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When I was a kid, an ad for Sara Lee -- a supermarket brand of cakes and breads -- ran constantly on TV. The jingle went, Everybody doesn’t like something, but nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee!” Though I dig the intentionally clunky double negative of “nobody doesn’t,” I call BS on that claim. Sure, I...
"Once you have the why, the how shows up." I've heard it before — "I'm just not a creative person." If you resonate with that sentence, I want to challenge you to think differently — creativity isn't exclusive to artists. In fact, every single person in this world possesses their own unique creativity. Whether you...
Are you willing to invest 2% of your day to make the other 98% better? Emily Fletcher is a three time returning guest. A meditation teacher and creator of the Ziva Technique, Emily taught me everything I know about meditation, and I’ve been a huge advocate of the practice every since I learned three years...
It’s easy to find yourself analyzing everything and not actually creating. Today I want to talk about some of the mistakes I see people make when they are just beginning the journey of their career in art. And while these mistakes are common when you’re just starting, they can be made (and often are) no...
Jewelry is not an organic kind of art: it’s a lot of measuring and calculating. Today’s guest, Gabriel Urist, is a big name in streetwear world. A jewelry designer and artist, Gabriel has designed for LeBron James, Jay-Z, and has collaborated with Supreme, Nike, and other big brands. In today’s show, we dive into Gabriel’s...
The art of the start is the hardest thing. One of the questions I get asked most often in my Nion Life Community is, “How do I start?” And it’s an important question. You can be someone with passion, you can be good at your art, but it’s completely different to take this thing and...
The only thing that was really holding me back was time and full-on commitment. Something I’ve been thinking about lately is the connection between fitness and the creative lifestyle. Bringing movement and fitness into my life and taking care of my body allows me more clarity of mind, which in turn helps me continue to...
Business is always going to have ups and downs, and the creatives that succeed are the ones that push through that. Today I’m talking about something that has been on my mind for a long time now, something that relates to my own creative journey lately and what I’ve been going through, and that is...