Can you ACHIEVE HAPPINESS, SUCCESS AND BLISS in your life? YES! In Episode 33 of the Shining Brightly Podcast Show – EMBRACE YOUR BLISS, I welcome the singer, songwriter, actress, musician and coach to share and teach us the path to positive living each moment and each day! Get ready she does some singing to kick it up a bit! We learn the S-T-A-R-T method along with the Five-Dimensional Experience. Come watch, listen, download, review and share this fun and lively show! Keep shining always!

Mentioned Resources –

· Website: https://mattanna.org/

· Social media links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-tress-mattanna5dx/

· https://www.facebook.com/tress.joanna

· https://www.instagram.com/joannatress/

· Giveaway - Text "Creative" to 407-577-5413 and I'll send you a copy of "The Creative's Creed," an affirmation to read out loud that helps you embrace your awesomeness. 

About the guest –  

Joanna Tress is a singer, songwriter, actress, and musician based in Orlando Florida, who liberates the creative or performing artist inside each one of us so that we can enjoy more fun, freedom and satisfaction in life as our authentic selves. Her company, Mattanna.org, hosts Five-Dimensional Experiences to help men and women of all backgrounds tap into positive creative energy and express themselves in whatever artistic way they desire.

About the Host:

Howard Brown is a best-selling author, award-winning international speaker, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, interfaith peacemaker, and a two-time stage IV cancer survivor. He is also a sought-after speaker and consultant for corporate businesses, nonprofits, congregations, and community groups. Howard has co-founded two social networks that were the first to connect religious communities around the world. He is a nationally known patient advocate and “cancer whisperer” to many families. Howard, his wife Lisa, and daughter Emily currently reside in Michigan, and his happy place is on the basketball court.

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Hello, it's Howard Brown Welcome to the Shining

Brightly Show. I am thrilled oh we are in force of

entertainment. We are going to embrace our bliss with Joanna

Tress today how are you?

Hello Hello Howard I'm doing so well and so excited

to be here with you today this shine brightly with you.

We are going to shine together. You're looking

glamorous. Let me tell let me tell my audience about you

because I have to tell you, I am so captivated by you because you

are so talented. You do it all you do it all. So let me tell

you, Joanna Tress, you are a singer, songwriter, actress,

musician, you're based in Orlando, home of Mickey and

Minnie and you liberate the Creative and Performing Arts

inside each one of us so that we can enjoy more fun, who doesn't

want more fun, right? I want more fun, right? And freedom and

satisfaction in life, to be our authentic selves. Why that's

important. Your company marciana.org It hosts the five

dimensional experiences to help men and women of all backgrounds

tap into their positive creative energy express themselves in

whatever artistic way they desire. Oh my goodness, that is

powerful. So what I want you to do is to add on, tell me

something more and also share something that we may not know

about you something that is a little bit of a secret that we

got to let the world know about you.

One of my favourite movies is Coal Miner's

Daughter. The story of up starts with an L. O country music

superstar. It was amazing. She got married when she was 13.

Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn, the legend got married at 13 started

having babies. Her husband she called them due. He really

believed in her and helped set her up for success. But my

favourite scene is when she's on the porch with her guitar next

to a washing machine old fashioned style. And she's

plucking out tunes and sings with like three or four babies

crawling all over her. It but she's making songs and the

washer sort of stops she's got to kick it to keep it sucking

away I love that are singing while she's planting that movies

so so much about me it reflects me in my life. You know being a

mom. But being created in no circumstance can stop you from

being who you truly were born to be. And she's a singer and

songwriter from the from the get go, regardless of her background

as Coal Miner's Daughter. So that's something maybe people

don't know. Coal Miner's Daughter, whoa, wow, I

have to go rewatch it because I haven't seen it for

so many years. But wow, I didn't see that comment. So that's

exciting. Oh, God, but you saw her talent and it spoke to you.

And you emulated that and embraced it. So I actually

really love that. So I have to tell you that in getting to know

you, you try to help people make their dreams come true. Tell me

a little bit about the background. How does that work?

Alright, so that is because many times you'll

we're young, we have so many ideas, you know, what do you

want to be when you grow up? A ballerina an astronaut, a

fireman or scientist, right? So young people are encouraged to

just say, hey, we can do what ever we set our minds to do. And

the your creativity is nurtured in so many ways. Just the public

school system alone gives you an opportunity to find out what you

truly love and what you're good at and experiment and then go

showcase it, we applaud them. But what happens when we get a

little older, we get into our career we get into our

relationships with nificant others kids come along

responsibilities of adulting those bills the rent the

mortgage, okay, wait a minute now? Are we still nurturing

creativity, or always still nurturing or this artistic

expression? For the most part? No. And we all know that most

people have a story where they excelled and showed interest in

something or passion and something earlier on in their

life and go forth and fast forward 123 decades. Where is

that? Where is that dream? Pillow hopes, dreams and

aspirations. They are on a shelf somewhere gathering dust or in a

box somewhere but you down the basement or just on the back

burner of a broken stove of dreams. You know. So that's the

reality for so many people they find themselves stuck and their

reality. It's not the authentic reality. They're not being the

person that they are really naturally He supposed to be that

native creative, like a child with that curiosity and playful

spirit, wanting to explore and just, you know, put a two year

old play some music around a two year old, they're gonna dance,

you know, it's a natural thing so that adulting

responsibilities in our modern world often chokes that and

suppresses it. And then you wonder why is there so much

depression? Why are people so unsatisfied? Why are they? Why

do they binge watching and binge listen and just consuming,

consuming consume other people's creativity, instead of just

naturally maybe producing their own, that is a problem in

society that I would like to solve in my own small way.

You know, it's such a valuable point that you

make that we get into routine. And then you just can't get out

of that routine, right? You go to work, you're taking the kids

to soccer practice, you get home, they do their homework,

you don't have any time for you and your significant other, and

then the next day begins. And same thing. And, you know, we

live for those two weeks vacation a year, I have to tell

you, that's why a lot of people did the great resignation,

they're working from home COVID had us restricted and people are

now bouncing out trying to actually get out into nature

again, and vie with people again, and but they probably

have forgotten their little kid inside of them, that wants to be

the astronaut that wanted to be the artists that wanted to be

you know, a professional athlete, and those dreams are

good dreams, those are things to strive for. And, and we look to

not everyone likes to be a role model, but we look to others

that are excelling and role model. So that is really cool,

creative work to bring that outside of people that have

maybe lost it or forgotten about that. And there's some

similarities I'll draw because in my book, I call that

darkness. And in that darkness, that is the forgotten you, that

is the actual place of potentially anxiety and malaise

and depression and the stuckness. And I like you want

to bring people and bring their light forward, okay to be able

to share themselves. And so when you and I are, we are

synchronised, yeah. semis to motivate, educate and inspire.

So I that's, that's why I really loved it. So who needs this? I'm

gonna say everybody needs this. But tell me who to who needs,

who needs to actually bring that forth. Now,

the people who know that something's missing.

They have this nagging sense that there's something missing

that they're supposed to do, that they want to do, and they

actually want help. You know how Henry David Thoreau said in

Walden Pond that most people live in a state of quiet

desperation? Yes. You know, so that's what people are, they're

quiet, they're desperate, but they're not really saying it,

they're not calling out for help. They're not necessarily

looking for solutions, or they've given up too soon. These

are people where the, you know, the annual church pageant or, or

karaoke or community theatre is just not quite doing it for

them. Or they go to a little writing workshop at the library,

but they don't have anyone to help them to stay accountable to

their goals and dreams. So you look around what are the

resources that are going to help me to actually live what's in my

heart, to embrace that bliss, that I want to truly be happy.

And when you notice there are a lot available. That's where we

come in? Well, we have this five dimensional experience in

creativity, just a couple of hours, two hours out of your

life, you have a crazy, hectic, busy schedule, we're going to

take two hours of time, to allow you to be in that sacred space

of creativity. It's fun, it's relaxed, it's open, it's fluid,

it's about getting energy. It's about building up the energy

that it takes that inspires to creativity lets you know what's

possible. We're going to meet you where you are right now. And

help you to see what you can do. And you'd be surprised at how a

childhood dream can actually come true when you're innovative

and creative about the way that you bring it out. So you don't

have to take lessons and to learn this and that. Let's see

what we can do with what we have. And by creating a

community of like minded and like hearted people. We're gonna

help one another lift each other up and share to help make it

happen for yourself. So who needs it? It is anyone who who

knows that they need it. They recognise, you know, instead of

being asleep, you know, they're actually awake. And they're

looking, okay, I need some help. And then I want to, I want to be

an answer to somebody's prayers.

Well, for I love that now say amen. But I want to

pull out one thing that you said, that's the heart of this,

you create a sacred space of creativity. And that's the

power. It's really powerful. And do you do this? I'm pretty sure

you do this for men and women. Also couples?

Yes, absolutely. In fact, I've had several, I've

had several couples have participated. They said, this is

a great date night, they thought it was a fun date night, they

got to know each other. Because when you're participating, this

you're learning about each other, you might share something

that your mate didn't even know was in your heart, it was an

idea that you had. So it is Yep, it's for men, women, couples,

whatever your background is, these principles can help

everyone in whatever situation they are to get to the next

level and see, well, what's next for me about truly embracing the

happiness through creativity that I seek.

Right, so So let's dive into it. So the five, you

know, dimensions, okay, and I want you to take me through this

five step method and just choose it, you know, to tell me through

and tell the audience there have kind of what they would kind of,

you know, expect when they come join you and join this

community.

Very good, very good. And so we use the

principle of five in a number of different ways. First of all

five dimensional, it means it's going to touch on all of our

five basic physical senses. So of sight, touch, taste, smell,

and sound, because that's a full body experience. So that's one

way that we touch on, you know, five dimensionals. And, of

course, is beyond the three dimensionals. You know, it's

another way it has that bet, power that energy behind it.

Now, with the five step system, we it has an acronym of start S

T A R T, because the result is after you go through the five

steps, you are ready to get something started. And we're

gonna help you with that. So the first letter S stands for story.

What is the story that you would like to tell? It could be

something that actually happened, it could be something

you learned about externally that fascinates you that you'd

like to delve in and share and develop. And it could be it

could be fiction, whatever it is, that's it, every art form

starts with a story, it tells a story, whether it's a painting,

or a song, whatever it is, so figure out what story you'd like

to share. Then the T is the tableau. Tableau in theatre is

sort of when everyone is frozen in time for a moment, you know,

like this. Yeah. And then the narrator, maybe tell some

background around me that Tableau because a tableau, it

shows you what something looks like. So when you create a

tableau sort of vision board sort of touch into that, this is

what it looks like, this is what it sounds like. This is the way

that I'm going to tell the story. I'm going to tell the

story through a book, I'm going to tell the story through a

ballet, I'm going to tell the story through a musical theatre

production, you see, so you're gonna choose how are you going

to share this story? It could be a piece of fashion, it could be

a quilt, you see. So when you say no, what is it? What is it

going to look like? What elements are we going to

include? So that people will be able to see this message that

the story has, that's what the T the tableau is. The A is an

assessment of what you have to bring to the table to offer.

What do you already have? In your head, in your heart? In

your hands? What do you have to in your own skill set and gifts

to us to tell this story? In the way that you want to tell it? So

that's the assessment. Some people say audition? No, no,

it's it's an assessment focusing on what you have. Not what you

don't have not what you want, or wish you had. No, let's see what

is now. The after the assessment, that's what we get

into resources. See, I like to use illustration, if somebody

wanted to be you know, a rock star playing that lead to car

just sure and in that guitar. Yay. Yeah. You know, okay. And

guess what if they can't even play one chord on the guitar,

okay. But the thing is with the Reese versus if you want to tell

your song your you want to tell your story? Well, you'll find

somebody else who strikes that guitar, they're going to stand

in for you, you're going to pose with the guitar, while you have

the music in the background and you're going to, you're going to

mind you're going to act it out, see, there's there are different

ways doing it. So see, when we look at resources, you see, what

group what producer, what, editor, whatever it is, you see,

it takes time to do research, just like you do research. I

love Howard, how you research your guests, you want to get to

know us and share us you want to help us to shine brightly, I

just love all the information you shared with me. And I was so

touched by how you thoroughly looked at my website, right. And

that's the same thing, being resourceful. That's something I

have a background with journalism and research, you

know, a lot of us have touched into research skills, you know,

I was a virtual assistant, I'm gonna help you dig up some

resources, I'm gonna help you think of some ideas that

brainstorming of how we're going to take this dream and make it a

reality. And then the T. Sta, RT is for trial, we are going to

have a way of sharing this idea with the world in some form or

fashion. In my intensive programme with daily

accountability, it's six weeks, I promise, we're going to have

something out there to share within six weeks. So that's it

and put it together. And it's stucked, five steps to make that

dream come true to embracing your bliss.

This is a great acronym. Oh, wow. I don't want

to give away the whole programme, they'll come seek you

out after what we'll find out. But that's beautiful. Thank you

for that. And taking us through start and to embrace the bliss.

It's It's terrific. So I guess my natural question is the kind

of What's your why you've chosen to do this now and to make

people's dreams come true. Why? Why do you want to do this?

Because I know that there are people who are

like me, I was my ideal client. Back when I was in my mid 30s,

early 30s. I had the biggest gig of my life in 2005 when I was

part of the opening act for air supply or the 70 supergroup on

their 30th anniversary tour here it is 2023 Do you know they're

still touring? Oh my goodness. But and I remember just at that

time in my life, I had three children. I was divorced. I was

struggling financially and even with my mental health because I

wasn't being what? I'm supposed to be on Broadway, okay. I'm

supposed to be writing, singing and dancing and acting and

playing my music, you know, some piano chords, say my flute I was

not really doing that I would do a little something. Something,

you know, I was working through a ham radio station promotions

and community things have these gigs, Wedding Singer, community

theatre, etc. But you know, not to the full extent that I wanted

to, and I felt alone. Where are the fabulous people? Hey, we

Hello, where are you? I didn't see a place for me. I was in a

relatively small town in Alabama at the time. And okay, sure, we

can teach the kids. So I did. I've dealt with I've dealt with

children, I've put on shows with children. But that was not where

my heart was. Because I wasn't ready to finish my stories

performer, pour into the next generation without fulfilling my

dream and doing all that I could with my desires as a performing

artist. So I felt alone, I would have really benefited more from

a sense of community, and to have some guidance from someone

who who was able to overcome certain challenges. So I did the

work, the inner work, I read the books, I did the workshops, I

had the therapy and this and that. And I realised Yes, I'm

going to be the friend, the mentor, the coach, the can do

the motivator, the inspiration to help someone deal with their

circumstances and showing them what is possible, because I

needed it and I'm paying it forward. And I don't see anyone

quite doing exactly what I'm doing today. So there's a void.

There's a place there's something where I need to fulfil

it. And my husband, Matt, Matthew, the mat in Montana,

Matthew and Joanna is Montana. You know, he's an ideal, you

know, ideal client, you know, working hard for his family and

And, you know, paying that child support, quote, taking care of

his children. And for his he was divorced. And he went through

all that, and he didn't get a chance to have his little

outlet. You know, oh, once in a while, you know, he, he

surprised his daughter, you know, by sewing up at the club

with her and he's dancing, he's got the mic. He's a backup

dancer and backup singer for the people in the wild, you know, he

didn't get a chance to go out and get out and get his groove

on. So I know that there are a lot of people like that they are

looking for a solution. And a way to just express himself say

yes to what you want to express is one of our programmes. And

that's when there's a need for it. And I'm ready to fill in on

paying it forward. And being the friend I wish I had at the time

in my life.

I love it because you are filling an unmet need.

And the number one symptom coming out of COVID, loneliness,

loneliness, loneliness. So you are alright, well, let's roll

this thing forward now. So what's your vision? What do you

see yourself? Five years from now? Where is Joanna Tress five years,

I want to have embrace your bliss retreats,

Mat, Tanna, five dimensional experiences, where you're going

to use a week of your vacation, and be completely immersed in

create the creativity. And before you leave at the end of

that five or six days, your your would have done something that

you only dreamed you could do. We are collaboratively building,

nurturing and going to make that dream come true. I have a vision

of like band camp for grownups. I've even written a story about

that, you know, so you have like the college kids in the marching

band doing their summer bank and getting their marching band

routine for football season. And they think their parents are

just at home going, No, we're missing them. You know, a little

did they know their parents are at the hotel on the other side

of town living acted like they're in college. But alcohol

is legal. And having a good time. And the parents get

together a marching band routine, and come from the other

side of the football field just crash when their rehearsals and

they hear that cadence is that our rival band did our rival

band come here and try to steal our routine? No, it's the

parents getting down to the Bubba with that drum line and

just blowing them away, you're gonna have a showdown, you know,

you got to have the old school versus the new school. That's

the type of thing so the retreats where you can actually

just take that vacation all over the world, exotic places to get

away from the mundane escape from from that life and have a

moment to embrace your bliss, and to live that creative dream.

Alright, so I made up destination Hawaii, let's go

to Hawaii and we're gonna go maximise that creativity there.

Right. So this is the part of the show, actually, is the

shining bright, the spotlight where the spotlight is on you

and you've been on stage. So you know what this means. It's

almost time for a curtain call. I want you to tell people how

they can get in touch with you. And then I want you to actually

give me some final comments and, and then we're going to take the

show home.

Yes, call me. Pick up your cell phone. Okay, you

can call or simply text. If you text the word creative. To this

number, I will get in touch with you. And the first thing I'll do

is find the best way to send you a copy of the creatives creed.

It is an affirmation that you can read to yourself to just

embolden open up and inspire your creativity and your

identity as a creative artist. So text the word creative

24075775413 that's 4075775413. And I'm sure you'll see it with

whatever links you share. And it's right, it's the banner of

my websites. Mattanna.org Has my phone number 407-577-5413 I

would love to have a quick conversation with you. And to

give you this free start this creatives creed to get you

started okay,

that's incredible that you give out your phone

number and you're speaking to them individually and then

you'll email them or or send them back this creative creed.

What a nice offer. That is great. Give me Give me a final

wrap and then I'm going to close the show.

Yes, I just don't be afraid. Don't be afraid at

this point in life to live that Dream, embrace your bliss. We

have a community for you with resources and support. And I

will do everything in my power to give you that personal

attention to help these dreams come true. Let's have a

conversation.

Oh my goodness. I always say find your happy place

find that stress zone you've created that place. So that's

why we're so synchronised. Wow, this has been a high energy.

Amazing, amazing show. So thank you for being here. So for me,

you can always get a hold of me at shining brightly.com. There's

booked me for speaking emceeing fundraiser, podcasts. The book

is there, it's doing great bestseller and in the podcast

can be seen there. Also you can see all my charity work and in

cancer, higher education and interfaith work. And there are

downloads there on survivorship, mentorship and interfaith stuff,

lots of resources. It's very interactive. And so I always

close each show by saying, if we shine brightly just a little bit

each day for ourselves, for others and our communities, the

world will be a better place to Joanna Tress. You are

magnificent. Take a curtain call Bow. Thank you. Thank you. Thank