Syncreate
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    • Episode 1: Michael Osborne
    • Episode 2: Thais Bicalho Silva
    • Episode 3: Michael Walker
    • Episode 4: Reem Khashou
    • Episode 5: Shuja Uddin
    • Episode 6: Mayela Padilla Manasjan
    • Episode 7: Charlotte Gullick
    • Episode 8: Anne Myers Cleary
    • Episode 9: Dr. Jeff Mims
    • Episode 10: Dr. Diana Rivera
    • Episode 11: Dylan Hayre
    • Episode 12: Sharanya Rao
    • Episode 13: Cyrus Gray III
    • Episode 14: George McCormack
    • Episode 15: Dr. Katherine Semler
    • Episode 16: Robert Cleve, PhD
    • Episode 17: Mike Osborne
    • Episode 18: Creative Spark with Melinda & Charlotte
    • Episode 19: Creativity, Sexuality & The Sacred Feminine
    • Episode 20: Creative Spark with Melinda & Charlotte
    • Episode 21: Ren Jackson
    • Episode 22: Creative Spark with Melinda & Charlotte
    • Episode 23: The Corporate Mystic
    • Episode 24: Creative Planning
    • Episode 25: Bradley Cooke
    • Episode 26: Creative Spark - Produce with Melinda & Charlotte
    • Episode 27: Randy Langford
    • Episode 28: Eben Britton
    • Episode 29 - Iteration
    • Episode 30: CMATX Ben Thoma & Brian Thompson
    • Episode 31: Power of Collaboration
    • Episode 32: Dr. Steven Pritzker
    • Episode 33: Incubation & Time Away
    • Episode 34: Marina Smirnova, PhD
    • Episode 35: Creative Wilderness
    • Episode 36: Marina Smirnova, PhD Part 2
    • Episode 37: Giving Back
    • Episode 38: Jamie Gallagher
    • Episode 39: Sharing Work in Progress
    • Episode 40: Creating a Culture of Innovation
    • Episode 41: Creative Practice, Process & Product
    • Episode 42: Creativity and Depth Psychology
    • Episode 43: Time Management
    • Episode 44: Conscious Facilitation - Jimmy Johnny Juste
    • Episode 45:Giving and Receiving Feedback
    • Episode 46: Reena Friedman Watts
    • Episode 47: Meaning Making
    • Episode 48: Chris McKenna
    • Episode 49: Creativity in Challenging Times
    • Episode 50: Benjamin Kintisch
    • Episode 51: Curiosity & Exploration
    • Episode 52: Poet Amanda Johnston
    • Episode 53: Preparation vs. Spontaneity
    • Episode 54: Peter Himmelman
    • Episode 55: Experimenting Across Media
    • Episode 56: Chris Stack of Stereophonic
    • Episode 57: Accountability Partnerships
    • Episode 58: Michael Steiner BEST Robotics
    • Episode 59: Creativity Opens Doors
    • Episode 60: Intuition with Steven Ross
    • Episode 61: Isolation vs. Solitude
    • Episode 62: Neuroscience of Creativity with Dr. Indre Viskontas
    • Episode 63: The Writing Life Charlotte Gullick
    • Episode 64: Synesthesia
    • Episode 65: Creative Flow
    • Episode 66: Finding Ease
    • Episode 67: Creative Eye
    • Episode 68: Wonders of Creation with Dr. Ladan Akbarnia
    • Episode 69: Reflecting on the Year
    • Episode 70: New Year's Creative Intentions
    • Episode 71: Acting Out of Character John Cane PhD
    • Episode 72: Creative Community
    • Episode 73: Theatre, Storytelling & The Labor of Creativity with Marcus McQuirter PhD
    • Episode 74: Living a Creative Life
    • Episode 75: Asheville's Story Parlor with Erin Hallagan Clare
    • Episode 76: Developing a Consistent Creative Practice
    • Episode 77: Collaborate, Innovate, Advocate with Beth Sundstrom, PhD
    • Episode 78: The Art of Impermanence
    • Episode 79: The Magic of Improv with Jessica Arjet
    • Episode 80: Narrating the Syncreate Audiobook
    • Episode 81: Creativity and Innovation in Medicine
    • Episode 82: Healing the Creative Wound
    • Episode 83: Prudence Arceneaux
    • Episode 84: From Surviving to Thriving
    • Episode 85: Jenny Fairbank & Steven Ross
    • Episode 86: Receiving Difficult Feedback
    • Episode 87: Linus Streckfus
    • Episode 88: Practicing Courage
    • Episode 89: Lama Dorje & Carolina Putnam
    • Episode 90: Creativity Meaning Psych Growth
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At Syncreate, Charlotte and Melinda bring their expansive
creative interests to work with individuals and organizations.

ABOUT US

Charlotte Gullick 

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Charlotte Gullick is a novelist, essayist, editor, educator and former Department Chair of the Creative Writing Department at Austin Community College.

​She is currently the ECMC Foundation Program Manager, Exploring Transfer Together Initiative at Vassar College. A first-generation college graduate, she received her AA with High Honors from Santa Rosa Junior College, a BA with Honors in Literature/Creative Writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a MA in English/Creative Writing from the University of California, Davis. She completed her MFA in Creative Nonfiction at the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2016.    

Charlotte's first novel, By Way of Water, was chosen by Jayne Anne Phillips as the Grand Prize winner of the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards Program, and a special author's edition was reissued by the Santa Fe Writers Project in November of 2013. Her work has been published in Brevity, The Rumpus, The Forge, The Best of Brevity, and Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose, among others.

Her other awards include a Christopher Isherwood Fellowship for Fiction, a Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship for Poetry, residencies at Macdowell, Ragdale, and San Ysidro as well as the Evergreen State College 2012 Teacher Excellence Award, a NISOD Teaching Award, and the Gold Star for Teaching and Mentorship from American Short Fiction. 

Charlotte’s work often explores the intersection of landscape, legacy, family, and identity, and she believes deeply in the power of story to create healing and coherence. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and daughter.






Melinda Rothouse

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As featured in International Business Times, Melinda Rothouse is a professional creativity, leadership, and career coach, consultant, and educator, as well as a musician, songwriter, and performer.

She is the creator and host of The Syncreate Podcast: Empowering Creativity, exploring the intersections of creativity, psychology, and spirituality, and expanding the boundaries of what it means to be creative. She is also the founder of Austin Writing Coach and performs under the artist name of Melinda Joy. 

Melinda a professor of Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership at Saybrook University, as well as the author of the bestselling book A Mindful Approach to Team Creativity and Collaboration: Creating a Culture of Innovation, published in 2020 by Palgrave Macmillan. Her own writing and creative practices are informed by a lifelong love of learning, by an emphasis on journey and process, and by her involvement and training in meditation practice and the contemplative arts. She brings a commitment to mindfulness, deep listening, and engaged collaboration to her coaching and teaching work.

Melinda’s approach to teaching and coaching draw on the principles of learner-centered education and positive / humanistic psychology, as well as 20 years of experience and training as an educator, musician, and performer. She enjoys working in close collaboration with clients to enhance their creativity and develop their confidence.

Melinda holds a Ph.D. in Psychology with a Specialization in Creativity Studies from Saybrook University, as well as B.A. in Biopsychology from Vassar College, and Master’s degrees in Religious Studies from Indiana University and Performance Studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She has taught writing and religious studies at a number of colleges and universities around the country. 

​Melinda is an avid traveler, leading workshops retreats both in the US and internationally. She splits her home time between Austin and the Texas Hill Country.  




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