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~ Partnering with businesses who are too busy to figure out how to make the most of their time, this is the story behind Well Aware
~ hosted by Jas Hothi
~ intro + outro music: Scenic Route, by Chris Porter
~ produced by Indie Writer Media
~ supported by Aaron + Matt @ getrealnice.com
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~ describing himself as an entrepreneur since the age 16 with over 25 years’ experience in starting and running businesses, Mat is the CEO of Beneficial
~ hosted by Jas Hothi
~ intro + outro music: Scenic Route, by Chris Porter
~ produced by Indie Writer Media
~ supported by Aaron + Matt @ getrealnice.com
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~ From operational experience in startups to working on a product for creators, lnks.to, a conversation with my friend Peter Grillet was the perfect way to re-start this podcast
~ hosted by Jas Hothi
~ intro + outro music: Scenic Route, by Chris Porter
~ produced by Indie Writer Media
~ supported by Aaron + Matt @ getrealnice.com
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Welcome to the podcast!
I’m out of time, I got four minute, only got four minutes…. 🎵
This is my intro, and normally I don’t sound like this—blame it on the cold. Apologies to Madonna and Timbaland for the disservice.
It’s been nearly four years since I last recorded an episode. Honestly, it feels a bit scary after such a long break, especially since the podcast was intended for conversations with others, not just me talking to myself. Right now, I'm leaving this voice note on my iPhone to say welcome.
If you’re new here, you might be wondering who this random guy is. Yes, this podcast is weird, different, unscripted, and unedited. I do add some intro and outro music though. I'm thrilled to be back on the mic and excited to bring you conversations with incredible creative people—makers, builders, crafters, artisans. That’s why the podcast has a new name: creator conversations.
I've already recorded a few episodes and have more planned. In April, it will be 10 years since I first started writing online while commuting to my corporate job, dreaming of a different life. It's been a wild decade with ups and downs and travels to many countries. If you had told me 10 years ago that I'd be where I am now ~ ~ I wouldn’t have believed it.
I want to keep this at four minutes because it's a good length to say what needs to be said without rambling. So, you're awesome and meant to be here. Stay tuned—this podcast is going to be great.
I love you all 🫶
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My conversation partner this week is Elizabeth Miner. In Elizabeth's words: "Global business coach, international speaker, digital nomad, and author Elizabeth Miner has learned true sustainable success relies on understanding the human engine running a business. Combining her 20+ years as a corporate paralegal with coaching clients around the globe, she has a unique worldview of entrepreneurship. Elizabeth recognized distinct patterns in the success and failure of business owners and has been piecing together where traditional education has failed entrepreneurs. When she’s not writing or helping business executives thrive in the face of persistent change, Elizabeth hosts her own podcast, entrepreneurs IRL, sharing real life stories of those along the entrepreneurial journey. She has been featured on podcasts including Entrepreneur on Fire and The Conscious Millionaire, and has been published by She is Fierce!, Rank & File Magazine and Mike Dooley’s personal development site Tut.
Find Elizabeth at: elizabethminer.net
We talk about:
- Elizabeth's back-story, "year of retirement" + journey to becoming a full-time nomad
- Moving to Belize as a single mother, in the face of the opinions of others
- How Elizabeth's blog became a coaching business, and how this has evolved as a remote business
- About Elizabeth's book "The Entrepreneur Advantage", and the process of putting it together
- How Elizabeth decided to self-publish early on & the flexibility that came with that
- The stories we tell ourselves... and how we can work through them
- "Getting things done" whilst being a nomad, & how Elizabeth structures her days
- Elizabeth's book tour to promote her new book, including who she is reaching out to & how she is scheduling her talks & events
- Elizabeth's tips for getting started with managing and growing your emotional intelligence
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by Jas Hothi, with music by Chris Porter
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My conversation partner this week is Rick Rigdon. In Rick's words: I'm a 63 year-old gay man who lives with my spouse of 26 years in Everett, Washington. (We've officially been married for 8 years after marriage equality passed in the US). I'm an INFJ who's a semi-retired web developer. This past year, I created a blog (Mystical Bear) where I document my experiences of using the writing of a novel as a tool to help overcome depression, anxiety, and PTSD that I've experienced most of my life. Find Rick at: mysticalbear.com
We talked about:
- Rick's story with PTSD, depression & anxiety
- Rick's experiences with conventional therapy / what worked for him & what didn't
- Flashbacks & a painful break-up / on unhappy experiences & mental health stuff
- How holotropic breathwork helped Rick
- Rick's current outlook on his depression
- The importance of having a creative outlet to manage his depression
- Rick's fiction project / the origins of the story
- Rick's relationship with his father
- Rick's experiences with blogging & why he is writing
- On writing for ourselves, authenticity, and sharing what we write online
- Why Rick decided to start his Mystical Bear blog
- How sharing his experiences through writing online has helped him thus far
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by Jas Hothi, with music by Chris Porter
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My conversation partner this week is Laurence Warner, aka 'Cerulean'. In Laurence's own words: I'm Cerulean, an independent Performing Artist, born Laurence Warner in Eastleigh, a small town on England's South Coast. I make pop music for your ears AND your brain (and sometimes even your funny bone too)! I'm proudly #SavvyIndie, but I love to collaborate with creatives across The Arts & Tech to put on a show. Find Laurence at: https://wa.rner.me
We talked about:
- Laurence’s music-making process
- Making money from your art
- Is Laurence an extrovert or an ambivert? / Myers-Briggs chat
- The “organic” journey of the indie artist
- Why Laurence makes music, and the magic of “sonic experiences” (music) vs verbal (words)
- Who is Cerulean? (aka Laurence’s artist name)
- Using the internet to share your authentic expression with other people… but balancing this with using tech in an intentional way
- Laurence’s advice for indie musicians promoting their work
- The joy of being an ‘independent artist’ vs going ‘traditional’
- SavvyIndie: Laurence’s plans for this community for independent musicians / music artists
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The eighth conversation in a series with my friend Lauren Sapala. Lauren is a writer, writing coach and INFJ. Find Lauren at: laurensapala.com
We talked about:
- Tools for changing the 'stories' you tell yourself
- Lauren's journey from alcoholism to sobriety & re-discovering writing
- Why Lauren really needed her silent writing group when she started writing again
- "Breathing out our stuff" / why Lauren writes
- Focusing on writing for yourself vs being a full-time author or making an income from it
- The job Lauren worked whilst she was writing & blogging, & how Lauren has set up her business
- The types of genre INFPs & INFJs seem to be particularly drawn to
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by Jas Hothi, with music by Chris Porter
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My conversation partner this week is David Johnson. In David's own words: I am an Englishman married and living in Hawaii. I have been a practicing Tibetan Buddhist for 30 years (ouch, where does the time go?). I identify as an introvert and highly sensitive person (INFJ), and work as a Life Coach. Find David at: crossingthethreshold.net
We talk about:
- The effects of the (full) moon / sleep
- David's travels to the Himalayas - and beyond
- Tibetan Buddhism, faith, religion & spirituality
- Hedonic vs eudaimonic happiness
- David's writing, blogging and podcasting
- How David's online presence & business has unfolded
- Micro blog & social media
- David's book: "Meditation Tips for Introverts and Highly Sensitive People"
- Men & high sensitivity
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Ayelet is a multiple award winning author of the F*ck the Bucket List Trilogy and Our Journey to Corporate Sanity, and a co-contributor to Dear CEO, a book by Thinkers50. She had a very successful traditional career as a strategy and innovation leader at Cisco where she worked around the world. Ayelet is recognized by Forbes as one of the top 50 global female futurists and is one of the top 50 Future of Work leaders for Thinkers360. Her current work focuses on conscious leadership and creating whole systems and lives. Find Ayelet at: ayeletbaron.com
We talked about:
- firing herself from her PhD programme, her experiences in the corporate world, & the family + societal expectations she felt
- where Ayelet's ambition comes from, & early memories of war
- on being someone who is an introvert, idealistic and emotional
- moving away from unhelpful models that exist in the world & in business, and towards more whole, holistic environments
- Ayelet's transformational trip to Ecuador
- Going against the conventional advice and burning the bridges that are toxic for you
- Ayelet's dream to write as a kid, learning to write from the heart, & her journey to being an author
- Ayelet's books, & how she wrote them
- What the concept of 'The Universe' means to us both
- Ayelet's upcoming trek into nomadic life
- Ayelet's new online platform to realise her vision & connect the creators of the world
- Ayelet's words of advice for intuitives & creatives
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In Kendra's words: I am a writer, podcaster, and creativity coach with a background in social science research. I coach other creatives, sensitive intuitives, and late bloomers who are trying to create lives that feel purpose-driven and satisfying at a deep level. I'm currently working on a research project on living life experimentally rather than conceptually, and why this may be a better way to approach life for creative late bloomers struggling to feel like they are fulfilling their potential. Find Kendra at: kendrapatterson.com
We talked about:
- Experiencing 'whole-life' burnout, and how this added context to Kendra's experience of depression & anxiety
- Why conventional therapy doesn't seem to work for us, and the conclusions that Kendra and I have drawn about this
- On money: living frugally whilst on the creative path, vs peers who are hitting conventional, societal milestones
- When Kendra knew that the conventional path wasn't for her, and moving out of burnout, depression & anxiety
- Experimental vs conceptual types, & being a "late (repeat) bloomer"
- Why Kendra's "dark night of the soul" was exactly what she needed to experience
- Testing as an INFJ, but identifying as an INFP
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Leslie: I help creative and ambitious personality types (including INFJs) to tap the potential of their personality to live a more purposeful life. Leslie is an INFJ. Find Leslie at: lesliemcdaniel.com
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This is the seventh conversation in a series with my friend Lauren Sapala. Lauren is a writer, writing coach and INFJ. Find Lauren at: laurensapala.com
We talked about:
- School, family life, & cultural "rules" and expectations
- Labels like "shy", "selective mutism" and "bipolar"
- Job titles, creating your own vocation & answering the question "So, what you do?" at Indian weddings
- The slow, unfolding journey of an intuitive career-changer who wants to 'do their own thing'
- Lauren's approach with putting her stuff "out there" (using a soup analogy), how she treats her fiction writing, and a fiction book recommendation
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Roxana: I help other introverts become socially confident. As a former socially anxious person, I know how hard it is to be yourself in social situations without letting anxiety get the best of you. I created honestrox to provide you with the best content to help you show up as yourself confidently. Roxana is an INFJ. Find Roxana at: honestrox.com
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by Jas Hothi, with music by Chris Porter
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Shelly is an author, author-coach and publisher. She founded Creative Courage Press in 2020, inspired by the people who she met while writing a book called The Courage Way. Shelly lives in the high-desert of Colorado in the US, although she loves road trips and working from anywhere. Find Shelly at: creativecouragepress.com
We talked about:
- Shelly's life & background so far (sabbatical, nomading and road trips)
- The shortcomings of traditional/mainstream publishing, and how publishing has now changed thanks to technology
- The opportunities now available to writers, and why self-publishing is a great fit for INFs/iNtuitives & introverts
- Distributing your writing; choosing the social media channel that fits you & your personality, and sowing the seeds to connect with your readers
- On the power of writing in a group, and asking for the type of feedback you are looking for, so that the book we are writing comes from our heart
- Shelly's advice for first-time authors, when it comes to balancing the 'creating' and the 'marketing' pieces
- How the launch for my own book, The Indie Author, is shaping up.
- Shelly's books, how she manages her projects, and what's on the horizon for her
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Chrissa is a writer, an editor, and a creative coach based out of Incline Village in Lake Tahoe. She loves using words to capture emotions and bring stories, ideas, and people to life. Find Chrissa at: chrissatrudelle.com
Some of the things we talked about:
- Chrissa's eventful year, including a career shift, moving state and getting married
- The challenges of going from 'employed work' to 'doing your own thing'
- How Chrissa structures her days, around her energy cycles
- The lifestyle benefits of being in 'flow', and why Chrissa is fascinated by this concept
- Digital minimalism and information consumption
- Balancing and integrating 'being productive' vs 'being explorative'
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The sixth conversation in a series with my friend Lauren Sapala. Lauren is a writer, writing coach and INFJ. Find Lauren at: laurensapala.com
We talked about:
- How we are tuned into the seasons, and our changing energy levels in the Spring versus the Summer
- The relationship between our bodies and our spirituality, and the importance of releasing energy from the abdomen and the hips
- Lauren & I talk about our upbringing and our family experiences around spirituality and religion
- Lauren also talks about receiving information, psychic experiences, and the importance choice we have to make when it comes to being an intuitive person and often confusing this with mental illness
- And as usual we explore some tangents, including the INF-like nature of the author Stephen King, a show on Amazon Prime that I think INFs will love, and the effects of psychedelic drugs on intuitive people
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Sandra is a mom of a 5 year old and an 8 year old. She is the owner of Family Personalities and the co-host of the Family Personalities podcast, a fun and sometimes cheesy podcast, that uses personality type to help change the way you see your family. Sandra uses her experience and training in Myers-Briggs personality type, to work one on one with families, helping them parent more effectively and compassionately based on their children's unique wiring and needs. Find Sandra at:
familypersonalities.com
We talked about:
- What it's been like for introverted and intuitive parents during the pandemic (with the kids at home)
- Sandra's experiences with using MBTI to parent her two children
- Expectations vs idealism as a parent: how to let go, embrace the reality, and connect with the now
- and more
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Jacob Nordby is a writer living in Boise, Idaho. You might find him on a trail in the nearby foothills or typing away in the quietest corner of a coffee shop downtown. Find Jacob at: jacobnordby.com
We talked about:
- Jacob's experiences being home-schooled and growing up in a strict religious environment
- His previous corporate life, and the retreat which marked a turning point
- Jacob's model for self-discovery, his 'Creative Self Journal', and how he currently uses journalling in his own life
- His new book, The Creative Cure
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The fifth conversation in a series with my friend Lauren Sapala. Lauren is a writer, writing coach and INFJ. Find Lauren at: laurensapala.com
We talked about:
- Why addiction & codependency seem to be a common thing amongst INFs and intuitives
- How the two themes are intertwined with one another
- The different ways they can 'show up' in our lives
- Our personal experiences with addiction & codependency, and what has helped us move through these behaviours & patterns
- How money-based attitudes are linked to codependency
- Spirituality, God and religion
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by Jas Hothi, with music by Chris Porter
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