As Told By Nomads

Today's interview is with Natasha Scripture. Natasha is an author, poet, health coach and former aid worker. As an emergency spokesperson for the United Nations, Natasha covered humanitarian crises around the world, including conflicts and natural disasters in Ethiopia, Haiti, Libya, and Pakistan. Before the UN, she worked as a writer, producer and editor for a variety of organizations, including the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera English, TED, National Geographic and Condé Nast Publications. She has been interviewed by CNN, ABC News, BBC Radio, the Irish Examiner and Women’s Health (Australia), among other news outlets, been published in the New York Times, The Telegraph, Marie Claire, Glamour UK, The Sydney Morning Herald, Huffington Post, The Boston Globe, the New York Post and The Atlantic, among other publications, and been featured in Marie Claire, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Sunday Times Style magazine. Natasha has a Masters of Science in Gender and Development Studies from the London School of Economics, a Bachelors degree from New York University and a health coach certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She is certified in Ayurveda Foundations from the California College of Ayurveda and has studied the Ayurvedic art of health and healing with Dr. Vasant Lad, founder of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Natasha has lived in several different countries and travels frequently. Yet no matter where she is in the world, she seeks to inspire and empower women with her writing and storytelling.

In an adventurous and emotionally charged memoir, MAN FAST: A Memoir, Natasha Scripture asks herself: What is my purpose? Recognizing her privileged upbringing, Natasha wanted to connect with people and the world in a whole new way. Fed up with her demanding career, and the pressure to “settle down,” and “find a man,” Natasha decides to go on a man fast. Yes, it’s exactly as it sounds. After the death of her father, she realized she needed to do some soul-searching, to turn inward, and to do that, she needed to do what you could call a cleanse, ridding herself of anything standing in the way of her self-discovery. Men were at the top of the list. Natasha spreads her spiritual journey across four continents and MAN FAST takes her from meditating in an Ayurvedic ashram in southern India to toiling on a vineyard on Mount Etna to going on a solo-safari in a game reserve in southern Tanzania (where she also marries herself— yes, it’s a thing). With chapters tied to actionable themes—Allowing, Surrendering, Committing, Connecting, and Being—her book is an antidote to a culture that prizes finding the right man and settling down into a conventional pattern over taking the time to know and live and love your true self.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Natasha's book: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Fast-Memoir-Natasha-Scripture/dp/1542091187
• Website: http://natashascripture.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natashascripture/
• My book: https://www.amazon.com/Use-Your-Difference-Make-Cross-Cultural/dp/1119590698/

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Today's interview is with Nir Eyal. Nir is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book Hooked: How to Build Habit Forming Products. Eyal teaches at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and is a design expert who in his forthcoming book Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life provides urgent advice on how to become Indistractable. He loves to discuss what it takes to become a global leader.

In our interview Nir discusses the following:

• Why technology is NOT hijacking your brain and who's really to blame.
• Why distraction at work is a symptom of workplace dysfunction.
• Habits of the Indistractables: How to master internal triggers. prevent distraction with pacts, and make time for traction.
• How to chose your life and control your impulsiveness, plan ahead, and ensure that you will follow through on your goals.
• How to lead an Indistractable organization: Create psychological safety & have leaders who exemplify the importance of doing focused work.
• How to hack back your time: Prevent habitual rechecking of emails and send fewer emails.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Indistractable book: NirAndFar.com/Indistractable
• Schedule maker tool: https://nirandfar.com/schedule-maker/
• Distraction guide: https://www.nirandfar.com/distractions/
• Website: http://www.indistractable.com
• My book: https://www.amazon.com/Use-Your-Difference-Make-Cross-Cultural/dp/1119590698/

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Today's episode is with Hilary Allen. Hilary Allen is a Senior Associate at Net Impact and Community Manager of the Up to Us Campus Competition. Hilary’s involvement in Up to Us began as a Team Leader representing the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, after which she began working as an intern at Net Impact, and subsequently the Community Manager of the national campaign. Hilary leads the weekly training sessions for the campaign leaders and supports 125 teams with their campaign strategy and execution over the course of the year. Hilary holds a bachelor’s degree in Global Studies and Portuguese.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Up to Us Website: www.itsuptous.org
• Net Impact: https://www.netimpact.org/
• Hilary's email: [email protected]
• My Book: https://www.amazon.com/Use-Your-Difference-Make-Cross-Cultural/dp/1119590698/

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Today's episode is with Guryan Tighe. Guryan is an experienced executive coach, workshop leader and communications strategist. Tighe created FOURAGE because she is driven by her fascination in human ‘beingness.’ She created a model on how to identify and live your WHY (purpose) through accessing your fear. She's a published author; contributing a chapter on Fear as Your Treasure Map and The Importance of your WHY. The Better Business Book: 100 People, 100 Stories, 100 Business Lessons To Live By (Volume 3 & Volume 4).

She has served as the Head of Speaker Development at Jolt, working to reinvent the learning experience, Partner ofSpeakeasy Strategies, a strategic communication advisory firm where she led influencer relations and messaging & positioning and prior to that, Chief Culture Officer, Highwire PR. Tighe received her coaches and leadership development training from The Coaches Training Institute (CTI).

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Guryan's website: https://fourage.io
• My book: https://www.amazon.com/Use-Your-Difference-Make-Cross-Cultural/dp/1119590698/

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Today's episode is with Selma Nicholls. Selma is an inspirational mother of one who founded Looks Like Me - a pioneering talent agency challenging racial stereotypes in advertising thanks to the support of Virgin StartUp. Selma has an amazing story and is an inspirational voice to those who are looking to start-up in business or go back to work.

Selma started her business in 2016, after her three year-old daughter began questioning her identity and disliking her curly hair as she rarely saw children looking like herself in mainstream media. Selma wanted to create content for her daughter, and others like her, so they no longer felt different. From this lightbulb moment, Looks Like Me was born, the only child talent agency in the UK that champions improving diversity in media. 

Selma is part of Virgin StartUp's incredible public pledge to commit to a 50/50 funding target for women and men entrepreneurs by the end of 2020, becoming the first business funder in the UK to make this promise. 

The pledge represents a crucial step towards achieving gender balance for start-up investment in the UK but Virgin StartUp will also address the nationwide barriers faced by many women in business, such as childcare and gender based discrimination, including unconscious bias. 

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Looks Like Me Website: https://lookslikeme.co.uk/
• My Book: https://www.amazon.com/Use-Your-Difference-Make-Cross-Cultural/dp/1119590698/

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Today's episode is with Flavilla Fongang. Flavilla is an award-winning businesswoman, international speaker, MD, a creative brand strategist and a Tech London Advocate. She was named “She’s Mercedes” businesswoman by Mercedes Benz among women such as Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook. She was also chosen by the BBC as one of their brand strategy experts and is a guest marketing and brand strategy lecturer at Goldsmiths University, she mentors at London Metropolitan University and was named the most influential businesswoman by LinkedIn.

She was born & raised in Paris and moved to London in 2002 despite being unable to speak English. Within her first year in London, she obtained a BA in Economics & Law, a BA in Marketing & Communications and an MA in International Business with distinction.

Her determination extends to helping her clients achieve their goals and they appreciate her positive attitude and fun personality. As a result, her clients have achieved outstanding outcomes for their business. She believes and has seen businesses achieve more when they develop brands with authentic human purpose.

In our interview, we discuss neuromarketing, digital brand strategy and branding.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• 3 Colours Rule: https://www.3coloursrule.co.uk/

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Today's interview is with Howard Ross. Howard is a lifelong social justice advocate and the founding partner of Cook Ross. He’s considered one of the world’s seminal thought leaders on identifying and addressing Unconscious Bias. Howard has delivered programs in 47 states and over 40 other countries to audiences including Fortune 500 companies and major institutions within healthcare, government and non-profit sectors. He authored the Washington Post best seller, Everyday Bias:  Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives and ReInventing Diversity: Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose and Performance. His new book, Our Search for Belonging: How the Need for Connection Is Tearing Our Culture Apart describes how to bridge the divide in our increasingly polarized society. 

In our interview, we discuss:

• How to create a safe space to engage with different points of view
• How to remove bias in areas such as recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and performance reviews 
• Why organizations must provide training in interpersonal areas, such as diversity, inclusion and engaging in different points of view through a dialogue rather than a debate
• How the Whole Foods Market and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store factions fully exemplify our polarization

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Our Search for Belonging: How the Need for Connection Is Tearing Our Culture Apart: https://www.amazon.com/Our-Search-Belonging-Connect-Tearing/dp/1523095032/
• Howard Ross's Twitter page: https://twitter.com/HowardJRoss
• Use Your Difference to Make a Difference: https://www.amazon.com/Use-Your-Difference-Make-Cross-Cultural/dp/1119590698/

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Today's episode is with Stephen Somers. Stephen is a co-founder of Marketplace SuperHeroes, an information product that teaches anyone how to start an international eCommerce business selling on Amazon. Stephen Somers has a unique strategy that he focuses on and teaches that is different from anything else out there. Most of his success selling on Amazon involves his method for product and market research. He also has a different philosophy and strategies for expanding into the European market on Amazon, which he's also had a lot of success from.

Stephen says, “We are all about helping our community of heroes create home based lifestyle businesses selling simple, every day products globally on Amazon. Our aim is to create the #1 place for aspiring entrepreneurs to come to learn how to build a real business from people who have ACTUALLY done it. Our goal is to help 100,000 entrepreneurs create financial freedom by building a home based, lifestyle business using our system. We are genuinely passionate about seeing our members become true business owners rather than just ‘ another Amazon seller looking for the next bright shiny object’ – we are painfully focused on making sure that our heroes learn the skills required to become world class business owners who will have the ability to create income for YEARS not just months or weeks as well as the confidence to know that they can build any business with the skills they’ve learned from us.”

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Stephen-Robert-1429399653973369/ 
• Website: http://www.marketplacesuperheroes.com

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Today's interview is with Ali Master. After flunking out of college, being unemployed, and getting hospitalized after a failed suicide attempt, Ali figured there was nowhere to go but up. Thus began this Pakistani Muslim immigrant’s journey through the American Dream—a process that would take him to partnership in one of the top consulting firms in the country in record time. His new book, Beyond the Golden Door, follows experience story of coming to the United States as college student, starting as a bottom-rung employee at McDonald’s, and taking advantage of the opportunities thrown his way, which later led to his success as Managing Partner at Ernst & Young.

We discuss:

• How he overcame the challenges to thrive as an immigrant and live the American Dream.
• His transition from McDonald’s to becoming a Managing Partner at one of the big 6 accounting firms.
• The failure of his first business and how he bounced back.
• How the “invisible hand” of capitalism and the visible hand of the rule of law co-exist beautifully.
• Defining the American Dream beyond the material dimension.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Ali Master’s Website: https://alimaster.com/
• Ali’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RZ5G8M7/

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Today's interview is with Sez Kristiansen. She is a third generation, TCK. Both sets of her grandparents had mixed-culture marriages, so did her parents and so has she.

She has grown up under the roof of 6 different cultures while moving around Southern Africa and then eventually to the UK at 13 years old. From the UK, she completed her school and left again when she was 18 years old. She travelled back to Southern Africa to find places that no longer existed and a country that she felt no longer a part of - and decided to spend the rest of her life travelling and to become a citizen of the world.

She completed a fashion and marketing University degree, and then worked/ travelled for over 10 years, spending longer periods in Samoa, Barcelona and Sydney.

She met a Danish man in Australia in 2008 and they got married and moved to Sri Lanka for 2 years until she got pregnant with their first child. They moved to Denmark 7 years ago and have been through an incredible process of healing with both her rootlessness and his deeply embedded belonging to his birth culture. After a few years of working full time in the fashion industry in Denmark, as well as having two young children, and dealing with the stress of a 'normal life', she wanted to return to her nomadic ways - but now she was a mother and wife, she needed to learn how to settle into a more grounded space of being with herself and her past.

This led her to her most expansive journey yet as she had to turn inward to find the freedom she so longed for. With the support of her husband, she quit her job, they sold their house and moved into a commune in the city. They used their savings to buy a piece of land in the Danish wilderness and have built a little cabin on it. They started creating freedom through intentional living and it led her to start making her passion a full-time job, which is authoring books on the subject of oneness, healing, intentional living and intentional manifestation.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Website: https://www.sezkristiansen.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sezkristiansen/
• Sez's books: https://www.sezkristiansen.com/books

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