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014 | The ANDs Are in The Creative Minds of the Listeners with Laurie Shiers

Life in the And

Release Date: 08/04/2020

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Life in the And

Goodbye Life in the AND, Hello Shift Starters

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Life in the And

In this episode, Bex and I explore what it means to be non-binary and what it looks like in Hollywood. We illustrate Bex’s experience with gender & identity as a child and how they discovered the non-binary identity.

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Life in the And

In this episode, Sean and I discuss what it would take to create AND in a world of “us” versus “them,” of “we” and “the others.” We explore what could happen to a country if its citizens lived a life in the AND as well as discuss how our sense of belonging informs our decisions and beliefs.

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Life in the And

If you are the product of the five people you spend the most time with, then I am a product of Mahrukh Imtiaz. Mahrukh is part of my chosen family and, together with two others, we formed a group called Wednesday Wonders. By day, Mahrukh is the Project Manager for EY’s US Talent Specialist Team and a cricketer for the Canadian Women’s Cricket Team. But by night, she is a prolific content creator on TikTok. Mahrukh is dedicated to creating inspirational content that helps other people be the best version of themselves and the champions they want to be. Mahrukh joins me today to...

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Life in the And

Niiamah joins me today to discuss the Ands we need to create a world of true inclusion. He shares his vision of an inclusive world and explains how he was inspired to make this vision a reality.

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Life in the And

Shelley joins me today to share all of the “Ands” in her life and career. She discusses her ballsy move to liberate a billion souls by creating a title wave of change in people’s lives and organizations.

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Life in the And

In this episode, I reflect on the journey this podcast has taken me on, and the clarity it has given me to move forward as I think about what 2021 holds. I explore what rebranding and expanding means for me, explain what it means to be committed and unattached.

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Life in the And

In this episode, Bex and I explore what it means to be non-binary and what it looks like in Hollywood. We illustrate Bex’s experience with gender & identity as a child and how they discovered the non-binary identity. We elaborate on the non-binary identity’s characteristic as a spectrum and explain why it’s not about being “in the middle.” We emphasize the importance of letting people know that they are not alone and underscore the power of standing in your truth and speaking it.

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Life in the And

Today, David Taylor-Klaus and I explore what it means to live and lead with the head and the heart. We discuss how money can distract us from the things that are important to us and how we can reconnect with our hearts by going deep with our values. David shares the story of how he discovered his life’s work and what it means to be a heart-centered leader. We also discuss what “bully values” are and emphasize the power of language to reflect and create how we think of the world.

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Life in the And

In this episode, Elaine and I discuss what it’s like to live a life with undiagnosed ADHD and reveal the three powerful words that could change your life. We explain how coaching can be an effective tool in managing ADHD despite its difference from therapy and why Elaine teaches parents coaching tools to help raise complex children.

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Laurie Shiers is a Creative Development Coach with a nerdy passion for the creative process and all its nuances. Laurie, a creative catalyst, made a literal Creative Block, a collection of cards that help people get unstuck and enter a new creative headspace. Taking this step further in inspiring people into new ways of creative thinking, Laurie co-authored the forthcoming book, Mindset Mondays: 52 Ways to REWIRE Your Thinking and Transform Your Life, which will be available September 01, 2020.

Laurie joins me today to explore the ANDs she discovered in the creative process. She explains why she created the Creative Block and the importance of letting ourselves feel feelings and what happens when we don’t. She discusses why emotional tension and the state of flow are both essential in the creative process. She also shares how she inspires herself to be creative and breaks down the five phases of the creative process. 

“Creativity opens the door to emotional freedom. And the way to emotional freedom is by expanding your creative range and developing creative confidence.” - Laurie Shiers 

This week on Life in the AND:

  • Pulling a card from Laurie’s Creative Block and how it can help your creativity get unstuck
  • The value of throwing a tantrum and what happens when we avoid feeling emotions
  • Emotions as catalysts to the creative process and the five phases of the creative process
  • How we get the big aha! moments of creativity while doing low-grade physical activity
  • Why the creative block and the state of flow go hand-in-hand in the creative process
  • Giving our minds the time to marinate and incubate ideas
  • How we lose creativity as children and using the growth mindset to foster creativity in younger people
  • How the narrow definitions of creativity prevent us from finding our creative genius
  • Why Laurie created the Creative Block
  • Why childhood is one of the biggest wellsprings of creativity
  • Creating in the absence of inspiration and when the mood strikes
  • Writing a book for Laurie’s 12-year-old self
  • Creativity as a door to emotional freedom and emotional freedom as a door to creativity

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