Kindness Konnect with Sharfunnisa Aaminah: Recent Episodes
Sharfunnisa Aaminah
This podcast is all about exploring kindness and it's relationship with human potentials like empathy, resiliency, communication, leadership, objective thinking, etc. And of course how all of this is connected to mental health. You will get to know how to incorporate kindness and other important characteristics in various aspects of life. If you are looking to become a better leader, forward thinking human being, a successful professional who wants to leave a successful and beautiful legacy, then this podcast is for you.
In this episode I share my views on why Kindness is both simple and complex. How our Kindness can be dependent on "terms and conditions" of our belief system. It's possible to be kind and unkind in the same situation with a few variables thereby questioning ourselves if we are truly kind. Tune in to know more! Happy listening! //Aaminah Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/sharfunnisa_aaminah?igshid=1vtt8jk8y52yj LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharfunnisa-aaminah-760900105
In Ep 15 of Kindness Konnect podcast I converse with one of the top minds in the field of Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence and Neuroscience, Mr. Manish Behl. We talked about a range of topics such as education, biases, viewing emotions and living life holistically by being one with them, thereby rediscovering ourselves and remolding ourselves. To know more about Mr. Behl and his work you can visit the site www.mindfulsciencecentre.com or connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/behlmanish and Instagram: @mindful_manish_behl
In the month of February 2021, let's talk about Mindset. We can change the way we think and act and become kinder, better human beings. We can use mindset to be good to ourselves, to others and to even our future self. To kickstart this month, we have a wonderful and beautiful person Karyn Ross who is the Founder and CEO of The Love and Kindness Project Foundation. She started her business at the age of 54 when most people start planning for retirement and has been devoting every minute of the day to spread Kindness around the world! Jump into our conversations to know how you too can develop a kind Mindset. Website: http://karynrossconsulting.com and https://loveandkindnessproject.org/
All of us go through tough times. Sometimes they leave a deep impact and stay with us in our minds in the form of trauma stopping us from realising our full potential. Here is where Mindfulness can play an important role. In this episode we have with us Dora Kamau who will be addressing about trauma and how we can heal ourselves with the practice of mindfulness. As a 200 hr meditation teacher and wellness artist, Dora, uses meditation as a tool to awaken individuals to the true experience of who they are. Impenetrable and unshaken by the qualms of life, Dora utilizes her own lived experience to guide and host in-person and online gatherings for women to connect through intentional conversations. Aside from meditation, Dora is a registered psychiatric nurse that integrates holistic, trauma-informed practices for women living with substance dependence and mental illness in Vancouver, BC. To know more about her you can visit her website https://www.dorakamau.ca/ or her Instagram account https://instagram.com/dora_kamau?igshid=1lyxal5wgg5ex
Personal mastery and conscious decision making can be viewed as a goal that can be achieved everyday and yet never be completely fulfilled. After all we are work in progress. But what if we could apply some principles from the vast ocean of Mindfulness and be able to reach our peak performance, become better human beings and be able to make difficult yet concious decisions with considerable ease? In this episode, Sandhya Krishnan shares her wisdom and insights to help us achieve this goal! She is a wellness coach at Dynamic Living, mindfulness trainer under the aegis of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. She is on a mission to help individuals reach peak productivity. To know more about her or get in touch with her visit https://www.dynamicliving.co/ or follow her on IG at https://instagram.com/sundaekrish?igshid=1c8qmmt2doysi
In this episode we talk about how to become more objective in our approach and thinking with Jay Abbasi and understand the implications of not being mindful in this approach. Jay is a Certified Mindfulness Trainer, storyteller, speaker and coach. His mission is to share the practice of mindfulness in the work place where it is desperately needed. He has developed training programs for billion dollar companies like Tesla and SolarCity, Palmetto Solar, Gain Capital, etc. You can follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayabbasi And subscribe to his weekly blog and visit his website on: https://www.jayabbasi.me
Having redefined Kindness Konnect, we are starting a monthly theme. For the month of October, the theme we will be exploring is Mindfulness. In this episode we have with us Clara Seeger, PhD who is a coach, corporate facilitator, speaker and author. She works with companies and individuals across many sectors and countries delivering mindfulness interventions, neuroscience based leaderships developed, executive coaching, coach training, as well as meditation based programmes to balance mind for optimal mental health and to help clients experience authentic wellbeing above and beyond a narrow focus on leadership performance and effectiveness. In this episode you will also find a short meditation practice that you can try doing. If you are interested in exploring how her approach to a balanced mind can add value to you or your organization you can access her FREE WEBINAR here: https://enlightened-leaders.com/webinar. You can find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claraseeger. Her website: http://www.enlightened-leaders.com
In this episode we understand what mental conditioning is and how it affects our relationships. We get into psychology, behaviour and methods with which we can change our previous conditioning and replace them with positive ideas and beliefs that will help us grow. Priyashi is a certified Advance Cognitive Hypnotic Life Coach, Psychologist, Spiritual Well-being Coach, Relationship Counselor and Lifologist (Career Coach). She is the founder of programs called Raahein and Vairagya. To know more about her and her work you can visit: http://www.theindianpsychologist.com. Hope you enjoy this episode and find it insightful.
Lorie Corcuera comes from a past that was marked by abuse, being subject to racism and overall not feeling like she belonged. She took her pain and turned it into life lessons and love. She has done deep intentional work on herself and has learned to forgive herself, love herself more and stand up for what is right. After killing of George Flyod she is actively talking about why it's important to be an Anti-Racist and how can we become one. In this episode we talk about some difficult things related to racism and try to navigate those tricky waters by looking at the best in people and world. Her journey and thought process will definitely give you a new perspective just like it did to me. Lorie Corcuera is the Co-Founder and CEO at SPARK Creations & Company Inc., a training and development organization that inspires people and companies to create meaningful cultures and workplaces. Lorie is a strategic business partner and culture leader with over 20 years experience in culture and belonging strategy and implementation, executive coaching, leadership alignment, organizational design and effectiveness, learning and development, diversity and inclusion, and elevating workplace experiences that inspire purpose, connection, and impact. Lorie's life purpose is to live WOW and LOVE completely. To know more about her and her work you can visit: http://sparkcreationsinc.com/. Also I would love for you to read this amazing blog post she has written. Although it's a letter she wrote to her younger self, it's full of wisdom and motivation that I know a lot of us can use. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/love-letter-my-younger-self-lorie-corcuera/. Hope you find this episode as insightful as I did.
In this episode we talk about key concepts of better communication, understand the impact of empathy, kindness in the ways we communicate and also decode what makes a good engaging story. Antoni is a global keynote speaker and author. Over the course of 25 years, he has found 20 keys to great workplace communication which he talks about in his keynotes, blogs, books (he has authored/co-authored 12 books).
His occupational passion is centered around human communication with a focus on the workplace, and his mission is simple: He wants people to get along, to feel engaged and motivated going to work.
His keynotes are centred around three major topics namely Employee Engagement, Leadership Communication and Customer Experience. Apart from the usual studies within leadership, sales etc. he has studied mental training, performance development, micro expressions, NLP, coaching, DISC and other pseudo-sciences. He is an amazing professional and even better person. To know more about him you can visit his website https://antonilacinai.com/
In this episode, Jan Gunnarsson talks about Hostmanship - The art of welcoming people. He talks about 7 mindset choices that we can make as individuals and organisations that will eventually decide how compassionate and welcoming we are. We also talk about self compassion and parenting. After 25 years in a hectic career as a leader, CEO & entrepreneur two panic attacks changed the course of Jan's life. Instead of only chasing short term goals & deadlines he wanted to explore what creates real & sustainable success for individuals & organisations.
After interviewing hundreds of leaders in all ages & thousands of people throughout the world on what makes them feel welcome & included, he developed The Hostmanship Philosophy. Jan is an international Speaker, Author, Founder of The Hostmanship Group. He is also a Stanford University Certified Compassion trainer. You can learn more about him from his website: jangunnarsson.com Hope you enjoy this wisdom filled episode!
In this episode I talk with Shifu Kanishka and understand how practicing martial arts or sports makes a person emotionally strong. How it changes a person's psyche, help him/her respond to adversity in life and have a good mental health. We also discuss how the training helps people make a come back in life and importance of family in life. Shifu Kanishka Sharma is the FIRST and ONLY Indian to have gained the title of 'Shifu' from the famous Shaolin Temple China. He is the first Indian who bought the deadly combat system of Pekiti Tirsia Kali to India. He is also the first Indian to introduce Kali Tactical Combat System to the Law Enforcement Military and Special Forces.
Shifu kanishka has spent 32 years of his life training in various martial arts and created his own system called Shifu Kanishka Combatives. It’s a blend of six martial arts extensively studied by him under different masters, which includes Shaolin Kung fu, Pekiti Tirsia Kali, Muay Thai Chaiya, Jeet Kune Do, Tai Chi and WingChun. His system majorly comprises of street survival tactics.
Here are some of his major achievements: Featured in Young Turks by CNBC TV 18 – 2004.
Awarded with India Today Group’s ‘young Achievers’- 2004.
Featured in Mano Yan Na Mano on Star TV & on Dilli Ke Log , an exclusive documentary of his remarkable journey- 2007.
Nominated as Pepsi Mtv Youth Icon- 2008.
The first Indian again to have trained at Philippines War College in the deadly art of Pekiti Tirsia Kali (PTK)
Recognized By India Today Group as ‘Change Makers Delhi. – 2010.
Key speaker at TEDx, “Ideas worth spreading” -2013.
Featured in epic channel’s documentary, Made in India to showcase Shaolin Kung Fu’s Origin and exclusive coverage of Shifu’s journey in India today’s men Health- 2015.
Exclusive documentary was made on Shifu Kanishka by 101 India -2017
Featured in “Assignment Asia” by CGT- China Television -2017. To know more you can visit the websites: https://www.shaolinindia.com/ and http://kanishkasharma.info/ You can follow him on Facebook and Instagram. His page name is Shifu Kanishka Combatives
In this episode we talk briefly about what an Army personnel's life is like. And how military service shaped Harsh's mindset, thinking, and life. How he slowly gravitated towards compassion, kindness, and actions that help others. Through his stories he tells us how we can help someone. How collaboration and a keen desire to make someone's life better can change us for good.
In this episode we talk about forgiven, acceptance, feedback and how it's the little things that make all the difference. We also discuss how everything, even kindness starts from us. My friend and today's guest Anders Lundin is an educator, sports leader, elite coach and former national handball captain (Sweden) and a certified change leader. His subject area is 'Communication in all forms'.
Skickliggör AB (formerly Värdegrundsfabriken AB) was started in 2012. It is owned and operated by Anders Lundin. You can get in touch with him via his website: http://xn--skickliggra-zfb.se/om-anders-lundin/ His LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anders-lundin-skickliggör-75736213. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!
In this episode we explore kindness, time management, and how lack of kindness can lead to degraded mental health. My friend and this episode's guest Sakshi is UNESCO Kindness Leader and founder of LEAP India, a social service project. She served the community as the first Chairwoman for Rotary International District 3011 (2017-18). She works in an advisory capacity for multiple AI-Based start-ups after 3 years of own start-up experience which began in early high-school years.
Currently she is working as a Consultant Analyst with Saville Assessment, Willis Towers Watson (UK). Her closest passion is solo-travelling with 29 trips under her belt! You can find her at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sakshi-bansal It was wonderful to have her on my podcast and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!
In this episode I talk in depth with a fellow mental health advocate Dimple Mehta (IG: @inforstyle) about mental health and what steps can we take on individual level to deal with daily struggles.