Connecting The Dots with The Renaissance People

In this episode, I am joined by a fellow Renaissance Woman who has joined me in embracing that identity (you’ll learn why near the start of the show). The title of the episode is, “A Different Kind of Wonderful with Paula Croxson” but my alternative was “How Paula Came to Love Swimming in Chop”. That too will make sense later in the show.

Paula has been near the top of my “dream guests” since I came up with this podcast idea so to say I’m excited is a bit of an understatement. She’s a science communicat...

Once again, I’ve got a podcast guest whose Venn diagram of interests looks strikingly similar to my own. Multi-passionate Elin Filbey and I not only share a work history (museums, higher education and career coaching) but other factors as well, including being moms of small children, coming from the upper Midwest, teaching fitness classes, and our love of performing. In the wide-ranging conversation this podcast is known for, we cover this and so much more. Elin’s experience is proof that taking side quests makes a Renaissance Person’s life more fulfilling!

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Welcome to Queued for Thought, my curated podcast playlist designed to satiate your brain with insightful ideas!

I'm Renaissance Woman Sara Kobilka, host of the podcast Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People.

Queued for Thought is a project I created where we can practice the skill of connecting the dots between conversations happening in different realms.

My latest playlist addition connects the dots between conversations around being a “survivalist” and cultivating “survivalist skills”. It features podcast episodes from Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People, The Anxious Achiever, A Slight Change of Plans an...

Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People is coming full circle for this tenth episode!

The woman I first encountered via her podcast, is now a guest on my own show! Regular listeners will know the name of my career coach, and fellow multi-passionate, Jenni Gritters.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of community, the evolution of our career paths, and the significance of embracing your complexity without apology (along with tips for explaining that complexity to others). We go off on delightful tangents around systems thinking, the role of coaching in our careers...

This episode is a family affair! I’m joined by my younger brother Brian Skellenger, the voice and creative spirit behind this podcast’s theme song. I also view him as a Renaissance Person, a label we debate over the course of the episode (in true sibling fashion). In this show, I share how my thoughts around the term “Renaissance Person” and the idea of a “Renaissance Mindset” have been morphing.

We also talk about the pros and cons of having a Renaissance Woman as an older sister, how our parents’ careers influenced our mindset, the power of improv, and...

Welcome to Queued for Thought, a curated podcast playlist!

I'm Renaissance Woman Sara Kobilka, host of the podcast Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People.

Queued for Thought is a project I've created where I get to practice that skill of connecting the dots between conversations happening in different realms.

In this episode, I explain how these playlists will work and my personal philosophy on populating my podcast queue.

This first playlist connects the dots between conversations around loneliness, healing and connecting. It features podcast episodes from A Bit of Optimism...

This episode is what happens when I spend an hour chatting with a grad school friend about some of our favorite topics! I'm joined by Jess Rowell, a fellow Renaissance Woman, who teaches 6th and 8th grade science and STEM in Maryland. Jess discusses how her industry spanning career and world travels have impacted her teaching philosophy. We talk about the unique challenges the pandemic has created for her current 6th grade students and how she's connecting the dots for them during the school day. Jess shares her love of space (and not-so-secret desire to bring more space education...

This week’s guest is the third person on this show from the realm of science communication (if you include me). Stephanie Castillo is a Jill-of-all-trades multimedia producer who creates science videos for YouTube. But the path to get here wasn’t easy. We discuss how she overcame her academic adversity to successfully pitch her own interdisciplinary PhD. We talk about our lives as lifelong learners, full of curiosity and a desire to do everything (and the importance of supportive parents for this lifestyle). Common themes from past episodes, include crossing boundaries, identity work, neurodivergence as well as our role...

I'm back to having guests after two solo episodes! In this week's episode, multipassionate Renaissance Woman, Marika Luneau joined in the fun.

Marika is a fellow solopreneur dedicated to supporting purpose-drive professionals. Like me, she hosts LinkedIn Sprints and is a community builder. Our conversation ranged across numerous topics including LinkedIn strategy (focused on authenticity and community building), the importance of finding our people, neurospicy tendencies amongst Renaissance People, finding the right balance when telling your story and so much more. Speaking of stories, Marika shared a number for her life that even many of her friends...

This is another unplanned mini episode thanks to illness. In it, I talk about illness, injury, and caregiving and the impact it has on Renaissance People.

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Join as a guest on my show! If you're a Renaissance Person, complete this quick form and I’ll get back to you as I’m scheduling recording dates.Sign up to get updates about this podcast and the Renaissance People Community I'm building.Thank you to my amazing guests, Ep. 2 Nancy Scales Coddington and Ep. 3 Melissa Vining.SciGirls from Twin Cities Public TelevisionInteresting interview with Kimberlé Crenshaw, the professor who coined the term "intersectionality".Learn more about two-spirit from an award-winning podcast episode of one of my favorite podcasts, Unreserved with...

In this episode, I am joined by Boundary Spanner Melissa Vining. In a multi-faceted conversation, Melissa and I talk about many topics of shared interest aka our significantly overlapping Venn diagrams. The conversation weaves its way through music, teaching, storytelling using a golden thread to support your message, career coaching, neurodivergence and motherhood, and our mutual past as people who grew up in Minnesota and moved away.

We explore some of the unique contradictory qualities of AuDHDers who have both an autism and ADHD diagnosis and the challenges of neurodivergent job seekers. Melissa delighted me by offering...

In this first guest episode, I chat with my longtime friend and collaborator, Nancy Scales Coddington. Nancy is a multipassionate, operating at the intersection of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), creativity and fun.

In a wide-ranging conversation, we cover topics including what it means to be a Renaissance Person, responsible science storytelling, refusing to niche down, the fun of blowing things up with liquid nitrogen, where creativity is found in STEM, and combining dance and movement with STEM.

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YouTube Video All the world's a stage | As You Like It | Act 2 Scene 7 | Shakespeare's Globe (length 3min 12 sec) Actress Sophia Stone’s powerful performance of a monologue (also known as “The 7 Stages of Life”) from Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It” using British Sign Language and spoken word. My LinkedIn post about feeling like I had to pick my left brain or my right brain and a FABULOUS photo of me in all of my late 1980s glory complete with crimped hair. I was involved with the Minnesota Youth in Government p...

Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People is a podcast by and for Renaissance People.

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Stay updated about the Renaissance People Community Sara is building. This podcast is just one part of a multifaceted project because that’s how Renaissance People roll!

Renaissance People who would like to be guests on the show can complete a quick form and Sara will get back to you.

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