In this episode, I am joined by Egemen Sanli. Egemen is a California based world musician who refers to himself as 'a modern dervish traveling to find his own voice within world music, carrying the flag of his Turkish roots as a musician'.  Extremely talented, Ege plays a diverse range of instruments which include the sitar, native American and Turkish flutes, the hand pan and the guitar.

In this conversation we explored Ege’s Turkish roots in Southern Turkey and the impact of Rumi; the Sufi mystic, poet and philosopher on Ege’s life.

Ege’s musical journey began with heavy metal, both as a fan and an artist. This then led to exploring different spiritual styles and playing for thousands of yogis in the bay area of San Francisco. We also discuss why world music has not infiltrated the masses when it has so much meaning and depth?

More about Ege

https://egemensanli.com/

https://www.instagram.com/egesan/

More about me, Saima.

I help 'Creative Entrepreneurial and BAME women step out of their own shadows and into their POWER!' I do this as a Personal Transformation and Wellbeing coach.

I believe that every human being was sent to earth to carve out their own masterpiece. Life being the canvas on which to do this. How you choose to create your masterpiece depends on what you're willing to let go of and what you're willing to embrace.

My role as a coach is to inspire and help you ignite that burning desire within, which wants to embrace life in its entirety. Which wants to play, create, thrive and shine. Which wants to live the life you were sent here to live.

To find out more about me, pls visit www.saimamajid.uk and for 1:1 coaching, email [email protected]

Sign up for my Ten Days Of Meditation Course here

Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/saimamajid.uk/

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In this episode, I talk to professional belly dancer, dance teacher and founder of world dance platform Raqs online, Sadie Marquardt. This is a woman I’ve admired for over ten years. A woman who has built an empire doing what she loves. A woman who has really honed her craft and not taken any shortcuts whilst doing so. 

So here’s some of the juicy topics we covered:

· Body confidence and self-love

· Honing your skill over years and years in order to become an expert and a voice

· Quashing the starving artist mindset

· Failure and how to move forward.

For someone who I see as a master of their art, I felt no ego from her. This was probably one of the most beautiful takeaways from this episode.

More about Sadie

https://sadiebellydancer.com/

https://raqsonline.com/catalog

More about me, Saima.

More about me, Saima.

I help 'Creative Entrepreneurial and BAME women step out of their own shadows and into their POWER!' I do this as a Personal Transformation and Wellbeing coach.

I believe that every human being was sent to earth to carve out their own masterpiece. Life being the canvas on which to do this. How you choose to create your masterpiece depends on what you're willing to let go of and what you're willing to embrace.

My role as a coach is to inspire and help you ignite that burning desire within, which wants to embrace life in its entirety. Which wants to play, create, thrive and shine. Which wants to live the life you were sent here to live.

To find out more about me, pls visit www.saimamajid.uk and for 1:1 coaching, email [email protected]

Sign up for my Ten Days Of Meditation Course here

Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/saimamajid.uk/

Follow The Trailblazers Journey Page on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetrailblazersjourney/

After episode 26 with Lebo Grand, I felt this urge to get him back on and take our conversation on sensuality further and how we bring this into a romantic relationship. The episode was intended to be about meeting and loving a romantic partner but we ended up going much deeper and essentially covering how to set yourself up emotionally, mentally and spiritually so that you can get to a place of deep love within yourself and with another.

What we covered:

If you enjoy the episode, pls subscribe, rate and review.

More about Lebo

Lebo Grand is a thought leader on sensual empowerment for women. He is a women's sensuality coach and author of Sensual lifestyle, a book he wrote to help and support women who are on their journey to discovering and learning how to fully embrace their sensuality

https://www.lebogrand.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lebo_grand/

More about Saima

Saima Majid helps professionals and entrepreneurs from BAME communities find their voices, build confidence and standout. She does this through her Wellbeing and Life Coaching practise, dance and movement.

Following Saima’s battle with mental illness in 2014, Saima realised she’d spent her life holding back so much unexplored potential due to limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviours. She spent the next years investing heavily in her own development and growth. Now she educates and shares the knowledge that she has learnt to transform the lives of others. Helping them live authentically and setting them off on the road to happiness.

In 2019 she created the Event and Podcast ‘The Trailblazers Journey’. She was also shortlisted for an award for 'Mental Health Awareness' at The Health Bloggers Community in London and has spoken in front of hundreds about Health, Wellness and Personal development.

To find out more about Saima, pls visit www.saimamajid.uk and for 1:1 coaching, email [email protected]

Follow Saima on https://www.instagram.com/saimamajid.uk/

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In this episode, it’s just me on my own and rather than the journeys of my guests, you are going to hear about my own personal transformation this year. Just as I get to a point where I feel as though I’ve learnt all I need, life seems to throw yet another challenge. Although I mock, I will always be a lifelong student hungry to learn as much as I can about myself and the world around me. A lifelong student and therefore hopefully, a lifelong teacher so that I can pass this knowledge and wisdom on for the benefit others. As the title says 2020, has been the year of sensuality and learning about and embracing my divine feminine and so I share what I have learnt as a woman.

If you enjoy the episode feel free to leave any comments on our Instagram page @thetrailblazersjourney and also subscribe, rate and review.

More about Saima

Saima Majid helps professionals and entrepreneurs from BAME communities find their voices, build confidence and standout. She does this through her Wellbeing and Life Coaching practise, dance and movement.

Following Saima’s battle with mental illness in 2014, Saima realised she’d spent her life holding back so much unexplored potential due to limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviours. She spent the next years investing heavily in her own development and growth. Now she educates and shares the knowledge that she has learnt to transform the lives of others. Helping them live authentically and setting them off on the road to happiness.

In 2019 she created the Event and Podcast ‘The Trailblazers Journey’. She was also shortlisted for an award for 'Mental Health Awareness' at The Health Bloggers Community in London and has spoken in front of hundreds about Health, Wellness and Personal development.

To find out more about Saima, pls visit www.saimamajid.uk and for 1:1 coaching, email [email protected]

Follow Saima on https://www.instagram.com/saimamajid.uk/ 

Follow The Trailblazers Journey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetrailblazersjourney/

In today’s episode, I will be talking to my guests about growing up as third culture kid here in the UK. By third culture kid, I mean when your parents are from one land and you were born into another.  We will be delving deep into how this impacts your life. 

For many of us growing up as second generation Asians, I would say that we lead a double life, one within the home environment and a very different one outside of the home. Because of the polarity between the two, the home life often got hidden from the world in order to survive. 

Having to deny such a huge part of your identity has come at a price for many of us South Asians and so in today’s episode I am joined by two amazing women and dear friends of mine, who are founders of a tech startup which looks to tackle some of these issues head on. 

Jas and Bally are the brains behind the digital app Rani Circle which aims to provide a safe space in which South Asian women can come together to connect, share and support each other.  As a result, combating loneliness and isolation. The sister duo want to create a supportive environment in which women can feel a sense of belonging and be their authentic selves. 

More about Rani Circle 

https://www.ranicircle.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/ranicircle/ 

More about Saima 

Saima Majid helps professionals and entrepreneurs from BAME communities find their voices, build confidence and standout. She does this through her Wellbeing and Life Coaching practise, dance and movement. 

Following Saima’s battle with mental illness in 2014, Saima realised she’d spent her life holding back so much unexplored potential due to limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviours. She spent the next years investing heavily in her own development and growth. Now she educates and shares the knowledge that she has learnt to transform the lives of others. Helping them live authentically and setting them off on the road to happiness. 

In 2019 she created the Event and Podcast ‘The Trailblazers Journey’. She was also shortlisted for an award for 'Mental Health Awareness' at The Health Bloggers Community in London and she has spoken in front of hundreds about Health, Wellness and Personal development. 

To find out more about Saima, pls visit www.saimamajid.uk and for 1:1 coaching, email [email protected] 

Follow Saima on https://www.instagram.com/saimamajid.uk/ 

Follow The Trailblazers Journey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetrailblazersjourney/

In today’s episode I talk about sensuality, a topic i'm hugely passionate about and something which is not talked about enough. I’m joined by women’s sensuality coach Lebo Grand. Lebo works with women helping them to cultivate their own sensuality.

If you are someone that only associates sensuality with sex, then you may be quite surprised to learn the full breadth of what sensuality actually is. I love this quote by the great writer James Baldwin who said ‘To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread'.

if you are in touch with your own sensuality then you may find a lot of comfort in this episode. Something that Lebo said which really resonated was that, the sensual path is a lonely path and so as a sensual person, if you’ve ever felt that loneliness, pls know that you are not alone. I’ve also noticed that it’s often the sensual people that are the biggest change makers because they are able to access parts of themselves that maybe others cannot and therefore share their beauty with the world.

I’m also going to do something I’ve never done before. The day after recording this, I went onto Instagram and the first thing I saw was an India Arie song that Lebo had posted on his feed. I literally felt myself melting into a heap of gushiness so to kick off this episode, I’m going to begin with the queen of sensuality herself.

So get those scented candles lit, take some nice deep full breaths, kick off your shoes, leave that to do list exactly where it is and enjoy the episode.

More about Lebo

Lebo Grand is a thought leader on sensual empowerment for women. He is a women's sensuality coach and author of Sensual lifestyle, a book he wrote to help and support women who are on their journey to discovering and learning how to fully embrace their sensuality

https://www.lebogrand.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lebo_grand/

More about Saima

Saima Majid is on a mission ‘to empower individuals to build self-belief and confidence in order to thrive in their lives’. She does this through her work as a Wellbeing and Transformational Life Coach and Speaker. Following Saima’s battle with mental illness in 2014, Saima realised she’d spent her life holding back so much unexplored potential due to limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviours. She spent the next years investing heavily in her own development and growth.

Now she educates and shares the knowledge that she has learnt to transform the lives of others. Helping them live authentically and setting them off on the road to happiness. In 2019 she created the Event and Podcast ‘The Trailblazers Journey’. She was also shortlisted for an award for 'Mental Health Awareness' at The Health Bloggers Community in London and she has spoken in front of hundreds about Health, Wellness and Personal development.

To find out more about Saima, pls visit www.saimamajid.uk and for 1:1 coaching, email [email protected]

Follow Saima on https://www.instagram.com/saimamajid.uk/

Follow The Trailblazers Journey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetrailblazersjourney/

In this episode I speak to Dr. Kaur, Dr. Kaur is a clinical psychologist who specialises in trauma.

What I wanted to really get to the bottom of is, what trauma actually is, because as a society we don’t generally have a good understanding of trauma and how it impacts our lives. Gurpreet gives us an insight to the different types of trauma that one can face in their life, how to recognise it and how to deal with it.

She also shares how culture can play a part in poor mental health particularly in the south Asian community and how one manage their own wellbeing whilst being empathetic and supportive to another.

This is a conversation that needs to be continuously had because it’s only if we keep talking about it that we can actually change it.

If you enjoy the episode, pls subscribe, rate and review.

More about Dr. Kaur

Dr Gurpreet Kaur is an experienced clinical psychologist who is based in Surrey. She works with both adults and young people in her private practice and focuses specifically on trauma related difficulties using a range of therapeutic approaches. Dr Kaur believes that experiences related to trauma, self-doubt and self-criticism are widespread and advocates normalising therapy and mental health, especially in minority communities. She supervises other therapists and has a role within the NHS supervising Genetic Counsellors. Dr Kaur is passionate about helping people to work through difficult life experiences which have led to emotional pain and self-sabotaging coping strategies. She aims to help her clients reach a place of healing, optimism and renewed strength.

https://drkaurtherapy.com/

More about Saima

Saima Majid is on a mission ‘to empower individuals to build self-belief and confidence in order to thrive in their lives’. She does this through her work as a Wellbeing and Transformational Life Coach and Speaker. Following Saima’s battle with mental illness in 2014, Saima realised she’d spent her life holding back so much unexplored potential due to limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviours. She spent the next years investing heavily in her own development and growth.

Now she educates and shares the knowledge that she has learnt to transform the lives of others. Helping them live authentically and setting them off on the road to happiness. In 2019 she created the Event and Podcast ‘The Trailblazers Journey’. She was also shortlisted for an award for 'Mental Health Awareness' at The Health Bloggers Community in London and she has spoken in front of hundreds about Health, Wellness and Personal development.

To find out more about Saima, pls visit www.saimamajid.uk and for 1:1 coaching, email [email protected]

Follow Saima on https://www.instagram.com/saimamajid.uk/

Follow The Trailblazers Journey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetrailblazersjourney/

In this solo episode I’m going to talk about happiness and what even is it? Happiness I would say is the single most chased emotion by people but what do we actually know about happiness? We grow up being told, mainly by the media, our family's and wider society, that if we get X+Y, we will achieve happiness. Sadly, the more we experience life, the more we learn how false this perception really is.

It took me a lot of self-enquiry, digging really deep and actually facing my own shadows to finally come to a realisation of what happiness means for me.

So, what is it then? Well, certainly not what I used to think it was. I am going to share my own findings on happiness with you and what I have learnt along the way on whether it’s possible to be happy or not?

More about Saima

Saima Majid is on a mission ‘to empower individuals to build self-belief and confidence in order to thrive in their lives’. She does this through her work as a Wellbeing and Transformational Life Coach and Speaker. Following Saima’s battle with mental illness in 2014, Saima realised she’d spent her life holding back so much unexplored potential due to limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviors. She spent the next years investing heavily in her own development and growth.

Now she educates and shares the knowledge that she has learnt to transform the lives of others. Helping them live authentically and setting them off on the road to happiness. In 2019 she created the Event and Podcast ‘The Trailblazers Journey’. She was also shortlisted for an award for 'Mental Health Awareness' at The Health Bloggers Community in London and she has spoken in front of hundreds about Health, Wellness and Personal development.

To find out more about Saima, pls visit www.saimamajid.uk and for 1:1 coaching, email [email protected]

Follow Saima on https://www.instagram.com/saimamajid.uk/

Follow The Trailblazers Journey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetrailblazersjourney/

In episode 23 I chat to Ayurveda practitioner Dr. kavya. Ayurveda is an Indian system of medicine which comes from the Sanskrit term meaning the science of life. Ayurveda is a holistic approach to wellbeing which gets to the root cause of disease in the body as opposed to just treating the symptoms.

Dr. Kavya is a specialist in Ayurveda Panchakarma, and received her degree from one of the most renowned universities in India, RGUHS (Rajiv Gandhi university of health sciences). She is one of few individuals who is trained in clinical as well as experimental research on the pathology called Hypothyroidism. 

She has published articles on diseases treated by Ayurveda panchakarma. Also, attended multiple seminars and presented scientific papers on Ayurveda. On 22nd Dec 2017, she won the best paper presenter award in an “International conference on Ayurveda and medicinal plants” held in Colombo, Sri lanka. 

On 26th March 2019, she received a gold medal and certificate from the governor of Karnataka for acquiring the highest marks in the field of Ayurveda panchakarma. In her own words “The Power of Healing lies within everyone, but very few of them are aware of this power & when you know, it’s you, your mind, your willpower that has the potential to raise this power and make it work for you to start your healing journey."

Dr. kavya gives us so much insight into Ayurveda and like me you may be tempted to jump on the next plane to India to find out more after listening to the episode.

More about Dr. kavya

https://ayuhvarevival.com/

If you enjoy the episode, pls do subscribe, rate and review.

More about Saima

Saima Majid is on a mission ‘to empower individuals to build self-belief and confidence in order to thrive in their lives’. She does this through her work as a Wellbeing and Transformational Life Coach and Speaker. Following Saima’s battle with mental illness in 2014, Saima realised she’d spent her life holding back so much unexplored potential due to limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviours. She spent the next years investing heavily in her own development and growth.

Now she educates and shares the knowledge that she has learnt to transform the lives of others. Helping them live authentically and setting them off on the road to happiness. In 2019 she created the Event and Podcast ‘The Trailblazers Journey’. She was also shortlisted for an award for 'Mental Health Awareness' at The Health Bloggers Community in London and she has spoken in front of hundreds about Health, Wellness and Personal development.

To find out more about Saima, pls visit www.saimamajid.uk and for 1:1 coaching, email [email protected]

Follow Saima on https://www.instagram.com/saimamajid.uk/

Follow The Trailblazers Journey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetrailblazersjourney/

To kick off season two, I am joined by the incredible Gian Power. Gian is the founder of TLC Lions and The Unwind Experience and is passionate about igniting emotion in the workplace, encouraging others to share and be themselves at work.

Gian started his career at Deutsche Bank and PwC and witnessed first-hand some of the Inclusion and Wellbeing issues that need to be tackled in the corporate world. In 2015, an unexpected family tragedy changed Gian’s life forever. Whilst working in the city, Gian found out his father had been murdered on a business trip in India. His experiences and inner resilience sparked his passion for prioritising wellbeing and inclusion in the workplace. TLC Lions has reached over 57 countries, 30,000 individuals and Gian's work has been featured in global media including Business Insider and BBC Documentaries.

In this episode we talk about:

· De-stigmatising therapy and support for men.

· Finding a way up from rock bottom.

· The self-love journey for men.

Find out more about Gian:

https://www.tlclions.com/

If you enjoy the episode, pls subscribe rate and review.

More about Saima

Saima Majid is on a mission ‘to empower individuals to build self-belief and confidence in order to thrive in their lives’. She does this through her work as a Wellbeing and Transformational Life Coach and Speaker. Following Saima’s battle with mental illness in 2014, Saima realised she’d spent her life holding back so much unexplored potential due to limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviours. She spent the next years investing heavily in her own development and growth.

Now she educates and shares the knowledge that she has learnt to transform the lives of others. Helping them live authentically and setting them off on the road to happiness. In 2019 she created the Event and Podcast ‘The Trailblazers Journey’. She was also shortlisted for an award for 'Mental Health Awareness' at The Health Bloggers Community in London and she has spoken in front of hundreds about Health, Wellness and Personal development.

To find out more about Saima, pls visit www.saimamajid.uk and for 1:1 coaching, email [email protected]

Follow Saima on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/saimamajid.uk/

Follow The Trailblazers Journey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetrailblazersjourney/