The Creative Coach with Dan Brophy

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In this episode, I'm talking to Brooke Brash - co-founder of 'Imaginal' (previously 'Ritual Community').

I met Brooke a few weeks ago and got talking about her journey from working in finance - to starting her own purpose led business... I had to halt our real-life conversation until we could make it 'Podcast Official'.

We dive into Brooke's background in business - and her journey to co-founding the holistic and integrative ritual community platform.

We cover topics such as: 

• How a corporate job can prepare you for your purpose work.

• The signs of burnout and the cost of not listening to your inner voice. 
• The power of attuning ourselves to be guided by our own innate wisdom.
• Turning the every-day into an act of self-care through the power of intention. 

If you'd like to find out more about Imaginal's unique offerings, you can check out Brooke's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/brooke.brash or Imaginal's website www.imaginal.com.au

Follow Dan: https://www.instagram.com/danbrophy/

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In this episode I’m talking to Callum Mitchell - founder of Perdrisat Perfume. A few years ago Callum ventured into the world of fragrance - interested in creating his own signature scent...not knowing he would end up launching his own fragrance business - and all that might come with that

His most recent launch of his summer collection has caused him to receive quite a bit of backlash from the online perfume community. In this episode we dive into the good and the bad of taking risks and launching your own business, and cover topics such as:

• What makes a perfume good?
• How do you even make perfume?
• The importance of having a good support system.
• How necessary it is to take risks in business.
• The steps and processes behind what inspires Callum to make each perfume, rather, 'characters' as he calls them. 
• The endlessness of creativity and what to do with it. 
• And we go over some of the comments he received during the backlash. 

If you're as keen as I am to try out his range, you can find out more: 

https://www.perdrisatperfume.com/

https://www.instagram.com/perdrisatperfume/

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In this episode I’m talking to one of my oldest mates, and the first winner of Australia's 'The Apprentice', Andrew Morello. Since then he's been doing even more incredible things and apart from being Australia's first winner of The Apprentice, he's also a public speaker, property investor, venture-capitalist, author, Head of Business Development at 'The Entourage', and an award-winning entrepreneur. 

In this episode we take a deep dive into his biggest triumphs in business, the ways in which he helps others to succeed in business, and I chat with him about how creativity is a super factor in having a successful business. 

We also cover the following topics...

• The top three things I believe business folk would benefit from within the creative world.
• The top three things Morello believes would bolster and boost creatives and their creative businesses. 
• How having or being with kids can boost your creativity and make you fall in love with it all over again.
• The power of going against the grain and pushing against the norm when it comes to how you run your business. 
• Morello's observations on creatives without business structures and businesses without creativity. 

If you're interested in being part of The Entourage and gaining access to some of the magic that Morello has made there, here's the link to the website:

www.the-entourage.com

Or if you're interested in having a one on one session, see the link in his bio on his Instagram: 

www.instagram.com/andrewmorello

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This is a simulcast of my chat with Rhys Livingston who interviewed me on his 'From Lambs to Lions' podcast.

What you'll discover:

• My origin story 
• My business's origin story 
• The difference between content and advertising 
• Branding: it's a fine art.
• Tips to better your Brand ID
• My process as the founder and Creative Director at Brophy Media 
• My recent launching of "The Vision Planner" and how it can help you actualise your dreams!
• The issues I see within the creative media industry
• My own personal goals when it comes to my own career
• Measures of success and how important joy really is when building your business and your career

For Creative Coaching courses and tools: www.danbrophy.com

For more on BROPHY Studio: www.brophy.media 

For Dan's Creative Coaching Tips: www.instagram.com/danbrophy

For more on Rhys Livingston and Lambs to Lions: 

https://fromlambstolions.buzzsprout.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lionstonephysiques

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In this episode I’m talking to Hugh Crothers - a friend of fifteen years and founder of Drip Feed. Hugh’s professional journey began with a Bachelor’s of Design, and after various life experiences and professional ventures he found himself creating a business with the central idea being: offering products that look good and feel good, and educating the masses as to how to feel better about their bodies, sex, kinks, and fantasies. In this episode we talk all things Hugh and all things ‘Drip’. 

Some topics covered on this podcast are:

• Hugh’s personal experiences with shame and lack of confidence surrounding queer sex and how it was an integral experience for the birth of his business. 
• The journey to incorporating all parts of yourself within your own business. 
• The importance of listening to yourself and those who know you best when they point out that you haven’t found your passion yet. 
• How Drip is fighting, breaking and shedding the stigmas and shame surrounding sex and sex products.
• The importance of having sex products that look good and feel good. 

For more on Hugh and his products: 

https://dripfeed.life/pages/about

https://www.instagram.com/dripfeed.life/?hl=en

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In this episode I’m talking to the wonderful Erin Schliebs - a Reiki healing of over ten years, and creator of ‘The Heart Codes’ Oracle Deck. During the pandemic, Erin began running ‘Cloud Reiki Gatherings’ which are online gatherings for anyone and everyone to experience the healing benefits of Reiki.

In this podcast Erin and I dive into topics such as: 

• What Reiki is, where it came from as a mode of healing, the benefits of Reiki, and what a session with Erin looks and feels like. 
• The ways in which emotional illnesses can turn up as physical illness within the body, and where Reiki comes in as a remedy for it.
• Viewing illness in the body as a way to connect with yourself and pave your own way to a more joyful existence.
• The importance of allowing nature to guide us back into ourselves, our inner harmony, and into a life of ease.
• The steps involved in creating your own business and tailoring it to best suit you, your life, and your family’s life. 
• How to find ‘pockets of time’ in day-to-day life to connect with yourself and take a breath.

For more on Erin: 

https://www.instagram.com/erinschliebs/?hl=en

https://erinschliebs.com/

https://www.facebook.com/erinschliebs/

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Elouise Eftos is Australia’s “first attractive comedian” and social media legend. She’s well-known for her stand up shows which are sassy, thought-provoking, and as we find out in this episode - sometimes triggering. She errs away from self-deprecating humour and that can come as a shock to some people. 

This episode is jam-packed with laughs, giggles and genuine insights into the life of Australia’s “first attractive comedian”. If you’re looking to get into standup comedy make sure to take some mental notes. 

• Finding a way to be accessible to everybody without dumbing yourself down. 
• The trials and tribulations of being a hot female comedian.
• Making comedy that makes people think. 
• Life as a creative, receiving exposure, getting paid your worth, and thriving. 
• Discovering the importance of doing nothing and taking a break. 
• Social media trolls and how to deal with them in a way that is healthy for you. 
• The importance of being true to your personal story and authorship, even if it comes at a cost. 

For more on Elouise: 

https://www.instagram.com/weezasqueeza

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On this week’s show I chat to legend of the Melbourne DJ scene, Prequel. 

He’s just released an utterly brilliant new album called ‘Love or I Heard You Like Heartbreak’.

I wanted to talk to him all about overcoming writer's block... and what it takes to commit to the multi-year process of creating - and releasing - his first album.

www.instagram.com/djprequel

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TUNE IN NEXT WEEK, WHERE I CHAT TO PREQUEL ALL ABOUT HIS NEW ALBUM...

But in the meantime, this is episode is part of a mini-series within The Passion PT Show, called ‘These Could Be Heroes’.

I chat to legend of the Melbourne DJ scene, DJ Prequel. 

Prequel and I chat about a hero that we both share… and it’s not what you’d expect of two guys in their 30s …

It’s Fran Leibowitz, a New York intellectual, social commentator, sixty-something, Jewish lesbian author and speaker who has recently released a series on Netflix directed by none other than Martin Scorsese called ‘Pretend Its a City’, In which she pretty much complains about the state of the world from the city she only occasionally and begrudgingly leaves, Manhattan.

Along with the fact that she is a poster girl for working with your creative blocks – or as she calls it a creative blockade – I wanted to discuss what it is about this day and age that makes her particular brand of Curmudgeonly nihilism so welcome. 

Tune in next week for a more music-centric chat with prequel but in the meantime please enjoy the very first episode of These could be heroes where we discuss Fran Leibowitz.

MORE ON PREQUEL: https://www.instagram.com/djprequel/

MORE ON FRAN: https://youtu.be/MClMxqD-HNA

MORE ON DAN: https://www.instagram.com/danbrophy/

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Does the universe give you clues over the course of your whole life as to what your true purpose is?

In this episode I’m talking to Tamica Wilder, a bodywork & somatic sex coach. 

One of the reasons why I reached out to Tamica is because I noticed her online presence growing recently with her finding bite-size palatable ways for her to share her ideas to her community in a way that allows her to define her brand and grow her offering.

In this chat you'll hear points about:

• The benefit of working with a coach-led think tank to level-up your business practices
• DIY Branding: How to tell YOUR story YOUR way - and knowing what your industry expects - so that you can DEFY EXPECTATION
• Tamica shares a great tool that you can use to make a first step towards working out your brand's look and feel.
• We discuss gathering research and being hyper aware of what else is around vs. creating in a bubble (hint: there's no 'right' way to create)
• The importance of showing up to the page or the screen or the camera or the instrument - regardless of how you feel... because if you waited until you felt ' inspired' you may never get anything done
• The importance of boundary setting and scheduling to balance life demands (like having multiple human being to take care of)

For more on Tamica:

https://www.instagram.com/theorgasmicmama/

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My guess today is Tim Duggan who is the founder and editor of Junkee Media. 
Tim has just released a book called 'Cult Status', which I read in the lead up to having a chat. It's such a palatable and effortless read… well, 'listen' in that, I actually consumed it in a couple of days via Audible because I’m a self-confessed terrible reader.
I wanted to talk to Tim because not only has he built largest millennial media platform in the country, but has found a way to continually reinvent Junkee's offering in a digital landscape where the only constant is change.
I’ve known Tim for over 10 years – I was once a night club doorman at the Melbourne branch of a night he used to run with none other than Courtney Act called 'Disgraceland' and so we’ve always been on each other’s radars. 
When I heard he was writing his first book about lessons learned in launching – and sustaining – a millennial media empire,  I couldn’t wait to learn from one of the countries best most pragmatic geniuses of creative business - and certainly one of the nicest.
Cult Status contains magnificently practical and fun way to workshop your own business or brand in order to understand how to make it "sticky" – irresistible to your audience for the purpose of breeding a rabid fan base.
In this chat, we discuss:

• Discovering your superpower - and using it to create an offering that resonates.
• How Tim transformed his schedule in order to find the time to write his first book.
• How Tim works with writers block - not against it.
• Why the most important part of any good idea is action

This conversation is relevant for anyone looking to launch any sort of creative project, whether it be a business or brand or a rock band.You’re nothing without the support of an audience. remember: it's not enough just to have a talent - you have to have a talent for your talent.
For more on Tim / his amazing book 'Cult Status' check out the show notes. http://cultstatus.com/
In this podcast, Tim also references 'The Miracle Morning' by Hal Elrod:https://miraclemorning.com/
For more on Dan: www.instagram.com/danbrophywww.danbrophy.com

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This is a second instalment of my chat with best-selling author, award-winning coach and founding editorial director of Girl Boss, the women's media empire, Jerico Mandybur.

If you didn't catch last week's ep of this podcast, it's a great place to hear about Jerico's career origin story - and the path that lead her to  combine her career in journalism and her passion for tarot and spiritual eclecticism.

The reason why I wanted to check back in with Jerico is because so much time had passed since we last spoke - I think there was about 6 months between recording and posting the episode, due to my own delays around rebranding my podcast - which meant it was also a great opportunity to discuss the frustrations that all creatives have with balancing the demands of work and the calling of our passions.

This time around the episode is hot off the press, and I spoke to Jerico while she was in hotel quarantine, having just returned to Australia from living and working in LA.

I loved talking to Jerico so much, what was meant to be a 30 minute check in ended up as a 90 minute shequel episode - but we just had to keep on going til it all stopped flowing.

Some of the topics we discuss in the chat are:

• The practical ways to be both ambitious & goal-oriented - while also avoiding overworking
• How to structure your day for maximum productivity when you work for yourself
• How to fit writing a book into an otherwise full working life.
• How she developed her own unique visual aesthetic
• How she works with clients as a coach and branding & editorial consultant
• When is the best time to seek out a coach or consultant?

FOR MORE ON JERICO:

https://jericomandybur.com

https://www.instagram.com/jerico.mandybur

GET JERICO'S NEO TAROT DECK:

https://www.booktopia.com.au/neo-tarot-jerico-mandybur/book/9781784882372.html

FOR MORE ON DAN:

www.danbrophy.com

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In today's episode chat I'll be talking to best-selling author and spiritual coach, Jerico Manydbur.

I first discovered Jerico through her ‘Tarot Card of the Week Readings’ on Instagram - I love Jerico's candid, cool approach to tarot - turning it into something that felt as quotidian as a green smoothie.

Last year, Jerico published her own tarot deck, Neo Tarot. Besides being some of the most beautifully illustrated, they are unique in that they are both gender non-binary and present a wide array of racial archetypes. True to form, the accompanying book presents a practical explanation of each card offering actionable next steps to further self-awareness, tying the entire practice to wellness - as opposed to an immovable fate that you have no control over.

I wanted to talk to Jerico about the career path that lead her from Oyster Mag in Australia to being head-hunted by Sophia Amoruso to be the editorial director of Girl Boss. We also talk about:

• How to Avoid burnout by looking out for the signs. One month of rest could save 6 months of recovery down the track
• How to know which lane to pick when it comes to building a career that has real meaning and resonates with you
• The importance of committing to 'the long game' to create a career that you love

And

• How to navigate supporting yourself financially while you support yourself creatively - the great juggling act.

I spoke to Jerico while she was based in LA and we had some sound issues  for the first part of this chat, so if you are an audio snob jump ahead to the 35 minute mark - however if you do stick around there is some gold to be had in the first half an hour.Jerico has is now back in Australia and offering her skills as a consultant, so for anyone who wants to leverage the skills she has gleaned from a decade defining some of the coolest brands in the world, get in touch with her via jericomandybur.com

FOR MORE ON JERICO:

https://www.instagram.com/jerico.mandybur/

https://jericomandybur.com

GET JERICO'S NEO TAROT DECK:

https://www.booktopia.com.au/neo-tarot-jerico-mandybur/book/9781784882372.html

FOR MORE ON DAN BROPHY:

https://www.instagram.com/danbrophy

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Andy Mant is founder and CEO of BluBlox - the light-blocking eyewear that improves sleep, affects  mood and combat digital eye strain.

Andy began his entrepreneur's journey after after feeling frustrated with a career in recruitment that left him wanting.

However beyond just having a million dollar idea you need a 'million dollar strategy' to help bring it to fruition.

Andy was an absolute GOLDMINE of wisdom and inspiration. Some of the topics that we discuss on this episode are:

• Discovering what you're passionate about - when you have no idea
• How to know when it's time to quit your day job
• Bridging the gap between your day job and your side hustle
• Identifying a gap in a market to create something that has an in-built audience
• The macro and micro shifts that you can take to transform your focus and productivity every day (some of them you'll wish you started doing yesterday

Have a notepad ready, because you are going to want to be taking notes!

For more on Andy:

www.instagram.com/iamandymant 

https://www.instagram.com/blubloxofficial/

www.blublox.com

For more on Dan:
www.instagram.com/danbrophy

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In this episode I'll be talking to lifestyle and wellness power-couple Melissa Ambrosini & Nick Broadhurst

Melissa is a bestselling author, host of the top-rated podcast The Melissa Ambrosini Show, a keynote speaker, content creator, and entrepreneur.

Nick is a singer, songwriter and a former member of Sneaky Sound System, as well as a meditation advocate, visual artist and entrepreneur.

We discuss:

• How to best understand your strengths to know what to look for in a partner
• Building an audience - and turning it into a customer base
• Creating the ideal work / life balance
• Growing and nurturing passive income streams
• Which professionals they have outsourced to enhance all areas of life - from health, to relationship to business

For more on Melissa: www.melissaambrosini.com

For more on Nick: www.iamnickbroadhurst.com

For more on Dan www.instagrma.com/danbrophy

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You've got a successful blog, you've built an audience, everyone tells you that you should write a book. Now I guess it's juts as simple as writing the book. Right?!

For creatives of ALL disciplines, the hard part isn't STARTING a project, it's FINISHING.
While our passion project is the thing we love to do, sometimes GETTING IT DONE is the hardest part.
I chat to newly minted author, and old friend, Ashe Davenport (Sad Mum Lady) all about the process of writing:

• How much time she dedicated to it each week
• How she outsourced professionals for feedback - and at what stage in the development process
• How she overcame the paralysing self-doubt that threatened fo derail the project.

This is a great chat for anyone who is dying to GET OUT OF THEIR OWN WAY in order to DO THE THING they love.

FOR MORE ON ASHE DAVENPORT:

www.Instagram.com/AsheDavenport

www.booktopia.com.au/sad-mum-lady-ashe-davenport/book/9781760877637.html

FOR MORE ON DAN BROPHY:

www.linktr.ee/danbrophy

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On this week's Quit Your Day Job podcast (link in bio), I chat to Australian theatre LEGEND Trevor Ashley (Hairspray, Liza on an E, Fat Swan) - AS HE GET'S READY TO GO ON STAGE at the Sydney Opera House for his new play. 'The Lyin' Queen' was six years in the making before premiering this month - I wanted to chat to Trevor about the process of nurturing a PASSION PROJECT for that long - and how to know when it's time to launch!This is a great episode for anyone looking to TAKE THE LEAP into sharing their work... maybe the time is now?!

LINKS:

https://www.thelionqueen.com.au

https://www.instagram.com/trevor_ashley/

Check out my Creative Wellness Vlog:

https://www.instagram.com/danbrophy/

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Shira O'Sullivan Linker is the founder of 'gentSac' an online and retail store in The Galeries in Sydney's CBD which curates luxury men's grooming products from around the globe. However, Shira is passionate about inspiring men to take as good a care of their inner life as their outer-self.

For more:

www.gentsac.com.au

www.instagram.com/gentsac

www.instagram.com/life.of.shira

For more on host Dan Brophy

www.instagram.com/danbrophy

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How do you get out of your own way and make your best work? Artist Missy Gilbert AKA ØFFËRÎNGŠ says its by focusing on WHO the work is for. By dedicating it and setting intention for the work, it allows you to get out of your own way and channel your greatest level of focus to maximise your creative output.

Missy is an artist, though she has only just started to call herself that - after 21 years working as a freelance creative. I wanted to talk to Missy about why it's so hard to claim that title - especially given she is one of the most successful creatives I know working across events (the immersive dining behemoth 'Hyper Real' in conjunction with Chin Chin Restaurant), Performance Art (QVB After Dark, Sydney) and she even runs a 2000 square meter artists space, The Nest Creative Space in Alexandria, Sydney!

Missy shares much wisdom and magic - enjoy!

For more on Missy: https://www.instagram.com/i_am_offerings/

For more on Dan: https://www.instagram.com/danbrophy/

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An entrepreneur journey lead Mike Campbell  from personal trainer to men's coach, published author and co-founder of men's health symposium 'Manifest' (Sydney Town Hall, Nov 16-17, 2019)

More on Mike:

http://mikecampbell.com.au

www.instagram.com/mikecampbellmc

https://manifestaus.com

More on Dan:

www.instagram.com/danbrophy

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