Design on Purpose

In this captivating episode of Design on Purpose, we delve into the profound insights of Chrissie Fire Mane, Co-Founder of MANA. Chrissie's journey has been guided by a relentless passion for empowering individuals to reclaim their innate creativity and connection to the world around them. Dubbed 'chaqaruna' or Bridge-Person by the Q'ero Wisdom Keepers of the Andes, Chrissie's mission centers on activating and rewilding humanity through a fusion of modern and indigenous wisdom.

Recorded in mid-2023, Chrissie shares her transformative experiences and the keys to restoring love and vitality to our lives. Drawing from her rich background in facilitating workshops and retreats globally since 2012, Chrissie unveils the path to living a life of ultimate freedom by nurturing authentic connections and rediscovering our inherent truths.

With roots in activism and a profound spiritual journey, including initiation in the Peruvian Andes, Chrissie intertwines conscious motherhood and indigenous traditions to guide her community back to the natural essence of existence. Through the MANA movement, Chrissie leads countless individuals towards deeper connections with themselves and their loved ones, addressing the universal yearning for love and belonging.

Join us as we explore the profound wisdom and transformative potential of Chrissie Fire Mane's journey, and discover how MANA is shaping a world rooted in love, truth, and bravery.

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Website: https://www.themanamovement.org/

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Tune in to this episode for an inspiring journey towards freedom and restoration with Chrissie Fire Mane.

Join us on a profound journey as we delve into the very core of reality and the essence of human existence with the insightful Dale Holmes. Recognised for his thought-provoking insights, Dale delves into topics that lie at the heart of human life, skilfully connecting intricate subjects and presenting alternate viewpoints on human history, philosophy, and consciousness. In this episode, we venture into the depths of religious dogmas and challenge the boundaries they impose, while exploring the boundless concept of the eternal interplay between the synthetic and organic universe.

Additionally, you'll hear Dale's insights into the darker aspects of the transhumanist agenda. Tune in to gain new perspectives and expand your understanding of life's mysteries.

In this episode we are joined by Jo Rushton, a way shower, dedicated to awakening you to your highest potential. Jo is a highly regarded holistic health and energy therapist, teacher and author and a Faculty member of Chek Institute Jo is also Co-Founder and Director of Bhavana Organic Farm & Cooking School located in the Hinterland of Byron Bay. In this episode Jo gives some insight into the practical tools and emotional work required to implement change physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

In this episode we talk to one of Australia’s most respected entrepreneurs, The Crypto King, Fred Schebesta. At just 26 years of age Fred co-founded Finder – Australia's leading comparison website and a global fintech – now worth over half a billion dollars.

Fred has a passion for helping people reach their ultimate success having published a number of books on business including his #1 Amazon best seller “GO LIVE! 10 Principles to Launch a Global Empire.” Fred is a fascinating individual, a futurist, a big picture thinker who seems to have a love of learning and most importantly, play!

Something we found quite magical about Fred is that he seems to have the secret sauce in overcoming one of the biggest challenges in business – scaling and maintaining an epic company culture. We absolutely loved talking to Fred, this is an episode not to be missed. Our conversation includes topics of purpose, people and culture, manufacturing serendipity and the importance of execution.

In this episode of DOP we get the download from the meme lord himself, Mason Taylor, founder of SuperFeast. From humble beginnings in his mum’s garage, SuperFeast has grown into Australia’s leading supplier of Di Dao tonic herbs and mushrooms. Mason’s attitude to business and life is based in the Taoist philosophy which has shaped Chinese life for more than 2,000 years. Mason expresses the importance of carefreeness, developing the self as a purposeful character and humans role of being the bridge between the infinite loving potential and the Earth. Mason tells us clear, get your shit together and don’t be a boring!

In this episode we’re joined by Clive Sheridan, friend, artist and Director of the newly established Lundberg Gallery. Clive has been one of the most interesting people that we have met since moving up to Murwillumbah. Through Clive’s perspective we are connected to the intimate histories within objects and ourselves.

In this Ep of DOP, Clive shares his story of being guided by his surrogate mother Mary shortly after her passing, to what now is Lundberg Gallery. The Fine Art Gallery has been a magical addition to our town and hosts a range of melding genres of landscape, figuration, abstract and conceptual art. The red thread through the genres is the artists dedication to contemplative, committed practice.

Clive shares his own practice and wisdom and relationship with the three S’s - silence, solitude and stillness and how this practice has been critical in deepening connection and understanding of himself and his journey as an artist.

In this episode we catch up with our dear friend Amy Lou AKA @bushrat_ to learn about mother hood, free birthing  and reclaiming our sovereignty by honouring sacred rites of passage. Amy Lou’s message hits strong and reminds us of our bodies innate intelligence and ability to create and bring life into the world. In this POD we learn about the life changing experience of birth, rights of passage and how euphoric the birthing experience can be.

Hannah Darling is a singer and songwriter whose music is not easily classified, dancing over time signature and through dimensions, and somehow still while performing present to feel as if she holds you.

In this episode Hannah shares with us her story and her gift in transforming the tragedy’s of life into light and releasing them through art and poetry. We talk about creativity, the beauty of life, sadness and loss and how we come back home to our humanity through doing “the work” and our willingness to commit to our own healing.

Charlotte Ivey is a truth seeking clinical naturopath specialising in mental health.

In this episode we explore the holistic nature of health; from the importance of healthy stools, clean eating, nature connection, genetics, heavy metal detoxification and more. If you’re interested in improving your health or perhaps are experiencing symptoms of imbalance, Charlotte shares her perspective on how to neutralise the many stressors of the modern environment and shares traditional medicines that have proven to enhance human function for thousands of years.

In this episode we welcome Gera Marimanke to the podcast. Gera is a Chilean born medicine man, who’s spent his life following many the sacred wisdom traditions of Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico and North America.

Gera shares how we can unlearn the destructive ways of humanity and embrace indigenous perspectives through deepening our connection with great spirit, sacred ceremony and plant medicines.

Gera explains the importance of spoken traditions, initiation and following strong linages of wisdom. Listen to the entire episode to hear Gera’s powerful message and traditional Lakota songs.

Mariana Lennert is an Amazonian Business Woman who works as a female business mentor, helping women to step into their power. In this episode Mariana shares her unique approach to business which involves designing business cadence around moon cycles. This approach to business really shifts perceptions on business and female entrepreneurship and how honouring our humanness and the sacredness of our bodies empowers us to sep up in all aspects of our lives.

In this episode we are blessed to have our first guest, our producer, Nelson Ferreira. We are always so pumped after catching up with Nelson. His attitude, work ethic and good vibes are so infectious. Nelson talks to us about maximising life, getting after it and his dedication to improving himself by carefully crafting the environment around him and taking the stance of radical self responsibility.

In this episode we share our white belt journeys with Jiu Jitsu and the valuable lessons we have learned about life, business and problem solving through this martial art. This practice has dramatically changed our approach in the studio, our ability to manage stress and has formed a family of beautiful friendships and connections which have helped us in our confidence and leveraging our talents to start this podcast.

Enjoy this episode and get yourself to an academy to start your white belt journey, It’s never too late to start.

Oss!

In this episode we talk about one of the WordPlay Studio Values, ‘Give more than you take’. This value is one close to our hearts and directly influences the type of work we take on in our studio. We talk about the planet, our environment and how shaping our environment shapes us as humans. We can live in a relation to our environment and respect her as an autonomous being, leaving things better than we found them and how regenerative mindset through relating to our environment ultimately leads to abundance for all.

We go deep on the MG Taylor Axiom, “You can’t get there from here but you can get here from there”. This axiom inspires thought on how we approach designing the path to a possible future. It’s about going over there, to the future, creating it and then designing the way to bring a little bit more of there here each day. We talk about the potential of humanity to meet and participate in dreaming the dream to design our future rather than leaving it in the hands of others who may have a very different take on what our future becomes.

We caught our first NFT! 🎣

In this episode we share our fishing tale of how we caught the freshest of Cray, The Emerald Loyal Lobster from Gary Vee’s 'Vee Friends, Series 2.' We were not going to be missing out on this one!

We share why the lobster has become an important symbol of transformation and growth and why this loveable crustacean has become our company totem. It means a lot for us to have collected this incredible treasure and brought the lobster home to its true home, The WordPlay Studio Lobster Shack. We will be holding onto this catch!

How often do you miss opportunities because you are so caught in making something perfect that you miss the boat?

In this episode we explore this important axiom and how we work in short, sharp intensive iterations with feedback loops and let go of work early on. We share our hard lessons as self confessed perfectionists and explain how embracing imperfection leads to better design.

How often do you put aside working ON your business because you are caught in a cycle of working IN the business? Making time to step outside your day to day and gain fresh perspective is one of the most powerful things you can do as an organisation.

In this episode Rix and Tom share the powerful act of taking sabbaticals and their experience of how sabbaticals have become a powerful tool in sharpening core strategy, vision and perspective. In this episode you will also hear how WordPlay Studio creates the environment for sabbaticals, how they are planned and how they allow for big ideas and insights to emerge.

You’ve probably heard the hype around NFTs, but what is the real potential of this emerging technology?

In this episode Rix and Tom go beyond the common misinterpretation of NFTs being extraordinarily priced JPGS - and out into the future where NFTs play a vital role in evolving how we as humans interact online.

Designing purpose statements with organisations is a core part of the work we do in designing engaging brands. It sets the framework for building a meaningful brand. Purpose is the core of business, it is the first step in designing your overall business strategy. In this episode we talk about Purpose, why it’s important to have a purpose statement and how it builds the foundation for building a solid business strategy.

Self love is the first WordPlay Studio value. If you can’t take care of yourself, you can’t be at your full potential and be the best service to others. We talk about the importance of self love especially when being a business owner. This is even more important to be aware of in the crazy world in which we are currently living! We talk about our own experience, mistakes we have made and tools and tips for creating boundaries around self care.

It’s been 3 years since our first podcast. So much has happened in the world since we first released an episode. In this episode we give an update on what we have been doing the last three years, how we have adapted our business and managed change and the challenge of running business through a global pandemic.

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The concept and execution of brand has certainly changed in the last decade. In this episode we explore the meaning of brand in the current context. What a brand means today and how to create an authentic brand that will have longevity and inspire company culture.