Curate Conversations Pia Beck, Curate Well Co.

Curate Conversations | Episode 019

Ep 019. | How to Create an Inclusive Community, online and off, with GaneshSpace

In this episode, Pia interviews Kim Thai, Linda Lopes, and Tisha Samuels — the leadership team at GaneshSpace, a mindfulness and social justice organization.

GaneshSpace is a 501c3 mindfulness organization that creates healing spaces for historically excluded communities and social justice education for all.Through embodied practice and compassionate conversations, GaneshSpace is a community of mindful changemakers moving towards personal and collective liberation.

GaneshSpace is also a past Curate client — and we are so incredibly proud of all that they’ve created over the last 2 years.

In this conversation, we discuss what it means to create an inclusive community; things we might be doing in our online and in-person communities that create harmful disconnects and divisions; the importance of holding safe spaces; and how intersectionality plays a role in truly inclusive practices.

Links mentioned in this episode:


GaneshSpace - Donate Today
GaneschSpace on Instagram
Join the Movement

Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community.

Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 018

All Things Enneagram with Steph Barron Hall, founder of Nine Types Co.

Stephanie Barron Hall (M.A. Organizational Communication & Leadership) is a speaker, certified Enneagram coach, and author of the book, The Enneagram in Love: A Roadmap for Building and Strengthening Romantic Relationships.

Stephanie founded her Instagram page, @NineTypesCo, in 2017 as a way to explore her own interest in the Enneagram, and it has since grown into a community of people who are learning about the Enneagram, themselves, and their relationships.

In this episode, Pia and Steph talk about subtypes vs wings (and which is a better indication of the nuances of each type), why we need to differentiate each type’s core motivation and not just look at habit descriptions, what goes wrong when we weaponize the enneagram, and — just about everything else enneagram that we could fit in.

Although you don’t see much of her face on her Instagram platform, the human behind the well-known Nine Types Co. account is as lovely as you’d imagine.

Enjoy!

Links mentioned in this episode:


Follow Nine Types Co on Instagram
Check out the Enneagram IRL course
Read the Blog post on Core Motivation by Enneagram Type
Listen to the Enneagram In Real Life Podcast

Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community.

Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 017

Bringing Heritage to Market for Those Who’ve Been Made to Feel Anything Less than Beautiful with Lulu Cordero

Bomba Curls was created by Lulu Cordero, an Afro-Dominicana who believes that curls should be celebrated!

Bomba products are 100% nontoxic, biodegradable, sustainable and certified cruelty free — and, they use beauty secrets and techniques that are unique to the Dominican Republic to support curly hair.

Born out of her own health concern, Lulu created bomba curls as a love letter to women and girls everywhere who have ever been made to feel that their natural coils and kinks are somehow anything less than beautiful.

In this episode, Pia talks with Lulu about how customers connect with authenticity, what it means to be audacious enough to show up as exactly who we are, for the benefit of a community that’s been underserved, and bringing a radical idea to market without funding.

Links mentioned in this episode:


Follow Bomba Curls on Instagram @bombacurls
Visit Bomba Curls website www.bombacurls.com

Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community.

Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 016

The Athlete Mentality Makes for Great Coffee: A Conversation with Kim Anderson + Aaron Olson, Co-founders of our Favorite Coffee shop

Kim Anderson + Aaron Olson are husband and wife owners of Handlebar — a cafe and micro-roastery here in Santa Barbara, CA.

In this episode, episode 016, Pia interviewed Kim Anderson and Aaron Olson. Pia's personal favorite coffee shop, a CWco. staple, and a growing client favorite.

Pia caught them off guard by asking them to step out of their comfort zone to answer all the questions, and they delivered. What struck Pia the most is how genuinely humble, committed, and driven they are — it’s no wonder their coffee shop and micro-roastery is so successful.

In this conversation, we will talk about two things that Handlebar is know for: really, really good coffee…and operational excellence. We talk about coffee as a commodity, how mediocrity drives most of the world, and how the athlete’s mindset contributes to good business.

Do me a favor — if you like this episode, reach out to Kim and Aaron and let them know, or leave a review so the whole world can see it.

Links mentioned in this episode:


Follow Handlebar on Instagram @handlebarcoffee
Visit Handlebar’s website Handlebar coffee
Purchase Handlebar coffee

Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community.

Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 015

Intimacy, Inclusivity, and Non-Invasive Design with Éva Goicochea, founder of Maude

Éva Goicochea is the Founder / CEO of Maude, a sexual wellness company built on quality, simplicity, and inclusivity.

In this episode, Episode 015, Pia talks with Éva about the history of the sexual wellness aisle; how taxing it can be to hold a candle for the future; the importance of building a foundationally solvent business; long tail marketing and being a brand that changes the way you think about the world; how good design is non-invasive, and the universally shared experience of intimacy.

This was one of the richest conversations Pia has had this year. Everything Maude does isn’t just marketing genius; it’s so simply human.

Enjoy.

Links mentioned in this episode:


Follow Maude on Instagram @Maude
Getmaude.com/curatewellco (code: CURATEWELLCO)
The Long Tail: What is long-tail and how can it benefit your business
Visit Maude website www.getmaude.nor.by

Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST, 20% off) to join our global community.

Special thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.

Curate Conversations | Episode 014

FOMO is not an investment strategy: Overcoming womenomics using Crypto and with Briana Kurtz, founder of 0xx

In this episode, Pia talks with Briana Kurtz, founder of 0xx and Curate client, about leading her community in using web3 tools and cyrptonomics.

We know the statistics on gender financial inequality are multiplied in the global south and developing countries. 0xx is committed to making sure the same discrepancies related to economic security, confidence, accessibility, and literacy are not replicated in the financial space that is emerging.

In this episode we talk about how information is access, and how learning about web3 and crypto is empowering women with financial literacy.

Links mentioned in this episode:


0xx www.0xx.io
Join the Workshop - Transitioning from Web2 to Web3
Buy a Community Membership NFT
Book: Impact Networks
Book: Spider and Starfish
Netflix: The Social Dilemma

Join the Curate Community Membership (code PODCAST) to join our global community.

Thanks to our sponsors, Parker Clay (code CURATE15), SeaVees (code CURATE20), and The Artists' Lawyer (code CURATE). Music created by Queentide.