ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Season 2, Episode 4 of Creativity Connects with Mikki Wilson. Mikki is joined by her friend Stephanie DeLeeuw, community manager at The Hive Workspace in downtown Salem, and quickly learns the title only tells one tiny piece of her story. Stephanie has worked across hospitality, education, and community engagement; she podcasts, dances, has done voiceover work, and loves languages, and the two discover they both spent time at Temple University. Stephanie shares her philosophy that each of us is "a culmination of every single thing that's ever happened to us," the godmother who taught her to fix cars and replace shingles, and the year at Temple Rome that showed her she was "pretty fierce."
She talks about being an eternal student, going to PAX East with Take This, a mental health organization for gamers, growing up with Indonesian and Dutch at home, and her advice for language learners: immerse yourself and don't be afraid to make mistakes. In the lightning round she covers dance, her pets, The Giver, fantasy novels, and what people outside gaming miss: "finding company in the weird." Then Mikki's jar of motherly advice meets the handmade smile capsules Stephanie got from her aunt, and Stephanie explains why a gift is really about the giver.
Chapters
00:00 Welcome, Stephanie DeLeeuw
03:18 One person: the godmother who climbed trees
06:25 Temple days: the Owl shirt, Hofstra and Temple Rome
12:26 A Stephanie of all trades
16:00 Languages, culture and immersion
21:16 The Giver, and coming into herself in Salem
26:14 Podcasting, nerding out and Marvel
29:10 Lightning round: dance, cats, games and books
38:14 Prop moment: motherly advice and smile capsules
46:55 Where to find Stephanie and The Hive
Connect with Stephanie DeLeeuw and The Hive Workspace
The Hive Workspace: https://www.thehiveworkspace.com
227 Washington Street, Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 978-306-7870
Stephanie is usually on site Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Podcast, The Nerd Godz: https://linktr.ee/thenerdgodz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/s.e.dl5716/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-deleeuw-215s547d3468ll
Connect with Creative Collective
Website: https://creativecollectivema.com/
Membership: https://creativecollectivema.com/join/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creativecollectivema/ and https://www.instagram.com/creativecollectiveexplores/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/creativecollectivema/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@creativecollectivema
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/creative-collective-ma/
Mentioned in this episode
Take This: https://www.takethis.org/
PAX East: https://east.paxsite.com/
Temple Rome: https://rome.temple.edu/
The Giver by Lois Lowry; Paladin of Souls and The Hallowed Hunt
Season 1 guests: Lauren of Glamour Possum (https://www.glamourpossum.com/) and Robyn Burns of The Salem Pantry (https://thesalempantry.org/)
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." — Ralph Waldo Emerson (the smile-capsule scroll Mikki reads)
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1W4zfHnul7CAJzvBkYjKKB
Cover photo of Stephanie by Courtney Brooke (@light_witch)
Hosted by Mikki Wilson, founder of Dot Connector Consulting
Produced by Randyll Collum for Peabody TV, your community media center serving the residents and businesses of Peabody and the North Shore area. Learn more at https://peabodytv.org/
Sponsored by Jenni Stuart Fine Jewelry
A Creative Collective podcast. Creative Collective is a business support program that provides modern resources, strategy, and connections for small businesses and creators, because building something meaningful doesn't mean you have to do it alone. Learn more at creativecollectivema.com
