creating your own path

Today's interview brings me to the Seattle office of Cassandra LaValle of Coco+Kelley. The lifestyle and design blogger started sharing her favorite inspirations online in the early days of the industry—in 2007—and has since expanded her brand to include interior design services, specialized event planning services, workshops and much more.

Listen in as we chat about the blogging industry and why it’s important to stop and think about what might be going on behind the scenes when a blogger or platform looks as though they’ve had overnight success. We also touch on the importance of diversifying without feeling as though you have to do ALL THE THINGS and Cassandra gives some really great tips for those looking to dive in to a creative career.

You can find the full episode and show notes at creatingyourownpath.com.

Today's show brings me to the offices of Liquid Pixel in West Sacramento to interview Naia Kete. Naia is a singer, songwriter and super talented musician who, along with her band Kalyde, is creating a pretty unique sound. If her name sounds familiar, you might remember her from Season 2 of NBC's The Voice.

Listen in as she chats openly about the show and how it helped her career, how she and her band mates approach their creative process and why music has been in her bones since the day she was born.

You can find the full show notes at creatingyourownpath.com.

In today's episode, I'm chatting with CJ Alvarado. He's an entrepreneur at heart and currently runs his creative firm, Bamboo Creative, and the popular publishing platform, Snippet, Inc. In the episode he talks about how Snippet came to life as a separate entity from Bamboo Creative and how the platform is adding to the publishing industry (rather than changing it). He also offered up his thoughts on why people should always be at the heart of business, his belief that most of us have won life's lottery and have a responsibility to do something about it and why he has given up email in the mornings.

You can find the full show notes for this episode at creatingyourownpath.com.