Fearless Knowledge

In this super 'intersectional' conversation, Ali and I talk about 'fearing our feelings' and the urgent call to become fearless feelers during COVID and the crises of 2020! It's almost like we've been needing 'permission to feel'. 

I loved making this episode while slowly coming out of COVID lockdown in London, which frankly has also felt like an 'emotional lockdown'. We have all been deeply confronted with our emotions individually and and as a society. The fears of this pandemic and the racism events in the US and globally around Black Lives Matter movement have shaken our internal selves, allowing our cores to surface. Ali and I talk about the controversy of this kind of emotional transparency as we share our personal stories. We also discuss why it's hard to admit to being driven by our emotions rather than by our thoughts as Philosopher, Spinoza, once claimed and got rejected for. 

This very geeky episode weaves philosophy of emotions vs thought and connects the dots to modern psychology, politics, and literature. 

Ps. This conversation was inspired in part by Brene Brown's podcast series, Unlocking Us, specifically the episode "Permission to Feel" - an interview with Dr. Marc Brackett, the Director of Centre for Emotional Intelligence at Yale University.

Thank you for lending us your ears and hearts! It's time we become fearless. 

Share the word about Fearless Knowledge. 

Fearlessly yours,
Tania and Ali

***This podcast series is inspired by Tania's training and workshop series for children and professionals in intersectional emotional and social intelligence. 

© Fearless Knowledge 2020
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*Sound Editing by Lukas Steinmaier

In episode 2, still during COVID-19 lockdown and recording online, Ali and I dive into an unrehearsed conversation about his recent meditation, where he returns to the day 911 happened while he was in his British boarding school, and how that day affected him as a  Muslim-British young man. He bravely tells details of his meditation and shows us how to reflect and observe our fears. I am so grateful to Ali for trusting me and sharing his feelings so vulnerably, unexpectedly and fearlessly. 

Fear, I argue, is the unavoidable essence and central emotion to being human, and in 2020, we are especially and urgently being called to observe our fears fearlessly and compassionately. Fearlessness is love and our calling and essence too. 

Thank you for tuning in! Share the word about Fearless Knowledge. 

Fearlessly yours, 
Tania and Ali

***This podcast series is inspired by Tania's training and workshop series for children and professionals in intersectional emotional intelligence. 
© Fearless Knowledge 2020.

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Hi everyone! Welcome to Fearless Knowledge. In this 1st episode, Ali Khan and I (Tania Khojasteh), begin our first conversation on intersectional topics on emotional and social intelligence. We have recorded this live and on Skype, in the height of pandemic fear and COVID lockdown in London!  So, it will definitely have some 'charming' crackles and pops! We both share stories about who we are, why it's so timely that we begin to talk about FEAR and fearlessness in order to understand and engage with ourselves better as human beings. I also share why as an easily scared child I started to see fear as the fundamental emotional force that drove who I became and the emotional intelligence training I now provide at my company, (also called) Fearless Knowledge. 

This first episode sets the stage for the rest of this podcast series on intersectional conversations on emotional and social intelligence, and how our best end goal is to become fearless. Is fearlessness love? 

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With deep gratitude. 

Fearlessly yours, 
Tania & Ali

***This podcast series is inspired by Tania's training and workshop series for children and professionals in intersectional emotional intelligence. 
© Fearless Knowledge 2020.

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In this mini billboard episode, I share who I am and why my dear friend, Ali Khan, and I started this podcast series on emotional intelligence, with a timely lens on fear and fearlessness.