Inner Design® Podcast

Some conversations leave you with practical tools. Others leave you feeling a little more human. In this episode of the Inner Design® Podcast, Rubina sits down with entrepreneur and coach Leslie Boyce for an honest, vulnerable, and joyful conversation. Together, they explore resilience, entrepreneurship, self-worth, grief, healing, chronic pain, motherhood, and the many ways life invites us back i...

What if storytelling is more than communication? What if the stories we consume, believe, and tell ourselves are actively shaping our health, behavior, relationships, and ability to transform? In this episode of the Inner Design® Podcast, Rubina Chadha sits down with Robert Bean, founder of Impact, a cinematic storytelling studio exploring the role of story in healing, wellness, and human transfor...

Great photography is not about capturing images. It is about understanding people, energy, and presence in real time. In this episode of the Inner Design® Podcast, Rubina Chadha speaks with photographer and visual storyteller Mark Adams about the deeper psychology behind photography, communication, and human connection. Mark’s work centers on The motorcycle and maker communities, shaped by a stron...

Some people don’t just tell stories. They live inside them, frame by frame. In this episode of the Inner Design® Podcast, Rubina Chadha speaks with Tony Di Zinno, visual storyteller, educator, and equine specialist, about presence, perception, and the deeper intelligence behind how we see the world. Tony’s career spans visual storytelling for Nike, humanitarian work in Afghanistan, conservation pr...

Most people are trained to perform before they are trained to be present. But leadership, communication, and trust are built through presence, not performance. In this episode of the Inner Design® Podcast, Rubina Chadha speaks with Colin Egglesfield, Hollywood actor, keynote speaker, communication strategist, and three-time cancer survivor, about what it really means to lead with authenticity unde...

What does it cost to build something successful on the outside while something essential is quietly disappearing on the inside? Rubina Chadha speaks with Willa Kammerer, entrepreneur, brand strategist, and founder of Firestarter Interactive and Firestarter Funnels. Willa’s story is not a highlight reel. It is a real account of achieving external success while feeling deeply misaligned, making a li...

What does it mean to lead creatively when culture is moving faster than people can process? Rubina Chadha speaks with Thomas Mueller, Chief Design Officer at Accenture Song, globally recognized design leader, and 2024 Distinguished Alumni of Art Center College of Design. Thomas brings three decades of design leadership across digital, mobile, AI, and organizational transformation into a conversati...

What if burnout is not an emotional problem? What if it is biochemical? Rubina Chadha sits down with Dr. Deb Rivera, PhD in neuroengineering from UCLA, scientist, inventor, Associate Professor at the Center for Care and Cures at Eindhoven University of Technology, and founder of JourneyMetrics. This conversation bridges nervous system regulation, breath work, creative expression, and cellular biol...

Welcome to Inner Design®. This is a podcast about how we build from the inside out. Each episode brings conversations with designers, entrepreneurs, neuroscientists, artists, and leaders who have learned how to live and work with more clarity, stability, and intention. The focus is not performance on the outside, but structure on the inside. We explore one core idea. The most important work you wi...