Creative at the Wheel

Barbara Snow was born and lived most of her life in the States; she now lives in Villa Banba, Ecuador  with her dogs and is a writer of what her friends call "science faction", crafting stories of process that enlighten and entertain. She has written and published around 20 books. Her biggest transformation came early on, when her bridegroom of 6 weeks had a stroke and she took care of him until he died.  Coming through the dark night, Barbara was introduced to Shamanism through a Peruvian Shaman named Oscar Miro-Quesada and she credits this spiritual path as saving her life. Barbara shares how she has followed her guidance and given herself a lot of permission to be wildly creative, periodically reinventing herself and finding new ways of living fully expressed.  Barbara's Info: Barbara's Amazon.com page:  https://www.amazon.com/Barbara-Snow/e/B01N7OK0BK/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 https://www.facebook.com/barbesnow Twitter @barbarasn   Julie's Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ Intuitive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig

Donald Hargrove's most recent collection of digital paintings "The Landscape of Origins" is an exquisite testimony to his connection to nature and the essence of life.    From a young age, Donald Hargrove knew he wanted to be an artist.  Born and raised in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia then), Donald's life was shaped by deep friendships with his neighbors, his love of the land, and the joy he first experienced at the Mzilikazi Art Centre.   Most recently, he survived extraordinary surgeries that saved his life from a disease that took his right arm, shoulder girdle and major musculature on one side, and reconnected him with his love of art making during the intense lockdowns of Covid in Scotland.   He is exhibiting again, and shares his journey of healing and creative discovery here with Julie. Donald's Info: https://www.donaldhargrove.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/donald_hargrove_art/ https://www.facebook.com/donald.hargrove.71/   Growing up in Zimbabwe during such an intense period of history. (When it was still Rhodesia) Finding his dream of being an artist Attending art school in Scotland and then living in London as an active artist Surviving a catastrophic health event and returning to art teaching The gift of COVID and his new relationship to art   Julie's Info:  Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ Intuitive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig  

David has been a ski patroller, has skied 21,000 feet in the Andes, has travelled to Tibet, Peru and to other parts of the world, has been a full time potter, an inventor and more recently a school bus driver.  Through all of his different iterations, poetry has come with him, and has given him a sense of purpose and a way to explore the world that keeps him sane and gives him a soulful way to be with people and be seen. David shares what it was like to eventually meet Robert Bly and Mary Oliver and how his own poetry has developed over the years and how what he calls "the language of dreams" shapes his poetry life now. David's relaxed and yet potent experience with reading and writing poems  is a refreshing and accessible lifelong journey, full of many surprises.     David's Contact Info: primarymotion.one@gmail.com To contact David about buying his 2005 self published poetry book "And All This Time" or about the ongoing weekly poetry circle, please email him.       Julie Claire Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ Intuitive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig  

Joan Logghe has lived a life of poetry in La Puebla, New Mexico. Santa Fe's poet laureate from 2010-2012, she is an exuberant story teller and well known around the world for her poetry and her art classes. In this conversation with Julie, she shares her experience of dealing with the harshest of realities—that of clinical depression. In the last couple of years, Joan let go of writing and everything she had been doing as her daily life reinvented itself around the simplest of pleasures and good friendships.  Her story is an uplifting testimony to how the Universe can step in when we have no idea what to do.  Joan's Info: www.joanlogghe.com   Steven Skoczen's book:  No Bullshit Guide to Depression    Julie's Info: Transformational coaching for individuals: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ Intuitive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig

Hannah Rappaport made a dramatic exit from her conventional life as housewife and mother and entered the world of Gnosticism at the age of forty.    Always someone who experienced visions, she experienced this initiation as her entrance into what she knew was her life's work, living true to her soul's purpose from the inside out.   Now living in Taos, New Mexico, Hannah and Julie uncover the spiritual thread of her life and where it has taken her.   Born in Israel Jewish Being raised in California with loving parents in the time of sex, drugs and rock and roll Being a housewife and a mother Releasing her identities and roles and becoming a mystic Being guided every step of the way What life looks like now   Hannah's Info: Website:  https://house-of-freedom.com/ The book----Gospel of Thomas: http://gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl_thomas.htm Also a good website for anything pertaining to Gnosticism.   A good printed book of Rumi https://smile.amazon.com/Essential-Rumi-Jalal-al-Din/dp/0062509586/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=     Julie's Info: Transformational Coaching and Mentoring for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ Intuitive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig

This transformational tale is a fairy tale for modern times—how the young successful consultant found her way back to her love of life. After being successful as a corporate consultant to big pharma, Danielle Cadhit experienced burnout and went on a sabbatical where she prioritized her gut experience and her playful side.  She ultimately reinvented herself in a way that honors her playfulness, and creativity as much as her work savvy and innovation. She is no longer defined by her money or her job.  This tale inspires all of us to heed the signs of deep discontent and not be lured by external success; instead, to find another way to live, even if it means leaving something you're good at. The gifts and challenge of being born to immigrant parents  The script of success Her big pharma consulting success at an early age Burnout Her turn towards nonprofit work The ball pit and her return to play A seven month sabbatical No longer being defined by her job/money Coming home to herself Danielle's Info: https://twitter.com/danecads     Julie's Info: Transformational experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ Intuitive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig  

Susie Pan was born in China, raised in Canada and has moved and travelled for much of her young life.  She has now worked in seven countries and visited over 40 for startups and large corporations. In 2020, After 5 years working in Toronto, Susie quit her job, packed her life into 2 backpacks, and bought a 1-way ticket to New Zealand without much of a plan. After dealing with multiple family deaths, her goal was to have a year of deep rest, reflection, and exploration. During this time, she lived out of a van, worked on a farm, helped local businesses get online for COVID, and deeply reflected on what she wanted next in life and career.  And she made a core shift in her life.  Today I get to talk to Susie about what changed that made a whole new relationship with herself and her work possible?  Susie's Website:  https://www.susiepan.me/ SheEO Website: https://sheeo.world/   Julie's Info: Mentoring/Coaching/Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/   Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig  

Sandi Scheuber has lived parallel lives, one as a systems engineer for a large organization and the other as a dancer and choreographer.  She has experienced times of great courage putting dance first along with many years of dance being after hours only.     Here she shares with Julie the value of purposefully not advancing up the ladder in her life as an engineer in order to make real time for her dancing life.   This is not a story of leaving everything behind to follow one's passions. This is a story of how one woman took the safe career path but has also boldly followed through on her dream of dancing, letting her passion lead the way.   Sandi's Info: Website: www.makedancehappen.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sandischeuberchoreographer/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandischeuberchoreographer/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandischeuber   Julie's Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ Intuitive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig  

Jill Ashley Hoffman is a Healing Artist and Transformational Coach supporting women on their healing journey through her Unlock Your Radiance retreats and mastery coaching program. She helps women discover their own inner healer. In 2012 Jill was diagnosed with adrenal fatigue and hypothyroidism. After making big changes in her life, researching nutrition, attending health coaching school, she still felt frustrated and angry and not healing in the way she had intended.  It was when she began to do the deeper work of shifting core thoughts, beliefs and ways of being that she realized that the way she was trying to heal herself was the same energy that had made her sick. She discovered her body was craving was a more gentle, compassionate and feminine approach. As she learned how to love herself first, she began experiencing the healing she needed.  Here Jill shares with Julie what core changes made all the difference in her healing journey. Healing as a reunification Fixing versus healing Experiencing burn-out Judging versus honoring her body The support she received to shift her core energies around body and healing Want versus desire The power of intention lining up with desires Finding the energy to heal Jill's Info: Free Quiz: Reveal the Medicine Your Body is Craving Now https://bit.ly/FindYourMedicineQuiz Website: https://jillashleyhoffman.com/ Unlock Your Radiance Retreat June 22-25 2022 Hillsdale, NY Talk with Jill about next retreat opportunity:  https://calendly.com/empoweredhealingwithjill/radiance-retreat-clarity-call     Julie's Info: Mentoring/Coaching Experiences: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure: Class every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ Intuitive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig  

Amy McDonald lives in Glasgow Scotland and is the Founder and CEO of Headtorch, an organization dedicated to prioritizing mental health at work.    Amy is a CEO but she is also an actress with a background in interactive theatre and has experience as a mediator and a coach.  She has found a way to bring her creative background together with her work in business, innovatively changing how mental health is seen, acknowledged and dealt with in organizational settings.   Amy flourishes in playing fictional characters and facilitating creative experiences that build confidence in workers, at all levels of an organization, to look out for their colleagues and come together in a transformed mental health business culture.   Amy shares with Julie how her work has creatively and professionally evolved over the years and what it's like to work with a stellar team at Headtorch. Amy's Info: Website  http://www.headtorch.org   Linked In  https://www.linkedin.com/company/headtorch/   Augusto Boal  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Boal   Julie's Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ Intuitive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig    

Robin Finney is an Intuitive & Authenticity guide for "Soulo" Experiences.  She is also an Oracle card reader, Retreat Leader, author,  world traveler, and founder of Wandering Aunt.                              But Robin didn't always live a bold, unconventional life. In 2015 she was working in a corporate job and confronting fear, despair and hopelessness.    Here she shares with Julie her story of personal and professional transformation and what is has been like to answer the call of her heart and to be led by her creativity and core desires.   Robin's Info: Deep Clarity Session: https://www.wanderingaunt.com/intuitive-sessions/clarity Intro to Oracle Cards Course: https://mailchi.mp/2739b284e888/introduction-to-oracle-cards Soulo Experiences  Waitlist: https://mailchi.mp/7563d28f7d23/soloadventureswithwanderingaunt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wanderingaunt/   Julie's Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/ Intuive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig  

Alex Stoller lives in Santa Fe New Mexico and is an artist, a healer and a millennial finding her own way in today's world.  Here she talks with Julie about her "new archetype" card deck she recently created and her relationship to drawing, sketchbooks and healing.  Alex has taught Feldenkrais method, is a multiple time acupuncture school drop-out obsessed with Chinese medicine and loves to express herself with India Ink drawings.   Bringing satire to the world she sees Identity as branding in today's world When identity becomes pathology Her appreciation of Feldenkrais and the healers path Being mentored by great healers Alex Info: Alex's website:  https://www.alexstoller.com/product-page/the-new-archetypes-oracle-deck Jeffey yuen-- actupuncturist reference:  https://daoisttraditions.edu/our-college/jeffrey-yuen-acupuncture-conferences/

Lisa's life was changed from the inside out when she entered her 9 year journey through the dark night of her soul.  Her relationship to "purpose" completely changed.   As a life-long painter, she was surprised when she began to see animals and archetypal wisdom appearing in her paintings, returning her to the intrinsic mysticism of her childhood. Her dark night of the soul that lasted 9 years How painting moved from expression to meaning making and spiritual connection Discovering her own way of working with archetypes Moving through uncertainty and not knowing The role of synchronicity and finding mentors Lisa's Info: Website--The Sacred Within: https://sacredwithin.us David Carson: https://medicinecards.com Dennis Miranda: http://www.ancestraldrums.com/index.html

In 1998 Cathy Black was living in Taos New Mexico as a massage therapist when her inner life began to deepen and open up in a potent way. She then had a spiritual awakening experience that changed everything. Today, she continues to integrate her awakening into all that she does in the world.  Here she speaks to Julie of the magic and power of synchronicities, serendipities, intuition and what it has been like for her to follow her "intuitive pathway".  Cathy now offers programs, retreats and meditations through the Lumos Center that support a deeper awakening of embodied presence for individuals and groups. Cathy's Info: Website: www.lumoscenter.com Meditations: https://lumoscenter.com/meditations/ Retreats: https://lumoscenter.com/lumos-retreats/ Trainings: https://lumoscenter.com/trainings/

In 2009 11th Avenue and 19th Street in Oakland was an intersection that attracted garbage dumping, and gatherings of street people whose energy was dark and divisive.  It was in this environment that Dan and Lu Stevenson, living in the neighborhood, got the creative idea to install a Buddha statue on the corner and see if it might change things.  And did it ever!  Here Dan Stevenson talks with Julie about how their neighborhood was transformed--how the Buddha became a unifying force that shifted the energy of their neighborhood for good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Buddha  A great video of this story on FaceBook:  https://fb.watch/ar4_Y8ZtVX/ Article in "The Lion's Roar"  https://www.lionsroar.com/see-buddha-11th-avenue/ Article in "Tricycle" , The Buddhist Review:  https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/buddha-11th-avenue/ in theworld.org:  https://theworld.org/stories/2014-11-19/how-buddhist-shrine-transformed-neighborhood-oakland        

Metis speaker, singer, writer and actor Andrea Menard sees her life as a medicine wheel, her creativity emerging from the four elements of her essential being.  She shares how she made a deal with life early on—she would be courageous and have a voice as long as she was guided by wisdom and her voice helped make the world a better place: "I'm not doing this if I'm not guided.”   WEBSITES: www.andreamenard.com www.sacredfemininelearninglodge.com LINKEDIN: @andreamenard TWITTER: @andreamenard FACEBOOK: @andreamenardmusic INSTAGRAM: @andreamenard YOUTUBE: @andreamenardmusic iTUNES: @andreamenard SPOTIFY: @andreamenard SOUNDCLOUD: @andreamenard BANDCAMP: @andreamenard EMAIL: admin@andreamenard.com

Vicki Saunders is an entrepreneur, award-winning mentor, advisor to the next generation of change-makers and leading advocate for entrepreneurship as a way of creating positive transformation in the world. Vicki is Founder of #radical generosity and SheEO, a global community of radically generous women supporting women-led Ventures working on the World's To-Do List. Here, Vicki talks with Julie about transformation—both her own personal journey and that of SheEO, the game changing organization that has reinvented how business is done, with love and generosity a core organizing principle. Our current system is rigged to keep us isolated and believing we have to do it alone Adam Smith was wrong The radical idea of bringing love to business What happened for her at fifty We're only limited by our imagination Learning how to receive SheEO is a transformational experience for everyone involved   Vicki's Info: SheEO : https://sheeo.world   Vicki's References: Inspiring book Vicki mentioned:  The Dawn of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow The SheEO venture Vicki mentioned – Got Care:  https://gotcare.ca  

"We are living in a linear world and yet we are cyclical beings…We are in an override mode with our nervous systems and our minds…Yes we want solutions that work for the planet AND we need to not drive ourselves crazy or burn ourselves out as we approach those goals." Madeleine Shaw Madeleine Shaw's new book, The Greater Good, as described on her website, is an inspiring, practical and deeply personal look at a growing movement of non-traditional entrepreneurs whose ventures are focused on creating social and environmental change. Here, Madeleine talks with Julie about the core elements she writes about in her book and expands our notions of what it can look like to be in business in a way that honors who we are and what we have to give. Her own path from feminist activist to social entrepreneur was a radical shift of focus and put her on a transformational path that continues today. Madeleine shares from her new book "The Greater Good": • We are cyclical beings and can design our lives to work with our humanity • Thriving doesn't have to mean scaling • Madeleine's first product design was a personal solution to period pads • Alternative ways to structure your business • Empowering people on the fringes • Her vision for the future and the role of everyday people starting businesses that solve the world's problems   Madeleine's Info Instagram: @greatergoodbook | @ohmadeleine Twitter: @greatergoodread | @gg_madeleine LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greater-good-book  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ohmadeleine/  URL: https://madeleineshaw.ca/ Book URL: https://greatergood.work/   Eco-Soap Bank Dr Suzanne Simard and Finding the Mother Tree Kate Raworth and Doughnut Economics Dr Melanie Rieback and Post-growth Entrepreneurship   Julie's Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/ Intuive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig      

Sonia Strobel is cofounder and CEO of Skipper Otto, a community sustained fishery based in British Columbia, Canada. What was originally a personal response to help her father-in-law get a fair price for his (fishing) catch is now an international movement to revolutionize the seafood industry for social and environmental justice. Sonia has been the recipient of many awards acknowledging her vision and leadership including Inc Magazine's list of the top 100 female entrepreneurs of 2020.   Here she shares her transformational journey with Julie, a story of impeccable vision, heart and community engagement.   From High School Teacher to CEO: Started with a call list and a way to sell fish locally, growing as demand grew A values-based business through every step of the process Engaging the community Reinventing how we eat fish while navigating in a global industrial economy. The impact on fishing-families Her idea of what a CEO does and can do Her vision for the future and the role of Community Supported Businesses in changing the world. Sonia/ Skipper Otto Info: https://skipperotto.com https://skipperotto.com/fishermen/ What is a CSF?:  https://skipperotto.com/csf/ Contact Sonia for speaking engagements:  info@skipperotto.ca     Julie Info: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure - Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/ Intuive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig    

Pam Fanjoy is a Canadian chef and a clinical social worker with a highly successful career working with children, adolescents and families for over 25 years.  She now wisks in her culinary passions to her therapeutic work offering a completely innovative approach to well being. Pam and her team foster joyful, healthy relationships by using delicious, healthy food to facilitate meaningful connection between others. During the pandemic, she has transformed her 30 seat restaurant to expand her culinary studio so that her team can offer safe, socially distanced programs that reduce the harmful effects of social isolation and build resilency for youth, families and our communities. Here she shares her personal and professional journey with Julie, full of life changing serendipitous moments, challenge and joy. Pam's Info-- Website:  chefpamfanjoy.com Junior Chef Program: https://www.fanjoycentre.com/junior-chef/ keynote speaking engagements:  https://www.fanjoycentre.com/about-chef-pam/   Julie's Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for soul connection and creative transformation. https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure /   Every Friday, open to everyone – www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/ Intuitive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/    

Michaela Daystar is the founder of HeartScapes where she teaches embodiment and energy practices for healing and transformation.  The centerpoint of her work is the system of Reiki, taught from the perspective of its Japanese origins, and the intuitive arts practice SoulCollage™.   Here Michaela talks with Julie about how her life's work emerged through her own personal transformational healing experiences and what it has meant for her to explore Reiki in the context of Shintoism and esoteric Buddhism.  Michaela Info: www.heartscapesinsight.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnG2vSUxcUdOemBaZqURZ-Q michaela@heartscapesinsight.com   Julie's Info:  Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for soul connection and creative transformation. https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure /   Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/ Intuive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig  

Padma Menon is a leading dancer in the Kuchipudi style of dance, which is an ancient Indian temple dance tradition. She has danced extensively in India, Australia and the Netherlands and developed one of the first professional non-western dance companies that had a national and international performance profile; She also developed a centre for dance in India which helped women to live their full and sacred presence in their lives. Padma talks to Julie about what it involves-- dancing in this ancient tradition, partnering with a variety of Goddesses and embodying both ferocity and pleasure as an experience of the divine feminine..  Padma's Info: Padma's Reclaiming your Sacred Self Individual Program (fully online)  Website Youtube channel with weekly practice videos Online video courses FB   Julie's Info:  Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for soul connection and creative cures: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure /   Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/   The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/ Intuive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig    

Martin Stepek's free weekly mindfulness class in his hometown of Hamilton Scotland was the largest of its kind in Britain for years. During the CoVID shutdowns, Martin went online and for 15 months he hosted a daily mindfulness experience on FaceBook live with as many as 3000 people attending at times. He called this grand experiment "Ten for Zen".   Here Martin talks with Julie about how mindfulness entered his life and reshaped him from the inside out.  He shares how it was a dream come true being able to offer a free mindfulness class to his home community that welcomed his birth family in when they needed it most.    Martin's Info: https://fambizpodcast.com/episode28/ - my take on my family business story and experiences, and how mindfulness helps. https://www.facebook.com/tenforzenscotland/videos/?ref=page_internal - my free mindfulness sessions on video. Over 800 sessions including dozens of videos of mindful walks here in Scotland, all four seasons. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=martin+stepek&i=stripbooks-intl-ship&ref=nb_sb_noss - my books on Amazon My favourite explanation of mindfulness and its benefits, from Professor Mark Williams, University of Oxford's Centre for Mindfulness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvICQ6mqOcg&ab_channel=Mindfulness360-CenterForMindfulness   Julie's Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/ Intuitve Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig

Sara Stenson can't remember a time growing up when she wasn't riding horses—starting as a child on her family's ranch in Wyoming.  Here she walks Julie through a serendipitous path of how working with horses became her livelihood and her calling in life. She started as a young massage therapist, became a teacher of equine massage, and then established her own equine academy.  Sara also reads three of her poems.    Sara's Info: www.equinealignacademy.com The Movie "Buck" www.brannaman.com www.chigungforriders.com is where Sara has her free video of Tai chi for riders   Julie's Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/ Intuitive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig

Johanna Walker performs and hosts poetry slams, has created solo theater pieces and has a career helping others find their voices.  As a public speaking coach and trainer, Johanna has worked with adolescent girls, incarcerated women, senior adults, corporate CEOs, fledgling entrepreneurs, TEDx speakers and passionate change-makers.  Here she talks with Julie about the power of voice and storytelling as a way to speak our truth, connect with others and open doors we never even knew existed.   Johanna Walker Info: Download your free pdf: "How to tell stories that attract clients and make more impact" www.TellStoriesThatAttractClients.com Learn more about Boulder's Story Slam Race Stories Project: www.storyslamboulder.com/racestories  Be a guest at Speakers Playground, an ongoing practice group for new & seasoned speakers www.johannawalker.com/speakersplayground Get your talk out of your heart and onto the stage in Johanna's online coaching program, Craft Your Talk: www.johannawalker.com/craft-your-talk Schedule a one on one call: www.johannawalker.com/chat  Watch Johanna's talk about her journey of not having kids: https://youtu.be/AnA_T2CXJIY Watch Johanna's TEDx talk "The stories that live in our bodies": https://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_walker_the_stories_that_live_in_our_bodies  www.johannawalker.com   Julie's Info Mentoring/Coaching Experiences for creatives of all kinds:  https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure For Anxious Times:  Every Friday, open to everyone - Pay From the Heart- www.paintbiglivbig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ The Creativity Lab--Online Wednesdays:  Https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/   Intuitive Painting Retreats:  https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats   https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig    

Sarah Bush is a mixed media and installation artist living in Taos, NM. She talks with Julie about how she transitioned from being a prolific and successful designer for twenty years to being a full-time artist.  Making sense of her life through her artmaking, Sarah shares the impact of her mother going through Alzheimer's, what it was like to make political activist art helping to get out the vote and what it means to deeply commit to her art life.  www.sarahbushartworks.com http://www.taosartistorg.org/studio-tour/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/SarahBushArtworks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahbushartworks/   Julie Claire Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/ Intuive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig  

Susheela Ramachandran awakens people through sound and play. She's also an intuitive guide, multi-gifted artist, and the Co-host of the Global Table at Revolutionary Woman™. Here she talks with Julie about how her life's work has emerged directly from her spiritual experiences and finding her way out of periodic depressions with hope and vision for an uplifted world.   www.susheela.co and Instagram:  @susheelathechannel   Julie Claire Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com Weekly Friday class open to everyone : The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig  

Metis speaker, singer, writer and actor Andrea Menard sees her life as a medicine wheel, her creativity emerging from the four elements of her essential being.  She shares how she made a deal with life early on—she would be courageous and have a voice as long as she was guided by wisdom and her voice helped make the world a better place: "I'm not doing this if I'm not guided.”   WEBSITES:  www.andreamenard.com www.sacredfemininelearninglodge.com LINKEDIN: @andreamenard TWITTER: @andreamenard FACEBOOK: @andreamenardmusic INSTAGRAM: @andreamenard YOUTUBE: @andreamenardmusic iTUNES: @andreamenard SPOTIFY: @andreamenard SOUNDCLOUD: @andreamenard BANDCAMP: @andreamenard EMAIL: admin@andreamenard.com   Julie Claire Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/ Intuive Painting Retreats:  https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig

Sara Basehart shares how recycled materials and creative process make beautiful art and a successful retail business in Taos New Mexico. Sara Basehart is an artist whose medium is recycling.  After building an earth-ship with her husband in the high desert of Taos New Mexico, Sara became immersed in a whole new art form based on trash compilations screwed to wooden bases reclaimed from the local ReStore and other sources. Each piece can take up to 5 years to complete. An earthship is a house built out of cans, tires and bottles plastered with adobe dirt and solar powered as well as rain water collecting.  It was a shocking moment of truth when she realized she should be living her whole life by these same concepts: recycled, reused, renewed, and transformed with her two hands. You can see some of Sara's on her underused Instagram @recycledrebellion but mostly found in Seconds eco store, my small business in downtown Taos, NM. https://secondsecostore.com Glam Trash Fashion Show in Taos: https://www.facebook.com/glamtrashfashionshow/ First Fridays in Taos: https://secondsecostore.com/index.php/events-first-friday-glam-trash-fashion-show/ Greater World Earthship Community Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Greater-World-Earthship-Community-283847984987490/ Julie Claire Info: Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com Weekly Friday class open to everyone : The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig

Lori uses the principles of improv to help people feel more comfortable with being uncomfortable, overcome their fear of judgement, and develop the confidence to face challenges. In this conversation Julie and Lori trace how Lori's professional journey required her to face her own fears and make bold life choices, facing curveballs every step of the way.    https://www.lpplayworks.com   Julie Claire Info:  Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for beyond the script living:  https://www.paintbiglivebig.com Weekly Friday class open to everyone :  The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: https://paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig  

Georgia shares how her early childhood years growing up on a commune with her well known artist parents began her journey with living with art and artists in a remarkable way.  After years of engaging in theater and making art on her own, Georgia returned to Taos years later to open up a gallery/store selling local art.  Georgia's sense of ease with how she makes and curates art is a beautiful story of the impact of growing up in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in an environment in love with all things creative.   www. Magpietaos.com Julie Claire Info:  Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds:  https://www.paintbiglivebig.com Weekly Friday class open to everyone :  The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: https://paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig   

Jess talks with Julie about her discovery of the world of user design while in college and what her journey has been since then.  She shares how she continues to tend both her creative self and her passion in re-imagining the future of global systems in her work as a systems change consultant. Jess is a proud introvert, multipotentialite and second generation Chinese Canadian.  https://www.jessicafan.ca   Julie Claire Info:  Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds:  https://www.paintbiglivebig.com Weekly Friday class open to everyone :  The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: https://paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig 

Reilly shares how her work as a visual scribe keeps evolving and is now primarily a place of deep listening and creative partnership.  Her work has required she step into new contexts and collaborations and challenges her to stay open and curious about what might be possible.   Reilly shows up to scribing as an artist and allows that to flavor her work in unpredictable ways. Reilly Dow Info: www.pinkfish.ca https://www.instagram.com/reillypinkfish/ https://twitter.com/reillypinkfish http://reillydow.medium.com   Julie Claire Info:  Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds:  https://www.paintbiglivebig.com Weekly Friday class open to everyone :  The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: https://paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig   

Arlene Mendoza shares how she is inspired by connecting dots and observing patterns at the intersection of technology and emerging business models with a direct emphasis on serving our marginalized communities. The method of human centered design challenges the historical process of product innovation. In this interview Arlene and Julie explore the beauty of human centered design and how Arlene sees it bringing more empathy and listening into business. Arlene Mendoza Info: linkedin.com/in/arlenemendoza   Julie Claire Info: Mentoring/Coaching/Retreat Experiences for creatives of all kinds:  https://www.paintbiglivebig.com Weekly Friday class open to everyone :  The Creative Cure for Anxious Times:  https://paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-claire/ https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig

Julie talks with her dear friend Renee Gregorio about the personal side of being a writer and how she approaches her writing and putting her writing out in the world. https://www.reneegregorio.com/ _____ Contact Julie: Julie@paintbiglivebig.com www.PaintBigLiveBig.com

Julie Wagner speaks of the impact of Northern New Mexico's wild landscape on her creative process. http://juliewagnerstudio.com/ _____ Contact Julie: Julie@paintbiglivebig.com www.PaintBigLiveBig.com

Artist Bill Page shares his transformational journey over the last 5 decades and the ways in which creative adventures and saying “yes” have been a leading force in his life. Bill talks with Julie from his studio in Abiquiu New Mexico. _____ Contact Julie: Julie@paintbiglivebig.com www.PaintBigLiveBig.com

Mary Stacey of Context Consulting shares her experience of the value of bringing creativity experiences like painting, writing haiku and music into her global leadership work. https://contextconsulting.com/context-mary-stacey/ _____ Contact Julie: Julie@paintbiglivebig.com www.PaintBigLiveBig.com

Julie talks with Wendy Havlir Cherry about her transformation from being a psychotherapist living in the Southwest to being an author and spiritual healer now based in North Carolina. Wendy’s most recent book is titled The Mistress of Longing. https://www.shegathersbeauty.com/about _____ Contact Julie: Julie@paintbiglivebig.com www.PaintBigLiveBig.com

Piper Leigh walks us through how the spiritual practice of koans has impacted her creative life. Her life as a poet, multi media artist and organizational creativity leader celebrate a sense of wandering, presence and spacious storytelling. http://piperleigh.us/ _____ Contact Julie: Julie@paintbiglivebig.com www.PaintBigLiveBig.com

Zorea Rosewood used to sing in the shower and work three jobs: the pandemic shut-downs stopped all that. Finding strength in what she has lived through as an immune compromised, African American, queer woman, Zorea has started a new business singing to elders and those who might be ready for more connection and one on one contact. At 22 years old, Zorea is shining a light for all of us who may be harboring an unshared gift/joy. https://www.singinghellograms.com/ _____ Contact Julie: Julie@paintbiglivebig.com www.PaintBigLiveBig.com

Jilann and Julie explore the ins and outs of what it takes to be a female documentary filmmaker.  Jilann shares her experiences with Meow Wolf, and other great films. http://www.jilannspitzmiller.com/ _____ Contact Julie: Julie@paintbiglivebig.com www.PaintBigLiveBig.com

Nadia shares how her jobs as a Montessori teacher and a creative brand strategist share the same essential perspective on creativity, play, and being who you truly are. Born from immigrant parents, Nadia has found her own unique way of combining hard work and being very good at self-care with having joy in her life. _____ Contact Julie: Julie@paintbiglivebig.com www.PaintBigLifeBig.com

Fateme was completely immersed in doing and achieving while working as a PhD Chemist & top-level strategist for a pharmaceutical company. Then her book of flow poetry came tumbling out. She experienced writing The Whisper as a remembering. She remembered herself as a young girl who wanted to be 3 things in life: A designer, a poet and a crazy scientist. She'd been neglecting her inner poet, forgotten for years, but now she had returned! Fateme seamlessly shifts the paradigm of how we enter business and how we approach our life as a being with many dimensions.  She shares what it means to her to change the question from "How?" to "Why?", what she experiences when she speaks to organizations on a stage, and what it means to be "Heartest". _____ Contact Julie: Julie@paintbiglivebig.com www.PaintBigLifeBig.com

Adriana Marchione talks with Julie about how powerful it can be to use creative expression to move through grief and addiction by sharing her personal experience. Adriana is currently working on a film project called The Creative High which inquires into the lives of artists who have faced addiction. Learn more at www.adrianamarchione.com/ _____ Contact Julie: Julie@paintbiglivebig.com www.PaintBigLiveBig.com