Eps 63: Embrace Your Weirdness – Guest Maisie Smith

Today my guest is Maisie Smith of Audacious Muse. Maisie is a storyteller who learned that her own unique brand of weird was not a weakness, but instead it was the key to her victory and freedom. Now she encourages her clients and contacts to “embrace their weird”. Enjoy this fun and encouraging episode today.

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EMBRACE YOUR WEIRD
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SHOWNOTES:

MIN: 2:30
Our connection: Jeff Sandquist – Intentionally Wandering podcast

Maisie’s episode on Jeff’s podcast.

 

3:20
Her background and journey to settle into embracing her own weirdness. Growing up when weirdness wasn’t celebrated.

5:00
Fitting in within the corporate world.

9:00
Raising a son to appreciate his weirdness.

11:30
Advertising Agency work

15:00
Discovering her Muse

17:30
How Maisie helps businesses tell their story and let them embrace their weirdness.

19:00
Being weird isn’t a liability.

21:00
Being weird as a tactic–people sense what is phones.

23:00
Homeschool weird.

26:00
Camping and campfires as a setting for bonding and finding true self.

31:00
An example of creating a story for a company who thought they didn’t have a story.

37:30
The need of hiring a story wrangler.

43:00
The Write Now Project – safe writing environment for teenage girls.

Children’s book.

46:00
Being truthful about villains and ourselves.

48:00
Superman has to be good.


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