Curating the Curious

After spending the last several months (YEARS actually) studying habits and the different ways that they intertwine with our self image and identity, I'm excited to dedicate an episode to just a sampling of these ideas. 
This episode is an invitation to step into the power of your unique voice and live with joy, shedding the constraints of a rigid self-narrative.
James Clear's "Atomic Habits" takes cente...

Welcome back to another episode of Cliffs Notes from a Curious Mind! This is an abbreviated list of the top 7 things that I've learned, loved, listened to, and/or labored over. Today's topics are:

1) A bit of Martha Graham's wisdom
2) the vibrant spirit of John Batiste's 'American Symphony' (and his upcoming tour).
3) we peer through the lens of 'fundamental attribution error,&apo...

I'm back and happy to say that taking a pause can be a transformative experience! A while ago, I made the decision to step away from the noise (in order to hear myself instead).
In the quietness away from the constant buzz of social media, I found a liberty in solitude and a renewed connection with the voice within. This episode shares a bit of that journey and a toast to the joys of returning to this podcast that I love s...

Hello to all of my new listeners and welcome back to so many of you! Today I want to share something that I recorded several years ago called Wear Sunscreen. This spoken word song was a guiding force for me in my twenties and is something that I believe everyone can learn a little something from.

If you haven't heard it yet, you're welcome...and if you have, listen to it again.

Thanks so much for all of ...

We're coming right out of the gate with someone that I see as the living embodiment of all of the  joy,  curiosity, truth telling, and creative living that I've envisioned for this new season.

In this first episode of Season 2, we talk about crafting a daily life that keeps us fulfilled and inspired, finding pockets of joy, building intentional friendships, and staying open to all of the POSSIBILITY that life has...

In the world of buzzwords, I think we’ve all heard the term “generational trauma”? But what about generational JOY? I mean, how much more interesting is that idea?? Leaving a legacy of joy! Is it possible? I don’t even know…but I definitely want to try.
I’ll never forget the day that I read and wrote down those two words by Laura Aziz. At that time, I was knee-deep in sifting through everything that was less than joyous in my l...

What would happen if we truly all believed that people out there really do want us to succeed? What if we believed that people want to learn from us and work with us and hear what we have to say with a true sense of childlike curiosity (and a completely open heart)? Would we share more? Would we censor ourselves less?
One of my favorite things about living curiously is having the belief that we can all write a new story wheneve...

We're back with a new episode! This time, we have a very special guest...my baby girl, Layne Azzolini. Layne has been spending her time this year writing songs and today she's decided to share one with all of us.
We talk about what it feels like when someone makes fun of something that we're proud of or puts us down. We also discuss the fact that as we get older, the voices of doubt in the back of our minds seem...

We have a new episode of Cliffs Notes From a Curious Mind.
This idea is an abbreviated and (hopefully) thought provoking series that will feature the top 7 things that I have learned, loved, listened to, and/or labored over.

These 7 things have been carefully chosen to speak about today in order for us to get curious together and maybe provide a bit of food for thought. Here are today's topics, which are the top 7...

Today's episode is sort of a hybrid between my earlier solo episodes and the new Cliffs Notes version. We will cover 7 things, but they will all follow a theme that braid them together.

Today's 7 things are:
1) A quote from Cleo Wade
2) The definition of TRUE friendship
3) Words by Charles Cooley
4) "Poopy LeAnna"
5) Fountains and Drains
6) Voluntary vs. Involuntary Chaos
7) ...

This is the second episode of Cliffs Notes From a Curious Mind.
This idea is an abbreviated and (hopefully) thought provoking series that will feature the top 7 things that I have learned, loved, listened to, and/or labored over in the past several days.

These 7 things have been carefully chosen to speak about today in order for us to get curious together and maybe provide a bit of food for thought. Here are today&apos...

Cliffs Notes From a Curious Mind is an abbreviated and (hopefully) thought provoking episode that will feature the top 7 things that I have learned, loved, listened to, and/or labored over in the past several days.

These 7 things have been carefully chosen to speak about today in order for us to get curious together and maybe provide a bit of food for thought. Here are today's thought provoking topics:

1) Amy...

One of my FAVORITE parts of each interview is when I ask my guest about the one book that they feel that everyone should read and why. There are no right or wrong answers...it's all about learning new and interesting ideas and opening our scope of what we feed our minds.

This particular episode is one that you'll probably want to have a pen and paper handy, in order to take a few notes. I bet you'll learn ab...

I'm baaaaaaaack!! It's been a while and boy, have I missed you all. I've been busy learning how to "sort my mail" and get this life of mine back on track. Today we will catch up with things that have happened since I dropped that bomb of a last episode back in March.

Things burning through my mind right now...friendship, being and introvert, paradigm shifts, the beauty of living in the gray area, a...

“If you are a woman who dares to show up in the world in any way—big or small—the backlash will be swift and fierce and painful. It will come from men and women and people beyond and in between.

When a man puts out his work, the world asks: is his work worthy?

When a woman puts out her work, the world asks: Is she worthy of putting out her work?

So…rarely will her criticism be about her work at all. It will be about HER."
-G...

Today we have Michael Ash Smith from Unvaeled and Mber Creative. Michael wears many hats and this conversation covered it all. In this episode we discussed:

• the backstory of Unvaeled and how his magazine Unvael Journal came to be
• the social media algorithm and why we shouldn’t take low engagement personally
• how to embrace reels and rather than fighting the current (while maintaining your artistic integrity)
• how to begin in analog p...

You are an artist.
We are all artists in some way. Each one of us creates, shapes, molds, or even bakes things of some sort. We all dream, dance, plan, sketch, sing, and imagine new ideas. We’re not required to be good at these things…it’s all about the process. The light that it brings to your heart.
The moments of joy, energy, inspiration and flow will strike when you least expect it. Pay attention and follow where it le...

What does living a life of curiosity mean to you? Out of all of the things that we discuss on this podcast, that last question is my personal favorite. 
No one person sees it the same way and every interpretation leads me closer to understanding what I was doing when I decided to create this show, with this name, Curating the Curious.
We've pulled this compilation together from each interview in the past year in order ...