She Ignites

In this episode we take a deep dive in less than 30 minutes with author, futurist, and strategy consultant, and a founding director of strategic insights firm, TomorrowToday, Dr. Graeme Codrington about How To Reinvent Your Personal Brand Post COVID. We give you the practical personal branding toolkit of how not to just survive but thrive through this period.

In this show we cover:

• 01:30 - How people are adapting their brand after the COVID pandemic,
• 04:45 - Relevancy quotient is the secret to product and personal success,
• 11:10 - Act for the job you want not the job you have, 
• 13:33 - curiosity being the ability to think again and always lookout for trends and things as they happen,
• 18:40 - the importance of diverse networks and seeking out people who are different to you,
• 20:40 - top 3 things to increase your adaptation or relevancy quotient  

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Adam Grant - Think Again

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Website: Graeme Codrington
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https://www.amazon.com/Think-Again-Power-Knowing-What/dp/1984878107

In this episode, I speak to author, futurist, and strategy consultant, and a founding director of strategic insights firm, TomorrowToday, Dr. Graeme Codrington about our parenting epiphanies, the good the bad, and the ugly, how he embraces his creative fun side and some things you might not know about him is that he actually plays a musical instrument and is a passionate artist. we discuss how he balances his creative side with his professional persona, why he prefers to be part of the out crowd and how according to him I saved his life through COVID with mindfulness techniques, and the biggest epiphany for me is why he's a brain for hire. 

In this show we cover:

• 01:50  - Interest in women issues and more men needed to bring the feminist voice,  
• 04:09  - Growing up in a house with a heritage of teachers and preachers, going to an all-boys school, and meeting the love of his life who he's still married to, 
• 07:16  - Being quick to hand out advice to people as if the world needs can be generalized to everybody else's experience,
• 10:30  - Advice on raising daughters as a man and boosting their confidence to give them a sense of who they are, 
• 12:09 - Using mindfulness techniques to get back into creativity during lockdown,
• 18:40  - Developing a ritual that helped to settle and find balance during a tough time during the COVID lockdown period,  
• 26:00  - Not one to like making mistakes but doing the things you are good at, using his energy wisely but having regret in making the wrong connections with people and burning bridges that can never be mended,
• 34:40 - Books that had the most impact; The 500-year delta, Leadership, and the new science & Quantum spirituality,
• 45:52 - investing time and money in the family as the best investment made, 
• 43:40 - Graeme's life philosophy - "change your world"

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Additional information mentioned in this episode:

The 500-year delta
Leadership and the new science
Quantum spirituality

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Website: Graeme Codrington
Twitter: @FuturistGraeme
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In this episode, I speak to Founder and CEO of Zoya Speaks, Zoya Mabuto Mokoditoa, we discuss how she stepped into feminine fearless power throughout her life and career, how she grounds herself when she doubts herself.  We reveal what gives us goosebumps in our careers. Zoya shares her Toastmasters journey which led to a trip to Las Vegas, and lastly, how she ended up delivering a talk on stage at EY while pregnant and how her so called "biggest mistake" turned out to be the biggest triumph of her career.   

In this show we cover:

• 01:32  - Growing up in Eastern Cape, South Africa where she was raised by her grandparents in a house full of love and warmth but also witnessed the verbally and physically abusive nature of her grandfather,  
• 05:00  - Attending an all girl school and the advantages of being groomed and allowed to flourish and discover yourself among girls who are finding their voice,
• 07:07  - accidentally finding out that her mother was HIV positive before going on to study at Rhodes University, then eventually dropping out to take care of herself and family,
• 10:30 - the influence of being raised by independent women and how she managed to manage the crisis of her own power, 
• 13:40 - discussing anchors and motivational messages she accesses in moments of doubt and reminding yourself to always keep checking in with yourself,
• 18:20  - being frustrated in corporate while working at the Department of Home Affairs and falling in love with peoples stories,  
• 21:10  - attending a Toastmasters event and doing an impromptu speech which led to being advised to enter an international speaking competition where she was one of the top performers,
• 24:03 - Sharing a story of when she was speaking to delegates at EY and feeling like failure but ended up being a blessing in disguise and the usual failures and difficulties of being a business owner, working mom and married woman,
• 32:05 - Life hacks as a working new mom and the challenge of being a wife while building a new business, 
• 35:46  - Favourite books; To Kill A  Mocking Bird & books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 
• 43:40 - Zoya's life philosophy - "Hold nothing back"

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Additional information mentioned in this episode:

Toastmasters International
2015 D74 International Prepared Speech Champion - Zoya Mabuto
Zoya Mabuto: Using tradition to renegotiate Africa's identity
Hadithi Ya Africa (S02): Zoya Mabuto - I am learning to be vulnerable
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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In this episode, I speak to mind, body and spirit coach Lisa Davis about her journey with mindfulness. Lisa share how growing up in a volatile home and self destructive behavior led to her changing her life and choosing to explore and connect with her human side. We unpack the her views on the perception of mindfulness and she has applied it to her life and helped clients find their own peace with themselves. We discuss her how people can equip ourselves and implement keystone habits and daily practices in our lives to better deal with the current global changes.   
 
In this show we cover:

• 01:32  - Finding meaning in life through a journey with mindfulness after growing up in a volatile home, 
• 03:36  - Perception of mindfulness and changes that take place when people embrace and practice mindfulness in their everyday lives,
• 07:07  - learning to recognize and unlearn old patterns that keep us from growing out of our old self,  
• 11:56 - explaining Imago Relationship Therapy and dealing with the icky-sticky stuff in our lives, 
• 15:40 - accidents and life changing moments that lead to living a more mindful life, 
• 19:04  - shifting our beliefs and loving all parts of ourselves to help us deal with the constant change happening around us, 
• 24:03 - The medicine wheel and different cycles of life. Moving from the "head space" to the "heart space" and understanding what's going on with us during these global changes, 
• 31:05 - the need for key stone habits by Tal Ben Shahar,  how exercise, meditation, gratitude and sleep can help you have more control over your life, 
• 40:00  - Favourite books; Untamed by Glennon Doyle &  Pussy: A Reclamation by Regena Thomashauer ,  
• 43:40 - Lisa's life philosophy - "Find your medicine, use it on yourself first and then share it with the world so that the world can find its own medicine."

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Life Train

Instagram: lisalifetrain
website: Lisa LifeTrain

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In this episode, I speak to Liezl Gericke about her remarkable weight loss journey and unleashing her adventurous side during the COVID lockdown period. Liezl details how she lost almost over 60kg's from exercise, running events like the Cape Town marathon, and hiking in some of South Africa's beautiful trails. We discuss how she was inspired by Marie Kondo to unclutter her lifestyle, finances, and family life to live more intentionally. We unpack the Map Of Life Tool to help you plan and declutter your life so you can do the things that bring you joy. Closing off with some lessons that stuck with Liezl for life, she speaks about having their firstborn in her early 20s and having to reset their lives before her and her husband's careers took off and we learn about her philosophy on leadership and inspiration from Patrick Lencioni's books.
 
In this show we cover:

• 01:29  - Fitness and weightloss and becoming an extreme adventurer,  
• 06:17  - Highlights from Cape Town marathon,
• 07:57  - Going from running to hiking and discovering South Africa,  
• 17:04  - Adopting Marie Kondo strategies to all areas of life, 
• 20:40 - How to Marie Kondo your finances,
• 22:45 - Planning techniques and tools to help declutter your life, 
• 25:00  - Map For Life tool and steps to help you find purpose,   
• 33:52 - Favourite failure and lesson that stuck for life, 
• 39:45 - Key gems and philosophy around leadership shared with teams,  
• 43:40 - My life's philosophy - Live Your Adventure,

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On this episode I speak to Mamokete Lijane about her life story, we unpack her unconventional upbringing in Lesotho. We take a candid look into her professional growth and her interests and views on motherhood and advice on how women can navigate male dominated industries. 
Mamokete Lijane, is a Fixed Income Sales Trader and Macro Strategist at ABSA Capital with 19 years’ experience as an analyst in financial markets. Prior to Absa she worked at Aluwani Capital Partners as an investment strategist, and Sasfin Securities and Renaissance Capital as a fixed income analyst. Her career spans all areas of non-equity investment research, including macroeconomics, credit and rates on both the buys and the sell sides of the investment business. Mamokete has a deep interest in the intersection between public policy, economics and financial markets.

On this show we cover:

• 02:12  - Background and life growing up in Lesotho in an unconventional African home,  
• 04:41  - Moving between families at an early age and how our childhood memories affect our adult experience,
• 07:57  - Finding comfort and excelling in academia and drifting into a job in finance,  
• 13:12 - books that influenced your life, The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck & Why Nations Fail,
• 19:20 -  Career advice for young people, nothing is easy but it's not life threatening, 
• 24:38 - Profound lessons learned from failure,
• 28:45 - Tips for women in male dominated industries on how to build you brand and show up as your authentic self,
• 33:02 - Insight from mothering twins,
• 39:45 - Best time, energy and money  investments,
• 49:15 - My life's philosophy,

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• 01:25  - Inspiration behind Waiting for Christopher. society telling women that having a baby is easy and enjoyable and finding out that lots of women are struggling with pregnancy and motherhood woes.  
• 03:55  - Women not being open and honest about their motherhood struggles,
• 04:52  - Lessons from Sam's second pregnancy,  
• 07:10 -  Takeaways from The Good Enough Mother and realizing your and making peace with your shortcomings as a mother,   
• 12:54  - The Irreverent Mother's Handbook
• 15:30  - Regrets of a mother and feeling better about your shortcomings as a mother,
•  18:06  - Whiskey & Water, Sam's battle with alcohol addiction.  
• 26:00  - Being in denial about alcohol addiction and how it impacted Sam's family life, 
• 31:55  - Successfully changing habits and finding peace in swimming in the open sea, 
• 35:50  - Brutal School Ties, the exposing the hidden world of the Parktown Boys scandal,
• 40:53  - How the victims dealt with the pain, humiliation of molestation and how the case was mishandled,
• 43:15  - Transformation, journey into coaching and using personal experience to help others,
• 49:30 - Sam's life's philosophy  

On this episode I speak to inspiring The Wealth Chef author, Anne Wilson to discuss how food, sex and money can be areas of enslavement, liberation or shame.  Anne share's some powerful tools around getting out of debt and knowing understanding your finances. We unpack and explore the world of assets categories and different types of investment strategies to help you enjoy life without making unnecessary financial decisions  by taking on debt through credit, store cards and  other risky investments. Discussing some themes in her book, The Wealth Chef, she explain the analogy of food and money. We close off by discussing her biggest failure and some of the money mistakes

On this show we cover:

• 03:40  - Money representing our access to resources to be able to live life, 
• 05:30  - Growing up in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa,
• 09:47  - Getting into the trap of belonging and fitting in by getting into debt,
• 14:02 -  Taking fun, creative and playful actions to climbing out of a debt hole,   
• 17:20  - Thinking the idea of financial freedom is depriving yourself and controlling your desires,
• 19:50  - How do I get into relationship with money, how do I grow it and how I can invest, 
•  22:20  - Exploring the world of asset categories, 
• 25:00  - Feeling like an intruder in a world where the financial market seemed like a male dominated industry,
• 29:41  - Describing where the food analogy in the Wealth Chef come from and knowing what's enough or what we're working towards, 
• 35:56  - The idea that our wealth comes from that one great investment leading to being scammed and bad investments,
• 43:27  - Biggest money mistakes people make around their wealth growth strategy,
• 49:50  - Anne Wilson's life philosophy.  

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On this episode I speak to Yumna Tayob who is the Head of Learning at FNB. She is a mover and shaker with lots of experience in different roles in corporate from marketing, leading teams and she's a huge tech enthusiast. Yumna is a former delegate of The Networking Company's training and leadership development programs. We discuss her journey in corporate as well as the challenges of being a single super mother and dealing with divorce. We unpack some of her very helpful tools to navigating the corporate world and forming relationships to help you get ahead and be noticed. We unpack her framework for reinventing yourself as well as some key steps to achieving success and some of the books that have helped inspire her moves and motivate in her pursuit of success and a wholesome life.   

On this show we cover:

• 01:54  - Early life and upbringing in a family of strong women who taught financial dependence and taking bold risks ,
• 14:30  -  Tips, tricks and a framework to help reinvent yourself in whatever role you are chosen for or pursuit,  
• 11:21  - Overcoming being seen as weak and lessons from a failed marriage,
•  23:10  - Being kind to yourself, trusting your instincts and allowing your kids to teach the parent being important tips for single mothers, 
• 20:15  - Sharing parenting philosophies and the guilt single mothers feel for having a life outside of their young children,
• 32:11  - Operational excellence, trusted relationships, evolution and authenticity and empathy being important steps to success, 
• 37:48  - Discussing top 3 books that influenced Yumna Tayob, Dare To Lead & The Alchemist and The Biggest Wake Up Call,
• 40:55  - Moments of pause became a tactic to survive and refocus during the COVID pandemic,
• 42:55  - Words that describe and sum up Yumna Tayob, "Carpie Diem" 

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On this episode I speak to Julia Kerr Henkel is the MD of Lumminos Coaching and Change Consulting. She is an executive coach, seasoned change and organisational development consultant, facilitator and speaker. In March 2019, Julia studied directly with Dr Brené Brown in Texas and is one of her Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitators commissioned to teach the skillsets of courage, connection, vulnerability, shame, empathy and emotional literacy. Julia runs various in-house, public or individual programs based on these skillsets. Prior to founding Lumminos in 2008, Julia spent 4 years at Goldman Sachs London and was a director for 8 years at College Hill Investor Relations and Magna Carta, communications and reputation management agencies. She is married to Vaughan, stepmother to two university-going young adults and fur-mother to 3 Maine Coon cats. She loves learning, deep conversations, dancing, travelling and non-peaty whisky. She lives and practices in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

On this show we cover:

• 02:46  Early life and upbringing in Zimbabwe and Durban in South Africa,
• 07:09  Advice for career women on finding and living their purpose,  
• 11:21  What success looks like and people Julia Kerr admires,  
• 16:15  Top 3 book with the biggest impact and some concept related to lessons from those books, 
• 20:15  Favourite failure that taught you the most in life,
• 24:48  When the why's are big enough the how's will figure themselves out,
• 25:59  Experience and personal takeaways from attending sessions and working with Brené Brown,
• 27:41  Giving context around the idea of being "clear is kind",  
• 32:40  Details about the Dare To Lead sessions, 
• 34:20  Energy and joy hacks that have helped over the COVID period,
• 37:13  Coaching tips for people feeling stuck and emotionally depleted,
• 42:55  Words that describe and sum up Julia Kerr Henkel, "Be kind when possible because its always possible" 

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• [email protected]
• www.lumminos.co.za 

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