The Tidal Podcast

In honour of of mental children's health month, we're joined by Natalie Von Tiechman, the founder of Miindfully, a company that's created the very first meditation stuffie for kids that offers a full sensory experience.

Natalie's passion for children's wellness hit an all-time high when her and her family of four young boys experienced COVID-19 (Natalie being Canada's 29th confirmed case). Witnessing the mental-health impact in our communities, particularly on children and young-adults, and going through that experience gave Natalie a wider depth of insight on how to deal with situations that are beyond our control and the trauma it can play on us mentally. She founded MIINDFULLY. and created mediTATE, the first meditation stuffie that has not only changed the lives of many children but has acted as a disrupter in the category of children's toys. Her mission is to utilise this cuddly breathing buddy to connect children and young adults to the power of meditation and mindfulness in a way that makes sense for them, helping them learn and explore magical, child and young adult-focuaed meditations.

Natalie is also a certified yoga instructor, trained Crisis Responder for Kids Help Phone, has a diploma in Children's Mindfulness from the Centre of Excellence, and has her CPD certificate in Mindfulness in Children.

We're so excited to have Natalie here to dive further into how she's making waves of impact in this category of children wellness toys and helping children and young adults where they're needing it the most.

Follow Natalie and the incredible work they're getting up to with TATE at @miindfullymeditate or www.miindfully.com and get 25% off their annual meditation membership for the month of May in honour of Children's Mental Health Awarenss month.

Thanks for being here.

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In this mini-wave, we give you a tool that's a bit of an 'ace' card when it comes to showing up in leadership. We hear so much talk about being intentional, however, we want you to consider does your 'intention' align with your impact?

Think of intent and impact like peanut butter and jelly. They compliment each other. Yet, we often think of them as separate. Nowadays, the personal growth industry is huge, and versions of the word 'intentional' are slapped across every IG post, notebook, and t-shirt - yet we don't talk enough about the resulting impact.

Being intentional without considering your impact, is like trying to sail a ship without the consideration or experience of the ocean.

Responsibility is BFF with intentionality and impact.

Let's get into it.

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With Earth Day last week, Director Eternal Polk joins us to discuss his film "Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land" a powerful documentary that sheds light on the ongoing struggle for black land ownership in the United States.

Polk's film highlights the long history of discrimination against black farmers, who have been systematically denied access to land and resources, and explores the ways in which black communities are fighting back. The film features interviews with activists, farmers, and community leaders who are working to reverse the damage done by decades of discriminatory policies.

On todays show, Polk dives into the issues raised in the film, sharing insights from his research and personal experiences and you can expect a candid and thought-provoking conversation that explores the complex relationship between race, land ownership, and economic justice.

We're thrilled to have Eternal Polk join us to discuss his important film. His work sheds light on a critical issue that affects generations of people in this country, and we hope this conversation will help to raise awareness and inspire action. This conversation is rich soil with a rich soul!

About Eternal Polk:

Eternal Polk is a two-time Emmy-nominated director, writer, and segment producer with over 20 years of directing short and long-form projects including documentaries, music videos, branded content, & commercials. Intimate, nuanced, and intentional while placing subjects on a pedestal to display their humanity is how Eternal describes his directing style and mission. Eternal has served as a creative director participating in ideation and copywriting of client commercial and branded content spots, while earning Telly, Webby, Shorty, and Ooma awards. His work has been featured on HBO, FOX, ESPN, ABC, BET, VH1, and MTV.

Gaining Ground: The Fight For Black Land is his first feature film as director and executive producer has been selected as one of the 2023 Black American Film Festival pictures in the Documentary Features category. Films in this category are eligible to be nominated to compete for the Jury Award for Best Documentary.⁠

Enjoy!

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At the Heart of The Tidal Podcast is the word leadership, and remember all of us are leaders and really it's about how we show up.

By upgrading your understanding of the word leadership, we wholeheartedly believe you'll experience more agency and influence over any circumstance you face.

Consider this…. The power of intention is a declaration of a future state that you will do, based on your passion, values, and purpose; it is why you have set the goals you've set, your internal raison d'être. The power of your intention can change your life – it is how you show up, it is how you BE.

If you can express this power of intention to your team, they are likely to understand your mission and their purpose, which will motivate and inspire them in turn. Team members want someone to look up to h=who has a clear outlook on where to go and why. The destination needs to be clear – the leader needs to BE it and show it. For employees, the clearer the WHY the easier the HOW.

The Power of Intention is who leaders BE to create an inspiring vision that quite literally inspires and ignites teams – and in turn teams are empowered to BE, to achieve – the vision. They'll feel the confidence to make decisions needed to get to where the team wants to BE.

Your power of intention was formed by experiences you've had throughout your life that formed who you are. These experiences, combined with your passion and purpose, form your intention – what you choose to BE.

Let's make this real. Here's a pro-tip. Intention is internal before it is external. When I find myself unclear, in any situation and I'm feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, anxious, frazzled, unsure (just to name a few) the most powerful question I've found to ask myself in the moment is…"What is my internal intention?" Then I wait for my innate, internal voice -- my heart voice -- not my head voice -- to speak with clarity, knowing that that truth has a profound, and likely positive impact on external environments. " When I invoke my intention, the universe meets us at the point of action.

From this way of leading, watch the ripples get created.

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Recognized as an Ad Age "Woman to Watch" and "40 Under 40," and one of Business Insider's "30 Most Creative Women in Advertising," Xanthe Wells is a creative director with 20 years of experience, 14 of which she spent at advertising agencies before making the move brand side in 2017. As VP of Creative, Xanthe leads all creative, concepting, design, experiential, writing and content for Pinterest Marketing.

Previously, Xanthe served as Global Executive Creative Director & Sr. Director for Google, leading a team of 100+ creatives and producers to international recognition by many industry award shows, including Brand Side Agency of the Year and Grand Prix in Cannes. Xanthe is also the co-founder of several packaged goods brands, , she was born and raised in the heart of San Francisco and now lives as a single mom in Los Altos with her two kids.

There's no question that Xanthe is a force, and we want to get into the ways that she has been making waves of impact particularly for women to have a secured and influential seat at the table. In executive roles, in decision making roles, in creative roles.

She's a tidal wave baby, and we chat about who's she's had to BE as she leads the way.

Follow Xanthe on Linkedin at @XantheWells

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P.S. If you know someone who is a true wavemaker in this world and they are betting on themselves and others creating waves of change, please tell us about them at podcast @sarahgibbons.co.

Welcome back to our mini wave - the snack size pods happening every other week.

At the heart of our show is the word "leadership", because we believe that the only thing we truly have control over is how we show up and relate to the issue, the person or the situation. Who we BE in that moment, is the quality of a leader. We want to offer you an updated definition of leadership, because we're living in a world that has defined it in a very one-dimensional way.

By upgrading your understanding of the word leadership, we wholeheartedly believe you'll experience more agency and influence over any circumstance you face.

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In this epsiode we sit down with Tione Trice, a Spatial Designer and Founder of OF THE CLOTH, a design company and boutique store in Rockefeller Center in Manhattan that sells African and African American antiques. Trice has been collecting curiosities and rarified objects since the age of 15 and grew his career to include brand development, design, and sourcing.

Over the last decade, Tione's design philosophy has been distilled. The purpose of design and art is not merely aesthetic; when practiced with clear intention, it possesses healing properties imbued into the space and its inhabitants, and OF THE CLOTH is the culmination of these experiences.

Earlier this month Trice was featured in the New York Times in a piece called 'Putting Black Design in a Spotlight' which paid homage to his unique eye, presentation style, and how he's making waves in interior design. "These people are holding on to their dollar because they want to spend it with me. There are no shops like what I do in the city: People come to me for truth. They come to me for rare."

He's a true gift, and the kind of wavemaker we're honoured to have on the show.

Enjoy the epsiode and follow Tione at @tionetrice and @ofthecloth.us.

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Many people either don't know their core values, or they don't live FROM them. In today's mini wave episode, we break down why we need to do both.

Your core values help you understand your personal motivations that shape how you live and feel. If you don't live FROM your values, you end up living from expectations, which 99% of the time results in disappointment.

When you live from your values and let them influence your choices and actions, you're using a criteria that aligns with what matters most to you, which will result in living your truth.

In under 10 minutes this exercise will help you get clarity on your core values right now. Values can change depending on many factors and what stage of life you're in, and they can be influenced by where you live, the people around you, season of life, experiences - so this is an exercise you'll want to do regularly.

Enjoy! And sign-up for email at www.sarahgibbons.com to recieve a digitial copy of the How to Determie Your Values Guide!

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Welcome to the Tidal Podcast - episode 1!

To kick things off, we have Kim HIll, who was in The Black Eyed Peas. And then she quit.

The NY Times OP Doc on Hill set a record 10M views while empowering women around the globe. She shared the stage with the late Biggie Smalls and co-wrote Tupac's "Mamas Just a Little Girl," on the multi platinum Grammy nominated album, Better Dayz. She sang on Jane's Addiction "Superhero", theme song for Entourage and has written TV campaigns for Target and Old Navy. She starred in the award winning indie film, In The Morning, appeared in Sofia Ford Coppola's film, and On The Rocks with Rashida Jones and Bill Murray to name a few. While she's most recognizable as the original singer in The Black Eyed Peas, Hill broke records with her indie release Sugarhill, crystalizing her sound in a movement she helped define.

But it wasn't until 2020, when Hill turned her creative efforts towards textile and furniture design, that she felt all of the stars align. She began weaving macrame onto vintage outdoor chair frames and it took off like wildfire. Her chair sculptures have been in exhibits, commissioned by multidisciplinary artists like Derrick Adams and adorn the decks of The Rockaway Hotel. The line is called Hazel and Shirley, an homage to her late grandmother and mother who were textile designers and supported all of her aspirations. This addition pivoted her natural body care line NEXT OF KIM into a lifestyle brand; which has been featured on NBC, Fox 5, Elle and Allure Magazines.

Hill personifies what happens when you stop mixing records and start mixing textiles and she's here today to talk to us about what it means to make waves of impact when you bet on yourself.

Enjoy!

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Follow Kim at @alwayskimhill on instagram or visit Kim's site for her latest work, the bespoke hand woven chairs at www.nextofkimbeauty.com.

The Tidal Podcast is a thought leadership show hosted by world-renowned Executive Leadership Coaches Sarah Gibbons & Tashion Macon. Sarah & Tashion shine the light on influential, inspiring and next-generation individuals that are making waves of impact, uncovering who they are BeING in this world.

Tune in every Wednesday for leadership coaching tools and insightful conversations that center around the humanness of leadership.

Who we BE informs what we do.

Now, let's make waves.

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