G+T Conversations

By Gwenda + Tatjana

Welcome to G+T Conversations, the ultimate global lifestyle podcast!

Tune in every Friday, as Gwenda + Tatjana (both in their thirties, both Germans and living in Mumbai) discuss everything from urban... more

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December 16, 20231.11 - How To Change The World In 30 Minutes | G+T Conversations
Welcome to G+T Conversations, the ultimate global lifestyle podcast! We are your hosts, Gwenda + Tatjana, and in this episode, we speak about HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠⁠ and join the conversation.

Some of the things we mentioned in this episode:
Favourites of the Week:
Tatjana: The moment her Mumbai friend went to a Chinese Mahjong club and restaurant in Kolkata and met Tatjana's mother-in-law in a moment of serendipity (isn't it crazy how small the world is?)

Gwenda: Her Bengaluru Trip and falling in love with the city again
Goal of the Week:
Tatjana: Prepare the next year and prep for 2024

Gwenda: Reflecting and Wrapping up 2023
How to Change the World:
Definition of Active Citizenship: People who get involved in their local communities and democracy at all levels, from town to cities to nationwide activities. Active Citizenship can be as small as a beach clean up and as big as educating young people about democratic values, skills and participation.
Donate Time: example - volunteer at your child's school or your football club or your neighborhood association

Donate Money: example - donate to NGOs that work on causes that you are passionate about

Donate Items: example - donate your clothes, electronics, etc.
In today's episode we introduce you to: ConnectFor, a non-profit organization that connects volunteers and NGOs pan-India. If you are looking for an opportunity to volunteer across sectors such as women empowerment, education, healthcare, environment, animal welfare, and many more, check out their website: https://connectfor.org/
Share your ideas on how to change the world on Instagram and don't forget to tag us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also connect with us on our personal accounts ⁠⁠⁠⁠@gwendaschobert⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠@craving_expat_life⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Tune in every Friday for a new episode.
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December 11, 20231.10 - HoHoHo: Christmas In Germany + As An Expat | G+T Conversations
Welcome to G+T Conversations, the ultimate global lifestyle podcast! We are your hosts, Gwenda + Tatjana, and in this episode, we speak about GOAL SETTING.
Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠ and join the conversation.

Some of the things we mentioned in this episode:
Favourites of the Week:
Tatjana: Christmas Tree Lighting at Courtyard by Marriott

Gwenda: Mumbai City FC Asian Champions League Game
Goal of the Week:
Tatjana: Secret Santa with the Susegad Book Club

Gwenda: Decorate for Christmas at home and go for some Christmas activities
Christmas Traditions in Germany:
Advent Calendars

St Nicolaus Day

Secret Santa in school, with colleagues, etc

Christmas Parties in office, school, sport clubs, etc.

Christmas Market

Christmas Decorations in public spaces

Carol Singing
People in Germany celebrate Christmas on 24 December (and continue with family Christmas gatherings on 25 and 26 December).
How to get into the Christmas spirit as an Expat (living abroad):
Watch Christmas movies

Listen to Christmas songs

Decorate your home

Uphold your Christmas traditions from home

Celebrate new Christmas traditions from your new country

Attend Christmas events (like the Christmas Tree Lighting at Courtyard by Marriott :p )
Tag us in your Christmas photos or videos on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠.
Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠. You can also connect with us on our personal accounts ⁠⁠⁠@gwendaschobert⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@craving_expat_life⁠⁠⁠.
Tune in every Friday for a new episode.
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December 02, 20231.9 - 10 Tips for Successful Goal Setting | G+T Conversations
Welcome to G+T Conversations, the ultimate global lifestyle podcast! We are your hosts, Gwenda + Tatjana, and in this episode, we speak about GOAL SETTING.

Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠ and join the conversation.

Some of the things we mentioned in this episode
Favourites of the Week:
Tatjana: German National Day Celebration at the CSMVS Museum (and meeting German football legend Oliver Kahn)

Gwenda: Flower Subscription by Shades of Spring (birthday gift from Tatjana)
Goal of the Week:
Tatjana: Goalsetting for December and 2024

Gwenda: Book tickets for my Bangalore trip
Goal Setting:
Book Recommendation: Atomic Habits by James Clear

Download our Goal Setting Template
Our 10 Tips for Successful Goal Setting
Create different categories for your goals (e.g. business / career, relationships, fitness / health, finances, personal growth, social impact, etc.)

Set S.M.A.R.T. goals (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, timebound)

Short-term vs long-term goals (break down your 5-year-plan into smaller short-term goals and align your weekly/monthly goals with your long-term life vision)

Habit goals (example: health habits such as going for daily walks) vs one-time goals (example: a work goal with a clearly defined start and end date that creates feeling of satisfaction upon completion)

Create Systems (eg. create a hiring process) and Habits (eg. log into LinkedIn every morning) to help you achieve your Goals (eg. grow your business)

Focus on input goals rather than output goals (because 99% of the time the output depends on external factors but you can control 100% of your input to achieve goals)

Find an Accountability Partner

Write down your goals and create habit trackers and vision boards

Use the Pressure Method for motivation

Celebrate your achievements!
Bonus Tip: Review and Repeat!

Share your Goals for 2024 on Instagram and tag us ⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠.
Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠. You can also connect with us on our personal accounts ⁠⁠@gwendaschobert⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠@craving_expat_life⁠⁠.
Tune in every Friday for a new episode.

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November 26, 20231.8 - Unlocking The Power Of Public Spaces: The Transformation Of Cities By + For Communities | G+T Conversations
Welcome to G+T Conversations, the ultimate global lifestyle podcast! We are your hosts, Gwenda + Tatjana, and in this episode, we speak about PUBLIC SPACES.

Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠@GTconversations⁠ and join the conversation.

Some of the things we mentioned in this episode
Favourites of the Week:
Tatjana: Exploring public transport with her 8-year-old daughter (check out our previous episode on Public Transport)

Gwenda: Celebrating her birthday with her favourite people
Goal of the Week:
Tatjana: Preparing for Christmas

Gwenda: Becoming a football referee
Public Spaces:
UN Habitat: https://unhabitat.org/topic/public-space

Audit: Public Open Spaces in Mumbai: Read the audit report

Mumbai's Development Plan 2034: Read More

Favourite public spaces in Mumbai: Mumbai Fort and Bandstand in Bandra, Juhu Beach, Dadar's Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Smruti Viewing Deck, Bandra villages's Chapel Road, The Steps

Favourite public spaces abroad: Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt, Tiergarten and East Side Gallery; Singapore's East Coast Park; Verden's main shopping road

Cubbon Reads, Juhu Reads - as mentioned on G+T Conversation's Book episode

Share your favourite public spaces on Instagram and tag us ⁠@GTconversations⁠.

In today's episode, we introduce you to:
LYP Mumbai (Love Your Parks Mumbai) was founded by Anca and Tina who, since November 2018, have been working with communities throughout Mumbai to activate public spaces. To find out their upcoming funfilled events or get involved, check out their Instagram: @lypmumbai
Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠@GTconversations⁠. You can also connect with us on our personal accounts ⁠@gwendaschobert⁠ and ⁠@craving_expat_life⁠.
Tune in every Friday for a new episode.

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November 23, 20231.1 From Chaos to Comfort: The Transformation of Public Transport in Mumbai | G+T Conversations
Welcome to G+T Conversations, the ultimate global lifestyle podcast! We are your hosts, Gwenda + Tatjana, and in this episode, we speak about PUBLIC TRANSPORT in Mumbai.

Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram @GTconversations and join the conversation.

Some of the things we mentioned in this episode
Favorites of the Week:
Tatjana: Book called 'Chinatown Days' by Rita Chowdhury

Gwenda: Inauguration Event of the U14 Girls Yuva Premier League by the Mumbai Football Association (MFA)
Goal of the Week:
Tatjana: Write an article about Book Bar, Singapore - https://www.bookbar.sg/

Gwenda: Get a haircut at TransFormation Salon, Prabhadevi, Mumbai - @transformationdsalon
Public Transport:
Cityflo Bus Service - https://www.cityflo.com/

M-Indicator App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobond.mindicator&pcampaignid=web_share / https://apps.apple.com/in/app/m-indicator/id593278253

Buy single tickets for metros in Mumbai, Delhi and other Indian cities on Paytm and other apps - https://paytm.com/offer/mumbai-metro-offer

Don't forget to click a selfie next time you use the train, metro or bus and tag us on Instagram @GTconversations.
Thank you to our sponsor of today's episode: Susegad Book Club @susegadbookclub
Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram @GTconversations. You can also connect with us on our personal accounts @gwendaschobert and @craving_expat_life.
Tune in every Friday for a new episode.

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November 20, 20231.7 Football in India: Changing the Game One Goal at a Time | G+T Conversations
Welcome to G+T Conversations, the ultimate global lifestyle podcast! We are your hosts, Gwenda + Tatjana, and in this episode, Tatjana interviews Gwenda about her passion for football.
Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠⁠ and join the conversation.
Some of the things we mentioned in this episode
Favorites of the Week:
Tatjana: Family Trip Mahabaleshwar

Gwenda: Women in Sports Conference by Australian Consulate in association with Rajasthan Royals and Deakin University
Goal of the Week:
Tatjana: Plan a book event for the expat community in Mumbai

Gwenda: Go to Juhu Beach for morning walks or sunset 3x this week
Football:
Gothia Cup - The World Youth Cup https://gothiacup.se/

Roots Premier League, a social football league in Bandra

Mumbai Football Association (the official governing body of football in Mumbai District) https://footballmfa.com/

Indian Super League is the highest level of men's club football in India like LaLiga, Bundesliga, etc.

Indian Women's League is the highest level of women's club football in India.

Oldest Football Club in India which was founded 1889 is Mohun Bagan AC

Mumbai City FC currently plays the Asian Champions League

West Coast Brigade, the official fan club of Mumbai City FC

FC Viktoria is a women's football club in Berlin

In today's episode we introduce you to: Dreaming in Slums Foundation teaches life skills to over 100 underprivileged girls through football in Dharavi and Santacruz East (Mumbai). The entire foundation is run by girls and women from the community. Support them and check out their work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreaming_in_slums/

Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠⁠
You can also connect with us on our personal accounts at ⁠⁠⁠⁠@gwendaschobert⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠@craving_expat_life⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Tune in every Friday for a new episode.
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November 13, 20231.6 Hola, Ni Hao + Namaste: How Speaking Different Languages Shapes Us + Our Worldview | G+T Conversations
Welcome to G+T Conversations, the ultimate global lifestyle podcast! We are your hosts, Gwenda + Tatjana, and in this episode, we speak about all things languages.

Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠⁠ and join the conversation.

Some of the things we mentioned in this episode.

Favourites of the Week:
Tatjana: Her weekend with good food at ⁠O'Pedro⁠ and a new book purchase, "Roman Stories" by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Gwenda: (1) Young Guns FC's first state league game and (2) Mumbai City FC's Asian Champions League game

Goal of the Week:
Gwenda: Attending Art Night Thursday in Mumbai

Tatjana: Plan the Mahabaleshwar mini-vacation

Languages:
As per Ethnologue:
More than 7000 languages are spoken in the world today

The most commonly spoken languages are: English, Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish

India has more than 400 languages and three of them are among the world’s 10 most spoken languages: Hindi, Bengali and Lahnda
As per Statista, most content on the internet is in English.

Here is the podcast episode by The Economist.

Read more about the trolley dilemma and how “Using a foreign language changes moral decisions”.

Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠⁠.

You can also connect with us on our personal accounts at ⁠⁠⁠⁠@gwendaschobert⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠@craving_expat_life⁠⁠⁠⁠. Tune in every Friday for a new episode.

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November 04, 20231.5 Glamour + Grime: Life Behind The Curtains Of Hotels | G+T Conversations
Welcome to G+T Conversations, the ultimate global lifestyle podcast! We are your hosts, Gwenda + Tatjana, and in this episode, Gwenda interviews Tatjana about the hospitality and hotel industry.
Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠ and join the conversation.
Some of the things we mentioned in this episode
Favorites of the Week:
Tatjana: The Tata Lit Fest and the ACIW Charity Shopping Mela last weekend

Gwenda: Four More Shots Please (Season 3) Watch Now!
Goal of the Week:
Tatjana: Write a short story/novel (November is National Novel Writing Month)

Gwenda: Update LinkedIn profile and post professional updates and tips on a regular basis
Hotels + Hospitality:
Hotel School The Hague https://www.hotelschool.nl/

Book Recommendations: Hotel Babylon (fiction); Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain; From Oberoi to Oyo (non-fiction about hotel industry in India)

TV Show Recommendation: Hotel Babylon
In today's episode we introduce you to: MANN is a center for individuals with special needs that provides generalized as well as person-specific training to its students, to help prepare them for a more meaningful and independent life. You can support them by shopping from a variety of stationary and gifting products made by their students. To learn more about MANN, visit: https://www.mann.org.in/

Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠⁠
You can also connect with us on our personal accounts at ⁠⁠⁠@gwendaschobert⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@craving_expat_life⁠⁠⁠.
Tune in every Friday for a new episode.
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October 27, 20231.4 Let's Talk Period: Overcoming Stigmas + Shame to End Period Poverty | G+T Conversations
Welcome to G+T Conversations, the ultimate global lifestyle podcast! We are your hosts, Gwenda + Tatjana, and in this episode, we speak about all things periods.
Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠ and join the conversation.
Some of the things we mentioned in this episode
Favorites of the Week:
Tatjana: (1) Alexis Hall's new Book: “10 Things That Never Happened” and (2) the fact that Swiggy is selling sarees and cricket jerseys now.

Gwenda: (1) She bought herself flowers and (2) She loved the National Day Celebrations by the Spanish Consulate in Mumbai.
Goal of the Week:
Tatjana: Complete 2 of her October goals

Gwenda: Book solo-date at a cafe (without phone and other distractions) to finish her reading goal for October
Periods:
Around 2 billion people worldwide menstruate.

71% of girls in India don't know about periods when they get it for the first time.

60% of girls and 70% of boys in Germany find periods shameful and embarrassing to talk about.

70% of mothers in India consider menstruation 'dirty'.

1 out of 5 girls in India quits school every year due to lack of access to good quality period products.

Read sources for the above data here and here.

Germany removed luxury tax on period products (now taxed as non-luxury product at 7%) in 2020. Read more.

India removed GST on sale of period products in 2018. Read more.

Spain passed a law that gives workers the right to paid menstruation leave. Read more.
In today's episode we introduce you to: Goonj, an Indian NGO that collects urban surplus material to help the financially and materially poor in designing and implementing their own solutions. Their program NJPC (Not Just a Piece of Cloth) works on breaking the culture of shame and silence around menstruation by addressing the key issues around menstrual health: Awareness, Access, and Affordability. https://goonj.org/njpc/.

Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠⁠@GTconversations⁠⁠
You can also connect with us on our personal accounts at ⁠⁠@gwendaschobert⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠@craving_expat_life⁠⁠.
Tune in every Friday for a new episode.
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October 20, 20231.3 Page-Turners + Book Lovers: Our Favorite Books, Reading Routines + Fiction vs Non-Fiction | G+T Conversations
Welcome to G+T Conversations, the ultimate global lifestyle podcast! We are your hosts, Gwenda + Tatjana, and in this episode, we speak about all things books, reading habits and even have a small giveaway for you.
Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠@GTconversations⁠ and join the conversation.

Some of the things we mentioned in this episode
Favorites of the Week:
Tatjana: Goa trip to meet her book club Susegad https://www.instagram.com/susegadbookclub

Gwenda: Watch Mumbai City FC training session and interact with the players and coaches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVW-54LJsHw
Goal of the Week:
Tatjana: Attend the Tata Literature Live! Mumbai LitFest https://tatalitlive.in/

Gwenda: Slow down
All Things Books and Reading:
Tatjana's Favorite Books - Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto and Boyfriend Material by Alexis Halll

Gwenda's All Time Favorite Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear

Currently Reading (Tatjana): Duxton Hill by Mark Powell

Currently Reading (Gwenda): The future of foreign policy is feminist by Kristina Lunz and The Diary of a CEO by Steven Bartlett (podcast with the same title)

Recently bought book (Tatjana): Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin

Recently bought book (Gwenda): How Boards Work - and how they can work better in a chaotic world by Dambisa Moyo

Listen to audiobooks https://www.audible.in/ (30 days free trial)

Book discovery platform https://www.goodreads.com/
Note from G+T: Please support your local independent book store rather than buying books on Amazon (if you have access to a local bookstore in your area).
In today's episode we introduce you to: A community initiative that promotes reading in public places. Cubbon Reads in Bangalore are the ones who started the trend but you can find these reading groups all over India now. https://www.instagram.com/cubbonreads/
Follow G+T Conversations on Instagram ⁠@GTconversations⁠ and check out our latest post to ENTER THE GIVEAWAY to win one of our favorite books.
You can also connect with us on our personal accounts at ⁠@gwendaschobert⁠ and ⁠@craving_expat_life⁠.
Tune in every Friday for a new episode.

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FAQs about G+T Conversations:

How many episodes does G+T Conversations have?

The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.