The Empathy for Breakfast Show

Trigger Warning:

This episode contains content that may be alarming to some listeners. Discussion around rape, abuse, mental health, suicide has been used between 04:48-04:53, 14:04-14:37, 16:16-17:51. Listener discretion is advised. Please take care of yourself, and if you need to, don’t be afraid to reach out and ask for help.

Episode Show Notes:

In this episode, I am thrilled to be joined by Debi Steven, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Action Breaks Silence, an educational charity organisation based in South Africa, India, and the United Kingdom. This organisation aims to create a world where women and girls can live their lives free from the fear of gender-based violence.

Our conversation uncovers the pivotal role empathy plays in helping to reduce gender-based violence and how empathy work with young men can change communities. Do tune in and hear what Debi has to say. She is part of the change our world so desperately needs.

Connect with Debi Steven:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debi-steven-76a261b/

Connect with Action Breaks Silence:

Website: https://www.actionbreakssilence.org/

Facebook: @actionbreakssilence

Instagram: @actionbreakssilence

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/action-breaks-silence-org/

Twitter: @ActBreakSilence

Donate to Action Breaks Silence: https://www.actionbreakssilence.org/donate

Connect with Mimi Nicklin

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A special thanks to DJ Cielo https://instagram.com/johnnyciel?igshid=jejun858mvw3 and Eye Q Films https://www.eyeqfilmsindia.com for sponsoring our podcast

In this episode, I am thrilled to be joined by Shayamal Vallabhjee, a South African born Sports Scientist, Psychologist, Author, and former Monk. He works as a high-performance coach with elite athletes, Olympians, sports teams, and executives. He is a versatile and inspiringly energetic, and wise man. 

Our conversation focuses on food and was inspired by a prior discussion surrounding the impact of what we eat on our ability to empathise with ourselves and others. A fascinating concept, Shayamal helps us understand the relation between empathy and compassion, our ability to create social cohesion and the most amazing insights into how we work and thrive as humans. I could have spoken to him all day. Head on over and tune in to this mind-opening & energetic conversation and find out if your food is changing how you connect with others.

Connect with Shayamal Vallabhjee: https://tap.bio/@Shayamal

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A special thanks to DJ Cielo https://instagram.com/johnnyciel?igshid=jejun858mvw3 and Eye Q Films https://www.eyeqfilmsindia.com for sponsoring our podcast

In this episode, I am thrilled to have one of South Africa’s most celebrated chefs, Zola Nene. Based in Cape Town, she is the author of three cookbooks, a food stylist, and a television personality. She became a resident Chef of the popular show Expresso Morning Show. She is the host of her own cooking show Celeb Feasts with Zola. The work that she does represents her love for nature and the people in her life. 

Our discussion focuses on sharing food and how it can be used to show empathy for others. Zola helps us understand the role food plays in our lives, how it bridges the divide and unifies us as humans. Tune in to this cheerful conversation and find out how this chef sees the world of food and connection.

Connect with Zola Nene

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zola_nene/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/zola_nene

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zola-nene-22308231/

Website: https://www.zolanene.com

Check out Celeb Feasts with Zola

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCffwzN-6SwFTtjdlGFJfG9A

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zola_feasts/

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A special thanks to DJ Cielo https://instagram.com/johnnyciel?igshid=jejun858mvw3 and Eye Q Films https://www.eyeqfilmsindia.com for sponsoring our podcast

In this episode, I am thrilled to have Meritxell Garcia from Spain. She is an empathy expert, coach, and author of El Arte de le Empatía (The Art of Empathy), a practical guide for highly sensitive people to thrive with the sensitivity that makes them unique. In this conversation, we are discussing creativity and its link with empathy.

Meritxell coins the term “Dramatic Creativity”. She believes human beings can go through something in life that can spark creativity naturally to find solutions, especially in extreme situations. She shares some of her personal stories that helped leverage her creativity more naturally. Tune in to this discussion and find out whether we are born with creativity, or is it a skill set?

Connect with Meritxell Garcia:

Website - https://meritxellgarciaroig.com

Instagram - www.instagram.com/meritxellgarciar

Facebook - www.facebook.com/meritxellgarciar

Meritxell’s Coaching Programs:

Individual Programs: https://meritxellgarciaroig.com/individual?lang=en#turn-your-sensitive-into-a-gift-program

Business Programs: https://meritxellgarciaroig.com/business?lang=en#empathic-leadership-program

Connect with Mimi Nicklin

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A special thanks to DJ Cielo https://instagram.com/johnnyciel?igshid=jejun858mvw3 and Eye Q Films https://www.eyeqfilmsindia.com  for sponsoring our podcast.

In this episode, I am very proud to be joined by a prominent figure from the Arab world, Her Royal Highness Sayyida Basma Al Said. Being a mental health specialist and leader in the Middle East, she shares the importance of wellness, empathy, and mental health in today’s world and why more of us should be looking after this area of our lives. We talk about planning for the future, taking lessons from 2020 and creating our own 'magical' plan B.

Her approach to changing the face of mental health in the region led her to open Whispers of Serenity Clinic in Muscat, Oman, the first of its kind in the country. Recording this episode was an absolute highlight of my week, and I hope you enjoy it as much I did. 

Connect with Al Sayyida Basma Al Said:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/basmaalsaidofficial/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alsayyida-basma-al-said-32514446/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Official-Sayyida-Basma-Al-said-232819700523179/

Connect with Whispers of Serenity Clinic:

Website: www.whispers-of-serenity.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/serenitymuscat/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/whispers-of-serenity-clinic/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WOSCM/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/serenitymuscat?lang=en

Connect with Mimi Nicklin

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A special thanks to DJ Cielo https://instagram.com/johnnyciel?igshid=jejun858mvw3 and Eye Q Films https://www.eyeqfilmsindia.com for sponsoring our podcast.

In this episode, I am joined by not just one, but two inspiring women from around the world. Els Kolster and former boxing champion Lesley Sackey co-founded WeBOX with a passion for helping people find their inner champion - particularly across the corporate world. In this conversation, we talk about how we link our empathy to our inner champion and how we can define the strongest version of ourselves. Our conversation uncovers ideas on leading with resilience and deep connectivity - especially after a turbulent year. Tune in to our discussion and find out more your own inner champion.

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Connect with Els

Instagram: @what_els

Connect with Lesley

@theboxingboutique

Connect with WEBOX

@weboxunite

Website: https://www.weboxworkshops.com/

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A special thanks to DJ Cielo https://instagram.com/johnnyciel?igshid=jejun858mvw3 and Eye Q Films https://www.eyeqfilmsindia.com  for sponsoring our podcast.

In this episode, I am joined by Jesse Akister, a strength and rehabilitation coach and the co-founder of The Shero Life. We share ideas about how we can link more empathy for ourselves to our health regimes, and our overall wellness, and we look at how Jesse uses a holistic approach to fitness to help people reach their full potential. Our conversation uncovers thoughts on self-improvement and self-love. Tune in to our discussion and find out more about how we move from “always on” to “always well”.

Connect with Jesse and The Shero Life

Instagram: @jesseakister @thesherolife

Website: www.thesherolife.com

Sign up to Fit(H)er Ramadan Training camp by The Shero Life: https://www.thesherolife.com/product/21

Connect with Mimi Nicklin

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A special thanks to DJ Cielo https://instagram.com/johnnyciel?igshid=jejun858mvw3 and Eye Q Films https://www.eyeqfilmsindia.com  for sponsoring our podcast.

In 2019, when I got my publishing deal for my first book, Softening the Edge, there was no real awareness, and certainly no conversation, about empathy. Not in the media or leadership, and certainly not across the business world. But then things changed. The pandemic changed our lives forever and with it our understanding of, and connection to, our shared humanity and our mutual understanding.

For the first time in many years, I had time at home, alone, to consider how we might start to fast track the conversation surrounding the value and power of empathy. I wanted to create something beyond my book alone. So, I started a breakfast show, Empathy for Breakfast, where I went live for 20 minutes on Tuesday mornings to share stories, insight and awareness surrounding empathy in our world. The results were bamboozling with nearly 80,000 people from around the world joining me to learn about humanity’s most powerful, yet natural, superpower.

The Empathy for Breakfast Show is the evolution of those mornings live from a pandemic. Today the show will feature guests from all over the world. Thought leaders, specialists, professionals and parents, these are people who share a passion for our human understanding, our connectivity and our empathy. I believe that we are all far more alike than we are different and this show aims to bring this to life.

I am Mimi Nicklin and I would love you to join me every Tuesday to understand how we can really connect with and understand each other, reverse our loneliness endemic and overcome the empathy gap plaguing our world and our workplaces. In empathy for the busy lives we all lead, each episode will be for 20 minutes.

The more talk about empathy, the more empathy we will have. Welcome to the show.

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A special thanks to DJ Cielo (https://instagram.com/johnnyciel?igshid=jejun858mvw3) and Eye Q Films (https://www.eyeqfilmsindia.com) for sponsoring our podcast.