INTER/FACE Festival: Reclaiming Innovation: Unlocking Creativity, Productivity and Income Through Healing with Maryam Mobini
Reclaiming Innovation after Healing Moral Injury: Unlocking Creativity, Productivity, and Income is a transformative workshop designed to address a rarely discussed but deeply impactful issue in the creative industry: moral injury. Many creatives experience the effects of unethical practices such as idea misappropriation, dismissed contributions, or crossed boundaries—events that not only disrupt productivity but also harm self-worth and identity. This session creates a non-judgmental, shame-free space to explore the ripple effects of these experiences on creativity, mental and emotional well-being, and financial health. Participants will examine how broken trust influences pricing strategies, energy allocation, and the ability to value and advocate for their work. Together, we will explore tools for healing, including techniques for emotional regulation, setting boundaries, and reconnecting with values and creative purpose. By transitioning from frustration to alignment, this workshop empowers attendees to design a life and career rooted in respect, honor, and integrity. Let’s co-create a future where innovation and ethical practices thrive hand in hand.
Additional Workshop Highlights:
Discuss the impact of moral injury on mental, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual well-being.
Recognize how patterns from moral injury affect pricing, energy allocation, boundaries, and self-value.
Explore how broken trust impairs productivity, financial health, and confidence to advocate for your worth.
Learn tools to protect yourself and your ideas from unethical practices.
Develop strategies to transition from frustration to alignment, attracting projects that honor your values.
Build confidence to set boundaries, say no to misaligned opportunities, and pursue work that reflects your worth.
Practice quick techniques for emotional regulation and resilience.
Engage in exercises to reconnect with your values and creative purpose.
This session is not just about acknowledging challenges but about fostering transformation, empowerment, and a commitment to ethical collaboration.
About Maryam Mobini
Maryam Mobini is a certified Behavior Designer and design researcher specializing in creating physical and virtual spaces that embrace neurodiversity. Whether we are aware of it or not, our physical and virtual spaces influences how we feel and behave. Through her design research studio, to:Resonate, Maryam offers research-backed solutions that help clients design spaces with neurodiversity in mind, fostering a greater sense of belonging, community, productivity, and well-being.
An award-winning innovator, Maryam sells her ideas through innovation challenges or directly to corporate clients. In 2020, she won first place at the Lululemon Innovation Challenge. Her clients include Arianna Huffington at Thrive Global, P&G (FemCare & OralCare Department), Lululemon, Leckie Studio, Circle Wellness Studio, Transformative Technology Lab at Stanford, and University Canada West, where she designed a Decentralized Open Innovation Ecosystem model for Vancouver (IaaS – Innovation as a Service).
As a creative activist and ADHD Certified Coach, Maryam is passionate about empowering neurodivergent creative entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to life quickly and strategically. Her program, I've Got Your Back!™, is now in its fourth iteration, building on a decade of experience helping creative entrepreneurs close deals and design business models that align with the life they envision.