She Ignites: Recent Episodes
Helen Nicholson
In this episode we take a deep dive in less than 30 minutes with author, futurist, and strategy consultant, and a founding director of strategic insights firm, TomorrowToday, Dr. Graeme Codrington about How To Reinvent Your Personal Brand Post COVID. We give you the practical personal branding toolkit of how not to just survive but thrive through this period.
In this show we cover:
- 01:30 - How people are adapting their brand after the COVID pandemic,
- 04:45 - Relevancy quotient is the secret to product and personal success,
- 11:10 - Act for the job you want not the job you have,
- 13:33 - curiosity being the ability to think again and always lookout for trends and things as they happen,
- 18:40 - the importance of diverse networks and seeking out people who are different to you,
- 20:40 - top 3 things to increase your adaptation or relevancy quotient
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Books mentioned in this episode:Adam Grant - Think Again
Get in touch:Website: Tomorrow Today
Website: Graeme Codrington
Twitter: @FuturistGraeme
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https://www.amazon.com/Think-Again-Power-Knowing-What/dp/1984878107
In this episode, I speak to author, futurist, and strategy consultant, and a founding director of strategic insights firm, TomorrowToday, Dr. Graeme Codrington about our parenting epiphanies, the good the bad, and the ugly, how he embraces his creative fun side and some things you might not know about him is that he actually plays a musical instrument and is a passionate artist. we discuss how he balances his creative side with his professional persona, why he prefers to be part of the out crowd and how according to him I saved his life through COVID with mindfulness techniques, and the biggest epiphany for me is why he's a brain for hire.
In this show we cover:
- 01:50 - Interest in women issues and more men needed to bring the feminist voice,
- 04:09 - Growing up in a house with a heritage of teachers and preachers, going to an all-boys school, and meeting the love of his life who he's still married to,
- 07:16 - Being quick to hand out advice to people as if the world needs can be generalized to everybody else's experience,
- 10:30 - Advice on raising daughters as a man and boosting their confidence to give them a sense of who they are,
- 12:09 - Using mindfulness techniques to get back into creativity during lockdown,
- 18:40 - Developing a ritual that helped to settle and find balance during a tough time during the COVID lockdown period,
- 26:00 - Not one to like making mistakes but doing the things you are good at, using his energy wisely but having regret in making the wrong connections with people and burning bridges that can never be mended,
- 34:40 - Books that had the most impact; The 500-year delta, Leadership, and the new science & Quantum spirituality,
- 45:52 - investing time and money in the family as the best investment made,
- 43:40 - Graeme's life philosophy - "change your world"
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Additional information mentioned in this episode:The 500-year delta
Leadership and the new science
Quantum spirituality
Get in touch:Website: Tomorrow Today
Website: Graeme Codrington
Twitter: @FuturistGraeme
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In this episode, I speak to Founder and CEO of Zoya Speaks, Zoya Mabuto Mokoditoa, we discuss how she stepped into feminine fearless power throughout her life and career, how she grounds herself when she doubts herself. We reveal what gives us goosebumps in our careers. Zoya shares her Toastmasters journey which led to a trip to Las Vegas, and lastly, how she ended up delivering a talk on stage at EY while pregnant and how her so called "biggest mistake" turned out to be the biggest triumph of her career.
In this show we cover:
- 01:32 - Growing up in Eastern Cape, South Africa where she was raised by her grandparents in a house full of love and warmth but also witnessed the verbally and physically abusive nature of her grandfather,
- 05:00 - Attending an all girl school and the advantages of being groomed and allowed to flourish and discover yourself among girls who are finding their voice,
- 07:07 - accidentally finding out that her mother was HIV positive before going on to study at Rhodes University, then eventually dropping out to take care of herself and family,
- 10:30 - the influence of being raised by independent women and how she managed to manage the crisis of her own power,
- 13:40 - discussing anchors and motivational messages she accesses in moments of doubt and reminding yourself to always keep checking in with yourself,
- 18:20 - being frustrated in corporate while working at the Department of Home Affairs and falling in love with peoples stories,
- 21:10 - attending a Toastmasters event and doing an impromptu speech which led to being advised to enter an international speaking competition where she was one of the top performers,
- 24:03 - Sharing a story of when she was speaking to delegates at EY and feeling like failure but ended up being a blessing in disguise and the usual failures and difficulties of being a business owner, working mom and married woman,
- 32:05 - Life hacks as a working new mom and the challenge of being a wife while building a new business,
- 35:46 - Favourite books; To Kill A Mocking Bird & books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
- 43:40 - Zoya's life philosophy - "Hold nothing back"
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Additional information mentioned in this episode:Toastmasters International
2015 D74 International Prepared Speech Champion - Zoya Mabuto
Zoya Mabuto: Using tradition to renegotiate Africa's identity
Hadithi Ya Africa (S02): Zoya Mabuto - I am learning to be vulnerable
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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In this episode, I speak to mind, body and spirit coach Lisa Davis about her journey with mindfulness. Lisa share how growing up in a volatile home and self destructive behavior led to her changing her life and choosing to explore and connect with her human side. We unpack the her views on the perception of mindfulness and she has applied it to her life and helped clients find their own peace with themselves. We discuss her how people can equip ourselves and implement keystone habits and daily practices in our lives to better deal with the current global changes.
In this show we cover:
- 01:32 - Finding meaning in life through a journey with mindfulness after growing up in a volatile home,
- 03:36 - Perception of mindfulness and changes that take place when people embrace and practice mindfulness in their everyday lives,
- 07:07 - learning to recognize and unlearn old patterns that keep us from growing out of our old self,
- 11:56 - explaining Imago Relationship Therapy and dealing with the icky-sticky stuff in our lives,
- 15:40 - accidents and life changing moments that lead to living a more mindful life,
- 19:04 - shifting our beliefs and loving all parts of ourselves to help us deal with the constant change happening around us,
- 24:03 - The medicine wheel and different cycles of life. Moving from the "head space" to the "heart space" and understanding what's going on with us during these global changes,
- 31:05 - the need for key stone habits by Tal Ben Shahar, how exercise, meditation, gratitude and sleep can help you have more control over your life,
- 40:00 - Favourite books; Untamed by Glennon Doyle & Pussy: A Reclamation by Regena Thomashauer ,
- 43:40 - Lisa's life philosophy - "Find your medicine, use it on yourself first and then share it with the world so that the world can find its own medicine."
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Life Train
Instagram: lisalifetrain website: Lisa LifeTrain**
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In this episode, I speak to Liezl Gericke about her remarkable weight loss journey and unleashing her adventurous side during the COVID lockdown period. Liezl details how she lost almost over 60kg's from exercise, running events like the Cape Town marathon, and hiking in some of South Africa's beautiful trails. We discuss how she was inspired by Marie Kondo to unclutter her lifestyle, finances, and family life to live more intentionally. We unpack the Map Of Life Tool to help you plan and declutter your life so you can do the things that bring you joy. Closing off with some lessons that stuck with Liezl for life, she speaks about having their firstborn in her early 20s and having to reset their lives before her and her husband's careers took off and we learn about her philosophy on leadership and inspiration from Patrick Lencioni's books.
In this show we cover:
- 01:29 - Fitness and weightloss and becoming an extreme adventurer,
- 06:17 - Highlights from Cape Town marathon,
- 07:57 - Going from running to hiking and discovering South Africa,
- 17:04 - Adopting Marie Kondo strategies to all areas of life,
- 20:40 - How to Marie Kondo your finances,
- 22:45 - Planning techniques and tools to help declutter your life,
- 25:00 - Map For Life tool and steps to help you find purpose,
- 33:52 - Favourite failure and lesson that stuck for life,
- 39:45 - Key gems and philosophy around leadership shared with teams,
- 43:40 - My life's philosophy - Live Your Adventure,
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On this episode I speak to Mamokete Lijane about her life story, we unpack her unconventional upbringing in Lesotho. We take a candid look into her professional growth and her interests and views on motherhood and advice on how women can navigate male dominated industries.
Mamokete Lijane, is a Fixed Income Sales Trader and Macro Strategist at ABSA Capital with 19 years’ experience as an analyst in financial markets. Prior to Absa she worked at Aluwani Capital Partners as an investment strategist, and Sasfin Securities and Renaissance Capital as a fixed income analyst. Her career spans all areas of non-equity investment research, including macroeconomics, credit and rates on both the buys and the sell sides of the investment business. Mamokete has a deep interest in the intersection between public policy, economics and financial markets.
On this show we cover:
- 02:12 - Background and life growing up in Lesotho in an unconventional African home,
- 04:41 - Moving between families at an early age and how our childhood memories affect our adult experience,
- 07:57 - Finding comfort and excelling in academia and drifting into a job in finance,
- 13:12 - books that influenced your life, The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck & Why Nations Fail,
- 19:20 - Career advice for young people, nothing is easy but it's not life threatening,
- 24:38 - Profound lessons learned from failure,
- 28:45 - Tips for women in male dominated industries on how to build you brand and show up as your authentic self,
- 33:02 - Insight from mothering twins,
- 39:45 - Best time, energy and money investments,
- 49:15 - My life's philosophy,
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On this episode I speak to former radio DJ and co-host of The Breakfast express show turned author and recovery and consciousness coach, Sam Cowen. We discuss the inspiration behind the books she authored using her personal experience being a first time mom to inform entertain and share with other mothers who relate to her struggles. We explore Sam's candid and care-free approach to life and get into some of her experience with alcohol abuse in the book Whiskey and Water and we end off our discussion talking about the shocking details surrounding the scandalous events at Parktown Boys in her book Brutal School Ties.
On this show we cover:
* 01:25 - Inspiration behind Waiting for Christopher. society telling women that having a baby is easy and enjoyable and finding out that lots of women are struggling with pregnancy and motherhood woes.
* 03:55 - Women not being open and honest about their motherhood struggles,
* 04:52 - Lessons from Sam's second pregnancy,
* 07:10 - Takeaways from The Good Enough Mother and realizing your and making peace with your shortcomings as a mother,
* 12:54 - The Irreverent Mother's Handbook
* 15:30 - Regrets of a mother and feeling better about your shortcomings as a mother,
* 18:06 - Whiskey & Water, Sam's battle with alcohol addiction.
* 26:00 - Being in denial about alcohol addiction and how it impacted Sam's family life,
* 31:55 - Successfully changing habits and finding peace in swimming in the open sea,
* 35:50 - Brutal School Ties, the exposing the hidden world of the Parktown Boys scandal,
* 40:53 - How the victims dealt with the pain, humiliation of molestation and how the case was mishandled,
* 43:15 - Transformation, journey into coaching and using personal experience to help others,
* 49:30 - Sam's life's philosophy
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On this episode I speak to inspiring The Wealth Chef author, Anne Wilson to discuss how food, sex and money can be areas of enslavement, liberation or shame. Anne share's some powerful tools around getting out of debt and knowing understanding your finances. We unpack and explore the world of assets categories and different types of investment strategies to help you enjoy life without making unnecessary financial decisions by taking on debt through credit, store cards and other risky investments. Discussing some themes in her book, The Wealth Chef, she explain the analogy of food and money. We close off by discussing her biggest failure and some of the money mistakes
On this show we cover:
- 03:40 - Money representing our access to resources to be able to live life,
- 05:30 - Growing up in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa,
- 09:47 - Getting into the trap of belonging and fitting in by getting into debt,
- 14:02 - Taking fun, creative and playful actions to climbing out of a debt hole,
- 17:20 - Thinking the idea of financial freedom is depriving yourself and controlling your desires,
- 19:50 - How do I get into relationship with money, how do I grow it and how I can invest,
- 22:20 - Exploring the world of asset categories,
- 25:00 - Feeling like an intruder in a world where the financial market seemed like a male dominated industry,
- 29:41 - Describing where the food analogy in the Wealth Chef come from and knowing what's enough or what we're working towards,
- 35:56 - The idea that our wealth comes from that one great investment leading to being scammed and bad investments,
- 43:27 - Biggest money mistakes people make around their wealth growth strategy,
- 49:50 - Anne Wilson's life philosophy.
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On this episode I speak to Yumna Tayob who is the Head of Learning at FNB. She is a mover and shaker with lots of experience in different roles in corporate from marketing, leading teams and she's a huge tech enthusiast. Yumna is a former delegate of The Networking Company's training and leadership development programs. We discuss her journey in corporate as well as the challenges of being a single super mother and dealing with divorce. We unpack some of her very helpful tools to navigating the corporate world and forming relationships to help you get ahead and be noticed. We unpack her framework for reinventing yourself as well as some key steps to achieving success and some of the books that have helped inspire her moves and motivate in her pursuit of success and a wholesome life.
On this show we cover:
- 01:54 - Early life and upbringing in a family of strong women who taught financial dependence and taking bold risks ,
- 14:30 - Tips, tricks and a framework to help reinvent yourself in whatever role you are chosen for or pursuit,
- 11:21 - Overcoming being seen as weak and lessons from a failed marriage,
- 23:10 - Being kind to yourself, trusting your instincts and allowing your kids to teach the parent being important tips for single mothers,
- 20:15 - Sharing parenting philosophies and the guilt single mothers feel for having a life outside of their young children,
- 32:11 - Operational excellence, trusted relationships, evolution and authenticity and empathy being important steps to success,
- 37:48 - Discussing top 3 books that influenced Yumna Tayob, Dare To Lead & The Alchemist and The Biggest Wake Up Call,
- 40:55 - Moments of pause became a tactic to survive and refocus during the COVID pandemic,
- 42:55 - Words that describe and sum up Yumna Tayob, "Carpie Diem"
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On this episode I speak to Julia Kerr Henkel is the MD of Lumminos Coaching and Change Consulting. She is an executive coach, seasoned change and organisational development consultant, facilitator and speaker. In March 2019, Julia studied directly with Dr Brené Brown in Texas and is one of her Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitators commissioned to teach the skillsets of courage, connection, vulnerability, shame, empathy and emotional literacy. Julia runs various in-house, public or individual programs based on these skillsets. Prior to founding Lumminos in 2008, Julia spent 4 years at Goldman Sachs London and was a director for 8 years at College Hill Investor Relations and Magna Carta, communications and reputation management agencies. She is married to Vaughan, stepmother to two university-going young adults and fur-mother to 3 Maine Coon cats. She loves learning, deep conversations, dancing, travelling and non-peaty whisky. She lives and practices in Johannesburg, South Africa.
On this show we cover:
- 02:46 Early life and upbringing in Zimbabwe and Durban in South Africa,
- 07:09 Advice for career women on finding and living their purpose,
- 11:21 What success looks like and people Julia Kerr admires,
- 16:15 Top 3 book with the biggest impact and some concept related to lessons from those books,
- 20:15 Favourite failure that taught you the most in life,
- 24:48 When the why's are big enough the how's will figure themselves out,
- 25:59 Experience and personal takeaways from attending sessions and working with Brené Brown,
- 27:41 Giving context around the idea of being "clear is kind",
- 32:40 Details about the Dare To Lead sessions,
- 34:20 Energy and joy hacks that have helped over the COVID period,
- 37:13 Coaching tips for people feeling stuck and emotionally depleted,
- 42:55 Words that describe and sum up Julia Kerr Henkel, "Be kind when possible because its always possible"
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- julia@lumminos.co.za
- www.lumminos.co.za
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On this episode executive coach Sheridan Pollock. Sheridan shares an in depth insight into her journey as a professional coach. Starting with how she was first attracted to the world of "helping people talk and find threads that can help them move forward". We discuss how the country can cope with the recent riots in South Africa and how people can cope under these stressful times. Sheridan unpacks her Coherence Model and how we can use it to improve our intelligent self. We end off by highlighting the importance of embodiment and how it plays out when we communicate or engage with others.
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On this show we cover:
- 01:42 Early days in coaching.
- 04:25 Personal, family life and journey as a single parent.
- 06:27 Go-to strategies to cope with the riots and looting in South Africa.
- 10:25 Advice to passionate South Africans who want to stay in South Africa in spite of the riots and traumatic experiences in the country.
- 12:49 Difference between people who've surrendered and those who chosen to fight COVID
- 18:02 Breakdown and explanation of the Coherence Model.
- 25:15 Favorite failure.
- 27:41 Explaining the idea of embodiment.
- 31:49 Books that have had the most positive impact on my life.
- 36:19 Practical advice for people taking strain during COVID times.
- 40:13 My life's philosophy.
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On this episode Helen Nicholson takes the hot seat to share her experience with COVID after being in isolation. We discuss how the brutal disease brought discomfort into her home but also made her realize the importance of surrendering to the process. We unpack how she realized that she was affected and needed to act quick to minimize the damage. We also unpack and highlight some of the dark psychological effects caused by lack of interaction with people and being outside. Helen also shares a letter written by her husband to his Buddhist teacher and another one written by Pope St Francis to remind us to enjoy the simple things in our lives and homes to help us get through the pandemic.
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On this show we cover:
- 01:34 How I knew I had COVID and surrendered to its effects.
- 08:23 Effects of COVID on me and my husband.
- 10:57 Things to do when you feel some symptoms of COVID
- 15:37 A letter my husband (Mike Hook) sent to his Buddhist teacher.
- 17:32 Days we spent in isolation and how we got through the days.
- 21:15 The foreign feeling in my body caused by the Beta strain.
- 24:29 Recommendations for good recovery and how people interact with people with COVID.
- 28:22 Extending our kindness to each other and the world around us.
- 29:45 How the pandemic will affect the way we work in future.
- 35:01 Letter by Pope St Francis.
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On this episode we speak to Italia Boninelli who has more than 20 years’ international experience in building Human Capital with a proven track record in culture and change management, corporate performance enhancement, and the full range of generalist HR functions. We unpack her experience in navigating the corporate space and how she pushed the status quo to land executive positions early on her career. She highlights some successes and failures that have contributed to her inspiring career. later in the conversation we delve into her personal life discussing how she managed to keep her work and family life in together.
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On this show we cover:
- 01:41 Childhood and upbringing
- 09:09 Thinking out the box of your role description
- 11:40 Balancing life & work
- 16:24 Business lessons and successes
- 18:25 Tips on good stakeholder management
- 25:56 Favorite failure
- 29:54 Women need to plan ahead financially
- 34:45 Views on retirement
- 39:32 Advice for a successful marriage
- 43:05 Advice for women in their 30s - 40s
- 45:39 My Life philosophy
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On this episode we speak to leading dietician Claire Julsing Strydom about her journey in nutrition and entrepreneurship. We unpack many unknowns about the food we eat and how it affects our health. We then get into Claire's "never give up" mentality and what led to her starting an international conference for private practicing dieticians by dieticians in 3 major provinces in South Africa. W e explore more on the topic of how women are confused about what types of food and supplements to consume without feeling guilty about weight gain or side effects. As we progress, Claire shares some of her favorite books, being a mother and her life philosophy.
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On this show we cover:
- 01:20 Up bringing in the East Rand, early family life and what led to dietetics.
- 03:07 Going into entrepreneurship as a dietician.
- 05:02 Explaining PCOS and how it affects women.
- 07:00 Investment that made the biggest impact on her life.
- 09:16 Food to help maintain energy and vitality.
- 11:32 Eating habits and the pleasure value of food.
- 13:44 "Eat veggies and portion control everything else", eating tips.
- 17:44 Views on supplementation..
- 23:54 My favorite failure.
- 25:37 Best highlight in career and business.
- 27:45 Favorite books.
- 31:13 The joys of raising 2 boys and family life.
- 32:18 "Get the good stuff in" as my life philosophy.
Recommended link:Website: Nutritional SolutionsTwitter:@DietitianClaire
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On this episode Helen Nicholson is interviewed by her daughter Caitlyn Nicholson to talk about her journey through school and moments that influenced her views on life and business ventures. We unpack her days working for a cosmetics company and eventually ending up at a recruitment company that sparked her interest in assisting people to find their sweet-spot. She speaks at length about meeting and marrying her husband and moving to Dubai to work and eventually start a business to support mothers with children. Life in South Africa was calling out to Helen and we highlight the impact some of the decision she made and risks she took to get to where she now after running and managing The Networking Company for 15 years and still flying the flag for women development.
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On this show we cover:
- 01:50 Helen gives some background on her childhood and family life in Edenvale, Johannesburg.
- 06:42 Vocation work, varsity life and landing a job at a recruitment company.
- 12:45 Married at 25years old, moving to Dubai where I had twins and started a business to help mothers with kids.
- 16:00 Coming back to South Africa with my twins to focus on women's leadership work.
- 18:17 Life after divorce being one of her favorite failures and the biggest lessons.
- 21:06 Taking risks and my life values.
- 23:57 Future plans and what's next and views on retirement.
- 27:01 The spirit of amplification.
- 29:42 Advice to younger self.
- 31:40 Non fiction and fiction books I've read and recommend.
- 34:10 My inspiration and mentors in different spheres in life.
- 38:37 Biggest business lessons - do stuff where you have soul and finish the job.
- 40:35 "Suck the bone marrow out of life" as my life philosophy.
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On this episode LISOF founder and MD of Lynq Jewellery, Shana Rosenthal shares her journey in fashion and life with Helen Nicholson. She speaks about the inspiration and work in the fashion industry and highlights some very interesting stories around her early designs and the bold approach that LISOF took in educating and empowering young designers. Looking at how formal education was so regulated she set out to give her students the edge by teaching them to create fabric from sheered sheep hair. As we delve deeper into conversation, we touch on family life, her 25 year marriage and the balancing act mothers often play when raising a family. We close off with a promotional giveaway Promo code (name - She Ignites) from her new business venture, Lynq Jewellery who share a passion for sourcing the most beautiful and affordable fine jewellery.
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On this show we cover:
- 02:14 Shana gives some background on her childhood and family life in Bramley, Johannesburg and the impact of her father's death in the 1976 riots in South Africa.
- 07:42 Early beginnings in art school and the inspiration behind LISOF.
- 09:51 Taking an internship to setup a sample studio and launching a children's clothing brand that was eventually sold to Pick n Pay.
- 17:19 Biggest business and leadership lesson from her 27 year ownership and running LISOF.
- 19:40 Go with your passion and have faith, know that it will always workout.
- 20:17 Change is the constant and being receptive to change will keep you current and relevant.
- 21:57 Finding balance between a busy business life and raising 4 children and mother's guilt.
- 26:32 Speaking about Thebe Magugu being one of my favorite success stories from LISOF.
- 28:22 Books I've read and recommend.
- 35:02 Exercise being one of the best health investments
- 36:32 Joining and being an active member of EO being one of the best decisions made in the last 5 years.
- 40:21 Lessons learned from past failures.
- 45:11 Ingredients of a successful marriage.
- 47:50 "Empathy, being your authentic self" as my life philosophy.
- 49:40 Lynq Jewellery 20% off promo for She Ignites
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Helen Nicholson is joined by Career coach and CEO of Hesed Consulting Vumile Msweli. We explore Vumi's early life in Chesterville, Durban, her journey in corporate and life long commitment to studying and making an impact in the world of business and career management. We also unpack some inspiring moments from Nicky shares stories of her younger years growing up in Durban and her functional dis-functional family.
On this show we cover:
- 02:19 Vumi gives some background on her childhood and family life in Chesterville.
- 06:24 How working in corporate led to studying for a MBA in England.
- 08:54 Inspiration from grandad and lessons learnt from his business and negotiation skills.
- 10:57 Finding purpose in corporate and Top 3 lessons that people often get wrong about work.
- 14:16 Taking risks as an entrepreneur and the purpose behind what I do.
- 17:30 The formation of Hesed Consulting and the meaning behind the name.
- 18:34 The best investment energy wise was taking time to work on myself after my divorce.
- 21:12 Nice Gilrls Dont Get The Corner Office, Shantaram & Warrior Of Light being some of the most inspirational books she's read over the years.
- 24:02 Thinking I knew it all but my perspective changed during COVID and made me rethink my coaching and business strategy and being present for life's moments.
- 27:18 Advice to younger self "boys are overrated..."
- 30:05 Divorce at a young age was my favorite failure as it taught me that it takes two people to make a marriage work.
- 33:23 The idea behind the Corporate ladder game and how it can be used to help people who are starting or transitioning in their careers.
- 36:33 Understand how to negotiate and some tips to remember.
- 38:37 "Do it afraid" as my life philosophy, using fear to push and drive you to achieve your goals.
Recommended links:
http://hesedconsulting.co.za/
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Helen Nicholson is joined by author of "Finding Flow" and founder of Inspired Change Nicky Rowbotham. Nicky shares stories of her younger years growing up in Durban and her functional dis-functional family. As a team leader Nicky has learned some very powerful lessons and we unpack some tips on her leadership style.
On this show we cover:
- 00:59 Life in Durban and attending an all girl school
- 07:40 Impact on team as a leader and leadership style
- 11:19 My health journey how it influenced the Finding Flow book
- 16:47 Top 3 things that had an impact on my health
- 24:12 Person who embodies success
- 26:35 Book recommendations
- 28:05 3 books that have made the biggest impact
- 29:23 Favorite failure
- 31:45 Advice to younger self
- 33:44 My life's philosophy
- 36:36 Where to buy "Finding Flow"
Recommended links:
https://nickyrowbotham.com/
https://nickyrowbotham.com/flow/
https://nickyrowbotham.com/inspired-change/
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Niven Postma has had a wide and varied career across multiple organizations and sectors, in South Africa and internationally. She is the MD of Niven Postma Inc., and works as a leadership, culture and strategy facilitator for clients around the world. In this candid conversation with Helen Nicholson, Niven let's us into her adventurous childhood and travels to the Kibbutz after high school. We explore some lessons learned in senior positions across different business sectors. We also unpack some moments that led her being retrenched in corporate and pursue her purpose.
- On the show we cover:
02:02 Early life in Port Elizabeth
07:28 Influence on outlook on life as head girl of an all girl school
14:12 Adventures after high school and travels to the Kibbutz
23:46 Coming back to South Africa
30:01 Lessons from leadership positions in different business sectors
37:36 Favorite failure and key takeaways
40:31 Best investments made in the last 5 years
43:03 Do and don'ts of connecting with people and building a network
48:08 Books that have made a big impression and books I've gifted people with
54:07 Productivity hacks and habits
56:32 Top 3 things learned while Navigating Corporate Politics
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Website: www.thenetworkingcompany.co.za
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Helen Nicholson is joined by executive coach, mentor and personal mastery expert Kedibone Mooi. Kedibone shares stories of her younger years growing up in Soweto with 3 sisters and cultural values she had to unlearn to be successful in corporate. A successful corporate career led to Kedibone's rise to management at a young age and she shares some of the challenges and self improvement tips that helped her in her journey to personal mastery.
On this show we cover:
- 01:12 Growing up in Soweto
- 02:40 values taught by parents
- 05:08 topical conversations in coaching sessions
- 06:45 transitioning from school to working in corporate as a young manager
- 15:30 how culture/tradition affects your outlook on work and life
- 18:17 lessons learnt from a failed marriage and advice on second marriage
- 26:00 mindfulness techniques
- 35:32 advice to younger self
- 38:43 favorite failure
- 40:53 book recommendations
- 46:06 my life's philosophy
- 48:52 lessons learned from motherhood
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Helen Nicholson is joined by Joni Peddie, CEO of “Making Resilient People’. Joni takes us through her early years growing up in Natal, her family life, and how she got involved with the enneagram institute. The conversation leads to dealing with the loss of her husband and some tough motherhood lessons taught by her beautiful daughters. We close off with some quick-fire questions where Joni shares some bad recommendations from the resilience and speaking industry, she shares her favorite books and her life philosophy. Thank you for tuning in. If you enjoyed the show, please give us a rating or share the episode with friends and family.
In this episode we cover:
● 01:13 early family life and defining moments
● 08:36 bringing the enneagram into South Africa
● 15:54 toolkits and ritual to help self-manage
● 21:39 dealing with the loss of a husband
● 32:14 motherhood lessons
● 35:14 advice to younger self
● 36:20 bad recommendations in resilience and speaking industry
● 39:00 books I’ve gifted others and 3 of my favourites
● 44:32 recommendations for better sleep
● 46:45 my life’s philosophy
Suggested readings:
● https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/
● https://daveasprey.com/
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