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Mar 2021
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MARI REISBERG: On Creativity as a Way of...

Alison Rothman
About this episode

My guest today is Mari Reisberg, a therapist, performer, podcast host, and creativity cultivator. I initially connected with Mari through Instagram and immediately felt her creative spirit emanating from her being.

Mari has lived a creative life beginning as a child. At 3 years of age, she entered trapeze school and never looked back!

Mari believes that everyone is creative and that life is a lot more fun when we are tapped into our creativity. We dive into a lively and inspired conversation around the accessibility of creativity for every single person. This was such a fun interview with lots of laughter. I have no doubt that Mari's words will ignite some creative fire in your life.

ABOUT OUR GUEST: MARI REISBERG

Mari Reisberg, LPC, is a therapist, performer, host of the Sustaining Creativity podcast and creativity cultivator. She holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Hartford’s Hartt School and an MA in Somatic Counseling Psychology and Dance/Movement Therapy from Naropa University.

She currently splits time between the traditional 9-5 world as the director of utilization review and internship programming for a substance abuse treatment center, and her own Sustaining Creativity business where she works 1:1 with performers and non-performers to spark, grow, sustain, share and transform creativity in their lives. She has shared her Sustaining Creativity work at conferences, universities and in workshops across the country. Mari believes we are all creative and life is way more fun when we can tap into our own creativity.

Learn more about Mari's work at SustainingCreativity.com and by listening to the Sustaining Creativity podcast. Follow her on Instagram @sustainingcreativity

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