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It’s time for Part 2 of our inspiring conversation with Ishita Gupta. Ishita helped Seth Godin publish his book Linhchpin: Are You Indispensable?, as well as another 6 bestselling books at The Domino Project. She is now a writer and speaker who works with clients who are serious about living up to their potential. She joins us for this special 2 part episode of the Unmistakable Creative Podcast where she gives a beautiful anecdote of her newly found friendship with David, a homeless man from New York, as well as an inspiring look into the past and present of her work and how she got to where she is today. To find out more about Ishita Gupta and her work, visit her website at ishitagupta.com You’ll find Ishita on most platforms as Ishita Gupta, including Instagram It’s time for Part 2 of our inspiring conversation with Ishita Gupta. Ishita helped Seth Godin publish his book Linhchpin: Are You Indispensable?, as well as another 6 bestselling books at The Domino Project. She is now a writer and speaker who works with clients who are serious about living up to their potential. She joins us for this special 2 part episode of the Unmistakable Creative Podcast where she gives a beautiful anecdote of her newly found friendship with David, a homeless man from New York, as well as an inspiring look into the past and present of her work and how she got to where she is today. To find out more about Ishita Gupta and her work, visit her website at ishitagupta.com You’ll find Ishita on most platforms as Ishita Gupta, including Instagram

Ishita Gupta helped Seth Godin publish his book Linhchpin: Are You Indispensable?, as well as helped publish 6 bestselling books at The Domino Project. She is now a writer and speaker and works with clients who are serious about living up to their potential. She joins us for this special 2 part episode of the Unmistakable Creative Podcast, filled with wisdom and beautiful insights into building confidence and self-worth, living without fear and pursuing your dreams. To find out more about Ishita Gupta and her work, visit her website at ishitagupta.com You’ll find Ishita on most platforms as Ishita Gupta, including Instagram Ishita Gupta helped Seth Godin publish his book Linhchpin: Are You Indispensable?, as well as helped publish 6 bestselling books at The Domino Project. She is now a writer and speaker and works with clients who are serious about living up to their potential. She joins us for this special 2 part episode of the Unmistakable Creative Podcast, filled with wisdom and beautiful insights into building confidence and self-worth, living without fear and pursuing your dreams. To find out more about Ishita Gupta and her work, visit her website at ishitagupta.com You’ll find Ishita on most platforms as Ishita Gupta, including Instagram

In one of our most enthralling interviews we’ve had, Nadia Bolz-Weber tells us her story about faith and the founding of the House for All Sinners and Saints. Nadia was raised fundamental Christian, and her frustrations with organized religion later in life caused her to create the kind of church that she wanted to attend. What started out as a living room congregation, eventually grew into the House for All Sinners and Saints. Take a listen to our latest episode to hear her compelling story and view on God and religion! Nadia Bolz-Weber is a Lutheran minister who founded and is the pastor at the House for All Sinners and Saints, a mission congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Denver, Colorado. Sponsors Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit https://reason8.ai/ to download the app. Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up.   In one of our most enthralling interviews we’ve had, Nadia Bolz-Weber tells us her story about faith and the founding of the House for All Sinners and Saints. Nadia was raised fundamental Christian, and her frustrations with organized religion later in life caused her to create the kind of church that she wanted to attend. What started out as a living room congregation, eventually grew into the House for All Sinners and Saints. Take a listen to our latest episode to hear her compelling story and view on God and religion! Nadia Bolz-Weber is a Lutheran minister who founded and is the pastor at the House for All Sinners and Saints, a mission congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Denver, Colorado. Sponsors Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit https://reason8.ai/ to download the app. Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up.  

For this episode of the podcast, we are joined by blogger, author and inspirational speaker, Allie Casazza. Allie is a wife and a mother of four kids who she and her husband happily home-school. The two of them also work together on her blog-turned-business. Allie has discovered a profoundly simple and liberating outlook on motherhood. You’ll find out how she has woven minimalism into her life as well as into the way she teaches and raises her kids. The benefits pave the way to a richer life. To find out more about Allie and  her work, visit her website at alliecasazza.com Check out Allie Casazza’s blog here Follow Allie on Instagram on @allie_thatsme Sponsors Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit https://reason8.ai/ to download the app. Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up.     For this episode of the podcast, we are joined by blogger, author and inspirational speaker, Allie Casazza. Allie is a wife and a mother of four kids who she and her husband happily home-school. The two of them also work together on her blog-turned-business. Allie has discovered a profoundly simple and liberating outlook on motherhood. You’ll find out how she has woven minimalism into her life as well as into the way she teaches and raises her kids. The benefits pave the way to a richer life. To find out more about Allie and  her work, visit her website at alliecasazza.com Check out Allie Casazza’s blog here Follow Allie on Instagram on @allie_thatsme Sponsors Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit https://reason8.ai/ to download the app. Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up.    

The world today is becoming dangerously digital. With the booming of social media and digital application growing in depth and complexity, keeping a healthy mindset can turn into a cluttered and stressful experience. Cal Newport, a computer science professor from Georgetown University, has some brilliant advice on how and why the philosophy of Digital Minimalism is the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world. To read more about Cal’s book, Digital Minimalism, go to calnewport.com/books/digital-minimalism If you’d like to find out more about about Cal Newport and his work, simply visit calnewport.com Sponsors Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up. The world today is becoming dangerously digital. With the booming of social media and digital application growing in depth and complexity, keeping a healthy mindset can turn into a cluttered and stressful experience. Cal Newport, a computer science professor from Georgetown University, has some brilliant advice on how and why the philosophy of Digital Minimalism is the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world. To read more about Cal’s book, Digital Minimalism, go to calnewport.com/books/digital-minimalism If you’d like to find out more about about Cal Newport and his work, simply visit calnewport.com Sponsors Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up.

I truly do believe that this is both the very best time in the history of the universe, as far as we can tell, to make something because the tools for creation have never been more easily gotten, they’ve never been cheaper. They’ve never been better. They’ve never been as diverse. And they truly make things more accessible. So if you want to make something that has been made already like a book, a movie, a song, the tools do that are just about free, which means almost anybody in the world can get their hands on it. And many of these things in previous generations were prohibitively expensive and relegated to the elites. But now you can make a book that looks as good as a best-selling author can make, and you can distribute it, and it costs very little do…We are at a moment right now in terms of what’s ahead of us, that it’s a very rapidly expanding opening. We’re on the cusp of all these very transformative technologies and trends that will produce more stuff and opportunities in the next 50 years than in the past 50 years as much as that’s hard to believe. – Kevin Kelly Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired Magazine, and author of The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future Sponsors Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up. I truly do believe that this is both the very best time in the history of the universe, as far as we can tell, to make something because the tools for creation have never been more easily gotten, they’ve never been cheaper. They’ve never been better. They’ve never been as diverse. And they truly make things more accessible. So if you want to make something that has been made already like a book, a movie, a song, the tools do that are just about free, which means almost anybody in the world can get their hands on it. And many of these things in previous generations were prohibitively expensive and relegated to the elites. But now you can make a book that looks as good as a best-selling author can make, and you can distribute it, and it costs very little do…We are at a moment right now in terms of what’s ahead of us, that it’s a very rapidly expanding opening. We’re on the cusp of all these very transformative technologies and trends that will produce more stuff and opportunities in the next 50 years than in the past 50 years as much as that’s hard to believe. – Kevin Kelly Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired Magazine, and author of The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future Sponsors Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up.

Aaron Dignan is the founder of The Ready and author of the book, Brave New Work. He joins us for this episode to discuss some of the major points in his book which focuses on rewriting the system of operation within a business to be more efficient and provide a richer experience on every level. Consider that many of the workflows within our businesses are outdated and time-consuming. Well, Aaron has a method to update our operating system. Aaron’s book can be found at www.bravenewwork.com To find out more about Aaron and his work, simply visit www.theready.com Sponsors Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit https://reason8.ai/ to download the app. Aaron Dignan is the founder of The Ready and author of the book, Brave New Work. He joins us for this episode to discuss some of the major points in his book which focuses on rewriting the system of operation within a business to be more efficient and provide a richer experience on every level. Consider that many of the workflows within our businesses are outdated and time-consuming. Well, Aaron has a method to update our operating system. Aaron’s book can be found at www.bravenewwork.com To find out more about Aaron and his work, simply visit www.theready.com Sponsors Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit https://reason8.ai/ to download the app.

For this episode of the podcast, Daniel Levin, Connectivity Expert and Author, shares a captivating recount of the life-changing events that lead him to go on to write the book, The Mosaic, and become the person he is today. Throughout this discussion, Daniel talks about losing both his parents at a young age, choosing to walk away from H&R Block when he was 16, as well as discovering the true power of connection, and much, much more. To find Daniel Levin’s book, The Mosaic, as well as more about him and his work, simply visit: https://themosaiconline.com For this episode of the podcast, Daniel Levin, Connectivity Expert and Author, shares a captivating recount of the life-changing events that lead him to go on to write the book, The Mosaic, and become the person he is today. Throughout this discussion, Daniel talks about losing both his parents at a young age, choosing to walk away from H&R Block when he was 16, as well as discovering the true power of connection, and much, much more. To find Daniel Levin’s book, The Mosaic, as well as more about him and his work, simply visit: https://themosaiconline.com

In this episode of the podcast, Tom Yorton, CEO of SecondCity Works, Chicago’s world renown improv theater whose alumni include Steven Colbert, Tina Fey and many other high profile comedians, talks about what the world of improv can teach us about creation, communication and collaboration. Sponsors Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up. In this episode of the podcast, Tom Yorton, CEO of SecondCity Works, Chicago’s world renown improv theater whose alumni include Steven Colbert, Tina Fey and many other high profile comedians, talks about what the world of improv can teach us about creation, communication and collaboration. Sponsors Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up.

Cheryl Heller is a business strategist, designer and author of The Intergalactic Design Guide. She joins us in this episode for an inspiring, jam-packed discussion, focused on how we can transform the limits in our lives through social design and creativity. In light of achieving the impossible, Cheryl covers many inspiring and interesting topics such us how to define your sense of identity, how to apply the principles of communication design, why we should rely on experiments more than planning, and ultimately, how we can alter what we see as possible on our own lives. Cheryl Heller is the Founding Chair of the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation at SVA. To view and apply to the DSI program, simply visit https://dsi.sva.edu Cheryl is the author of The Intergalactic Design Guide: Harnessing the Creative Potential of Social Design To find out more about Cheryl and her work, visit www.linkedin.com/in/cherylheller Sponsors Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up. Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit https://reason8.ai/ to download the app.     Cheryl Heller is a business strategist, designer and author of The Intergalactic Design Guide. She joins us in this episode for an inspiring, jam-packed discussion, focused on how we can transform the limits in our lives through social design and creativity. In light of achieving the impossible, Cheryl covers many inspiring and interesting topics such us how to define your sense of identity, how to apply the principles of communication design, why we should rely on experiments more than planning, and ultimately, how we can alter what we see as possible on our own lives. Cheryl Heller is the Founding Chair of the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation at SVA. To view and apply to the DSI program, simply visit https://dsi.sva.edu Cheryl is the author of The Intergalactic Design Guide: Harnessing the Creative Potential of Social Design To find out more about Cheryl and her work, visit www.linkedin.com/in/cherylheller Sponsors Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up. Reason8 is a

For this episode, we are joined by David Johnson, a renowned music producer and writer who has grown up around the likes of Miles Davis and Buddy Rich, and performed alongside artists such as Bruce Springsteen. Needless to say, David has experienced his fair share of the music industry. You’ll find out what its like to be 18 and touring the world, building honest friendships, or even losing your home and music studio to 25 inches of water, twice! Our discussion is that of a wholesome journey with honest, good-hearted lessons learned a long the way. Moreover, David gives an inspiring lesson on the universal language of music. David Johnson is currently working on a documentary called Patch.CV that focuses on the growing movement of modular synthesis which you can find on www.patchcv.com You can reach David on info@patchcv.com David also has a Record Label and Film/TV sync music company called Gearkids Creative as well as a label called Organic Vinyl Sponsors Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up. Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit https://reason8.ai/ to download the app.   For this episode, we are joined by David Johnson, a renowned music producer and writer who has grown up around the likes of Miles Davis and Buddy Rich, and performed alongside artists such as Bruce Springsteen. Needless to say, David has experienced his fair share of the music industry. You’ll find out what its like to be 18 and touring the world, building honest friendships, or even losing your home and music studio to 25 inches of water, twice! Our discussion is that of a wholesome journey with honest, good-hearted lessons learned a long the way. Moreover, David gives an inspiring lesson on the universal language of music. David Johnson is currently working on a documentary called Patch.CV that focuses on the growing movement of modular synthesis which you can find on www.patchcv.com You can reach David on info@patchcv.com David also has a Record Label and Film/TV sync music company called Gearkids Creative as well as a label called Organic Vinyl Sponsors Find your ideal work‑life balance. With so many distractions and possibilities in your digital life, it’s easy to get scattered. RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive. Get started today by simply visiting RescueTime.com to sign up. Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit

“We like winners. We like to be around winners. We like to work with winners. We like to be friends with winners. That is because we know unconsciously that could activate our feedback loop to win. University of British Columbia did a research study on athletes. They studied athletes around the world. They also studied athletes who’d been blind since birth. They found that across races and genders athletes have the exact same body language when they win or lose a race. Pride body language very specifically is when people take up as much space as possible. They tilt their head up towards the sky. They open their arms wide. They’ll jump up into the air or firmly plant their feet. It’s as if they’re saying “I feel good in the world so I want to take up more space in it.” Whereas defeated athletes, this is the body language of losing and shame, is when they take up as little space as possible. They roll their shoulders in. They tilt their heads towards their chest. They usually will grip their hands in a fist or clenched fashion. They even will stand or sit in fetal position. This is the universal gesture of shame. What happens is when we first see someone, in that first few seconds, we’re very quickly trying to decided “who do you look more like a winner or a loser?” We can pick up how prideful someone feels based on how much space they’re taking up and how much movement they have”- Vanessa Van Edwards Vanessa Van Edwards is a published author and behavioral investigator. She is a professional people watcher—speaking, researching and cracking the code of interesting human behavior for audiences around the world. She’s also the author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People   “We like winners. We like to be around winners. We like to work with winners. We like to be friends with winners. That is because we know unconsciously that could activate our feedback loop to win. University of British Columbia did a research study on athletes. They studied athletes around the world. They also studied athletes who’d been blind since birth. They found that across races and genders athletes have the exact same body language when they win or lose a race. Pride body language very specifically is when people take up as much space as possible. They tilt their head up towards the sky. They open their arms wide. They’ll jump up into the air or firmly plant their feet. It’s as if they’re saying “I feel good in the world so I want to take up more space in it.” Whereas defeated athletes, this is the body language of losing and shame, is when they take up as little space as possible. They roll their shoulders in. They tilt their heads towards their chest. They usually will grip their hands in a fist or clenched fashion. They even will stand or sit in fetal position. This is the universal gesture of shame. What happens is when we first see someone, in that first few seconds, we’re very quickly trying to decided “who do you look more like a winner or a loser?” We can pick up how prideful someone feels based on how much space they’re taking up and how much movement they have”- Vanessa Van Edwards Vanessa Van Edwards is a published author and behavioral investigator. She is a professional people watcher—speaking, researching and cracking the code of interesting human behavior for audiences around the world. She’s also the author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People  

Will Storr, an award-winning journalist and novelist, joins us for this episode of The Unmistakable Creative. In this discussion, Will takes us on an enlightening journey through the history of self. He paints an intriguing picture of how early human societies and the modern-day western world are hugely connected. Why have we become so self-obsessed and what is it doing to us? The irony is that we’d love to know and Will has an answer that will blow your mind. If you’d like to find out more about Will Storr, follow him on twitter @wstorr or visit his website at www.WillStorr.com If you liked this episode, you’ll love Will Storr’s latest book: Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It’s Doing to Us Will Storr, an award-winning journalist and novelist, joins us for this episode of The Unmistakable Creative. In this discussion, Will takes us on an enlightening journey through the history of self. He paints an intriguing picture of how early human societies and the modern-day western world are hugely connected. Why have we become so self-obsessed and what is it doing to us? The irony is that we’d love to know and Will has an answer that will blow your mind. If you’d like to find out more about Will Storr, follow him on twitter @wstorr or visit his website at www.WillStorr.com If you liked this episode, you’ll love Will Storr’s latest book: Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It’s Doing to Us

Philip McKernan returns to the show for yet another awe-inspiring discussion. In this episode, Philip talks about taking ownership of your struggles and of your suffering, what it means to speak your truth and how that frees you up to be the person you are destined to be, which ultimately allows us to love and be loved by others. Philip also shares how he went about writing a book with dyslexia, some of his insight into using our gifts to make an impact and much more. Philip McKernan is a speaker, film-maker, coach as well as author of his latest book One Last Talk To find out more about the book, visit OneLastTalk.com, and to find out more about Philip and his work, simply visit PhilipMcKernan.com Sponsors Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit https://reason8.ai/ to download the app. Philip McKernan returns to the show for yet another awe-inspiring discussion. In this episode, Philip talks about taking ownership of your struggles and of your suffering, what it means to speak your truth and how that frees you up to be the person you are destined to be, which ultimately allows us to love and be loved by others. Philip also shares how he went about writing a book with dyslexia, some of his insight into using our gifts to make an impact and much more. Philip McKernan is a speaker, film-maker, coach as well as author of his latest book One Last Talk To find out more about the book, visit OneLastTalk.com, and to find out more about Philip and his work, simply visit PhilipMcKernan.com Sponsors Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit https://reason8.ai/ to download the app.

In this episode of the Unmistakable Creative, artist and designer James Victore shares his personal journey, what’s required to succeed in a creative career, and uncovering the defining ethos of our lives. James Victore runs an independent design studio hell-bent on world domination. He is an author, designer, filmmaker and firestarter. James has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is represented in the permanent collections of museums around the globe. He is the host of Burning Questions.. He also hosts a dinner series that consists of four days and nights that are chock-full of creation, communion, deep thought, and play. It’s an intense and intimate mastery program for conscious creatives who are ready to see and be seen. Sponsors Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit https://reason8.ai/ to download the app.   In this episode of the Unmistakable Creative, artist and designer James Victore shares his personal journey, what’s required to succeed in a creative career, and uncovering the defining ethos of our lives. James Victore runs an independent design studio hell-bent on world domination. He is an author, designer, filmmaker and firestarter. James has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is represented in the permanent collections of museums around the globe. He is the host of Burning Questions.. He also hosts a dinner series that consists of four days and nights that are chock-full of creation, communion, deep thought, and play. It’s an intense and intimate mastery program for conscious creatives who are ready to see and be seen. Sponsors Reason8 is an AI-powered service for automated note-taking and preparation of summaries and minutes for in-person business meetings. To turn your conversations into knowledge, simply visit https://reason8.ai/ to download the app.