We also discuss growing up in Detroit with that surname...

Grace Nikae began touring internationally as a concert pianist at 13 years old...

(I was going to ask her the definition of "child prodigy" and then found out she'd been on TV as a 3 y.o. solving algebraic equations and reading from a Mark Twain novel, so checks out.)

Grace has done many incredible things (e.g. after leaving her international solo career she wrote 8 best selling novels under a pseudonym, taught herself to code and somehow ended up as marketing director of a 5 star hotel in Hawaii, started a TikTok on leadership and grew her audience to 80k followers etc. etc.)

HOWEVER this conversation is really about the human story underneath all of that. Loneliness, suffering, isolation. What triggered the decision to leave music. Her attitude to following her curiosity. We all need to feel loved and that we belong 💛

Very special conversation xx

Dave Sherwood is Co-Founder and CEO of BibliU.

BibliU is an education technology company, specialising in digital textbook provision for universities.

Originally from Western Australia, Dave was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University but left his studies after 18 months having founded BibliU.

Georgie is a legend / lawyer based in Melbourne who is passionate about food & diet culture.

insta: @conceivingitall

podcast: Conceiving it All - the podcast

She sent me a million books / resources to include in the show notes:

ADHD

ADHD 2.0, Edward M Hallowell, Dr. John J. Ratey

Scattered Minds, Gabor Mate

Dr Arthur Stabolidis (psych in Melbourne does online stuff)

Body Image / Race / Criminal Justice System:

The Mother Wound, Amani Haydar

Witness, Louise Milligan

The Body is Not an Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor

More Than a Body, Lindsay & Lexie Kite

Unapologetic Eating, Alissa Rumsey

Hood Feminism, Mikki Kendall

Also:

A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar, Cheryl Strayed

Untamed, Glennon Doyle

Nolan Gore is the General Manager and owner of Top Choice Lawn Care, Austin (85 employees. $8M and growing)

He previously served in the US Marine Corps as Combat Engineer Officer.

Twitter: @LeadershipAcad1

Kai lives in Tampere Finland. He is a ghostwriter, podcaster and former MMA fighter.

Silba is a trained behavioural scientist and trauma-informed somatic coach (MSc, Dipl, Cert, Dipl) who supports ambitious humans to reconnect to their bodies, redefine their purpose and savour the fullness of life.
In her private coaching sessions, workshops and talks, she merges modern science, therapeutic frameworks and ancestral traditions to support clients on their unique journey of integrity, vitality and confidence.
Her spaces are inclusive, playful and empowering and infused with her contagious positive energy. She is most often found geeking out over personal development and growth, asking deep questions, dancing barefoot and devouring yummy foods.

@silbastaffler

www.silbastaffler.com/whatscooking

Oliver Webb-Carter, having studied history & archaeology, worked at JP Morgan for nearly two decades, before deciding to return to his first love, history. He is the editor and co-founder of Aspects of History, a magazine and podcast dedicated to history and historical fiction.

aspectsofhistory.com