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Lessons in Creativity with Jenna Masi
by Jenna Masi
A podcast exploring the creative process across disciplines and learning how to harness this natural part of our human experience.
Episodes
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#24 Lessons in Creativity Season 1 Reflections
Season 1 is officially coming to a close! Listen to hear my five biggest take-aways from the 20+ interviews I conducted in Season 1. In this episode, I reflection on themes of the show including identity, perfectionism, vulnerability, creativity & AI, creativity & practicality, and creative...
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#23 Joy Batra | Embracing a Path with Equal Parts Corporate and Creative
My latest podcast episode is out and my guest is Joy Batra! Joy’s journey has caused her to embrace an identity with equal parts corporate and creative. She graduated from Harvard Business School with a JD/MBA when her life took an unexpected turn. Instead of practicing law, she wound up pursuing…
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#22 Labyrxnth with Christina Ducruet | Creating a Company Focused on Spiritual Growth
In this episode I spoke with Christina Ducruet. Christina is the founder of Labryxnth, a modern haven for spiritual growth. After experiencing a significant loss at a pivotal moment in her life, Christina decided to pivot her career to focus on spirituality, which ultimately gave way to the...
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#21 David Nebinski | Committing to Creativity through 6 Years of Podcasting and Community Building
In this episode I spoke with David Nebinski. David is the host of the 300+ episode Portfolio Career Podcast, the Community Manager for the Chief of Staff network, and a community builder for community builders in NYC. In the episode, David talks about how his personal project of consistently...
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#20 Sasha Schechter | Creativity as a TV Producer and Balancing Creative and Business Goals
In this episode I spoke with Sasha Schechter, an Emmy award winning TV producer. Sasha talks about how her early interests in writing, music, and storytelling contributed to her career as a TV producer. She pivoted into the business world a few years ago and shares perspectives about the…
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#19 Charlie Brigitte Hair | Opening and Running a Small Family Business
In this episode I spoke with Brigitte Iaciofano and Carrie Lawless, two sisters who run CharlieBrigitte Hair, a boutique, personalized and luxury small experience, in Morristown, NJ. After Brigitte graduated from college, she decided to pursue a path in beauty school with a dream of one day…
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#18 Noah Frank | Personal Expression through Singing, Songwriting, and Shared Musical Moments
In this episode I spoke with Noah Frank. Noah is a singer-songwriter, drummer, innovation consultant, and overall creative. He has busked all around the country, grown his own music business, and released his music under his alter ego artist name, Pharr. Noah grew up as an extrovert with a…
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#17 Amanda Branson | Starting a Personal Project: The Professional Life Crisis Podcast
In this episode I spoke with Amanda Branson. Amanda started her career in management consulting and then worked as a Chief of Staff in a startup. More recently though, she has taken on her own marketing freelancing and started a podcast called Professional Life Crisis. Think of Amanda as a career...
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#16 Ali Geramian | Creativity and Innovation within the Startup and Venture Ecosystem
In this episode I spoke with Ali Geramian. Ali’s career has ranged from working as a chemical engineer, a DJ and producer, an innovation consultant to his current role as a partner in venture capital within the fintech industry. In this episode, Ali talks about his creativity in building his own...
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#15 Esther Jang | Using Creativity and Empathy to Build Brands from Scratch
In this episode I spoke with Esther Jang. Esther is brand and product marketer who was an early employee at Venmo and helped shape the brand from the beginning. Since then, she has worked with many fintech startups building the brand from scratch. Esther talks about brand evolution, the bravery...
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#14 Jeff Metzler | From Broadway to Business: Navigating the Spectrum from Creative to Practical
This episode is with Jeff Metzler! Jeff started his career as a Broadway performer, appearing in two Tony winning shows, three award winning national tours, and on live television. He eventually transitioned from being a performer to working on the business side of Broadway and eventually into…
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#13 Adi Surendran | Creative Constraints as a Tool for Comedy Writing and Life
Adi Surendran is a comedy writer who grew up in NJ after his parents moved from India. Adi started his career as a lawyer but events in his personal life, along with his love of comedy, caused him to slowly work at developing his comedy writing in the form of mundane short stories. After going to...
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#12 Allie Moss | Songwriting, Community, and Overcoming Creative Blocks
Allie Moss is a singer-songwriter (check out her music on Spotify) whose songs have been featured on TV shows like Bones, Pretty Little Liars, and Parenthood. She has released several albums and EPs and toured the country for her own music and as a member of the Ingrid Michaelson band. In this...
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#11 Lauren Ducrey | Poetry as a Tool for Connection with Ourselves and Others
In my most recent episode I spoke with, poet, Lauren Ducrey. Lauren studied literature and grew up with the belief that you’re either born creative or you’re not. Events in her own life caused her to shift from analyzing works of art to creating them and just earlier this year, she left her job…
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#10 Rob Lawless: Robs10kFriends | Committing to an 8+ Year Project to Infuse More Empathy into the World
My next episode is out! In this episode I spoke with Rob Lawless. Rob started his career off in consulting but very quickly realized he missed the close connections he had felt while in college at Penn State. He designed a project for himself called Robs10kFriends where he is on a mission to meet...
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#9 Saba Ahmed | Exploring Social Wellness Entrepreneurship
In this episode I spoke with Saba Ahmed, previous Chief of Staff of the Skimm and current social wellness entrepreneur. In our conversation, I got the chance to hear from someone who is right in the middle of her creative process - Saba is currently intentionally exploring the social wellness…
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#8 Ana De Matos | Defining Well-being within the Workplace and Lessons Learned as a Knicks City Dancer
In this episode I spoke with Ana De Matos. Early in her consulting career, Ana’s passion for dance drove her to audition for the NY Knicks dance team. She was ultimately accepted and chose to pursue this dream while balancing her career in consulting. This experience of balancing both taught her...
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#7 Aaron Berger | Starting a Public Relations Consultancy
In this episode, I spoke with Aaron Berger, a Public Relations specialist and entrepreneur focused on the fintech space. Aaron tells his story of getting started in the PR industry, deciding to move to freelancing, and evolving his freelance business into his current PR consultancy with a…
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#6 Scott Wolfson | Creative WorkCrafting
In this episode I spoke with Scott Wolfson. Scott’s career has ranged all the way from being a street performer, video producer, radio broadcaster, to working at KPMG and BCG in innovation consulting. Today, Scott, self identifies as a curious human and is on a personal mission to help people…
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#5 Amanda Pena | Starting and Pivoting as a Content Creator
Amanda Pena has been writing and creating content most of her life. Her most recent project was a social media account called the Rules of 30, aimed at personal development for women in their 30s which gained 150k followers on instagram. In this episode, you’ll hear Amanda talk about starting...
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#4 Rachel Saslaw | Experience Design and Storytelling as Art
In this episode I talked with Rachel Saslaw, the founder of Storytell NYC, a storytelling open mic experience. Rachel turned a desire to connect deeply with others and share meaningful moments into an immersive, connected experience. I recently attended my first StoryTell and was touched by how…
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#3 Cara Sullivan | Creativity in Engineering: Balancing the Creative and Practical
Cara Sullivan is a technical leader within biomedical engineering. In our conversation together, Cara dispelled myths of creativity within engineering and highlighted the necessary linkage between structure and creativity. Cara is a huge proponent of women in engineering and highlights the…
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#2 Kelli Bruno | Creative Songwriting: Every Artist was an Amateur First
Kelli Bruno is a multi-instrumental singer-songwriter. She has been playing instruments since she was a child and recently released her second album. She has a love for songwriting, creative works, singing in harmony, and seeing an album through. Her latest album, Company explores different types...
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#1 Dr. Alaina Puff | Unleashing Intuition to Unblock Creativity
For my very first episode, I interviewed Dr. Alaina Puff., founder of Flow State Coaching and Consulting and PhD in Child Psychology. Alaina was on a path towards becoming a child therapist when unexpected events caused her to change course. She wound up starting her own coaching business helping...
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Season 1 Trailer | Lessons in Creativity with Jenna Masi
Are you curious about how the creative process works? Do you hope to bring more creativity into your own life and career? This podcast is for you. In Lessons in Creativity, we will explore the creative process across multiple disciplines and learn how to harness this natural part of our human...
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