The ISL Podcast

#20 Interview with Karina Lagarrigue - Clinical psychologist helping expatriated, cross-cultural and frequent travelling couples and families to THRIVE. Early-stage PhD in Sensory Processing Sensitivity and expat motherhood (recorded February 2022)
Karina has moved around the world since she was only 15 days old. Hypersensitive and hyperempathetic from birth, passionate about communication and interculturality, Karina dedicates her time to studying and accompanying expatriation processes, transitions to international motherhood and fatherhood, and to understanding the interpersonal adaptation processes that occur between couples in all these contexts.

Karina answered a few questions for us and gave us some great suggestions:

What is unique for you in the experience of being an expat?
If you could turn back the time, would you take the same decisions?
Do you think that certain people have a personality or predisposition to be more able to leave their native country and move abroad than others? To easily find themselves again somewhere else?
Which advice would you give to busy expat working mums, who may have lost the support of their family network once they moved abroad to help them build a new life?
What are the different phases of settling abroad? Are there any?
How can we support our kids during our ‘expat’ journey?


Karina Lagarrique
On LinkedIn (5) Karina Lagarrigue | LinkedIn
On Instagram - karinalagarriguepsychologist

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Angelina

Interview with Adam Rosendahl - Master facilitator, entrepreneur, and experience design consultant. Chief Experience Officer at Late Nite Art (recorded September 2021)

Through his award-winning workshops and trainings, Adam fuses experiential learning, arts, and cutting-edge facilitation to breathe imagination and connection into teams, organisations, and conferences around the globe.
Drawing from his work in youth empowerment, illustration, music curation, and entrepreneurship, Adam developed the idea for Late Nite Art®: a methodology that spans industry, age, and culture, supporting participants to improve emotional intelligence, build creative confidence, and disrupt routine ways of thinking.
Adam enjoys nothing more than lighting the creative spark in the people and places that need it most.


Adam answered a few questions for us about his experience:

1.I love your role, I love your title, so start let’s start from there. What does it mean to be a Chief Experience Officer?
2.What is Experience Design and why is it so important?
3.When you work with people from many cultural backgrounds how do you manage to connect and educate all the participant efficiently?
4.Is it simple to change people from completely strangers into friends in just a couple of hours?
5.How can we use art/music to facilitate a space, a gathering, a meeting?
6.How did you manage to convince so many famous brands to trust you and your unique methodology?
7.How can we reboot creativity?
8.We played a lot as a kid, then we stopped, do you think that we can come back to the times of joyfulness?


Adam Rosendahl
•On LinkedIn (16) Adam Rosendahl | LinkedIn


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Angelina

Interview with Gabriela Weglowska - Learning Solutions Designer | Intercultural Consultant, Trainer & Coach (recorded July 2021)
Gabi is a pro-active, impact-driven Learning and Development professional with expertise in Cultural Intelligence, Diversity & Inclusion and Soft Skills. Creative in identifying and designing effective learning solutions backed up by cross-cultural research and the neuroscience of learning, she is committed to excellence and enjoys inspiring and working with others towards mutual goals that create an impact.

Gabi has a passion for human development, her mission being to help individuals and businesses develop culturally intelligent and inclusive mindsets and workplaces. She delivers on this mission through promoting and designing intercultural learning solutions that follow the trends of the 'modern learner' and meet the current challenges of her global clients.

Gabi shared with us her interesting life experience:
1. What was the reason why you moved abroad? Had you always thought about it?
2. What was the greatest challenge you faced after you moved?
3. Why have you chosen to work in the Intercultural Differences field? Can you tell us a little bit more about it?
4. Do you have any advice for people who wants to move abroad and become members of international communities, but are afraid to take the step forward?
5. In terms of improving language skills, do you have any tips for our audience?
6. Do you feel like a ‘person on the swing’ who it is hard for to describe where her home is? Poland, UK?
7. How have you designed and built your career abroad?
8. Are there any specific skills you would recommend to people to focus on to develop their professional career?
9. Where can people find you and how can they cooperate with you in the future or even attend the meetings you host?


Gabriela Weglowska
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielaweglowska/

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Angelina

Interview with Gry Guldberg – Organisational Transformation Activist FACILITATING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, RESULTS & LEARNING (recorded May 2021)

Gry Guldberg is a disciplined, transformative, and wise consultant who serves her client’s purpose and ambitions. She has the skills and the courage to create sustainable change and measurable results. She focuses on growth and vitality in the tasks to be done and results created. She has a creative and yet discreet way to problem solving and organisational design. She has long term relationships with clients and see challenges, obstacles, and conflicts as possibilities for growth and learning.

She has developed, challenged and transformed leaders and executives from Haldor Topsøe, SAAB, Novo Nordisk, 3F, COOP, Årstiderne, COWI, Rambøll, Accenture, Tiger of Copenhagen.

Gry shared with us her vision and her interesting life experiences:
Gry you are currently based in Denmark, but do you feel as an international citizen? I know that you have been working with people from all over the globe, am I right?
How do you work amongst different cultures? Do you change your approach and adjust it to the group that you work with?
Gry on your Facebook page we can find the quote: “We are the ones we have been waiting for”. Can we explore this sentence a little bit more?
Gry you wrote an article: “WHAT TYPE OF LEADERSHIP DO OUR ORGANISATIONS NEED?”
After #MeToo, Greta Thunberg, COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter? We should not invent a new type of leadership. We need everything we already know. TOTAL. Because what is the brand of fire if everything changes?
What does it mean?
In your opinion what are the future skills that we should learn to survive, to help others to survive and to save our planet?
You help people with transformations, how does transformation begin? What it’s the first step?


Gry Guldberg
On LinkedIn - (7) "gry guldberg" | Search | LinkedIn
On Facebook – Gry Guldberg Friis | Facebook
On Instagram - Gry Guldberg Friis (@grubi_diamondpanther) • Instagram photos and videos

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Angelina

Interview with Bogdan Manta – Neuroscience for Business Expert: engagement strategy, effective communication, seamless team dynamics, leadership excellence, hybrid work – Neuromarketing – Neuronal Dynamics - Founder and Expert Trainer at The Essential Workshops (recorded May 2021)


Bogdan shared with us some interesting facts about his life & work!
1.Bogdan you are currently based in Amsterdam, but originally come from the Czech Republic. As you probably know our audience is made of people from all over the world, and we are all curious to know how you built your life abroad? What was fascinating, and what was challenging?

2.You focus on applying neuro-psychology to different learning models, emphasising on the human sensorimotor, cognitive, and affective response to stimuli. Can you tell us more about this because it sounds very different to the ‘old fashion’ education model where you are sitting in front of manuals and memorising everything.

3.Can we jump into the future, and can you give us some suggestions as to what kind of skills we have to look for to learn more, to be more adaptable?

4.How can we apply neuroscience in our daily life if we are not experts, but we want to improve our learning process, how can we start?

5.What is your mission Bogdan? I know that you designed an online experience, and you gave the money to the British Red Cross?

6.What is a good description of “Transformation Leader”?

7.How can we learn online and not be overwhelmed? How to be engaged online without the Zoom or Teams Fatigue?

Bogdan Manta
•On LinkedIn - Bogdan Manta https://www.linkedin.com/in/bogdanmanta/?originalSubdomain=nl

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Angelina

Interview with Andy Sontag – Program Director for KaosPilot - Designing experiences that enable people and relationships to grow - Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark - (recorded May 2021)

Andy works together with talented producers and experience production teams to create the sought after Kaospilot Experience Design learning experience immersions. He holds workshops, work with clients and give talks globally.

Andy answered a few questions for us!
1. Andy you are currently based in Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark but you originally come from the US, am I right? As you probably know our audience is made of people from all over the world, and we are curious to know how you built your life abroad? Was it fascinating, challenging?
2. You are the Educator, the Mentor at Kaos Pilot and you create amazing innovative programs for future leaders. I was lucky to personally complete two of those programmes; “Experience Design” and “Become”. An incredible experience with brilliant unknown content, that you cannot very easily find on Google, and with some amazing people from all over the globe. How did you start to work at Kaos Pilot? How did you develop your skills and find your big WHY?

3. Can you please give us some suggestions as to what kind of skills we should look for to learn and move forward, to be more adaptable, to be ready for transformation?

4. Because you work with leaders from all over the globe have you spotted any global tendencies, directions that we as a civilization are going through? Which lessons we should learn?

5. Now, about connecting beautiful people together, open-minded and open-hearted people. I really love the idea and confidence you give to people when they join your programme. How they will build and develop brilliant relationships. How do you connect people Andy?

6. In terms of experience design, any tips or suggestions on how we can start, maybe even what does it mean, and how we can use it in our daily life?




Andy Sontag
•On LinkedIn (11) Andy Sontag | LinkedIn
•On Twitter - sontagideology


Kaospilot
http://www.kaospilot.dk/kaospilot-experience-design/

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Angelina

Interview with Di Xiao – Pianist, writer, and cultural ambassador - (recorded April 2021)

Hailed as 'a pianist of awesome gifts' and once named among the top ten up and coming Chinese pianists by International Piano Magazine, Di has performed in over 20 countries and in many of the World's most prestigious venues. The piano has taken her from the post Cultural Revolution backstreets of southern China to the world stage.
A performer, educator, author and director, Di is passionate about sharing her knowledge and love of music, creating innovative concert programmes that mix Western and Eastern musical fabrics. Didi takes her role as cultural ambassador very seriously and aspires to create a bridge between the two cultures.

During her interview I asked Di about:

Her journey from China to Birmingham UK.
What were her biggest concerns & fears about leaving home and moving to another country, another culture, another language?
Who did she turn to for help & support? Which best advice would she give to someone wanting to move abroad?
If being a talented musician, helped her settle into new surroundings?
Having a passion for female empowerment, how does she thinks that the ISL (Ladies) Club can help empower women?
The ISL is all about helping women realise their dreams & ambitions, unlock the talents & qualities they all possess. What were her dreams when leaving China and what would she say to anyone who has unfulfilled dreams?


Di Xiao

linkedin.com/in/di-xiao-6b680118

Websites
dixiao.co.uk/ (Personal Website)
dixiao1.blogspot.com/ (Blog)
facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Di-Xiao/135066539901633 (Facebook)
Twitter
EcstasyRecords


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Angelina

Interview with Sandy Zanella –- Mamma, Doctor and Children’s book author @happy.yogis.book (recorded April 2021)

During this beautiful conversation with Sandy we spoke about:
- How to build your life abroad
- How to build a career, if your qualifications are not recognised in the country you live in
- What is the purpose of constantly traveling and changing of place to live
- How to find yourself in the minds of worldwide difficulties and intolerances
- How to raise tri-lingual kids
- How to build network and true relationship

Sandy Zanella

https://www.instagram.com/mymindfulmomlife/
https://linktr.ee/MyMindfulMomLife

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Angelina

Interview with Karin Wilcox – Mezzo Soprano – District Winner at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in San Diego in 2011 - (recorded March 2021)

Karin first discovered her love of classical singing as a youth growing up in Germany, which then developed into a passion for opera upon starting studies at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego.
Most recently Karin was seen as “Siebel” in Valley Opera and Performing Arts production of Gounod’s Faust also she will debut in her first virtual role as La Badessa In Valley Opera and performing Arts production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica, set to premier in March of 2021.


During her interview I asked Karin about:

Her experience of living abroad and being an expat. How she has built her life successfully and develop her career?
Her language skills and how she feels the flow in English!
How she can sing without keeping the accent and tone of her mother tongue?
How can people strengthen their voice?


Karin Wilcox

https://www.karinwilcoxmezzo.com/
https://affirmedsinger.com/

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Angelina

#11- Interview with Fathiya Fousseni – Entrepreneur, Podcasts host, Business strategist, helping women start online businesses and create leverage through branding, online marketing, social media, and community building - (recorded March 2021)

Fathyia is also Founder of “She Wins Mastermind” – Co-founder of “Influvent” an influencer network and creative marketing agency that helps brands make an impact online and through events.

Fathyia’s crazy entrepreneurial journey which started in 2015 inspired her to create the She wins mastermind platform with the mission to give female entrepreneur the tools and strategies they need to create a space for them to connect, be supported and grow.

Today Fathyia talks to us about her incredible journey.


Fathyia Fousseni

𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐘𝐀®| 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝗴𝐢𝐬𝐭 (@fathiya.site) • Instagram photos and videos
(6) Fathiya Fousseni Page | Facebook
She Wins Mastermind – The Digital Marketing Launge

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Angelina