Shows
holisticKreativeSven AxelradA very 'nice' chat, with sprinkles of sugar and spice - popcorn for your thoughts.
We chat about:
- Humour/wit
- Becoming a writer
- Writing vs music as a form of expression
- Choices around becoming an accountant
- The personality of the accountant vs the dream for the writer within
- Daily writing habits
- What happens to the psyche when a dream comes true
- The first person Sven reads his novels out loud to
...2024-03-071h 00
holisticKreativeChe DyerChe Dyer shares about creative wellbeing for moms, but this episode can also be enjoyed by each of us living with the human condition.
Che is a 'voice' of social media, a yoga teacher with a background in graphic design and illustration.
We chat about:
- Goals and dreams before motherhood vs during
- Flow of energy for creating
- Creativity as income vs creating purely for fun
- Entering motherhood from a yoga background
- Yoga before and during motherhood
- Managing our...2024-02-2250 min
holisticKreativeAmy GardinerA conversation with the creator of Humble Coffee, Durban, South Africa.
The young Scottish lass now calls South Africa her home; 2 cafes and winner of 2 national Cafe of The Year awards later.
We chat about:
Pets
Coffee roasting and hosting
The cafe space and community
Creative thinking in the hospitality/coffee space
Work team dynamic and team building activities
Future dreams
* Includes sound effects from happy hounds (barking, panting etc), hadedas (cawing)*
Follow @humblecoffeeza
2024-01-1942 minholisticKreativeDave GardnerA conversation with Dave Gardner, who as you'll hear, is one of those people one could enter into endless conversations with. We explore ways of moving and being that keep us engaged in the endless conversation with life.
As well as:
- The inspiration behind Dave's Original Condition offerings
- The yoga/mixed martial arts/alternative movement journeys and teachers along the way
- Intorducing the Budokon practice (mixed movement art practice) to SA
- Creative process, music, listening & the suspended meditative state
- Living Zen and cul...2023-11-231h 07holisticKreativeNindya BucktowarAn in-depth conversation with multi-disciplinary artist and designer, Nindya Bucktowar. Nindya creates using a multitude of mediums. Her ceramic creations were what first drew my attention in her direction. Nindya and her husband Nikhil have since opened a bespoke tile design and production company, Kalki Ceramics, which is constantly evolving in the scope of its design endeavours, now translating through Studio Kalki. We chat about:- Creative/artist production burnout vs endless creative energy- Advice for aspiring artists & designersSouth African artists on the international playgroundThe artist's/designers scheduleThe re...2023-10-2353 minholisticKreativeJoanne RushbyJoanne Rushby, Durban proprietor of the infamous Ike's Books reveals her extra mural indulgences. We chat about:
- The life of a writer and a reader
- What daily walks can offer
- Being 'rooted in community'
- Lessons from knitting journeys
- 35 years of Ike's Bookshop - the charm of Durban
2023-10-1229 minholisticKreativeExploring 'interesting'Are you interesting enough to be a guest on a podcast?
Is the word interesting a terrible or potential- full descriptor?
Where/what/when is the 'something interesting, and can we recognise interesting as a way to develop a creative process?2023-10-0606 minholisticKreativeSizwe Mji MajijaThis conversation with Sizwe is a pocket of power, so please do let it play through your speaker to receive a few bites that might just spark some of that power inside of you! Sizwe is a holistic health facilitator, self mastery coach and a yoga teacher with a passionate voice in these spaces.
We chat about:
- How people who are whole, healthy and healing can create better societies- Being active in our communities - 'self repair for social repair'
- Yoga: teaching and teacher training
2023-09-111h 23
holisticKreativeVeranda PandaIn conversation with South African band, Veranda Panda: Liam and Jane
Expect:
Free laugh energy
Panda birth story
Band relationships
Musicians & marriage
Music production
The two way conversation we must open ourselves up to if we want to create in response to our universal human stories
The power of on stage adrenaline
New Veranda Panda folklore loading...
Follow the band @verandapanda
Listen to their music on Spotify
2023-08-251h 03
holisticKreativeRoxanne RobinsonRoxanne Robinson, Durban based Art Director and all round fashion 'cool kid', shares her journey into and within the fashion media and retail landscape.
Find out where one my favourite lines from the podcast 'my grandmother's kitchen' fits into Roxanne's story.
We chat about:
Art directing for fashion
The vocational journey of a fashion creative
Lived style and style influences
The Eat Nice pop up foodie concept
Soupernice Souping it up around Durban and the surprising connections made on the soup delivery route
Bein...2023-08-1752 min
holisticKreativeSolveig GeversIn conversation with a dear friend, to share with you from our hearts.
Solveig is a well-being, whole-being practitioner, yoga teacher, homeopath and so much more. She is currently the wellness director at a luxury eco lodge in Cambodia.
In this episode we chat about:
Conservation & care for our earth
Heart, heart, heart
Choices around vocation and life direction
Purpose and what keeps us connected to what is true
Working within the wellness/well-being/hospitality space2023-08-1741 min
holisticKreativeFrom Singapore, with Love: current Kreative state insightsOriginal Release Date: 5 July 2023
Sharing with you from a different side of the globe.
Connecting and making Connections: considerate creatives.
Kinetic habits for moving the mind.
Relationship and staying true to creative nature.2023-08-1700 minholisticKreativeKevin BoydDesign, style and 'behind the clean cut aluminium scenes' with Kevin Boyd, founder of Mess.
We chat about the beautiful, the ugly, surfing, #softminimalism, Macdonald's surprise and details, details.
I so enjoyed this deeper dive into the architecture of Kevin's mind, and exploring how he uses it to create considered, functional products.
You can find Mess
@mess_made
www.messmade.co.za
Designers that inspire Kevin:
Vipp
Baulthaup
Reform
Normarchitects
2023-08-1753 minholisticKreativeFathima's StudioIn conversation with multi-disciplinary creative, Fathima from Fathima's Studio. We chat about Fathima's personal and entrepreneurial relationship with graphic design, illustration and art. Find out what Fathima has to share about her creating flow, her design style and other elements and ways of thinking that contribute to 'the illustrated life'.
Follow Fathima @fathimasstudio
Designers that inspire Fathima:
@karabo_poppy
@jasminedowling
@shantell_martin
Podcast tunes by @nishpillay_music
2023-06-0839 minholisticKreativeSeedling EpisodeIntroducing the holisticKreative pod.
This is the one where you get to hear what it's all about.
I'll also share capsule moments from my daily life that provoke creative thinking - nudges for some thought provoking of your own.
Backing music created by local artist Nish Pillay https://www.nishpillay.com/
Coming soon https://www.holistickreative.com/2023-05-3107 min