#82: Amanda Slavin - Meditating in Taxis, Night Life Daily Drinking, and the Search for Meaningful Connection
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Episode Description
Today we sit down with Amanda Slavin, co-founder of CatalystCreativ; a platform where people and brands become connected through meaningful experiences. CatalystCreativ’s aim is to bring people of different worlds together through culture, composure, poise, and social grace.
Amanda grew up in a small town where she knew everyone, she tried to optimize for popularity and connection. Although the initial need to be popular was misguided, it led her to focus more on human connection, something she continued to pursue throughout her life. She took this interest through a broken education system, nightlife, a psychedelic experience, yoga in India, her current work with CatalystCreativ, and her book “The Seventh Level.”
Show Notes
Childhood: From early on, Amanda loved to be connected with everyone around her, something that would become her focus during her early education.
Blooming: Amanda comes to realize that popularity and knowing everyone isn’t as important as the people that truly care for her.
College: Once in college, Amanda’s passion for education leads her to a program at the University of Connecticut.
School Funding: How socioeconomic class can dictate the quality of education a student receives.
Planning and Learning: Planning events and gaining a network of people amongst a crowd.
After College: How event planning, the secession of 2008, and constantly keeping busy led to an unexpected outcome.
Summit Series: The creation of a non-profit, working with over 200 charities, and a convention in Vegas that opened new doors for Amanda.
Tony Hsieh: How Tony Hsieh changed Amanda’s life and became someone who would lead her in the right direction.
Meditation and Catalyst: On a trip to India, Amanda meets a cab driver that would make her see a different side of herself.
Life Experiences for Catalyst Creative: How Amanda’s life and experiences in education helped her create CatalystCreativ.
Health and Family: A difficult diagnosis, self-care, and an aspiring dream.
Book and Now: Writing a book, Catalyst Week, and taking risks.
Links From the Episode
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajslavin?lang=en
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajslavin/?hl=en
Website: https://amandaslavin.com
CatalystCreativ Website: https://www.catalystcreativ.com
Summit Series Website: https://summit.co
Seventh Level Website: https://the-seventhlevel.com/book/
Evaluating ‘No Child Left Behind’ - Linda Darling-Hammond: https://edpolicy.stanford.edu/library/blog/873
When Passion Leads to Burnout- Harvard Business Review, (07/01/2019): https://hbr.org/2019/07/when-passion-leads-to-burnout
Brene Brown: How Vulnerability Can Make Our Lives Better - Forbes, (04/21/2013): https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2013/04/21/brene-brown-how-vulnerability-can-make-our-lives-better/?sh=5ba44c4036c7
Cracking the Popularity Code - Scientific American. (06/6/2019): https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cracking-the-popularity-code/
