Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard

Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard

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  • STOP BEING SO NICE
    What People-Pleasing Is Really Costing You with Alicia Pieterse

    What if being “nice” isn't always kindness?

    What if sometimes it's fear? The fear of disappointing people. Of not being liked. Of not being needed. Of discovering what might happen if you finally put yourself first.

    In the first episode of Season 2 of Amandla: The Power Within, Mpeo Nkosi reconnects with Alicia Pieterse — executive coach, author, and the resident coach from Season 1 — for a conversation about people-pleasing, self-abandonment, self-worth, boundaries, purpose, and freedom.

    A lot has changed since they last spoke. Alicia has written Patches: Coaching Stories of Overcoming and Possibility. Mpeo has moved through grief and a period of creative disconnection. And their reunion opens up a much bigger conversation about what it means to come back to yourself.

    Alicia explores the childhood strategies many of us develop to get our needs met — and how those strategies can follow us into adulthood, often without us even recognising them.

    Together, Mpeo and Alicia ask:
    When does kindness become people-pleasing?
    What are you giving up to be liked?
    What relationships require you to abandon yourself to keep them alive?
    And what happens when you become still enough to hear what is really going on underneath the performance?

    The conversation moves from people-pleasing into innate freedom, Alicia's exploration of Sankalpa — a commitment to living from your highest purpose — and the difference between achieving what you want and becoming who you want to be.

    This isn't about becoming less caring. It's about learning that you can care for other people without abandoning yourself. A conversation about the courage to notice, the freedom to choose differently, and the ongoing work of becoming.

    Welcome back to Amandla. The power is already within you. Purchase a copy of Patches
    1 hr 1 min
  • The most dangerous place to make decisions is from your desktop
    Media Partnership with the Nedbank IMC Conference.

    Carmen Murray interviews The Principality on the tension between data, human judgement and AI in the future of marketing. They explore why real-world context and nuance matter beyond the desktop, how AI is transforming research and marketing, and what marketing could look like by 2050. website · podcast studio · Join our community for free · Join our YouTube channel for more
    4 min
  • Why Influencers need creative freedom when they work with brands
    Media Partner to the Nedbank IMC Conference.

    Carmen Murray, coming LIVE from the Nedbank IMC Marketing Is Business Conference, sits down with Fluence Africa, an influencer marketing agency, to explore the future of influencer marketing.

    The big shift? Authenticity over advertising. Creators want to be taken seriously as entrepreneurs, while brands need to give them the creative freedom to connect with audiences in their own voice.

    The future belongs to brands and creators who build trust, collaborate authentically and embrace creativity. website · podcast studio · Join our community for free · Join our YouTube channel for more
    7 min
  • We spotted a shift: Regulation needs a human
    Media Partner to the Nedbank IMC Conference.

    Carmen Murray sits down with The Principality, to unpack one of the biggest tensions facing marketing today: how do we embrace AI without losing the human?

    The conversation explores the delicate balance between technological acceleration and human judgement, particularly in highly regulated industries where legislation, consumer needs and accountability mean we simply can’t leave everything to the machines.

    Why marketers still need to do the research, understand the consumer, know where attention is moving and, ultimately, put human eyes on the work before it reaches the world. website · podcast studio · Join our community for free · Join our YouTube channel for more
    5 min
  • The Shifts in Social Screening
    Shift Happens in Partnership with Nedbank IMC Conference.

    Carmen Murray sits down with Jennifer Barkhuizen, Head of Marketing at Mettus, to unpack the rise of AI-powered social screening, and what your digital footprint is really saying about you.

    The conversation explores how social screening can analyse online behaviour, communication, values and risk to give organisations a deeper picture of the people they hire, promote, appoint to boards or partner with.

    But this is about more than screening. It opens up a bigger conversation about trust, authenticity and human judgement in a digital world, where leaders are becoming brand ambassadors and individuals are increasingly their own media houses. What we say, share, like and comment on can shape not only our personal reputation, but the reputation of the organisations we represent.

    The big question is: are we consciously building the digital reputation we want to carry into the future? website · podcast studio · Join our community for free · Join our YouTube channel for more
    32 min
  • S08 E06 Máire Fisher
    Máire Fisher is the author of Birdseye and The Enumerations, both currently republished internationally by Catalyst Press. Her work has been described as 'masterful' and 'unputdownable'.

    Máire joins Fiona and Gail to talk about writing the sequel to Birdseye, and dabbling in Regency Romance writing. She talks about how she gains great value from writing under mentorship.

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    1 hr 12 min
  • Adventures of a Boer Family | Victor Pohl [read by Malcolm Gooding]
    This is a sensitive, faithful, amusing account of the unique experiences of a Free State farming family during the Anglo-Boer War.

    From the author’s mother being mistaken for an English lady by a British officer, to his own imprisonment as a thirteen-year-old at Green Point POW camp; from his three older brothers’ exploits on commando, to General De Wet’s address – in a voice ‘shaken with emotion’ – to his men after the war was lost; from his younger brothers’ experiences as favourites with the soldiers at a British military camp where they were detained, to the whole family’s hope and courage in the aftermath of war – this book is a true delight. Email Solid Gold · For links to buy this book
    6 min

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