The MultiPod

Dear listeners, we have a fascinating conversation for you today. 

Do you find yourself wondering about the state of the world, why things just don’t seem to be working, the economy seems flawed, and very little is sustainable?

Our conversation with JP today quickly transcended to one of great purpose and meaning. JP, now based in Australia, erstwhile global citizen and truly one of the original digital nomads (we’re talking mid-1990’s), joins us to discuss her journey to realizing deep, profound perspectives on the world we live in.

Special guest Harsh Gupta joins us live from Kolkata, India, where he has worked as a game designer for the past few years.

We learn about the difference between a game designer, a developer, an artist and a manager. Modern gaming is on the level of large scale cinema, with massive teams and departments. Where to begin? 

Is modern gaming a model career for a multipotentialite? Harsh gives us the ins and outs of navigating this complex, exciting and ever-growing industry.

Loffy Bermejo is a dynamic multipotentialite bringing mental health care and support to her native Philippines. Her primary means of doing so is through an exciting new NGO called "Project Kampana," a job placement service for people with mental illness. 

On today's episode, Vanessa chats with Loffy about her background and interests, what drove her to launch this endeavour, the mental health landscape for women and in the Philippines in particular, and how an NGO is a great platform for a multipotentialite to make use of their many interests and abilities.

It's the event of the year for the Puttytribe and multipotentialites everywhere, and The MultiPod is live on location to cover it!

The first Everything Conference took place September 12-15, 2019, in Portland, Oregon, a unique gathering of multipotentialites exploring a wide range of topics, discussions, interests, challenges, fears and passions. While so many more of us would have loved to attend, we couldn't all be there.

So The MultiPod stepped in to capture the sounds and perspectives of this fabulous weekend, brought to you by Puttytribe stalwart Doug Walker, living out his dream of being a live correspondent. 

Follow Doug as he moves between sessions, wines and dines, chats with conference organizers, meets participants and presenters, holds a joint live + virtual meeting of his Fortnightly group and even has time to explores the beautiful city of Portland.

For all those unable to attend, who were dreaming and wondering what it must have been like, join Doug and The MultiPod as we step into the incredible ambience of the Everything Conference.

After a year and a half of consistently producing new episodes of The MultiPod every two weeks... we took a break.

Episode 41 of The MultiPod comes to you seven weeks after Episode 40, an eternity in MultiPod land! There were numerous reasons for such a long break (mostly, the hosts just being very, very busy), but finally the time has come to restart.

And so we were faced with the classic multipotentialite conundrum, how do we get back into the groove? Can we really just pick up where we left off? Is it really so easy to recapture that nice, steady routine and rhythm that we had for 18 months?

If all things have a beginning, then perhaps all things can have a restart as well. If you have ever struggled with motivation, overwhelm, guilt or frustration in getting back into your projects, then join us as we journey down that very road ourselves and share what we learn along the way.

In April of this year, the Puttytribe's Annie Sissons launched, after 11 years of research, planning and wondering, her own travel consultancy business. The product of a decade of desire and intention, and now: a real, bona-fide business.

Annie joins us to share her story of travel as a lifestyle inspiration, how she knew in an instant that travel would be the focus of her life, her aborted first attempt at a business 3 years ago, and how this time, it's different. This time, she is in it to win it and she's off to a flying start.

Finding the right job is often a deep struggle for multipotentialites. We too easily end up forced to focus on the one thing that is the nature of that job, and are left trying to find time for our other interests and ideas.

Sure we all have bills to pay and even ambitions to pursue, but are some jobs better than others when it comes to being a healthy multipotentialite?

Co-hosts Vanessa and Sara chat today about Sara's new line of work, how it fits with her lifestyle and priorities, and give some perspective to fellow multipods trying to figure out their best options as well.

How much of a creative do you think you are? What does creativity mean to you? Does the creative journey shapes who we are?

In this podcast episode, Sara interviews Iris Petra about creativity and The Artist’s Way, a very popular book by Julia Cameron that helps people reconnect with their creative nature.

Iris was born with complicated health issues, but she sees them as a gift to be able to be a full time creative. In this conversation, you will get to meet her and learn about her beautiful perspective on health and creativity.  

The Puttytribe's first ever large-scale live event is coming up this September! Joel Zaslofsky joins Ted and Sara to talk about how the Everything Conference will work, what it's like to design an event for multipotentialites, and whether there will be a remote option for all of us who would love to be there!

Join us for this fascinating behind the scenes look at multipotentiality in action.

"What kind of relationship do you want when you grow up?"

You've likely never been asked that question! Yet why don't we initiate that conversation with our kids, or think about it for ourselves? Multipotentialites challenge the notion of conforming to one set career path, and look for other options and possibilities.

Relationship expert Michelle Zaylar is here to tell us that we can take the same approach when thinking about relationships, because the more we challenge and question our preconceptions, the healthier a relationship we can have.