We are in a constant deluge of noise and information and chat whether it is from our email and social media, or the 24-hour news cycles with its constant announcements of breaking news. Even our households can be filled with noise. Here we explore how to lessen both the exterior and interior noise to hear our own intuition and tune in to our creative gifts. Justin Zorn has served as a senior advisor for Policy and Strategy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He has also served as a meditation teacher in the U.S. Congress and is a Harvard-and-Oxford-trained specialist in the economics and psychology of wellbeing. Leigh Marz is a collaboration consultant and leadership coach for major universities, nonprofit coalitions, and federal agencies. Marz and Zorn are the cofounders of Astrea Strategies whose purpose is to help businesses, nonprofits, and leaders find creative and enduring solutions in living beyond the noise. They are the co-authors of Golden: The Power of Silence in A World of Noise. (Harper Wave 2022)

Interview Date: 6/30/2022     Tags: Leigh Marz, Justin Zorn, noise, intuition, thinking and talking, Johann Hari, attention, flow, Arlin Bronzaft, Andrew Yang, John Maynard Keynes, market forces, Sheena Malhortra, George Floyd, Joyce DiDonato, Jarvis Masters, San Quentin, Cyrus Habib, Social Change/Politics, Personal Transformation