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March 20, 2023
Dream Again! How to Revive Your Divinely-Directed Creative Life with Jeneen Hammond, Actress [TGGS 225]
Lost your dream? If you feel unable to move forward because obstacles or fear has paralyzed your progress…you need more than advice.
You need your dream revived.
Jeneen Hammond, actress, singer, and playwright, has made a career from following the Holy Spirit's direction for her creativity – often with no preset plan. She has crafted a space as a strategic visionary, storyteller and entrepreneur, and has worked with ministries and production houses all ...
March 12, 2023
Sell Like Jesus? How to Charge Your Worth and Set Your Prices God’s Way w/ Deb Brown Maher, Sales Coach [TGGS 224]
You've heard of WWJD. But you probably never thought of WWJS… What Would Jesus Sell.
Pricing, selling and marketing is a struggle for most entrepreneurs, but especially for Christian creatives who don't know where to start or how to approach selling without feeling uncomfortable.
But what if your faith is actually the key to selling?
Deb Brown Maher is a sales coach, artist, and author of the book “Sell Like Jesus: Seven Characteristics of Christ for Et...
March 5, 2023
BEST OF: How To Create (and Lead Others) Despite Your Fears with Kelli Brownlee, Pastor [TGGS 223]
Have you wanted to do big things for God – but also had to deal with big doubts?
Having spent years as a professional background vocalist with artists like Dorinda Clark-Cole, Kierra Sheard, Deitrick Haddon, Shana Wilson, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, and countless others in gospel music, vocalist and pastor Kelli Brownlee has seen what it takes to remain a trusted and respected part of an industry-leading musical team that demands excellence.
Now, in this “Bes...
February 27, 2023
How to Find People Who Make You a Better Person w/ Aaron Walker, Coach [TGGS 222]
Do you wish you had people in your life who actually WANT to help you grow?
If so, you're not alone. Creatives are often stuck in place because they can't maintain healthy, strong relationships with people who can encourage and challenge them. But if you find them and stick with them- they can become your most powerful asset in becoming the confident, high character creative that God made you to be.
To help you do just that, we talk to coach, entrepr...
February 20, 2023
How Should YOU Define Success as a High Character Creative? [TGGS 221]
Success. We all say we want it. But do we even know what it means?
To succeed in our common language means to reach a certain goal, but the root of the word actually means to continue or to move forward with something. So we creatives need to take a hard look at how we've formed a mindset around success – because we might be aiming at something we were never meant to aim for.
In this creative checkup episode, you'll hear a new perspective on success ...
February 18, 2023
Famous or Fulfilled? How To Identify What Really Matters w/ Dontaniel Jamel Kimbrough, Producer [TGGS 220]
A #1 hit on the Billboard charts. Recognition by peers and industry leaders. A bevy of new opportunities.
Does that equal success? Not exactly, if you ask Grammy nominated, Stellar and Dove Award winning producer, songwriter and musician Dontaniel J. Kimbrough.
Having reached great heights as the co-writer of the gospel hit “Your Great Name”, this humble and talented creative has dedicated his life to focusing on the right things even as his career and influence g...
February 6, 2023
How To Build a Magnetic Creative Brand That Attracts Your Audience [TGGS 219]
Wouldn't it be amazing if you had a community of super-fans?
People who were die-hard members of your tribe – who stuck together, supported everything you shared, and helped you spread the word?
Brands like Apple, Nike, Starbucks and others have that incredible brand loyalty, but it's about more than marketing – it's a belief system.
That's the premise of the famous marketing book Primalbranding by Patrick Hanlon, and we're showing you in this episo...
January 30, 2023
Be You, but Better! How to Awaken Your Transformation with BJ Thompson, Life Coach [TGGS 218]
He started a conversation, that started a change…that started a movement.
From surviving the gang-violence-plagued streets of South Dallas, to becoming one of the most influential life coaches in America, thought-leader, speaker, author and coach BJ Thompson has lived out an incredible transformation – and he's sharing how you can do the same in this episode.
BJ helped launch one of the largest faith movements in recent history – the “116 Movement” w...
January 26, 2023
Will A.I. Replace Real Artists? Why Christian Creatives Can Remain Confident As Technology Advances [TGGS 217]
Those two letters – A.I. – have created an incredible groundswell of interest, excitement and concern in the creative community.
For some, these rapidly evolving tools – including ChatGPT and other apps – represent the next great technological breakthrough. For others, these tools represent a threat to human creativity and thought because of their potential to mimic and replace real artists, writers and others in the entertainment and educational space.
...January 16, 2023
From Being Unemployed to Entrepreneur? How to Keep the Faith and Reinvent Yourself w/ Priscilla Shumba, Podcaster [TGGS 216]
What do you do when your passion leads you to a dead end?
When you hit seemingly impossible obstacles on your path, it can feel like your entrepreneurial and creative dreams will simply vanish into thin air.
That's what podcaster Priscilla Shumba faced, as she left her native country of Zimbabwe to pursue her education, only to return to her country with no hope of using her skills. Her faith persisted, however, and not only led to her earning her MBA, but...
