The Mind Takeaway Podcast

If you are a startup founder, community leader or interested in professional growth then this episode may be of interest to you. We speak to Lana Jelenjev, a community alchemist and learning design specialist with a solid background in training and education. She is the author of Community Builder: Designing Communities for Change and The 90 Day Action Planner, a Kickstarter backed planner for cre...

If you are interested in entrepreneurship, leadership and professional growth then this episode may be of interest to you. We speak to Sean Sheppard, a serial entrepreneur, VC and co-founder of GrowthX and GrowthX Academy, with three successful exits, who has successfully grown dozens of early-stage companies across a wide variety of products and markets. He was recently named the #2 Online Sales...

If you are interested in creativity and music then this episode may be of interest to you. We speak to a two-piece band from Australia and France formed on the streets of Berlin, creating a mix of classical piano, melodic vocals and heavy drums. Beranger Gras (vocals/piano) and Todd James (drums) formed as a duo in 2015, developing a very loyal fan base in Mauerpark, Berlin. It didn't take long fo...

If you are interested in Workplace Wellbeing then this episode may be of interest to you. We speak to Lee Chambers, an Environmental Psychologist, Wellbeing Consultant and Founder of Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing. Having spent the last 10 years working in a variety of fields, including local government, a corporate organisation, and in elite sports, he has now brought his experience and qualifi...

If you hold a leadership position or aspire to be in one then this episode may be of interest to you. We speak to Sabina Nawaz, a global CEO coach, leadership keynote speaker, and writer working in over 26 countries. She advises C-level executives in Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, nonprofits and academic institutions. Sabina started her career in software development at Microsoft a...

If you are an entrepreneur, thinking of starting a business or interested in podcasting, then this episode may be of interest to you. In this episode, we speak to James Mulvany, a successful entrepreneur who over the past 10 years, has built multiple internet companies plus a property portfolio and has made a range of angel investments in startups! Having actually never had a job in his life, he s...

In this episode, we speak to John Murphy,  a results-oriented business coach and mentor to senior executives and CEOs. He's a great communicator with broad experience and is skilled at discussing issues that make businesses and individuals grow and thrive. John lives and works in the south of France, originally from Ireland. Before starting his own business, John enjoyed a highly successful c...

In this episode Mira speaks to Sue Everatt, a volunteer for The Venus Project for twelve years. Originally from the UK, she has been living in Spain for 41 years and is the point of contact for that country. Her duties include being the coordinator for the Spanish language translation team and she also collaborates in an advisory capacity for the international support admin team for The Venus Proj...

In this episode, we speak to Dr Giles P Croft, a psychology graduate and former NHS surgeon who stepped aside from clinical practice for a decade to explore a number of career paths, including health informatics, cycling journalism, public speaking and high street retail with his wife. He is now back in the healing profession, tackling the root cause of stress and its many harmful effects by leadi...

In this episode, we speak to Glenn Behenna, senior lecturer and programme manager at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He has more than 20 years experience in Higher Education in a teaching capacity and has lectured for the Open University Business School in the area of leadership and management. His background is in consultancy and facilitation to the UK, and the Welsh Government in th...

Our guest is Tony Banta, a systems engineer, innovation consultant, and host of the Client Whisperer Show. Beginning his career as a self-taught software developer, Tony quickly realized that the best code could never solve broader leadership issues within organizations. Today Tony works with other client-businesses to maximize client results, increase client retention, and streamline the client f...

Our guest is Satyen Raja, founder and CEO of the multi-million-dollar transformational academy WarriorSage. Satyen has impacted over 100,000 students from over 50 countries around the world. After 35 years of rigorous study & practice in both creating enlightened business growth and developing higher consciousness, Satyen works privately with CEOs, high impact individuals, executive teams who...

Our guest is Alyea Sandovar is a game and play consultant, plus a co-founder of The Playful Creative Summit, living in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Though right now, she is stuck in Bali! She is your right-hand gal when it comes to the design of playful products. Her background is eclectic as she has a PhD in Game Production, a Masters in Psychology, a Masters in Human Organizational Systems, and a Bac...

Our guest is Miha Matlievski aka The Fail Coach, who in 2009 had four companies go bankrupt overnight: landing him $5 million in debt. Contemplating suicide to escape the pain as he looked over the balcony, he had a life-saving AH-HA moment. He realized that failure was a normal part of life: admitting to himself that he failed and to recognize he needed to stop blaming others and circumstances. T...

Our guest is Dennis Kastrup, a journalist based in Berlin and Montréal and working for German public radio. In the past 20 years, he has conducted more than 1000 interviews with musicians and specialised in new technologies, especially in music (VR/AR, robotics, wearables, artificial intelligence, etc). Dennis was also part of the theatre play “Post Humains” which was presented in Québec and Berli...

In this episode, we spoke to Katja Mechler, CEO of KUUR Rehabilitation centres in the Middle East. Katja has been in leadership roles in the health and wellness industry in Thailand and Dubai since 1997. During this time she was responsible for successfully remodelling and developing a successful health club/spa in Phuket as well as commissioning a state of the art physiotherapy group of clinics b...

Our guest is Denis Murphy, author, linguist, software engineer and podcaster from Ireland. At heart, he is a polymath. His many interests range from foreign languages to computer programming. He speaks 4 languages including French and he is currently learning Japanese. On his podcast, The Happy Mindset, he helps fellow polymaths to make sense of their many interests through solo episodes and conve...

In this episode, we spoke to Tanya Obeng, aka The Communication Doctor. Previously a drama teacher for 10 years until a burnout reset the clock for Tanya, sending her on a journey of discovery to find more balance and meaning. Tanya created her dream company Lifted and Gifted Education, an empowering company that provides performing arts workshops with a difference, allowing young people to realis...

In this episode, we spoke to Liz Scott, Wellbeing Coach and Co-Founder of Innercompass, a company which points people back home to their true nature, to a place of peace, well being and clarity. Her core work is in the field of education supporting leaders with stress and burnout, however more recently Liz has been drawn to working at the grassroots level in her community, with a focus on wellbein...

This is our 20th episode and it is also the end of the year, so we decided to record a retrospective of 2019. We thought Clesia would be the perfect person to ask us some questions, to get us reflective. The first part is a conversation about Clesia, the work she does and then about our general experience and learning about Leadership, compassion and creativity. In the second part, Clesia asks us...

In this episode, we spoke to Kathleen Dutton, Creative Art Director/Illustrator, Writer, Soul Coach and Theta Healer, who has worked in varied settings, such as groups and 1-1:- Corporate, Academic and the Community. Kathleen is full of joy, positive energy and loves all things Cosmic, especially Earth. She has a passion for Qi Gong, sound healing, meditation and drawing each day also sharing, lea...

In this episode, we spoke to George Carver, who lives and works in Marin County, California.  George has a business and creative arts background as well as thirty years in high tech, consulting, and finance. He became a professional creative and personal coach since 2013, and he currently serves businesses, young-adults, or anyone seeking more out of themselves and their life, particularly pe...

In this episode, we spoke to Terri Broughton consultant, trainer, coach and painter who describes herself as a lifelong learner. In this conversation, we spoke about how we become the people we never thought we were. Terri, for example, grew up believing that she is not a painter just to become one a lot later on in her life. We explore creativity, our identity expressed through art and much more....

In this episode, our guest is Valerio Velardo, Co-Founder and CEO of Melodrive, a company providing AI and machine learning consultancy for audio-centric and music tech startups. Valerio has a PhD in AI Music and is a classically-trained musician. He has deep experience running R&D in AI music for both academia and the industry. Valerio is very passionate about his work, as he continues to exp...

In this episode, our guest is Stephanie Barnes, Painter and Business Consultant, who has an MBA in information technology, and a BBA in accounting, as well being a successful artist. Stephanie is also known as a Chief Chaos Organiser, due to successfully executing big, unwieldy projects and programs. Large, cross-functional, cross-organisational initiatives, that don’t neatly fit into a box. They...