Creative at the Wheel

Creating My Nomad Life with Robin Finney

Robin Finney is an Intuitive & Authenticity guide for "Soulo" Experiences.  She is also an Oracle card reader, Retreat Leader, author,  world traveler, and founder of Wandering Aunt.

                            

But Robin didn't always live a bold, unconventional life. In 2015 she was working in a corporate job and confronting fear, despair and hopelessness. 

 

Here she shares with Julie her story of personal and professional transformation and what is has been like to answer the call of her heart and to be led by her creativity and core desires.

 

Robin's Info:

Deep Clarity Session: https://www.wanderingaunt.com/intuitive-sessions/clarity

Intro to Oracle Cards Course: https://mailchi.mp/2739b284e888/introduction-to-oracle-cards

Soulo Experiences  Waitlist: https://mailchi.mp/7563d28f7d23/soloadventureswithwanderingaunt

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wanderingaunt/

 

Julie's Info:

Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com

The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/

The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/

Intuive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/

https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig

 

Creatively Emerging From The Dark Night with Lisa Baker

Lisa's life was changed from the inside out when she entered her 9 year journey through the dark night of her soul.  Her relationship to "purpose" completely changed.  

As a life-long painter, she was surprised when she began to see animals and archetypal wisdom appearing in her paintings, returning her to the intrinsic mysticism of her childhood.

• Her dark night of the soul that lasted 9 years
• How painting moved from expression to meaning making and spiritual connection
• Discovering her own way of working with archetypes
• Moving through uncertainty and not knowing
• The role of synchronicity and finding mentors

Lisa's Info:

Website--The Sacred Within: https://sacredwithin.us

David Carson: https://medicinecards.com

Dennis Miranda: http://www.ancestraldrums.com/index.html

A Spiritual Awakening That Changed Everything with Cathy Black

In 1998 Cathy Black was living in Taos New Mexico as a massage therapist when her inner life began to deepen and open up in a potent way. She then had a spiritual awakening experience that changed everything.

Today, she continues to integrate her awakening into all that she does in the world.  Here she speaks to Julie of the magic and power of synchronicities, serendipities, intuition and what it has been like for her to follow her "intuitive pathway". 

Cathy now offers programs, retreats and meditations through the Lumos Center that support a deeper awakening of embodied presence for individuals and groups.

Cathy's Info:

Website: www.lumoscenter.com

Meditations: https://lumoscenter.com/meditations/

Retreats: https://lumoscenter.com/lumos-retreats/

Trainings: https://lumoscenter.com/trainings/

The Buddha That Transformed 11th Ave with Dan Stevenson

In 2009 11^th Avenue and 19^th Street in Oakland was an intersection that attracted garbage dumping, and gatherings of street people whose energy was dark and divisive.  It was in this environment that Dan and Lu Stevenson, living in the neighborhood, got the creative idea to install a Buddha statue on the corner and see if it might change things.  And did it ever! 

Here Dan Stevenson talks with Julie about how their neighborhood was transformed--how the Buddha became a unifying force that shifted the energy of their neighborhood for good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Buddha 

A great video of this story on FaceBook:  https://fb.watch/ar4_Y8ZtVX/

Article in "The Lion's Roar"  https://www.lionsroar.com/see-buddha-11th-avenue/

Article in "Tricycle" , The Buddhist Review:  https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/buddha-11th-avenue/

in theworld.org:  https://theworld.org/stories/2014-11-19/how-buddhist-shrine-transformed-neighborhood-oakland

 

 

 

 

Guided By The Grandmothers with Andrea Menard

Metis speaker, singer, writer and actor Andrea Menard sees her life as a medicine wheel, her creativity emerging from the four elements of her essential being.  She shares how she made a deal with life early on—she would be courageous and have a voice as long as she was guided by wisdom and her voice helped make the world a better place: "I'm not doing this if I'm not guided.”

 

WEBSITES:
www.andreamenard.com

www.sacredfemininelearninglodge.com

LINKEDIN: @andreamenard
TWITTER: @andreamenard
FACEBOOK: @andreamenardmusic
INSTAGRAM: @andreamenard
YOUTUBE: @andreamenardmusic
iTUNES: @andreamenard
SPOTIFY: @andreamenard
SOUNDCLOUD: @andreamenard
BANDCAMP: @andreamenard
EMAIL: admin@andreamenard.com

Humanity is Waking Up with SheEO Founder Vicki Saunders

Vicki Saunders is an entrepreneur, award-winning mentor, advisor to the next generation of change-makers and leading advocate for entrepreneurship as a way of creating positive transformation in the world.

Vicki is Founder of #radical generosity and SheEO, a global community of radically generous women supporting women-led Ventures working on the World’s To-Do List.

Here, Vicki talks with Julie about transformation—both her own personal journey and that of SheEO, the game changing organization that has reinvented how business is done, with love and generosity a core organizing principle.

• Our current system is rigged to keep us isolated and believing we have to do it alone
• Adam Smith was wrong
• The radical idea of bringing love to business
• What happened for her at fifty
• We're only limited by our imagination
• Learning how to receive
• SheEO is a transformational experience for everyone involved

 

Vicki's Info:

SheEO : https://sheeo.world

 

Vicki's References:

Inspiring book Vicki mentioned:  The Dawn of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow

The SheEO venture Vicki mentioned – Got Care:  https://gotcare.ca

 

Thriving As A Social Entrepreneur With Madeleine Shaw

"We are living in a linear world and yet we are cyclical beings…We are in an override mode with our nervous systems and our minds…Yes we want solutions that work for the planet AND we need to not drive ourselves crazy or burn ourselves out as we approach those goals." Madeleine Shaw

Madeleine Shaw's new book, The Greater Good, as described on her website, is an inspiring, practical and deeply personal look at a growing movement of non-traditional entrepreneurs whose ventures are focused on creating social and environmental change.

Here, Madeleine talks with Julie about the core elements she writes about in her book and expands our notions of what it can look like to be in business in a way that honors who we are and what we have to give. Her own path from feminist activist to social entrepreneur was a radical shift of focus and put her on a transformational path that continues today.

Madeleine shares from her new book "The Greater Good":
• We are cyclical beings and can design our lives to work with our humanity
• Thriving doesn't have to mean scaling
• Madeleine's first product design was a personal solution to period pads
• Alternative ways to structure your business
• Empowering people on the fringes
• Her vision for the future and the role of everyday people starting businesses that solve the world's problems

 

Madeleine's Info

Instagram: @greatergoodbook | @ohmadeleine

Twitter: @greatergoodread | @gg_madeleine

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greater-good-book 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ohmadeleine/ 

URL: https://madeleineshaw.ca/

Book URL: https://greatergood.work/

 

Eco-Soap Bank

Dr Suzanne Simard and Finding the Mother Tree

Kate Raworth and Doughnut Economics

Dr Melanie Rieback and Post-growth Entrepreneurship

 

Julie's Info:

Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for creatives of all kinds: https://www.paintbiglivebig.com

The Creative Cure for Anxious Times: Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/

The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/
Intuive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/

https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig

 

 

 

Reinventing How We Eat Fish with Skipper Otto‘s Sonia Strobel

Sonia Strobel is cofounder and CEO of Skipper Otto, a community sustained fishery based in British Columbia, Canada. What was originally a personal response to help her father-in-law get a fair price for his (fishing) catch is now an international movement to revolutionize the seafood industry for social and environmental justice. Sonia has been the recipient of many awards acknowledging her vision and leadership including Inc Magazine's list of the top 100 female entrepreneurs of 2020.

 

Here she shares her transformational journey with Julie, a story of impeccable vision, heart and community engagement.

 

From High School Teacher to CEO:

• Started with a call list and a way to sell fish locally, growing as demand grew
• A values-based business through every step of the process
• Engaging the community
• Reinventing how we eat fish while navigating in a global industrial economy.
• The impact on fishing-families
• Her idea of what a CEO does and can do
• Her vision for the future and the role of Community Supported Businesses in changing the world.
  
  

Sonia/ Skipper Otto Info:

https://skipperotto.com

https://skipperotto.com/fishermen/

What is a CSF?:  https://skipperotto.com/csf/

Contact Sonia for speaking engagements:  info@skipperotto.ca

 

 

Julie Info:

https://www.paintbiglivebig.com

The Creative Cure - Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/

The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/

Intuive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/

https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig

 

 

Cooking Up Change with Chef Pam Fanjoy

Pam Fanjoy is a Canadian chef and a clinical social worker with a highly successful career working with children, adolescents and families for over 25 years.  She now wisks in her culinary passions to her therapeutic work offering a completely innovative approach to well being.

Pam and her team foster joyful, healthy relationships by using delicious, healthy food to facilitate meaningful connection between others. During the pandemic, she has transformed her 30 seat restaurant to expand her culinary studio so that her team can offer safe, socially distanced programs that reduce the harmful effects of social isolation and build resilency for youth, families and our communities.

Here she shares her personal and professional journey with Julie, full of life changing serendipitous moments, challenge and joy.

Pam's Info--

Website:  chefpamfanjoy.com

Junior Chef Program: https://www.fanjoycentre.com/junior-chef/

keynote speaking engagements:  https://www.fanjoycentre.com/about-chef-pam/

 

Julie's Info:

Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for soul connection and creative transformation. https://www.paintbiglivebig.com

The Creative Cure /   Every Friday, open to everyone – www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/

The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/

Intuitive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/

 

 

Reiki Healing And A Life Reimagined With Michaela Daystar

Michaela Daystar is the founder of HeartScapes where she teaches embodiment and energy practices for healing and transformation. 

The centerpoint of her work is the system of Reiki, taught from the perspective of its Japanese origins, and the intuitive arts practice SoulCollage™.  

Here Michaela talks with Julie about how her life's work emerged through her own personal transformational healing experiences and what it has meant for her to explore Reiki in the context of Shintoism and esoteric Buddhism. 

Michaela Info:
www.heartscapesinsight.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnG2vSUxcUdOemBaZqURZ-Q

michaela@heartscapesinsight.com

 

Julie’s Info: 

Mentoring/Coaching /Experiences for soul connection and creative transformation. https://www.paintbiglivebig.com

The Creative Cure /   Every Friday, open to everyone – Pay from the Heart  www.paintbiglivebig.com/the-creative-cure-for-anxious-times/

The Creativity Lab- Online Wednesdays: https://paintbiglivebig.com/weekly-painting-group/

Intuive Painting Retreats: https://paintbiglivebig.com/live-painting-events/retreats/

https://www.facebook.com/PaintBigLiveBig