Often referred to as a ‘Fashion & Tech Girl”, Anupama is known for breaking stereotypes. She is a chemical engineer, a post-graduate in fashion marketing, an entrepreneur, a speaker, and an author. She is involved in building disruptive technology for fashion analytics. A woman in technology and fashion - amazing, isn’t it?

She builds her life and work on 4 strong pillars: SLICeR - based on her skill, Anna Rainn - based on her passion, SYZYGYmoments - her life’s vision and her son Yash - her reason d’etre.
Through her fashion brand, Anna Rainn, she promotes body positivity amongst women and has a strong voice in women empowerment.

A dreamer, a doer and a connector of people, you will often find her having engaged and authentic conversations. She urges one to see beyond oneself, be unique, live a life filled with purpose, and move forward with enthusiasm.

Her Life Mantra: “Every time, you hear yourself saying, I can’t, hear it as I can. Totally.”
Anupama is on her path to touch a million lives meaningfully. She inspires one to see beyond oneself, live zestfully and purposefully.

Aniqa Zaman is a life strategist and a dear friend of mine. When I first met her, I asked "What does a life strategist do?"

A life strategist is someone who believes in you, encourages you, holds you accountable to a bigger vision and doesn’t buy into the fears and limiting beliefs you have of yourself. It is having someone at your side to make things happen, both professionally and personally.

Since then, Aniqa has been at my side to listen and give me guidance to navigate my life as a business owner. We have been bouncing ideas back and forth to each other since, sharing inspirational quotes (we tend to like the same ones), talking about stationery and notebooks and she has always been here to help me set boundaries and understand the real notion of “me” time.

I met Valerie, an integrative nutrition, health, and wellness coach, as well as a chef at home, in Singapore. She inspired me to change, follow her path and look at things in the kitchen differently. She is full of life-changing tips and recipes. She has trying to get me to buy her favorite ally Thermomix and I am a huge fan of her concept of simplifying meals.

Today Manale Ganiere joins me on the podcast. From Switzerland to Singapore and now in Poland, Manale is a former lawyer turned yoga teacher. She has stayed connected with friends and family thanks to technology and has also adopted it to share her journey on and off the mat and what it means to really switch and change direction. Manale empowers people to take their own journey and embrace their perfectly imperfect self.

Born in the South of France, the first trip to New York City, studying in Italy, meeting her husband in India, living in Singapore, and now in Melbourne, Marie is a globetrotter at heart, passionate about people, earrings, the color yellow & much more. She aspires to be a kind leader and make a difference.

Marie explains how she was introduced to technology, and how important it has been in her personal and professional life. She believes that when used consciously, technology can change the world around us for the better and help us stay connected to the people we have met around the world. Friendly Digital is at the core of everything Marie does, offline, and online with her digital marketing agency, Them You & Me.