Authentic Marketing Principles with Tyler Kelley
Innovation City
Today's guest is Tyler Kelley, co-founder of SLAM! Agency, a marketing agency based out of St. Louis that focuses on helping businesses fulfill their purpose. In this episode, Tyler sits down with Leigh-Ann to discuss his journey from DJ to marketing expert, key foundational marketing principles, and the importance of being strengthened by our failures. “I don’t think that anybody can look back on the roughest toughest parts of their lives and say that didn’t get me to where I am now.” -Tyler Kelley
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Healing Spaces for Men with Jermar Perry
Innovation City
Today's guest is Jermar Perry, co-founder of the Village PATH (Programs to Access Therapy and Healing), a space designed to help Black men heal in St. Louis. In this episode, Jermar sits down with the team to discuss how difficult it is for men to be vulnerable, the Village PATH programs available in St. Louis, and the interplay between Black culture, trauma, and mental health. “Men in general don’t have many spaces to not just talk about sports.” -Jermar Perry
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Empowering Families with Mindfulness Tools with Suzanne Tucker
Innovation City
Today's guest is Suzanne Tucker, founder and CEO of Generation Mindful, a global brand that's on a mission to raise an emotionally healthy world. In this episode, Suzanne sits down with the team to discuss the importance of teaching children about emotional health, advice for parents, and her own journey that led to focusing on mindfulness for families. “The solution comes in the way we raise children without shame.” -Suzanne Tucker
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Organizing Esports Experiences With Austin Smith
Innovation City
Today's guest is Austin Smith, founder and CEO of Mission Control, a community platform that organizes recreational esports. In this episode, Austin sits down with the team to discuss the tremendous growth in the esports industry, the power of human connection, and the challenges involved in the multi-player video game market.
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Breaking the Barriers for Black Girls in STEM with Cynthia Chapple
Innovation City
Today's guest is Cynthia Chapple, founder and CEO of Black Girls Do STEM, an organization offering exploration of STEM career pathways to middle and high school black girls in St. Louis. In this episode, Cynthia sits down with the team to discuss her journey as a black woman in STEM, what her organization is doing to close the gap between women and STEM, and what institutions should be doing to better serve our youth. “Schools need to become places of innovation, places of noise, and chaos, because that is what learning looks like.” -Cynthia Chapple
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Creativity in the Gaming Industry with Matthew Raithel
Innovation City
Today's guest is Matthew Raithel, founder and Studio Director of Graphite Lab, a video game development company. Matt has brought some of the most famous brands to life through video games including Transformers, My Little Pony, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Dora the Explorer, and much more. In this episode, Matt sits down with the team to discuss the creativity involved in video game development, challenges in the field, and guidance for aspiring video game developers. “Creativity is building something out of nothing or blazing a path that’s not obvious in front of you.” -Matthew Raithel...
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Sparking Joy Through the Human Connection with Bea Ayala-Muñiz
Innovation City
Today's guest is Bea Ayala-Muñiz, founder and CEO of Musicasa, an organization that's changing the way people connect through live music in intimate gatherings. In this episode, Bea sits down with the team to discuss what she learned during a year of world travels, how she infuses music into everything she does, and the power of small gatherings for human connection. “Everything is about how we can add to each other’s lives.” -Bea Ayala-Muñiz
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Miami’s Diverse Center of Innovation with Matt Haggman
Innovation City
Today's guest is Matt Haggman, Executive Vice President at The Beacon Council, where he leads Opportunity Miami, an initiative to catalyze Miami's economic future. In this episode, Matt sits down with the team to discuss what's next for Miami, how to create a diverse and inclusive economy, and his lessons learned during his recent attempt at running for Congress. “Miami can stand out by having a diverse and skilled workforce that’s unlike anything else globally.” -Matt Haggman
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Building Brand Love with Arturo Nuñez
Innovation City
Today's guest is Arturo Nuñez, Chief Marketing Office at NuBank, the world's largest independent digital bank. Nuñez's impressive career in marketing spans decades of working for the NBA, Nike, APPLE, and other corporate giants. In this episode, Nuñez sits down with the team to discuss the art of storytelling in marketing, building emotional connections, and how to make brands accessible to all consumers. “Great advertising communication is when the customer sees themselves reflected.” -Arturo Nuñez
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Living a Happy Lawyer Life with Kristen Corpion
Innovation City
Today's guest is Kristen Corpion, founder of CORPLaw, an innovative firm providing a space for lawyers to focus on their happiness. Kristen is also a legal advocate, a law school professor, and a mentor. In this episode, Kristen sits down with the team to discuss the need for lawyers to work on their mental health, common challenges faced by startups in the legal realm, and her tactics for making her business stand out in a sea of law firms. “We can’t innovate when we’re unhappy with what we’re doing in our lives.” -Kristen Corpion
info_outlineNature started to find her balance when we slowed down. I hope we don’t forget those lessons. - Suzanne Jewell
Welcome to Season 4 of Innovation City (The Miami Edition), a podcast featuring innovators, creators, and disruptors to discover how business is changing in the modern world.
Created and produced by SLAM! Agency and Aīre Ventures, Innovation City gives you an inside look at how rapidly business and culture are changing thanks to increasing diversity and inclusion, heightened creativity, and a stronger and better-connected business community.
Today’s guest is Suzanne Jewell, founder of The Mindful Entrepreneur. Suzanne is also a wellness coach, hosts a radio show, Mindful Mornings Miami, and many other hats in the mindfulness/wellness space. Suzanne sits down with the team to discuss Suzanne’s mindfulness journey, the human nervous system evolution, her mindful pocket park practice, and much more!
They discuss:
- Suzanne’s superpower
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- Her capacity to pay attention
- She has hyperfocus abilities
- This applies both for mindfulness and work
- Suzanne’s mindfulness journey
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- It began when she was 11 years old in Grand Rapids, Mich.
- She had ADHD, and was extremely smart
- Spent her 6th grade year going to school at a nature center
- For 45 minutes every day, she had to be in the woods, observe, write about what she was feeling - which she now recognizes as mindfulness
- She had a successful career in the television industry but her soul felt empty
- She discovered she had a rare neurological issue
- #wokeupaboveground
- Neurologist recommended mindfulness, and she embraced it
- Mindfulness has become her reason for being
- Climate, communities, communities of color, Earth, our living experience needs our attention
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- She started noticing the disparity in parks in underprivileged communities
- Even the signage is unwelcoming
- How can parks be more welcoming and purposeful?
- Suzanne started researching and found that 20 minutes a day of time spent in nature will lower cortisol levels
- Re-wilding the concrete core of cities
- Mindful pocket park practice
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- “Nature pill”
- 10 minutes of walking park practice
- 10 minutes of sitting practice
- Environmental factors impacting our physiological experience
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- Too much concrete impacts your “chi”
- Types of light
- Proximity to plants
- Circadian rhythms
- The human nervous system is going through an evolution
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- The pause was for a reason
- Suzanne’s greatest challenge at the moment
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- She thought it would be finding space
- In Miami, they have offered her space
- She’s working on financing
- She would love to have a pocket park in Overtown
- Another dream would be to do this as a popup as an art experience
- Bringing mindfulness to different people in different life stages
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- You’re trying to learn how to pay attention
- Mindfulness is like a wheel
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- On the outside is everything vying for your attention
- Come back to the bullseye
- If that’s all you mastered, it would still be a win
- A wandering mind is an unhappy mind
- Get in touch
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- Themindfulpark.com
- On LinkedIn
- @MindfulMorningsMiami on Instagram
- @Suzannejewel and @mindfulmorningsmiami on Facebook
Lightning Round:
What makes you lose track of time?
- Natural beauty
What is something new that you recently tried and loved?
- Kayaking on the Little River
What risk are you happy that you took?
- Putting my “tush” on a “cush” and learning to meditate
What makes you feel loved?
- I feel loved right now. Being in the presence of other human beings. I’ve missed this!
What challenge do you want to overcome?
- The department of judgment that lives in my head. To make peace with that judge.
Where do you feel the most at peace?
- Nature. Any place I can see something not man-made.