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143: Brand New: Meg!
I am thrilled to introduce our guest in today’s episode: It’s Meg! Meg Lewis is a designer, illustrator, artist and all-around creative....
Diana Varma
May 10, 20232 min read
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140: Put Me In The Zoo (Part 2!)
My Dad’s favourite creative medium was audio. I have memories of my Dad pulling out blueprints, explaining a schematic of a sound system...
Diana Varma
Apr 6, 20231 min read
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122: I Didn't Do The Thing Today with Madeleine Dore
I Didn’t Do The Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt. When I first heard of this book by author Madeleine Dore, the title...
Diana Varma
Jun 30, 202210 min read
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117: Big Emotions in Creative Living with Jamie Roberts of Rock That Creative Job
Continuing our discussion of big emotions in creative living, today I am joined by entrepreneur Jaime Roberts of Rock That Creative Job....
Diana Varma
Jun 20, 20222 min read
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111: Listening x Creativity: Dr. Christine Wozniak, Chiropractor
Good morning! As this series about what’s at the intersection of listening and creativity comes to an end, I’m sharing the soundtrack...
Diana Varma
Jun 1, 20223 min read
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110: Listening x Creativity: Douglas Davis, Creative Strategist
In reading author Celeste Headlee’s book We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter, I marked up, underlined, highlighted and...
Diana Varma
May 21, 20224 min read
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109: Listening x Creativity: Jenna Beaton, Lawyer
One of the resources that encouraged my deep dive into listening is called You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters...
Diana Varma
May 21, 20223 min read
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108: Listening x Creativity: Jenna Kingston, Dog Trainer
In January 2018, our family was looking to adopt a dog. Our previous family dog (a Shetland Sheepdog named Molly) left the world the...
Diana Varma
May 17, 20224 min read
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107: Listening x Creativity: Drew Marshall, 3-Month Vow of Silence
Today’s guest has a very interesting life story. Here’s the abridged version: Drew Marshall was adopted, grew up in a funeral home,...
Diana Varma
May 16, 20224 min read
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106: Listening x Creativity: Dr. Jennifer Hunter, Clinical Psychologist
The ways we show we’re actively listening can differ from person-to-person, group-to-group, culture-to-culture. A few months ago I came...
Diana Varma
May 10, 20225 min read
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105: Listening x Creativity: Kalya Ramu, Jazz Vocalist
Can listening to music make us more creative? Some sources point to ‘yes’, others to point to ‘no’. In a fascinating 2019 article by TIME...
Diana Varma
May 9, 20225 min read
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104: Listening x Creativity: Oliver Martin, Mediator
Saturday Night Live might have been a total flop. After all, in looking back at the writers in the very first year of SNL, the big...
Diana Varma
Apr 26, 20223 min read
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103: Listening x Creativity: Tim Miller, Improv Extraordinaire
Growing up, improv scared the pants off me. I dreaded the moments where I had to think ‘off the cuff’ or make up a scene in front of the...
Diana Varma
Apr 25, 20225 min read
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101: Listening x Creativity: Emad Saedi, Composer
I’m going to come right out and ask it: Do you consider yourself a good listener? Or perhaps a better place to start is by asking: Do you...
Diana Varma
Apr 12, 20225 min read
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055: Creativity in Magazine Publishing with Wayward Arts Magazine
Over the next three episodes in this Magazine Miniseries, we will hear from amazing people doing amazing work in the field of magazine...
Diana Varma
Jun 2, 20213 min read
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050: Dear Phone, We Need a Break (and it's not me, it's you)
Last year I read How to Break Up With Your Phone by award-winning writer and science journalist, Catherine Price and it was eye...
Diana Varma
May 2, 202113 min read
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049: Dear Professor, Let's Talk Paper Scissors with Anna Lang and Katelyn O'Brien
While I love podcasting and exploring storytelling in an audio format, my day job is as a lecturer at a university in Toronto, Canada....
Diana Varma
Apr 24, 20212 min read
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048: Dear Universe, I'd Like to Introduce 'Dogs With Jobs'
For as long as I can remember I have wanted to write and publish a children’s book. When I was on maternity leave, four years ago with my...
Diana Varma
Apr 24, 20214 min read
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047: ASMR x Scissors: Cutting Material Using Scissors
In this final episode of this 3-part mini-series, Diana uses scissors to cut through different types of paper and plastic. This...
Diana Varma
Apr 17, 20211 min read
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046: ASMR x Paper: Turning Pages of a Textbook
In this episode, Diana turns 248 pages of a textbook, from front to back cover. The gentle, rhythmic sound of hands running over 80# silk...
Diana Varma
Apr 17, 20211 min read
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