Creative Engagement Podcast
Episodes
106 episodes
Creative Engagement Gavin Goska Songwriter, Composer Midnight Syndicate
My guest Gavin Goska is a wonderful explorer of genres and his interview is a bookend interview with Ed Douglas as they together make up Midnight Syndicate. I’m really captivated by the kindness and thoughtfulness of Gavin Goska. It is so fasci...
Creative Engagement Ruven Hannah Solo Performer, Storyteller
I have known my guest Ruven Hannah for many years through the Billys organization in Northern California. I have seen Ruven’s performance art and recently witnessed Ruven focusing on pure storytelling. I did not know what international ex...
Creative Engagement Diane Samuels Author
My guest Diane Samuels has a history as a playwright, as an educator and as an author. Diane’s openness and honesty is notable as she tackles some very personal and taboo topics. Diane has a very clear sense of what therapy is and what creativi...
Creative Engagement Billy Maxwell Taylor Dance Theatre maker, Ambient Dance Artist
My Guest Billy Maxwell Taylor is a Dance Theater Maker and Ambient Dance Artist. I met him in the Forest of Dean through my connection to Actor & Filmmaker Henry McGrath as I was getting to know the Eden’s Cave Theater & Film Company. B...
Creative Engagement Jude Williams Singer Actor, and Celebrant
I met my guest Jude Williams as a participant on a Discipline of Freedom workshop on the Scottish Island of Lismore many years ago. In my opinion Jude has a gloriously expressive beautiful singing voice. My main memory of that shared experience...
Creative Engagement Nemanja Kovač Barbarossa Painter Writer Analog Photographer
I have to say I was so impressed when my guest Nemanja Kovač Barbarossa reached out to me about being interviewed to talk about his new book Visions from the Unconscious. Nemanja is the founder of the emerging artistic movement Arawnoncio...
Creative Engagement Andy Squiff Creative
It feels profound to meet someone like my guest Andy Squiff. Andy describes himself as a creative and I am so impressed how Andy’s stories put engagement and passion and curiosity front and center. Andy’s enthusiasm and energy were apparent whe...
Creative Engagement Ed Douglas Midnight Syndicate Composer Producer
ABOUT MIDNIGHT SYNDICATEFor almost three decades, composers Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka have been known as Midnight Syndicate,...
Creative Engagement Eleanor Buchan Artist and Storyteller
My guest Eleanor Buchan is an artist and storyteller. I have known Ellie through the years and have participated in some amazing artist workshops side by side with her. Having said that there are many aspects of Ellie’s story that I was not awa...
Creative Engagement Patrick Boylan Multi-instrumentalist and Cofounder of MuseFlow
My guest is Patrick Boylan, Cofounder of MuseFlow and multi-instrumentalist. MuseFlow is a computer program that uses AI to teach piano. Patrick walks us through creating MuseFlow to recreate how he learned to play piano. I am fascinated as an ...
Creative Engagement Holly Stoppit facilitator, educator, dramatherapist, IFS therapist, clinical supervisor, creative consultant, clown, fool, idiot
My guest for this episode is Holly Stoppit. Yes that’s her name! Holly is a facilitator, educator, dramatherapist, IFS therapist, clinical supervisor, creative consultant, clown, fool, idiot. With all those titles you can be sure that Holly is ...
Creative Engagement Iddo Oberski, Artist
I’m so pleased to include my guest and friend, artist Iddo Oberski. I have known my guest Iddo Oberski for many years through the lens of his creative expression in our shared experiences at an artist retreat called the Discipline of Freedom. A...
Creative Engagement Mary Telfer Artist Founder of the Creative Collective
My guest Mary Telfer is an Artist and founder of The Creative Collective, a $9/month online membership where creative people get weekly art challenges, monthly creative Zoom calls, and a supportive space to make and post art. I found Mary...
Encouragement Session: John Sparks Chakra Healing
I have known John Sparks on and off through several artist retreats and through his wife Christine. We have seen each other grow and learn and create over the years, and this latest expression of chakra healing seems like a potent example of Jo...
Creative Engagement Kisha Burlinson Community Builder, Shamanic Healer
My guest this episode is Kisha Burlinson. Kisha is a community builder who specializes in initiations into the divine feminine for men and women. Kisha is part of a long lineage of shamanic healing work. She is a founding member of Shematrix.&n...
Creative Engagement Baker Mukasa Actor, Singer, Teacher
My guest is Baker Mukasa Actor, Singer, Teacher and Lover of Life! I have had the privilege of getting to know Baker Mukasa in the context of an artist workshop. Baker is the youngest participant in our group and met our teacher Kath through th...
Creative Engagement Emily Sly Improvisational Singer, Clown, and Fool
My guest is Emily Sly an artist exploring improvisational Fooling and Clowning and Singing. I met Emily as we are both participants of a course called PathMakers, and I was not aware until I witnessed Emily sharing her clown with the group that...
Encouragement Session: Michael Towne End of Life Doula
In this Encouragement Session my guest Michael Towne describes his project of bringing creativity and meaning to the work of End of Life Doula where he will be creating a Dark Sky Plunge experience for his clients. Michael Towne is a queer Cali...
Creative Engagement Creative Empowerment Coach Jenny Leigh Hodgins
Meet Jenny Leigh Hodgins, a true creative powerhouse! Jenny Leigh is a Creative Empowerment Coach, Pianist-Composer, Author/Poet, and Host of Your Creative Chord Podcast. She’s a leader, and piano instructor who’s got all aspects of creativity ...
Encouragement Session Full Circle: Joe Bielling Author, Level 3 IFS Practitioner & Coach
My guest for this Encouragement Session is Author Joe Bielling a certified level 3 Internal Family Systems practitioner and Coach with a Master’s degree in Therapy. This is Joe’s 2nd appearance in what I’m calling his FULL CIRCLE ENCOURAGEMENT ...
Creative Engagement Painter, Textile Artist and Crofter Sarah Campbell
My guest Sarah Campbell has a delightfully welcoming presence. I have had the opportunity through several workshops and retreats to visit, sit in with her church choir and see the home that she and her husband Yorik have created on the Island o...
Creative Engagement Rabbi Adina Allen
My guest is Rabbi Adina Allen author of The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom. I feel very aligned with the ideas in this book. Rabbi Adina explores how ancient Jewish text, not only the Torah...
Encouragement Session Full Circle: Illustrator and Visual Storyteller Molly Clasen
My guest Molly Clasen is an Illustrator and Visual Story Teller. This is Molly’s 2nd appearance or Full Circle interview following her Encouragement Session back on February of 2024. We discuss how speaking in this public forum put a certain ge...
Creative Engagement Musician Composer Anne Wood
My guest is Musician, Composer Anne Wood. I thank Niloo Kahn for introducing me to Anne. It is so fascinating to learn about Anne’s life story and the story of how her theatrical experience called When Mountains Meet came to life. I won’t give ...
Creative Engagement Visual Artist Tamsin Haggis
I remember artistic retreats where I met my guest Tamsin Haggis and I was in awe of her creative exploration, her different styles and as I learned more I was fascinated with her background. Recently Tamsin has begun writing her own Substack wh...
