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...
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Diana Varma
- Jun 20
- 2 min
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....
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Diana Varma
- Jun 1
- 3 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- May 21
- 4 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- May 21
- 3 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- May 17
- 4 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- May 16
- 4 min
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,...
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Diana Varma
- May 10
- 5 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- May 9
- 5 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- Apr 26
- 3 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- Apr 25
- 5 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- Apr 12
- 5 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- May 2, 2021
- 13 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- Apr 24, 2021
- 2 min
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....
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Diana Varma
- Apr 24, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- Apr 17, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- Apr 17, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Diana Varma
- Apr 16, 2021
- 1 min
045: ASMR x Talk: Reading Ch.2 The History of Print
In this episode, Diana softly reads Chapter 2: The History of Print from the Introduction to Graphic Communication textbook by Harvey...
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Diana Varma
- Dec 31, 2020
- 4 min
031: ONE to 2021 - Energy
I have a little New Year’s Day tradition. Every New Year’s Day for the last four or five years I’ve done some goal setting and I don’t...
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