What does it mean to truly let go? How do you know when it’s time to move on, trust the journey, and step into a new chapter of your creative life? In this special episode, longtime Unleash producer, mentee, Emmy Award Winning journalist and dear friend, Rachel Fulton joins me to reflect on our three-year creative partnership as she graduates and moves into her new role as a TV reporter and anchor.

We talk about the beauty and challenge of mentorship, navigating career transitions, and how leadership rooted in trust and love can change lives. From letting go to growing forward, this conversation is for any creative who’s ready to honor their evolution, embrace new beginnings, and lead with love — both for themselves and the people they create with.

From this episode, you’ll learn:

-How to build a mentorship that empowers true creative growth

-What leadership looks like when it’s rooted in trust and collaboration
-Why letting go is an essential, and often overlooked, part of the creative process
-How to stay connected to your creative calling even when your path evolves
-How standing up for yourself with love and integrity strengthens every creative relationship

On The Guest:

Today’s guest is Unleash Your Inner Creative Producer, Rachel Fulton. She’s a three-time Emmy-nominated journalist who will be graduating from Michigan State University this week and will be pursuing a career as the weekend morning anchor and multi-media journalist for WILX, News 10, Lansing’s NBC-affiliated news station.

More on Rachel

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If you love this episode and want personalized support to break through creative blocks, build confidence, and finally share your work with the world, I’d love to help. As a creative coach, I work with artists, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate creatives to unleash their inner voice and build a thriving creative life from a place of self-love. ✨ Want to work together? Email me at Lauren.LoGrasso@gmail.com or visit https://www.laurenlograsso.com/contact/ to book a free 15-minute discovery call.

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Is there an area of your creativity that feels draining, stuck, or even overwhelming right now even though you deeply love it? Maybe you started with passion and excitement, but lately, it's felt exhausting. You might even be questioning whether it’s worth continuing at all.

If so, you’re not alone. In this solo episode, I share the pivotal moment when I almost quit this very podcast…and the shifts I made that saved it (and me). The truth is: sometimes it’s not what you’re doing that’s the problem…it’s how you’re doing it. This episode will help you reimagine your creative process so you can bring back the joy, sustainability, and flow.

From this episode, you’ll learn:

-How to recognize when burnout is really a process problem, not a purpose problem

-A creative reframe that helped me fall back in love with my work

-The exact journaling prompts I used to rethink my approach

-How to shift from autopilot into intentional creative flow

-The truth about changing your approach and output without losing your supporters, fans or customers

Thanks to Feedspot for naming Unleash one of the top 10 creativity podcasts: https://podcast.feedspot.com/creativity_podcasts/

🎙️ Connect & Work with Me:
If you love this episode and want personalized support to break through creative blocks, build confidence, and finally share your work with the world, I’d love to help. As a creative coach, I work with artists, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate creatives to unleash their inner voice and build a thriving creative life from a place of self-love. ✨ Want to work together? Email me at Lauren.LoGrasso@gmail.com or visit https://www.laurenlograsso.com/contact/ to book a free 15-minute discovery call.

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What happens when you challenge yourself to write 100 songs in one year? How can structure, within creativity, free you? In this episode, artist and longtime Unleash listener, Maria (aka her stage name, Monelise), shares how her year-long songwriting experiment helped her reconnect with her creative essence, release perfectionism, and merge her onstage persona with her true self. From burnout to flow, this conversation is for any creative who’s ready to recommit to their authentic voice, get unblocked and see the limitless potential of your own creativity.

From this episode, you’ll learn:

-How to create flexible structure that unlocks, not stifles, creative flow
-Why showing up every day (even when it’s hard) builds trust with your muse
-What to look for in a creative accountability partner
-What to do with unreleased creative work and how to stop seeing it as wasted

More on Monelise

Unleash is Nominated for a Webby Award and we need your help to win! Vote here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/shows/creativity-marketing

Thanks to Feedspot for naming Unleash one of the top 10 creativity podcasts: https://podcast.feedspot.com/creativity_podcasts/

🎙️ Connect & Work with Me:
If you love this episode and want personalized support to break through creative blocks, build confidence, and finally share your work with the world, I’d love to help. As a creative coach, I work with artists, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate creatives to unleash their inner voice and build a thriving creative life from a place of self-love. ✨ Want to work together? Email me at Lauren.LoGrasso@gmail.com or visit https://www.laurenlograsso.com/contact/ to book a free 15-minute discovery call.

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Is there a part of your creative life you’ve put on ice? Maybe it got too painful, maybe life got too busy, maybe you felt like you failed or maybe you never even started…But when you think of your creativity and the fact that this piece isn’t in it, you know it’s not right. In this solo episode, I’m opening up about a powerful healing session that uncovered a deep creative wound, which helped me realize what had been missing from my soul. Through a surprising and emotional moment with a cherished family member, I was finally able to see the truth: I had abandoned a vital part of my artistry.

This episode is all about helping you rediscover the piece of your creative self you’ve been repressing, and guiding you to bring it back into your life, in a way that feels safe, doable, and healing.If you’ve been feeling creatively off, like something’s missing or as I like to call it, “Grayed out,” you’re not alone. This is your invitation to come home to yourself.

From this episode, you’ll learn:

-How to identify what part of your creativity your soul is starving for

-What my healing session revealed about shame and how it was controlling my voice

-The importance of asking trusted loved ones what they see missing in your creativity and creative journey

-How to “microdose creative courage” to build momentum and self-trust
-How to use journaling, meditation, or therapy to uncover your hidden creative needs

🎙️ Connect & Work with Me:
If you love this episode and want personalized support to break through creative blocks, build confidence, and finally share your work with the world, I’d love to help. As a creative coach, I work with artists, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate creatives to unleash their inner voice and build a thriving creative life from a place of self-love. ✨ Want to work together? Email me at Lauren.LoGrasso@gmail.com or visit https://www.laurenlograsso.com/contact/ to book a free 15-minute discovery call.

Remember to subscribe/follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. Please leave us a rating and review- it helps SO much in getting the show out there. And tell a friend about the show- podcasts are very personal and tend to be spread person to person. If this show helped you or made you smile, share the love :)

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Have you ever felt disconnected from your body—or grieved the version of it you used to know? I have. And in this episode of Unleash Your Inner Creative, I’m talking with disability advocate and author Jayne Mattingly about something we don’t hear enough about: body grief, and how it can quietly block our creativity and self-love.

Here’s what I’ve come to realize: when we lose trust in our bodies, we often lose connection to ourselves and therefore our creative voice. But when we start rebuilding that trust—even slowly—we open the door to healing, peace, and creative freedom.

Jayne created a powerful framework to help us understand and move through body grief, and in this episode, she shares her story, how it applies to you, and how getting into a relationship with your body can shift everything—from how you heal to how you create.

From this episode, you’ll learn:

-What body grief is and how to recognize it in your own life
-The 7 stages of body grief and how to move through them

-How to begin rebuilding trust with your body—at any stage
-Why healing your relationship with your body can unlock your creativity

TW: Eating Disorders and Mental Health

More on Jayne

Unleash is Nominated for a Webby Award and we need your help to win! Vote here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/shows/creativity-marketing

✨ Want personalized support to reconnect with your creativity yourself and share your work with the world? I’m a creative coach who helps artists, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate creatives move through self-doubt and unleash their authentic voice.

📩 Reach out for a free discovery call at Lauren.LoGrasso@gmail.com or visit https://www.laurenlograsso.com/contact/

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Hi Creative. As you may have seen, last week was a very scary week for me. My Dad, who I am extremely close to, was in the ICU for a subdural hematoma. At some point, I will tell the full story, but for today, I am sharing just a little behind the scenes of what has been going on, as well as resharing one of my favorite episodes in honor of my Dad. Please keep him in your prayers and good thoughts for a full recovery. I appreciate you.

Original Description:

Ciao, Creativo🇮🇹✨! Today I'm going to take you inside my deeply joyful and emotional journey back to Sicily. On this trip I reconnected with my ancestral roots and got to introduce my parents to our long-lost relatives (first cousins) after over seven decades. Throughout the episode, you'll hear me delve into the cultural lessons gleaned from my Sicilian ancestry, the formative role family has played in shaping my creativity, why I actually love language barriers and even some funny takeaways about Sicilan food and culture. We will also explore why your ancestry is a rich resource for creative inspiration and talk through how YOU can better understand yourself through addressing familial and generational grief. Hope you love it! Strap in for a Sicilan Adventure 🍝

Chapters:

00:04Introduction and Ancestral Journey

00:23The Importance of Knowing Your Roots

01:02The Privilege of Knowing Your Ancestry

02:12The Role of Family in Creativity

02:26The Power of Finding YOUR Creative Topic

04:29My Sicilian Origin Story

06:31The Unexpected Family ReunionS

10:04The Emotional Impact of Meeting Family

13:31The Trip to Sicily: A Homecoming

15:41The Healing Power of Family Connection

25:17The Role of Creativity in Sicilian Culture

40:53The Grief of Losing Cultural Roots

55:09The Miracle of Sicily Jo Ann

59:15Michelin Stars Are Overrated + I HATE Small Foods

01:00:37 The Uniqueness of Italian Culture

01:03:21The Healing Power of Ancestral Connection

01:06:12The Importance of Family in Creative Expression

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Are you feeling stuck, torn between two (or more) options, and unsure which path to take? Whether it’s a major life decision or something as simple as choosing what to eat for dinner, I’ve got you.

In today’s solo episode, I’m sharing my foolproof, go-to decision-making trick that has never led me astray. This simple yet powerful tool helps you tune into your body’s natural wisdom, so you can ditch overthinking, trust your intuition, and make the right choice—instantly.

🔹 From this episode, you’ll learn:

-How to drop from your head into your body to access true clarity

-A simple method to tell whether a decision is right for you—without second-guessing

-Why logical pros & cons lists will only take you so far (and what actually works)

-A guided visualization exercise to help you apply this method to a real decision in your life

If you’ve been stuck in indecision, this episode will change the way you make choices forever.

🎙️ Connect & Work with Me:
If you love this episode and want personalized support to break through creative blocks, build confidence, and finally share your work with the world, I’d love to help. As a creative coach, I work with artists, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate creatives to unleash their inner voice and build a thriving creative life from a place of self-love. ✨ Want to work together? Email me at Lauren.LoGrasso@gmail.com or visit https://www.laurenlograsso.com/contact/ to book a free 15-minute discovery call.

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What if healing after trauma wasn’t just about survival—but about creativity, reclamation, and transformation? Today’s guest, Marlee Liss, is living proof that healing can look radically different than what we’ve been taught. After experiencing sexual violence, she was thrown into the justice system and quickly realized something: the traditional punitive approach wasn’t leading to healing—it was retraumatizing. So, she did something groundbreaking.

Marlee became the first person in North America to advocate for and successfully secure a court-ordered restorative justice process, requiring her assailant to undergo mandated therapy instead of incarceration. Through this process, she proved that true justice isn’t always about punishment—it can be about deep, lasting accountability, healing, and even transformation.

This is the second episode in my series on using creativity to change the world—because creativity isn’t just for art. It’s for how we think, how we heal, and how we rebuild broken systems.

✨ From this conversation, you’ll learn:

• The radical question that changed everything for Marlee—and how it can change your life, too

• Why the justice system often fails survivors—and what a real, healing alternative looks like

• How creativity can be used to solve even the world’s toughest problems

• The surprising key to true healing: reclaiming joy, pleasure, and personal freedom

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