Ep 004: Don’t sleepwalk zombie-like thru your life, with actor Jennifer Blaine

<p class="p3"><span class="s1">Jennifer Blaine is an actor, comedian, playwright and coach who has worked with comedy greats like Chris Rock, as well as actors like Glenda Jackson, Laura Linney and Paul Newman.</span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">She’s best known for her hilarious one-woman, multi-character shows which delve into serious issues, from bullying to brain surgery, with humour. Yes humour. However, at its core her creativity is not about others; it’s primarily about that all-important connection with herself first.</span></p> <p class="p4"> </p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">From nurturing this deep connection, and making time to reflect and know what’s in her mind, she generates the positive energy to go out into the world and communicate her message with confidence, commitment and self-belief; whether that’s performing a one-woman show or parenting her daughter. Her argument that people that nurture their creativity feel more alive and un-zombie-like is perfectly demonstrated by how funny, heartfelt, characterful and connected she is.</span></p> <p class="p4"> </p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">(She has some interesting ideas on how to reform the education system, too, which I might just tweet the UK education secretary about… Stayed tuned to my shorter solo podcast for more on this).</span></p> <p class="p4"> </p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">Creativity, for her, is enlivening and allows her to process her emotions so she has a richer experience of life. As she says, it’s energising and this energy is contagious. This leads to a conversation about how, if we all tapped our creative energy, we could change the world for the better, and quickly.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> At this time in human history, it’s important that as many of us as possible are ‘alive’, so we can engage creatively with the world’s many problems.</span></p> <p class="p4"> </p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">If you want to catch her contagious creative spirit, give this episode a l