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Daydream Believers Podcast hosted by Liz Cirelli

Inside The Mind Of A Musician with James Willis

28/06/2019 by LizCirelli

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For June’s episode of the podcast, I was excited to welcome as our guest, another Dreamer: James Willis. He was so nervous, bless him! This was his first ever interview.

James has always had a passion for music and first started recording over 20 years ago. He grew up in the East Midlands, in the UK, then moved to Cornwall in his early 20s. He took a bit of a hiatus from music between 2005-2012 to take on a job on the railways travelling the UK – and during this time, his son was born.

He may not have been making music over this period, but he listened to music religiously whilst driving up and down the country from job to job. Around 2012, his relationship started breaking down and as a result, he threw himself into music production again. In 2017 he released his first album through the distribution company, Amuse. He has now released…wait for it…no less than six albums and two singles – and he has no intention on stopping anytime soon!

Here are some of the questions we covered by members of my private members’ community on Patreon and Daydream Believers coaching community:

Q1. With such a high output rate, what criteria do you set yourself for an album release? Is it the next best set of songs or do you work to a theme/concept?

Q2. Are your albums solo efforts or do you find collaborators/contributing artists? If the later, how do you find other musicians?

Q3. What are your preferred distribution channels? Have you encountered any pros or cons with those you have tried?

Q4. How are you promoting your work – and what have been the most effective approaches?

Q5. From a techie point of view, what set up does James have for his recording? What are his main instruments? Does he mix and master all his work himself?

Q6. What are James’ main musical influences? Has he set out to write in certain genres as a result or just gone with the flow?

If you’d like to give James’ music a listen, you can find it on Spotify, iTunes and Amazon – and if you’d like to connect with him, here’s his Facebook.

The podcast will be changing format soon to be more music-focused. We’re also going to be rebranding it – and I’m going to have a couple of co-hosts! More info on that coming soon! 🙂

Thanks so much for listening!

The amazing people who are members of my community on Patreon enable me to continue making these podcasts. If you’d like to join us, head to: https://www.patreon.com/lizcirelli

How to be unstoppable with Ryan Smith

31/05/2019 by LizCirelli

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creative, creative lifestyle, emotional empowerment, inspiration, Liz Cirelli, mindfulness, mindset, podcast, ryan smith, self development, self healing, self improvement, uniques united

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For May’s episode of the Daydream Believers podcast, Liz was super excited to welcome as one of our guests a Dreamer himself – Ryan Smith.

Ryan is a prolific creative. He is also autistic and that makes a lot of things hard or impractical for him. But he hasn’t let that stop him.

One thing he’s learned in life is that some people were dealt good cards…others were given more challenging ones. That said, he believes everyone has one mighty trump card that only they have or can play. The cards Ryan was dealt are not easy to play – but he’s come to realise that his power card is his imagination – his creativity – and he has learned to harness that.

During this episode, our aim was to encourage people who have a big idea or a dream, and who know they’re on a very different path, especially if the dream is difficult to do. People who come from very difficult backgrounds or have handicaps, like Ryan.

We discussed how we can play to our strengths and use them to outplay our shortcomings – how we can use our unique insights to get to where we want to be in life – and of course, we answered the questions submitted by members of Liz’s Patreon and Daydream Believers coaching community.

Andreas:

How to do a hands-on approach to overcome external or self-inflicted hurdles on the way to self-fulfilment. I mean, you got a goal but you stumble on the way. Would be nice with some practical advice, wouldn’t it? I know it sounds a little silly but I saw people struggle with simple things like not getting free from work to participate at an event, didn’t get the funds together to buy proper tools (gear) or have no clue where to find essential pieces of information needed. Guess we all had that at one time in our life, but we overcame that, right?
Where should you plant your goal? Far, far away so it takes a long time to reach or just close enough, so you get there in a blink of an eye. Goals can be changed and set at any time in life. Should you have a few or many?
If you’re going through an inspirational drought, all creativity fell off and you feel empty, how to gain momentum again and fill yourself with energy? Can you guys talk about that too?

Gary:

Has Ryan experienced any extra “gifts” in his life in terms of talents or abilities that sometimes accompany autism?
What is Ryan’s philosophy of life?
How does Ryan view the typical goals and targets of today’s world culture – specifically the popular “goals” and “targets” that are often pushed and taught such as “how to become (singularly) successful,” “how to rise above the competition,” “how to acquire more money and attention,” — without reference to helping others or being of service to your environment and the people in it?
What advice does Ryan have for people who struggle with down days, frustration and overwhelm?

Xabiso:

How did Ryan get into his passion for art and animation?
What has he learned along the way as a creative?
What drives and motivates him?
What does he do for fun?

Matthew:

What have been the most effective fundraising platforms for creative projects that he has used and what approach has Ryan found that works best for him engaging with his supporters and potential audience?

If you’d like to delve a little deeper into Ryan’s world, here are some of the ways you can connect with him:

The Patreon page of Uniques United which has information about the cartoon: https://www.patreon.com/UniquesUnited

His Twitch stream for people who want to watch a chilled out, relaxing, fun-filled gamer 😊 https://www.twitch.tv/sibernethy

And for those who wish to support him personally, here is his Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/sibernethy

Thanks so much for listening!

The amazing people who are members of my community on Patreon enable me to continue making these podcasts. If you’d like to join us, head to: https://www.patreon.com/lizcirelli

Emotional Empowerment, Self-healing and Self-Connection with Veronica Amarelle

26/04/2019 by LizCirelli

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For this month’s episode of the Daydream Believers podcast, I was super excited to explore emotional empowerment, self-healing and self-connection with life coach and wellbeing specialist, Veronica Amarelle from Healed Soles.

Veronica focuses on helping people deeply connect to their own inner wisdom and ability to self-heal. It is through nurturing this deep connection to the self that we can feel a deep sense of emotional stability and empowerment in our day to day lives. This then increases our ability to design and live life in a way that’s inspiring, uplifting and in alignment with our best possible realities.

She has spent 12 years studying energy healing, life coaching and numerous different healing modalities and has created an incredible course tying together some of the best techniques to teach people how to master their own emotions and how to feel more stable and deeply connected to life.

During this episode, we spoke at length about how you can tap into your own inner-wisdom to bring all that you dream into your reality.

Would you like to learn how to connect to your own inner wisdom and learn how to self-heal? Would you like to know how to maintain a deep sense of emotional stability and empowerment so you can design your life in a way that’s in alignment with your best possible realities? We hope this podcast episode will do its part in helping you get there.

Here are the questions we covered that were submitted by members of my coaching community, Daydream Believers:

Tim: How do we heal from deep shame? What about if we don’t like ourselves and struggle to love ourselves?

Munir: Hi Liz. I think it was you who made the statement “Find your tribe” and it really resonated with me ever since. I don’t know if that fits in with Veronica’s scope for the podcast (hello!) but would appreciate hearing more about finding one’s tribe.

Reid: well we all know how hard it is to make your dreams a reality, how do I successfully prioritize self-time against all the work? I always seem to leave taking care of myself to the end, and it often doesn’t happen. Any guidance?

Ryan: I have a question. How can I stay steady inside against anything that happens, no matter how serious it may be? I suffer from agoraphobia, anxiety disorders, and PTSD, and a fear of dentistry and surgery. I also have autism which makes a lot of things tough or impractical for me.

How can I find peace within myself in a world where something like a health scare or any sudden urgent event, in general, could knock me off my rocker?

Xabiso: I am very in touch with my emotions. Sometimes this can really get in the way of me being logical and calculated. I can sometimes be stoic too. How do I find a good balance between the two?

Matthew: I find I take on board other people’s emotions very easily. Have you any strategies for keeping centred when dealing with an emotional situation or person?

General strategies for maintaining positive focus and energy day to day would also be very helpful.

Huge love and gratitude to all the amazing people inside my Patreon community – it’s their generosity that enables me to continue making this podcast. If you’d like to join us and connect with me on a deeper level, just head to https://www.patreon.com/lizcirelli where you can sign up quickly and easily. As a patron, you’ll get access to some really lovely rewards.

Really looking forward to welcoming you to our special family! 💜