Savvy Talk

In Season 6 of Savvy Talk, we are bringing you conversations with experts! Today we are joined by Dr. Russell Kennedy where we explain what anxiety is, and how it recruits our brain and body to react in specific ways. And as always, we cover behavioral tools and steps that can assist and help you understand when the anxiety ‘alarm’ goes off and how to manage it by understanding it. He explains that all anxiety is some form of separation anxiety and we can heal.

About Dr. Russell Kennedy

Dr. Russell Kennedy is the author of the award winning, #1 Amazon bestselling book, Anxiety Rx. He is a neuroscientist and medical doctor who graduated from the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Kennedy has Master’s level training in Developmental Psychology from the Neufeld Institute and is a corporate speaker and a yoga and meditation teacher. Additionally, Dr. Kennedy, widely known as The Anxiety MD, has been a stand-up comedian since 2000, an attribute that most certainly sets him apart from other MDs and one might imagine enables him to have a highly adored bedside manner.

Dr. Kennedy suffered from severe anxiety as a child which prompted him to pursue a career in medicine that would enable him to help others avoid a life of pain. Today he has developed a variety of courses and programs that help individuals gain answers that ultimately allow them to live a more balanced life, free from chronic worry and debilitating anxiety

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Today we are joined by Dr. Deepak Chopra where we discuss how you can take control over your mental and spiritual well-being by starting with your mind and breath. He discusses his new book “Living in the Light” and how he believes the Metaverse and AI will help with wellness and longevity. Lastly, Deepak shares the core principles of Yoga - that are deep rooted in science and how you can practice simple habits to improve your life. 

Dr. Deepak Chopra is the Founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra Global, a modern-day health company at the intersection of science and spirituality. Dr Deepak is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. For the last thirty years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution. He is the author of over 90 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers and his latest book Living in the Light: Yoga for Self-Realization is out now. TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.”

You can find the book Living in the Light: Yoga for Self-Realization here.

Michele Vig, an accomplished executive in corporate America for two decades, founded Neat Little Nest to pursue her personal passion of helping people free themselves from clutter and create the beautifully organized spaces they've always desired. Michele is one of only a few KonMari gold-level certified decluttering professionals and one of Minnesota’s top 50 women in business as well as a featured “40 under 40” in Minneapolis Business Journal. In this episode we talk about her personal journey, what led her to leave her corporate position. Michelle shares her one-of-a-kind and personalized approach to working with clients, and how PR helped her reach a wider audience.  

Please tell me what you would love to hear more about and we will deliver! I love a good podcast and hopefully you do too! The podcast is called SavvyTalk if you're new here and it's available on all podcast players. 

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• Neat Little Nest: Website • Facebook • Instagram

In today's episode, I am sharing a conversation that I had with Andy Krainak during the Art D'Égypte 2022 Talks Series in Cairo. The theme of our talk was The Secrets of Building & Launching a Successful NFT/Web3 Project. 

Andy Krainak serves as the President of VeeFriends. Andy is an experienced digital and brand strategist with a 8+ year work history in Personal Branding, Growth Marketing and Social Media Advertising and served Gary Vaynerchuk's personal brand team (Team GaryVee) before taking over at VeeFriends. We took the stage to tell the story of @veefriends, to share our experiences on the launching of a NFT Project and thoughts on the Web3 world. We also had an insightful Q&A with artists, entrepreneurs and the Web3 curious.

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In today's episode, because I am obsessed with books, I want you guys to meet Salma ElWardany. Egyptian-Irish-South Asian writer, poet, and BBC radio host Salma has presented two TEDx Talks, collaborated with Edinburgh University on the Dangerous Woman project, and partnered with The British Library and The Wellcome Collection.

She routinely collaborates with international brands to increase awareness through poetry and dialogue. She is the author of the amazing book These Impossible Things, which has landed on so many global lists of books to read in 2022! And she is a contributor to the critically acclaimed bestseller It's Not About the Burqa.

I am a huge fan of her book which really puts the modern Arab woman in a story that the world talked about and read, bought and bragged about! I had the absolute pleasure of having her on my podcast and get to meet her IRL next week! The episode is about real talk and she leads the conversation in ways that keep you wanting more!

We also talked about her background and her process of writing. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did and let me know if you read the book and your thoughts.

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On today’s episode of SavvyTalk season 5, I’m joined by Avery Akkineni, President of Vayner3, a VaynerX consultancy leading the mission to guide the world's largest intellectual property owners in navigating the next iteration of the internet, Web3. Avery is a leader, a mentor, and an investor in leading Web3 projects and communities, as well as an active advisor for leading Web2 & Web3 platforms. Avery is an active advisor and board member on various tech platforms, including the Web3 Advisory Board for Salesforce, Meta Creative X Council, and OneOf.

We had the chance to talk about her career and all things Web3. All the opportunities this technology brings to all industries and who become an active student will be prepared for the present and future.

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I am so happy to be joined by Karen Wazen, a person I admire so much. Karen received me in her beautiful home in Dubai. We had the chance to talk about a lot of things you don't usually see her talking about but that are a big part of her life. I had no idea about her personal connection with sunglasses -- where the inspiration and idea came from for KW Eyewear and her future plans for the brand. We had lovely interruptions — it’s as real as you can get being a mom. This is a good one — I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did. 

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Please tell me what you want to hear more about and we will deliver! I love a good podcast and hopefully you do too! The podcast is called SavvyTalk if you're new here and it's available on all podcast players. 

I talked with an astronaut! 

Welcome to SavvyTalk season 5, new episode is out! I'm joined this time by Sara Sabry, the first Arab, Egyptian and African woman to ever go up in Space. She made history on August 4th of 2022 by flight on Blue Origin's NS-22 mission, this day forward we all stand on her shoulders. All little girls and women of the region and beyond are proud, inspired by her achievement and as she said: “They can finally see themselves represented in space”. 

I had the chance to talk with her before the launch of the Shepherd Suborbital rocket and a couple of days after she landed. You will be able to listen these two moments on today’s episode. It was fascinating seeing the excitement and expectation when we first talked and then listening to her sharing the unique and personal experience was really impactful. 

We also talked about her trajectory, how she was prepared to the mission—breathing exercises and envisioning being one of tools used—she also shared her nexts steps after comeback to earth: working on her non-profit company Deep Space Initiative to increase the opportunities of space research in the Middle East region, and as a mechanical and biomedical engineer keep doing her PhD research focused on developing the next generation of planetary spacesuits.

Expect to see more and more of Sara Sabry because she is continuing to do astronaut training to be qualified to do research on space. My Egyptian heart is full after this amazing episode. 

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On today's episode, I'm joined by Moroccan-born Hind Sebti, a former beauty executive at Procter & Gamble and L’Oréal and co-founder of Waldencast and the creator of Whind a globally inspired beauty brand, inspired by a drawing from Hind’s home country, love of travel, nature, and art. With Whind, Hind wants to elevate skincare to a joyful act, to bring soulful self-care back by approaching it more as a ritual than anything else.

We talked about her professional journey and how having the courage to ask completely changed the trajectory of her career and life. The challenges of building a global beauty brand during the pandemic. And about beauty being first and foremost an emotion. 

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On today's episode, I'm joined by my dear friend Fayrouz Eid. A talented entrepreneur, nutritionist, and mother of two adorable kids. Her passion for entrepreneurship made her build The Wellb, a company focused on helping people find long-lasting sustainable nutrition so they can get healthier and reach their goals. We first met while I was involved in a project of introducing Netflix to the Middle East.

As a good chat between friends, in this episode we go all over the place, from talking about Adele's latest album to talking about the enormous impact being genuine in your social media can have in other people's lives. By discussing subjects like single motherhood joys and struggles, divorce, and therapy Fayrouz Eid helped normalize such important conversations in Egypt.

And of course, we talked about FOOD! “Food is energy. We should be healing our relationship with food”.

Please tell me what you want to hear more about and we will deliver! I love a good podcast and hopefully you do too! The podcast is called SavvyTalk if you're new here and it's available on all podcast players.

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