Creatively Free

This week’s Tea Talk is a little different — it’s just you and me, heart to heart.No guest, no script — just some honest reflections on community, creativity, and the ever-evolving dance between the two.I’ve been thinking about how community has changed for me — not as a social construct, but as a creative act. As something we build with our voices, our stories, and our willingness to be seen. I want to hear from you — the creators, the visionaries, the quiet dreamers — and connect more deeply.I’m also sharing a glimpse into my latest creative act: a cozy sci-fi story born from the intersection of imagination and belonging — where art and soul activism meet stardust and hearthlight.This episode is an offering — a reminder that soul activism isn’t just protest; it’s creation. Every time we choose to live and make from love, we shift the collective frequency a little higher. Explore more of my work:Join me on insta: @arielgracefull💌 Join the Journey: Creatively Free Email🪐 Substack: CreativelyFree.Substack.com🎬 Entertainment Studio: CreativelyFreeStudios.com@CreativelyFreeStudios✨ The Eura Trilogy book 1 Launch 2025: Entwined Dimensions book 1 of the @EuraTrilogy or EntwinedDimensions.com(The episode art is a picture of me as a kid, being the storyteller I always was meant to be then, too!)

I’m beyond grateful to share today’s episode with my guest Akashka, so grab your tea and get ready for a sip of soul activism.We’re diving into what it truly means to reclaim the sacred — not as a trend, not something you can Google, but as a deeply personal, private act of truth.Akashka is a longtime health therapist who has spent recent years in deep reverence with nature, honoring the seer and channel she is — one who is in love with the soul of the Earth, Gaya. Her upcoming book is a devotion to the sacred: a breath of true love and life’s deepest invitation. It’s written for those who’ve never felt at home in systems that suppress their natural beauty.This Tea Talk is a co-creative portal — a love poem that doesn’t aim to rewrite the stars, but to awaken the star codes we already carry in our DNA. Codes of love that don’t need to be named, categorized, or explained. Just felt.This is about reclaiming our being as Art — and how beauty, when rooted in discernment and our connection to nature, becomes its own quiet revolution.For those who feel too much, see too deeply, and still choose to create — this one’s for you.✨ Explore her work at akashka.com or connect with her on Instagram @akashkalove🎧 LISTEN: http://bit.ly/CreativelyFreePodcast💌 Join the journey: http://bit.ly/CreativelyFreeEmailSubstack: https://substack.com/@creativelyfreeWork with Ariel: CreativelyFree.LiveEntertainment studio: CreativelyFreeStudios.com

Emotions aren’t meant to be shut away — they’re keys to healing ourselves and, ripple by ripple, softening violence in the world.This month in this solo episode, we’re exploring how to turn big, wild feelings into artful activism and deepen our relationship with ourselves.I dive into:🌸 How to gently observe your emotions without judgment, like watching clouds drift by🌸 Relating to your feelings through a Jungian lens — seeing them as wise messengers from your inner depths🌸 The invitation to become endlessly curious about your feelings and learn to embrace them, even the messy ones🌸 The metaphor of fire — how emotions can burn, illuminate, transform, and ultimately warm us when tended with careAnd so much more soul-nourishing magic.WATCH OR LISTEN: http://bit.ly/CreativelyFreePodcastTo work with Ariel or collaborate visit http://creativelyfree.live 

✨ What if the missing link to your soul’s truth… was the part of you that still believes in magic, talks to trees, and dances for no reason at all?Yep — your inner child knows the way home. She (he or they) remembers who you are beneath the noise.And this meditation? It’s a love note to that remembering.With healing binaural beats woven through 🎧, it gently guides your nervous system into rest… so the old stories, the hidden aches, the quiet wounds can rise —and release through softness, through witnessing, through care.Because true healing happens when we meet ourselves with tenderness.🎧 WATCH: CreativelyFreeTV💌 Join the journey: CreativelyFree Email💫 Work with Ariel: CreativelyFree.Live🎬 Our studio: CreativelyFreeStudios.com

Creatively Free — Season 3: Tea TalksA soul-led season of cozy, unfiltered conversations. No spotlights, just warm tea, creative musings, and blooming ideas. Think of it as the anti-TED Talk — for mystical minds, sensitive creators, and nature-loving disruptors.✨ New episodes dropping organically.🎧 WATCH: http://bit.ly/CreativelyFreeTV 💌 Join the journey: http://bit.ly/CreativelyFreeEmail Work with Ariel: CreativelyFree.LiveEntertainment studio: CreativelyFreeStudios.com

This month’s magic from Creatively Free is all about overcoming overwhelm and creating systems as an artist. My guest is Stephanie Porcello. Stephanie is a multi-passionate artist, author, speaker, and mental health advocate. Before finding her creative voice, Stephanie was an audiologist. While recovering from a concussion, she discovered painting released the emotions trapped inside her that she couldn’t describe with words. Stephanie’s abstract paintings are beautiful disasters, teetering between areas of messy chaos and calming deep breaths. She paints visual songs that offer a moment of rest to remind you that you are not alone when you are struggling. They are designed to inspire people to keep reaching for beauty and hope, even when all feels lost. She continues to share her compassionate spirit through her public speaking and classes. She empowers others to re-think negative perspectives and nurture their favorite selves. Instagram: @StephaniePorcelloArt Website: StephaniePorcelloArt.com  Highlights include: 🌸 How did you end up as a best selling author, an artist and teacher? 🌸 Her art and music and how they work together with her senses 🌸 Being highly sensitive  🌸 The idea of “visual songs” and your health issues, how painting has become a voice 🌸 How she creates systems to overcome overwhelm and stay productive as a creator And so much more!! For more magic from Creatively Free visit CreativelyFreeStudios.com 

What is the tie to personal transformation and living creatively free? Tune in to this month’s episode of Creatively Free with my guest Linda (Shekinah) Fischer, a beacon of transformation and empowerment. With an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a relentless drive to understand the core of human motivation, Linda has dedicated the past four decades to fostering sustainable change within herself and others. Her remarkable recovery from addiction ignited her passion and purpose, leading her to a life of fulfillment and pleasure. As an Ontological Coach trained by Newfield Network, as well as an accomplished author and educator, Linda empowers individuals to discover their inner brilliance and realize their potential. Her unwavering commitment is to inspire and support people worldwide in achieving a fulfilling life, regardless of their circumstances, and to assure them that they are not alone on their journey. Her book, "From Hell to Heaven: 16 Lessons & Blessing to Inspire Your Journey Beyond Recovery" is now available at lindalfischer.com. Highlights include: 🌸 Where her name has evolved, what it means, and how it impacts her creativity 🌸 Her journey to becoming a memoir author as she overcame a Near Death Experience (NDE) and recovered from trauma and addiciton  🌸 How she views the human experience as a spiritual being and the opportunity that creativity offers us And so much more! Tune in! For more magic from Creatively Free or to work with Ariel, visit http://www.CreativelyFree.live.

This month’s magic from Creatively Free is about Embodied Movement &  Multidimensional Art with the incredible artist / performer / poet / dancer Nadja Haas. She is also an incredible multidimensional healer who introduced me to the space of family constellation healing. Nadja Haas' work is based on several original versions; She examines the tension between performance dance and traditional texts/images, structures and processes. She constantly develops new tactics to achieve an expanded concept of performance. It treats conceptual fields as impermanence. She is part of the ‚freie Szene‘ Berlin since 2011. She holds a BA in Fine Arts Multimedia/Painting, Kingston University, Surrey GB  Diploma, Performing Arts Dance / Choreography, Holborn Performing Arts Centre, London, UK MA Master Slade School of Fine Art. Visit her at www.nadjadances.com She’s on insta @nadjadances Dance insta groups she referenced during the podcast:  Dreamscapers dasbridging.world nosotrosenelcuerpo Highlights include: 🌸 How she developed her artistic way and the variety of how her art changed as she learned new languages and traveled  🌸 How her illness gave her a new pathway to creative expression 🌸 How she loves to work with collaborative art as the primary format for her creative expression 🌸Multidimensional, interdisciplinary, cross industry artistic projects she is participating in research, art and AI 🌸 How movement helps us to embody and experience the truth of the human form And so much more!! For more magic from Creatively Free or to work with Ariel, visit http://www.CreativelyFree.live.

“If you’re ever lost, your inner child will help you with your self expression.” This month’s magic from Creatively Free is about the soulful expression through our style with the incredible Holly Chayes. Holly Chayes is a personal style coach and consultant focusing on everyday genuine style and helping you build and wear the wardrobe you love. (Even when you’re running late, fighting a cold, and it's laundry day.) Because our lives are lived between monumental milestone moments. She has a background in costume design & wardrobe for theater, knitwear design & pattern writing for hand knitters, and building & running marketing and operations systems for creative businesses. She is the host of Talking About Clothes with Holly Chayes, a podcast where she talks about clothes with the people who wear them, and the writer behind Who Wears Who? A website devoted to helping you reclaim your closet. Find out more and get started reconnecting with your style at WhoWearsWho.com  She’s on insta @whowearswho  Highlights include: 🌸 Her background in costume design and how it evolved 🌸 How she helps people discover their latest soulful way through their garmets 🌸 How she helps clients work with topics like body image, creativity and options that you may not have know were available to you! 🌸 How to be gentle with yourself no matter where you are in your self expression journey 🌸 Sustainable ways of wearing For more magic from Creatively Free or to work with Ariel, visit http://www.CreativelyFree.live.

In this riveting episode of Creatively Free with the legendary photographer and mixed media artist Warwick Saint, we explore living in the questions and discovering innovation at the creative edge - and how truly great art is an expression of divinity that is hard to define but is truly timeless. You don’t want to miss this, its electric! As a painter, award-winning photographer, and mixed media artist from South Africa, Saint has reimagined the role of lighting in film shoots with his adaptive techniques. Brands such as Nike, Puma, and Diesel have published global campaigns using Saint’s unaltered images, and he has shot album covers for icons such as Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, Missy Elliot, JLo, and Whitney Houston, as well as countless iconic celebrity portraits and campaigns. In 2018, Saint moved beyond traditional photography and began exploring his work through painting—an inquiry into beauty, identity, celebrity, and the resulting psychological complexities of self-perception in our time. Saint's new creative process, which he calls "Lumadynamic Decomposition," is the result of challenging his own photography. To learn more and engage with Warwick, visit @warwicksaint and warwicksaint.com. Highlights include: 🌸 His evolution of his artistic journey 🌸 How he uses the void to discover true creative expression and innovation in art 🌸 How he relates to his vulnerability in discovering what to explore with a medium next 🌸 How he blends mediums to discover what is new and hasn't been explored 🌸 His interest in exploring creative tension and polarity in artistic expression 🌸 What beauty is to him and how he evaluates his art 🌸 How he values and dives into the art of marketing and creating an audience For more magic from Creatively Free or to work with Ariel, visit http://www.CreativelyFree.live.

What is being creatively disruptive? How does that tie to feeling truly creatively free? We contemplate these questions and more in this month’s episode of Creatively Free! If you’re curious about the secrets of fulfilled creative living, then ask Lauren Spangler. As a creativity coach she helps artists bridge the gap between their boldest visions and their everyday reality. A painter, writer, and musician herself, as well as a wife and mom of two, Lauren’s mission is to empower artists to enjoy the creative freedom they crave without giving up the financial stability they depend upon. She has helped hundreds of professionals set and achieve their goals, and now she’s here to help you unblock your inner artist and take big steps toward your biggest dreams. Take the free "Spark or Sputter?" Self-Assessment at www.laurenspangler.com/spark and connect with Lauren on Instagram at @laurenspangler. Highlights include: How Lauren navigated success and failures being a professional artist and musician Balancing the many urges of creativity and how to narrow in on what is alive now What being a ‘creative disruptor’ really is about and how it ties to artistic activism For more magic from Creatively Free or to work with Ariel visit http://www.CreativelyFree.live  We are delighted to be recognized by FeedSpot’s top 40 Creativity Podcast https://podcasts.feedspot.com/creativity_podcasts/

It’s here! The much anticipated intuition and creativity eepisode of Creatively Free where we dive into the realms of the creative spark, the source of your inuitive gifts and all things creative nudge related! Mallory Meyer is a Leadership & Neurocoach, Healer, Educator and International Speaker. As a former Corporate Human Resources professional and multiple six-figure entrepreneur, Mallory understands the complexities of navigating the world of business and corporate leadership and uses her unique approach of combining multiple modalities to now guide and support founders, executives and visionaries in achieving heightened levels of performance, profit, and productivity in a way that does not compromise their well-being with neurofitness solutions.  Trauma Sensitive, Leadership & Neurocoach Certified EFT, TIME, Hypnosis, Polyvagal-Informed and NLP Practitioner, Master Reiki Healer @leadermindshift www.whitewolfreiki.ca Highlights include: How she has found and developed her own intuition and how she uses it in her business and day to day life How intuition is directly tied to creativity How to explore your creative impulses with becoming a greater observer of your internal compass and intuitive process The nuances in developing your intuition and your spiritual gifts overall and what might block people from exploring them How to know if you are listening to your intuition and not some other influence For more magic from Creatively Free or to work wtih Ariel visit http://www.CreativelyFree.live 

Where do ideas go, does it matter if we ™ them as ours and is it okay if we don’t finish them? These questions and more we explore in this month’s episode of Creatively Free. My guest, Eryc Eyl is a speaker, coach, and consultant with more than 30 years of experience in making work more human in a variety of industries and organizations. He believes in a world in which work is more than just a four-letter word, but part of path to greater satisfaction, fulfillment, self-actualization, and flourishing. Eryc is also a storyteller, playwright, and DJ. His first book, Stop Engaging Employees: Start Making Work More Human, was published in January 2024. Check out his work at: https://www.eryceyl.com  Highlights include: 🌸 How creative expression showed up for Eryc throughout his life and morphed into different formats 🌸 How he views intellectual capital and individuality versus collective good with ideas and content 🌸 What is great about being a starter? What other types are there in terms of seeing ideas through to completion?  🌸 How he finished his book (Finally) when he is more of a “starter” type 🌸 Ways to be in both vision and lean creation mode so that we actually birth our big ideas and allow for the natural unfolding of what’s next  For more magic from Creatively Free or to work wtih Ariel visit http://www.CreativelyFree.live  We are delighted to be recognized by FeedSpot’s top 40 Creativity Podcast https://podcasts.feedspot.com/creativity_podcasts/

In this episode of Creatively Free dive into the real and raw space of transforming your emotions with art and crafting a creative career that gives you the space you need to pursue your new creative urges!  My guest Corri Lynne is a children’s book author and illustrator living in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania with her husband and little dog, Peanut. She is passionate about living authentically and sharing openly about past trauma, addiction, and recovery, to challenge the stigma society still holds for these issues.  She is a lover of all things creative and believes in the power of art to heal and transform.  Corrilynne.com  Corri Lynne Dockum  on insta Amazon.com: Peanut's Bedtime Adventures Highlights include: 🌸 Her transformational journey of overcoming PTSD and trauma by allowing herself to unblock her creativity and receive support and therapy 🌸 Her creative career as a multi-passionate creative practicing as a stylist and gradually pivoting to deepening her artistic exploration with mindfulness children’s books as author and illustrator 🌸 How art can help us see our inner critic more clearly and overcome it 🌸 Why art does not need to only be beautiful and sellable  🌸 What the responses have been from children and schools around the books and mindfulness practices For more magic from Creatively Free or to work wtih Ariel visit http://www.CreativelyFree.live  We are delighted to be recognized by FeedSpot’s top 40 Creativity Podcast https://podcasts.feedspot.com/creativity_podcasts/

In this episode of Creatively Free we explore what it may mean to cultivate a way of living an enchanting life experience by following your nudges of connection and the impulses that allow you to express your creative self!My guest, Enchantress Shane B. Kulman MS, is a renowned mentor for creative and sensitive men and women, dedicated to helping them live an extraordinary and enchanting life. With a deep sense of knowing and a passion for guiding others, Shane has built a reputation as a transformative force in the field of personal growth and self-development. As a published author and advice columnist, Shane has touched the lives of many with her wisdom and guidance. She is also a soul burlesque performance artist, captivating audiences with her mesmerizing performances that celebrate the power of self-expression and authenticity. Learn more at: http://www.enchantedembodiment.comHighlights include: What does it take to live creatively free? How following your impulses can create deeper meaning, authentic relationships and genuine connection How she has pulled together her background in education, dance, theater and improv to create ways for people to deeply connect and open to more embodiment How she has helped autistic children and their parents come together in the spirit of play How she uses “No” based Improv to mimic life’s drama in safe ways so that her clients can feel different parts of themselves and integrate them For more from Ariel Grace visit CreativelyFree.Live

In this episode of Creatively Free we dive deep into the world of recovery, the call to adventure and how addiction can take you out of your sense of aliveness in the world. Will Devine is a practicing recovery coach whose approach is to help his clients tap into their creative agency to recover more holistically. Will teaches various tools that apply a whole brain approach to recovery. Will has overcome Alcohol Use Disorder and Depression by practicing mindfulness and neuroplasticity techniques. Will has studied how neuroplasticity mingled with mindfulness can increase a person’s confidence and innovativeness in recovery as well as help them transform their lives. Will has studied a few complementary alternatives such as Meditation, Juggling, Inner Changing and Neurolinguistic Programming and loves to teach them to people. Will lives in Salida, Colorado, where he works for a recovery agency and does a lot of hiking and hot-spring soaking in his spare time.  Contact Will on Facebook  Highlights include: Ordinary world- what was it like?  Were there ever “call’s to adventure” into the new world of recovery? Why is it so difficult for you and others to answer that call? Why do you think some people answer that call and others don’t? What is recovery, actually?  What are some of the tools he uses, that others can use, in order to move into a more creative and self-directed state of recovery? For more from Ariel Grace visit CreativelyFree.Live

In this episode of Creatively Free we cover the magical way it is possible to rewire your money stories and unlock true creative flow and abundance in your life. My guest, Hanna Bier works with ambitious women all over the world to recreate their relationship with money in a life-affirming, positive and loving way.  As an energy healer, family-constellation expert and certified life coach, she has woven her diverse skill set into a proven, and innovative capacity to allow her clients to transform their relationship with money from the inside out. Hanna spent seven years trying to answer the question: Is it possible to create wealth without compromising our health, wellness and/or happiness. Can we actually create abundant lives while living a life of joy? Happily, the answer is a resounding YES. And this is the work she now does with clients.  Website: https://www.hannabier.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannamoneybliss/ Free Gift: The Money Bliss Subliminal: https://www.hannabier.com/subliminal Hanna's new book: Wealth From Within: https://www.hannabier.com/book Highlights include: Why are our money issues so linked to our childhood ages 0-7? Why is money and love a similar topic? What are the lies women are told about money? Why is money such an uncomfortable subject for women? Why is it hard to feel creative when you have money challenges? What’s money bliss? What are some simple steps you can take today to shift your relationship with money? How does healing your trauma and your generational trauma help your relationship with money?

“It’s not necessarily the action that you’re taking. It's the attitude in which you are taking the action that is the play part.” - Sharon Calderon In this episode of Creatively Free we dive into the reasons why play is THE antidote to the modern culture of seriousness, consumption and stagnation. Dive in deep because it just might spark your inner child’s JOY factor! Sharon Calderon is no stranger to living a life she loves on purpose!  She's a certified life coach, play educator, passionate activist, and proud momma of two pretty cool kiddos. As a native San Antonian, she carries the warm spirit of her community into her mission, embodying the mantra that “Play brings us together”. Through her own life experiences with adversity, she has discovered how the power of reclaiming play and recognizing the importance of emotional nourishment are keys to helping overcome life’s most challenging situations. What sets Sharon apart is her innovative, compassionate, and evidence-based approach, skillfully merging the realms of play and trauma to help others live vibrant, resilient lives. She truly believes that by embracing play in every area of our lives, we will individually and collectively, positively revolutionize the way we learn, love, and live. Instagram handle: @shar.ingcreations  Website link: http://www.linktr.ee/shar.ingcreations  “Instead of trying to escape, we are trying to expand. What fills me up? What drives me forward?” - Sharon Calderon Highlights include: 🌸 What is play, anyway? 🌸 Why do we lose sight of it as adults and how can we find it again? 🌸 What types of play are there? 🌸 Can play be a way of clearing trauma? 🌸 How we can use play to expand instead of using it to escape 🌸 And more!!

In this episode of Creatively Free we dive into the practical and the existential about creativity and feeling the richness of aliveness.  Karna Liv Nau is an Alignment Marketing Strategist who incorporates Feminist and Feminine principles into her work. Karna collaborates with leaders with an impactful message who want to detox from patriarchal business practices, embrace their uniqueness as an asset in the market, and make money while making a difference. Her work centers on helping her clients cultivate a thriving Marketing Ecosystem to get traction, joy, and sales from marketing instead of frustration, feeling inauthentic, and creatively stifled. She believes that a woman aligned with her gifts can be the change our beautiful world so desperately needs.   Highlights include: What alignment is in life and marketing and why it matters  How ethical marketing is the only way to go How to discover what you want to create and prioritize your creativity  How to align yourself to the right fit way of showcasing your business Why it make sense to want the stability of a job and yet COVID and the gig economy is forcing us to really take a look at how we live and earn Embracing your legacy as your way of being Self care and how to prioritize your joy What it feels like to create for its own sake Why choosing creativity and aliveness in life is the medicine for our times

Enjoy this multimedia journey through Ariel's poetry and creative multimedia artwork (macrofloral photography, photos and digital art). Poems Part 3 -- Sensual Soft Soul — Soulsong May Crumble Soma Sea Uncensored Caterpillar Softening Linger Lion Ariel Grace is a coach for creatives, tech design consultant, intuitive, artist and international best selling author. She is particularly interested in co-creating new, collaborative ways to solve social challenges across different sectors. Connect with her online on Instagram or Facebook @ArielGraceFull Check out books and poetry at: http://www.amazon.com/author/arielgrace