Being Creative

Detoxing Culture: What You Must Do To Create a Safe Space For Yourself & Others

Do you know why creativity is the key to success? Do you know the #1 thing everyone needs, but not everyone has, to be creative? Do you know what to do to help?
That's what this episode is about.
Let me know what you think.

Throwing the Itsy Bitsy Spider Under the Bus with Black Sabbath and a Music Teacher

This episode was fuelled by dark roast coffee, revelations gleaned from 70s glam rock and a collection of suppressed childhood memories from a religious upbringing.

Self-Sabotage: How To Win The Battle When You’re Your Own Worst Enemy

Hurtling headlong into 2024 one thing is certain...it's going to be messy, there will be obstacles to overcome and you can't afford to be your biggest enemy.
Which is why we need to have this creative conversation!

A Portugal and Spain Expose - The Episode That Will Ignite Your Travel Desires

There is no right way or wrong way to travel. But there is a right way for you.
Some people have money and no time. In that scenario, booking something like an all inclusive resort or a cruise is perfect. All the details are taken care of.
Other people have time and no money. In that scenario, doing your own research, booking your own flights, accommodations and adventures is ideal.
This podcast explores the process behind travelling creatively through Portugal and Spain where exotic cultural adventures awaited us around every corner.

Words That will Change Your World: Get Ready for a Transformation

Words have power. Stories are important. They’re meaningful. Especially the stories we tell ourselves. Cause the words we use to craft the stories we tell define what we believe we’re capable of. 
Think about the bonkers stories people are telling these days. Stories that rewrite the past, distort the present and gaslight the future.
Some people are telling QAnon stories…where dark cabals of satanic pedophiles are haunting pizza shops and drinking the blood of children for adrenochrome. 
There are conspiratorial stories about flat earths. Stories of woke evil haunting the shadows of a society gone mad. Stories frame our brains…and some of the frames are as crooked as the Christian used car salesman in Kelowna who stole 50K from me
You want hear some whoppers? Yeah OK…I got a few…and that's what this episode is about.

The Naked Truth: Pride Month, Canada Day & a Complicated Conversation

We’re coming up on Canada Day. At the end of Pride month. It feels like a fitting moment to have a complicated conversation.
We live in a world that loves to paint our uniqueness with broad brush strokes of hyperbole, stereotypes and generalization…but I claim an artist's right to reclaim the palette of possibilities and paint a picture that uses all the secondary and tertiary colours that arise when we allow life lived to intersect with each other.
This complicated conversation is fueled by stories of a life lived without apology.

Stop Living for Others: Embrace Your True Self Today!

Intolerance. Accusations. Insecurity. So many years of my life were steeped in that cauldron of crazy...it was exhausting.
I share my stories of confusion, chaos & untamed creativity with the hope that you hear the liberating power & joy that comes from disregarding the opinions of others & what a glorious revelation it is to realize…you should just be yourself.
Socials you can find me on IG @ rikleaf FB @tribeofone
https://rikleaf.com for creative resources for schools
https://tribeofone.com for mentorship resources for Indigenous communities
 

Why The Worst Chapter in Your Story is the Most Inspiring

Great stories turn everything upside down...and let us touch the sky with our feet on the ground.
This episode explores what it really means to have the guts to get real.

What Urinals, Violent Dudes & Poetry Taught Me About Changing The World

This episode is full of stories about creativity and community and what urinals, violent dudes and poetry taught me about changing the world. Stories about being brave enough to confront the dysfunction in others while being dysfunctional our own freaking selves and somehow making the world a better place in the process.

Stories of Midnight Confessions Not Suitable for Polite Conversation

More stories from the front lines of a chaotically creative life. In this episode we dive deep into conversations with pastors and religious leaders making startling confessions in the dead of night behind closed doors. And celebrate the stories of students who discover their voice and a language to share their struggles.
Where does your story connect to this chaotic creativity?