Why I created ‘Designer Brain’ (and how it will make your 2023 the best year ever🎙️).

Hello Medium! 👋

For a few months, I’ve been writing about applying design thinking to your life. It has felt great to create, and to think deeply about design outside of work.

But…

For ages, I’ve wanted to do a podcast or YouTube channel related to design. However, I wasn’t sure what content would be the most interesting to you all— and I didn’t want to just be another ‘how to get a UX design job’ creator. Let’s be real — that’s boring, and not everyone needs to become a UX designer lol.

From writing these articles, and my LinkedIn newsletter, I’ve devised a podcast called “Designer Brain” — a weekly podcast that helps ANYONE (yes, anyone) apply design thinking to intentionally creating a fun and purposeful life.

Every week, I’ll cover a topic related to design thinking, tell a story around it, and give you some tangible advice on how to apply it to your life.

I’m a work-in-progress too, so I’ll be sharing updates every week on how I applied last week’s episode to my life too. Through doing this, I believe we can work together to make 2023 the best year ever.

Basically, it’s my LinkedIn newsletter in podcast form. It allows me to go deeper, chat in a more candid way, and have a bit more of a personal, 1-to-1 conversation.

But don’t worry — if you love Medium and LinkedIn, those platforms aren’t going anywhere. I’ll still be posting articles, but they will serve as a companion to the podcasts. Episodes will be concise, story-driven and under constant iteration based on user feedback, of course 😉.

Give it a listen below, and let me know what you think!

Episode 1 🎙️: Design your dream creative career

This week…

I challenge you to write down what your ‘ideal day’ at work would look like. Does this align with your current role? If not, what could you do to change your situation?

And…

I would love to hear your story, and connect. I’m on LinkedIn, Instagram and (soon-to-be) TikTok! 🔗