v0.0.8 - Mara Kaela

Mara Kaela is a health coaching consultant who discovered her own health and wellness journey after a health crisis post-study abroad trip. Over years she’s asked questions, experimented, and iterated, learning along the way.

A UX course not only aided in her practice, but also got Mara thinking about new ways to approach goal-setting from a user flow perspective or building connection and relationships amongst a community!

Now, Mara is on a mission to improve community connections and relationships that will help the “conscious architects” support each other on their own journey to self-actualization. And she is on the lookout for others who might be interested to help: people with startup experience or venture capital funding, engineers, marketing and financial folks, and those who have experience with AI/machine learning.

In this episode, we’ll talk about finding a diet and lifestyle that work well for you, how UX can be applied in a bit of a unique way, her practice with Align Vegan and utilizing astrological charts and spirituality to create a “green print” for improving others’ lives, and her new project called the Starflower app, an AI-powered relational operating system designed to transform the search for a partner into a guided journey of self-actualization!

Your call to action? → We become the people that we spend the most time with. The more intentional we can be and the more tools we can have to nurture our relationships with those people that we do want to be around, he more satisfying our lives will be. It's okay to have an amazing, satisfying life!

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Mara Kaela's Journey

02:09 Health Transformation and Dietary Choices

04:10 Parallels Between UX and Health Coaching

09:50 Align Vegan: A Unique Approach to Nutrition

12:10 The Starflower Project: Building a Community

18:12 Seeking Collaboration and Team Building

21:13 Research and Development for the App

25:05 Global Aspirations and Closing Thoughts

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All the Good Stuff - Links & More

• LinkedIn

• TikTok

• Email Align Vegan

• Mucusless Diet Healing System

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Thanks & Gratitude 🙏

🎵 The background music in this episode was created by the amazing Sarah Garlock. You can also find Sarah @sarg_makes_beats on Instagram and TikTok!

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Let’s Connect!

🎧 You can find this podcast episode and more at wip-podcast.com or wherever you enjoy your favorite podcasts.

👩‍💻 I also write a Substack newsletter about things I’m learning at codeOutLoud. You can find me on LinkedIn, YouTube, or take a peek at what I’m up to at mindi.omg.lol.

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