creativity

Building or renovating the home of your dreams is exhilarating - and overwhelming. Even as a Building and Interior Designer, I’m no stranger to the feeling of walking into a store stocking everything from fixtures to furniture and being flooded by choices.

For me, I could spend hours there fully in my element. For others, it might be hours spent feeling lost, confused, or frustrated. And that’s exactly the scenario I experienced recently.

It’s this very experience that makes me so passionate about providing a different way of supporting homeowners. That’s why I created Guiding You Home - Ask Em.

It’s having me as your soul-led design best friend, who’ll be by your side throughout the journey of your dream home renovation or build. Together, we’ll create and travel the roadmap for your vision, talk through the pros and cons, celebrate the wins, and even shop for materials.

I’ll be that support, that guide, that listening ear to bounce ideas and explore options - not because you need someone to give you the solution, but because you know it’s through conversation and connection that your creativity is supercharged.

With me by your side, you’ll walk into that store ready to make decisions with ease, clarity, and confidence.

To have an experience where you love the journey as much as you love the home you create, then Ask Em.

Let’s connect on Instagram at @emilynair_design.

Do you dream of creating a soul-nourishing home that aligns with & supports your heart’s true calling? Let me support you through 1:1 Home Design Mentorship  and full end-to-end Home Design Services.

Live creativity panel talk hosted at Geek Out 2023. This episode includes a guided visualization exercise that will immediately enhance your natural imagination skills.

This week's Ask The Author question is all about what to do when you've finished the first draft.

Tyler Ransom is a young Black-Filipino American singer/songwriter and guitarist who's managed to compete in mixed martial arts and carve out a trajectory as a professional musician, despite being saddled with kidney disease. Check out the documentary about his journey at www.intheshedfilm.com and listen to his music on either www.tylerransom.com or any music streaming platform.

This week we are snuggling up in the blanket fort to explore how play can help us heal and get to know ourselves better. 

Lucie is joined by Izzy Savege an artist, Eco-Art Therapist & workshop facilitator. She works with adults combining Eco-Therapy, body awareness and art-making into her sessions. You can find out more about Izzy and her work by following her on Instagram or over on her website. 

In the conversation, we discuss the work of Sharon Blackie and her take on wonder as well as David Attenborough's book  'A Life on our Planet'

Find out more about Almost Grown...Up at www.lucielincoln.com  or read The Growth Chart on substack.

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Aww, look, it's episode 21 of Apocaleptic! Our baby is all grown up. It can legally drink now and has the proper maturity level to vote. Later tonight it will gather with other 21 year old podcasts and chug tequila through a funnel in its rectum. Can't tell you how proud I am. Today's show is about connecting with other human beings. If you prefer not to, see above suggestion about tequila, funnel and rectum.

Steven Grasse, founder of Quaker City Mercantile agency, on his unique approach to making and marketing booze.

Purpose marketing expert Thomas Kolster breaks down a winning campaign from Mentos that involves raccoons and a couple losers from P&G and HSBC. Plus, how BrewDog crashed the World Cup.

Join host Ekaterina Popova and artist Sara Glupker on an inspiring episode that will make you want to jump right into art-making, get rid of all limiting boxes and labels, and create freely. We discuss releasing negative voices from art school, allowing ourselves to make whatever we want, and opening up the conversation about art with those outside of the art world.

https://www.saraglupkerart.com

Robert Jones is an advisor, writer and teacher about branding. He’s Professor of Brand Leadership at the UEA, and runs his own consultancy. For almost 30 years, he worked at brand agency Wolff Olins. He's the author of 'Branding a Very Short Introduction' and 'The Big Idea', which The Guardian described as 'plausible, coherent and frightening'. Among other things, I chat to Robert about his work on the rebrand of the Tate Modern and ask if there's a formula for brand success.