17. Why Training Your Creativity Muscle Pays Off
From the island of Guam , Richard is an engineer/designer and now co-founder at Bettersum. He’s building the marketing tool Supercopy because he believes we should communicate to people in the manner they want to be communicated to. Richard chatted with us about the mandate of creative outputs and…
How I Create Me - Season 2 Announcement
Hello remarkable humans! Your host, Jessica, here, to share a quick show update. How I Create Me is wrapping Season 1 with Episode 17, and we’ll be back with Season 2 on January 12, 2023. For many businesses, Q4 can be an essential time of both intensive retrospective and ambitious planning. For ma…
16. How People and Businesses Can Use Social Media as a Force for Good
Georgette Eva is a freelance writer, social media professional, and morning person who runs the appropriately named Morning Person Studio, where she helps brands shape and share their stories. A journalist by trade, Georgette’s excitement for social media happened by chance as she discovered how it…
15. The Intersection of Education + Art: Self-Worth
Lauren Merceron is an artist & teacher who currently lives in Atlanta, GA. Her work embraces the essence of human bonds and connectedness. Through the use of curved lines, texture and monochromatic color schemes, she represents the relationships that tie us together. Her most recent work focuses on…
14. Dance of Perseverance
Alex Spitzer is a choreographer and dancer who chatted with Jessica about how perseverance opened up new vistas of expression, embodied and virtual, leading to a 30-year career on stage and in various dance companies. As the first dancer in a wheelchair to receive a 4-year degree in dance, Alex sha…
13. The Power Of Podcasting In Building Community
In this episode, Jessica Matthews sits down with her Executive Producer of How I Create Me Podcast to talk about the journey of launching and maintaining a podcast, lessons learned, and the opportunities it’s created to build deeper relationships within a community of influence. RESOURCES RELATED …
12. Art as Medicine Gets a New Opportunity to Make an Impact
In today’s episode, Jessica sits down with Chris Appleton, Founder & CEO of Sewn Arts and the Art Pharmacy. You’ll hear how Chris and his team are creating a solution for care providers to prescribe and refer patients to health-improving arts & culture experiences, how they’re uniquely bringing tog…
11. The Importance Of Shooting Your Shots
In today’s episode, Jessica chats with standup comedian, podcaster and creator, Damon Sumner, to learn more about his story of becoming a comedian, meeting the moment, taking chances, and fruits of persistence. Fast forward twelve years, and Damon brings us practical advice on how to navigate th…
10. Building A Bespoke Buttercream Cake Business To 100K+ Followers Combined On TikTok And Instagram
In this episode, Jessica sits down with Miri Nadler to unpack her inspiring story of overcoming adversity and building her hugely successful cake business that now has over 100K combined followers on TikTok and Instagram… and growing! Miri is originally from Los Angeles where she began her food bl…
09. The Art of Tech as People / Self Management
In this episode, Jessica sits down with Jeanette Gregory to unpack her creative superpowers around people-wrangling, event activation, overcoming challenges with alcohol early in her career (leading to her celebrating 12 years of sobriety), and how she’s embracing her abilities to shine in the worl…