Design, in confidence

Are you limiting yourself?
Or is your environment the limit?

In this episode, my learnings on the limits of creativity – sometimes from culture, society, organisations, but other times from ourselves. Mindfulness and design can help us understand where limits come from to intentionally challenge them.

Listen if you want to challenge the limits to your creative confidence or want to lead and inspire a team by nurturing a creative culture.

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Shownotes

https://stefano-studio.medium.com/where-creative-limits-come-from-e9b47b688a2d

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Track: Waves
Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios
Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0
https://youtu.be/x03r4Hn8trk

Are you worried about changing your career?

It's normal – there are many unknowns and new things in a career change. Stefano Bellucci Sessa has mentored many that moved into the design industry from other fields – he'll share his tips on how to build the confidence needed for a career change by making the best out of your past experience.

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SHOWNOTES
https://stefano-studio.medium.com/changing-career-to-become-a-designer-57917e196f33

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Track: Chilling
Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios
Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0
https://youtu.be/jKtYApOEBpI

Do you ever feel "less" than other creatives?
I have been in this situation many times, with a negative impact on my mental health, personal development, and career.
This episode is NOT on "how to STOP comparing yourself with others" –I tried and didn't manage to.
But now, I accept that I will always compare myself with others, and I designed a way that helps me do better, to my advantage, and also others'.

Listen if you want to learn how to compare yourself with others with the purpose of learning, collaborating and helping others.

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Shownotes:
https://medium.com/@stefano-studio/comparing-yourself-with-others-a41554c7ad61

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Track: Run
Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios
Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0
https://youtu.be/IAvZjuuLAIo

Are unsure whether to leave, apply, or choose a job or a project?

Stefano Bellucci Sessa felt this insecurity many times. Every career move comes with benefits and compromises, creating short and long term impact on work-life balance, growth, and wellbeing.

Whether you are a freelancer choosing projects, or an employee choosing what's next, listen to this episode to discover the framework that helps Stefano make mindful career choices, considering both benefits and compromises.

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Show notes
https://medium.com/@stefano-studio/choosing-your-next-career-move-2c60c4700bf3

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Track: Summer Vibes

Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 https://youtu.be/ixCCak6cX0Y

"Done is better than perfect"

this startup helps people innovate and disrupt, but it's often misused opening up to many risks, frustrations, and mistakes.

In this episode, Stefano Bellucci Sessa shared his learning on how to let go of perfection while handling the risks of innovation.

Mindfully being aware of 'good enough' means can help you progress, collaborate, impact, learn and grow your creative confidence in starting a business or innovating a big company.

Listen to get unstuck, letting go of perfection while managing risks.

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SHOWNOTES
https://stefano-studio.medium.com/the-b-s-of-done-is-better-than-perfect-21e4628dcec3

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Track: Summer
Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios
Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0

https://youtu.be/UpRPzujTa7w

Do you ever feel your work and experience aren't good enough?

In confidence, that happened many times in Stefano Bellucci Sessa, mostly when he was deciding what to do with his portfolio and CV.
The portfolio undermined Stefano's creative confidence and made him struggle during really big career changes, like moving into freelancing and starting as a UX Designer.

Whether you are a designer, a creative or anyone who wants to move forward in their career, listen to how to be mindfully aware and in control of the influence of your portfolio and CV.

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Show notes
https://medium.com/@stefano-studio/cv-portfolios-effect-on-mental-health-and-creative-confidence-26f222a4ef8c

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Track: Waves
Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios
Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0
https://youtu.be/x03r4Hn8trk

Are you designing on autopilot?

In confidence, Stefano Bellucci Sessa explains what mindfulness is and shares how it improves his ability to be creative, innovative, and collaborative.

Discover how mindfulness can help you embrace collaboration and feedback, focus and prioritise tasks, and become aware of how your thoughts, feelings and biases influence your design thinking process.

Listen to this talk to join Stefano's mindful innovation journey.

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Show notes (adapted for reading)

https://medium.com/@stefano-studio/why-mindfulness-helps-innovation-and-design-10c2452df21a

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Track: Chilling
Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios
Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0
https://youtu.be/jKtYApOEBpI

Have you ever thought you are not an innovator, creative, or designer?

Stefano Bellucci Sessa understands why you feel that way –but he believes you are creative, you design, and you can innovate with impact.

Listen to the podcast to understand the differences between innovation, creativity, and design and define where you should focus to improve your career, business, or life, while managing your mental health. Whether you do have, or not, the words 'design', 'innovation' or 'creative' in your job title.

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Show notes
https://stefano-studio.medium.com/innovation-vs-creativity-vs-design-def0c35de283

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Track: Run
Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios
Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0
https://youtu.be/IAvZjuuLAIo

Have you ever had an idea, but done nothing about it?
Like creating an app, launching your startup, writing a book, selling your art, becoming a freelance or... starting a podcast.
This is Stefano Bellucci Sessa's first podcast episode ever, but he has many voices inside his head telling him to not publish it.
He'll share how mindfulness and design are helping him understand and control his anxiety and finally launch this podcast.
Listen to this episode if you have an idea, but you struggle to build the creative confidence necessary to start it.

Link to shownotes:
https://stefano-studio.medium.com/how-to-start-a-new-business-project-or-idea-ada0d6985b05

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Track: Summer
Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios
Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0

https://youtu.be/UpRPzujTa7w

Do you ever feel that creativity and innovation come with anxiety, overwhelm, and a lot of insecurity?
Stefano Bellucci Sessa does. Every week, he will share – in confidence – learnings, struggles, and reflections from his UX and service design career (and nerdiness for mindfulness, psychology, and mental health), and how – despite all the mental challenges – he builds his creative confidence to facilitate design thinking and lean innovation in startups, private businesses and public sector organisations.
Whether you are a designer, entrepreneur, leader of a creative team, or anyone who wants to change, find out how to grow confidence and the emotional intelligence needed to innovate your business and transform your life.

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Track: Summer Vibes
Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios
Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0
https://youtu.be/ixCCak6cX0Y