Our guest today is Marta Zaraska a Canadian science writer published in the Washington Post, Scientific American, The Atlantic, etc. Her new book, “GROWING YOUNG: How Friendship, Optimism and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100", is a Globe and Mail bestseller. GROWING YOUNG was endorsed by Adam Grant, Dan Buettner, Emeran Mayer, among others, and named by The Wall Street Journal one of the best books of 2020 on longevity and aging.

LINKS:

Book: http://www.GrowingYoungTheBook.com

Social - Twitter & Instagram: @mzaraska

In this podcast we talk about:

- The role of kindness, compassion & social relationships in our lives

- Kale & Fitbit

- Our busy lives & screaming needs

- How we can integrate the above in our individual & community living

Our guest today is Professor Maja, a sociologist, author and TEDx speaker. She is also a confidence-builder and apology-hater. She graduated with a Ph.D. in Sociology in 2014 (focusing on the sociology of women’s health), with no clear career in mind, until she attended an academic conference that completely changed the trajectory of her research, career and life. Her full-time job is on the public speaking circuit where she gives talks and workshops to girls and women about all things related to confidence, communication and mindset.

Social Media

Website: professormaja.com

In this podcast we discussed

- The nature of excessive apology

-Gender & Cultural disparities

- Women & their downplaying biases

- Changing the script so that we can re-build our confidence

Our guest today is Azam Jamil, who has more than 44 years of experience in Hospitality, Tourism, Management, Marketing, Operations, Peoples Management and Training & Development. His schooling journey started from Aitchison College Lahore, Burn Hall Abbottabad, University of Karachi and finally to Cornell University in Ithaca New York. Azam is one of Pakistan’s leading authorities on Executive Development. Azam has also been a professional sportsman and was Pakistan’s national champion. He has represented Pakistan in tournaments at home and abroad. He is also a qualified pilot, holds a Commercial Pilots License and has flown for Air Search & Rescue in Colorado, USA. Music is Azam’s passion; he has been playing for over 4 decades.

Social Media

Youtube: Azam Jamil Developing People

In this podcast we talk about :

- Navigating our challenging lives

- Tarbiyat (Upbringing) & Taaleem (Education)

-Honesty & Authenticity

- The art of losing

- Eg0 & Vulnerability

Our guest today is Wale Elegbede, who is described as a community servant by the La Crosse Tribune Editorial Board, he is an advocate for people, community, and diversity. He has brought people of all backgrounds together through positive dialogue and collaboration. As he says "Being a father and husband  are my MOST important roles" and all the rest follow

You can find out more about Mr. Elegbede on:

Website: waleelegbede.com

Twitter: @welegbede

Instagram :@welegbede

In this podcast we talk about :

- Pillars of community building

- Breaking bread with your brothers

- Compassion as the antidote of hate

- Common base of Abrahamic Religions

Our guest today is Dilruba Ahmed ,the author Bring Now the Angels (Pitt Poetry Series, 2020), with poems featured in New York Times Magazine, The Slowdown, and Poetry Unbound with Pádraig Ó Tuama. Her debut book of poetry, Dhaka Dust (Graywolf Press, 2011), won the Bakeless Prize. Her poems have appeared in Kenyon Review, New England Review, and Ploughshares. Her poems have also been anthologized in The Best American Poetry 2019 (Scribner), Halal If You Hear Me (Haymarket Books), Literature: The Human Experience (Bedford/St. Martin’s), and elsewhere. Ahmed is the recipient of The Florida Review’s Editors’ Award, a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Prize, and the Katharine Bakeless Nason Fellowship in Poetry awarded by the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. She has taught creative writing with Chatham University’s MFA Program, Hugo House in Seattle, and online with The Writing Lab. 

Website : dilrubaahmed.com

Facebook :facebook.com/dilruba.ahmed

Instagram : dilruba_ahmed20

Twitter :@DilrubaAhmed

Our conversation was about :

- The parallels & paradigms of Poetry

- Mystery & Illusion

- 50% of the reader

- Grief & Poetry

- A beautiful recitation of Ruba's poem by Ruba herself

Originally from Madrid, Spain, Carlos has been steeped in all aspects of the yoga tradition during more than 40 years of practice and study. He spent 18 of those years as a monk of the Saraswati order, under the name Swami Gitananda, including 9 years of traditional training and practice in India. During this time he learned the various systems of Indian Philosophy and immersed himself in the practice of yoga, becoming one of the senior monks of the tradition and teaching meditation and philosophy to tens of thousands of students around the world. He combines this experience and traditional training with his academic background, which includes two Masters Degrees: one in Sanskrit, from U.C. Berkeley (where he has taught) and another one, in Religious Studies, from U.C. Santa Barbara. He is currently working on a book on the topic of “Karma and the Journey of the Soul”, as well as an updated History of Yoga and a new translation of the Śivasūtra, an important Tantric text of the Kashmiri tradition .

As a teacher, Carlos is renowned for the breadth of his knowledge and the clarity with which he conveys it. His great love of the Indian yoga traditions, his insight, his humor and his deep connection with his audiences give him the ability to transmit the deepest scriptural teachings in a way that is clear, meaningful and applicable. Studying with Carlos is an enjoyable and transformative experience.

Carlos Pomeda Website : pomeda.com

In this podcast we talk about :

- Philosophic world view

- Yogic Philosophy

- Consciousness & Mediation

- Heart & Mind supremacy