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Creative Genius - a blog about finding & unleashing your inner magic

Are you trying to access your creativity? Get back touch with creativity? Find ways to become more creative? Or maybe you want to deepen creativity? The Creative Genius Blog offers insights & ideas for getting creatively unstuck so you can find and unleash your creativity. May it be exactly what you need to hear today.


Ep 94. The Creative Genius Podcast with guest Ben Rennie: Curiosity, Creativity, and Confidence

Follow, Listen, Rate & Review (thank you!)  in Apple Podcasts Subscribe & Listen in SpotifySubscribe & Watch clips on YoutubeOR listen in your favourite podcast app  Episode Summary: In this episode of The Creative Genius Podcast, I talk with designer, writer, and thinker Ben Rennie, author of a new book that explores the transformative power of curiosity and creativity. Together, we unpack the dynamic relationship between curiosity, creativity, and confidence, and how this path can guide us to overcome fear and step more fully into our potential. Ben shares his personal story—sparked by a promise to his late mother—that led him to examine how people find themselves in powerful, unexpected places. We explore the idea that creativity isn’t limited to the arts but is instead the ability...

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Disgust and the Awakening of Our Intuition

We’re in a time of great unraveling. And while it’s messy and painful, it’s also beautiful. This is the soil where new things are taking root. We’re remembering who we are. And if we’re brave enough to feel even the uncomfortable feelings fully, we get to be part of what’s being born.

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Ep. 93 - From Manufactured Chaos to Soft Living: Navigating the Rise of the Matriarchy with Gina Luker (Shabby Creek Cottage)

Follow, Listen, Rate & Review (thank you!)  in Apple Podcasts Subscribe & Listen in SpotifySubscribe & Watch clips on YoutubeOR listen in your favourite podcast app  EPISODE SUMMARY In this deeply grounding and honest conversation, I sat down with Gina Luker, founder of The Shabby Creek Cottage and The Soft Life Society. Gina is a creative visionary, intuitive guide, and one of the fiercest advocates I know for joy, softness, and radical authenticity. For over 15 years, she’s been helping women reclaim their creative magic and shed the cultural conditioning that tells us we must do more, be less, and stay quiet. Lately, Gina’s been putting her energy toward supporting people through what she calls the "manufactured chaos" we’re all living in—a deliberate and fear-based system designed...

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Letting Ourselves Be Grumpy (and Why That Matters)

You’d never know it, because I’m a chronic people pleaser, but I was having a really grumpy day today. The kind of day that starts with a rocky call from your ex, bumper-to-bumper traffic, a broken parking meter, and a dozen people asking for directions when all you really want to do is sell your art and protect your peace. But something happened. Two incredible women wandered into my booth and, without even knowing it, completely turned things around. 👉 Read the full story on the blog

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92 - Embracing AI? A Creative Revolution with Troy Plota

Follow, Listen, Rate & Review (thank you!)  in Apple Podcasts Subscribe & Listen in SpotifySubscribe & Watch clips on YoutubeOR listen in your favourite podcast app  In the ever-evolving landscape of art and technology, the fusion of creativity and artificial intelligence is opening new horizons for artists worldwide. In a recent episode of Creative Genius, host Kate Shepherd engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Troy Plota, the visionary behind Plotaverse, exploring how AI can serve as a powerful ally in the creative process. The Intersection of Art and Technology:Troy Plota's journey from a seasoned photographer to the founder of a groundbreaking digital platform exemplifies the transformative potential of embracing technological advancements. Plotaverse, his innovative app, brought motion to still images, captivating audiences and achieving remarkable success with over...

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