Goal Magic Cynthia Spitalny & Brennen Lukas

Dear Friends,
Due to some difficult life circumstances, we’ve made the tough decision to end the Goal Magic podcast. We both needed to reclaim some precious time and headspace and this felt like to right time to bring the project to a close.
If you've been a listener of the show, we want to you to know that we are so grateful that you joined us on our journey. We hope we helped you on your own unique path toward getting unstuck. That was always our goal.
We'd also like to thank all of our many amazing guests for their contributions to Goal Magic over the past two years. We learned so much and had so much fun chatting with you on the show.
Endings are always hard, but closing one door opens many others. If you want to see what's next for us, we invite you to follow @cynthias_whole_life and @writingimpulse on Instagram.
Here's to the next big thing!
Warmly,
Cynthia & Brennen
Episode Music Credits
It Meant Everything to me by Le Gang
Nostalgia by Johny Grimes
Nostalgia by Tobu

For anyone furloughed or out of work right now and not sure what your next move is, this episode may spur some creative energy in you. I happen to know our next guest because she grew up in the same town as I did, and was friendly with my family. We connected on Instagram a little while back, which is when I got wind that she was creating content for brands and serving as an IG influencer. This got me wondering how she started doing that, because in her regular day to day life she’s a mama of three kids who doesn’t have a lot of time, yet she still managed to grow a network and eventually collaborate with brands and post just about every single day. She’s on her way to monetizing her instagram account now, so her story was one that I thought many of us at home and out of work may need to hear.
About Hillary Kezelman
Hillary Kezelman resides in sunny Southern California with her 3 babes and husband of 8 years. Being a stay at home mom is her daily job and she wouldn’t have it any other way. Instagram has been her creative outlet  as it has opened many doors of friendships and the opportunity to explore brands in the industry. Over the past two months, she transitioned from just posting weekly about her family to becoming an influencer with daily and regular posts.  She works with a variety of brands and helps them advertise their products. You can find Hillary’s instagram @Hillkez91011 and follow her journey!
Warmly,
Cynthia & Brennen
Episode Music Credits
It Meant Everything to me by Le Gang
Nostalgia by Johny Grimes
Nostalgia by Tobu

We are going to level with you, this has been just the weirdest time to be alive. We’re all experiencing the weirdness at the same time and in different ways. It’s like an unwanted Instagram filter of fear, anxiety and uncertainty has been applied to the whole world, and none of us quite knows what to do about that because we’re in uncharted territory. But at the same time, springtime is coming and birds are singing, people are still falling in love, kids are drawing rainbows with sidewalk chalk and ordinary humans are stepping up in amazing ways to do what needs doing, even if it’s scary. It’s the best of times and the worst of times, all at once. 
Cynthia and I recorded this episode more than two weeks ago, hoping things would be much improved by now, but things are still really hard out in the world. We chatted about staying sane and productive during the COVID-19 crisis and I think there is some good positive advice here if you’re needing a boost. For one thing, we both think laughter is one of the keys to sanity. I want you to know that Cynthia and I are dealing with our own struggles this year, so we’re certainly in the same boat as you. Stay safe, stay home if you can, and please enjoy the episode.
If you feel inclined and haven’t already done so, we would love it if you would leave us a review on Apple podcasts and give some love back to help us achieve our goals in 2020.
Warmly,
Cynthia & Brennen
Episode Music Credits
It Meant Everything to me by Le Gang
Nostalgia by Johny Grimes
Nostalgia by Tobu

Have you ever had the gut feeling that you needed to do something and take a leap but you felt unsure? Have you ever wanted to go into a new industry but were feeling uneasy if you should take the risk, even though there was nothing stopping you? If these sound like you then you will want to tune into a very cool episode today focused on taking a risk when the time is right. I got to interview Chris Casile, who went from losing her job to taking a leap into a new one in an emerging industry with no guardrails. Talk about guts!
About Chris Casile
Christina is a certified Interior Designer with 20+ years of experience in the industry. Chris received a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design from Philadelphia University and honed her skills as an interior designer with several large architecture firms in Philadelphia. Specifically, while with Ballinger and EwingCole, Chris gained considerable experience in a variety of market sectors including healthcare, research and development, government, education and sports and entertainment, overseeing dozens of multi-million dollar projects. Christina first established herself in the cannabis industry when she was recruited to join a team of experts assembled by Philadelphia-based attorneys and consultants Moriconi Flowers, Ltd. to assist clients in obtaining permits to grow, process, and sell marijuana. Design 710’s successes have included designing the project for the winning application and first dispensary to open in Philadelphia, designing the project for a winning grower/processor applicant in the Delaware Valley, and designing the winning project for an additional marijuana dispensary permit holder in the Philadelphia area.  
Connect with Chris
www.design710.com
If you feel inclined and haven’t already done so, we would love it if you would leave us a review on Apple podcasts and give some love back to help us achieve our goals in 2020.
Warmly,
Cynthia & Brennen
Episode Music Credits
It Meant Everything to me by Le Gang
Nostalgia by Johny Grimes
Nostalgia by Tobu

I’m here today to bring you a very special episode that I recorded with my amazing friend Jennifer Blaine. If you’re a long-time listener, you’ll know that Jennifer has been on the show twice before, but this is my first time getting to interview her. We had the most amazingly deep conversation about creativity that had us both in tears by the end. I honestly didn’t want it to end and I think we could have talked for at least another hour, but I am so so proud of what we managed to capture here. I hope this conversation gives you good things to think about if you’re stuck at home waiting out the coronavirus like me and everybody else. 
This episode is for the artists and creatives out there, especially the artists like me who sometimes struggle for a reason to keep making art. It’s for writers who have lost the plot, painters who are procrastinating and actors who aren’t sure if they can do one more audition. So strap your headphones on extra tight and enjoy the show!
About Jennifer Blaine




Jennifer Blaine has been performing one-woman shows for 25 years. Her original writing, performing, and comedy delve into serious and socially relevant issues and provides audiences the opportunity to unite in laughter. Jennifer has opened for George Carlin, and performed with Chris Rock and Joe Piscopo.  She has worked with iconic actors such as Glenda Jackson, Laura Linney, Joanne Woodward, and Paul Newman. She was featured on ABC’s Philly After Midnight: Women Comedians and has lent her voice to hundreds of voiceover projects. According to the Philadelphia Daily News “not even Sybil can compete with Blaine’s cast of characters. Her comic genius is like Lily Tomlin and Tracey Ullman.” 
Jennifer  was the resident Theatre Arts Instructor at the Showstoppers program at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts from 2013-2018 in which she created four original plays on topical issues from bullying to civil rights. She produced the “5,000 Women” festival, showcasing artists and social activists, in 2011 and 2012 and in Philadelphia in 2014. 

Her multiple FringeArts solo works include Sorry, White Flight, Hearing Voices, and Ridiculous and Dirty Joke which she created with Vashti Dubois, founder of The Colored Girls Museum. Blaine has toured her solo work throughout the country to colleges and theatre festivals -- highlights include The OpenStage of Harrisburg, The White Privilege Conference, PIFA, and the Annenberg Center for the Arts. She currently performs The Vicissitudes of Travel, which depicts a family traveling through brain surgery, in art galleries, museums, theaters, and recently performed The Vicissitudes for Jefferson’s Health and Humanities department and Wesleyan University. For more information visit  www.jenniferblaine.com
Warmly,
Brennen & Cynthia
Episode Music Credits
It Meant Everything to me by Le Gang
Nostalgia by Johny Grimes
Nostalgia by Tobu

This week our guest is an expert in resilience - what it is, if you can learn it, and how to teach it to your kids. Resilience is what separates the people who stay knocked down and the ones who decide to get back up and try again. It’s something I am fascinated by. Our guest Dr. Lucy Hone got personal and vulnerable as she shared her own story of grief and then later resilience.
About Dr. Hone
Dr Lucy Hone is a director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience, a research associate at AUT University, a published academic researcher, best-selling author and blogger for Psychology Today. In 2014, the sudden death of her 12-year old daughter, Abi, (along with Lucy and Abi’s friends Ella and Sally Summerfield in a tragic road accident) forced Lucy to turn her substantial academic training and professional practice to foster resilience in very personal circumstances. The blog she wrote in the aftermath of Abi’s death attracted international attention and resulted in the best-selling non-fiction title, What Abi Taught Us: Strategies for Resilient Grieving (Allen & Unwin, 2016), now available as Resilient Grieving in the US, Australia, UK and NZ. 
Connect with Dr. Hone: https://nziwr.co.nz/

If you feel inclined and haven’t already done so, we would love it if you would leave us a review and give some love back to help us achieve our goals in 2020.
Warmly,
Cynthia & Brennen
Episode Music Credits
It Meant Everything to me by Le Gang
Nostalgia by Johny Grimes
Nostalgia by Tobu