Rants, discussions and interviews hosted by 'the Cafe Coach' Rahti Gorfien. Coach Rah, as her clients call her, is a professionally certified life and ADHD coach. Helping artists stay artists while living a life they love is her specialty. Epiphanies guarenteed!
Sharon Guskin's 'premiere' novel The Forgetting Time' was just published internationally in February. What you need to know is that 'premiere' does not mean 'first'. It is her THIRD. Which makes her an expert at leveraging failure as a step towards success! #theforgettingtime #sharonguskin #failure #rahtigorfien #resilience #coaching
Artist-Life-ADHD Coach Rahti Gorfien of Radio Rahti interviews Barbara J Hopkinson, (founder of http://abutterflysjourney.org/) on the use of the arts and creativity in healing grief – #griefandcreativity #spirituality #coaching
There are three ingredients necessary to prevail as an artist or entrepreneur...give a listen and learn how to stay the course! #creativity #coaching # rahtigorfien
Need a few tips on how to heighten your visual impact? A conversation with An Eye for Detail's Pam Etzin #fashion #personalshopper #image #pametzin #creativecallingcoaching
Artist Karen Fitzgerald is back to discuss her pet peeve (and mine): The pernicious myth of the starving artist. And how not to be one. #creativity, #success #art #Karenfitzgerald #Rahtigorfien #radiofreebrooklyn
Do you ever fib, embellish, omit or embroider in order to look good or protect yourself in some way? Ultimately, there are very few lies that are karmically correct. Especially when it comes to how you represent yourself professionally. (Hint: You don't have to be perfect and if you do its the wrong gig) #integrity, #self-acceptance, #coaching
Karen Fitzgerald’s work has been widely exhibited in the United States.She received grants from the Queens Community Arts Fund, the Greenwall Foundation and the Women’s Studio Workshop. Her work is in many private and public collections. Not only is she a respected artist, but one who cares about artistic community and mutual support. #Artists #Coaching #Culture
They loved it. Well, there's no accounting for taste. But just because it wasn't your best performance doesn't give you the right to insult somebody's opinion. #performance, #neverapologizeforthework, #coaching
Happy New Year! My first rant of 2016. Its about doing your work and then leaving it alone...so you can have a life and then have more to make art about. #fame #creativity #happiness #lifecoach
My colleague Nefeli Soteiou, a certified Creativity Coach, discuss coachabiity, willingness, and how what we do as a modality helps people thrive. Check her out at nefelisoteriou.com #creativitycoaching #ericmaisel
Beliefs are opinions mistaken for facts. They are stories we make up as we go along...If a story doesn't serve you, make up a new one! One thing I choose to believe is that is that done is better than perfect...#productivity, #success, #robzombie, #rahtigorfien
There are so many artists who are frustrated on a number of levels-creatively, financially, in their relationships.... I call that winning The Bummer Trifecta...and it doesn't have to be that way! I've decided to take a stand. I want to help as many of you as possible have the great life and career you deserve. #starvingartist #artistcoach #coachmom
Injured but still fabulous dancer/teacher/choreographer/director/tangoista Jody Gazenbeek-Person talks about how he's keeping his creativity alive while recovering from a broken foot! #dedicatedartist
Great conversation with Roger about Art, Life, and a Life in the Arts: How happiness and satisfaction don't come from what we do but who we are. #acting, #creativity, #happiness, #success, #lifecoach, @coachingnyc.com @creativecallingcoaching.com
Time is a form of currency. Are you spending it the way you need to? (This one was recorded a bit too loudly so please reduce volume to reduce static. I spoke loud. That's how important this information is! ) #priorities, #success, #happiness, #lifecoaching
Jews believe that the Book of Life reopens at this time of year. Some of us will be re-inscribed, some will not. I am reminded that the desire for escape is a delusion; the only true refuge is right where you're standing, or as it is said in Hebrew, 'Hineni': 'Here I am'. #suicide, #goals, #bi-polar, #Happiness, #life
The only timing we can predict is that which has past. In other words, we can plan, but the plan is just that. A plan, not reality. So if you're putting what really matters to you off because you're trying to control the chronology of your life, fuggetaboutit. #creativity #lifestyle #happiness #success #lifecoach #lifeplanning #timemanagement
Rahti discusses life priorities and art with Brooklyn-based theater and film director Jessica Bauman. #theater, #work/lifebalance, #womeninthetheater, #creativecallingcoaching
Rahti explores how the values we hold and the values we live by, need to be in alignment in order to achieve personal and professional success. Plus she pulls some Buddha Cards. Special Surprise Guest: Mark Vecchio, MFA, PCC of The Conscious Lerner. #values #happinessandsuccess #buddhacards #MarkVecchio #theconciouslearner #creativecallingcoaching
This week we dig in with Visual Artist Ginger Balizer-Hendler. Ginger’s art integrates her fascination with theater and design, imbuing it with fanciful strokes of color and whimsy. Embellishments in the form of found objects and collage invite us to look beyond the veil that protects our more fragile underpinnings. Much of her work is symbolic of the many faces we wear. #gingerlyart.com, #creativity, #adventuresofgingerella, #lifecoach, #rahtigorfien
Wanting is powerful. It drives everything. What if you really knew what you wanted? #lawofattraction, #laurenastor, #jayeaustinwilliams, #childdevelopment, #coachstewberman, #ourgoods, #fame, #coaching, #discovery
Coach Rahti talks about allies and adversaries to your art. They can be living or dead, or just inside your head. If they're you're family, then turning them into your creative allies may take some training if they're not already on board. But it can be done! #boundaries, #supportsystems, #creativity, #lifecoach
Swan Drsti and Coach Rahti engage in the first of a series of conversations about being and staying a happily productive artist from where you are in your life right now. #creativity, #persistence, #lifestyle, #coaching
When things go from bad to worse than you think they can possibly get, do you have the tools and support to handle it? Fear of pain can translate to fear of life…which is a kind of death because there are no more risks you’re willing to take. Coach Rahti takes you on a humorous expedition into her most recent personal hell….and how she lived to tell about it. #post-surgicalpain, #paintolerance, #copingwithpain, #success, #lifecoach
Rahti rolls in late but gets right to it: For the artist, creative survival, or resilience, is grounded in clarity of purpose and appreciation of one’s own accomplishments regardless of public reception. The truth will set you free! #professionalartist, #stayinspired, #creativity, #lifecoaching
As artists, we make meaning. But to keep making art requires an appreciation of the many, many moments we must live through when we’re not actively creating. If your day job is torture, its because you see it as a waste of life. What if you saw it differently? Surrendering your artistry is not a pre-requiste for happiness. Quite the contrary. #willpower, #professionalartist, #creativitycoaching, #Rahtigorfien
Penny Arcade, veteran performance artist and activist, exposes the facade created by academia of the ’emerging artist’. Because there is no entry level position. #PennyArcade, #emergingartists, #midcareerartists, #artistsneedtohaveatrade, #veteranartist
We all compete whether we think so or not. Its part of the Human Condition. Whether we do so positively or negatively comes down to a conscious (or unconscious) choice. #creativeprofessionals, #arts, #success, #lifecreativityadhdcoaching
Marketing for the artist or freelancer needs to be a way of life. To sustain this, the marketing must must be meaningful. Meaningful, in that the medium conveys the essence of the artist. What is that essence? Its the meaning you make just by being uniquely yourself. #Marketing #Artists #Creativity #lifecoaching #creativitycoaching #ADHDcoaching