Creative AF // Discussions at the intersection of creativity and mental health
Latest Episodes
Creative AF - BONUS Mindfulness Episode - Anger and Negative Thoughts
Hey everyone…. Welcome to a special bonus episode of creative AF. During my years in sports medicine one of the things I learned that I completely underutilized during that time was mindfulness, meditation and progressive relaxation techniques. Probably b
Creative AF - Dave Scheponik, Pittsburgh Penguins Sr. Manager, Creative Services
Dave Scheponik is a name most of you listening may recognize from our sports design twitter circles. Dave is the Sr. Manager of Creative Services for the Pittsburgh Penguins. If you’ve been following Dave recently you know that he isn’t one to mince words
Creative AF - Episode 8 - Sammy Silverman
Sammy Silverman is a name that should be super familiar to most people listening, but what you may not know is his story around his anxiety and how it caused him some pretty major burnout. As you will soon see, Sammy is extremely well spoken and insanely
Creative AF - Roxy Dominguez
Hey everyone, I’m Jon Willey and this is Creative AF. A podcast that dives smack dab into the messy intersection of creativity and mental health, sharing stories of your highest highs and lowest lows. Roxy Dominguez is a name that some of you may know and
Creative AF - Episode 6 - Tyler Trout
Tyler Trout is a name that many of you listening are very familiar with, but you likely may now know what Tyler’s been up to for the past year or so since leaving the sports design world! Like many of us Tyler grew up with a love of sport and playing spor
Creative AF - Episode 5 - Alex Krahling
Hey everyone, I’m Jon Willey and this is Creative AF. A podcast that dives smack dab into the messy intersection of creativity and mental health, sharing stories of your highest highs and lowest lows. What you will hear at the beginning was a recent post
Creative AF - Episode 4 - Kyle Chuises
When he was growing up as a skater and self proclaimed rebel during the early 2000’s, Kyle Chuises could always feel that something wasn’t quite right inside. Struggling through a messy divorce of his parents and dealing with some early loss of some close
Creative AF - Episode 3 - Will Posthumus
The sports industry is one of the most exciting and fulfilling careers that anyone could have. But this business is so much more than the 16 NFL games put on by a team during the year, or the 162 MLB games in a season. In order to fill those stadiums with
Creative AF Bonus Episode // Mindfulness Meditation on Loneliness
Welcome to our first bonus episode of Creative AF. Each week I will record a mindfullness exercise based on my past experiences and some resources I currently use. Similar to a calm or headspace meditation but bringing the focus into some of the current s
Creative AF - Episode 1 - My story
Hey everybody this is Jon Willey and Id like to Welcome you to the very first episode of Creative AF.As the cliche so eloquently puts it, the struggle is real. And I personally know how real it is as well. On January 12th, after 20 years working in coll