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Strategic Momentum helps you achieve meaningful work-life fit in an ever-changing world through inspiring stories, actionable tips, and pragmatic advice from those that found their fit. Change is constant. Uncertainty is now the new certainty. And in today’s landscape, there is a fundamental shift from conformity to individual agency so we can truly be our whole selves. So how do we create the right professional and personal momentum so we align our passions and growth potential to deliver t ...
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Transplanar RPG is an all-transgender, people of color-led dark fantasy actual play series streaming THE CHAOS PROTOCOL Saturdays at 8pm ET on Twitch. Podcast episodes drop Tuesdays and Thursdays. Transplanar RPG is GMed by Connie Chang and produced by Sea Thomas.
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For a lot of us, when we feel stuck, it’s not necessarily because we don’t know what we want — it may be that we feel like we’ve invested too much time and effort to change course now, or we feel scared of stepping into uncertainty, or we feel like the step’s just too big to take given our circumstances. We spend so much time convincing ourselves t…
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The Trials of the Mist descend upon Celestial Peak. Xainan turns around. Lumièra drinks gold. Seir weeps. Hop Ching says goodbye. And Xiaocheng opens the River Gourd. This episode features Erika Ishii as Hop Ching! Content warnings: trauma, complex relationships, nightmares, visions, death of loved ones, ghosts, heights, and references to alcohol a…
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The Great Sage does his morning constitutionals. Xainan feels the burn. Lumièra drinks ancient wine. Seir wears a mask. Hop Ching finally gets some visitors. And Xiaocheng spins a plate. This episode features Erika Ishii as Hop Ching! Content warnings: heights, flying, isolation, alcohol, food, complex relationships, death, death of loved ones, tra…
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Tiāndū Fēng rises. Xainan reminisces about fireflies. Lumièra opens up. Seir reunites with a shadowy friend. And Xiaocheng tells a story... and so does Goose! Content warnings: heights, falling, death of loved ones, complex relationships, trauma, romance, and references to divine cannibalism. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's current main cam…
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The Queen of the Underworld punishes three failed demons. Xainan offers a helping hand. Lumièra goes back to her healing roots. Seir pleads with the Huntress. And Xiaocheng finally breaks down. Content warnings: fantasy violence, blood, complex relationships, visions, trauma, death of loved ones, and references to torture. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Tra…
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Artemis shares news about Strike Team Phoenix. Xainan sees a ghost. Lumièra loses control. Seir sinks their teeth in. And the demons make their move. Content warnings: complex and complicated relationships, blood, food, alcohol, fantasy violence, bones, and references to cannibalism. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's current main campaign tha…
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This is an episode that feels very personal to me, and one I feel will be able to connect with so many others. My guest, Sheena Yap Chan, is The Wall Street Journal Bestselling author of “The Tao of Self-Confidence” and an award-winning podcast host who has interviewed hundreds of Asian women about their inner journey to self-confidence, which is a…
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The First Godkiller reveals her secrets. Xainan speaks the truth. Lumièra rises to the challenge. Seir hungers for answers. And the dream is unveiled. Content warnings: fire, fantasy violence, apocalypse, death, trauma, snakes, complex and complicated relationships, monsters, and references to cannibalism. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's cu…
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The Symbols come together. Xainan draws an arrow. Lumièra speaks her oath. Seir fights for a memory. And Chunjing turns into a monster. Content warnings: hyperfixation, trauma, nightmares, death, blood, fantasy violence, body horror, monsters and monstrosity, snakes, falling, flying, heights, fear, complex and complicated relationships, fire, brief…
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The City of Mist returns. Xainan gambles with Langhui. Lumièra gets intimate with Zhiling. Seir works alongside Luhua. And a Symbol is thrown in peril. Content warnings: blood, fantasy violence, nightmares, monsters and monstrosity, fire, romance, flirting, sex, complex and complicated relationships, death, death of loved ones, body horror, trauma,…
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Strike Team Nova explores the Empty City. Xainan makes himself a target. Lumièra visits the Library. Seir finds a memory in the Forge. And Xiaocheng gets left behind. Content warnings: heights, fire, complex and complicated relationships, flying, falling, romance, flirting, grief, trauma, death of loved ones, nightmares, dissociation, and reference…
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The Empty City returns. Xainan aims at the sun. Lumièra crosses her heart. Seir misses a lesson. And Xiaocheng makes a new friend. Content warnings: complex and complicated relationships, death of loved ones, body horror, aging, monsters and monstrosity, hunger, fantasy violence, and references to infidelity, grief, and trauma. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL i…
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Mistborn monsters attack. Xainan raises the Birdsong Bow. Lumièra falls through Time. Seir struggles with the beast within. And the gods cry out in fear. Content warnings: fantasy violence, blood, monsters and monstrosity, fear, death, death of loved ones, trauma, grief, nightmares, hallucinations, body horror, complex and complicated relationships…
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Emperor Long Du speaks. Zhiling holds knowledge of the past. Langhui defends their honor. Luhua keeps the peace. And Chunjing reveals another missing god. Content warnings: fantasy violence, blood, nightmares, death of loved ones, complex and complicated relationships, romance, flirting, attraction, sex, ghosts, grief, trauma, descriptions of food,…
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It’s really easy to get stuck in a rut. We get accustomed to doing the same thing day in and day out. We can close ourselves off to new thinking, perspectives, experiences, and people. So today, I’m sitting down with Michael Scott to talk about the winding turns of his career journey, how his breadth of experiences drove constant personal growth, a…
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The Hall of Peerless Destiny mills with gods. Xainan tries to summon the Oracle. Lumièra flirts. Seir tries to satiate his cravings. And the Emperor appears. Content warnings: falling, flying, heights, romance, flirting, complex and complicated relationships, grief, trauma, loss of loved ones, descriptions of food, and references to sex. THE CHAOS …
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The gods return. Xainan sees a white-haired specter. Lumièra hears a monstrous voice. Seir indulges his cravings. And Strike Team Nova falls. Content warnings: alcohol, drunkenness, gambling, dissociation, nightmares, grief, trauma, loss of loved ones, food, eating, hunger, fire, falling, and references to sex, hunting, and monsters. THE CHAOS PROT…
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Strike Team Nova searches for missing gods. Xainan steps into the ghost realm. Lumièra sees a vision of destruction. Seir gets hungry. And the Mist claims its due. Content warnings: ghosts, death of loved ones, grief, apocalypse, environmental disaster, nightmares, visions, scopophobia, infidelity, and references to romance, flirting, sex, alcohol,…
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Hun Xiaocheng enjoys an okay day. Xainan makes an avian friend. Lumièra empathizes. Seir investigates. And Nova visits the Black River. Content warnings: alcohol, drinking, heights, falling, environmental disasters, gambling, and references to sex. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's current main campaign that stars Valiant Dorian, Samm Star, a…
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Mist hides deep secrets. Xainan suffers a curse. Lumièra gazes into the past. Seir chops down trees. And Strike Team Nova investigates the City of Heaven. Content warnings: heights, falling, descriptions of food, death of loved ones and family, grief, trauma, fantasy violence, fire, and explosions. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's current ma…
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Naeem weeps. Amaru swallows zer courage. Kov makes an offering. Ash eats an orange. And Strike Team Nova receives their next Mayday Mission. Content warnings: grief, death of loved ones and family, complex and complicated relationships, descriptions of food and drink, romance, memory loss, and trauma. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's current…
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I really wanted to start this season off with a conversation about something that I think has a way of worming its way into almost every area of every person’s life: imposter syndrome. And what I love about this conversation with Paul Larsen is that he sees imposter syndrome as an inevitability for people with a growth mindset. If you’re not trying…
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Xainan and Naeem come to verbal blows. Lumièra and Elspeth work together. Seir and Diego have a hard conversation. And the second Mayday Mission beckons. Content warnings: complex and complicated relationships, death of loved ones and family, depression, grief, trauma, fantasy violence, storms, explosions, and references to the death of children, s…
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Fate holds court. Xainan is haunted by a cherry blossom. Lumièra runs into her first girlfriend. Seir forgets and is forgotten. And Strike Team Nova reunites for the first time in two months. Content warnings: death of loved ones and family, grief, trauma, food, eating, complex and complicated relationships, and references to alcohol, malnourishmen…
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This season is dedicated to topics related to personal growth and development. It's an exploration of how we can recognize what may be holding us back and navigate the paths to help propel us forward. Life often throws hurdles our way, but understanding those steps to overcome them is the key to unlocking our true potential. Learn more and find the…
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Artemis looks after her Strike Team. Xainan wanders through a memory. Lumièra dives into a revelation. Seir faces off against The Wild Hunt. And Sing is gone. Content warnings: death of loved ones, grief, mourning, descriptions of food, guns, blood, deep bodies of water, swimming, fantasy violence, complex and complicated relationships, heights, fa…
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Strike Team Nova returns to the Syndicate. Xainan follows Artemis through the ghost realm. Lumièra walks into the woods. Seir mourns in shadow. And Sing is gone. Content warnings: death of loved ones, grief, mourning, fire, fantasy violence, complex and complicated relationships, and blood. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's current main campa…
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Medea comes full circle. Xainan takes aim. Lumièra puts together an antidote. Seir seizes an opening. And Sing finds the perfect name. This episode features Stellaluna as Medea! Content warnings: death of loved ones, grief, romance, flirting, complex and complicated relationships, monsters, monstrosity, curses, poison, blizzards, snow, falling, fan…
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Medea seeks Poka-Poka. Xainan meets his newest charges. Lumièra reconnects with childhood friends. Seir works on combo moves. And Sing goes on her very first mission. This episode features Stellaluna as Medea! Content warnings: death of loved ones, grief, romance, flirting, complex and complicated relationships, monsters, monstrosity, curses, poiso…
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In Transplanar's first-ever live show, Strike Team Nova squares off against the Hounds of Mercy in the COLISEUM OF QUEER CHAOS, presided over by a tyrannical god-king: SQUEAK. This special one-shot stars quinn b. rodriguez, Dare Hickman, Hamnah Shahid, Sea Thomas, Valiant Dorian, Cai K., and Samm Star. Content warnings: fantasy violence, gore, bloo…
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I started this season thinking about transitions -- about the big societal changes that we all have to grapple with, about the personal challenges we end up having to navigate individually, about the increasingly frequent career transitions that most of us experience at some point in our lives, and about how organizations can accommodate people who…
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The beginning ends. This episode contains heavy subject matter about the loss of a loved one and grief. Content warnings: apocalypse, romance, complex and complicated relationships, grief, trauma, the death of loved ones & family, and the death of a major NPC. These final two episodes of Arc One represent months of planning, intention, and resonant…
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Dr. Cori Lathan is a neuroscientist, technology pioneer, inventor, social advocate, and the author of “Inventing the Future: Stories from a Techno-Optimist.” Cori has had such an incredible journey to date. She’s trying to shape the world into something better, and I think she has a great perspective on how we each, individually, have a role in cre…
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Auregnis swallows a moon. Xainan learns to shoot. Lumièra faces off against the Drifter. Seir entreats Artemis. And Sing chooses her Fate. This episode contains heavy subject matter about the loss of a loved one and grief. Content warnings: fantasy violence, fire, immolation, apocalypse, romance, complex and complicated relationships, monstrosity, …
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The Wildsea burns. Xainan fights the Baron. Lumièra enacts revenge for The Riah. Seir lands a devastating blow. And Sing weaves the strands of destiny. This episode features Austin Taylor as Princess Amergin! Content warnings: fire, immolation, environmental destruction, flying, heights, falling, ghosts, storms, monsters and monstrosity, fantasy vi…
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Auregnis emerges. Amergin transforms. Xainan throws a punch. Lumièra takes a risk. Seir makes a promise. And Sing speaks the truth. This episode features Austin Taylor as Princess Amergin! Content warnings: fire, immolation, fantasy violence, manipulation, complex and complicated relationships, trauma, grief, swimming, water, heights, flying, falli…
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Part of the reason I share this podcast is because I think there’s a lot of value and inspiration in hearing people share their stories. Sometimes we get that from authors, sometimes we get that from mentors, and sometimes we get that from friends. And today’s guest is a friend who I’m proud to say has been an inspiration on my own journey. Sara Co…
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Stormchaser reaches the World Tree. Amergin confesses her feelings. Xainan reaches out to an old flame. Lumièra attempts breakfast. Seir turns away from his twin. And Sing descends to Jianmu. This episode features Austin Taylor as Princess Amergin! Content warnings: romance, kissing, flirting, complex and complicated relationships, grief, trauma, d…
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The Baron emerges. Amergin converses with the Engine. Xainan opens up about his past. Lumièra finds even footing with the Princess. Seir wakes up. And Sing kisses her beloved. This episode features Austin Taylor as Princess Amergin! Content warnings: fire, immolation, blood, fantasy violence, nightmares, visions, complex and complicated relationshi…
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The Baron comes knocking. Xainan talks down tensions. Lumièra meets her match. And Sing meets a kindred spirit. This episode features Austin Taylor as Princess Amergin! Content warnings: fire, immolation, war, fantasy violence, environmental destruction, pollution, guns as weaponry, complex and complicated relationships, manipulation, romance, flir…
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We all know change is hard. It makes us feel uncomfortable. It can be a little scary. But change can also be a good thing. Change can be growth. And in the end, we don’t always get to choose when things change. So what does it take to navigate all of the transitions that life throws at us when they seem to be coming more rapidly than ever before? H…
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The Ashen Leviathan strikes. Xainan carries a ghostly bullet. Lumièra rescues Prin Him Su-hyeon. Seir hits the deck. And Sing makes a new choice. This episode features Austin Taylor as Princess Amergin! Content warnings: possession, fantasy violence, heights, flying, falling, guns as weaponry, visions, hallucinations, complex and complicated relati…
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“No one pays the fee for the agency for one person. No one person is the answer to everything.” This is a piece of advice that Beth Freedman, CEO of the media agency Dentsu X, received earlier in her career. It’s the power of a team — the great people that support an organization — that fuels a business’ success. It served her well then, but it was…
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The ghosts of the Twilight Guard speak. Xainan gains a loaded shot. Seir takes to the skies. Lumièra looks out for the Prin. And Sing hacks through anything that dares stand in her way. Content warnings: death of loved ones, fantasy violence, fire, pollution, environmental collapse, romance, flirting, complex and complicated relationships, megaloph…
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The Old Growth Wood beckons. Xainan chases after Mourn. Seir tries to apologize. Lumièra reads Part Four. And Sing follows her destiny. Content warnings: fantasy violence, body horror, death of loved ones, megalophobia, romance, complex and complicated relationships, ghosts, and choking and asphyxiation. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's bran…
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The Fourth Guide throws a party. Xainan drinks with ghosts. Seir steps into boyhood. Lumièra learns to wave-walk. And Sing assembles a rig-ferret bouquet. This episode features Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as Pirate Queen Axel! Content warnings: complex and complicated relationships, fantasy violence, descriptions of guns, gore, heights, grief, body h…
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We now live in a world where “the workplace” can mean a lot of different things — and that has a huge impact on the workforce. The transition to hybrid and remote work environments can come with a host of benefits, like time freedom and location flexibility, but it also comes with its own unique challenges. In particular, how do you foster a strong…
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Pirate Queen Axel attacks! Xainan draws a bead. Seir remembers his teacher. Lumièra unleashes surgical precision. And Sing commands the stage. This episode features Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as Pirate Queen Axel! Content warnings: complex and complicated relationships, fantasy violence, descriptions of guns, gore, heights, grief, body horror, and r…
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Stormchaser departs the Riah. Xainan has a heart-to-heart with the king. Seir chokes on his words. Lumièra learns the truth behind the engine. And Sing witnesses a farewell. Content warnings: complex and complicated relationships, fantasy violence, descriptions of guns, gore, heights, grief, body horror, and references to death of loved ones, death…
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The Drifter speaks. Xainan leans on his teammate. Seir blooms. Sing looks for her love. And Lumièra becomes. Content warnings: fantasy violence, fire, immolation, environmental collapse, heights, flying, falling, body horror, complex and complicated relationships, romance, grief, and death of loved ones. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's bran…
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