Creativity Podcast / Book + Coaching, Workshops & Retreats. Melinda Rothouse & Charlotte Gullick.
Syncreate is a world-class creativity consulting team that empowers individuals and organizations to deepen their facility with the creative process in service of personal and professional flourishing. We offer creativity coaching, consulting, workshops, and strategic planning services to cultivate vision and meaning making. Drawing from multiple modalities, including narrative, storytelling, embo
died practices, expressive arts, and mindfulness training, we illuminate and foster the creative process. Our services are designed to:
▪ enhance creativity in education, business, art-making, and everyday life
▪ foster communication, collaboration, and community
▪ nurture mindfulness and compassion
Our main areas of focus are creativity studies, writing and storytelling, public speaking and vocal coaching, and end-of-life issues. We believe in the power of creativity to evoke transformation; this is one of our major interests and areas of focus. Our classes and workshops encourage transformation by offering an understanding of the psychology and neuroscience of creativity, experiential exercises to facilitate the creative process, a community of like-minded people interested in exploring creativity together, and concrete tools for bringing more creativity into your professional life, your artistic endeavors, and your world.
Mindfulness and intention go a long way in the creative process. At Syncreate, we’re here to support your creative practice, process & products. Learn more about the Syncreate model of Play, Plan & Produce in our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities, and in The Syncreate Podcast.
Join our Syncreate 6-Month Creativity Coaching Group starting in July: bit.ly/SyncreateCoachingGroup
Syncreate is excited to be featured currently in Voyage Austin!
Read our interview here: https://bit.ly/VoyageATX
It’s all about our perspective, and it’s a choice, though we may not always realize it. We can choose whether to obsess about the details or to focus on the bigger picture, what’s really important in our daily lives and in our creative work.
Looking forward to presenting about the Syncreate Podcast at the Creativity Conference at Southern Oregon University this Friday in Ashland, Oregon.
Creativity = imagination + possibility. Learn more about the Syncreate model of Play, Plan & Produce in our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities, and in The Syncreate Podcast. Join our 6-Month Creativity Coaching Group Starting in July: bit.ly/SyncreateCoachingGroup
Melinda Rothouse, PhD / Austin Writing Coach
At Syncreate, we foster creative collaboration, with a commitment to diversity. Join our 6-Month Creativity Coaching Group Starting in July: bit.ly/SyncreateCoachingGroup
Collaboration and teamwork allow us to go further faster than we can on our own. Learn more about the Syncreate model of Play, Plan & Produce in our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities, and in The Syncreate Podcast. Join our 6-Month Creativity Coaching Group Starting in July: https://bit.ly/SyncreateCoachingGroup ✨
Syncreate was featured in a recent USA Today article, focusing on our work empowering creativity, and our upcoming 6-Month Coaching Group.
We’re thrilled to be featured in USA Today! Join our 6-Month Syncreate creativity coaching group, now starting in July ✨
The co-founders of creativity and innovation consultancy Syncreate, Charlotte Gullick and Melinda Rothouse, are both lifelong creatives, and they know exactly how it feels when their creative spirit needs an extra spark.
What stories do we tell ourselves about who we are and what we do? Are they true? Is there a different, more positive, and productive narrative? Can we think bigger?
At Syncreate, we help you to reframe your story to broaden the scope of possibilities in your personal, professional, and creative life. Reach out to us for 1x1 coaching or join our 6-Month Syncreate Coaching Group Starting in July.
Charlotte Gullicksen Melinda Rothouse, PhD / Austin Writing Coach
So delighted to be profiled in the International Business Times for my work empowering creativity and innovation!
Melinda is the co-founder of Syncreate, which offers creativity coaching and consulting services, as well as a musician, singer and songwriter.
Free Event Next Saturday, March 16th during SXSW in Austin ✨ Join us for a fun day of music, wellness & healing. Free & open to the public.
Join us this Friday, March 8th, at the for The Syncreate Approach to Navigating the Creative Process with Syncreate coaches and founders and ✨ This is a transformative workshop that guides you through the creative process with three key steps: Play, Plan, and Produce. 🚀
🌐 Workshop Highlights: Unlock the secrets to achieving both macro-level and daily micro-level goals by learning the art of toggling between convergent and divergent thinking. The Syncreate approach emphasizes the importance of planning and playing before you can truly produce, whether on a small or large scale.
Key Takeaways:
1️⃣ Overcome common barriers with answers to questions like: Where do I start? What do I do next? How do I finish?
2️⃣ Gain a fresh perspective on your creative work by implementing The Syncreate Approach.
3️⃣ Learn to navigate the creative process with confidence and clarity.
At Syncreate, we help you move through creative blocks and challenges to realize your full creative potential. We work with writers, artists, musicians, creative professionals, entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators of all kinds.
We’re looking forward to presenting at the Florida Creativity Conference on March 8th!
We’re really looking forward to presenting at the Florida creativity conference in March! If you’re looking to get reinspired and reinvigorated with your creativity, this is a great opportunity!
Join me at the 21st Annual Florida Creativity Conference, happening March 8-10, 2024, at Ringling College of Art and Design! 🌟
As we embark on this inspiring journey of creativity, I can't help but reflect on my personal goals. Have I met them? Have I reached the heights I aimed for? Or do I find myself in need of new aspirations, fresh challenges to invigorate my path?
This conference isn't just about embracing creativity; it's about nurturing personal and professional growth. It's a chance to pause, reflect, and recalibrate our goals. Whether it's enhancing my creative skills, honing my leadership abilities, or exploring new avenues of self-expression, I'm ready to dive in and emerge with newfound clarity and focus.
So, let's seize this opportunity together! Let's ignite our passions, cultivate our talents, and set our sights on the goals that will propel us forward. Are you ready to join me on this journey of self-discovery and transformation? Let's make the 21st Annual Florida Creativity Conference our launching pad to greatness! 🚀
Playing a musical instrument is great for brain health!
If you’re worried about cognitive decline, add this to your routine.
Creativity is the spice of life! It deepens and enhances every aspect of our lives, and the good news is: we are all creative. We simply need to embrace and exercise our creativity on a daily basis, just as we go to the gym to strengthen our bodies or practice mindfulness to strengthen our minds.
We’re excited to present at the Florida creativity conference in March!
We're so proud to announce our Friday Morning Session Leaders and their workshops for EXPAND 2024
Aging as Creative Beings with Elizabeth Monroe-Cook and Katherine Kitty Heusner
Applying PIP Problems-Ideas-Plans: Learn this fast fun model of creative problem solving for yourself and also to help end wait lists for Sarasota youth needing mental health care with Bob Anthony
My Expansive Self with Jennifer Verbakel
The Syncreate Approach to Navigating the Creative Process with Gullick, Writer and Melinda Rothouse, PhD / Austin Writing Coach
Conference Details and Registration: http://www.FLCreativity.com
LINK IN COMMENTS ✨ In Episode 21 of the Syncreate Podcast, actor Ren Jackson describes the connections between the athleticism, practice, and discipline of sports and theatrical performance.
A former company member with the Brooklyn based, site-specific theater company, Brave New World Rep, he has worked extensively in New York and regionally in the Midwest. Being a former competitive athlete, much of his approach to his artistic work is grounded in his exploration of a story’s physicality. Whether through stage combat, dance, gesture or stylized movement, he has a commitment and enthusiasm to creating a physical narrative that supplements and highlights the writer’s text.
Our conversation focuses on Ren’s approach to acting and directing, how growing up in the Black church helped to influence his understanding of creativity, and what he terms “the walk of faith and courage” required to follow the creative path with authenticity. Ren is currently performing with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in a production of Amen Corner by James Baldwin, followed by a production of Julius Cesar.
For our Creativity Pro-Tip, we encourage you to consider how creativity lives in your body, in your gestures, your voice, your eyes, and your interactions with other others, and how you use that creativity to connect and communicate.
Ignite your creativity in 2024! This virtual, six-month coaching group will guide you through the journey of creativity in order to move from start to finish on a creative project. As detailed in our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Communities, and Teams, Charlotte and Melinda will offer an in-depth exploration of the Syncreate model of Play, Plan, and Produce, to guide you through the creative process. Monthly meetings will include experiential exercises and discussions to stimulate your creativity, identify your own best practices, and provide accountability for your creative goals and milestones.
Through our years of helping others complete their imaginative projects, we have found that the most common barriers to completion arrive with the questions below.
The Syncreate approach tackles each of these questions by breaking the creative process down into three main components: Play, Plan, and Produce. The stages of Plan, Play, and Produce can help us to achieve our macro-level or big-picture goals as well as our daily, micro-level activities. Whether we’re talking about the project as a whole or the incremental steps we’re taking to get there, we need to plan and play before we can produce, both on a small and on a large scale. This is an iterative (and re-iterative) process, all the way through.
Join us: https://bit.ly/SyncreateCoaching
Looking forward to working with the San Diego Spine Foundation again this Spring. At Syncreate, we facilitate organizational workshops and retreats, including strategic planning and visioning, leadership development, and team creativity and innovation.
Happy New Year!! ✨ Excited to be back in Mexico for our Art of Impermanence: New Beginnings Retreat.
In the words of John O’Donohue, “Be excessively gentle with yourself.” 🩵
LINK IN COMMENTS ✨ We can use our creativity, not only to address the worlds problems, but also to heal and make meaning of our experiences. Listen to the full episode at syncreate.org or wherever you get your podcasts.
✨ Ignite your creativity in 2024! This virtual, six-month coaching group with Syncreate Co-Founders Charlotte Gullick & Melinda Rothouse will guide you through the journey of creativity in order to move from start to finish on a creative idea, project, or venture. Details & Registration Here: https://www.syncreate.org/upcoming-events.html
As detailed in our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Communities, and Teams, Charlotte and Melinda will offer an in-depth exploration of the Syncreate model of Play, Plan, and Produce, to guide you through the creative process. Monthly meetings will include experiential exercises and discussion to stimulate your creativity, identify your own best practices, and provide accountability for your creative goals and milestones.
Melinda Rothouse, PhD / Austin Writing Coach Charlotte Gullick, Writer
Start the new year with a contemplative arts retreat to spark your creativity in beautiful Patzcuaro, Mexico!
Don't miss out!
Join us for the Art of Impermanence: New Beginnings, January 2-8, 2024. Register here: https://casawerma.shambhala.org/programs-casa-werma/706/art-of-impermanence-new-beginnings/
The Art of Impermanence explores the process of change and becoming, of the ephemerality of our everyday experience, through the lens of creativity and contemplative arts practice.
Through a combination of daily mindfulness meditation practice and creative arts exercises, we will explore the vulnerability inherent in our existence as sentient beings, observing how all phenomena arise and pass away.
Using an array of artistic media, including writing, photography, movement, sound, and visual arts, we’ll awaken to the fluid nature of life from the loving container and lush gardens of Casa Werma in Pátzcuaro, Mexico.
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Syncreate Podcast Episode 13: Creativity as a Foundation of Resilience with Cyrus Gray III. LINK IN COMMENTS ✨
Cyrus’ story demonstrates how creativity can support resilience, even under extremely difficult circumstances. In Episode 11, I talked with Dylan Hayre about the creativity in his criminal justice reform work. In this episode, we hear about the criminal justice system from the perspective of someone who found himself behind bars for nearly five years, four of those awaiting trial for murder, all the while maintaining his innocence. This episode is very personal to me, as you’ll hear. I served as a juror on Cyrus’ trial, which gave me a troubling window into the criminal justice system in Texas. It ended in a mistrial after the jury could not come to a decision. His case has now been dismissed.
Our conversation today focuses on Cyrus’ story and his efforts to navigate the criminal justice system, advocate for himself and others, and ultimately win his release. He also embraced the power of community to advocate for others experiencing lengthy pre-trial detention and to foster positive changes to the system. I see this as a fundamentally creative act. Cyrus’ story embodies what we at Syncreate believe about creativity, from expanding the boundaries of what it means to be creative, to exploding the myth of the solo artist, to harnessing the power of community and interconnection to foster change and innovation.
Melinda is thrilled to be featured as a guest on the current episode of the podcast Unconditioning: Discovering the Voice Within, hosted by Whitney Ann Jenkins. We discuss my own journey of creativity and mindfulness - So much fun to be on the other side of the microphone. Check it out!
Show Unconditioning: Discovering the Voice Within, Ep Episode Sixty-Six. Melinda Rothouse, PhD: Syncreating with Mindfulness, Exercising Creativity & Expanding Boundaries - Oct 26, 2023
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Accessing the creative realm requires an incredible amount of discipline on part of the artist. The stage must be set in order for the muse to present itself. 🎙️ Syncreate Podcast #17
Melinda’s journey from surgery to creative flourishing - Syncreate Podcast Episode 19: Creativity, Sexuality, and The Sacred Feminine with Melinda Rothouse, Leah Shadwick, Marie Commisso & Thais Bicalho Silva. . . . #creativity #sexuality #healing #surgery #hysterectomy #sacredfeminine #creativity #creativeprocess #creativeflourishing #syncreate #syncreatepodcast
Syncreate Podcast Episode 39 (LINK IN BIO): In this installment of our Creative Spark series of bite-size, mini-episodes, Melinda & Charlotte discuss the vulnerability of sharing work we know is not finished, but for which we need feedback in order to improve it. Sharing work before it feels complete can be a little scary, so it’s important to consider who we can trust for feedback to get the work where it needs to be. Then we can feel confident sharing it with the wider world. Check out the full episode at syncreate.org This episode, like the mini-episodes that preceded it, includes insights and prompts from our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities. For our Creativity Pro-Tip, we encourage you to identify at least one trusted person that you can share your work in progress with and receive their feedback. If you enjoy this episode and want to learn more about the creative process, you might also like our conversations in Episode 20: The Syncreate Model of Play, Plan & Produce, Episode 33: Incubation & The Power of Time Away, Episode 35: Navigating the Creative Wilderness, and Episode 37: Giving Back to the Community. At Syncreate, we’re here to support your creative endeavors, so if you have an idea for a project or a new venture, please reach out to us for 1x1 coaching or join our Syncreate 2024 Coaching Group, starting in July. You can find more information on our website, syncreate.org, where you can also find all of our podcast episodes. Find and connect with us on social media and YouTube under Syncreate, and we’re now on Patreon as well. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and leave us a review! #syncreate #syncreatepodcast #creativity #creativeprocess #psychology #spirituality #feedback #vulnerability #melindarothouse #charlottegullick #podcast
We’re all creative! We all have the innate capacity to create, and we use our creativity all the time, often just to get through the day, and to make meaning of our experiences. The Syncreate book guides us through the creative process so we can all embrace our creativity. Join our 6-Month Creativity Coaching Group Starting in July. LINKS IN BIO ✨ . . . #creativity #creativeprocess #syncreate #syncreatebook #creativitycoaching
In this installment of our Creative Spark series of bite-size, mini-episodes, Melinda & Charlotte discuss the vulnerability of sharing work we know is not finished, but for which we need feedback in order to improve it. Sharing work before it feels complete can be a little scary, so it’s important to consider who we can trust for feedback to get the work where it needs to be. Then we can feel confident sharing it with the wider world. This episode, like the mini-episodes that preceded it, includes insights and prompts from our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities. For our Creativity Pro-Tip, we encourage you to identify at least one trusted person that you can share your work in progress with and receive their feedback. If you enjoy this episode and want to learn more about the creative process, you might also like our conversations in Episode 20: The Syncreate Model of Play, Plan & Produce, Episode 33: Incubation & The Power of Time Away, Episode 35: Navigating the Creative Wilderness, and Episode 37: Giving Back to the Community. At Syncreate, we’re here to support your creative endeavors, so if you have an idea for a project or a new venture, please reach out to us for 1x1 coaching or join our Syncreate 2024 Coaching Group, starting in July. You can find more information on our website, syncreate.org, where you can also find all of our podcast episodes. Find and connect with us on social media and YouTube under Syncreate, and we’re now on Patreon as well. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and leave us a review! #syncreate #syncreatepodcast #creativity #creativeprocess #psychology #spirituality #feedback #vulnerability #melindarothouse #charlottegullick #podcast
Constant stress and overwhelm aren’t doing us any favors. Syncreate Podcast Episode 38 (LINK IN BIO): Creativity in organizations requires openness and trust. With a 40-year career in the toy and art supply industry, most recently as CEO at Faber-Castell USA, Jamie Gallagher brings a wealth of insight into how creative companies function. He is the founder of 4theWin, which fosters creativity and innovation among individuals, teams, organizations and communities through four pillars of success: Purpose, Culture, Creativity, and Clarity. Drawing upon Jamie’s experiences leading teams at Lego, Playmobil, and Faber-Castell, we discuss both barriers and accelerants to innovation, which have everything to do with mindset, trust, and culture. For our Creativity Pro-Tip, we encourage you to contemplate the four accelerators of purpose, culture, creativity and clarity, and consider how you could bring them more intentionally into your creative and professional work. If you enjoy this episode and want to learn more about the creative process, you might also like our conversations in Episode 16: Creativity, Innovation & Leadership with Robert Cleve, PhD, Episode 23: The Corporate Mystic with Stephanie Crain, and Episode 27: The Spirit of Collaboration with Attorney and Musician Randy Langford. At Syncreate, we’re here to support your creative endeavors, so if you have an idea for a project or a new venture, please reach out to us for 1x1 coaching or join our Syncreate 2024 Coaching Group, starting in July. You can find more information on our website, syncreate.org, where you can also find all of our podcast episodes. Find and connect with us on social media and YouTube under Syncreate, and we’re now on Patreon as well. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and leave us a review! #syncreate #syncreatepodcast #creativity #leadership #innovation #jamiegallagher, #4theWin #purpose #culture #clarity #fabercastell #creativeprocess #psychology #spirituality #melinda
Syncreate Podcast Episode 37 (LINK IN BIO): In this installment of our Creative Spark series, Melinda & Charlotte discuss the importance of giving back to our creative communities. This could take the form of mentoring or guiding others, or just simply lending a helping hand with someone’s creative work or process. Helping others can also help us out of our own creative ruts. We might not think we have anything insightful to share, but we probably have more wisdom than we realize; what might seem obvious or second-nature to us, could actually be a revelation to someone else. This episode, like the mini-episodes that preceded it, includes insights and prompts from our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities. For our Creativity Pro-Tip, ask yourself: what’s one way you can share your knowledge with others and/or give back to your creative community? If you enjoy this episode and want to learn more about the creative process, you might also like our conversations in Episode 20: The Syncreate Model of Play, Plan & Produce, Episode 31: The Power of Collaboration, and Episode 35: Navigating the Creative Wilderness. At Syncreate, we’re here to support your creative endeavors, so if you have an idea for a project or a new venture, please reach out to us for 1x1 coaching or join our Syncreate 2024 Coaching Group, starting in July. You can find more information on our website, syncreate.org, where you can also find all of our podcast episodes. Find and connect with us on social media and YouTube under Syncreate, and we’re now on Patreon as well. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and leave us a review! #syncreate #syncreatepodcast #creativity #givingback #mentoring #community #creativeprocess #psychology #spirituality #melindarothouse #charlottegullick #podcast
What if anything were possible? Open the door to your imagination and see what wants to come in. In our busy lives, our minds can become so constricted, so we need to allow time and space for possibility to re-emerge? Permission to dream, to play, to fantasize. Learn more about the Syncreate model of Play, Plan & Produce in our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities, and in The Syncreate Podcast. Join our 6-Month Creativity Coaching Group Starting in July. LINK IN BIO ✨ #syncreate #creativity #creativitycoaching #creativeprocess #creatives #coaching #coachinggroup #dreams #inspiration #imagination #possibility #play #syncreatebook #syncreatepodcast
The Alchemy of Creativity - Syncreate Podcast Episode 35: Navigating the Creative Wilderness (LINK IN BIO). In this episode of our Creative Spark series, we explore the creative call to adventure and subsequent journey through the wilderness. We often start our creative projects with a sense of inspiration and excitement, only to flounder along the way, or plunge into self-doubt. Never fear - this is actually part of the process, and if we can learn to navigate this wilderness, our work can actually benefit from it. This episode, like the mini-episodes that preceded it, includes insights and prompts from our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities. For our Creativity Pro-Tip, we encourage you to listen to the creative call to adventure, and to heed it, even if the way feels scary or uncertain. Sometimes following the call can change our wok and our lives in ways we never imagined. If you enjoy this episode and want to learn more about the creative process, you might also like our conversations in Episode 20: The Syncreate Model of Play, Plan & Produce Episode 22: Creative Play Episode 33: Incubation & The Power of Time Away. At Syncreate, we’re here to support your creative endeavors, so if you have an idea for a project or a new venture, please reach out to us for 1x1 coaching or join our Syncreate 2024 Coaching Group, starting in July. You can find more information on our website, syncreate.org, where you can also find all of our podcast episodes. Find and connect with us on social media and YouTube under Syncreate, and we’re now on Patreon as well. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and leave us a review! #syncreate #syncreatepodcast #creativity #creativewilderness #herosjourney #alchemy #inspiration #selfdoubt #creativeprocess #psychology #spirituality #melindarothouse #charlottegullick #podcast
Pay attention to your dreams. Notice the images and symbols that arise, and jot them down so you’ll remember them. Learn more about the Syncreate model of Play, Plan & Produce in our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities, and in The Syncreate Podcast. Join our 6-Month Creativity Coaching Group Starting in July. LINK IN BIO ✨
Collaboration = Open communication, asking for what you need, and sharing resources. Check out Syncreate Podcast Episode 17 with Mike Osborne, Episode 27 with Randy Langford & Episode 31 with Melinda & Charlotte for more on creative collaboration. Join our 6-Month Creativity Coaching Group Starting in July. LINK IN BIO ✨ #syncreate #creativity #creativitycoaching #creativeprocess #creatives #coaching #coachinggroup #collaboration #communication #syncreatebook #syncreatepodcast Randy L. Langford
Dr. Steven Pritzker shares the origin story of The Encyclopedia of Creativity, co-edited with Dr. Mark Runco in Episode 32 of The Syncreate Podcast. What is the role of synchronicity in shaping a creative life? In this episode, we explore how a shared connection, a chance meeting, or a risk taken can lead to opportunities we may never have imagined possible over the course of a life and career. Check out the full episode here at syncreate.org (LINK IN BIO). Our guest is Steven Pritzker, the Co-Editor of the The Encyclopedia of Creativity, Professor of Creativity Studies at Saybrook University, and a renowned television writer for Emmy-winning shows Room 222 and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, as well as writer/producer on a number of shows including Breaking Away, The Partridge Family, The Loveboat, The Hogan Family, and many more. We also discuss what it means to live a creative life. For our Creativity Pro-Tip, we encourage you to find ways to embrace and express your own unique creativity, to seize creative opportunities that arise, and to live a life that is fully engaged, whatever that looks like for you. #syncreate #syncreatepodcast #creativity #synchronicity #television #room222 #marytylermoore #saybrook #creativeprocess #psychology #spirituality #melindarothouse #podcast #leadership #innovation #saybrook
A creative life is an engaged life. In Episode 32 of The Syncreate Podcast, we explore how a shared connection, a chance meeting, or a risk taken can lead to opportunities we may never have imagined possible over the course of a life and career. Check out the full episode here: https://youtu.be/fFyZYLBrT98?si=Ct3U00oN8CFZ3Q3i Our guest is Dr. Steven Pritzker, the Co-Editor of the The Encyclopedia of Creativity, Professor of Creativity Studies at Saybrook University, and a renowned television writer for Emmy-winning shows Room 222 and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, as well as writer/producer on a number of shows including Breaking Away, The Partridge Family, The Loveboat, The Hogan Family, and many more. We also discuss what it means to live a creative life. For our Creativity Pro-Tip, we encourage you to find ways to embrace and express your own unique creativity, to seize creative opportunities that arise, and to live a life that is fully engaged, whatever that looks like for you. #syncreate #syncreatepodcast #creativity #synchronicity #television #room222 #marytylermoore #saybrook #creativeprocess #psychology #spirituality #melindarothouse #podcast #problemsolving #innovation
Creativity Pro-Tip: Honor the whispers of the creative mind. Pay attention to all the little inspirations that enter your mind throughout the day, and at night, in your dreams. Take a photo, record a voice note, or jot them down to return to later. Inspiration is everywhere. You can find prompts like this in our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities, and in The Syncreate Podcast. LINK IN BIO ✨ . . . #syncreate #creativity #creativitycoaching #creativeprocess #creatives #coaching #coachinggroup #inspiration #ideas #creativegoals #syncreatebook #syncreatepodcast @charlottegullick
Collaboration is fun and non-exclusive! LINK IN BIO ✨ In Episode 31 of The Syncreate Podcast, Melinda and Charlotte discuss the power of collaboration. It’s in our name, Syncreate: synergy and co-creation; the idea that we can accomplish so much more by working in collaboration than we can individually. We describe various instances of collaboration from our own experience, and how you can harness the power of collaboration in your own creative work. This episode, like the mini-episodes that preceded it, includes insights and prompts from our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities. For our Creativity Pro-Tip, we encourage you to go on a walk in nature, observe the world around you, and all the ways you draw inspiration from your surroundings, which is also a form of collaboration. Alternatively, find and connect with a collaborator who complements your strengths so that you’re each bringing something different to the table in a creative synergy. #syncreate #syncreatepodcast #creativity #collaboration #community #synergy, #creativeprocess #psychology #spirituality #melindarothouse #charlottegullick #podcast
Ignite your creativity in 2024! This virtual, six-month coaching group will guide you through the journey of creativity in order to move from start to finish on a creative idea, project, or venture. As detailed in our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Communities, and Teams, Charlotte and Melinda will offer an in-depth exploration of the Syncreate model of Play, Plan, and Produce, to guide you through the creative process. Monthly meetings will include experiential exercises and discussion to stimulate your creativity, identify your own best practices, and provide accountability for your creative goals and milestones. The coaching group starts in July, with early bird registration through June 1. Details & registration at syncreate.org / LINK IN BIO. ✨ . . . #Syncreate #creativity #creativitycoaching #creativeprocess #creatives #coaching #coachinggroup #igniteyourcreativity #vision #goals #creativegoals #play #plan #produce #accountability #syncreatepodcast @melinda_ziji @charlottegullick
Who is a creative person? Syncreate Podcast Episode 30: Ben Thoma and Brian Thompson are the Co-Founders of CreativeMornings/Austin, a chapter of the worldwide organization CreativeMornings which hosts monthly creative gatherings in cities around the world. LINK IN BIO ✨ The mantra of Creative Mornings Austin is “Everyone is creative, and everyone is welcome.” Our conversation explores the nature of creativity, the importance of creative community, the notion of “genius,” and tips for sparking your own creativity. For our Creativity Pro-Tip, try giving yourself a creative prompt, along the lines of an advertising brief, with specific constraints. It’s hard to stare at a blank page or a blank canvas, where the possibilities are endless, so give yourself some parameters to work from, a “box” to start within and work your way out from. If you want some examples, you can find many prompts in our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities. #syncreate #syncreatepodcast #podcast #creativity #collaboration #creativeprocess #creativemornings #creativemorningsaustin #community #psychology #spirituality #melindarothouse #charlottegullick #podcast
Creativity Pro-Tip: Take a piece of your creative work that’s in progress, and try editing it, radically re-working it, or starting it over in a completely new way. How might you tell the story differently? What needs cutting? What if you changed the tempo of the song? Notice how the project evolves as a result of this iteration. LINK IN BIO ✨ This clip is from The Syncreate Podcast Episode 29: Iteration - In this episode of our Creative Spark series, Melinda and Charlotte describe the process of iteration, where we revise, refine, rehearse, and otherwise fine-tune and polish up our creative work to bring it to completion. Sometimes iteration requires radical cutting, editing, and reworking. We liken this process to pruning, which actually allows a tree or bush to grow and thrive more fully. It can be painful, but it’s often necessary to bring a piece of work to its final form. This episode, like the mini-episodes that preceded it, includes insights and prompts from our book, Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities. #syncreate #syncreatepodcast #creativity #collaboration #iteration #revision #rehearsal #creativeprocess #psychology #spirituality #melindarothouse #charlottegullick #podcast
What are your creative goals? Where do you want to be with your creative work by the end of this year? Goals and deadlines help motivate us, and incremental progress (doing a little bit every day) helps us get there. Reach out to us for 1x1 coaching or join our 6-Month Syncreate Coaching Group Starting in July. . . . #creativity #creativitycoaching #creativeprocess #creatives #coaching #coachinggroup #igniteyourcreativity #vision #goals #creativegoals #play #plan #produce #accountability #accountabilitypartnership #deadlines #syncreatepodcast
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