Lift Up Connections with Christine Perfetti
Lift Up Connections with Christine Perfetti
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Lift Up Connections is the where powerhouse women in tech gather to tell their strories about career pivots, identity shifts, leadership growth, motherhood, and the messy in between spaces of life.
Hosted by Christine Perfetti, each episode is a conversation about what it really means to lead, live, and stay connected to yourself no matter what the world expects.
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The podcast covers themes like career pivots, identity shifts, leadership growth, and motherhood, with episodes exploring topics such as navigating career inflection points, overcoming imposter syndrome, and the concept of 'messy middle' life experiences. For example, recent episodes include discussions on the impact of futures thinking on healthcare and why sharing one's brilliance is crucial.
Lift Up Connections is where powerhouse mid-career and senior women come to tell their stories about career pivots, identity shifts, leadership growth, motherhood, and navigating the messy middle of life.
Hosted by Christine Perfetti, a product leader, single mom by choice, and founder of Lift Up Connections, each episode is a real and unfiltered conversation about what it means to lead, live, and stay authentic to yourself no matter what the world is expecting from you.
In this episode, Christine Perfetti talks with Kyle Soucy, founder of Usable Interface and host of The UX Consultants Lounge.
Kyle has spent more than 20 years in UX research and is now writing a book on projective techniques, methods like collaging and sentence completion that surface insights traditional interviews often miss. She shares how these techniques open the door to deeper human understanding while also requiring careful attention to ethics and participant safety.
But this conversation goes beyond research methods. Kyle opens up about navigating the downturn in tech, the fear that came with slow times, and how those messy moments became the catalyst for her biggest breakthroughs.
From launching her podcast to committing to her long-dreamed-of book, Kyle shows how lean experiments, courage, and small steps forward can create powerful momentum.
Whether you’re a UX professional, a consultant, or someone reimagining your next chapter, this episode will inspire you to move past fear, try something new, and discover what’s possible when you take action.
What you’ll learn:
How projective techniques uncover the unspoken: from collaging to sentence-completion, Kyle shares practical methods to surface insights that traditional interviews miss.
Why messy times can be catalysts: hear how a downturn became the spark for Kyle’s breakthroughs: launching a podcast, committing to a book, and reframing fear as fuel.
The power of lean experiments and small steps: discover how testing ideas quickly, embracing imperfection, and choosing courage over fear can create lasting momentum.
Resources:
Kyle Soucy’s company: Usable Interface
The UX Consultants Lounge featuring stories and lessons from independent UX consultants
Article: Tad Hirsch, Practicing Without a License: Design Research as Psychotherapy: important perspective on ethics and participant safety in research
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