Heroine
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Drop the Ball {Tiffany Dufu}
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a fixer who loves taking responsibility and caring for others, but feel like you have too much on your plate? You’re not alone. Today’s ep...
Design for Good {Patrice Martin}
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Design is powerful magic – It can help solve some of the world’s most urgent, critical problems. Patrice Martin is co-founder of IDEO.org, an orga...
Discipline & Faith {Alana Nichols}
02 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This interview had our host in tears. In today’s episode, Majo speaks with Paralympic Gold Medalist Alana Nichols. Playing sports was like a safe ha...
Victim to Queen {Justine Musk}
26 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we speak with with writer, speaker, and soul-blogger Justine Musk, who has long been exploring the heroine’s journey in her wo...
Are you an "artist"? {Lisa Congdon}
19 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ever get the feeling that it’s too late to do what you love? In this episode, even our host admits to feeling that way sometimes, thinking it’s “...
Bonus: Elle Luna
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Starring in this bonus episode is returning guest, Elle Luna. Majo hosts a Q&A with the author and artist, who drops deep, timely wisdom that will hel...
Quick Update
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A quick update from Majo during the break — including a preview into next year's interview lineup. Happy Holidays!
Bonus: Ayla Nereo
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, Majo hosts a Q&A with musician and environmental activist Ayla Nereo. Ayla is an incredible soul with an uncanny ability to lis...
Transition & Learning {Jesse Genet}
08 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How many fifteen-year-olds do you know have a mid-life crisis and stop to ask themselves, What really matters in life? Jesse Genet was one of them, an...
Designing Rituals (6/6)
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
You are human. You make mistakes. You aren’t perfect and you certainly aren’t a machine. We all know this, and yet so many of us hold ourselves to...
Art & Service {Lynsey Addario}
23 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A woman in complete service to what she does, who is even willing to die for her work, definitely fits the archetype of the heroine. Lynsey Addario is...
Designing Rituals (5/6)
17 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rituals are growing, evolving things with their own stubborn intelligence. That’s why the same exact rituals are hard to sustain over time. Since we...
Community & Heritage {Bethany Yellowtail}
10 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re looking to understand your creativity and how it connects to your roots, this interview will surely spark some ideas and inspiration for y...
Designing Rituals (4/6)
03 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to design your morning and evening ritual? Even if you’re not, this flash wisdom episode will help you go through the motions to see what happ...
Shifting Power {Eileen Carey}
27 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Our speakers often hold up a big mirror, sometimes revealing traits within us that need to be developed or amplified. Eileen Carey is a super feminist...
Designing Rituals (3/6)
20 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Pleasure gets an interesting rep, don’t you think? Spiritual traditions all over the world have told us to “transcend” pleasure, or at the very ...
Fight for Authenticity {Nancy Douyon}
13 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Many of our guests have had their fair share of obstacles they’ve had to overcome, but Nancy Douyon is on a whole other level. A user experience res...
Designing Rituals (2/6)
06 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s the truth nobody ever told you: rituals are really hard to hold down. A lot of people like to pretend it’s a snap to set rituals into place...
In Progress {Jessica Hische}
29 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Years ago, Majo (our host) invited Jessica Hische to speak at the first Women In Design event and she blew everyone away with her humor, honest vulner...
Designing Rituals (1/6)
22 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Now that we’ve finished the Creative Confidence series, we’re launching a new flash wisdom series called The Magical Effects of Morning and Evenin...
Strength & Mindset {Nidhi Kulkarni}
15 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Before Nidhi Kulkarni co-founded Spitfire, she did what many of us do after graduating college – she found a good, safe job where she worked hard an...
Overly Independent (Block #10)
08 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is the 10th and final #flashwisdom episode in the series, The 10 Blocks to Creative Confidence, and it’s all about being overly independent. Ma...
Being a Creator {Ariana DeBose}
01 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Have you heard of the Broadway musical Hamilton? It’s a story of one of America’s founding fathers, featuring a score that blends hip hop, jazz, b...
Pressure (Block #9)
25 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this flash wisdom episode, host Maria Molfino gets personal about the 9th block to creative confidence – Pressure. She shares about the pressure ...
Owning Your Desires {Emily LaFave Olson}
18 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not uncommon for girls who grow up in a patriarchal society to wonder if being a boy would be better; to see masculinity as more powerful than ...
Chronic Stress (Block #8)
11 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What is chronic stress? Unlike acute stress, chronic stress is constant and low-grade, wearing and tearing on the nervous and immune systems over time...
Eileen Fisher: Reclaiming the Voice
04 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A big piece of the heroine’s journey is reclaiming what’s been lost. For some of us, it’s our intuition, our creativity, or our sense of self tr...
Numbing Feelings (Block #7)
28 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We live in a culture that medicates feelings. Women are especially under constant pressure to restrain our emotional lives; we apologize for our tears...
Creative Confidence {Andréa Mallard}
21 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine graduating from college and flying to Europe for your first job as a journalist. Instead of things going as planned, you end up bartending in ...
Attachment to Outcomes (Block #6)
14 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Do you hold back from going after what you want because you’re too tied to how things will turn out? Host Maria Molfino shares how our attachment to...
Luck & Opportunity {Katie Dill}
07 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Dill, Head of User Experience Design at Airbnb, grew up with a creative background that was far from typical. So how did she land her dream job ...
Comparison (Block #5)
30 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing the series on the blocks to creative confidence, host Maria Molfino reveals the fifth block: Comparison. Comparison is an ugly face of the...
Aphrodite Emerges {Elle Luna & Susie Herrick}
23 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Maria Molfino takes on two inspirational women in one go: Elle Luna, a SF based artist and author, and Susie Herrick, a license...
Vision Quest {Majo Molfino}
16 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We’re taking a little break from the blocks to creative confidence series to honor an important one-year anniversary. In this episode, host Majo Mol...
Courage & Hustle {Sofya Polyakov}
09 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
CEO & co-founder of The Noun Project, Sofya Polyakov inspires us through her heroine's journey, which includes immigrating to the U.S. from Russia, wo...
Guilt of Pleasure (Block #4)
02 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How's your relationship with pleasure? Host Maria Molfino talks about the tendency to feel guilty about pleasure and where that guilt comes from. Lear...
Grit & Generativity {Helena Price}
26 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have a creative passion you never imagined could pay the bills? Host Maria Molfino introduces us to tech photographer Helena Price. Recently na...
Perfectionism (Block #3)
19 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Is your tendency towards perfectionism blocking your creative confidence? Writer and coach Maria Molfino reveals the root of perfectionism's dark side...
Creative to CEO {Marian Goodell}
12 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How did Marian Goodell go from studying photography and creative writing to becoming the CEO of Burning Man, one of the biggest sociocultural experime...
Fixed Mindset (Block #2)
05 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Host Maria Molfino shares how a fixed mindset – believing things about yourself cannot change – is blocking your creative confidence.- Creative co...
Meaning over Happiness {Dr. Vivienne Ming}
28 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
If you believed you could never be happy, would you go on living? That’s the question that echoed in Dr. Vivienne Ming’s mind when she contemplate...
Following the Rules (Block #1)
19 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Following the Rules: Little girls outperform boys in school because they do their homework, listen to their teachers, and follow the rules. But that c...
Discomfort & Risk {Roz Savage}
19 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How and why does a management consultant become the first woman to row across three oceans? How does she overcome the ocean at night, and above all, t...