CREATIVITY SPARKS: Operation Paperclip

CREATIVITY SPARKS: Operation Paperclip

Here at The Spark File, our mission is to spark creativity, free innate self-expression, and grant permission to fear less and create more. In this episode, we share two recently discovered like-minded creative organizations that have completely lit us up!

Here’s how it happened…First, Pam Harris introduced us to @creativemornings and Creative Mornings introduced us to @streetwisdom_ and Street Wisdom introduced us to @davidpearl_here and David Pearl introduced us to his book Wanderful: Human Navigation for a Complex World… and we now we have newfound space for reflection, joy and yes, even more CREATIVITY in our lives.

Whew! You heard it here first, folks. That is how contagious joyful self-expression and creativity can be. Pass it on.


CREATIVITY SPARKS: Creative Resistance; OR, The Monster at the End of this Episode

CREATIVITY SPARKS: Creative Resistance; OR, The Monster at the End of this Episode

Here at The Spark File, our mission is to spark creativity, free innate self-expression, and grant permission to fear less and create more. In this episode, we share two recently discovered like-minded creative organizations that have completely lit us up!

Here’s how it happened…First, Pam Harris introduced us to @creativemornings and Creative Mornings introduced us to @streetwisdom_ and Street Wisdom introduced us to @davidpearl_here and David Pearl introduced us to his book Wanderful: Human Navigation for a Complex World… and we now we have newfound space for reflection, joy and yes, even more CREATIVITY in our lives.

Whew! You heard it here first, folks. That is how contagious joyful self-expression and creativity can be. Pass it on.


CREATIVITY SPARKS: The Collaborative Wisdom of Metallica

CREATIVITY SPARKS: The Collaborative Wisdom of Metallica

Here at The Spark File, our mission is to spark creativity, free innate self-expression, and grant permission to fear less and create more. In this episode, we share two recently discovered like-minded creative organizations that have completely lit us up!

Here’s how it happened…First, Pam Harris introduced us to @creativemornings and Creative Mornings introduced us to @streetwisdom_ and Street Wisdom introduced us to @davidpearl_here and David Pearl introduced us to his book Wanderful: Human Navigation for a Complex World… and we now we have newfound space for reflection, joy and yes, even more CREATIVITY in our lives.

Whew! You heard it here first, folks. That is how contagious joyful self-expression and creativity can be. Pass it on.


CREATIVITY SPARKS: The Spark Side of Social Media

CREATIVITY SPARKS: The Spark Side of Social Media

Here at The Spark File, our mission is to spark creativity, free innate self-expression, and grant permission to fear less and create more. In this episode, we share two recently discovered like-minded creative organizations that have completely lit us up!

Here’s how it happened…First, Pam Harris introduced us to @creativemornings and Creative Mornings introduced us to @streetwisdom_ and Street Wisdom introduced us to @davidpearl_here and David Pearl introduced us to his book Wanderful: Human Navigation for a Complex World… and we now we have newfound space for reflection, joy and yes, even more CREATIVITY in our lives.

Whew! You heard it here first, folks. That is how contagious joyful self-expression and creativity can be. Pass it on.


CREATIVITY SPARKS: The Spark Side of Social Media

CREATIVITY SPARKS: The Spark Side of Social Media

This week, Susan and Laura delve into the very best ways social media can be used - to inspire, educate and spread joy. We call this The Spark Side of Social Media.
Listen and light yourself up with tales of legacy-worthy chocolate via @morticianinthekitchen, kneel at the alter of @andy_birkey's gothic woodworking, and marvel at the beauty of fore edge printing (did you know this even existed?!?) Turns out, good and meaningful things exist on social, when you know where to look!

CREATIVITY SPARKS: What If...?

CREATIVITY SPARKS: What If...?

This week, Laura and Susan explore the inexplicable craving to consume pandemic-related entertainment during a pandemic - not entertainment about the current state of the world, no, we prefer imaginary pandemics dreamed up in the minds of fiction writers and TV writers like Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, The End of October by Lawrence Wright, The Walking Dead and more.

These are some of the works imagined by creative minds at a time when an actual pandemic was a scary but far-fetched idea…

Listen in to hear how Laura made her way through a tunnel of imaginary pandemic entertainment and emerged on the other side with extreme respect and admiration for #NormanReedus.


CREATIVITY SPARKS: Welcome Back Sparklers!

CREATIVITY SPARKS: WELCOME BACK SPARKLERS!

Welcome back, Sparklers! All are welcome here. As long as no one is being a d**k, you are invited to be your real, open, authentic selves. This week on The Spark File, Susan and Laura get warmed up for Season 3! They share their gratitude and a mini-spark about indigenous food from The New York Times and an article about Sean Sherman, creator of The Sioux Chef.

The Spark File is created on the lands of the Lenape.

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: Celebrating Endings

CREATIVITY SPARKS: CELEBRATING ENDINGS

In the season 2 finale of The Spark File podcast, Susan and Laura celebrate the highlights of the past year - revisiting favorite sparks of inspiration, and recognizing the incredible achievements of the participants in The Spark File Select Group Creativity Coaching program.

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MAKERSODE: Hunter Bell

MAKERS: HUNTER BELL: CONNECTION, COMMUNITY AND FANTASY ISLAND

This week, Susan and Laura got to spend extra time with their beloved Hunter Bell, Tony and Drama Desk nominee, Spark File Creativity Coaching client, and creative / writer / maker extraordinare! Tune in to feel the love and the belly laughs. Too much is never enough Hunter Bell.

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MAKERSODE: John Ellison Conlee

MAKERS: JOHN ELLISON CONLEEE: GREAT CONVERSATION AND A CUP OF JOE

This week, Susan and Laura take a deep dive with Tony-award nominee (and Creativity Coaching Client) John Ellison Conlee, and discuss the creation of a life in addition to a career. Plus, in this very special episode, The Spark File debuts a short story written and read by John Ellison Conlee himself - Cup of Joe.

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: IMPOSTER SYNDROME

CREATIVITY SPARKS: IMPOSTER SYNDROME

On this episode of The Spark File, Susan and Laura examine that deep seated fear that you're just not as good / worthy / capable as others think you are. Imposter Syndrome. Check
out this episode and you just might find ways to let go of those coping mechanisms and start to believe in your own abilities.

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: THE MIND OF JILL BOLTE TAYLOR, PT 2: Electric Boogaloo

CREATIVITY SPARKS: THE MIND OF JILL BOLTE TAYLOR, PT 2 ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

This week, Susan and Laura, still super sparked by the life-changing whole brain approach of Jill Bolte Taylor, take an even deeper dive into her work, applying her philosophies to our creativity.

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: Lincoln in the Bardo

CREATIVITY SPARKS: LINCOLN IN THE BARDO

This week, Susan and Laura share sparks inspired by the bestseller Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. This exploration of grief led to a greater understanding of Mary Todd Lincoln, perhaps some tolerance and acceptance regarding her mental health, and introduced us to the phenomenal story of Elizabeth Keckly, former enslaved person who became a business owner and personal modiste to the First Lady.

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: The Brain of Jill Bolte Taylor, Pt. 1

CREATIVITY SPARKS: THE BRAIN OF JILL BOLTE TAYLOR

This week on The Spark File, Susan and Laura discuss The Brain of Jill Bolte Taylor - one hell of a managed mind! The woman who taught us to "Please take responsibility for the energy you bring into this space" is the source of this weeks creativity spark.
Tune in to hear Dr. Bolte Taylor's story (as shared in her book My Stroke of Insight) and how we can all gain from her learnings (as shared in her book Whole Brain Living).
If you've ever felt yourself battling between left brain and right brain, now you'll know why.

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: For Love of the Game

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: FOR LOVE OF THE GAME

This week, Susan and Laura serve up a single spark -- a spark 30 years in the making! Learn about the little card game that could - Canasta - and how it rose to fame, despite the Bridge Club establishment trying to keep it down! Friends and Foes, Joy and Pain, Triumph and Defeat intermingle at the card table. Plus a bonus mini-spark - did you know the Olympics once contained a competition for the ARTS?!

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: Performance Anxiety

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: PERFORMANCE ANXIETY

This week, Susan shares a spark so vast, we give it all our attention - Performance Anxiety. If you've ever felt tormented by fear, panic or anxiety related to your chosen profession, please do not miss this episode! Susan and Laura go deep into the prevalance of performance anxiety, what it feels like, who experiences it, and potential solutions to keep it at bay so that you can go on shining your light with ease.

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: The Best Advice You've Ever Received + The Sixth Stage

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: THE BEST ADVICE YOU’VE EVER RECEIVED + THE SIXTH STAGE

This week, Susan and Laura take a spin through some of the best advice they've ever received (including "don't pickle it!") plus, the very encouraging signs that people everywhere are entering the sixth stage of grief - finding meaning.

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: Write Like Your Parents Are Dead + God Save The Queen

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: WRITE LIKE YOUR PARENTS ARE DEAD + GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Wanting to write about your lived experience, but worried about how the other key players in your life might react? This week, Susan and Laura offer up various ways you can approach it so that your creativity is free flowing and feelings don't get hurt. Plus, recent events stirred up some questions about the monarchy, so we unpack what it is and why it is. You can't tell the history of the world without the history of the various monarchies - warts and all.

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MAKERSODE: PAUL WONTOREK

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MAKERS: PAUL WONTOREK: LIFE-CHANGING THEATRE, RECORD COLLECTIONS + BROADWAY.COM

This week, Susan and Laura are thrilled to talk all things Broadway with someone who has loved theatre since birth, and spent their lives amplifying the joy of it - Paul Wontorek, Editor-in-Chief of Broadway.com!

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: Made You Look + The Curated Closet

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CREATIVITY SPARKS: MADE YOU LOOK + THE CURATED CLOSET

This week, the documentary Made You Look sparks a conversation about the phenomenon of justification and how our brains work overtime when we've done something we shouldn't have, PLUS, The Curated Closet - the joy-filled approach to closet curation that promotes self-expression and creativity over consumption!

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