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Creative Pep Talk #58: Do Nothing

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It may sound counterintuitive, but doing nothing can be really good for you. (If you just felt your whole body relax at the mere thought, that’s a sign!) I’ll tell you why in this short episode. Get in Touch I’d love to hear your feedback, questions, and experience with these ideas! Send me a note […]

Drama and Storytelling with Elizabeth Morton

Elizabeth Morton

Author Elizabeth (Eliza) Morton was an actress before she started writing, and has always loved the power of stories. She’s also part of an acting family—she’s married to Doctor Who’s Peter Davison and step-mother-in-law of the show’s David Tennant, and sometimes wonders if she started writing romantic sagas as an escape from all the science […]

Creative Pep Talk #57: Being Like Everyone Else

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It’s so easy to want to be like everyone else, but is it really a good idea?  Get in Touch I’d love to hear your feedback, questions, and experience with these ideas! Send me a note at fycuriosity.com, or contact me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Subscribe!

“Limiting” Creativity with Nick Morrison

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Today’s guest, Nick Morrison, is a guitarist, teacher, author, and composer whose work you’ve probably heard in productions from Warner Bros, Universal Studios, Sony, MTV, ABC, NBC, HGTV, and HBO. Nick talks with me about how musicians can make money making music beyond performing and teaching and how writing music for TV and movie productions […]

Creative Pep Talk #56: Kick It Old School

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Every so often, do something the old-fashioned way. I’ll tell you why (and how I came to this discovery) in this short episode. Get in Touch I’d love to hear your feedback, questions, and experience with these ideas! Send me a note at fycuriosity.com, or contact me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Subscribe!

Rediscovering the Human with Kate Powers

Kate Powers

My guest today is Kate Powers, a lifelong theatre kid who became an off-Broadway and regional theatre director. Her list of credits is long, but I wanted to talk to Kate about the unusual home she’s found for her work: maximum security prisons. Kate is the founding artistic director of the Redeeming Time Project, which […]

Creative Pep Talk #55: Pushing Through Resistance

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“Push through resistance” is absolutely terrible advice. Why? I’ll tell you in this short episode. Get in Touch I’d love to hear your feedback, questions, and experience with these ideas! Send me a note at fycuriosity.com, or contact me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Subscribe!

Transitions with Stacey Smith?

Stacey Smith?

My guest this week, Stacey Smith? was one of my first guests in 2019, when we talked about the creative side of mathematics, and particularly about mathematical models of disease outbreaks—and the occasional zombie apocalypse. We also talked about how Doctor Who influenced her decision to become a mathematician in the first place. I asked […]

Creative Pep Talk #54: Be Curious, Not Judgmental

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Our culture tells us we should be obsessed(!) with the thing we’re meant to do, which can lead to judgment on our part—of our kids, our friends, and ourselves. There are lots of reasons not to be obsessed, and better ways to deal with them than judgment. I’ll tell you more in this short episode.  […]

Stick with It with Patrick Lombardi

My guest this week, Patrick Lombardi, was born and raised in New Jersey, where he still lives and writes for a variety of local and national sites like BestofNJ.com, NJ.com, and BuzzFeed. He’s collection of humorous stories and essays, Junk Sale, came out in 2018. He’s also the creator of DevourNJ.com, which highlights independent food […]