Creative Engagement Podcast
Join us at the intersection of artistry and engagement! Life Coach and Singer Songwriter Daniel Mandel interviews artists and creative folks to shine a light on the importance of authentic self-expression and engagement. Daniel's purpose is to stimulate curiosity that will lead to play so that we each get to live our most meaningful adventure! I am a Creativity Coach and I’m the chief encouragement officer! I work with people as creators and artists to generate change through curiosity and imagination that invites creativity into problem solving to address life challenges.
Episodes
96 episodes
Creative Engagement Holly Stoppit facilitator, educator, dramatherapist, IFS therapist, clinical supervisor, creative consultant, clown, fool, idiot
My guest for this episode is Holly Stoppit. Yes that’s her name! Holly is a facilitator, educator, dramatherapist, IFS therapist, clinical supervisor, creative consultant, clown, fool, idiot. With all those titles you can be sure that Holly is ...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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41:51
Creative Engagement Iddo Oberski, Artist
I’m so pleased to include my guest and friend, artist Iddo Oberski. I have known my guest Iddo Oberski for many years through the lens of his creative expression in our shared experiences at an artist retreat called the Discipline of Freedom. A...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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36:55
Creative Engagement Mary Telfer Artist Founder of the Creative Collective
My guest Mary Telfer is an Artist and founder of The Creative Collective, a $9/month online membership where creative people get weekly art challenges, monthly creative Zoom calls, and a supportive space to make and post art. I found Mary...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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33:42
Encouragement Session: John Sparks Chakra Healing
I have known John Sparks on and off through several artist retreats and through his wife Christine. We have seen each other grow and learn and create over the years, and this latest expression of chakra healing seems like a potent example of Jo...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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39:11
Creative Engagement Kisha Burlinson Community Builder, Shamanic Healer
My guest this episode is Kisha Burlinson. Kisha is a community builder who specializes in initiations into the divine feminine for men and women. Kisha is part of a long lineage of shamanic healing work. She is a founding member of Shematrix.&n...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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46:31
Creative Engagement Baker Mukasa Actor, Singer, Teacher
My guest is Baker Mukasa Actor, Singer, Teacher and Lover of Life! I have had the privilege of getting to know Baker Mukasa in the context of an artist workshop. Baker is the youngest participant in our group and met our teacher Kath through th...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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37:31
Creative Engagement Emily Sly Improvisational Singer, Clown, and Fool
My guest is Emily Sly an artist exploring improvisational Fooling and Clowning and Singing. I met Emily as we are both participants of a course called PathMakers, and I was not aware until I witnessed Emily sharing her clown with the group that...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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32:28
Encouragement Session: Michael Towne End of Life Doula
In this Encouragement Session my guest Michael Towne describes his project of bringing creativity and meaning to the work of End of Life Doula where he will be creating a Dark Sky Plunge experience for his clients. Michael Towne is a queer Cali...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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57:24
Creative Engagement Creative Empowerment Coach Jenny Leigh Hodgins
Meet Jenny Leigh Hodgins, a true creative powerhouse! Jenny Leigh is a Creative Empowerment Coach, Pianist-Composer, Author/Poet, and Host of Your Creative Chord Podcast. She’s a leader, and piano instructor who’s got all aspects of creativity ...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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37:07
Encouragement Session Full Circle: Joe Bielling Author, Level 3 IFS Practitioner & Coach
My guest for this Encouragement Session is Author Joe Bielling a certified level 3 Internal Family Systems practitioner and Coach with a Master’s degree in Therapy. This is Joe’s 2nd appearance in what I’m calling his FULL CIRCLE ENCOURAGEMENT ...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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43:18
Creative Engagement Painter, Textile Artist and Crofter Sarah Campbell
My guest Sarah Campbell has a delightfully welcoming presence. I have had the opportunity through several workshops and retreats to visit, sit in with her church choir and see the home that she and her husband Yorik have created on the Island o...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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34:43
Creative Engagement Rabbi Adina Allen
My guest is Rabbi Adina Allen author of The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom. I feel very aligned with the ideas in this book. Rabbi Adina explores how ancient Jewish text, not only the Torah...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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34:28
Encouragement Session Full Circle: Illustrator and Visual Storyteller Molly Clasen
My guest Molly Clasen is an Illustrator and Visual Story Teller. This is Molly’s 2nd appearance or Full Circle interview following her Encouragement Session back on February of 2024. We discuss how speaking in this public forum put a certain ge...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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37:42
Creative Engagement Musician Composer Anne Wood
My guest is Musician, Composer Anne Wood. I thank Niloo Kahn for introducing me to Anne. It is so fascinating to learn about Anne’s life story and the story of how her theatrical experience called When Mountains Meet came to life. I won’t give ...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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50:21
Creative Engagement Visual Artist Tamsin Haggis
I remember artistic retreats where I met my guest Tamsin Haggis and I was in awe of her creative exploration, her different styles and as I learned more I was fascinated with her background. Recently Tamsin has begun writing her own Substack wh...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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40:21
Creative Engagement Writer Lisa Martens
My guest Writer Lisa Martens joins us all the way from Costa Rica! I want to thank Yolande Brener for introducing us. We discuss Lisa’s Novel: Like It Never Happened a humorous yet insightful exploration of generational trauma. Lisa has become ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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32:37
Creative Engagement Architect, Painter, Songwriter Christel Knappe
I had the privilege of being paired with my guest Christel Knappe on a songwriting retreat on the Greek Island of Crete last summer. Christel’s creativity is multifaceted. As we get to know how Christel’s creativity manifests in her life we rem...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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37:56
Creative Engagement Actor, Founder Solo School Henry McGrath
My guest is Henry McGrath Creative Entrepreneur, filmmaker, performance artist, actor, lover of the wild places and Founder of The Solo School and Eden's Cave. I was able to attend the online screening premiere of Henry's film Red Bird, and I h...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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43:35
Creative Engagement Executive Producer, Writer Adam "Tex" Davis
Adam "Tex" Davis is the Executive Producer and Co-Founder at Atomic Entertainment as well as a podcaster, and Producer and Writer of Films and Television. You can find out more at:https://w...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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40:31
Creative Engagement Storyteller Story Coach Svend-Erik Engh
My guest is Svend-Erik Engh a storyteller and story coach from Edinburgh, Scotland and Denmark. I was introduced by his wife Alice Fernbank who also appeared as a guest recently. This discussion helped me distinguish the difference between a wr...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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50:32
Creative Engagement Multidisciplinary Artist Tina Rath
My guest is Tina Rath multidisciplinary artist using neuroesthetics as a guide. Tina and I discuss a wide range of topics including the muse and motivation, embodiment, regulation and healing. Tina has created a public memorial to address the t...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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50:01
Creative Engagement Painter, Coach, CEO Veronica Love
My guest Veronica Love is a Coach, Artist and Painter and Global CEO of Newfield Network. I appreciated this discussion about embodiment and the Applied Somatics Coaching Course that Newfield is offering. Veronica leads us in a body awareness m...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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40:47
Creative Engagement Theater Maker Niloo Khan
My guest this episode Theater Maker Niloo Khan and I captured this interview on the Scottish Island of Lismore as we are both participating in a course called PathMakers created by Kath Burlinson. It was wonderful to meet and get to know Niloo ...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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42:59
Creative Engagement Actor Nigel Hollidge
My guest Actor and Theater maker Nigel Hollidge lives in Brittany. I have encountered Nigel through several Discipline of Freedom artist workshops and in this interview we found ourselves both participating in a PathMaker workshop on the Scotti...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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39:19
Creative Engagement Storyteller Alice Fernbank
My guest this episode is Storyteller Alice Fernbank. I was so delighted to reconnect with Alice in a new cohort of the PathMakers workshop offered by Kath Burlinson. Alice and I initially met at a Discipline of Freedom artist workshop in France...
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