009 Following Your Passions & Multipotentiality with Joanna James-Lynn
Hello and welcome to episode 9 of The Couragemakers Podcast!
I’m so happy you’re here and I’m really excited to share with you another great episode today!
I’m thrilled today to be talking to Joanna James-Lynn. Joanna is a virtual assistant, podcaster, blogger, and writer. We’ve been running in similar circles online for a couple of years, and I first heard of her when I stumbled upon the multipotentiality movement. A quick brief one liner on multipotentiality if you’ve never heard the term before, is a term for someone who has many different passions and we talk about this a lot in today’s show. I had a lot of fun getting to know Joanna when she interviewed me for her own brilliant podcast Introspectology and we had a lot of fun during this episode.
Joanna is fascinated by personality, identity, and the individual’s experience - themes she explores in her own podcast, Introspectology, on her blog, and also in the books she writes. While she has . degrees in German, French, and Slovenian, and has lived in Germany, Luxembourg, Slovenia, and in a car, she now lives in Oxfordshire with her wife.
During our conversation, Joanna shares her journey into the world of lifestyle design, her experience of having depression and how this has impacted many choices she made,
We really dig into the idea of doing things for fun’s sake and following your curiosities to see where you end up, giving yourself permission to follow your passions and getting to know yourself.
This is a great episode if you struggle to know why you feel the urge to do something, if you have many passions and feel pressured to pick just one (spoiler alert: you don’t), and if you get excited by the idea that you can design a lifestyle that suits you!
Enjoy the show!
About Joanna
Joanna James-Lynn is a virtual assistant, podcaster, blogger, and writer. She’s fascinated by personality, identity, and the individual’s experience - themes she explores in her podcast, Introspectology, on her blog, and in the books she writes. (She considers herself a multipotentialite and in a former life she was a linguist. She has degrees in German, French, and Slovenian, and has lived in Germany, Luxembourg, Slovenia, and in a car. She now lives in Oxfordshire with her wife.)
You can connect with Joanna here: Website | Introspectology Podcast | Twitter
Things we talked about during today's show
Joanna's journey into multipotentiality and how her experiences with depression have led her to design a life that suits her Learning to like yourself The art of following your interests and seeing what happens Giving yourself permission to follow your hobbies for fun’s sake
Books/Resources etc we mentioned during this episode
Tony Robbins The Art of Non-Conformity - Chris Guillebeau Puttylike 750 words World Domination Summit Emilie Wapnick - TED Talk Refuse to Choose - Barbara Sher Essentialism - Greg McKeowen The 1 Thing - Gary Keller and Jay Papasan Read Me Like a Book - Liz Kesler No Matter What - Sally Donavon
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About Meg Kissack & That Hummingbird Life
I'm Meg and I'm the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I started this podcast because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum.
When I'm not recording episodes and making new friends with the wonderful guests, you can find me working on all manners of magic over at That Hummingbird Life, sending free self care checks ins to hundreds of women every Sunday and helping my clients build brands they love as a graphic designer. I'm currently based in London, and getting ready for my round the world adventure with Mr. Meg starting August 2016. Don't worry the podcast isn't going anywhere!
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