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An Invitation to Keep Going – Naked and Exposed: The Showcase (Only Up From Here)- July 17th at 7 pm EST

July 9, 2021 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

Naked and Exposed: The Showcase is a 2-Hour Live Event journeying through worship and spoken-word pieces relevant to the theme crafted to uplift and encourage us to keep going in our journeys.

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Fireside Chat with Susannah Ford-Crush: Drawing Lines between Creativity & Life

May 10, 2020 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

World Photographer, Writer, and Musician Susannah Ford-Crush and Voice Discovery Coach and Writer Shell Vera sit down to talk about Susannah’s career, life, and creativity.

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When Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds (Updated)

February 12, 2020 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

Looking back can help us realize just how far we’ve come. Tonight, we step back three years to a post I wrote about time not healing my wounds. Three years later, I feel like a new woman!

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Music & Musings: “Simple” by People & Songs — Shell Vera

January 20, 2020 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

A reflection on People & Song’s “Simple” that I shared to my website’s blog today.

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Fireside Chat with Music Producer Robbin Marx: Aligning Your Business with Your Priorities

January 6, 2020 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

In this week’s episode of the Fireside Chat series, Music Producer Robbin Marx and I talk about aligning your business with your priorities, pursuing your dreams by getting creative with your marketing, and a message he has for up and coming musicians.

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Takeaways from Fireside Chat with John the Bap

December 26, 2019 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

Are you giving your ALL to your craft? Let’s talk about this in some more detail as we discuss my biggest takeaway from the fireside chat John the Bap and I had last week.

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Sunday Songs: “Simple” by People & Songs and “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi

December 22, 2019 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

In a sneak peek showing you the first two songs of a new series I will launch in 2020, I share two songs that have been making me think lately: “Simple” by People & Songs and “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi

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Fireside Chat with John the Bap: When Your 9-5 Funds Creativity

December 16, 2019 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

John the Bap and Shell Vera discuss what it’s like to be a creative with a 9-5, what it’s like to be a multi-passinate entrepreneur, and what it means to share God with others in an authentic way.

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Building Bridges: How Will You Help Your Community?

April 22, 2019 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

I heard a spoken-word previously that really hit me in that place where I am super passionate. It made me think about the bridges we are building in our communities.

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Community Mondays: S.T.A.C.K Zion

March 11, 2019 Shell Vera (The Essential Creative)

Let’s talk about S.T.A.C.K. Zion! He is going hard for his community and sharing the love of God through music and community events. He shared his heart with me back in 2017 and I’m sharing it with you today – as well as a little update.

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