Creativity Episodes

“I had different ideas for what I thought the book would be, and that's actually what got in my way of writing in the beginning.” – Pia Mailhot-Leichter

“When you get mindful, it's so beautiful because you're saying, you know what? I'm worthy of being more than my repetitive thoughts.” – Jenny Garufi

“We’re all going to ask ourselves, did I do enough? And at the end of the day, for me, it's what we leave behind that matters.” – Kira Hartley Klinger

“Happy people focus on what they have, and unhappy people focus on what's missing.” – Andrew Byrnes Matthews

"Fear is the basis of negativity." – Amy Koford

“If you're going to create, open yourself up to different things that might come in that are outside of your design, because that's where the gifts come. And if you're not open to that, it's a lot tougher to create.” – Gregory Copploe

“Refine your game and make sure you know what you want going forward.” – Nadja Sayej

“Writing is a wonderful way to process your life.” – Dr. Sheila K. Collins

"Don't mistake the hope of change for the hope of progress." – Linda Shirey

“You have to pay a new price every day for the success that you want to have in this life that you want to live.” – Dom Brightmon

“It's just so wonderful to know that I can give joy to people and they can return it back.” – Gwen Tolios

“There's so many different parts that go into making a product great. It's not just having it on store shelves. You need so much more to help advance it and help people to know what it is.” – Jodi Bondi Norgaard

“Write as soon as you can. Maybe your first book is a mess, but then at least you learn something, and your second book is going to be awesome.” – Jurriaan Kamer

“Wherever you are in your life, you have the power to live your best life, so just live it.” – Margie Zable Fisher

“We live in such a fast-tracked consumerism sort of society where we have to have the next best thing immediately. And I think a lot of writing can suffer if we think about producing books that way.” – Mina Brower

“When I heard that statistic, I realized I was easily part of the 99% who never write their book. I decided to become the 1% and just do it.” – Dr. Albert Bramante

“You never know how your career is going to zig and zag and develop. And I think the tale here is that you just be open to anything because you just don't know.” – Jean Burgess, PhD

“If I wanted to pick up and move, I pick up and move, and then I would just fall into whatever job I could find. And even though it was scary, I still did it because I was like, this could be a story, there could be a story in this.” – Nkrumah Mensah

"When we take care of ourselves, we can handle tougher times." – Stacey Olson

“The more you can understand and connect with yourself, the more you can understand and connect with other people.” – Dr. Melissa Robinson-Winemiller

“One thing I love about playing with art, as part of working with people who are going through big life transitions, is it starts to create space and perspective. And that's where you really get growth and you start to say, what is going to be important ten months from now, and where should I put today's focus?” – Susan Hensley

“Every time something, an idea, a solution, a way, something happens that I couldn't have thought of myself. Whenever that happens in my life, I really do consider it a miracle.” – Sara Connell

“Having someone just hear you out is so healing. And then when that person has some kind of impact as a result, their life is impacted in some way, then we heal even further because now whatever we're sharing is doing good in the lives of others." – Marcy Pusey

"Busy implies activity, but not necessarily accomplishment." – Jones Loflin