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In Her WordsSeasons of Creativity with Lia FetterhoffSend a textIn this episode, I sit down with Lia Fetterhoff—Director of Product Design and Research at Pathstream, creativity coach, and founder of Swishy—for an expansive conversation about creativity, identity, and honoring personal growth across seasons of life. Lia brings nearly two decades of experience in UX and design leadership, paired with her work as an artist and coach, to reflect on how we stay connected to our creative selves through transitions, setbacks, and changing responsibilities.We talk about rebuilding creative confidence after early discouragement, navigating the shift from individual contributor to mana...
2025-10-0750 min
Swishie - Interviews with inspiring women of color who thrive in work and life09: Glasa Gottschalk on being your unapologetic, authentic self and creating space in lifeWe live in a time when being busy is rewarded. However, Glasa’s challenge to high-achievers is to unbusy yourselves by creating some space in your calendar: be alone with your thoughts, stop ignoring what you might be pushing down, and get clear on what you really want out of life. Often we are afraid to just be with ourselves, yet individuals who are comfortable with this thrive as change agents because they’re already taking a risk when they show up as themselves. Glasa helps marginalized identities truly show up in life 100% unapologetic and authentic. The more space peop...
2022-02-2744 min
Swishie - Interviews with inspiring women of color who thrive in work and life08: Hannah Martin on transitions, sustainable work, and enjoying the journeyIs it worth it to experience “success” and big shifts if it’s done in a way you don’t enjoy? Hannah explores what their version of success looks like through focusing on how it feels to do the work instead of simply focusing on outcomes. As a first-generation Cuban-American, Hannah found their way to entrepreneurship through resourcefulness and coming from a line of engineers who figured it out. Now, they are reevaluating how to make the journey much more enjoyable, and sustainable. If you’re looking for inspiration on how to enjoy being as much as doing, this episode is...
2022-02-1345 min
Swishie - Interviews with inspiring women of color who thrive in work and life07: Neha O’Rourke on showing up for yourself and finding purposeNeha O’Rourke had the six-figure salary, award-winning campaigns and clients, worked at the best agencies, and was “successful.” However, Neha was breaking down physically, emotionally, and mentally. Her hair was falling out – and in her words, “as an Indian, when you’re affecting the hair, something’s wrong!” She asked herself why she would allow her career to put her in this type of place when it wasn’t fulfilling. So began her journey to get clear on her purpose and what actually mattered to her in life. After quitting and taking a year and a half of being “somewhere i...
2022-01-3047 min
Swishie - Interviews with inspiring women of color who thrive in work and life06: Lekeshia Angelique on Impactful Change and Cultural ResponsivenessHas anyone ever asked you, "Why do you work so hard?" --particularly if you were in a toxic job environment? When Lekeshia's wife (then dating at the time) posed her with this question, she didn't have a great answer. Over time, she started to ask herself what she wanted to do instead, and her journey is an inspirational one. Now, she consults with leaders and businesses on cultural responsiveness and how to be an active ally. Learn more about Lekeshia's story in this episode!About LekeshiaLekeshia Angelique believes that discrimination happens not because of...
2022-01-0944 min
Swishie - Interviews with inspiring women of color who thrive in work and life05: Joie Ha on activism, compassion and meaningful workHave you always had an inner knowing about the kind of work you wanted to do, but wondered how you could do more with that knowing? Or maybe you want to make your voice louder to speak up for issues and causes you're passionate about. In this episode with activist and organizer Joie Ha, we discuss how she knew at an early age that she wanted to be an activist, how she’s working to break the stereotypes of being an Asian woman (and inspiring me to do the same!), and how she approaches the work she does when pe...
2021-09-1341 min
Creativity SpeaksCapitol Creative Alliance on Joining ForcesWho is Capitol Creative Alliance? We’re a union of four local creative groups - Creativity+, Design Sacramento, Roseville UX and Sac DESCO. Each group has been working separately to build the community we’ve longed to see in the greater Sacramento region. Now we’ve come together to be a hub for our members and to make our programming more accessible; to foster more impactful events and build a rich and supportive community; and to advocate for the creative economy with one voice. Today's podcast guests are Kimberly Gail Loseñara, founder of DESCO, and Lia Fetterhoff, a Senior U...
2021-09-0129 min
Swishie - Interviews with inspiring women of color who thrive in work and life04: Courtnei Jones on making authentic connections while building a visionWhether you’re still finding your place in the corporate world, navigating motherhood, or pivoting your business to solve a problem in a completely different space, this episode is for you! Courtnei shares insights and lessons from being a Black woman in the corporate world, how she’s created her own opportunities through making authentic connections with others, and how she plans to stay transparent as she takes the stepping stone into yet a new role.About CourtneiSince 2014, Courtnei Jones has led her own and other brands through successfully gaining strategic positioning online to increase brand awareness, visibility, and revenue. Cour...
2021-08-1534 min
Swishie - Interviews with inspiring women of color who thrive in work and life03: Courtney Chow on redefining success and taking the leap during the pandemicThe pandemic provided people with time and space to reflect on their relationship with work: how they do it, where it happens, and, of course, what they actually want to do for a living. During the pandemic, when Courtney was laid off from a job she loved, she gave herself a three-month window to finally start the social media agency of her dreams. If you consider yourself multi-passionate and have thought of leaving the 9-5 but lack that clarity, or have been held back by fear time and time again in your life, listen in to my conversation today...
2021-07-2528 min
Swishie - Interviews with inspiring women of color who thrive in work and life02: Jenny Lee on navigating life pivots and intentional living through minimalismHave you ever felt the inner rumblings of dissatisfaction, a knowing that the life you're currently living could be better? Have you thought of leaving your corporate job to pursue self-employment but held yourself back because of fear? If any of this resonates with you, listen in to my conversation today with Jenny Lee.Jenny Lee is a minimalism mentor and founder of Hello Brio, a community of conscious creatives and entrepreneurs. She adopted a minimalist lifestyle in 2013 after a major life event and a cross-country move. Jenny has written on Forbes, Becoming Minimalist, No Sidebar, Wild...
2021-06-2034 min
Swishie - Interviews with inspiring women of color who thrive in work and life01: Maryn Masumiya on creative expression and living authenticallyGrowing up, did you know what you wanted to be? What about by the time you started college: how did you pick what you wanted to major in? If you've ever felt the call to be creative and are wondering if now is the time to get started, you will strongly relate to my conversation today with Maryn Masumiya.Maryn is owner of Kawaii Craft Shop, was previously in corporate marketing for 14 years, and is a longtime friend (and my former college roommate!). During lockdown, she reconnected with her creativity while tapping into a community and getting...
2021-06-0636 min
Life Experience Design (LED) - Apply design thinking to your daily lifeLED #10: Iteration, refine, and redesignIn this episode, we focus on what happens after you deliver. We’ll cover what it means to move from a version 1 to a version 2 in software, and how you can do this in your own life. Through reflecting, evaluating, refining, and redesigning, you’ll be able to navigate the next step, and the next one after that as you live out your ideal life.
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2020-08-0230 minLife Experience Design (LED) - Apply design thinking to your daily lifeLED #9: Execution and making it happenIn this episode, we focus on execution and implementation. Once you’ve launched the first step of your design solution, what’s next? How do you make sure you keep the momentum going? How do you measure and gauge if you’re successful? We explore “life hacks” in getting things done, and how a successful execution feels like.
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2020-07-2622 minLife Experience Design (LED) - Apply design thinking to your daily lifeLED #8: The Handoff of project plansIn this episode, we move to the Deliver phase and discuss design briefs and project plans. In our day jobs, the handoff is when different teams align on how to move forward, clarify deadlines and expectations, and so on. In Life Experience Design, you get to wear all the hats! We’ll cover how to pick your design solution (the project you want to move forward with) and how to frame it for success.
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2020-07-1927 minLife Experience Design (LED) - Apply design thinking to your daily lifeLED #7: Design different solutions in your focus areaIn this episode, we wrap up the Design phase by coming up with a few different solutions or projects to tackle in your chosen focus area. We discuss why you want to have a few solutions, things to consider when exploring alternatives, and how to go both broad and deep.
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2020-07-1226 minLife Experience Design (LED) - Apply design thinking to your daily lifeLED #6: Picking a focus areaIn this episode, we start the Design phase and discuss why focus areas are helpful when approaching your life experience design project. We go over examples of past work projects where focus mattered, chat about our personal focus areas and how they’ve evolved over time, and present an exercise of how to start designing for your own focus areas. We also talk about user journeys and how they help illustrate priorities for an experience.
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2020-07-0522 minLife Experience Design (LED) - Apply design thinking to your daily lifeLED #5: Create your own mission and vision statementIn this episode, we go deeper in the Define phase, covering vision and mission statements. We go over values and vision statements of some well-known companies, and tie this back why it’s also important to define these in your own life. As with values, having a vision and mission statement will help you gain clarity on how to design for your life. We use values that we came up with in Episode 4 to start framing our own vision and mission statements, and encourage you to do the same.
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2020-06-2825 minLife Experience Design (LED) - Apply design thinking to your daily lifeLED #4: What you stand for and why this mattersIn this episode, we move into the Define phase, which includes defining your values and principles. This helps you stay true to the design you want for your life, especially in those moments where you’re not sure how to move forward. Values help you guide your choices. We cover the heroes exercise and walk you through how you can begin to articulate your values.
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2020-06-2133 minLife Experience Design (LED) - Apply design thinking to your daily lifeLED #3: Reflect and find the gapIn this episode, we talk about identifying the gap between the current and ideal states of our “product”, in this case our lives. When you’re first trying to figure out what to change in your life, you need to consider scope, reflect on what’s working and what isn’t, and how to prioritize what area changes first. We talk about reflecting using the rose, thorn, and bud framework. We also cover Discover phase exercises including empathy mapping, four quadrants, and timeline mapping.
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2020-06-1430 minLife Experience Design (LED) - Apply design thinking to your daily lifeLED #2: Dream about your ideal lifeIn this episode, we talk about how to find inspiration for making a change. We go over examples on how we’ve used design to improve on and innovate with new digital products and found inspiration to do the same in our lives by staying curious. As part of the Discover phase, we also talk about exercises you can try to discover your ideal life including competitive analysis, persona development, and ideal day roadmaps.
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2020-06-0722 minLife Experience Design (LED) - Apply design thinking to your daily lifeLED #1: Discover where you are right nowIn this first episode, we talk about how we each came to the realization of designing our own lives! Learn about how we apply design processes and tools as product designers into life planning to achieve our goals. We also walk through how you can take an audit of your life with a mind-mapping exercise and our own personal examples and insights.
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2020-05-3121 min