit for musicians.

 

And why he’s fallen in love with his community once again.

 

 

http://www.stevepalfreyman.com/

 

http://www.musiclaunchsummit.com/

 

http://www.musiclaunchhub.com/

Who doesn’t love music?

I haven’t met anyone who doesn’t love music (yet.)

Neither has today's podcast guest.

Previous guest, musician and entrepreneur, Steve Palfreyman, has fallen in love with audience again.

He’s back on the Inspirational Creatives podcast today talking about his new virtual summit for musicians.

But you don’t need to be a musician to appreciate this interview.

We talk about what it takes to create great value for your community as well as some of the challenges and benefits that come with doing so.

You see, Steve can’t imagine a life without music.

Music has helped him with adversity, pain, shyness and his own mother’s depression.

So it may be no surprise he’s attracted and built a community of, and for, musicians to help them with their own creative aims and success.

He’s found some of the very best experts in the music industry and he’s sharing their wisdom for free - for anyone who wants to learn.

Whilst many of us may have heard of an online virtual summit, we’re not always clear on what they are and how they can serve a community.

And he’s not doing this alone; he’s involving his community.

They are exploring their creative processes together.

In this episode we talk about the mindset behind creating a summit and what inspired Steve to serve his audience in this way.

We also talk about what music means to him and the importance of empathy in his most open interview yet.

Hear why Steve believe artists are incredibly empathetic people and how they can use this to their advantage.

You’ll also learn why Steve wishes he had started creating this summit one year ago, and why you need to get started on your big ideas now.

Learn from your successes, learn from your failures, learn from Steve.

Learn to fall in love with your audience and community again.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://www.stevepalfreyman.com/

http://www.musiclaunchsummit.com/

http://www.musiclaunchhub.com/

Earlier this year small business expert and serial entrepreneur, Mark Asquith of Excellence Expected, surprised his podcast audience when he announced he was stopping his podcast.

Since then Mark’s branding has evolved.

In this special episode you’ll hear why Mark has taken a break and how this has influenced the future direction of the Inspirational Creatives podcast. 

Listen, too, to a private conversation with social media expert, entrepreneur, musician and artist, Steve Palfreyman and how that conversation is now leading to changes in this podcast.

 

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

 

http://www.stevepalfreyman.com/

 

http://www.excellence-expected.com/

In 2005, Mark Asquith decided he no longer wanted to work for someone else, 9 to 5.

In 2012, he almost burned out chasing freedom and looking for fulfilment working for himself.

Today, he is a successful British podcaster and small business expert.

As the host of the Excellence Expected podcast, and the co-founder of his own design, brand and marketing agency, Mark has found confidence, and better relationships, in his work today.

In this episode Mark shares what he believes underlies a fulfilling creative life and where you can really find your passions.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://www.excellence-expected.com

One of the biggest challenges for creative is maintaining focus on their biggest aims in life.

Whether we enjoy setting goals or not, it’s something we all do whether we write them down or not.

In episode 147, successful entrepreneur, businessman and author turned coach, Stephen Rodgers, shared the strategy he used to achieve his own successes in life.

In this short action episode, Stephen shares what he has learned about overcoming his own resistance and how he achieves his highest aims.

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http://www.thealchemyadvisors.com

Stephen Rodgers’s wife health crisis changed his life.

Encouraged to re-evaluate the purpose of his own life, today he someone who is dedicated to helping others.

As the founder and CEO of The Alchemy Advisors he helps creatives find their own meaning, purpose and potential.

As the author of a new book, Lead to Gold, Stephen reveals what he believes creates success and happiness when leading a creative life.

Having once generated $25 billion dollars in annual sales, in the real estate business, today he is someone who enjoys not just the arts, but also traveling, yoga, meditation, sky diving and kung fu as part of his richer life.

Hear what Stephen has learned from his successful friends such as Warren Buffet, Brain Tracy and John Assaraff and why he believes every moment in life is an opportunity, a test, a challenge or a gift.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://www.thealchemyadvisors.com

For many small business owners and creative entrepreneurs one of the biggest risks to their business and freedom is themselves.

 

In episode 145 of Inspirational Creatives, Standard Procedure author, Tony Brown, shared his best tips for anyone looking to scale their business, serve more people and find freedom from within their creative work.

 

In this short action episode, listen to what Tony had to say about overcoming the risks and challenges of having a business that is dependent on you.

 

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

 

http://www.tonylbrown.com/

If you’re a creative entrepreneur or business owner you could be at great risk of getting trapped.

 

In this episode of Inspirational Creatives, Standard Procedure author, Tony Brown, shares what he knows about scaling ideas and business in a world full of challenges, fear and ego.

 

Having taken the leap from local authority employee to full-time freelancer, when faced with budget cuts and challenging circumstances, Tony shares how he has created his own success through the power of connections, a blog and a podcast.

 

Highlighting that there are great benefits of sharing what you know, and working with the right people, Tony shares his experience as a strategy coach and director of three businesses: revealing what he has learnt so far.

 

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

 

http://www.tonylbrown.com/

Have you ever had that moment where you find yourself writing and you just get stuck?

 

Your mind is out of ideas and now writing feels like an up hill struggle.

 

You’re not alone.

 

Fiction writer, Ani Alexander, revealed in episode 143 what to do when it comes to dealing with getting stuck and moving forward again.

 

In this short action episode of Inspirational Creatives, you’ll also hear what to do with the reality of writers block.

 

You’ll learn about some of the more common challenges for writers and creatives (and what to do about them.)

 

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

 

http://www.anialexander.com/

When Multi-linguist and fiction author, Ani Alexander, isn’t helping independent writers to get published, she’s listening to conversations in coffee shops as a source of inspiration for her fiction writing.

 

As a multi-linguist (Ani speaks 5 languages), who has been known to make her readers cry, she is someone who is passionate about the emotional power of the written word.

 

In this episode of Inspirational Creatives, you’ll learn what the common challenges are for writers and what Ani thinks about writer’s block (and what to do about it.)

 

You’ll also hear why Ani is making changes to what she does today and how she is hoping to take her audience with her.

 

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

 

http://www.anialexander.com/

Have you ever come up with an idea in the show or whilst driving and thought,

“Why hasn’t somebody already made one of those?”

In this short action episode of Inspirational Creatives, you’ll learn how to have your idea made and marketed to many without having to learn anything about manufacturing, marketing or distribution.

Stephen Key is an award-winning product artist and intellectual property strategist.

His products have been endorsed by Michael Jordan, Alex Trebek, and Taylor Swift and have sold at Disney stores and theme parks across the globe.

Having licensed more than 20 products in the past 35 years, Stephen reveals how you can license, or ‘rent’, an idea you have to a large company so that you are paid a royalty.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://www.inventright.com/

Stephen Key is an award-winning product artist and intellectual property strategist.

His products have been endorsed by Michael Jordan, Alex Trebek, and Taylor Swift and have sold at Disney stores and theme parks across the globe.

Having licensed more than 20 products in the past 35 years.

In this episode of Inspirational Creatives, Stephen reveals how he has made a living from his ideas, through royalties, and how he helps others to do the same.

http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast

http://www.inventright.com/