#002 Learning to Transform “On Purpose” with Marte Siebenhar

Making Business Art

How clear are you on what you really want to do or be? For most of us, that is a lifelong journey of exploration and discovery. In fact, this is a pursuit with deep historical roots – many ancient wisdom traditions urge us to “know thyself” as a core principle for living a good life. It often takes many experiences and trails for us to start discovering who we truly are and muster the courage to live more authentic lives.

Miles Davis once said: “Sometimes you have to play a long time to play like yourself.”

That quote applies to music as much as it does to life, and my conversation with Marte Siebenhar resonates with it.

In this episode Marte and I dig into her journey as a classically trained musician and orchestra performer, teacher, arts organization executive, and entrepreneur. We explore lessons she learned along the way including how process beats goals, pitfalls of getting what we want, discovering who we really are and what we want, creative approaches to becoming “qualified” for a new job, developing our intuition, and lessons in personal transformation.

Marte’s story reminds us of the value of taking creative risks, that change is inevitable and that we benefit greatly from seeking change “on purpose.”

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Marte Siebenhar is a professional musician, strategy consultant and the Founder and Principal of Cultured Innovations. Through her firm, Marte develops a deep understanding of each client’s purpose, mission, and work that translates to abundance and opportunity. Her approach, which she calls Practical Creativity, seeds innovation through imagination and play. She is often called in to help clients navigate periods of high-stakes growth, change, and transition.

Marte is a classically trained professional musician and an alumna of the Manhattan School of Music. She was a Fellow with the Kennedy Center and The Miami Foundation. As an arts manager, strategic planner, nonprofit executive, and marketer, she held roles at Midori & Friends, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Bakehouse Art Complex, and New World Symphony.

In addition to her work with Cultured Innovations, Marte is also an Adjunct Faculty at Watson Institute, and a Level 2 practitioner of the Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique or QHHT. She recently founded Quantum Healing Miami as another vehicle to harness her passion for helping people transform their lives. Marte is also the author of an inspiration card deck, Messages from the Heart: Cards for Inspiration, Reflection, and Empowerment, which is available on Amazon.com.

https://www.culturedinnovations.com

@culturedinnovations

https://www.quantumhealingmiami.com

@quantumhealingmiami

ABOUT MAKING BUSINESS ART

Making Business Art is a podcast for curious people where we draw lessons and inspiration from creative leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, designers, and scientists about making a beautiful business and life. We have conversations about how to create a powerful connection with the people we serve while making our craft an engine for personal growth.

This podcast is the creation of and hosted by me, Ezequiel Williams. I am an entrepreneur, innovation strategist, facilitator, and business designer. I help leaders and teams see their challenges differently and find ways to deliver value that are more desirable and satisfying for the people they serve. I am very curious and love to learn about how things work, what makes people tick, and how to create more joy in the world.

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