This week, I’m bringing you a current teacher who’s a former colleague of mine: Lisa Houston, who started the drama program at the Pennington School and now serves as its middle school dean of students. Among other things, Lisa tells us how she rebuilt the drama program from the ground up, how it’s expanded over […]
If you’ve listened for a while, you know I have a VERY broad definition of “creativity,” and the show is called “Follow Your Curiosity” for a reason. Kyle Fletcher is a different sort of guest—he specializes in educating others about spirits and cocktails—with a journey that’s all about the curiosity. Kyle has allowed his enthusiasm […]
Paige Kaufman is an early childhood educator who went from teaching kindergarten to running a wellness center—all because she listened to the “nudge” telling her her it was time to do something different. A lot of us people would ignore that feeling, but Paige followed her curiosity into this new venture without knowing anything about […]
My guest today is Tracy Matthews, Chief Visionary Officer of Flourish and Thrive Academy and host of the Thrive by Design podcast. Tracy is a jewelry designer and entrepreneur who loves marketing. Even more than that, she loves helping other creative folks (and as we discuss, by “creative” we mean EVERYONE) get a handle on […]
What’s your vision, or dream, for your life? Can you see it clearly? If not, you might want to consider making a vision board, and this week’s guest, Angela Fareri, is here to tell us not only how and why creating a clear image for your life works, but how to make a vision board […]
Anne Marie Bennett has had a varied career—she’s been an elementary school teacher, has worked in a theater, and a SoulCollage(R) trainer and facilitator. She’s written several nonfiction books about her journeys with cancer and about the SoulCollage(R) process, but this year, she’s published her first novel. She joins me to talk about her creative […]
Over the last two episodes, we’ve heard from Todd Evans and Rachel Marianno, a brother and sister who grew up in an unusually artistic home and both became artists themselves. This week, their younger brother Orrin Evans joins me to round out the family and talk about his experience as the much younger child was […]
When your father is a playwright and your mother is a lyric soprano, you’re unavoidably exposed to a creative outlook on life. This week is the second in a series of three episodes where we’ll hear from three siblings from an incredibly artistic family, all of whom are artists themselves. This week, I talk to […]
When your father is a playwright and your mother is a lyric soprano, you’re unavoidably exposed to a creative outlook on life. This week begins a series of three episodes where we’ll be hearing from three siblings from an incredibly artistic family, all of whom are artists themselves. We start with Todd Evans, the eldest […]
This week—this month!—I have the honor and pleasure of talking with actor Paul McGann. He started his career in the West End, moving to TV with the BBC’s Monocled Mutineer, and to film with the cult classic Withnail and I. His credits also include Horatio Hornblower, Luther, and the Dickens adaptation Our Mutual Friend, and […]