Unleash Your Inner Creative with Lauren LoGrasso (A Creativity Podcast)

Today’s guest is Tori Dunlap- she went from graduating as a theatre major to becoming a top financial expert- creative AF. Today she’s a financial educator, entrepreneur, podcaster, author and social media personality best known for founding her company, ‘Her First $100K,’ her podcast ‘Financial Feminist.’ And her many appearances on TV such as Good morning America, The Today Show and for her first book, Financial Feminist.  At the age of 22, Tori started her financial education blog and began saving money towards a goal of saving $100,000 by the age of 25. She did just that and now she helps other women do the same. From this conversation you’ll learn: How she went from being a Theatre Major to becoming a finance Expert How to see other women’s financial success as an  inspiration and as expansive vs. having a scarcity mindset What the gender pay gap really is and how it works How to become a budget Queen (if you’re currently living on vibes alone) How to figure out your first money memory and how it might be affecting you today How to reframe budget as a permission slip  Hot and fast investing tips How to approach debt + what debt to pay off right away vs. what you can take more time with How to dispel the conditioning that you aren’t worthy of money How she found her voice as a writer and her writing process How to get comfortable talking about finances How to remove the shame around finances How to see money as a source of joy, abundance, ease, and a tool to build life the way you want -Remember to subscribe/follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. Please leave us a rating and review- it helps SO much in getting the show out there. And tell a friend about the show- podcasts are very personal and tend to be spread person to person. If this show helped you or made you smile, share the love :) Get Tori’s Book: https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-tori-dunlap-book Follow the show @unleashyourinnercreative Follow me @LaurenLoGrasso --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unleashyourinnercreative/messageHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

My parents, Jo Ann and Mike LoGrasso are back for the third annual Unleash Christmas Spectacular and it's as glorious as ever!  On today's episode My parents share their take on hard-hitting topics like:  What should Santa get paid and WHO pays him?  Who their deepest self really is and why my Mom's has something to do with a hair brush  Your most controversial Christmas Take  How to handle having your child's significant other over for the holidays (and tips for the significant others out there, too)  Their most creative Christmas Hacks/tips The critique they'd like to give Santa  What Christmas movie they would like to live in  How it feels having me home  What Christmas is like with an adult child vs. when I was little  Mom Explains Movies- This time, It's A Wonderful Life!!  A little insight into our Italian heritage and recent reconnection with our Sicilian relatives  PLUS, an impromptu family songwriting session!  That and more on this year's glorious Unleash Christmas!  ENJOY!  YOU CAN Vote for Unleash for the Signal Awards here: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2022/shows/general/creativity-marketing  ^It's a huge award and I'm the only indie podcaster nominated! Please vote and support- it takes less than 20 seconds! -Remember to subscribe/follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. Please leave us a rating and review- it helps SO much in getting the show out there. And tell a friend about the show- podcasts are very personal and tend to be spread person to person. If this show helped you or made you smile, share the love :) Follow the show @unleashyourinnercreative Follow me @LaurenLoGrasso --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unleashyourinnercreative/messageHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Family patterns and generational trauma. It’s something I think about a lot. Do you ever? Do you ever wonder how much of your life and your issues are actually based on your own choices vs. how much you’re just playing out patterns that you witnessed and ingested from generations past and present? Through epigenetics, they have found that trauma can be passed through our DNA for up to 16 generations. Mind-blowing. Today’s guest is a family patterns expert who will teach you how to free yourself from ancestral trauma and patterns so you can be your full, truest self and unleash! Today’s guest is Judy Wilkins-Smith. She’s a highly regarded organizational, individual and family patterns expert, systemic coach, motivational speaker and founder of System Dynamics for Individuals & Organizations. She’s also the author of Decoding Your Emotional Blueprint and more! She has 18 years of expertise in assisting high-performance individuals and Fortune 500 executives and their teams, to break limiting cycles and reframe challenges into lasting breakthroughs through an approach called constellations, or interactive mapping, which allows you to map out generational issues at play, feel them and heal them. From our chat you’ll learn: the difference between closed-minded and closed-hearted, how to transform the meaning of ‘trauma’ into ‘possibility,’ how to align your heart and gut, how to identify generation patterns throughout your family, how to decode emotional blueprint so much more! From this conversation you’ll learn: What emotional DNA is and how to figure out yours How to align your heart and gut  How to identify and heal generational patterns & ancestral trauma  How to reframe trauma into possibility  How to do family constellations and systemic work (and how it can help you become your authentic self)  Why your physical ailments could be manifesting from past generations' pain (and what to do about it)  How to do the work to heal up and down the bloodline  The danger of family secrets and why it's brave and healing for everyone to be the one who stops an unhealthy pattern Why your nevous system might not *just* be your own  And MORE!  -Remember to subscribe/follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. Please leave us a rating and review- it helps SO much in getting the show out there. And tell a friend about the show- podcasts are very personal and tend to be spread person to person. If this show helped you or made you smile, share the love :) Follow the show @unleashyourinnercreative Follow me @LaurenLoGrasso --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unleashyourinnercreative/messageHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Today I had the honor of doing a creative and career coaching session with one of our creative community members! Her name is Consie Sindet. She’s an expressive mixed media artist, art journaler, art journaling teacher and a creativity coach. She runs her own business, where she does all of this and more called “Atop Serenity Hill.” Consie is an incredibly talented artist and coach, but wants to refine exactly what her niche is...she also wants how to define and articulate what her brand and business is and increase her coaching clients. So today I coach her and offer some ideas on how to do just that! From our chat you’ll learn:  What art journaling is and why it can be impactful as a tool to unleash  The power of finding the mid-point between your greatest pain and joy  How to find your pure why How to use art as meditation & to find PURE joy How to stop letting fear affect your goals and creative output How to zoom out and find your own definition of creativity Ways to create and refine a personal brand  How to turn your creative passion into a business AND MORE -Remember to subscribe/follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. Please leave us a rating and review- it helps SO much in getting the show out there. And tell a friend about the show- podcasts are very personal and tend to be spread person to person. If this show helped you or made you smile, share the love :) Follow the show: @unleashyourinnercreative Follow me:  @LaurenLoGrasso --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unleashyourinnercreative/messageHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Today’s guest is Melody Beattie. She’s a New York Times Best Selling Author known for titles such as The Language of Letting Go, Playing It by Heart, The Grief Club, Beyond Codependency, and her most famous book, Codependent No More-which just came out with a revised and updated edition that you should check out! Codependent No More, has sold over 7 million copies since its release in 1986. Melody is a true pioneer in this field and has helped millions find healing. Her work has changed my life, and it might just change yours, too! From our chat you’ll learn: The true meaning of codependency and whether you might be codependent How to heal codependency through creativity What it REALLY even means to love yourself  How to not turn on yourself when you're disappointed How to trust the creative process--even if it takes YEARS! Why Codependent No More IS Actually a romance novel Plus never-before-heard insight into Melody’s creative process and how she birthed the original Codependent No More! And More!  -Remember to subscribe/follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. Please leave us a rating and review- it helps SO much in getting the show out there. And tell a friend about the show- podcasts are very personal and tend to be spread person to person. If this show helped you or made you smile, share the love :) Check out Melody's work and get her new edition of Codependent No More here: https://melodybeattie.com/  Follow the show: @unleashyourinnercreative Follow me:  @LaurenLoGrasso --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unleashyourinnercreative/messageHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Hi Creative Cuties!  TW- Eating Disorders. This is a little Thanksgiving special! I'm doing some new content on what to do when someone comments about what you're eating, how much you're eating or the pace at which you eat, followed by a re-air of my episode originally titled, "Just Say No To Getting Weighed at The Doctor's."  All of the above is based on my real experience. My hope is to give you some tools this holiday season to protect your mental health and serenity when someone makes a careless comment or when a doctor tries to throw you on a scale without even saying hello, let alone getting your medical and mental health history.  We have much more authority in our own lives than we give ourselves credit for. Step up to the plate and protect your inner-child. And, for God's sake, don't comment on what anyone else is eating or how they're eating it. Stay in your lane, babe. We can't Unleash if we're constantly wrapped up in things that don't matter- focus on yourself and your healing journey. The rest will fall into place. NOTE: This is a Video Episode, as well as audio! Check the video out on Spotify :)  -Remember to subscribe/follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. Please leave us a rating and review- it helps SO much in getting the show out there. And tell a friend about the show- podcasts are very personal and tend to be spread person to person. If this show helped you or made you smile, share the love :) Follow the show @unleashyourinnercreative Follow me @LaurenLoGrasso --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unleashyourinnercreative/messageHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

On The Guest: Today’s guest is Colin Bedell. He’s a  nondenominational, strengths-based Astrologer looking to queer the cosmos and provide secular approaches to personal, relational, and professional development. His work has been seen in Cosmo Magazine, discovery plus, his amazing Instagram, @QueerCosmos and countless podcasts, including his own, Good Risings!  NOTE: We have an amazing discussion at the top about life, self-development, Colin’s career journey and the difference between self-acceptance and self-enabling, but if you just want the astrology deep dive, skip to minute 28! From this conversation you’ll learn: Why Everything is the same everywhere The Difference between self-acceptance and enabling What the Big Three (Sun, Moon & Rising Sign) REALLY are and what they mean about you/your journey The best place in the chart to look for career development Where in your chart to look to find information about your creativity and career How to develop self-trust How to not run away from fear but the face it and embrace it The importance of meditation to seal off your day Why Catholic and Italian Culture actually pairs beautifully with astrology -Remember to subscribe/follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. Please leave us a rating and review- it helps SO much in getting the show out there. And tell a friend about the show- podcasts are very personal and tend to be spread person to person. If this show helped you or made you smile, share the love :) Follow Colin: @queercosmos Follow the show @unleashyourinnercreative Follow me @LaurenLoGrasso --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unleashyourinnercreative/messageHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Today’s guest is Laura B. Whitmore. She is a singer/songwriter, music marketer, event producer, and founder of the Women’s International Music Network AKA WIMN, as well as the She Rocks Awards, both of which focus on bringing together and honoring women from all facets of the music industry. Laura fell in love with music at a young age and always kept the dream of pursuing it on her heart. Studying business and music in college, Laure earned a B.S. in Music Merchandising and she started her music marketing career right away...Going from a company called Korg, then transitioning to create her own PR and Marketing firm and finally ending up as the senior Vice President for Positive Grid, which is a musical instrument and software company. During her entire professional career, she always remained an artist-putting out music continuously, whole time she kept her passion for songwriting alive, continuously putting out music, she also became a music journalist and interviewed musicians at places like Parade and Guitar World, as well as all her advocacy work to empower and bring together women in music with WIMN and the She Rocks Awards. From Today's Chat, You'll Learn: How to balance multiple passions  How to avoid negativity bias in your creativity How to authentic and effective networking How to market yourself and your business The best way to choose a path when you have many different options Why it’s okay to step away from your art for a while  How to micro-dose courage. How to have an open mindset and be willing to learn What your “Big Three’s” are and how to adapt with them through your everyday life How to come into an experience with the question “can I learn?” other than “what can you give me?” How to build self-trust And MORE! -Remember to subscribe/follow to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. Please leave us a rating and review- it helps SO much in getting the show out there. And tell a friend about the show- podcasts are very personal and tend to be spread person to person. If it helped you or made you smile, share the love :) Follow the show @unleashyourinnercreative Follow me @LaurenLoGrasso --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unleashyourinnercreative/messageHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Do you consider yourself a late bloomer? Do you beat yourself up on your journey? Condemning yourself for not moving “Quickly enough?” or taking, “Big enough steps?” Me too. But I think I’m about to stop doing that so much and I have so ideas on how you can too.  Today I want to talk about the power and beauty of being a late bloomer, why it’s okay if you take a little longer to make a move in your life/dreams and how to have more patience and grace for yourself as a creative and human.  Also- this revelation was brought to me by a...fruit tree? YES. You heard that right, honey. It's about to get weird and woo woo in here. Time to unleash. Join me in dropping the charges on yourself, learning to trust and believe in divine timing and how to invest in the art of allowing. Here we go!  **Remember to subscribe/follow to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. If you can, please leave us a rating and review- it really helps increase the show's visibility and get out to more beautiful, creative souls. And tell a friend about the show- podcasts are very personal and tend to be spread person to person. If it helped you or made you smile, share the love :) Links: Follow the show @unleashyourinnercreative Follow me @LaurenLoGrasso --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unleashyourinnercreative/messageHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

On The Guest: Today’s guest is Lizzie Weber, the singer/songwriter who first put the idea in my mind that I also might be able to become a songwriter someday. More on that later. For now you should know she is an incredible  indie folk artist known for her features in publications such as the Huffington Post, Glide Magazine and Seattle Weekly, as well as her collaborations with Grammy-award winning producer Sheldon Gomberg and Oscar-winner and singer/songwriter, known for the movie and musical Once, Marketa Irglova and for just being a stellar person. From this conversation you’ll learn: How to take a chance on yourself How to take fear out of the driver’s seat and take the risky path that leads to our truest selves. Why your subconscious is a fruitful ground for creativity How to focus on your long-term creative work rather than social media content alone Tips for cultivating patience The merit of being a big fish in a small pond How to recover from trauma and turn pain into purpose  How to adapt to uncomfortable changes Why a long creative process is okay  Lizzie's emotional story about her miscarriage and how she is sharing it through music  How to get yourself seen as an indie artist or small business  The importance of following instincts  And More!  Check out Lizzie's new song here: https://linktr.ee/lizziewebs  Follow the show @unleashyourinnercreative Follow me @LaurenLoGrasso --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unleashyourinnercreative/messageHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.