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Designing Freedom: Awakening Through Creativity, Embodiment & Life at Sea with Justin Maguire

September 17, 2025 • Nadja Haldimann • Season 1 • Episode 9

What if corporate success wasn’t about climbing higher… but about living freer?

In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol, co-hosts Nadja Haldimann and Colin Shanteau sit down with Justin Maguire III, Design Leader at Atlassian, a leader, designer, artist, elite athlete, and sailor who has spent decades dancing between the worlds of high-performance, soulful creativity, and embodied freedom.

Justin’s journey has taken him across many landscapes, from long-distance Iron Man triathlons and executive boardrooms to months at sea on a sailboat in Alaska and Mexico, where he often lives and works off-grid.

But underneath the titles and achievements lies a deeper pursuit: one of presence, aliveness, and inner alignment.

Together, they explore Justin’s path of radical self-inquiry, one that challenges cultural norms around success, burnout, and doing “enough,” and instead invites us to build a life that feels deeply true.

Justin shares insights on:

Redefining success through creativity, spaciousness, and joy
How embodiment fuels intuition, clarity, and innovation
Using art, movement, and nature as medicine for burnout and disconnection
The tension between ambition and wholeness in leadership
Designing a life that prioritizes freedom and presence
Learning to trust the seasons of creativity and contraction

This is a rich, honest conversation about what it really means to live a soulful, creative life, even in the heart of the fast-moving tech industry and high expectations.

Justin reminds us that there is no “right” way to be human… only your way.

Connect with Justin:

🌿 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jumaguire/

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