May 15, 2025. This episode we begin with Dawne’s topic on climbing and then branch out wide to hear about her career journey, discuss how to open ourselves to new (peak) experiences, and learn to ask for help! (Please help the  podcast by following and rating!!)

Dawne is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Human Studio. With a background in psychology and 15 years in international advertising, she’s seen first-hand how Strengths-based development can drive team success and personal growth. She now works with individuals and teams to help them understand how Strengths coaching can leverage the workplace to be a space for personal growth, allowing them to be better versions of themselves while delivering business growth. Follow her on Instagram at @humanstudiosg

Ben talks about movies on his film podcast at deepcutpod.com, and writes about film at thekinetoscope.com. He lived a past life working in film production. Find him online at benjaminyap.me 

The Space

This episode was recorded in a Public Living Room, a crowd-funded community space in 195 Pearl Hills Terrace. If you enjoyed this conversation and would like to help us keep recording, please support the Stranger Conversations crowdfund. This supports their mission to build a third place at the intersection of self-exploration and collective good. You can follow them on Instagram @strangerconvos or go to linktr.ee/strangerconvos where you can find links to the crowdfund and find out more about what they do. 

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro and relationship to the space

07:31 Life lessons from climbing

13:10 Establishing a new coaching practice

17:26 Asking for help

21:45 What is a strength

32:00 Dawn’s peak experience

39:08 Human interactions

47:40 Why Dawne started something new

51:37 Iron ricebowl question