On this episode of Leading Beyond Limits: Cultivating Creativity, my guest is Laura Nespoli.

Laura has spent 20 years shaping brand, marketing, sales, and product stories for leading global brands and nonprofits. As Group Strategy Director at Article Group, she shapes strategic narratives for innovative product companies. Laura also founded Meshin Movement, a story consultancy that operates in the space between strategy, social impact and creative expression. Through Meshin, Laura speaks about the power of story to develop people, teams and leaders and also helps people and orgs develop their purpose stories.

5:30 Hear about how discovering the terms empath and highly sensitive person (HSP) unlocked a purposeful life path.

11:00 Learn how leveraging agency and creativity can help in finding your authentic story and self.

14:36 Hear how sharing your unique and authentic self and story helps to connect and create community as human beings.

27:25 Learn how to push the boundaries of creativity by embracing failure.

35:00 Learn how resilience and perseverance can be stoked by the flames of borrowing other people’s belief in you and your ideas, even when you’re struggling to believe in yourself.

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