Roots to Routes with Anand Dattani

"sometimes the very things we want to hide about ourselves are the things we should put out there" Jenny Kovacs is a Visibility Specialist, but was once labelled by a client as The Queen of Being Seen - and it’s stuck since then. As an award-winning mentor, high impact coach and CEO, she’s regularly appeared on the BBC and speaks on the topic of professional and personal visibility. Jenny’s traini...

"If you'd asked me this 10 years ago, I'd have said 'next question please" London-based singer-songwriter Milena Galasso makes her own brand of indie pop music that draws influence from her Italian and Serbian heritage. Growing up in a devoutly religious home, Milena always felt the urge to break free and it was music that provided her the creative spark to venture out on her own path. *Next Singl...

This show boils down to two key words: Heritage Effect. But what does this mean? Each episode welcomes an amazing new guest who has a unique story to tell. We'll explore their family history, their roots and the cultural traditions that have shaped their lives. The journey onwards starts by diving into the stories of the guests previous generations told by the guests themselves where we unravel wh...

Nina was subject to violence by her family and also marital relationship. She now coaches elite professionals and individuals, while also standing to end honour killings around the globe. In this episode, she shares her story. Warning: this episode contains some very graphic and upsetting talking points. Nina, who was almost the victim of an honour killing, was subject to violence by her family an...

This could be the valuable insight you need to hear if you want to more confidently understand whether you have the ability to deal with some of the toughest challenges of integrating abroad. Lucas speaks openly about the vital lessons he learned only after he had already moved from the US to the Middle East. The process he speaks about in this snippet could be the vital insight that will help you...

Taylor Roark, founder of Galliant Trainings is an avid traveller and a taoist at heart. But it hasn't always been that way. In this snippet, Taylor brings to light an extremely valuable life lesson that he gained through his own experiences that many can learn from. Taylor shares the role that his travels have played in his journey of discovery... but now, years on, he's found out that there's mor...

In this weeks ThursdayThrowback, I relive asking AmyK why she chose Shanghai, China (a place I've lived in myself), and what it made it life changing for her. Listen to the full episode here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Throwback Thursday - each week youu'll get the chance to relive some of the highlights from Season 2 and 3 of the podcast. The aim is to provide you quick snippets of valuable and practical content to listen to on-the-go. AmyK discusses the importance of changing yourself and 'cleaning up your internal mess' before you can truly be happy for others, without feeling envy, pain or the need to talk b...

Michael Beda was born and raised in America and had a self-proclaimed "very American mindset".. until he went to China to watch the Olympics and discovered a world of possibility beyond the confines of a single country. He studied abroad in Beijing & Shanghai and moved to China in 2014 where he was a founding member of a Chinese credit underwriting firm and served as a Director for 6 years unt...

In Part 1, we explored the backstory of Paul's parents and grandparents, the qualities in them that he sees now in himself, and the influence that different cultures & privileges in upbringing may have had on our generation's views on taking risks in their professional/personal life. In Part 2, we dive a lot deeper into Paul's story of going to a school dominated by white British kids, traveli...

"It's very easy to always exist in autopilot, and one of the key applications of technology is the design to make us more lazy" In part 1 of the 2-part conversation, we discuss: Seeing the positives and negatives in a desire to explore the world The influence of his grandad’s open-mindedness, and passion to travel and exploring other cultures How privilege can create an open-minded character Risk...

Noreen is a debut novelist and TedX speaker, having recently released her father's memoir in May 2021. Her father, Amir, is an expat from the 1972 Ugandan Asian expulsion, ordered by President Idi Amin. However, writing was not always something she had intended to pursue. In this episode, we explore what inspired her to document her dad's incredible journey and experiences, how her poems were publ...

ChamCham talks about his life growing up in Cameroon, having a huge family that embodied the different cultural values of the country, and how the need to learn French didn't stop his desire to go to the best university there. Taking inspiration from a well-educated and well-travelled family, we explore how he ended up moving to Tokyo, what is was like as a foreigner in Japan, and how he's managed...

Sejal Majithia-Jaswal knows she was born in Uganda, and lived for a short while in India before moving to the UK. But what she didn't know for 50 years is where exactly she was born.. but here she shares how a combination of faith and serendipity helped her find it. Sejal also shares how self-belief helped her: become the first ever female in her age bracket to win a chess championship, work on aw...

Apart from this unorthodox but highly entertaining quote by my guest, in the final part of our conversation, Doq discusses one of the most important chapters of his life, introducing his partner (and now wife), Nandi, to his family for the first time. We discuss breaking through the traditional belief system of marrying within your same culture, as well as the role of social media in racism, impac...

If you don't already know who Doq is, check out the bonus episode before this, where I spend 30mins with him talking about all the weird and wonderful so that we could ease him of his initial nerves. In this episode, we talk: Deal with anxiety of meeting new people. Accepting my insecurities in social settings. What does it mean to be ‘well read’? Appreciating video games as a form of art. Growing...

FUNNIEST EPISODE YET. An unorthodox introduction to a very special guest - an entertainer, a storyteller, a cancer-survivor and, above all else, a loyal friend, son and husband who has endless value to offer whether you want to laugh or be inspired by his special story. Ladies & gentlemen, I present this prelude to a fascinating, meaningful and inspiration conversation. Watch Doq on Doqcast: F...

South Africa-born, Rhea Naidoo, gives an incredible open and honest account of her memories of life in South Africa; as well as, her views of the racial discrimination (apartheid) that dominated the country for much of the 20th Century from the first-hand perspective of her and her family having grown up there. We explore how, as the first one of her family to leave South Africa, she was able to b...

British-born Bangladeshi, Shuwel Ahmed, opens up about the biggest failure in his life, which came when he moved to London for University, and how the disappointment felt worse given the backstory of his grandparents and parents that gave him the fortune of the opportunities he had. In this episode, he talks about how this sparked his determination to always give his full effort and know that when...

Don't forget to check out Part 1 if you haven't already. In part 2, we discuss: Dealing with the culture shock of moving to Iran, and not 'fitting in' How can someone better connect with their culture and heritage? Social life in Iran vs the UK The importance of community in Iran Her desire to make substantial and impactful change in Iran Learning to set your expectations by finding your own purpo...

In Part 1, we cover: How facing the challenges of a third culture kid while growing up helped her embrace and fit in Learning to embrace her Iranian side and overcoming the 'terrorist' propaganda with the help of a close friend How her dad ended up moving from Iran to the UK The crazy story of her mum being stranded in Germany on the way to the UK How did the Iranian revolution come 1979 come abou...

We discuss: How I first came into contact with spiritually inclined youth. Where did the idea to use my summer holidays to stay in an ashram in India and serve with the monks come from? The feeling of coming back to the UK and navigating a spiritual existence and working in a Banking. Dealing with my own ego of thinking that finding spirituality has made me 'better' than others. What key lessons I...

About the Guest. Music is Boluwatife (Bolu) Adefemi's passion. The singer-songwriter finds inspiration in everything around her and being a young Black woman, she has created a song for Black Lives Matter, as well as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Her latest single 'Just Breathe' will be out in Summer 2021. Bolu Adefemi is a 14 year old Canadian singer songwriter of Zimbabwean and Nigerian origin...

Born in France to Algerian parents, Sadi recalls his childhood memory of moving from a neighbourhood filled with immigrant families and children of immigrants, to one where he was part of 'one of the only non-white families around'. Sadi talks very openly about the racial propaganda facing France today, and we explore how this has tied into the recent history of North African migrants very openly...

Shavika shares how it was to be not American enough for the Americans, but not Indian enough for the Indians either. Coming from a family of strong-willed women who went against the 'norms' of expectation of women in their society, Shavika talks about how this helped her towards her own realisations and underlying passion for coaching. In this episode, we discuss The collective Asian Indian cultur...