How'd We Get Here?

Internal Environment — Asma Arslan, Professor in UX Design and Mindfulness Instructor.

Episode Summary

In this episode, I speak to Asma Arslan, professor in UX Design and Mindfulness instructor about connecting with oneself through nurturing your internal environment. We discuss how students might utilize meditation practices to connect with themselves so that they might enhance creativity, cognition, and develop a deeper sense of empathy for users through design. Asma explains the building blocks of people centered design, how our emotions drive cognition and creativity, optimizing our internal environments through meditation, the process of letting go and being present, finding motivation through your life's purpose versus serving your ego, and much more.

Episode Notes

• Asma discusses how she got started in people centered design.
• The connection between mindfulness and building empathy for others through internal reflection and internal environment.
• Designing while faced with internal struggle and nurturing your mental state.
• The process of being still, letting go, and being present.
• Being in a safe space and being open to collaboration rather than competition.
• Finding motivation through your life's purpose versus serving your ego.
• Designing for the love of your craft instead of the likes.
• Valuing learning over approval from others. Knowing your self-worth and value.
• Factors that affect our internal environment as designers and students.
• Mindfulness/Meditation practices we can use in our daily routines.
• The benefits of being still.
• Developing a gratitude mindset.
• I share my experience during my first 10 minute meditation.
• Asma shares her advice on how we might better our internal environments so that we can be better connected to our work and others.

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