Rock Your Retirement Show

I brought Karen Poirer-Brode on the show to not only talk about scrapbooking, but about developing creativity. After retirement, Karen launched a podcast called A Creative Approach Podcast. She shares stories of people who used creativity to their own advantage and worked through challenges with a creative approach. Karen loves storytelling and uses it as an art and way to connect. In addition, Karen also has a blog called Karen’s Corner of The Web. She also spends time volunteering and working as a Scrapbooker. On Today’s Show we discuss: * Karen’s love for scrapbooking, art and photography * The spiritual impact of art * Scrapbook crops * Developing creativity  * Family memories around crafting activities * How scrapbooking relates to the 6 pillars of retirement Developing creativity through scrapbooking Scrapbooking is Karen's way of making stories. She does digital scrapbooking and traditional scrapbooking. Karen's teacher discouraged her from art when she was little and she wouldn't discover that she h