We talk a lot about the roles we hold—parent, partner, leader, creator—but how often do we ask if those roles actually feel fulfilling? In this powerful conversation, Dr. Katie chats with Professor Daiki Kato, who coined the term rolefulness: a practical, human way to experience meaning and harmony in everyday life by nurturing both our “big” roles and the small, easily overlooked ones. Katie and Professor Kato explore why modern life pulls us toward checklists and away from conne...
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We talk a lot about the roles we hold—parent, partner, leader, creator—but how often do we ask if those roles actually feel fulfilling? In this powerful conversation, Dr. Katie chats with Professor Daiki Kato, who coined the term rolefulness: a practical, human way to experience meaning and harmony in everyday life by nurturing both our “big” roles and the small, easily overlooked ones. Katie and Professor Kato explore why modern life pulls us toward checklists and away from conne...
This isn’t just a podcast anniversary — it’s an invitation to reimagine what anniversaries really mean. In this episode, Dr. Katie reflects on one year of the Spark Something New podcast series — nearly 50 conversations that have sparked insights, touched souls, and expanded what’s possible. But this isn’t just a celebration of the podcast. It’s a reframing of anniversaries themselves: not as endings, but as markers in time. Anniversaries can hold joy, grief, growth, or gratitude. T...
Spark Something New
We talk a lot about the roles we hold—parent, partner, leader, creator—but how often do we ask if those roles actually feel fulfilling? In this powerful conversation, Dr. Katie chats with Professor Daiki Kato, who coined the term rolefulness: a practical, human way to experience meaning and harmony in everyday life by nurturing both our “big” roles and the small, easily overlooked ones. Katie and Professor Kato explore why modern life pulls us toward checklists and away from conne...
