Mindful Studio provides creative ways to solve complex problems.
“The mindful method combines human-centered methodologies, service innovation, and design science to uncover innovative opportunities for positive change.”
- Jessica Lowry, Founder
The Mindful Method
The goal is to encourage continuous learning and flexibility, empowering you to design a life that aligns with your needs and supports your well-being. By integrating mindfulness and creativity, this framework helps you make thoughtful, intentional decisions that lead to greater fulfillment.
Mindset is central to Mindful Studio's approach, serving as the foundation for all growth and transformation. A mindful mindset involves cultivating awareness of your thoughts, behaviors, and emotions while remaining open to growth. It is the starting point for making intentional changes that lead to a fulfilling life. With the right mindset, real change can feel attainable. By focusing on mindset, we equip ourselves to take meaningful actions and navigate life's complexities with resilience and intention. Beginning with the right mindset and progressing through iterative stages of growth allows you to align your actions with your most deeply held values and goals.
The mindful method is a holistic approach to design that emphasizes the importance of intentional living. It helps you navigate life's challenges in a mindful, creative, and purposeful way.
The Mindful Method is core to the Mindful Studio practice; it’s a framework for actively designing change. It blends mindfulness practices with design thinking principles to help you create and embrace change as an opportunity instead of a problem. The goal is to encourage you to approach life with curiosity, intentionality, and openness to change.
The Mindful Method Framework
The Mindful Method consists of six essential practices:
Mindset: Cultivating an open, growth-oriented mindset that embraces change.
Understand: Develop deeper self-awareness by examining your thoughts, behaviors, and responses.
Define: Clearly articulating the needs you want to focus on.
Create: Generating creative solutions and experimenting with different approaches.
Measure: Reflect on the outcomes of your experiments to determine what worked and what didn’t.
Evolve: Applying what you’ve learned to continue growing and adapting over time.
Being mindful involves embracing internal and external constraints that may shape your decisions. Practicing mindfulness teaches you to observe your thoughts, feelings, and habits without judgment, which is crucial for uncovering growth opportunities. Design thinking, on the other hand, provides the tools to creatively experiment with new possibilities, test solutions, and iterate based on your experiences.
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Evolution of the mindful method.
2013, Jess moved to Austin to explore the art of the possible through mindful design methods.
2013, During a summer artist residency at the Banff Centre, Jess designed a prototype that empowers citizens to co-design walkable neighborhoods.
2013, Launched a series of weekend-long events called SheHacksATX and SheDesignsATX to connect female technologists with female startup founders.
2014, Brings together a team of volunteers to produce the first women-in-tech magazine in Austin.
2015, Launched a professional women's practice series to help direct career decisions by applying design methods.
2016, Spoke at Austin Design Week, a five-day event focused on getting Austinites thinking about how design can help solve city problems.
2016, Launched a series of day-long life design workshops in Dripping Springs.
2016, Began to explore how VR technology can help to unlock new ways of experiencing the world around us and ourselves.
2016, Conducts the first future visioning workshop with Latinitas, a non-profit focused on empowering young women and girls in East Austin.
2017, Joined as a coach supporting Bloomberg iTeams to solve local complex problems through design thinking methodologies.
2018, The first three-day life design retreat in Old West Austin. Emphasizing human-centered design principles for a mindful life.
2019, Taught immersive experience design to adult learners as an Instructor at General Assembly.
2019, Became a certified Barre instructor at Green Bird Fitness near Dripping Springs, TX.
2019, Joined a team of facilitators working with Voltage Control to facilitate multiple 5-day design sprints with SOCOM.
2020, Spoke at Legal Week in NYC on how VR is a tool for developing confidence and empathy.
2020, Held a weekend-long event (practicing responsible social distancing) to build a tool for Austin to get the word out about COVID to the homeless population.
2020, Designed self-guided method cards for life-long learning.
2024, Presented a published academic poster on transformational change through participatory design at HCI International in Washington, DC.
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