Creativity Conversations with Nina Lockwood

Markus Scott-Alexander: Giving Form to the Deepest Within You

"It really is about finding ways to strengthen your resonance with what you know in your heart and giving it life.” Markus Scott-Alexander In this episode (#46) of Creativity Conversations with Markus Scott-Alexander, we explore what it means to give form to the deepest within ourselves. Markus is an international leader in the field of expressive arts education. His focus is on eco-therapy and intermodal, cross-cultural art making, exploring how every individual can be included in the building of an ensemble. Markus was a senior faculty member of the European Graduate School and is currently the Director of World Arts Organization. Originally from New York, Markus now resides in Edmonton, Canada. Markus is the author of Expressive Arts Education and Therapy: Discoveries in a Dance Theatre Lab through Creative Process-Based Research, available through Brill Publishing. To find out more about the World Arts Organization, go to www.worldartsorg.com. To get in touch with Markus, email him at markus7@telus.net.   

-Creativity Conversations is about what happens when we cultivate a sense of openness, curiosity, sensitivity and adventure. In these interviews, we celebrate the variety of expressions of the creative spirit with individuals from diverse backgrounds and professions. Being creative involves finding new ways to have more freedom of expression, solve problems, find new solutions, come up with new ideas and be in flow. We are ALL creative!

#art #play #embody #marcus #intimacy #resonance #expressivearts #nurture #phenomenological #creativity #potential #connection         

-Nina Lockwood is a transformative coach, author, speaker and artist who helps people find clarity and fulfillment by discovering what really matters to them and why so they can embody this understanding in all areas of their lives. For more information, go to www.ninalockwood.com. #Inspiration #coaching #insight #awareness #love #life #happiness

Kim Moriyama: Compassionate Wondering

Creativity Conversations with Kim Moriyama, episode 44.  Kim is a perceptive and insightful coach who guides high achieving and adventurous women to accomplish career and life success with inner alignment. She loves supporting women to lead and live authentically without losing themselves, and by letting go of self-doubt or overwhelm.

Her BRAVE PATH coaching method is personalized so clients develop mastery at letting go of inner limitation so they can honor their souls and harness the courage to blossom in the world.

Kim’s career and life path has been built upon joy, creativity and resilience. She has been a facilitator of leadership, transformation and spiritual growth in many settings. Over the years Kim has served as a Strategic Development Consultant on large scale organizational development projects, she was an Outward Bound Instructor developing leaders on extended wilderness expeditions and she founded a Pilates Studio and trained apprentices to become highly skilled movement teachers with heart.

Kim recently designed and built her own home in Colorado, which now serves as a beautiful Adventure Basecamp and perfect setting to coach her inspired clients.

For further information about Kim and what she offers, visit her at www.kimmoriyama.com.

#creativity #innerfreedom #lettinggo #releasingblocks #transformation

Sue Kearney: It's All About the Flow

Creativity Conversations with Sue Kearney, Episode 43. Sue's a maker. She makes art, websites, healing potions, and beauty products — magic of all kinds. Sue mentors and teaches her unique take on living your best life, making your unique mark, and living in and from joy more and from stress and angst less. One of her mottos is “simplify your life.”

As Sue said recently: “Apparently, I’m all about flow. Fluid art, paintings, collages, ornaments, healing potions, and beauty products. Being in open connection with clients, collaborators, and loved ones." Sue has described herself as a “barely tamed hippie” and a recovering know-it-all. (TBH, Sue’s still convinced that she knows a thing or two and has plenty to teach. It’s just that she’s less committed to making you agree with her opinion.)

As has happened for many, the pandemic year has been one of big change for Sue Kearney. She’s in the process of simplifying and clarifying her work in the world. She just launched her first e-course and has three more coming right behind. Partly legacy work (Sue’s 70 and is honoring her daughter’s request to “Write it all down, mom, all the recipes, everything.”), partly a clear change in direction: more simplicity, more ease, more spaciousness, more availability to being of service.

You can check out Sue's brand-new, just-launched new website at www.suekearney.com and follow her on Instagram.

Ellonda Williams: Rebuilding Capitalism through Gratitude, Connection and Beauty

Creativity Conversations with Ellonda Williams, episode 42. This was a fascinating conversation with Dr. Ellonda L. Williams. Ellonda is the Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) at B Lab, a non-profit organization that has a vision of an inclusive and sustainable economy that creates a shared prosperity for all. Ellonda works to create a healthy, inclusive, antiracist culture for all employees and oversees B Lab's JEDI strategies.

For the past decade Ellonda has focused her professional work on development, equity and connecting resources to people who are underprivileged, under-represented and under-served. She has a BA in Human Services and Psychological Studies from U Pittsburgh, a Master's degree in Educational Leadership & Management from Strayer University and a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership & Management from Capella University. Utilizing her research findings in conjunction with top research in the field, she developed a workshop, "Improving Bias and Micro-Messaging as Experienced by Women Leaders".

Most recently, Ellonda is a recipient of a DiversityFIRST DEI Champions Award. This national award honors professionals who are passionate about creating an impact in the field of diversity and inclusion.

Dr. Williams can be reached via email at egreen@bcorporation.net or via LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/ellondalgreenedd.

Jasmyne DesBiens: How to Know What You Really Need

Creativity Conversations with Jasmyne DesBiens, episode 41. Jasmyne is a businesswoman, life coach and co-author of the bestselling book “The Midas Touch”. She lives in Quebec, Canada and has dedicated the past 20 years to studying communication, wellness and understanding the power of the mind.

Jasmyne is an expert on helping people recognize what they need and how best to express it, whether through technology or in person. Her life journey and career path have been paved with her passion for entrepreneurship and love of people. She studied business administration and continued on as a customer relationship management coach and trainer.

Today, she remains a life-longer learner and shares what she learns to help others share their message with the world. Jasmyne's podcast called, Dream it! Dare it! Do it! is available on most platforms.

To connect with Jasmyne, visit her website at www.coachjasmyne.com.

Joe Kenner: Creative Solutions for Social Justice, Employment and Community Wellness

Creativity Conversations with Joe Kenner. Joe is President and CEO of Greyston, a non-profit social justice enterprise which addresses poverty and systemic inequities through Open Hiring and Pathmaking Programs that provide job readiness, life skills training and employment services in Yonkers, NY.

Joe's expertise is in purpose-driven business and building a more inclusive economy. He joined Greyston in 2018 as VP of Programs and Partnerships, responsible for directing Workforce Development and Community Wellness strategies and activities.

Joe's career began in underwriting for Chubb & Son, Inc.  then moved into insurance risk management as an analyst for Lehman Brothers, Inc. He subsequently worked with PepsiCo for nine years and held a variety of positions, including Treasury Manager and Sales Strategy Manager. In 2010, Joe fulfilled his desire to have an impact on public policy affecting the country's most disadvantaged and joined Westchester County as Senior Advisor for Government Operations. In 2014, Joe was appointed Deputy Commissioner in the county's Department of Social Services. He has the distinction of being the first African American elected as a Village Trustee in his community of Port Chester, NY where he also served as Deputy mayor from 2011 through 2012.

Joe can be reached through LinkedIn: www.https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-kenner-307a133/.

To find out more about Greyston, visit their website at www.Greyston.org.

Judith Johnson: What It Takes to Really Thrive

Creativity Conversations with Judith Johnson. Judith Johnson is an author, mentor, and educator. Her lifelong passion is liberating others through understanding the dynamics of consciousness and how our perceptions and beliefs inform our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Judith teaches others how to consciously thrive by freeing themselves of dysfunctional patterns, so they can live lives that are true reflections of their most treasured truth and inner wisdom.

Her numerous articles about consciousness, relationships, and dying and death published on popular websites can be accessed at: https://judithjohnson.com/blogs/.

You can also follow Judith on Facebook and Instagram as The Thriving Studio or you can visit her website, www.judithjohnson.com.

Nico Olivieri: Creativity is as Easy as Breathing

Creativity Conversations with Nico Olivieri.  Nico has a wide range of interests from his current passion as a transformative coach and writer, going back to his days in a rock n roll band and a wannabe Michellin-rated restauranteur.

Nico recently started a new publication called No Way! - Living life on our own terms on Substack.  This series is beautifully written and articulates the wisdom and possibility we all possess.

Nico lives in Italy with his wife and son and can be reached through noway.substack.com.

Sarah Sylvester: The Effervescent Magic That's Always Present

Creativity Conversations with Sarah Sylvester. Sarah is a former corporate executive who left that world  and has since become a full time writer. Sarah spent the majority of her career in male-dominated corporate environments where masochism and bullying were rife. Her drive to be successful resulted in constant self-induced pressure, stress and overwork which resulted in a public breakdown at work.

This forced-stop allowed Sarah to take the time to find her unique voice and learn how to express it through writing. She now sits with her knees up, notebook balancing and pen in hand, bathing in the magic and possibility of a blank page. Her first book, Miracle Angel Baby, is scheduled for publication on Kindle May 1st and she's currently working on a second book. She and her husband Martyn have a podcast called "Yeah, But What's Really Going On?" available on all listening platforms.

Sarah can be reached on Instagram (@sarahshowsup2019), LinkedIn (@sarahsylvester), Medium (@Sarah-47581).

Alexandra Sheldon: The Artistic Search for Resonance Rather Than Noise

Creativity Conversations with Alexandra Sheldon, Episode 36. Alexandra is a mixed media artist from Cambridge MA. She is a prolific artist and gifted teacher whose work has been shown internationally.

As she acts on her creative impulses, Alexandra has a special talent in discerning artistic resonance from simply noise. She teaches her students how to listen for that resonance.

Alexandra is a passionate encourager of finding freedom in the creative process by allowing herself to focus on the process more than the outcome and allowing herself to artistically meander and wander in order to find that sense of openness and flow.

To find out more about Alexandra, her work and the workshops she teaches, go to  www.alexandrasheldon.com.