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NAKED by The Future Farm episodes
- Ep 52. On conflicting emotions, acceptance and recognising moments to pause
In this week’s episode Vladi and Nektarios talk about grief, health and conflicting emotions, amidst the current state of the world. They discuss how to deal with a situation and having a platform and a voice, as well as whether there is a line between business as usual, and an awareness of what is happening. Vladi shares more on radical acceptance, after listening to a podcast with Tara Brach (find the link in the resources), and allowing yourself to connect with deep emotions. They also talk about this in the context of entrepreneurship, and recognising the moments to pause and reflect. Compassion and being kind to yourself are the key things.
Show notes
Share your questions with Vladi and Nektarios at [email protected]
Listening materials:
- Radical Acceptance - Gateway to Love, Wisdom and Peace | Tara Brach
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31 min - Ep 51. On grief and experiencing loss
*TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this episode covers the topic of grief and loss, which some listeners may find triggering. For more information and support, there are a number of services available via Healthline.
This week Vladi and Nektarios dedicate the episode to the topic of grief and the experience of loss, whether that be a personal loss, a business loss or supporting a loved one through their grief. They talk about the grief and loss they are currently coping with, and reflect on how they are managing their emotions. They also talk about how entrepreneurs deal with grief, because of the loss of a business or transitioning to the next opportunity. Psychiatrist, entrepreneurship researcher and friend of the podcast, Dr. Michael Freeman has studied this topic and will be joining us to discuss his perspective on NAKED in the coming weeks.
Show notes
Share your questions with Vladi and Nektarios at [email protected]
How can you support the podcast?
Tell your friends and share online.
Subscribe & review: Please make sure to review, share comments and subscribe to the show on the various platforms (YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Google Podcasts).
Spread the word: Help grow our reach by sharing your enthusiasm for the podcast and/or your favourite episodes by posting it on social media.
If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince future guests to share their stories!
For show notes and past guests, visit https://www.thefuturefarm.co/naked-podcast
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43 min - Ep 50. On encountering sexism and racism at every turn, with Anu Shultes
Anu Shultes is the CEO and Founder of Ahead Financials, a digital banking and financial health platform. She is an entrepreneur and Forbes 50 over 50 honoree. She started her career as an engineer in India, before moving to the United States. While she felt welcomed at college in the U.S., upon entering the ‘real world’, she started to face discrimination. This is just the beginning of Anu’s story.
Anu’s career is the red thread of all the ups and downs that many people experience. Anu touches on, how as a woman and an immigrant, she felt that she had to earn her place at the table; juggling the responsibilities of a working mother; what it means to be a woman of colour in business; how her battle with cancer gave her new perspective; and how her story has impacted her mental health. Stay tuned for more from Anu.
Specific topics covered in this episode include:
- Resilience and acceptance;
- Sexism, ageism and racism;
- Faith and deep values-driven belief.
Connect with Anu: LinkedIn
Reading materials:
- 50 over 50: Investment | Forbes
How can you support the podcast?
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Subscribe & review: Please make sure to review, share comments and subscribe to the show on the various platforms (YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Google Podcasts)
Spread the word: Help grow our reach by sharing your enthusiasm for the podcast and/or your favourite episodes by posting it on social media.
If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince future guests to share their stories!
For show notes and past guests, visit https://www.thefuturefarm.co/naked-podcast
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55 min - Ep 49. On mindfulness for the Arab world with Shahira Hemeda
Shahira Hemeda is the founder of NŪR, a platform dedicated to mindfulness for the Arab world. It’s mission is to allow you to discover, understand and benefit from the healing process of meditation. But Shahira hasn’t always been an entrepreneur. She had a successful media and advertising career, before experiencing a massive shift in her own wellness and mental health. She was compelled to share her experience with friends and family, but was soon met with confusion and a lack of online support for mental health in the MENA region.
Shahira set out to navigate the lonely struggles of mental health and the toll it can take on the entire family. This motivated her to take on the mission to offer easily accessible tools and mental health support. She joins NAKED to talk about her personal mental health story, her journey to creating NŪR, and mindfulness in the Arab world.
Specific topics covered in this episode include:
- The lack of mental health support in the Arab world;
- Multi-generational experiences of mental health;
- The benefits of self-healing practices and meditation.
Show notes
Connect with Shahira: LinkedIn
For more about NŪR: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook
Download NŪR on the App Store and Google Play
Reading materials:
- Meet Social Impact Entrepreneur Shahira Hemeda | Women of Egypt
- Rumi’s Book of Poems
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment | Eckhart Tolle
- Solve for Happy | Mo Gawdat
- 12 Rules For Life | Jordan Peterson
- The Prophet | Khalil Gibran
- Podcast On Purpose | Jay Shetty
- Diary of a CEO | Steven Bartlett
- Super Soul | Oprah
- Masters of Scale | Reid Hoffman
56 min - Ep 48. On the corporate world, lack of support systems & the funding journey
Vladi and Nektarios catch-up to discuss the episode with Lucy Cooper, how she expressed her emotions and experiences, and support systems available to those outside of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Nektarios shares more about his own corporate roles, his mental health and the lack of support systems available. Now that mental health is more openly discussed, is there more support in place?
They also talk about the fundraising journeys they’re currently going through, the challenges they’re facing and how to manage the emotions around the process - rejection on a business level is not the same as rejection on a personal level. They revisit a message from a previous Naked podcast conversation on investors seeing entrepreneurs as people. Entrepreneurs are human too.
Show notes
Who supports mental health in the corporate world?
- BetterSpace
- Cuéntame
- Ksebe
- MindFi
- Nilo Health
- NUR Meditation
- Sama
- Sanctus
- Unmind
Share your questions with Vladi and Nektarios at [email protected]
How can you support the podcast?
Tell your friends and share online.
Subscribe & review: Please make sure to review, share comments and subscribe to the show on the various platforms (YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Google Podcasts).
Spread the word: Help grow our reach by sharing your enthusiasm for the podcast and/or your favourite episodes by posting it on social media.
If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince future guests to share their stories!
For show notes and past guests, visit https://www.thefuturefarm.co/naked-podcast
Don’t forget to sign up for more!
Sign up for The Future Farm’s monthly newsletter (Pit-Stop) at https://www.thefuturefarm.co/newsletter
Follow The Future Farm on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube
36 min - Ep 47: On intrapreneurship & not compromising mental health in the corporate jungle, with Lucy Cooper
Lucy Cooper has been an entrepreneur, an investor, and is now an intrapreneur within a large corporation, in her role as Head of Innovation Europe at Accenture. Lucy represents a role that faces similar challenges to a ‘traditional founder’, particularly when it comes to mental health. Lucy’s mental health was triggered by a Covid-19 infection in December 2020, but in reality, her mental health struggles go back much further.
Specific topics covered in this episode include:
- Anxiety, depression and insomnia;
- How early life experiences should be recognised as trauma;
- The role of therapy and the importance of vocalising feelings.
In addition, we discuss the following questions:
- How do you deal with an overwhelming fear of losing the people you love?
- How do you recognise the signs that could lead to a breakdown?
- What strategies can you put in place to keep mentally healthy?
Show notes
Connect with Lucy: LinkedIn
Reading materials:
- We need to talk about the dark side of intrapreneurship | Tim Heard, Sifted
- Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One | Jenny Blake
- Mental Health at Work | James Routledge
- Waking Up | Sam Harris
- Unwinding Anxiety | Dr Judson Brewer
- Aura Health
- The 6 Minute Diary
- The Journal and Manifest | Roxie Nafousi
How can you support the podcast?
Tell your friends and share online.
Subscribe & review: Please make sure to review, share comments and subscribe to the show on the various platforms (YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Google Podcasts)
Spread the word: Help grow our reach by sharing your enthusiasm for the podcast and/or your favourite episodes by posting it on social media.
If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince future guests to share their stories!
For show notes and past guests, visit https://www.thefuturefarm.co/naked-podcast
53 min - Ep 46. On cultural upbringing, expectation and pressure
Vladi and Nektarios are back to reflect on their conversation with Fatima Mazhar, and dig deeper on their own cultural upbringing and impact their families have had on their lives. They share some of the feedback and reactions to the episode they have received, and talk about how expectation and pressure can also come from peers and social media, something that they’re learning to navigate. They contemplate what their lives might have looked like, had they been able to fully choose their own paths, and the motivations for choosing a particular path. What are we trying to prove, and do we really have to?
Show notes
Share your questions with Vladi and Nektarios at [email protected]
How can you support the podcast?
Tell your friends and share online.
Subscribe & review: Please make sure to review, share comments and subscribe to the show on the various platforms (YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Google Podcasts).
Spread the word: Help grow our reach by sharing your enthusiasm for the podcast and/or your favourite episodes by posting it on social media.
If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince future guests to share their stories!
For show notes and past guests, visit https://www.thefuturefarm.co/naked-podcast
Don’t forget to sign up for more!
Sign up for The Future Farm’s monthly newsletter (Pit-Stop) at https://www.thefuturefarm.co/newsletter
Follow The Future Farm on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube
26 min - Ep 45. On not letting society hold you back, with Fatima Mazhar
Fatima Mazhar is an entrepreneur, and in her current role as COO at COLABS, is working to redefine the future of work in Pakistan. Her story is not one of a typical entrepreneur, where we talk about building grand dreams. Fatima’s story is about dealing with the conflict of wanting to do something exciting and impactful, while fighting against her cultural context.
Fatima grew up in a Pakistani family where nearly every decision was made for her, where there was very little room for pursuing her dreams. She started to rebel, to do things that were considered ‘unexpected’, unaccepted and often inappropriate. This eventually led to severe depression and self-neglect. It took Fatima time to acknowledge her mental health challenges, and start to make healthy changes.
Specific topics covered in this episode include:
- Depression, self-neglect, and withdrawal from society;
- How our upbringing has a profound impact on the decisions we make in life;
- The manageable steps Fatima has taken to support her mental health.
In addition, we discuss the following questions:
- How to deal with the internal conflict of wanting to achieve something when you’re held back;
- How do you recognise the right time to seek help?
- How can you equip yourself to manage healthy relationships while running a business?
Connect with Fatima: LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram
Reading materials:
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment | Eckhart Tolle
How can you support the podcast?
Tell your friends and share online.
Subscribe & review: Please make sure to review, share comments and subscribe to the show on the various platforms (YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Google Podcasts)
Spread the word: Help grow our reach by sharing your enthusiasm for the podcast and/or your favourite episodes by posting it on social media.
If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince future guests to share their stories!
For show notes and past guests, visit https://www.thefuturefarm.co/naked-podcast
Don’t forget to sign up for more!
Sign up for The Future Farm’s monthly newsletter (Pit-Stop) at https://www.thefuturefarm.co/newsletter
Follow The Future Farm on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube
1 hr 1 min - Ep 44. ExtraNAKED: On boundaries, co-founder dynamics & communication
Vladi and Nektarios are back with a special ExtraNAKED episode to kick-off the new year. They discuss the need to take a break and fully switch off; starting a new year in a good mental and emotional place; and spend some time exploring co-founder dynamics, including their own recent experiences. They also touch on boundaries and about learning how others need to be communicated with (through the Process Communication Model).
Show notes
Share your questions with Vladi and Nektarios at [email protected]
For more about the Process Communication Model (PCM), visit: https://processcommodel.com/types-of-personality/ or get in touch.
How can you support the podcast?
Tell your friends and share online.
Subscribe & review: Please make sure to review, share comments and subscribe to the show on the various platforms (Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Google Podcasts)
Spread the word: Help grow our reach by sharing your enthusiasm for the podcast and/or your favourite episodes by posting it on social media.
If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince future guests to share their stories!
For show notes and past guests, visit https://www.thefuturefarm.co/naked-podcast
Don’t forget to sign up for more!
Sign up for The Future Farm’s monthly newsletter (Pit-Stop) at https://www.thefuturefarm.co/newsletter
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32 min - Ep 43. ExtraNAKED Special: On self-exploration, reflection and goals
As we come to the end of the year, in this week’s ExtraNAKED episode, Vladi and Nektarios reflect on 2021 and look ahead into the new year. They discuss resolutions and habits; self-exploration and reflection; and what they’ve learnt this year, including addressing the painful moments. They also celebrate their personal highlights and look ahead to 2022.
Show notes
Share your questions with Vladi and Nektarios at [email protected]
How can you support the podcast?
Tell your friends and share online.
Subscribe & review: Please make sure to review, share comments and subscribe to the show on the various platforms (Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Google Podcasts)
Spread the word: Help grow our reach by sharing your enthusiasm for the podcast and/or your favourite episodes by posting it on social media.
If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince future guests to share their stories!
For show notes and past guests, visit https://www.thefuturefarm.co/naked-podcast
Don’t forget to sign up for more!
Sign up for The Future Farm’s monthly newsletter (Pit-Stop) at https://www.thefuturefarm.co/newsletter
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About NAKED by The Future Farm
From the publisher's feed
Starting your own business is thrilling. The adventure, the purpose, the ambition, the money, the recognition. But what personal truths are exposed when you start to peel back the layers?
Join The Future Farm's Vladi and Nektarios, in a “naked” conversation with the people who have been through it all. We’ll talk to business founders, investors, life partners and other ecosystem players about the personal challenges that business builders face when pursuing their dreams and passions.
Don’t forget to subscribe and rate NAKED. For more information, visit thefuturefarm.co